Bill Sponsor
Illinois House Resolution 161
Session 104th
Affirms-Equal Employment
Active
Active
Passed House on Oct 30, 2025
First Action
Feb 27, 2025
Latest Action
Oct 30, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Resolution
Bill Number
161
State
Illinois
Session
104th
Sponsorship by Party
House Votes (1)
checkPassed on April 7, 2025
Motion Text
Labor & Commerce
House Roll Call Votes
Summary
Affirms the steadfast commitment to equal employment opportunity and economic equity for women and all Illinoisans. Affirms the commitment to continue to prioritize construction investments that transform the State's infrastructure and its workforce. Affirms that the State's ongoing and upcoming capital and infrastructure projects will rebuild roads, buildings, and lives by providing good jobs that create economic stability through family-sustaining wages and benefits. Affirms that Illinois contractors must uphold the State's values and workers' rights, reject workplace discrimination and harassment, and be held accountable to laws, including the Illinois Responsible Bidder Code, the Prevailing Wage Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. Affirms that employers looking to contract with the State must adopt strong policies to protect workers from harassment and discrimination and must take action to create equal access to job opportunities and respectful, safe, and accountable work sites. Urges the use of all available tools to ensure that contractors doing business with the State are committed to creating access to high-road opportunities and respectful work sites.
10/30/2025
House
Resolution Adopted
10/30/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
10/30/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
10/30/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
10/29/2025
House
Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions
10/29/2025
House
Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
10/29/2025
House
Re-assigned to Rules Committee
10/29/2025
House
Referred to Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee
10/23/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
07/14/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
07/01/2025
House
Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
05/15/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
04/10/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
04/08/2025
House
Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions
04/07/2025
House
Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 016-008-000
03/13/2025
House
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
03/13/2025
House
Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
03/12/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
03/11/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
03/06/2025
House
Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.
03/06/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
03/06/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.
03/06/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
03/06/2025
House
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
03/05/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
03/05/2025
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
03/05/2025
House
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
03/05/2025
House
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
03/04/2025
House
Referred to Rules Committee
02/27/2025
House
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
Sources
Record Created
Mar 13, 2025 10:06:02 PM
Record Updated
Nov 4, 2025 3:19:08 PM