IL HB5294 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-3)
Status: Engrossed on April 19 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-04-24 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on April 19 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-04-24 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Summary
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the State of Illinois is considered an employer under the provisions of the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act. Provides that an employee of an employer with 16 or more employees and no more than 50 employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 51 or more employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 50 or fewer employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit and an employee of an employer with more than 51 employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employer shall not require an employee who uses unpaid neonatal intensive care leave to provide a replacement worker. Provides that an employee who is entitled to take paid or unpaid leave, including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or similar leave, from employment, under federal, State, or local law, a collective bargaining agreement, or an employment benefits program or plan, may elect to substitute any period of leave for an equivalent period of leave provided under the Act. Provides that, upon the conclusion of leave taken under the Act, an employee shall be reinstated to his or her former position or a substantially equivalent one with no loss of benefits held or accrued prior to taking leave. Provides that, during the period of leave, any health insurance benefits shall be maintained by an employer as if an employee had not taken leave. Provides that an employer may require reasonable verification of the employee's child's length of stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Makes changes to provisions concerning enforcement of the Act. Makes changes to the definitions of "employee" and "employer". Makes other changes.
Title
NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-04-19 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 92 N: 9 NV: 4 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-24 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 2024-04-24 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2024-04-24 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro |
| 2024-04-24 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 2024-04-24 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 2024-04-19 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens |
| 2024-04-19 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr. |
| 2024-04-19 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha |
| 2024-04-19 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 092-009-000 |
| 2024-04-19 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2024-04-19 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted |
| 2024-04-18 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 029-000-000 |
| 2024-04-17 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2024-04-17 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2024-04-17 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 2024-04-16 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-04-16 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
| 2024-04-15 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 2024-04-15 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer |
| 2024-04-15 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit |
| 2024-04-15 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita |
| 2024-04-11 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed |
| 2024-04-04 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2024-04-03 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 3 Tabled |
| 2024-04-03 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled |
| 2024-04-03 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled |
| 2024-04-03 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 028-000-000 |
| 2024-04-03 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke |
| 2024-04-03 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2024-04-03 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid |
| 2024-04-02 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 2024-04-01 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe |
| 2024-04-01 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass |
| 2024-04-01 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty |
| 2024-04-01 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar |
| 2024-04-01 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart |
| 2024-04-01 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez |
| 2024-04-01 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-04-01 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
| 2024-03-21 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz |
| 2024-03-21 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer |
| 2024-03-21 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson |
| 2024-03-21 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal |
| 2024-03-21 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 2024-03-20 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 2024-03-18 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-03-18 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
| 2024-03-12 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 2024-02-29 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-02-29 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 2024-02-09 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-02-09 | House | First Reading |
| 2024-02-08 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
