republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-2445.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC & EDUCATIONAL LABOR REL"
description: "Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes changes concerning Illinois Labor Relations Board and Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board attorneys and investigators, choice of employee organization, unit clarification petitions, and arbitration procedures. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2445"
citation: "Illinois HB 2445 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-11-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/365c2c85-5b75-45ed-a3f4-66f4a602c561"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2445&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44608&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "d523829fbb10ccede6a8725fd124d4db3c3c56b2899c620e0ec55b398824840f"
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 2445 (96th) — PUBLIC & EDUCATIONAL LABOR REL

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes changes concerning Illinois Labor Relations Board and Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board attorneys and investigators, choice of employee organization, unit clarification petitions, and arbitration procedures. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2445&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44608&DocNum=2445&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2445eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44608&DocNum=2445&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2445enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44608&DocNum=2445&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **45–7** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **91–25** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **79–36** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)
- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `filing`
- **2009-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2009-02-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-03-03** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2009-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 015-009-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-11** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2009-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
- **2009-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2009-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2009-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2009-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2009-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2009-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2009-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-025-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2009-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Do Pass Labor; 009-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
- **2009-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-18** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2009-10-05** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 14, 2009
- **2009-10-14** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-10-15** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2009-10-15** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 079-036-000
- **2009-10-22** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 28, 2009
- **2009-10-28** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2009-10-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2009-10-30** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2009-10-30** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 045-007-001
- **2009-10-30** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
- **2009-11-03** Effective Date October 30, 2009
- **2009-11-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0813 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/365c2c85-5b75-45ed-a3f4-66f4a602c561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).