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type: "Bill"
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title: "EDU LABOR ACT-EMPLOYEE DEFN"
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description: "Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that the term \"student\" within the definition of \"educational employee\" or \"employee\" as used in the Act excludes (rather than includes) graduate students who are research assistants primarily performing duties that involve research, graduate assistants primarily performing duties that are pre-professional, graduate students who are teaching assistants primarily performing duties that involve the delivery and support of instruction, or any other graduate assistants. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "101st"
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identifier: "HB 253"
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citation: "Illinois HB 253 (101st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-09"
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last_action: "2019-08-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d987e52-4256-41a8-ba9b-e8a517c40da4"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=253&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=114220&SessionID=108&GA=101"
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source_hash: "b57b7ea9e8bbafef892ffc1b38d91d35c4f1d6d8a464bb3c6767fb6d053bdc64"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 253 (101st) — EDU LABOR ACT-EMPLOYEE DEFN
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Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that the term "student" within the definition of "educational employee" or "employee" as used in the Act excludes (rather than includes) graduate students who are research assistants primarily performing duties that involve research, graduate assistants primarily performing duties that are pre-professional, graduate students who are teaching assistants primarily performing duties that involve the delivery and support of instruction, or any other graduate assistants. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0253&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=114220&DocNum=253&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0253eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=114220&DocNum=253&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0253enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=114220&DocNum=253&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **72–37** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **35–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ann Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
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- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Fine — primary (person)
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- Luis Arroyo — cosponsor (person)
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- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
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- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
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- Will Guzzardi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `filing`
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- **2019-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-29** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 017-010-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-03-01** Correctional Note Filed
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- **2019-03-04** Judicial Note Filed
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- **2019-03-04** Pension Note Filed
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- **2019-03-04** State Debt Impact Note Filed
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- **2019-03-04** Fiscal Note Filed
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- **2019-03-05** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
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- **2019-03-05** State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Grant Wehrli
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- **2019-03-05** Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. Grant Wehrli
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- **2019-03-05** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
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- **2019-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-06** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-06** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
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- **2019-03-06** Home Rule Note Filed
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- **2019-03-07** Balanced Budget Note Filed
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- **2019-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva
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- **2019-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
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- **2019-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
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- **2019-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
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- **2019-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
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- **2019-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-037-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
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- **2019-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
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- **2019-04-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
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- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
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- **2019-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
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- **2019-05-08** Do Pass Labor; 011-005-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
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- **2019-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
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- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 035-019-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
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- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2019-08-16** Effective Date January 1, 2020
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- **2019-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0380 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d987e52-4256-41a8-ba9b-e8a517c40da4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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