HB 507 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

EMPLOYMENT-TECH

HB 507 amends the Workplace Transparency Act. This bill makes a technical change to a section within the Act specifically concerning its short title. It does not introduce new substantive policy changes regarding employment practices.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2025

Committee Review

Dec 2025

House Passage

Oct 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Oct 28, 2025 Last action Dec 1, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 3 edits · Oct 28, 2025

MINOR

This bill amends the Workplace Transparency Act to expand the types of financial relief available to employees. It adds 'compensatory consequential damages' to the list of recoverable items alongside attorney's fees and costs, allowing workers to seek compensation for broader economic losses if they win a legal challenge against a contract violation.

Scope change

The scope of financial recovery for employees was expanded to include consequential damages, whereas previously only attorney's fees and costs were explicitly mentioned.

ENFORCEMENT

Added 'compensatory consequential damages' to the remedies available to employees challenging contract violations.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the legal standard for recovering fees to include defending actions for breach of confidentiality agreements.

TIMELINE

Set the effective date of the Act to January 1, 2026.

Floor votes · House Oct 28, 2025

How they voted

113–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 117

Oct 28, 2025

D Democratic77

75 Yea 2

97% Yea

R Republican40

38 Yea 2

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Dec 1, 2025

Committee

Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

upper

Oct 29, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to Assignments

upper

Oct 29, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Labor

upper

Oct 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Assignments

upper

Oct 28, 2025

Introduced

Arrive in Senate

upper

Oct 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000

lower

Oct 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted

lower

Oct 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 022-000-000

lower

Oct 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee

lower

Oct 15, 2025

Committee

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

lower

Oct 15, 2025

Introduced

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ann M. Williams

lower

Oct 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 003-002-000

lower

May 31, 2025

Committee

Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Executive Committee

lower

Jan 9, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules Committee

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors