---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMPLOYER-NURSING MOTHER-ROOM"
description: "EMPLOYER-NURSING MOTHER-ROOM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 542"
citation: "Illinois SB 542 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-07-12T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5ac5ae3-66c1-47e3-abb5-8b3619fe7732"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "02b5eb7c085d323a84e586961370c2d82ddd1a10c53b16b185b70e83f57c0ee3"
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 542 (92nd) — EMPLOYER-NURSING MOTHER-ROOM

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB0542LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CURRIE — cosponsor (person)
- DEL VALLE — cosponsor (person)
- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- HALVORSON — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- LIGHTFORD — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,L — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)
- MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- MUNOZ — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- POE — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- RONEN — cosponsor (person)
- SHAW — cosponsor (person)
- SILVERSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE COMM & INDUST `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LIGHTFORD
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MADIGAN,L
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR RONEN
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** TO SUBCOMMITTEE
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-COMM & INDUS S
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SCED
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-03-30
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-04-02
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE SPONSOR ERWIN
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CHLDRN YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MOORE
- **2001-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CURRIE
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 008-000-000 HCHY
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JACOBS
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOLARO
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR POE
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR RUTHERFORD
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DEL VALLE
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SILVERSTEIN
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-12T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-12T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-07-12
- **2001-07-12T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0068

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5ac5ae3-66c1-47e3-abb5-8b3619fe7732`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).