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Bill	WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION	Creates the Workplace Violence Prevention Act. Contains a purpose statement and defines terms. Provides that an employer may seek an order of protection to prohibit further violence or threats of violence by a person if: (1) the employee has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence from the person; and (2) the unlawful violence has been carried out at the employee's place of work or the credible threat of violence can reasonably be constructed to be carried out at the employee's place of work by the person. Provides that an employer may obtain an order of protection under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 if the employer: (1) files an affidavit that shows, to the satisfaction of the court, reasonable proof that an employee has suffered either unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence by the defendant; and (2) demonstrates that great or irreparable harm has been suffered, will be suffered, or is likely to be suffered by the employee. Provides that employer remedies under the Act are limited to an order of protection, but that nothing in the Act waives, reduces, or diminishes any other remedy available to an employer under any other mechanism. Provides that the Act does not apply to cases involving or growing out of a labor dispute governed by other State or federal law. Provides that issues of jurisdiction, venue, procedure, and enforcement shall be governed by the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, and that law enforcement personnel shall have the same responsibilities as provided in that Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2590	Illinois HB 2590 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2013-02-21	2013-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/a40fe708-9a06-4d89-b883-0ab10283130e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2590&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74395&SessionID=85&GA=98	b963e5b36890d8b45996360794b61c5f7b281229e45c0d58404b84a31098b171	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2590 (98th) — WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Creates the Workplace Violence Prevention Act. Contains a purpose statement and defines terms. Provides that an employer may seek an order of protection to prohibit further violence or threats of violence by a person if: (1) the employee has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence from the person; and (2) the unlawful violence has been carried out at the employee's place of work or the credible threat of violence can reasonably be constructed to be carried out at the employee's place of work by the person. Provides that an employer may obtain an order of protection under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 if the employer: (1) files an affidavit that shows, to the satisfaction of the court, reasonable proof that an employee has suffered either unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence by the defendant; and (2) demonstrates that great or irreparable harm has been suffered, will be suffered, or is likely to be suffered by the employee. Provides that employer remedies under the Act are limited to an order of protection, but that nothing in the Act waives, reduces, or diminishes any other remedy available to an employer under any other mechanism. Provides that the Act does not apply to cases involving or growing out of a labor dispute governed by other State or federal law. Provides that issues of jurisdiction, venue, procedure, and enforcement shall be governed by the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, and that law enforcement personnel shall have the same responsibilities as provided in that Act.

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 — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ron Sandack — primary (person)
• Steven M. Landek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ron Sandack filing
• 2013-02-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2013-03-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2013-04-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
• 2013-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2013-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2013-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2013-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2013-04-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2013-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2013-04-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
• 2013-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2013-05-01 Postponed - Labor and Commerce
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass Labor and Commerce; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
• 2013-05-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2013-05-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2013
• 2013-05-22 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
• 2013-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0430 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a40fe708-9a06-4d89-b883-0ab10283130e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).