Bill Text: IL SB1480 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for any employer, employment agency or labor organization to use a conviction record as a basis to refuse to hire, to segregate, or to act with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment. Specifies further requirements concerning conviction records. Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that for those corporations required to file an Employer Information Report EEO-1 with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, information that is substantially similar to the employment data reported under Section D of the corporation's EEO-1 in a format approved by the Secretary of State shall be reported. Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides for equal pay registration certificate requirements. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2021-01-14 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford [SB1480 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1480-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Article 1.
Section 1-5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
changing Section 1-103 and by adding Section 2-103.1 as
follows:
(775 ILCS 5/1-103) (from Ch. 68, par. 1-103)
Sec. 1-103. General definitions. When used in this Act,
unless the context requires otherwise, the term:
(A) Age. "Age" means the chronological age of a person who
is at least 40 years old, except with regard to any practice
described in Section 2-102, insofar as that practice concerns
training or apprenticeship programs. In the case of training or
apprenticeship programs, for the purposes of Section 2-102,
"age" means the chronological age of a person who is 18 but not
yet 40 years old.
(B) Aggrieved party. "Aggrieved party" means a person who
is alleged or proved to have been injured by a civil rights
violation or believes he or she will be injured by a civil
rights violation under Article 3 that is about to occur.
(B-5) Arrest record. "Arrest record" means:

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(1) an arrest not leading to a conviction;
(2) a juvenile record; or
(3) criminal history record information ordered
expunged, sealed, or impounded under Section 5.2 of the
Criminal Identification Act.
(C) Charge. "Charge" means an allegation filed with the
Department by an aggrieved party or initiated by the Department
under its authority.
(D) Civil rights violation. "Civil rights violation"
includes and shall be limited to only those specific acts set
forth in Sections 2-102, 2-103, 2-105, 3-102, 3-102.1, 3-103,
3-104, 3-104.1, 3-105, 3-105.1, 4-102, 4-103, 5-102, 5A-102,
6-101, and 6-102 of this Act.
(E) Commission. "Commission" means the Human Rights
Commission created by this Act.
(F) Complaint. "Complaint" means the formal pleading filed
by the Department with the Commission following an
investigation and finding of substantial evidence of a civil
rights violation.
(G) Complainant. "Complainant" means a person including
the Department who files a charge of civil rights violation
with the Department or the Commission.
(G-5) Conviction record. "Conviction record" means
information indicating that a person has been convicted of a
felony, misdemeanor or other criminal offense, placed on
probation, fined, imprisoned, or paroled pursuant to any law

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enforcement or military authority.
(H) Department. "Department" means the Department of Human
Rights created by this Act.
(I) Disability. "Disability" means a determinable physical
or mental characteristic of a person, including, but not
limited to, a determinable physical characteristic which
necessitates the person's use of a guide, hearing or support
dog, the history of such characteristic, or the perception of
such characteristic by the person complained against, which may
result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth or
functional disorder and which characteristic:
(1) For purposes of Article 2, is unrelated to the
person's ability to perform the duties of a particular job
or position and, pursuant to Section 2-104 of this Act, a
person's illegal use of drugs or alcohol is not a
disability;
(2) For purposes of Article 3, is unrelated to the
person's ability to acquire, rent, or maintain a housing
accommodation;
(3) For purposes of Article 4, is unrelated to a
person's ability to repay;
(4) For purposes of Article 5, is unrelated to a
person's ability to utilize and benefit from a place of
public accommodation;
(5) For purposes of Article 5, also includes any
mental, psychological, or developmental disability,

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including autism spectrum disorders.
(J) Marital status. "Marital status" means the legal status
of being married, single, separated, divorced, or widowed.
(J-1) Military status. "Military status" means a person's
status on active duty in or status as a veteran of the armed
forces of the United States, status as a current member or
veteran of any reserve component of the armed forces of the
United States, including the United States Army Reserve, United
States Marine Corps Reserve, United States Navy Reserve, United
States Air Force Reserve, and United States Coast Guard
Reserve, or status as a current member or veteran of the
Illinois Army National Guard or Illinois Air National Guard.
(K) National origin. "National origin" means the place in
which a person or one of his or her ancestors was born.
(K-5) "Order of protection status" means a person's status
as being a person protected under an order of protection issued
pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, Article
112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Stalking No
Contact Order Act, or the Civil No Contact Order Act, or an
order of protection issued by a court of another state.
(L) Person. "Person" includes one or more individuals,
partnerships, associations or organizations, labor
organizations, labor unions, joint apprenticeship committees,
or union labor associations, corporations, the State of
Illinois and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions,
units of local government, legal representatives, trustees in

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bankruptcy or receivers.
(L-5) Pregnancy. "Pregnancy" means pregnancy, childbirth,
or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or
childbirth.
(M) Public contract. "Public contract" includes every
contract to which the State, any of its political subdivisions,
or any municipal corporation is a party.
(N) Religion. "Religion" includes all aspects of religious
observance and practice, as well as belief, except that with
respect to employers, for the purposes of Article 2, "religion"
has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (F) of Section
2-101.
(O) Sex. "Sex" means the status of being male or female.
(O-1) Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means
actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality,
bisexuality, or gender-related identity, whether or not
traditionally associated with the person's designated sex at
birth. "Sexual orientation" does not include a physical or
sexual attraction to a minor by an adult.
(P) Unfavorable military discharge. "Unfavorable military
discharge" includes discharges from the Armed Forces of the
United States, their Reserve components, or any National Guard
or Naval Militia which are classified as RE-3 or the equivalent
thereof, but does not include those characterized as RE-4 or
"Dishonorable".
(Q) Unlawful discrimination. "Unlawful discrimination"

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means discrimination against a person because of his or her
actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin,
ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status,
disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or
unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are
defined in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 100-714, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-565, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-18-19.)
(775 ILCS 5/2-103.1 new)
Sec. 2-103.1. Conviction record.
(A) Unless otherwise authorized by law, it is a civil
rights violation for any employer, employment agency or labor
organization to use a conviction record, as defined under
subsection (G-5) of Section 1-103, as a basis to refuse to
hire, to segregate, or to act with respect to recruitment,
hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for
training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure or
terms, privileges or conditions of employment (whether
"disqualification" or "adverse action"), unless:
(1) there is a substantial relationship between one or
more of the previous criminal offenses and the employment
sought or held; or
(2) the granting or continuation of the employment
would involve an unreasonable risk to property or to the
safety or welfare of specific individuals or the general

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public.
For the purposes of this subsection (A), "substantial
relationship" means a consideration of whether the employment
position offers the opportunity for the same or a similar
offense to occur and whether the circumstances leading to the
conduct for which the person was convicted will recur in the
employment position.
(B) Factors considered. In making a determination pursuant
to subsection (A), the employer shall consider the following
factors:
(1) the length of time since the conviction;
(2) the number of convictions that appear on the
conviction record;
(3) the nature and severity of the conviction and its
relationship to the safety and security of others;
(4) the facts or circumstances surrounding the
conviction;
(5) the age of the employee at the time of the
conviction; and
(6) evidence of rehabilitation efforts.
(C) Interactive assessment required for disqualifying
conviction. If, after considering the mitigating factors in
subsection (B), the employer makes a preliminary decision that
the employee's conviction record disqualifies the employee,
the employer shall notify the employee of this preliminary
decision in writing.

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(1) Notification. The notification shall contain all
of the following:
(a) notice of the disqualifying conviction or
convictions that are the basis for the preliminary
decision and the employer's reasoning for the
disqualification;
(b) a copy of the conviction history report, if
any; and
(c) an explanation of the employee's right to
respond to the notice of the employer's preliminary
decision before that decision becomes final. The
explanation shall inform the employee that the
response may include, but is not limited to, submission
of evidence challenging the accuracy of the conviction
record that is the basis for the disqualification, or
evidence in mitigation, such as rehabilitation.
(2) Employee response. The employee shall have at least
5 business days to respond to the notification provided to
the employee before the employer may make a final decision.
(3) Final decision. The employer shall consider
information submitted by the employee before making a final
decision. If an employer makes a final decision to
disqualify or take an adverse action solely or in part
because of the employee's conviction record, the employer
shall notify the employee in writing of the following:
(a) notice of the disqualifying conviction or

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convictions that are the basis for the final decision
and the employer's reasoning for the disqualification;
(b) any existing procedure the employer has for the
employee to challenge the decision or request
reconsideration; and
(c) the right to file a charge with the Department.
Article 5.
Section 5-5. The Business Corporation Act of 1983 is
amended by changing Section 14.05 as follows:
(805 ILCS 5/14.05) (from Ch. 32, par. 14.05)
Sec. 14.05. Annual report of domestic or foreign
corporation. Each domestic corporation organized under any
general law or special act of this State authorizing the
corporation to issue shares, other than homestead
associations, building and loan associations, banks and
insurance companies (which includes a syndicate or limited
syndicate regulated under Article V 1/2 of the Illinois
Insurance Code or member of a group of underwriters regulated
under Article V of that Code), and each foreign corporation
(except members of a group of underwriters regulated under
Article V of the Illinois Insurance Code) authorized to
transact business in this State, shall file, within the time
prescribed by this Act, an annual report setting forth:

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(a) The name of the corporation.
(b) The address, including street and number, or rural
route number, of its registered office in this State, and
the name of its registered agent at that address.
(c) The address, including street and number, or rural
route number, of its principal office.
(d) The names and respective addresses, including
street and number, or rural route number, of its directors
and officers.
(e) A statement of the aggregate number of shares which
the corporation has authority to issue, itemized by classes
and series, if any, within a class.
(f) A statement of the aggregate number of issued
shares, itemized by classes, and series, if any, within a
class.
(g) A statement, expressed in dollars, of the amount of
paid-in capital of the corporation as defined in this Act.
(h) Either a statement that (1) all the property of the
corporation is located in this State and all of its
business is transacted at or from places of business in
this State, or the corporation elects to pay the annual
franchise tax on the basis of its entire paid-in capital,
or (2) a statement, expressed in dollars, of the value of
all the property owned by the corporation, wherever
located, and the value of the property located within this
State, and a statement, expressed in dollars, of the gross

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amount of business transacted by the corporation and the
gross amount thereof transacted by the corporation at or
from places of business in this State as of the close of
its fiscal year on or immediately preceding the last day of
the third month prior to the anniversary month or in the
case of a corporation which has established an extended
filing month, as of the close of its fiscal year on or
immediately preceding the last day of the third month prior
to the extended filing month; however, in the case of a
domestic corporation that has not completed its first
fiscal year, the statement with respect to property owned
shall be as of the last day of the third month preceding
the anniversary month and the statement with respect to
business transacted shall be furnished for the period
between the date of incorporation and the last day of the
third month preceding the anniversary month. In the case of
a foreign corporation that has not been authorized to
transact business in this State for a period of 12 months
and has not commenced transacting business prior to
obtaining authority, the statement with respect to
property owned shall be as of the last day of the third
month preceding the anniversary month and the statement
with respect to business transacted shall be furnished for
the period between the date of its authorization to
transact business in this State and the last day of the
third month preceding the anniversary month. If the data

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referenced in item (2) of this subsection is not completed,
the franchise tax provided for in this Act shall be
computed on the basis of the entire paid-in capital.
(i) A statement, including the basis therefor, of
status as a "minority-owned business" or as a "women-owned
business" as those terms are defined in the Business
Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act.
(j) Additional information as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to enable the Secretary of State to
administer this Act and to verify the proper amount of fees
and franchise taxes payable by the corporation.
(k) A statement of whether the corporation or foreign
corporation has outstanding shares listed on a major United
States stock exchange and is thereby subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 8.12.
(l) For those corporations subject to Section 8.12, a
statement providing the information required under Section
8.12.
(m) For those corporations required to file an Employer
Information Report EEO-1 with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, information that is substantially
similar to the employment data reported under Section D of
the corporation's EEO-1 in a format approved by the
Secretary of State. For each corporation that submits data
under this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall publish

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the data on the gender, race, and ethnicity of each
corporation's employees on the Secretary of State's
official website. The Secretary of State shall publish such
information within 90 days of receipt of a properly filed
annual report or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The annual report shall be made on forms prescribed and
furnished by the Secretary of State, and the information
therein required by paragraphs (a) through (d), both inclusive,
of this Section, shall be given as of the date of the execution
of the annual report and the information therein required by
paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of this Section shall be given as
of the last day of the third month preceding the anniversary
month, except that the information required by paragraphs (e),
(f), and (g) shall, in the case of a corporation which has
established an extended filing month, be given in its final
transition annual report and each subsequent annual report as
of the close of its fiscal year on or immediately preceding the
last day of the third month prior to its extended filing month.
The information required by paragraph (m) shall be included in
the corporation's annual report filed on and after January 1,
2023. It shall be executed by the corporation by its president,
a vice-president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or
other officer duly authorized by the board of directors of the
corporation to execute those reports, and verified by him or
her, or, if the corporation is in the hands of a receiver or
trustee, it shall be executed on behalf of the corporation and

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verified by the receiver or trustee.
(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17; 100-486, eff. 1-1-18;
100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-589, eff. 8-27-19.)
Article 10.
Section 10-1. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
changing Section 7.5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/7.5)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of

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Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
disease or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
Disease Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.

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(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of

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the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act.
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) All identified or deidentified health information
in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
or deidentified health information in the form of health
data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
Information Exchange Office due to its administration of
the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms
"identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).

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(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory

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Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day and

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temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session prohibited
from disclosure under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of

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Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsection (k) of Section 11 of the Equal Pay Act of 2003.
(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18;
100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18; 100-464, eff.
8-28-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-512, eff. 7-1-18; 100-517,
eff. 6-1-18; 100-646, eff. 7-27-18; 100-690, eff. 1-1-19;

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100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-887, eff. 8-14-18; 101-13, eff.
6-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221,
eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff. 1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19;
101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff.
1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19; 101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649,
eff. 7-7-20.)
Section 10-5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.935 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.935 new)
Sec. 5.935. The Equal Pay Registration Fund.
Section 10-10. The Equal Pay Act of 2003 is amended by
adding Section 11 as follows:
(820 ILCS 112/11 new)
Sec. 11. Equal pay registration certificate requirements;
application.
For the purposes of this Section 11 only, "business" means
any private employer who has more than 100 employees in the
State of Illinois, and does not include the State of Illinois
or any political subdivision, municipal corporation, or other
governmental unit or agency.
(a) A business must obtain an equal pay registration
certificate from the Department or certify in writing that it

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is exempt.
(b) Any business subject to the requirements of this
Section that is authorized to transact business in this State
on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
General Assembly must obtain an equal pay registration
certificate within 3 years after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly and must recertify
every 2 years thereafter. Any business subject to the
requirements of this Section that is authorized to transact
business in this State after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly must obtain an
equal pay registration certificate within 3 years of commencing
business operations and must recertify every 2 years
thereafter.
(c) Application.
(1) A business shall apply for an equal pay
registration certificate by paying a $150 filing fee and
submitting an equal pay compliance statement to the
Director. Any business that is required to file an annual
Employer Information Report EEO-1 with the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission must also submit to the
Director a copy of the business's most recently filed
Employer Information Report EEO-1 for each county in which
the business has a facility or employees. The business
shall also compile, from records maintained and available,
a list of all employees during the past calendar year,

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separated by gender and the race and ethnicity categories
as reported in the business's most recently filed Employer
Information Report EEO-1, and report the total wages as
defined by Section 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and
Collection Act paid to each employee during the past
calendar year, rounded to the nearest hundred dollar, to
the Director. The proceeds from the fees collected under
this Section shall be deposited into the Equal Pay
Registration Fund, a special fund created in the State
treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be appropriated to the
Department for the purposes of this Section. The Director
shall issue an equal pay registration certificate to a
business that submits to the Director a statement signed by
a corporate officer, legal counsel, or authorized agent of
the business:
(A) that the business is in compliance with Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act
of 1963, the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Equal Wage
Act, and the Equal Pay Act of 2003;
(B) that the average compensation for its female
and minority employees is not consistently below the
average compensation, as determined by rule by the
United States Department of Labor, for its male and
non-minority employees within each of the major job
categories in the Employer Information Report EEO-1
for which an employee is expected to perform work under

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the contract, taking into account factors such as
length of service, requirements of specific jobs,
experience, skill, effort, responsibility, working
conditions of the job, or other mitigating factors; as
used in this subparagraph, "minority" has the meaning
ascribed to that term in paragraph (1) of subsection
(A) of Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act;
(C) that the business does not restrict employees
of one sex to certain job classifications and makes
retention and promotion decisions without regard to
sex;
(D) that wage and benefit disparities are
corrected when identified to ensure compliance with
the Acts cited in subparagraph (A) and with
subparagraph (B); and
(E) how often wages and benefits are evaluated to
ensure compliance with the Acts cited in subparagraph
(A) and with subparagraph (B).
(2) The equal pay compliance statement shall also
indicate whether the business, in setting compensation and
benefits, utilizes:
(A) a market pricing approach;
(B) State prevailing wage or union contract
requirements;
(C) a performance pay system;

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(D) an internal analysis; or
(E) an alternative approach to determine what
level of wages and benefits to pay its employees. If
the business uses an alternative approach, the
business must provide a description of its approach.
(3) Receipt of the equal pay compliance statement by
the Director does not establish compliance with the Acts
set forth in subparagraph (A).
A business that has employees in multiple locations or
facilities in Illinois shall submit a single application to the
Department regarding all of its operations in Illinois.
(d) Issuance or rejection of registration certificate. The
Director must issue an equal pay registration certificate, or a
statement of why the application was rejected, within 45
calendar days of receipt of the application. An application may
be rejected only if it does not comply with the requirements of
subsection (c). The receipt of an application by the
Department, or the issuance of a registration certificate by
the Department, shall not establish compliance of the Equal Pay
Act of 2003 as to all Sections except Section 11. The issuance
of a registration certificate shall not be a defense against
any Equal Pay Act violation found by the Department, nor a
basis for mitigation of damages.
(e) Revocation of registration certificate. An equal pay
registration certificate for a business may be suspended or
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faith effort to comply with the Acts identified in subparagraph
(A) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c), fails to make a good
faith effort to comply with this Section, or has multiple
violations of this Section or the Acts identified in
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c). Prior to
suspending or revoking a registration certificate, the
Director must first have sought to conciliate with the business
regarding wages and benefits due to employees.
The Director, or his or her authorized representative, may
interview workers, administer oaths, take or cause to be taken
the depositions of witnesses, and require by subpoena the
attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of
all books, records, and other evidence relative to the matter
under investigation or hearing. Such subpoena shall be signed
and issued by the Director or his or her authorized
representative.
Upon request by the Director or his or her deputies or
agents, records shall be copied and submitted for evidence at
no cost to the Department. Every employer upon request shall
furnish to the Director or his or her authorized
representative, on demand, a sworn statement of the accuracy of
the records. Any employer who refuses to furnish a sworn
statement of the records is in violation of this Act.
In case of failure of any person to comply with any
subpoena lawfully issued under this Section or on the refusal
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regarding which he or she may be lawfully interrogated, it is
the duty of any circuit court, upon application of the Director
or his or her authorized representative, to compel obedience by
proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the
requirements of a subpoena issued by such court or a refusal to
testify therein. The Director may certify to official acts.
Neither the Department nor the Director shall be held
liable for good faith errors in issuing, denying, suspending or
revoking certificates.
(f) Administrative review.
(1) A business may obtain an administrative hearing in
accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
before the suspension or revocation of its certificate is
effective by filing a written request for hearing within 20
calendar days after service of notice by the Director.
(2) A business may obtain an administrative hearing in
accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
before the contract award entity's abridgement or
termination of a contract is effective by filing a written
request for a hearing 20 calendar days after service of
notice by the contract award entity.
(g) Technical assistance. The Director must provide
technical assistance to any business that requests assistance
regarding this Section.
(h) Audit. The Director may audit the business's compliance
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business must provide the Director the following information
with respect to employees expected to perform work under the
contract in each of the major job categories in the Employer
Information Report EEO-1:
(1) number of male employees;
(2) number of female employees;
(3) average annualized salaries paid to male employees
and to female employees, in the manner most consistent with
the employer's compensation system, within each major job
category;
(4) information on performance payments, benefits, or
other elements of compensation, in the manner most
consistent with the employer's compensation system, if
requested by the Director as part of a determination as to
whether these elements of compensation are different for
male and female employees;
(5) average length of service for male and female
employees in each major job category; and
(6) other information identified by the business or by
the Director, as needed, to determine compliance with items
specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (c).
(i) Access to data. Data submitted to the Director related
to equal pay registration certificates or otherwise provided by
an employer in its equal pay compliance statement under
subsection (c) are private data on individuals or nonpublic
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The Director's decision to issue, not issue, revoke, or suspend
an equal pay registration certificate is public data.
(j) Penalty. The Department shall impose on any business
that does not obtain an equal pay registration certificate as
required under this Section, or whose equal pay registration
certificate is suspended or revoked after a Department
investigation, a civil penalty in an amount equal to 1% of the
business's gross profits.
Falsification or misrepresentation of information on an
application submitted to the Department shall constitute a
violation of this Act.
(k) Whistleblower protection. As used in this subsection,
"retaliatory action" means the reprimand, discharge,
suspension, demotion, denial of promotion or transfer, or
change in the terms and conditions of employment of any
employee of a business that is taken in retaliation for the
employee's involvement in a protected activity.
(1) A business shall not take any retaliatory action
against an employee of the business because the employee
does any of the following:
(A) Discloses or threatens to disclose to a
supervisor or to a public body an activity, inaction,
policy, or practice implemented by a business that the
employee reasonably believes is in violation of a law,
rule, or regulation.
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any public body conducting an investigation, hearing,
or inquiry into any violation of a law, rule, or
regulation by a nursing home administrator.
(C) Assists or participates in a proceeding to
enforce the provisions of this Act.
(2) A violation of this subsection (k) may be
established only upon a finding that (i) the employee of
the business engaged in conduct described in paragraph (1)
of this subsection and (ii) this conduct was a contributing
factor in the retaliatory action alleged by the employee.
There is no violation of this Section, however, if the
business demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence
that it would have taken the same unfavorable personnel
action in the absence of that conduct.
(3) The employee of the business may be awarded all
remedies necessary to make the employee whole and to
prevent future violations of this Section. Remedies
imposed by the court may include, but are not limited to,
all of the following:
(A) Reinstatement of the employee to either the
same position held before the retaliatory action or to
an equivalent position.
(B) Two times the amount of back pay.
(C) Interest on the back pay.
(D) Reinstatement of full fringe benefits and
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(E) Payment of reasonable costs and attorney's
fees.
(4) Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to diminish
the rights, privileges, or remedies of an employee of a
business under any other federal or State law, rule, or
regulation or under any employment contract.
Article 99.