101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SC0023
 
Introduced 4/6/2020, by Sen. Ram Villivalam
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new

     Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that no law shall be passed on or after the effective date of the Constitutional Amendment that prohibits the ability of workers to join together and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment through a representative of their own choosing, including any law that prohibits the right of private sector employers and employees to enter into and administer union-security agreements. Allows the General Assembly to establish reasonable amendments to existing law and establish reasonable exemptions relating to collective bargaining rights. Effective upon being declared adopted.
  


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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

  
 
  
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
5CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the 
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general 
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of 
8this resolution a proposition to amend the Illinois 
9Constitution in Article I by adding Section 25 as follows: 
  
 

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ARTICLE I 


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BILL OF RIGHTS


12    (ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new)
13SECTION 25. WORKERS' RIGHTS
14    No law shall be passed on or after the effective date of 
15this Constitutional Amendment that prohibits the ability of 
16workers to join together and collectively bargain over wages, 
17hours, and terms and conditions of employment through a 
18representative of their own choosing, including any law that 
19prohibits the right of private sector employers and employees 
20to enter into and administer union-security agreements. The 
21General Assembly by law may establish reasonable amendments to 
22existing law and establish reasonable exemptions relating to 
23these rights.
 
  
 
 
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SCHEDULE

  
2    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being 
3declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois 
4Constitutional Amendment Act.