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Bill	EQUAL PAY ACT - CIVIL PENALTY	Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides for a civil penalty of up to $5,000 when any employer or person violates sections of the Act prohibiting an employer or person from interfering or discouraging another from exercising his or her rights under the Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 115	Illinois SB 115 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2011-01-27	2011-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ca8e4b5b-9074-44f1-be5f-277fa4d6db11	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=115&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=54879&SessionID=84&GA=97	171b6f0493f56337f13bf9a629f36bd610177d583b95a76084f784fe22176a72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 115 (97th) — EQUAL PAY ACT - CIVIL PENALTY

Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides for a civil penalty of up to $5,000 when any employer or person violates sections of the Act prohibiting an employer or person from interfering or discouraging another from exercising his or her rights under the Act.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 71–45 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 36–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Martin A. Sandoval — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2011-01-27 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval filing
• 2011-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-01-27 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2011-02-16 Do Pass Labor; 006-003-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 17, 2011
• 2011-04-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
• 2011-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 036-018-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-05-05 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2011-05-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-05-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-09 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
• 2011-05-13 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
• 2011-05-20 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2011
• 2011-05-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 007-004-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-045-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-23 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0512 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca8e4b5b-9074-44f1-be5f-277fa4d6db11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).