Illinois Senate Bill 2041 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Freelance Worker Protection Act. Provides that freelance workers must be compensated by hiring parties for their services in a timely manner. Provides that whenever a hiring party retains the services of a freelance worker, the contract between the hiring party and the freelance worker shall be reduced to writing and signed by both parties. Provides that no hiring party shall threaten, intimidate, discipline, harass, deny a work opportunity to, or discriminate against a freelance worker, or take any other action that penalizes a freelance worker for, or is reasonably likely to deter a freelance worker from, exercising or attempting to exercise any right guaranteed under the Act. Contains provisions concerning enforcement; civil enforcement; public policy and intent; public awareness; reports; coordination; and rulemaking by the Department of Labor. Effective July 1, 2024.

FREELANCE WORKER PROTECTION

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Sen. Ram Villivalam [D]

Sen. Robert Peters [D]

Sen. Mike Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2023-06-12	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
2023-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2023-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
2023-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Labor
2023-02-24	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2023-02-23	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
2023-02-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2041&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2041.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2041sam001.htm