---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMPLOYMENT-Y0UTHBUILD ACT"
description: "EMPLOYMENT-Y0UTHBUILD ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 918"
citation: "Illinois HB 918 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-29T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3a22ec5-140f-4509-ab75-81d88d0aff75"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7459a1065b9ecd5bdec38eebe590535f986f1cb4e927803843a23fc7343e05a9"
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 HB 918 (90th) — EMPLOYMENT-Y0UTHBUILD ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0918** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0918LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BRADY — cosponsor (person)
- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- FEIGENHOLTZ — cosponsor (person)
- KENNER — cosponsor (person)
- KRAUSE — cosponsor (person)
- MAITLAND — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- RONEN — cosponsor (person)
- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,L — cosponsor (person)
- WOOD — cosponsor (person)
- YOUNGE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CHLDRN YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SCOTT
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HCHY
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR YOUNGE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ERWIN
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BRADY
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOOD
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BRADY
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BRADY
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KENNER
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR MAITLAND
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 006-000-004 SPBH
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-07
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED SMITH
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-16
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0247

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3a22ec5-140f-4509-ab75-81d88d0aff75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).