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HB 593 — SERVICE MEMBER EMPLOYMT TENURE
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0162
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 27, 2005. Enacted.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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4 sponsors
0 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Amends the Service Member's Employment Tenure Act. Provides that each person scheduled to begin employment with a private employer or with the State of Illinois or a political subdivision who, for the purpose of entering the military service, has left or leaves such scheduled-to-begin-employment status and actually entered the military service and who thereafter (1) receives a certificate or other evidence of honorable discharge or satisfactory completion of military service, (2) is, at the time of such discharge or completion of military service, still qualified to perform the duties of the position of employment which he or she was scheduled to begin, and (3) makes application for re-employment within 90 days after being relieved from such military service, or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year, shall be restored by the employer to the position of scheduled-to-begin-employment status which he or she left with the same increases in status, seniority, and wages that were earned during his or her term of military service by employees in like positions who were on the job at the time the returning service member entered the service, or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay, unless the employer's circumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do so. Extends other protections of the Act to service members who were scheduled to begin employment at the time they entered military service. Effective immediately.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
2 added · 2 removedPlain-language change summary
The latest version of Bill HB 593 has updated its status from "Engrossed" to "Enrolled," indicating it has passed the final legislative review and is now ready for presentation to the governor for approval. This change matters because "Enrolled" represents the final step in the legislative process, moving the bill closer to becoming law.
HB0593 EngrossedEnrolled LRB094 06714 DRJ 36813 b AN ACT concerning veterans.
HB0593 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB094 06714 DRJ 36813 b (1) A statement repeating the offer of work and the date on which the services were to be first performed.
Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0162
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Effective Date July 11, 2005
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
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Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
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Passed Both Houses
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Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2005
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Second Reading
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Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
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Do Pass Labor; 008-000-000
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Assigned to Labor
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
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Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2005
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Arrive in Senate
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
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Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
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Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 020-000-000
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Assigned to Labor Committee
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
Sponsors
- Donald L. Moffitt · Cosponsor
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson · Cosponsor
- Deanna Demuzio · Cosponsor
- Arthur J. Wilhelmi · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 179 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (4)
- Donald L. Moffitt
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- Deanna Demuzio
- Arthur J. Wilhelmi
Not signed on (179)
179 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 179 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Wilhelmi | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| Dahl | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Raoul | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Yea |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 99 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 110 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Schock | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Beiser | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Not Voting |
| Boland | — | Not Voting |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Jenisch | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Bradley, John | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Yea |
| Tryon | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Chavez | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Not Voting |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Not Voting |
| Washington | — | Not Voting |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Not Voting |
| D'Amico | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Not Voting |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Dugan | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Pritchard | — | Yea |
| Reis | — | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Not Voting |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 593 do?
- Amends the Service Member's Employment Tenure Act. Provides that each person scheduled to begin employment with a private employer or with the State of Illinois or a political subdivision who, for the purpose of entering the military service, has left or leaves such scheduled-to-begin-employment status and actually entered the military service and who thereafter (1) receives a certificate or other evidence of honorable discharge or satisfactory completion of military service, (2) is, at the time of such discharge or completion of military service, still qualified to perform the duties of the position of employment which he or she was scheduled to begin, and (3) makes application for re-employment within 90 days after being relieved from such military service, or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year, shall be restored by the employer to the position of scheduled-to-begin-employment status which he or she left with the same increases in status, seniority, and wages that were earned during his or her term of military service by employees in like positions who were on the job at the time the returning service member entered the service, or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay, unless the employer's circumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do so. Extends other protections of the Act to service members who were scheduled to begin employment at the time they entered military service. Effective immediately.
- Who sponsors HB 593?
- HB 593 is sponsored by Donald L. Moffitt, Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson, Deanna Demuzio, and Arthur J. Wilhelmi.
- What is the current status of HB 593?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 27, 2005. Enacted.
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