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type: "Bill"
title: "EMPLOY/EDUC SUPPORT PERSONNEL"
description: "Amends the School Code. Adds a special education cooperative that dissolves or reorganizes to provisions concerning the continued employment of educational support personnel employees in a new, annexing, or receiving school district. Provides that with respect to a special education cooperative reorganization, the contractual continued service status of a teacher transfers to the new or different board. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer to demote an employee because of the exercise of his or her rights or remedies under the Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 3709"
citation: "Illinois SB 3709 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Holmes", "Maura Hirschauer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dd96f1e-d069-4339-af5b-1787a781fc1b"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3709&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=138722&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "36851429d8daa1cfd535a67d9746ebdf3dfc1e0f2414c1c56debc0e0328fbbfd"
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 3709 (102nd) — EMPLOY/EDUC SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Amends the School Code. Adds a special education cooperative that dissolves or reorganizes to provisions concerning the continued employment of educational support personnel employees in a new, annexing, or receiving school district. Provides that with respect to a special education cooperative reorganization, the contractual continued service status of a teacher transfers to the new or different board. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer to demote an employee because of the exercise of his or her rights or remedies under the Act. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3709.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3709eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3709sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3709sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3709enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **480** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Linda Holmes — primary (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — primary (person)
- Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
- C.D. Davidsmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Luft — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Michael T. Marron — cosponsor (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `filing`
- **2022-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Do Pass Education; 013-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 10, 2022
- **2022-02-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2022
- **2022-02-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2022-02-25** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As March 11, 2022 `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2022-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 012-000-000
- **2022-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 012-000-000
- **2022-03-09** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Holmes `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Holmes `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2022-03-09** Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2022-03-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
- **2022-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
- **2022-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2022-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron
- **2022-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2022-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2022-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
- **2022-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Luft
- **2022-03-17** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 024-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Effective Date May 13, 2022
- **2022-05-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0854 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dd96f1e-d069-4339-af5b-1787a781fc1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).