republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-1616.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ORGAN DONOR LEAVE-PART-TIME"
description: "Amends the Employee Blood and Organ Donation Leave Act. Provides that a participating employee or part-time employee (rather than an employee) may use up to 10 days of leave in any 12-month period to serve as an organ donor. Provides that, for a part-time employee using leave to serve as an organ donor, the employer shall calculate the daily average pay the part-time employee received during his or her previous 2 months of employment and compensate the part-time employee in the amount of the daily average pay for the leave days used."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 1616"
citation: "Illinois HB 1616 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Belt", "Nabeela Syed"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d558c81-d66f-43be-a870-4447b07fd239"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1616&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=157775&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "ebd5e5dea0b15e9626da213f9e834545eb864db87c040b5b2ee3ea0c69de7ec3"
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 1616 (104th) — ORGAN DONOR LEAVE-PART-TIME

Amends the Employee Blood and Organ Donation Leave Act. Provides that a participating employee or part-time employee (rather than an employee) may use up to 10 days of leave in any 12-month period to serve as an organ donor. Provides that, for a part-time employee using leave to serve as an organ donor, the employer shall calculate the daily average pay the part-time employee received during his or her previous 2 months of employment and compensate the part-time employee in the amount of the daily average pay for the leave days used.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1616.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1616eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1616enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Executive — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **70–34** (pass) · lower
- Labor & Commerce — **18–9** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Belt — primary (person)
- Nabeela Syed — primary (person)
- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Nicolle Grasse — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Katz Muhl — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
- **2025-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2025-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2025-02-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2025-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
- **2025-02-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-009-000
- **2025-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2025-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2025-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2025-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2025-02-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2025-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-04** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
- **2025-04-04** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Nabeela Syed
- **2025-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-034-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
- **2025-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2025-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
- **2025-05-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2025-05-21** Do Pass Executive; 008-004-000
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 22, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2025
- **2025-05-23** Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2025-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2025-05-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2025-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0193 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d558c81-d66f-43be-a870-4447b07fd239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).