---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMPLOYMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the definitions of \"Director\" and \"Department\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 411"
citation: "Illinois SB 411 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1290660a-794f-4267-b52c-4c85db117046"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=411&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=16403&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "899f5ed68de3a477ace19c6875be7b31a7dfb7ea120514d5e781d0e195d87935"
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 411 (94th) — EMPLOYMENT-TECH

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the definitions of "Director" and "Department".

## 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=09400SB0411&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=16403&DocNum=411&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0411eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=16403&DocNum=411&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0411enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=16403&DocNum=411&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James A. DeLeo — primary (person)
- Wyvetter H. Younge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-03** Do Pass Labor; 006-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2005
- **2005-03-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 9, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James A. DeLeo `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor
- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Labor; 008-000-000
- **2005-04-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; DeLeo `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- **2005-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Labor Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2005-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 20, 2005.
- **2005-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. James A. DeLeo `filing`
- **2005-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Labor; 008-000-000
- **2005-05-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2005-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0301 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1290660a-794f-4267-b52c-4c85db117046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).