Bill Status of HB 2424   99th General Assembly


Short Description:  DAY LABORERS-DISCRIMINATION

House Sponsors
Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/10/2017HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
775 ILCS 5/2-102from Ch. 68, par. 2-102
820 ILCS 175/12

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a third party client, as that term is defined by the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, to fail to investigate a staffing agency's hiring practices if the third party client has reason to believe that the staffing agency is engaging in any discrimination in the hiring and assigning of day laborers. Amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. Provides that a day and temporary labor service agency shall collect, from each person seeking work as a day or temporary laborer, demographic information on a contact form which allows the person to self-identify his or her race and gender. Provides that the collected information shall be maintained separately from any personnel files used to make job assignments. Provides that the day and temporary labor service agency shall submit the information to the Department of Labor on an annual basis. Provides that the Department shall use the data to submit a yearly report to the General Assembly. Provides that the report shall detail the hiring practices of each branch office of the day and temporary labor service agency. Provides that an agent of a day and temporary labor service agency who submits to the Department false or altered data is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/10/2015HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
  2/17/2015HouseFirst Reading
  2/17/2015HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/10/2015HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
  3/19/2015HouseTo General Law Subcommittee
  3/27/2015HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/10/2017HouseSession Sine Die

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