Date	Chamber	Action
8/24/2004	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1012

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

820 ILCS 405/1502.1

from Ch. 48, par. 572.1

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an employer is not chargeable for any benefit charges resulting from the payment of benefits to an individual for any week of unemployment if the employer's business is closed solely because of the entrance of the employer, one or more of the partners or officers of the employer, or the majority stockholder of the employer into active duty in the Illinois National Guard or the Armed Forces. Effective immediately.

Fiscal Note (Department of Employment Security)

It is difficult to quantify the number of employers potentially affected and impossible to predict future calls to active duty, however it is highly unlikely that this amendment would result in any significant unfunded administrative costs. There would be some minor retraining and special handling costs associated with this new component of the Unemployment Act, which should easily be absorbed by federal administrative grant funding. Precise Unemployment Insurance benefit charge projections are likewise impossible, but the expectation is that they would be minimal. The bill would pool the costs attributable to this situation, spreading them across all employers rather than the more typical approach of directly charging the employer of the idled employees. Illinois' unemployment trust fund is currently over $900 million in debt to the federal government, and the pooling of these charges might exacerbate that position in the near term, most likely by an insignificant amount.

House Amendment No. 1 (Tabled 5/27/2004)

	Adds reference to:
	820 ILCS 405/402	from Ch. 48, par. 402

Further amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In language providing that the receipt of certain wages reduces weekly benefits payable to an individual, provides that benefits payable for any week shall not be reduced by any amount of remuneration paid to the individual with respect to that week for non-active duty training and services as a member of the Illinois National Guard or the Armed Forces Reserve. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/3/2004	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid
2/3/2004	Senate	First Reading
2/3/2004	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/18/2004	Senate	Assigned to Labor & Commerce
2/19/2004	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
2/26/2004	Senate	Do Pass Labor & Commerce; 009-000-000
2/26/2004	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
2/26/2004	Senate	Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Dan Rutherford
3/11/2004	Senate	Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois Department of Employment Security
3/23/2004	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
3/23/2004	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
3/24/2004	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
3/24/2004	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
3/24/2004	Senate	Second Reading
3/24/2004	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
3/25/2004	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
3/25/2004	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 053-002-000
3/26/2004	House	Arrived in House
3/26/2004	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
3/26/2004	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ricca Slone
3/26/2004	House	First Reading
3/26/2004	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/31/2004	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
4/2/2004	House	Assigned to Labor Committee
4/27/2004	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
4/29/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Labor Committee
4/29/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor Committee; by Voice Vote
4/29/2004	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor Committee; 014-000-000
4/29/2004	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
5/5/2004	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
5/12/2004	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
5/12/2004	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
5/13/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed to Table Rep. Ricca Slone
5/13/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Referred to Rules Committee
5/14/2004	House	Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 31, 2004
5/24/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
5/27/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Amendment - Prevailed by Voice Vote
5/27/2004	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/27/2004	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
5/27/2004	Senate	Passed Both Houses
6/25/2004	Senate	Sent to the Governor
8/24/2004	Senate	Governor Approved
8/24/2004	Senate	Effective Date August 24, 2004
8/24/2004	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1012

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