Illinois 97th Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 2 R · 2 D cosponsors

SB 2945 — SMOKE FREE-PRIVACY-EXEMPT

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  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 97th Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act and the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to exempt from certain prohibitions against discrimination any employer that, as its primary purposes or objectives, provides medical or hospital treatment to patients who have a cancerous condition.

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What changed in the latest version

2 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes made to Bill SB 2945 involve the removal of certain previous language and the addition of new language that clarifies specific provisions. These updates help ensure that the bill accurately reflects the intended policies and goals, making it easier for lawmakers and the public to understand its impact. This clarity is important because it can influence how the law is implemented and followed.

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SB2945 Engrossed LRB097 17926 RPM 63149 b AN ACT concerning health.
SB2945 Enrolled LRB097 17926 RPM 63149 b AN ACT concerning health.
This Section does not apply to any for-profit employer that, as its sole business purpose or objective, provides medical or hospital treatment to patients who have a cancerous condition, and that refuses to hire or SB2945 Engrossed - 2 - LRB097 17926 RPM 63149 b discharges any individual, or otherwise disadvantages any individual, with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the individual uses tobacco products, including cigarettes, pipes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snus, snuff, clove cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and similar products.
This Section does not apply to any for-profit employer that, as its sole business purpose or objective, provides medical or hospital treatment to patients who have a cancerous condition, and that refuses to hire or SB2945 Enrolled - 2 - LRB097 17926 RPM 63149 b discharges any individual, or otherwise disadvantages any individual, with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the individual uses tobacco products, including cigarettes, pipes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snus, snuff, clove cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and similar products.
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Action History

  1. Total Veto Stands

  2. Override Governor Veto - Senate Lost 024-031-000

  3. 3/5 Vote Required

  4. Sponsor Removed Sen. Mattie Hunter

  5. Sponsor Removed Sen. Dan Kotowski

  6. Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Dan Duffy

  7. Placed Calendar Total Veto November 27, 2012

  8. Governor Vetoed

  9. Sent to the Governor

  10. Passed Both Houses

  11. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40

  12. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 065-048-000

  13. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

  14. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  15. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael G. Connelly

  16. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles W. Krezwick

  17. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson

  18. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger

  19. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.

  20. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays

  21. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Nybo

  22. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski

  23. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole

  24. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

  25. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

  26. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto

  27. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison

  28. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay

  29. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy

  30. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond

  31. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Evans

  32. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

  33. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner

  34. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

  35. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro

  36. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  37. Second Reading - Short Debate

  38. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  39. Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000

  40. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.

  41. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

  42. Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

  43. Referred to Rules Committee

  44. First Reading

  45. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  46. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly

  47. Arrived in House

  48. Third Reading - Passed; 050-001-000

  49. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski

  50. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzi Schmidt

  51. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  52. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2012

  53. Second Reading

  54. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2012

  55. Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 008-001-000

  56. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted

  57. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Public Health

  58. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  59. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Duffy

  60. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

  61. Held in Public Health

  62. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  63. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health

  64. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  65. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Duffy

  66. Assigned to Public Health

  67. Referred to Assignments

  68. First Reading

  69. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Duffy

Sponsors

  • Jil Tracy · Cosponsor
  • Dan Duffy · Cosponsor
  • Franco Coladipietro · Cosponsor
  • Dennis M. Reboletti · Cosponsor
  • Mike Fortner · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Marcus C. Evans · Cosponsor
  • Paul Evans · Cosponsor
  • Norine Hammond · Cosponsor
  • Dwight Kay · Cosponsor
  • John D. Cavaletto · Cosponsor
  • Sandy Cole · Cosponsor
  • Joe C. Sosnowski · Cosponsor
  • Chris Nybo · Cosponsor
  • Chad Hays · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Randy Ramey · Cosponsor
  • Darlene J. Senger · Cosponsor
  • Jim Watson · Cosponsor
  • Charles W. Krezwick · Cosponsor
  • Julie A. Morrison · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on · 20 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (19)

  • Jil Tracy Republican
  • Dan Duffy
  • Franco Coladipietro
  • Dennis M. Reboletti
  • Mike Fortner
  • Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Democrat
  • Paul Evans
  • Norine Hammond
  • Dwight Kay
  • John D. Cavaletto
  • Sandy Cole
  • Joe C. Sosnowski Republican
  • Chris Nybo
  • Chad Hays
  • Randy Ramey, Jr.
  • Darlene J. Senger
  • Jim Watson
  • Charles W. Krezwick
  • Julie A. Morrison Democrat

Not signed on (164)

164 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Motion

Failed 24 Yea · 31 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 202303
Democrat 1801
Republican 3000
Total 243104
% of votes cast 41%53%0%7%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Frerichs — Nay
Haine — Nay
Radogno — Yea
Kotowski — Nay
Brady — Yea
Johnson, C. — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
LaHood — Yea
Landek — Nay
Cullerton — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
McCann — Yea
Jacobs — Nay
McGuire — Nay
McCarter — Yea
Meeks — Not Voting
Sullivan — Nay
Millner — Yea
Mulroe — Nay
Muñoz — Nay
Noland — Nay
Schoenberg — Nay
Silverstein — Nay
Steans — Nay
Trotter — Nay
Clayborne — Nay
Crotty — Nay
Cultra — Nay
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Forby — Nay
Garrett — Nay
Hutchinson — Nay
Pankau — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Sandack — Yea
Sandoval — Nay
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Not Voting
Maloney — Nay
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Nay
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Nay
Don Harmon Democrat Nay
Emil Jones, III Democrat Nay
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Not Voting
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Nay
Lakesia Collins Democrat Nay
Lakesia Collins Democrat Nay
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Nay
Mattie Hunter Democrat Nay
Dave Syverson Republican Yea
Kevin Schmidt Republican Yea
Sue Rezin Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 65 Yea · 48 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 533705
Republican 5100
Democrat 71000
Total 654805
% of votes cast 55%41%0%4%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Brauer — Nay
Brown — Yea
Carli — Yea
McAsey — Not Voting
Franks — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Jakobsson — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Kay — Yea
Leitch — Yea
May — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Morthland — Yea
Brady — Yea
Nybo — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Senger — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Lang — Nay
Madigan — Yea
Mell — Nay
Nekritz — Nay
Burke, Daniel — Nay
Mitchell, Jerry — Nay
Burke, Kelly — Nay
Pihos — Nay
Sente — Nay
Soto — Nay
Harris, Greg — Nay
Turner — Nay
Hernandez — Nay
Verschoore — Nay
Howard — Nay
Williams — Nay
Jones — Nay
Bradley — Not Voting
Costello — Nay
Currie — Nay
D'Amico — Nay
Dugan — Nay
Dunkin — Nay
Durkin — Nay
Farnham — Not Voting
Flowers — Nay
Gordon — Nay
Jackson — Nay
Kosel — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Unes — Yea
Harris, David — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Watson — Yea
Cavaletto — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Connelly — Yea
Cross — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Gaffney — Yea
Golar — Yea
Hatcher — Yea
Hays — Yea
Penny — Nay
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Nay
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Nay
Roth — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Krezwick — Yea
Acevedo — Not Voting
Arroyo — Nay
Barickman — Yea
Beiser — Nay
Bellock — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Berrios — Nay
Biss — Nay
Mautino — Not Voting
Bost — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Nay
Du Buclet — Nay
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Nay
Bill Cunningham Democrat Yea
Camille Y. Lilly Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Nay
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Yea
Kelly M. Cassidy Democrat Nay
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Nay
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Nay
Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Democrat Yea
Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Democrat Yea
Michelle Mussman Democrat Nay
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Nay
Rita Mayfield Democrat Nay
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Nay
William "Will" Davis Democrat Nay
Brad Halbrook Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Jil Tracy Republican Yea
Joe C. Sosnowski Republican Yea
Norine K. Hammond Republican Yea
Wayne A. Rosenthal Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 50 Yea · 1 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 9001
Unaffiliated 38107
Republican 3000
Total 50108
% of votes cast 85%2%0%14%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Maloney — Yea
McCann — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Brady — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Johnson, C. — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Landek — Not Voting
Lauzen — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Meeks — Not Voting
Jones, J. — Not Voting
Sullivan — Not Voting
Millner — Not Voting
Mulroe — Yea
Muñoz — Yea
Noland — Yea
Radogno — Not Voting
Schoenberg — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Cultra — Nay
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Sandack — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
LaHood — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Not Voting
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Not Voting
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea
Kevin Schmidt Republican Yea
Sue Rezin Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2945 do?
Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act and the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to exempt from certain prohibitions against discrimination any employer that, as its primary purposes or objectives, provides medical or hospital treatment to patients who have a cancerous condition.
Who sponsors SB 2945?
SB 2945 is sponsored by Jil Tracy (Republican), Dan Duffy, Franco Coladipietro, Dennis M. Reboletti, Mike Fortner, Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (Democrat), Paul Evans, Norine Hammond, Dwight Kay, John D. Cavaletto, Sandy Cole, Joe C. Sosnowski (Republican), Chris Nybo, Chad Hays, Randy Ramey, Jr., Darlene J. Senger, Jim Watson, Charles W. Krezwick, and Julie A. Morrison (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 2945?
This bill died with 97th Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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