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type: "Bill"
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title: "FREELANCE WORKER PROTECTION"
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description: "Creates the Freelance Worker Protection Act. Provides that freelance workers must be compensated by hiring parties for their services in a timely manner. Provides that whenever a hiring party retains the services of a freelance worker, the contract between the hiring party and the freelance worker shall be reduced to writing. Provides that no hiring party shall threaten, intimidate, discipline, harass, deny a work opportunity to, or discriminate against a freelance worker, or take any other action that penalizes a freelance worker for, or is reasonably likely to deter a freelance worker from, exercising or attempting to exercise any right guaranteed under the Act. Contains provisions concerning complaints to the Director of Labor; the powers and duties of the Director; civil actions brought by freelance workers; civil actions brought by the State; the scope of freelance worker contracts; a public awareness campaign; and surveys, information collection, and reporting requirements. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "103rd"
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identifier: "HB 1122"
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citation: "Illinois HB 1122 (103rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Don Harmon", "Will Guzzardi"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-10"
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last_action: "2023-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05568f5c-8b5e-4aab-866e-8c76091e1a3d"
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source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1122&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=143137&SessionID=112"
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source_hash: "407634cc21f9b2d3c813163d7b24d6b4a8fb43dbce694b2d9d272ad5ef60af7b"
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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 1122 (103rd) — FREELANCE WORKER PROTECTION
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Creates the Freelance Worker Protection Act. Provides that freelance workers must be compensated by hiring parties for their services in a timely manner. Provides that whenever a hiring party retains the services of a freelance worker, the contract between the hiring party and the freelance worker shall be reduced to writing. Provides that no hiring party shall threaten, intimidate, discipline, harass, deny a work opportunity to, or discriminate against a freelance worker, or take any other action that penalizes a freelance worker for, or is reasonably likely to deter a freelance worker from, exercising or attempting to exercise any right guaranteed under the Act. Contains provisions concerning complaints to the Director of Labor; the powers and duties of the Director; civil actions brought by freelance workers; civil actions brought by the State; the scope of freelance worker contracts; a public awareness campaign; and surveys, information collection, and reporting requirements. 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](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1122.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1122eng.pdf)
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3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1122ham001.pdf)
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4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1122ham002.pdf)
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5. **House Amendment 003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1122ham003.pdf)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1122enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Labor — **12–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **68–38** (pass) · lower
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- Labor & Commerce — **18–10** (pass) · lower
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- Labor & Commerce, Amendment 3 — **18–8** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **35–20** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Don Harmon — primary (person)
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- Will Guzzardi — primary (person)
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- Aarón M. Ortíz — cosponsor (person)
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- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
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- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
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- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-10** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `filing`
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- **2023-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
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- **2023-02-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-02-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
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- **2023-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
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- **2023-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
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- **2023-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-010-000 `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-010-000
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- **2023-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-17** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-03-17** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
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- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-008-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2023-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
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- **2023-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 068-038-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
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- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-04-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
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- **2023-04-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
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- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
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- **2023-04-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
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- **2023-04-27** Do Pass Labor; 012-001-000
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- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2023 `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2023
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- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 035-020-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
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- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
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- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
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- **2023-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2023-08-04** Effective Date July 1, 2024
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- **2023-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0417 `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/05568f5c-8b5e-4aab-866e-8c76091e1a3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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