---
type: "Bill"
title: "ED LABOR REL-SCH FINANCE AUTH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that the definition of \"educational employer\" does include a school finance authority created under provisions of the School Code concerning downstate school finance authorities for elementary districts. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 3405"
citation: "Illinois HB 3405 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2003-02-28"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f49e522b-c1f9-4b6e-853c-36110618cb00"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3405&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=6028&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "ba43409cd888789541b55a35aae2fb140680e4c3a4e96b72a6345f6a4accbeab"
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 3405 (93rd) — ED LABOR REL-SCH FINANCE AUTH

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that the definition of "educational employer" does include a school finance authority created under provisions of the School Code concerning downstate school finance authorities for elementary districts. Effective immediately.

## 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=09300HB3405&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=6028&DocNum=3405&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3405eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=6028&DocNum=3405&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3405enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=6028&DocNum=3405&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **75–39** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **86–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis `filing`
- **2003-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2003-03-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2003-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2003-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-039-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 27, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Assigned to Labor & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James T. Meeks `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-04-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce
- **2003-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass as Amended Labor & Commerce; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2003-05-06** Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2003-05-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. William Davis; Motion #1
- **2003-05-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000
- **2003-06-01** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 1, 2003
- **2003-06-01** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2003-06-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 086-029-001
- **2003-06-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2003
- **2003-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0501 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f49e522b-c1f9-4b6e-853c-36110618cb00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).