---
type: "Bill"
title: "ED LABOR REL-EMPLOYEE-GRAD STU"
description: "Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act to provide that a graduate student employed by his or her institution of higher education is an \"educational employee\" within the meaning of the Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1070"
citation: "Illinois SB 1070 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 65
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2004-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eaa3023-5d56-42e8-b739-34b3291d5df3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1070&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3890&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "3b16a5b4921b8b5547b307ddd164b52571984305f2afdf4d9e32a224bbe1b40a"
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 1070 (93rd) — ED LABOR REL-EMPLOYEE-GRAD STU

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act to provide that a graduate student employed by his or her institution of higher education is an "educational employee" within the meaning of the Act. 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=09300SB1070&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3890&DocNum=1070&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1070eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3890&DocNum=1070&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1070enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3890&DocNum=1070&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **79–33** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carol Ronen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen `filing`
- **2003-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Labor & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce
- **2003-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass as Amended Labor & Commerce; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce
- **2003-03-27** Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois Board of Higher Education
- **2003-03-27** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board
- **2003-03-27** Fiscal Note Filed State and Fiscal Mandates Act Notes from the Illinois Community College System
- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Adopted Labor & Commerce; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Ronen `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003
- **2003-04-04** Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10(e) to April 9, 2003. `reading-3`
- **2003-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 039-016-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2003-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-14** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-15** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2003-04-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2003-05-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-16** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-23** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003 `reading-3`
- **2003-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-06-01** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-23** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) July 31, 2004 `reading-3`
- **2004-07-23** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2004-07-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-07-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed to Table Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2004-07-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-07-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Amendment - Prevailed 115-000-000
- **2004-07-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-07-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2004-07-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2004-07-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-07-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-07-24** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2004-07-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-033-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-07-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2004-07-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-07-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
- **2004-07-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2004-08-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-10-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-10-14** Effective Date October 14, 2004
- **2004-10-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1044 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7eaa3023-5d56-42e8-b739-34b3291d5df3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).