HB2978 - 104th General Assembly

NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE
Last Action

06/01/2025 - House: Passed Both Houses
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act
30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new
Synopsis As Introduced

Creates the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act. Provides that an employee of an employer with 16 or more employees and no more than 50 employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while any child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 51 or more employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that, upon the conclusion of leave taken under the Act, an employee shall be reinstated to his or her former position or a substantially equivalent one with no loss of benefits held or accrued prior to taking leave. Sets forth provisions concerning unlawful employer practices; Department of Labor responsibilities; and enforcement. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Fund.
Actions

Date Chamber Action
02/06/2025 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
02/06/2025 House First Reading
02/06/2025 House Referred to Rules Committee
03/04/2025 House Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
03/12/2025 House Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 021-002-000
03/13/2025 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
03/25/2025 House Second Reading - Short Debate
03/25/2025 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
03/26/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
04/07/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha
04/07/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
04/07/2025 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-007-000
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
04/07/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro
04/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
04/08/2025 Senate Arrive in Senate
04/08/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
04/08/2025 Senate Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
04/08/2025 Senate First Reading
04/08/2025 Senate Referred to Assignments
04/10/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
04/10/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
04/22/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
04/23/2025 Senate Assigned to Executive
05/09/2025 Senate Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
05/15/2025 Senate Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000
05/15/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
05/15/2025 Senate Second Reading
05/15/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025
05/21/2025 Senate Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
05/23/2025 Senate Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
06/01/2025 Senate 3/5 Vote Required
06/01/2025 Senate Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
06/01/2025 House Passed Both Houses
06/04/2025 Senate Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel