---
type: "Bill"
title: "LABOR RELATIONS-REPRESENTATIVE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that the Illinois Labor Relations Board or the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board shall: designate a representative for purposes of collective bargaining when the representative demonstrates a showing of majority interest by employees in a unit; ascertain the employees' choice of employee organization in the case of a dispute on the basis of dues deduction authorization and other evidence, or, if necessary, by conducting an election; conduct an election if the dues deduction authorizations and other evidence are fraudulent or were obtained through coercion; and investigate and consider a party's allegations that the dues deduction authorizations and other evidence submitted in support of a designation of representative without an election were subsequently changed, altered, withdrawn, or withheld as a result of fraud, coercion, or unfair labor practice by the employer and designate the representative without conducting an election if it determines that a representative would have had a majority interest but for the employer's fraud, coercion, or unfair labor practice. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 3396"
citation: "Illinois HB 3396 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2003-02-28"
last_action: "2003-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1367d0bc-bf30-4751-9b58-eca6faf0057e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3396&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=6017&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "0cfd3b67137b5f03ba8c34f22a4cb0f3b1986b386c71cc466edc1543daa51721"
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 3396 (93rd) — LABOR RELATIONS-REPRESENTATIVE

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that the Illinois Labor Relations Board or the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board shall: designate a representative for purposes of collective bargaining when the representative demonstrates a showing of majority interest by employees in a unit; ascertain the employees' choice of employee organization in the case of a dispute on the basis of dues deduction authorization and other evidence, or, if necessary, by conducting an election; conduct an election if the dues deduction authorizations and other evidence are fraudulent or were obtained through coercion; and investigate and consider a party's allegations that the dues deduction authorizations and other evidence submitted in support of a designation of representative without an election were subsequently changed, altered, withdrawn, or withheld as a result of fraud, coercion, or unfair labor practice by the employer and designate the representative without conducting an election if it determines that a representative would have had a majority interest but for the employer's fraud, coercion, or unfair labor practice. 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=09300HB3396&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=6017&DocNum=3396&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3396eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=6017&DocNum=3396&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3396enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=6017&DocNum=3396&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **68–48** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **66–48** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **31–26** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Larry McKeon — primary (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Larry McKeon `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; 009-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-20** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Larry McKeon `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2003-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 066-048-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2003-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Labor & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** 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; 006-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Consideration Postponed `reading-3`
- **2003-05-13** Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed May 14, 2003
- **2003-05-16** Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, to December 31, 2003. `reading-3`
- **2003-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 031-026-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2003-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Larry McKeon
- **2003-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2003-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 068-048-000
- **2003-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2003
- **2003-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0444 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1367d0bc-bf30-4751-9b58-eca6faf0057e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).