---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUC LABOR RELATIONS-EMPLOYEE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act to provide that an academic employee of a community college who provides less than 3 (now, 6) credit hours of instruction per academic semester is not an \"educational employee\" within the meaning of the Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1457"
citation: "Illinois HB 1457 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5861a23-1264-4fb3-adeb-062c1937a5e1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1457&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2247&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "96e03d4173ff74ea0de27c12443e307617ba2aa28e62c90fe7bbfcb9ba1709e7"
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 1457 (93rd) — EDUC LABOR RELATIONS-EMPLOYEE

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act to provide that an academic employee of a community college who provides less than 3 (now, 6) credit hours of instruction per academic semester is not an "educational employee" within the meaning of the Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

## 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=09300HB1457&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2247&DocNum=1457&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1457eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2247&DocNum=1457&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1457enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2247&DocNum=1457&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **103–14** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James A. DeLeo — cosponsor (person)
- Mary K. O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary K. O'Brien `filing`
- **2003-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 009-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 19, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
- **2003-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Assigned to Labor & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Labor & Commerce; 006-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 041-013-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0314 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5861a23-1264-4fb3-adeb-062c1937a5e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).