104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1054 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Vella SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that any contractor or subcontractor and any officer, employee, or agent of the contractor or subcontractor whose duty it is to file a certified payroll who willfully fails to file the certified payroll on or before the date the certified payroll is required to be filed and any person who willfully files a false certified payroll that is false as to any material fact is in violation of the Act and, in addition to being subject to penalties under the Act, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (currently, is in violation of the Act and guilty of a Class A misdemeanor). Makes a conforming change. LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1054 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Vella SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that any contractor or subcontractor and any officer, employee, or agent of the contractor or subcontractor whose duty it is to file a certified payroll who willfully fails to file the certified payroll on or before the date the certified payroll is required to be filed and any person who willfully files a false certified payroll that is false as to any material fact is in violation of the Act and, in addition to being subject to penalties under the Act, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (currently, is in violation of the Act and guilty of a Class A misdemeanor). Makes a conforming change. LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1054 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Vella SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that any contractor or subcontractor and any officer, employee, or agent of the contractor or subcontractor whose duty it is to file a certified payroll who willfully fails to file the certified payroll on or before the date the certified payroll is required to be filed and any person who willfully files a false certified payroll that is false as to any material fact is in violation of the Act and, in addition to being subject to penalties under the Act, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (currently, is in violation of the Act and guilty of a Class A misdemeanor). Makes a conforming change. LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b A BILL FOR HB1054LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b 1 AN ACT concerning employment. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing 5 Section 5 as follows: 6 (820 ILCS 130/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5) 7 Sec. 5. Certified payroll. 8 (a) Any contractor and each subcontractor who participates 9 in public works shall: 10 (1) make and keep, for a period of not less than 3 11 years from the date of the last payment made before 12 January 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-328) 13 and for a period of 5 years from the date of the last 14 payment made on or after January 1, 2014 (the effective 15 date of Public Act 98-328) on a contract or subcontract 16 for public works, records of all laborers, mechanics, and 17 other workers employed by them on the project; the records 18 shall include (i) the worker's name, (ii) the worker's 19 address, (iii) the worker's telephone number when 20 available, (iv) the last 4 digits of the worker's social 21 security number, (v) the worker's gender, (vi) the 22 worker's race, (vii) the worker's ethnicity, (viii) 23 veteran status, (ix) the worker's classification or 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1054 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Vella SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that any contractor or subcontractor and any officer, employee, or agent of the contractor or subcontractor whose duty it is to file a certified payroll who willfully fails to file the certified payroll on or before the date the certified payroll is required to be filed and any person who willfully files a false certified payroll that is false as to any material fact is in violation of the Act and, in addition to being subject to penalties under the Act, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (currently, is in violation of the Act and guilty of a Class A misdemeanor). Makes a conforming change. LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b A BILL FOR 820 ILCS 130/5 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5 LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054- 2 -LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 - 2 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 - 2 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b 1 classifications, (x) the worker's skill level, such as 2 apprentice or journeyman, (xi) the worker's gross and net 3 wages paid in each pay period, (xii) the worker's number 4 of hours worked each day, (xiii) the worker's starting and 5 ending times of work each day, (xiv) the worker's hourly 6 wage rate, (xv) the worker's hourly overtime wage rate, 7 (xvi) the worker's hourly fringe benefit rates, (xvii) the 8 name and address of each fringe benefit fund, (xviii) the 9 plan sponsor of each fringe benefit, if applicable, and 10 (xix) the plan administrator of each fringe benefit, if 11 applicable; and 12 (2) no later than the 15th day of each calendar month 13 file a certified payroll for the immediately preceding 14 month with the public body in charge of the project until 15 the Department of Labor activates the database created 16 under Section 5.1 at which time certified payroll shall 17 only be submitted to that database, except for projects 18 done by State agencies that opt to have contractors submit 19 certified payrolls directly to that State agency. A State 20 agency that opts to directly receive certified payrolls 21 must submit the required information in a specified 22 electronic format to the Department of Labor no later than 23 10 days after the certified payroll was filed with the 24 State agency. A certified payroll must be filed for only 25 those calendar months during which construction on a 26 public works project has occurred. The certified payroll HB1054 - 2 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054- 3 -LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 - 3 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 - 3 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b 1 shall consist of a complete copy of the records identified 2 in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a), but may exclude 3 the starting and ending times of work each day. The 4 certified payroll shall be accompanied by a statement 5 signed by the contractor or subcontractor or an officer, 6 employee, or agent of the contractor or subcontractor 7 which avers that: (i) he or she has examined the certified 8 payroll records required to be submitted by the Act and 9 such records are true and accurate; (ii) the hourly rate 10 paid to each worker is not less than the general 11 prevailing rate of hourly wages required by this Act; and 12 (iii) the contractor or subcontractor is aware that filing 13 a certified payroll that he or she knows to be false is in 14 violation of this Act and, in addition to being subject to 15 penalties under this Act, is guilty a Class A misdemeanor. 16 A general contractor is not prohibited from relying on the 17 certification of a lower tier subcontractor, provided the 18 general contractor does not knowingly rely upon a 19 subcontractor's false certification. Any contractor or 20 subcontractor subject to this Act and any officer, 21 employee, or agent of such contractor or subcontractor 22 whose duty as such officer, employee, or agent it is to 23 file such certified payroll who willfully fails to file 24 such a certified payroll on or before the date such 25 certified payroll is required by this paragraph to be 26 filed and any person who willfully files a false certified HB1054 - 3 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054- 4 -LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 - 4 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 - 4 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b 1 payroll that is false as to any material fact is in 2 violation of this Act and, in addition to being subject to 3 penalties under this Act, is guilty of a Class A 4 misdemeanor. The public body in charge of the project 5 shall keep the records submitted in accordance with this 6 paragraph (2) of subsection (a) before January 1, 2014 7 (the effective date of Public Act 98-328) for a period of 8 not less than 3 years, and the records submitted in 9 accordance with this paragraph (2) of subsection (a) on or 10 after January 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 11 98-328) for a period of 5 years, from the date of the last 12 payment for work on a contract or subcontract for public 13 works or until the Department of Labor activates the 14 database created under Section 5.1, whichever is less. 15 After the activation of the database created under Section 16 5.1, the Department of Labor rather than the public body 17 in charge of the project shall keep the records and 18 maintain the database. The records submitted in accordance 19 with this paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall be 20 considered public records, except an employee's address, 21 telephone number, social security number, race, ethnicity, 22 and gender, and made available in accordance with the 23 Freedom of Information Act. The public body shall accept 24 any reasonable submissions by the contractor that meet the 25 requirements of this Section. 26 A contractor, subcontractor, or public body may retain HB1054 - 4 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054- 5 -LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 - 5 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 - 5 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b HB1054 - 5 - LRB104 03164 SPS 13185 b