Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2577 — PUB LABOR-SMALL GOVT UNITS

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1080

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    0 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes the Act inapplicable to units of local government with fewer than 2, rather than 35, employees.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

15 added · 16 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes in Bill HB 2577 clarify that an employee's decision to quit their job due to dangerous work conditions will not be considered a strike, which emphasizes the protection of workers' rights in hazardous situations. Additionally, the bill has updated the threshold for local governments to fall under its provisions, increasing the employee count from fewer than 5 to fewer than 35 employees. This means more smaller local governments may not be subject to certain labor regulations, potentially impacting worker protections in those areas.

→
Previous
Latest
HB2577 Engrossed LRB093 10414 JAM 10668 b AN ACT concerning public labor relations.
HB2577 Enrolled LRB093 10414 JAM 10668 b AN ACT concerning public labor relations.
(b) This Act shall not be applicable to units of local government employing less than _ -- employees, except with respect to bargaining units in existence on the effective date of this Act and fire protection districts required by the Fire Protection District Act to appoint a Board of Fire Commissioners.
(b) This Act shall not be applicable to units of local government employing less than 5 35 employees, except with respect to bargaining units in existence on the effective date of this Act and fire protection districts required by the Fire Protection District Act to appoint a Board of Fire Commissioners.
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (3)

Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1080

  2. Effective Date June 1, 2005

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Passed; 037-022-000

  7. 3/5 Vote Required

  8. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 10, 2004

  9. Approved for Consideration Rules

  10. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio

  11. Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, extended to January 11, 2005.

  12. Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules

  13. Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, to December 31, 2003.

  14. Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik

  15. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003

  16. Second Reading

  17. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003

  18. Do Pass Labor & Commerce; 006-001-000

  19. Assigned to Labor & Commerce

  20. Referred to Rules

  21. First Reading

  22. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link

  23. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore

  24. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003

  25. Arrive in Senate

  26. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-045-000

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

  28. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote

  29. Second Reading - Short Debate

  30. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000

  31. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  32. Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate

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

  34. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Eddie Washington

  35. Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Eddie Washington

  36. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland

  37. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita

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

  39. Second Reading - Short Debate

  40. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington

  41. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  42. Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 008-005-000

  43. Assigned to Labor Committee

  44. Referred to Rules Committee

  45. First Reading

  46. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

Sponsors

  • Eddie Washington · Cosponsor
  • Deanna Demuzio · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

0 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 181 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Eddie Washington
  • Deanna Demuzio

Not signed on (181)

181 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 181 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Third Reading

Passed 37 Yea · 22 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 302100
Democrat 7000
Republican 0100
Total 372200
% of votes cast 63%37%0%0%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sieben — Nay
Silverstein — Yea
Soden — Nay
Luechtefeld — Nay
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Nay
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Nay
Geo-Karis — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Link — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Petka — Nay
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Forby — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Lauzen — Nay
Jones, J. — Nay
Jones, W. — Nay
Watson — Nay
Viverito — Nay
Cronin — Nay
Dillard — Nay
Winkel — Nay
Wojcik — Nay
Peterson — Nay
Radogno — Nay
Rauschenberger — Nay
Righter — Nay
Risinger — Nay
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Nay
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Nay

Third Reading

Passed 72 Yea · 45 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 614401
Democrat 9000
Republican 2100
Total 724501
% of votes cast 61%38%0%1%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Nay
Schmitz — Yea
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Aguilar — Nay
Bassi — Nay
Mathias — Nay
Beaubien — Nay
Bellock — Nay
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Nay
Biggins — Nay
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Nay
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
McAuliffe — Nay
Molaro — Yea
Franks — Yea
Graham — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Novak — Yea
Kosel — Nay
Pankau — Nay
Dunn — Nay
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Nay
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Lindner — Nay
Reitz — Yea
Madigan — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Morrow — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Scully — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Slone — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Turner — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Washington — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Howard — Yea
Jones — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Capparelli — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Currie — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Giles — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hartke — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Krause — Nay
Lyons, Eileen — Nay
Kurtz — Nay
Millner — Nay
Mulligan — Nay
Munson — Nay
Myers — Nay
Osmond — Nay
Parke — Not Voting
Brady — Nay
Pihos — Nay
Sullivan — Nay
Sommer — Nay
Watson — Nay
Tenhouse — Nay
Wait — Nay
Winters — Nay
Wirsing — Nay
Churchill — Nay
Coulson — Nay
Cross — Nay
Cultra — Nay
Daniels — Nay
Eddy — Nay
Froehlich — Nay
Granberg — Nay
Hassert — Nay
Hultgren — Nay
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Nay
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea

Subjects

labor
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2577 do?
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes the Act inapplicable to units of local government with fewer than 2, rather than 35, employees.
Who sponsors HB 2577?
HB 2577 is sponsored by Eddie Washington and Deanna Demuzio.
What is the current status of HB 2577?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2003. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 2577?
Track HB 2577 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on HB 2577

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of HB 2577

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →