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Bill	WORKPLACE VIOLENCE EXCEPTION	Amends the Workplace Violence Prevention Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to the monitoring of compliance with certain worker safety laws, lawful picketing, or the exercise of the right of free speech or assembly that is otherwise lawful. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 3038	Illinois SB 3038 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	53	3	2014-02-07	2014-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/2162bbea-2028-4802-97ef-0a66a905350a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3038&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79362&SessionID=85&GA=98	a538295c1faf806998d461b761de62e190327356acee341d0e885be8672a350d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3038 (98th) — WORKPLACE VIOLENCE EXCEPTION

Amends the Workplace Violence Prevention Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to the monitoring of compliance with certain worker safety laws, lawful picketing, or the exercise of the right of free speech or assembly that is otherwise lawful. 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

• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kwame Raoul — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul filing
• 2014-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass Labor and Commerce; 012-004-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2014
• 2014-03-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2014-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor and Commerce
• 2014-04-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2014
• 2014-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Labor and Commerce; 010-000-000
• 2014-04-09 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Raoul amendment-passage
• 2014-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2014-04-09 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2014-04-09 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2014-04-09 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2014-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-28 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ron Sandack amendment-introduction
• 2014-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-20 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ron Sandack
• 2014-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2014-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2014-05-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-05-22 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2014
• 2014-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-28 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2014-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 29, 2014
• 2014-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Kwame Raoul filing
• 2014-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2014-05-28 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
• 2014-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Labor and Commerce; 014-000-000
• 2014-05-29 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2014-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
• 2014-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-16 Effective Date July 16, 2014
• 2014-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0766 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2162bbea-2028-4802-97ef-0a66a905350a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).