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Bill	UNEMP INS-BENEFIT CHG-GUARD	Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an employer is not chargeable for any benefit charges resulting from the payment of benefits to an individual for any week of unemployment if the employer's business is closed solely because of the entrance of the employer, one or more of the partners or officers of the employer, or the majority stockholder of the employer into active duty in the Illinois National Guard or the Armed Forces. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2547	Illinois SB 2547 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	44	2	2004-02-03	2004-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/f6538d43-e180-4347-a123-c0ea09cfe834	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2547&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8871&SessionID=3&GA=93	526656ca44884e3489a366fec6a88ea2b64adc2800c8a699a1c8b3c12cfe5f72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2547 (93rd) — UNEMP INS-BENEFIT CHG-GUARD

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an employer is not chargeable for any benefit charges resulting from the payment of benefits to an individual for any week of unemployment if the employer's business is closed solely because of the entrance of the employer, one or more of the partners or officers of the employer, or the majority stockholder of the employer into active duty in the Illinois National Guard or the Armed Forces. Effective immediately.

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 — 53–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• George P. Shadid — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-03 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid filing
• 2004-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-03 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-18 Assigned to Labor & Commerce referral-committee
• 2004-02-19 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
• 2004-02-26 Do Pass Labor & Commerce; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
• 2004-02-26 Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Dan Rutherford
• 2004-03-11 Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois Department of Employment Security
• 2004-03-23 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2004-03-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2004-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2004-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2004-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
• 2004-03-25 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2004-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 053-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ricca Slone
• 2004-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-31 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2004-04-02 Assigned to Labor Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
• 2004-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Labor Committee amendment-introduction
• 2004-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2004-04-29 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2004-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-05-12 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-05-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed to Table Rep. Ricca Slone
• 2004-05-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-05-14 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 31, 2004
• 2004-05-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2004-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Amendment - Prevailed by Voice Vote
• 2004-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-08-24 Effective Date August 24, 2004
• 2004-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1012 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6538d43-e180-4347-a123-c0ea09cfe834. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).