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HB5461

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WAGES-TERMINATION PAYMENTS

What this bill does

Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that it is unlawful to include in any employment contract, or to require an employee to execute as a condition of employment or a work relationship, a contract that: (1) requires the employee to pay an employer, training provider, or debt collector for a debt if the employee's employment or work relationship with a specific employer is terminated; (2) authorizes the employer, training provider, or debt collector to resume or initiate collection of or to end forbearance on a debt if the employee's employment or work relationship with a specific employer is terminated; (3) imposes any penalty, fee, or cost on a employee if the employee's employment or work relationship with a specific employer is terminated. Provides that the provision applies to contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a contract entered into in violation of the provision is void and unenforceable. Sets forth an exception to the provision. Effective immediately.

Sponsor: Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz Chamber: House Introduced: 2026-02-06
Stuck
P(Advance)
8.4%
Chance it ever reaches a milestone (committee, floor, etc.). Not “next step.”
P(Law)
0.0%
Chance it becomes law given where it is now (stage, momentum).
Confidence: 92%

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Pipeline Progress

Current stage: In Committee · Last action 239 days ago · STAGNANT

How does a bill become law in Illinois?
  1. Introduction of Bill

    A member of the Senate or the House introduces a bill, which is assigned a unique identifying number (e.g., "H.B. ___" for House bills and "S.B. ___" for Senate bills). If not enacted, it must be reintroduced in the next General Assembly with a new number.

  2. Committee Work — Hearings

    The bill goes to the appropriate committee, which holds hearings to gather expert opinions and determine the need for the legislation.

  3. Committee Work — Markup, Amendments, Report

    The committee may make amendments to the bill. If approved, a committee report endorsing the bill is issued.

  4. Floor Debate

    The bill is debated and can be further amended. The debate transcripts are accessible online for public viewing.

  5. Passage and Consideration in Second Chamber

    If the bill passes in the first chamber, it moves to the second chamber for a similar review process. If both chambers approve, it goes to the governor.

  6. Gubernatorial Action

    The governor can sign the bill into law, veto it, or take no action (resulting in an automatic law after 60 days). The type of veto can be total or amendatory. Once signed, the bill becomes a Public Act and is assigned a Public Act number.

Sponsor Context

Campaign finance

This is SBE campaign receipts to the people on this bill, not Moneyball and not earmarked to the bill.

Money is campaign receipts to matched candidate committees, not earmarked to this bill. Window 2025-01-01 – 2026-09-13.

$206,174.77 Across sponsors / voters
1 Members with trails
0 Overlapping donors

Sponsor and voter funding

Member Role Receipts Total received Top donors
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz Chief sponsor 127 $206,174.77 Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC ($9,500.00); Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee ($8,000.00); I.P.A.C.E. ($7,500.00)

Top donors across these members

Donor Occupation Employer Receipts Total
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC — — 4 $9,500.00
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee — — 2 $8,000.00
Realtor Political Action Committee — — 3 $7,500.00
I.P.A.C.E. — — 2 $7,500.00
Michael Sacks CEO GCM Grosvenor 1 $7,300.00
Peter Lofgren Technical Staff Anthropic 1 $7,300.00
Benjamin West CTO Trajectory Labs, PBC 1 $7,300.00
Tao Lin Technical Staff Anthropic 1 $7,300.00
Todor Markov Technical Staff Anthropic 1 $7,300.00
William Saunders AI Researcher Anthropic 1 $7,300.00
Lauren Foster Not Employed Not Employed 1 $7,300.00
Matthew Fisher Research Scientist Adobe 1 $7,300.00
Andrew Callahan Technical Staff Anthropic 1 $7,300.00
Evan Hubinger Research Scientist Anthropic 1 $7,300.00
Wells Fargo — — 20 $5,083.18
Community BancPac — — 3 $5,000.00
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Political Action Committee — — 1 $5,000.00
Amazon.com Services LLC — — 2 $4,000.00
Dent-IL-PAC — — 2 $3,500.00
Timothy Maxwell Sotfware Engineer Anthropic 1 $3,100.00
Illinois State Medical Society Political Action Committee — — 2 $3,000.00
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council Political Action Committee — — 1 $3,000.00
IMHA - PAC — — 1 $3,000.00
Patrick Salvi Attorney Salvi Schostok & Pritchard P.C. 1 $2,500.00
Keith Hebeisen Attorney Clifford Law Offices 1 $2,500.00

Hearings

This bill has not been scheduled for a committee hearing.

Action History

3 actions recorded. Last action: 2026-02-13 — Referred toRules Committee. Each action's meaning and outcome signal are classified automatically.

2026-02-06 Introduction & Filing
Filed with the Clerk byRep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz House Rule 6(b)
Bill officially submitted to the House Clerk during the session.
2026-02-13 Introduction & Filing
First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38
Formal introduction — title read into the official record. Required procedural step; bill now exists in the system.
2026-02-13 Committee Assignment
Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a)
Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.

All actions (table)

Date Chamber Action Category Signal
2026-02-06 House Filed with the Clerk byRep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz House Rule 6(b) Introduction & Filing —
2026-02-13 House First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 Introduction & Filing —
2026-02-13 House Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) Committee Assignment —