---
type: "Bill"
title: "NOT-FOR-PROFIT-UNEMPLOY-NOTICE"
description: "Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Requires a not-for-profit corporation that is excluded from the definition of \"nonprofit organization\" under the Unemployment Insurance Act because it does not have in employment 4 or more individuals within each of 20 or more calendar weeks to provide a written notice to each employee and each member of the board of directors that the employees of the not-for-profit corporation are not eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits on the basis of their employment for the not-for-profit corporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5376"
citation: "Illinois HB 5376 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-04"
last_action: "2010-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e97bb4df-bc55-4366-ba16-ee0208d9e8dd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5376&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50410&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "0e15b0ba890c7458e5c1b865ad6c6a1fc82e8c18a9237febc0b697157ec99bcb"
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 5376 (96th) — NOT-FOR-PROFIT-UNEMPLOY-NOTICE

Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Requires a not-for-profit corporation that is excluded from the definition of "nonprofit organization" under the Unemployment Insurance Act because it does not have in employment 4 or more individuals within each of 20 or more calendar weeks to provide a written notice to each employee and each member of the board of directors that the employees of the not-for-profit corporation are not eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits on the basis of their employment for the not-for-profit corporation.

## 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=09600HB5376&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50410&DocNum=5376&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5376eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50410&DocNum=5376&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5376enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50410&DocNum=5376&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `filing`
- **2010-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 10, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2010-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-20** Do Pass Labor; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2010
- **2010-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0970 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e97bb4df-bc55-4366-ba16-ee0208d9e8dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).