---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUC LABOR RELATIONS-U OF I"
description: "Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Removes a provision that provides that: (i) the sole appropriate bargaining unit for academic faculty at the University of Illinois shall be a unit that is comprised of non-supervisory academic faculty employed more than half-time and that includes all tenured, tenure-track, and nontenure-track faculty employed by the University's board of trustees; and (ii) any decision, rule, or regulation promulgated by the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board to the contrary is null and void."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1360"
citation: "Illinois SB 1360 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c4f4980-87f7-4a27-be30-6016da2e603d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1360&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4379&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "856b6a76c0cb116bba5cd4b5ba3833f744d54bcfe86ce7d409564d5a6d7e60ae"
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 1360 (93rd) — EDUC LABOR RELATIONS-U OF I

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Removes a provision that provides that: (i) the sole appropriate bargaining unit for academic faculty at the University of Illinois shall be a unit that is comprised of non-supervisory academic faculty employed more than half-time and that includes all tenured, tenure-track, and nontenure-track faculty employed by the University's board of trustees; and (ii) any decision, rule, or regulation promulgated by the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board to the contrary is null and void.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1360&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4379&DocNum=1360&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1360eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4379&DocNum=1360&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1360enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4379&DocNum=1360&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–17** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **100–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `filing`
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Assigned to Labor & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Do Pass Labor & Commerce; 006-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
- **2003-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce
- **2003-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Labor & Commerce; 007-000-000
- **2003-03-25** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2003-03-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2003-03-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Maloney `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2003
- **2003-04-04** Third Reading - Passed; 035-017-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Larry McKeon
- **2003-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-14** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2003-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Art Tenhouse
- **2003-05-16** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-23** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003 `reading-3`
- **2003-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-016-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-05** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0445 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c4f4980-87f7-4a27-be30-6016da2e603d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).