---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMPLOYMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 453"
citation: "Illinois SB 453 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Graciela Guzmán", "Gregg Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 57
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2c6e2a2-f8dc-4b39-9d23-be06eeee5079"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=453&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=158146&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "7b2f40d918daffefdd5f9af7caa964da187cc9c23c61fcf8c2103313f65ec389"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 453 (104th) — EMPLOYMENT-TECH

Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0453.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0453eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0453sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0453enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Labor & Commerce — **15–8** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–16** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **82–33** (pass) · lower
- Labor, Amendment 1 — **12–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Graciela Guzmán — primary (person)
- Gregg Johnson — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Nicolle Grasse — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Katz Muhl — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2025-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
- **2025-04-11** Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-27** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
- **2025-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-27** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2025-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 28, 2025
- **2025-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
- **2025-05-27** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Graciela Guzmán
- **2025-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Labor; 012-006-000
- **2025-05-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2025-05-28** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2025-05-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2025-05-28** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Guzman `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-05-28** Third Reading - Passed; 039-016-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-05-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2025-05-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-29** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2025
- **2025-05-29** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2025-05-29** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Labor & Commerce Committee; Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2025-05-29** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 074-037-000
- **2025-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2025-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2025-05-29** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2025-05-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 015-008-000
- **2025-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2025-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2025-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
- **2025-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
- **2025-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2025-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2025-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
- **2025-05-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-30** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-033-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-31** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2025-05-31** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2025-05-31** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2025-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2025
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0358 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2c6e2a2-f8dc-4b39-9d23-be06eeee5079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).