republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/sb-426.md

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Bill	UNEMPLOY INS-BENEFIT CHARGES	Amends provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act providing that an employer is not chargeable for benefit charges resulting from the payment of benefits to an individual if the employer's business is closed solely because of the entrance of the employer or a partner, officer, or majority stockholder of the employer into active duty in the Illinois National Guard or the Armed Forces. Provides that those provisions apply notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, including those affecting finality of benefit charges or rates. Also provides that those provisions apply to benefit charges that result from the payment of benefits to an individual for any week of unemployment after January 1, 2003. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 426	Illinois SB 426 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2005-02-16	2005-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f4b07b15-39e6-4eae-bc48-b6bd9a37ffd2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=426&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17205&SessionID=50&GA=94	869616ba37f1dead1e43d8368a6a1ed8cbca418937bf9d961bcf39c6d52d0e55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 426 (94th) — UNEMPLOY INS-BENEFIT CHARGES

Amends provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act providing that an employer is not chargeable for benefit charges resulting from the payment of benefits to an individual if the employer's business is closed solely because of the entrance of the employer or a partner, officer, or majority stockholder of the employer into active duty in the Illinois National Guard or the Armed Forces. Provides that those provisions apply notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, including those affecting finality of benefit charges or rates. Also provides that those provisions apply to benefit charges that result from the payment of benefits to an individual for any week of unemployment after January 1, 2003. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• George P. Shadid — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-16 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid filing
• 2005-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-16 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-17 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2005-03-03 Held in Labor
• 2005-03-10 Do Pass Labor; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
• 2005-03-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2005
• 2005-04-07 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2005-04-07 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-07 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
• 2005-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Assigned to Labor Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-08 Effective Date July 8, 2005
• 2005-07-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0152 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4b07b15-39e6-4eae-bc48-b6bd9a37ffd2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).