Illinois Senate Bill 1723 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act. Requires the Department of Employment Security to establish and administer a Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program that provides family and medical leave insurance benefits to enable eligible employees to take paid family or medical leave for their own illness or to care for a newborn child, a newly adopted or newly placed foster child, or a family member with a serious health condition. Provides for the collection of payroll premiums beginning one year after the effective date of the Act and for benefits under the Act to be available one year after the commencement of premium collection. Sets forth eligibility requirements for benefits, including that the employee must have worked for the same employer for 12 weeks or more and worked 240 or more hours. Provides that the work requirements must be met annually. Defines "employer" as a person, partnership, corporation, association, labor placement agency, or other business entity that pays wages and any other employer subject to the Unemployment Insurance Act except the State and its political subdivisions and instrumentalities. Contains provisions concerning disqualification from benefits; premium payments; the amount and duration of benefits; the recovery of erroneous payments; hearings; defaulted premium payments; elective coverage; employment protection; coordination of family leave; and other matters. Provides phase-in periods for collection of moneys and claims for benefits under the Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Account Fund. Effective January 1, 2020.

FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM

Sen. Ram Villivalam [D]	Sen. Toi Hutchinson [D]	Sen. Ann Gillespie [D]	Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]
Sen. Emil Jones [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-28	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 28, 2019
2019-03-20	Senate	Postponed - Labor
2019-03-20	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Labor
2019-03-14	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
2019-03-14	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
2019-03-13	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2019-03-13	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
2019-03-07	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2019-03-06	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
2019-03-05	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
2019-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Labor
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	105	5.891	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1723&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1723.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1723sam001.htm