Bill Sponsors: IL HB5561 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Bill Title: Amends the Whistleblower Act. Changes the definitions of "employer" and "employee". Defines "adverse employment action", "public body", "retaliatory action", and "supervisor". Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against an employee who discloses or threatens to disclose information about an activity, policy, or practice of the employer that the employee has a good faith belief that such activity, policy, or practice violates a State or federal law, rule, or regulation or poses a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. Includes additional relief, damages, and penalties for violation of the Act. Allows the Attorney General to initiate or intervene in a civil action to obtain appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or entity is engaged in a practice prohibited by the Act. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to claims arising or complaints filed on or after January 1, 2025. Effective January 1, 2025.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0867 [HB5561 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0867 [HB5561 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Representative Marcus Evans [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-033 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Curtis Tarver [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-025 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Stephanie Kifowit [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-084 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Camille Lilly [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-078 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Abdelnasser Rashid [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-021 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Theresa Mah [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-024 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Hoan Huynh [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-013 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Terra Costa Howard [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-042 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Daniel Didech [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-059 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Yolanda Morris [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-009 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Laura Faver Dias [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-062 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Barbara Hernandez [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-050 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-017 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Mary Canty [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-054 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Will Guzzardi [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-039 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Nabeela Syed [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-051 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | N/A |
Representative Maura Hirschauer [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-049 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Cristina Castro [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-022 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Linda Holmes [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-042 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Mike Simmons [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-007 | N/A | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Mike Porfirio [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-011 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Laura Murphy [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-028 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Javier Cervantes [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-001 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Omar Aquino [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-002 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Julie Morrison [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-029 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Adriane Johnson [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-030 | N/A | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Mary Edly-Allen [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-031 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Emil Jones [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-014 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Meg Loughran Cappel [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-049 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |