Bill Text: IL HJRCA0037 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that collective bargaining is fundamentally necessary to protect the economic welfare and safety of all workers in the public and private sectors. Provides that no law shall be passed that restricts or interferes with the ability of workers to join together and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment, including any law that prohibits or restricts the right of private sector employers and employees, through a representative of their own choosing, to enter into and administer union security agreements, should they choose. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-19 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin [HJRCA0037 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HJRCA0037-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0037 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new
Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that collective bargaining is fundamentally necessary to protect the economic welfare and safety of all workers in the public and private sectors. Provides that no law shall be passed that restricts or interferes with the ability of workers to join together and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment, including any law that prohibits or restricts the right of private sector employers and employees, through a representative of their own choosing, to enter into and administer union security agreements, should they choose. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
this resolution a proposition to amend the Illinois
Constitution in Article I by adding Section 25 as follows:
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
(ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new)
SECTION 25. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FREEDOM
Collective bargaining is fundamentally necessary to
protect the economic welfare and safety of all workers in the
public and private sectors, and no law shall be passed that
restricts or interferes with the ability of workers to join
together and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and terms
and conditions of employment, including any law that prohibits
or restricts the right of private sector employers and
employees, through a representative of their own choosing, to
enter into and administer union security agreements, should
they choose.

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SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.