---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION ACT"
description: "Amends the Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 993"
citation: "Illinois SB 993 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-11"
last_action: "2015-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c3f17b7-9d88-45ed-af72-25e5eda6f4a6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=993&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=86438&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "e96b51be977d18a9067e858d2c07ba598cd2a5739eff871587d8f5e64e40ae1a"
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 993 (99th) — EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION ACT

Amends the Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=09900SB0993&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86438&DocNum=993&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0993eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86438&DocNum=993&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0993enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86438&DocNum=993&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle McCarter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `filing`
- **2015-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2015
- **2015-04-16** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kyle McCarter
- **2015-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kyle McCarter `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
- **2015-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Labor; 011-000-000
- **2015-04-22** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; McCarter `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2015-04-22** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
- **2015-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-18** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 22, 2015
- **2015-05-18** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-18** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Labor & Commerce Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2015-05-18** Motion Prevailed
- **2015-05-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015
- **2015-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-06** Effective Date August 6, 2015
- **2015-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0303 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c3f17b7-9d88-45ed-af72-25e5eda6f4a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).