republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-2488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY-PENALTY"
description: "Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Provides that a public employer that willfully (rather than intentionally) violates the Act, the Safety Inspection and Education Act, or the Health and Safety Act, or any standard, rule, regulation, or order under any of those Acts, or who demonstrates plain indifference to any provision of any of those Acts or any such standard, rule, regulation, or order, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $70,000 per violation (rather than $10,000 per violation)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 2488"
citation: "Illinois HB 2488 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregg Johnson", "Robert Peters"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 59
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce40bfc2-277a-4bf6-90ff-bc35e5e9300f"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2488&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=160291&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "a4467a0da62ea82bf4b8929931b3ba2b8ad149753b815724a5a9ff7b093e44d2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 2488 (104th) — OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY-PENALTY

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Provides that a public employer that willfully (rather than intentionally) violates the Act, the Safety Inspection and Education Act, or the Health and Safety Act, or any standard, rule, regulation, or order under any of those Acts, or who demonstrates plain indifference to any provision of any of those Acts or any such standard, rule, regulation, or order, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $70,000 per violation (rather than $10,000 per violation).

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2488.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2488eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2488ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2488sam001.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2488sam002.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2488enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Labor — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Labor — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Labor & Commerce — **19–9** (pass) · lower
- Labor & Commerce — **17–9** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **79–37** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **82–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gregg Johnson — primary (person)
- Robert Peters — primary (person)
- Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson `filing`
- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2025-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2025-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor & Commerce Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 017-009-000
- **2025-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-03-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
- **2025-03-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-037-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2025-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2025-04-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2025-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2025-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-13** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
- **2025-05-13** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
- **2025-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Labor
- **2025-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Do Pass as Amended Labor; 017-000-000
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 21, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2025-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2025
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
- **2025-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2025-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 019-009-000
- **2025-05-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
- **2025-05-30** Chair Rules placed on Standard debate.
- **2025-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 082-033-000
- **2025-05-30** House Concurs
- **2025-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2025-05-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2025-05-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2025-05-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2025-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2025
- **2025-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0017 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce40bfc2-277a-4bf6-90ff-bc35e5e9300f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).