ANTI-WAGE THEFT-STATE CONTRACT Senate SponsorsSen. Cristina Castro 1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die 30 ILCS 500/50-14.6 new30 ILCS 500/50-60820 ILCS 115/14from Ch. 48, par. 39m-14Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Prohibits any person or business that violates the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, the Minimum Wage Law, the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or any comparable statute or regulation of any state that governs the payment of wages to do business with the State or any State agency or enter into a subcontract that is subject to the Code for a period of 5 years. Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that every offer submitted to the State, every contract and subcontract executed by the State, and every submission to a vendor portal shall contain a certification that the certifying party is not barred from being awarded a contract or subcontract, and acknowledgment that the chief procurement officer may declare void the bid, offer, or contract on the basis that any of the certifications are false. Provides that any employee not timely paid wages, final compensation, or wage supplements by his or her employer shall be entitled to recover treble the amount of any such underpayments plus damages of 2% of the amount of any such underpayments for each month following the date of payment during which such underpayments remain unpaid. Provides that a subsequent failure to pay within 5 years (rather than 2 years) of a prior conviction is a Class 4 felony. 1/30/2019SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro 1/30/2019SenateFirst Reading 1/30/2019SenateReferred to Assignments 1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die