republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3038.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKPLACE VIOLENCE EXCEPTION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3038"
citation: "Illinois SB 3038 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2014-02-07"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2162bbea-2028-4802-97ef-0a66a905350a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3038&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79362&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "a538295c1faf806998d461b761de62e190327356acee341d0e885be8672a350d"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3038&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79362&DocNum=3038&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3038eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79362&DocNum=3038&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3038enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79362&DocNum=3038&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2162bbea-2028-4802-97ef-0a66a905350a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).