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Bill	PUB LABOR-SMALL GOVT UNITS	Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes the Act inapplicable to units of local government with fewer than 2, rather than 35, employees.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 2577	Illinois HB 2577 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2003-02-20	2005-01-21	openstates	ocd-bill/ececbef5-5275-4a84-bf0d-36fd47c4bc58	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2577&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4569&SessionID=3&GA=93	e6c8f749c505947b15eb9e9818db613a3c9ddc447de12b659b35be662697b8b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2577 (93rd) — PUB LABOR-SMALL GOVT UNITS

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes the Act inapplicable to units of local government with fewer than 2, rather than 35, employees.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 72–45 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–22 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Deanna Demuzio — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Washington — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps filing
• 2003-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Labor Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 008-005-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2003-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2003-03-25 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2003-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Eddie Washington amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-26 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-045-000 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
• 2003-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
• 2003-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Labor & Commerce referral-committee
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass 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
• 2003-05-06 Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
• 2003-05-16 Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, to December 31, 2003. reading-3
• 2003-07-01 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-05-13 Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, extended to January 11, 2005. reading-3
• 2004-10-13 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2004-11-09 Approved for Consideration Rules
• 2004-11-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 10, 2004
• 2004-11-10 3/5 Vote Required
• 2004-11-10 Third Reading - Passed; 037-022-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-11-10 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-12-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-01-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-01-21 Effective Date June 1, 2005
• 2005-01-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1080 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ececbef5-5275-4a84-bf0d-36fd47c4bc58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).