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Bill	EQUAL PAY-REFER-HUMAN RIGHTS	Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that the Department of Labor may refer for investigation a complaint alleging a violation of the Act to the Department of Human Rights if the complaint also alleges a violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act over which the Department of Human Rights has jurisdiction. Effective January 1, 2015.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5563	Illinois HB 5563 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2014-02-13	2014-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/6624302e-2416-4f4a-8e0f-e68663bf1031	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5563&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80606&SessionID=85&GA=98	f8b50015d1d73df2d52ee2fd5b033ea5bb85d68376ffa8b9e2501007d24af4da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5563 (98th) — EQUAL PAY-REFER-HUMAN RIGHTS

Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that the Department of Labor may refer for investigation a complaint alleging a violation of the Act to the Department of Human Rights if the complaint also alleges a violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act over which the Department of Human Rights has jurisdiction. Effective January 1, 2015.

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 — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly Burke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly Burke filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-24 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2014-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2014-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2014-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Martwick
• 2014-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2014-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2014-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass Judiciary; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
• 2014-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2014-05-23 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2014
• 2014-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-26 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1051 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6624302e-2416-4f4a-8e0f-e68663bf1031. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).