republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-1208.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMPLOYMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Union Employee Health and Benefits Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 1208"
citation: "Illinois HB 1208 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cunningham", "Jay Hoffman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7f21b41-d4df-4306-af0a-82b833da7e1b"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1208&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129883&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "4672440ce581e07711e248cb34b1bbc7cc300b7547f1edfd286b4832b7dd81a9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 1208 (102nd) — EMPLOYMENT-TECH

Amends the Union Employee Health and Benefits Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1208.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1208eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1208ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1208sam001.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1208enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–6** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch `filing`
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2022-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2022-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 027-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2022-03-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2022-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2022-03-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Do Pass as Amended Labor; 012-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2022
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 045-006-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 024-000-000
- **2022-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 110-000-000
- **2022-04-07** House Concurs
- **2022-04-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-27** Effective Date May 27, 2022
- **2022-05-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0910 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7f21b41-d4df-4306-af0a-82b833da7e1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).