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Bill	EQUAL PAY ACT-LIABILITY	Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that in addition to an individual who is deemed to be an employer, any officers of a corporation or agents of an employer who knowingly permit such employer to violate the provisions of the Act shall be deemed to be the employers of the employees.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2847	Illinois SB 2847 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	56	2	2012-01-24	2012-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/c4519604-c98c-422a-b546-cacee944371a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2847&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63297&SessionID=84&GA=97	d5326885316ec3c5133329e488d98034fdd7102f06b86b4499dd7337af02fd4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2847 (97th) — EQUAL PAY ACT-LIABILITY

Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that in addition to an individual who is deemed to be an employer, any officers of a corporation or agents of an employer who knowingly permit such employer to violate the provisions of the Act shall be deemed to be the employers of the employees.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carol A. Sente — cosponsor (person)
• Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
• Heather A. Steans — primary (person)
• Jehan A. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth Dunkin — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-24 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans filing
• 2012-01-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-01-31 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 Held in Labor
• 2012-03-01 Held in Labor
• 2012-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
• 2012-03-07 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2012-03-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-03-08 Do Pass as Amended Labor; 006-004-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
• 2012-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2012
• 2012-03-28 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2012-03-28 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2012-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2012-03-28 Sponsor Removed Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2012-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
• 2012-03-29 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Steans amendment-passage
• 2012-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2012-03-29 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2012-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2012-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-30 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2012-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2012-03-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2012-03-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly du Buclet
• 2012-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Biss
• 2012-04-16 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2012-04-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-04-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2012-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2012-04-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
• 2012-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2012-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2012-05-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-10 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2012-05-10 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-06 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0903 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4519604-c98c-422a-b546-cacee944371a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).