Bill Text: IL HB3483 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act. Creates the Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Department of Labor. Requires the Division to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program that provides benefits to employees. Provides that the program shall be administered by the Deputy Director of the Division. Sets forth eligibility requirements for benefits under the Act. Provides that a self-employed individual may elect to be covered under the Act. Contains provisions concerning disqualification from benefits; compensation for leave; the amount and duration of benefits; payments for benefits under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund; employer equivalent plans; annual reports by the Department; hearings; penalties; notice; the coordination of leave provided under the Act with leave allowed under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, a collective bargaining agreement, or any local county or municipal ordinance; rulemaking; and other matters. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts certain documents collected by the Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave from the Act's disclosure requirements. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-11 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton [HB3483 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3483-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3483 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7
30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new
Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act. Creates the Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Department of Labor. Requires the Division to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program that provides benefits to employees. Provides that the program shall be administered by the Deputy Director of the Division. Sets forth eligibility requirements for benefits under the Act. Provides that a self-employed individual may elect to be covered under the Act. Contains provisions concerning disqualification from benefits; compensation for leave; the amount and duration of benefits; payments for benefits under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund; employer equivalent plans; annual reports by the Department; hearings; penalties; notice; the coordination of leave provided under the Act with leave allowed under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, a collective bargaining agreement, or any local county or municipal ordinance; rulemaking; and other matters. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts certain documents collected by the Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave from the Act's disclosure requirements. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Paid
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act.
Section 5. Declaration of policy and intent.
(a) Many employees do not have access to family and
medical leave programs. Those who do may not be in a financial
position to take family and medical leave that is unpaid, and
employer-paid benefits that are available may meet only a
relatively small part of this need. Therefore, it is the
public policy of this State to protect working families
against the economic hardship caused by the need to take time
off from work for reasons such as caring for themselves or
family members who are suffering from serious illness or
caring for a newborn or a newly adopted child. Moreover, many
women are single mothers or the primary breadwinners for their
families. If any of these women take unpaid maternity leave,
their families and Illinois suffer. However, the United States
is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not
have a mandatory workplace-based program for such income
support. It is, therefore, desirable and necessary to develop
systems that help families adapt to the competing interests of

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work and home and that not only benefit workers but also
benefit employers by reducing employee turnover and increasing
worker productivity.
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to create a
paid family and medical leave insurance program to relieve
this serious menace to the health, morals, and welfare of
Illinois families, to increase workplace productivity, and to
alleviate the enormous and growing stress on working families
of balancing the demands of work and family needs.
Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Assisted reproduction" means a method of achieving a
pregnancy through the handling of human oocytes, sperm,
zygotes, or embryos for the purpose of establishing a
pregnancy. "Assisted reproduction" includes, but is not
limited to, methods of artificial insemination, in vitro
fertilization, embryo transfer, zygote transfer, embryo
biopsy, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, embryo
cryopreservation, oocyte donation, gamete donation, zygote
donation, embryo donation, and gestational surrogacy.
"Average weekly wage" means one-thirteenth of the wages
paid during the quarter with the highest earnings earned in
the 4 quarters prior to the last day before taking paid family
and medical leave. For purposes of calculating average weekly
wage, "wages" include, but are not limited to, salary,
earnings, gratuities, bonuses, commissions, and any other

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compensation that constitutes remuneration as determined by
the Department by rule.
"Care" includes, but is not limited to, physical care,
emotional support, visitation, arranging for a change in care,
assistance with essential daily living matters, and personal
attendant services.
"Child" means a biological, adopted, or foster child,
stepchild, or ward of a covered individual, a child of a spouse
of the covered individual, a child of a parent, a child of a
civil union partner of the covered individual, or a person
whose close relationship with the covered individual is the
equivalent of a family relationship.
"Civil union" has the meaning set forth in Section 10 of
the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act.
"Consecutive leave" means leave that is taken without
interruption based upon an employee's regular work schedule
and does not include breaks in employment in which an employee
is not regularly scheduled to work.
"Construction industry" means any constructing, altering,
reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing,
refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom
fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking,
painting, decorating, demolishing, or adding to or subtracting
from any building, structure, highway, roadway, street,
bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant,
waterworks, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other

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structure, project, development, real property, or
improvement, or to do any part thereof, whether the
performance of the work herein described involves the addition
to or fabrication into, any structure, project, development,
real property, or improvement herein described of any material
or article of merchandise. "Construction industry" also
includes moving construction related materials on the job site
or to or from the job site, snow plowing, snow removal, and
refuse collection.
"Covered individual" means either an employee who meets
the financial eligibility requirements described in subsection
(f) of Section 20 or a self-employed individual who has
elected coverage under Section 25 and who is seeking or has
been approved for paid family and medical leave benefits under
this Act.
"Day and temporary labor service agency" has the meaning
set forth in Section 5 of the Day and Temporary Labor Services
Act.
"Department" means the Department of Labor.
"Director" means the Director of Labor.
"Deputy Director" means the Deputy Director of the
Division of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance
Program.
"Division" means the Division of Paid Family and Medical
Leave.
"Domestic violence" has the same meaning as provided in

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Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
"Domestic work" has the meaning set forth in Section 10 of
the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act.
"Domestic worker" has the meaning set forth in Section 10
of the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act. "Domestic worker"
also includes independent contractors, sole proprietors, and
partnerships who engage in domestic work.
"Employee" means an individual who is or has been employed
by any combination of employers in the State of Illinois. An
employee is considered to be employed in the State of Illinois
if the employee works in Illinois or the employee routinely
performs some work in Illinois and the employee's base of
operations or the place from which the work is directed and
controlled is in Illinois. "Employee" includes domestic
workers. "Employee" does not include an employee as defined in
the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351
et seq.) or the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. 51
et seq.).
"Employ" means to suffer or permit to work.
"Employer" means any person, partnership, association,
trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company, or
corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, or trustee that has in its employ one or
more employees performing services for it within this State.
"Employer" includes any employer subject to the Unemployment
Insurance Act. "Employer" also includes a day and temporary

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labor service agency that provides employees on a temporary
basis to its customers.
"Employment benefits" means all benefits provided or made
available to employees by an employer, including, but not
limited to, life insurance, health insurance, disability
insurance, sick leave, annual or vacation leave, paid time
off, paid or unpaid leave, educational benefits, pensions, and
any other employment benefit required by federal, State, or
local law.
"Family member" means an employee's child, spouse, party
to a civil union, parent, or any other individual related by
blood, marriage, or civil union or whose close relationship
with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.
"Family and medical leave benefits" means any payments
that are payable to a covered individual for all or part of a
period of paid family and medical leave.
"Health care provider" means any person licensed under
federal, State, or local law to provide health care services
or any other person who has been authorized to provide health
care by a licensed health care provider or any other
individual determined by the Department to be capable of
providing health care services.
"Interested party" means an organization that monitors or
is attentive to compliance with public or worker safety laws,
wage and hour requirements, or other statutory requirements.
"Intermittent leave" means a nonconsecutive leave

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consisting of a minimum interval of no more than 2 hours, as
set by the Department, within a consecutive 12-month period
that begins with the first day that the covered individual
first establishes the claim.
"Medical procedure" means a course of action intended to
achieve a result in the delivery of health care.
"Miscarriage" means the loss of a pregnancy before 20
weeks of gestation.
"Parent" means a biological parent, foster parent,
adoptive parent, or stepparent, or a person who was a legal
guardian of, or who stood in loco parentis to, an individual
when the individual was a child, or any other person whose
close association with the individual is the equivalent of a
parent.
"Placement for adoption" means the time when an individual
adopts a child or becomes a caregiver for a child pending
adoption by an individual.
"Reproductive health care" means health care offered,
arranged, or furnished for the purpose of preventing
pregnancy, terminating a pregnancy, managing pregnancy loss,
or improving maternal health and birth outcomes. "Reproductive
health care" includes, but is not limited to, contraception,
sterilization, preconception care, assisted reproduction,
maternity care, abortion care, and counseling regarding
reproductive health care.
"Self-employed individual" means an individual who

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receives self-employment income as defined in Section 1402(b)
of the Internal Revenue Code.
"Serious health condition" means an illness, injury,
impairment, or physical or mental condition that requires
inpatient care in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical
care facility or continuing medical treatment or continuing
supervision by a health care provider.
"Sexual assault" means any conduct proscribed by: (i)
Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 2012, except Sections 11-35
and 11-45; or (ii) Section 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or
12-16 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
"Stalking" means any conduct proscribed by Section 12-7.3,
12-7.4, or 12-7.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
"Statewide average weekly wage" means the wage determined
by the Department of Employment Security pursuant to paragraph
(2) of subsection (B) of Part (I) of Section 401 of the
Unemployment Insurance Act.
"Stillbirth" means the loss of a pregnancy at 20 weeks of
gestation or later.
"Victim" means an individual who has been subjected to
domestic or sexual violence.
"Victim services organization" means a nonprofit,
nongovernmental organization that provides assistance to
victims of domestic or sexual violence, including rape crisis
centers, organizations carrying out a domestic violence
program, organizations operating a shelter or providing

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counseling services, or a legal services organization or other
organization providing assistance through the legal process.
"Wages" means any remuneration owed an individual as a
result of employment, an employment contract or agreement
between 2 or more parties or a contract for services, whether
paid directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to,
salaries, commissions, gratuities, stock options, and bonuses,
and reasonable cash value of board, rent, housing, lodging,
payment in kind and all remuneration paid in any medium other
than cash, and whether the amount is determined on a time,
task, piece, or any other basis of calculation.
"Weekly benefit amount" means the amount of wage
replacement paid to a covered individual on a weekly basis
while the covered individual is on paid family and medical
leave as provided in Section 40.
Section 15. Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave.
(a) There is created a Division of Paid Family and Medical
Leave within the Department of Labor under the supervision and
control of the Director.
(b) The Department shall name a Deputy Director of the
Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave and hire other
persons as necessary to discharge the requirements of this
Act. The Deputy Director shall have the powers delegated to
him or her by the Director, in addition to the powers set forth
in this Act.

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(c) The Department shall establish procedures and forms
for filing claims for benefits under this Act.
(d) The Department shall use information sharing and
integration technology to facilitate the disclosure of
relevant information or records by the Department.
(e) Information contained in the files and records
pertaining to an employee, self-employed individual, or any
other individual who submits files and records under this Act
is confidential and not open to public inspection under the
Freedom of Information Act, other than to public employees in
the performance of their official duties. An employer must
keep at its place of business records of employment from which
the information needed by the Department for purposes of this
Act may be obtained. The records shall at all times be open to
the inspection of the Department in accordance with rules
adopted by the Department.
(f) The Division shall develop and implement an outreach
program to ensure that individuals who may be eligible to
receive paid family and medical leave benefits under this Act
are made aware of these benefits. Outreach information shall
explain, in an easy-to-understand format, eligibility
requirements, the claims process, weekly benefit amounts,
maximum benefits payable, notice requirements, reinstatement
and nondiscrimination rights, confidentiality, and
coordination of leave under this Act and other laws,
collective bargaining agreements, and employer policies.

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Outreach information shall be available in English and in
languages other than English that are spoken as a primary
language by a significant portion of the State's population,
as determined by the Department.
(g) Any local, county, or municipal ordinance or policy
that provides for paid family and medical leave benefits for
the employees of that local unit of government, or any workers
or employers within its jurisdiction, must comply with the
requirements of this Act or provide benefits, rights, and
remedies that are greater than or equal to the benefits,
rights, and remedies afforded under this Act.
Section 17. Claims for paid family and medical leave. A
claim for paid family and medical leave may be taken by a
covered individual from work:
(1) to participate in the providing of care, including
physical or psychological care, for a family member which
was made necessary by a serious health condition or
medical procedure of the family member;
(2) to be with a child during the first 12 months after
the child's birth if the covered individual is a family
member of the child, the first 12 months after the
placement of the child for adoption or foster care with
the covered individual, the first 12 months after the
child becomes a ward, the first 12 months after in loco
parentis status of the child is acquired, or the first 12

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months after the establishment of parentage under the
Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 if the child is 17 years of
age or younger. As used in this paragraph, "child" also
includes any individual who is less than 18 years of age or
any individual who is 18 years of age or older but is
incapable of self-care because of medical needs or a
mental or physical impairment;
(3) for the covered individual's own serious health
condition, including, but not limited to, stillbirth or
miscarriage or other conditions in connection with
pregnancy, recovery from childbirth, related conditions
even though the covered individual does not receive
treatment from a health care provider during the absence,
including, but not limited to, absence due to morning
sickness, a physical limitation arising from pregnancy, or
exposure to chemicals or hazardous material that may be
harmful, or any other related condition;
(4) for the covered individual's own reproductive
health care;
(5) because the covered individual's or the covered
individual's family member is the victim of domestic or
sexual violence and the covered individual requests leave
because the victim is: (i) experiencing or has experienced
an incident of or ongoing domestic or sexual violence;
(ii) seeking medical attention for, or recovering from,
physical, emotional, or psychological injuries caused by

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domestic or sexual violence; (iii) obtaining services from
a victim services organization; (iv) obtaining
psychological or other counseling; (v) participating in
safety planning, temporarily or permanently relocating, or
taking other actions to increase the safety of the victim
or the victim's family members from future domestic or
sexual violence to ensure safety or economic security; or
(vi) seeking legal assistance or remedies to ensure the
health and safety of the victim or the victim's family
members, including preparing for or participating in any
civil or criminal legal proceeding related to or derived
from domestic or sexual violence; and
(6) because of any qualifying exigency as interpreted
under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C.
2612(a)(1)(E) and 29 CFR 825.126) arising out of the fact
that a family member is on active duty in the Armed Forces
of the United States.
As used in this Act, "paid family and medical leave" does
not include any period of time during which a covered
individual is paid benefits under the Workers' Compensation
Act, the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, or the
Unemployment Insurance Act because the covered individual is
unable to perform the duties of the covered individual's
employment due to the covered individual's own disability.
Section 20. Eligibility for benefits; certification.

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(a) The Department may require that a claim for paid
family and medical leave benefits under this Section be
supported by a certification.
(1) For a claim for paid family and medical leave
under paragraph (1) or (3) of Section 17, the
certification shall be sufficient if it is issued by a
health care provider of the covered individual's choosing
who is providing care to the covered individual or the
covered individual's family member, as applicable, and the
need for intermittent leave, if applicable; however, the
Department may require suitable alternative documentation
where it is impractical or impossible to acquire
certification from a health care provider.
(2) For a claim under paragraph (2) or (4) of Section
17, leave shall be granted without certification.
(3) For a claim under paragraph (5) of Section 17, any
one of the following documents is acceptable for
certification and only one of the documents shall be
required: a police report, a court document, a document
issued by a healthcare provider, or a signed statement
from an attorney, a member of the clergy, or a victim
services organization or advocate. It is up to the covered
individual to determine which documentation to submit. If
documentation has been submitted, the Department or the
employer shall not request or require any other
documentation if the reason for the initial or subsequent

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claim for paid family and medical leave is related to the
same incident of violence or the same perpetrator of the
violence. The Department may require alternative
documentation where it is impractical or impossible to
acquire certification from the listed documents in this
paragraph.
(4) For a claim under paragraph (6) of Section 17, one
of the following documents is acceptable for
certification: a copy of the family member's active duty
orders, other documentation issued by the U.S. Armed
Forces, or other documentation permitted by the
Department.
(b) If an employer provides paid or unpaid leave, the
employee may elect whether first to use the paid or unpaid
leave or to receive paid family and medical leave benefits
under this Act. An employee may not be required to use paid or
unpaid leave provided by the employer if leave is provided by
federal, State, or local law.
(c) This Section does not limit an employee's right to
take leave from employment under other laws or employer
policy.
(d) The eligibility of an individual for benefits is not
affected by a strike or lockout at the factory, establishment,
or other premises at which the individual is or was last
employed.
(e) An employee who has received benefits under this

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Section may not lose any other employment benefits, including
seniority or pension rights, accrued before the date that paid
family and medical leave commenced. This Section does not
entitle an employee to accrue employment benefits during a
period of paid family and medical leave or to a right, benefit,
or position of employment other than a right, benefit, or
position to which the employee would have been entitled had
the employee not taken paid family and medical leave.
(f) Subject to the requirements of this Act, an individual
shall be eligible to receive benefits under this Act if that
individual has been paid during the individual's base period
wages equal to not less than $1,600, provided that the
individual has been paid wages equal to at least $440 during
that part of the individual's base period which does not
include the calendar quarter in which the wages paid to the
individual were highest. "Base period" means the first 4 of
the last 5 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding
the Sunday immediately preceding the first day that family and
medical leave under this Act commences for the covered
individual. If an individual is not eligible to receive paid
family and medical leave benefits or an individual's weekly
benefit amount would be lower using the base period, a base
period consisting of the last 4 completed quarters immediately
preceding the Sunday immediately preceding the first day that
paid family and medical leave under this Act commences shall
be used to establish eligibility or a higher weekly benefit

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amount for the covered individual.
(g) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to interfere with,
impede, or in any way diminish the right of individuals to
bargain collectively with their employers through
representatives of their own choosing in order to establish
wages or other conditions of work in excess of the applicable
minimum standards established in this Act. The paid family and
medical leave requirements of this Act may be waived in a bona
fide collective bargaining agreement, but only if the waiver
is set forth explicitly in the agreement in clear and
unambiguous terms and the employer offers an approved
equivalent plan under Section 50.
(h) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the
validity or change the terms of bona fide collective
bargaining agreements in force on the effective date of this
Act. After that date, the requirements of this Act may be
waived in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement, but
only in accordance with subsection (g).
(i) This Section does not create a continuing entitlement
or contractual right.
(j) Nothing in the Section shall limit the eligibility of
an employee for benefits upon the change of employment as long
as the employee remains an employee or has been employed by any
employer in the State of Illinois within the 2 quarters
preceding his or her submission of a claim for paid family and
medical leave.

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Section 25. Self-employed benefits.
(a) For benefits payable beginning January 1, 2028, any
self-employed individual may elect to be covered under this
Act. The self-employed individual must file a notice of
election in writing with the Department and contribute to the
Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund as
described in Section 35. The self-employed individual must
agree to supply any information concerning taxable income that
the Department deems necessary. After the election is
processed by the Department, the self-employed individual must
begin submitting payroll deductions as an employee and an
employer required under Section 35 for a minimum period of 3
years. In order to be eligible to receive benefits under this
Act, the self-employed individual must satisfy the financial
eligibility requirements of subsection (f) of Section 20 and
have submitted payroll deductions as an employee as required
under Section 35 for a minimum of 3 months preceding any claim
for leave under this Act.
(b) A self-employed individual who has elected to be
covered may terminate coverage by filing written notice with
the Department as prescribed by rule only upon a bona fide
change in the employment status of the self-employed
individual or as described under subsection (c). The
termination may not take effect sooner than 30 days after the
notice is filed and may not be filed while the self-employed

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individual is on leave approved under this Act. If termination
is permitted, the Department may waive the requirements in
subsection (a) that a self-employed individual submit payroll
deductions as an employee and employer for a minimum period of
3 years. Once a self-employed individual terminates coverage,
the individual shall be disqualified from seeking another
election of coverage as a self-employed individual for a
period of 2 years unless he or she can demonstrate a bona fide
change in employment status resulting in the need for a
subsequent election within those 2 years.
(c) A self-employed individual who has elected to be
covered may terminate coverage based upon the filing of a
voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy petition. The elective
coverage of a self-employed individual terminates on the date
the self-employed individual provides written notice and
documentation to the Department to support the bankruptcy
petition filing of the self-employed individual.
Section 30. Disqualification from benefits.
(a) A covered individual is disqualified from paid family
and medical leave benefits under this Act if the covered
individual willfully makes a false statement to obtain
benefits.
(b) A disqualification for paid family and medical leave
benefits is for a period of 2 years, and commences on the first
day of the calendar week in which the covered individual filed

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a claim for benefits under this Act. A covered individual who
is disqualified for benefits is liable to the Department for a
penalty in an amount equal to 15% of the amount of benefits
received by the covered individual.
Section 35. Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance
Program Fund.
(a) The Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program
Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The
Fund shall be separated into 2 accounts, one for the
administration of this Act and one for the payment of paid
family and medical leave benefits under this Act. All interest
that accrues on moneys in the Fund shall be credited to the
Fund. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an
employer from providing additional voluntary employer
contributions toward the cost of benefits provided under this
Act. These voluntary contributions may be in addition to
employee payroll deductions or used to replace in whole or in
part employee payroll deductions.
(b) The Department shall by rule provide for the
collection of premium contributions. The amount of the premium
contribution imposed under this Section, less refunds
authorized by this Act, and all assessments and penalties
collected under this Act shall be deposited into and credited
to the Fund.
(1) Beginning January 1, 2027, the combined premium

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contribution shall be 1.12% of wages.
(2) At no time shall the combined premium contribution
be greater than 1.25% of wages.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2027, an employer shall
retain from all employees a payroll premium deduction in
the amount of 40% of the total premium contribution amount
established by the actuarial analysis as a percentage of
wages for all employees and an employer with 25 or more
employees shall pay the remaining 60% of the premium
contribution.
(4) Beginning January 1, 2029, an employer shall
retain from all employees a payroll premium deduction in
the amount of 40% of the total premium contribution amount
established by the actuarial analysis as a percentage of
wages for all employees and an employer with one or more
employees shall pay the remaining 60% of the premium
contribution. No employee shall be required to pay a
higher percentage premium than any other employee.
(5) Beginning January 1, 2028, and each calendar year
thereafter, not later than October 1 of the prior year,
the Department shall set the premium contribution rate for
the coming calendar year at the rate necessary to obtain a
total amount of contributions equal to 135% of the
benefits paid during the previous fiscal year plus an
amount equal to 100% of the cost of administration of the
payment of those benefits during the previous fiscal year,

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less the amount of net assets remaining in the Fund as of
June 30 of the current calendar year.
(6) Premium contributions shall not be assessed on the
first $15,000 of a covered individual's wages.
(7) Premium contributions shall not be assessed on a
covered individual's wages that exceed $352,200 or 2 times
the Social Security contribution and benefit base, as
determined under 42 U.S.C. 430, whichever is greater.
(c) A Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program
Advisory Board is established as an advisory board to the
Department of Labor. The Advisory Board shall advise the
Department in planning for, implementing, and evaluating the
Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to ensure that
all eligible Illinois workers can afford to participate in the
program and take leave as necessary, while considering the
impact on Illinois employers. The Advisory Board shall
continuously evaluate the program to determine what barriers
to access or other inequities may exist within its
administration, including evaluating program uptake to ensure
low-income and middle-income workers are participating in the
program. The Advisory Board shall make recommendations for
improvements to the program, as appropriate, including, but
not limited to, the appropriate and sustainable number of
weeks of leave allowed, the rates of wage replacement and
premium contributions, and any recommended wage exemptions or
caps.

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(d) The Advisory Board shall include and represent the
diversity of workers, business, self-employed individuals, and
advocacy organizations in Illinois. No later than January 1,
2027, the Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, members to the Advisory Board as follows:
(1) 4 employees of businesses in this State or members
of an organization representing employees in this State;
(2) 4 owners of businesses in this State; and
(3) one member of the public who resides in this
State.
(e) The Director shall annually, on or before March 1,
report in writing to the Advisory Board concerning the
deposits into and expenditures from this State's account in
the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund. The
Advisory Board shall meet at least once per quarter. The
Advisory Board shall hold time for public comment at every
meeting. The members shall serve without compensation but are
entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses.
(f) The Department may adjust rates, not to exceed the
amount established in subsection (b), for the collection of
premiums as described in subsection (c). The Department shall
set rates for premiums and deductions in a manner that
minimizes the volatility of the rates assessed and so that at
the end of the period for which the rates are effective, the
cash balance shall be an amount approximating 12 months of
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functions and duties of the Department under this Act.
Section 40. Compensation for paid family and medical
leave.
(a) A covered individual's weekly benefit rate shall be
90% of his or her average weekly wage, subject to a maximum of
the statewide average weekly wage paid to workers by
employers; however, the covered individual's benefit rate
shall be computed to the next lower multiple of $1 if not
already a multiple thereof. The amount of benefits for each
day of paid family and medical leave for which benefits are
payable shall be one-fifth of the corresponding weekly benefit
amount; however, the total benefits for a fractional part of a
week shall be computed to the next lower multiple of $1 if not
already a multiple thereof. The first payment of benefits must
be made to a covered individual within 14 calendar days after
the claim is filed and there is sufficient information to
approve at least one week of benefits; subsequent payments
must be made no later than semi-monthly thereafter.
(b) With respect to any period of paid family and medical
leave and while an individual is a covered individual, family
and medical leave benefits not in excess of the covered
individual's maximum benefits shall be payable with respect to
the first day of leave taken. The maximum total benefits
payable to any covered individual within a covered base year
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amount; however, the maximum amount shall be computed in the
next lower multiple of $1 if not already a multiple thereof.
(c) The maximum weekly benefit for family and medical
leave that occurs on or after January 1, 2028 shall be $1,200.
By September 30, 2029, and by September 30 of each year
thereafter, the maximum weekly benefit shall be adjusted to
the State average weekly wage. The adjusted maximum weekly
benefit amount takes effect on the following January 1.
(d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the
establishment by an employer, without approval by the
Department, of a supplementary plan or plans providing for the
payment to employees, or to any class or classes of employees,
of benefits in addition to the benefits provided by this Act or
to prohibit the collection or receipt of voluntary
contributions from employees toward the cost of the additional
benefits. However, no employee shall be asked or required to
contribute to any plan or plans, even on a voluntary basis, if
the employee is not able to use or access the benefits for
which they are contributing from the plan or plans. The
rights, duties, and responsibilities of all interested parties
under the supplementary plans shall be unaffected by any
provision of this Act.
Section 45. Paid family and medical leave; duration.
(a) Beginning January 1, 2028, a covered individual may
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12-month period that begins with the first day that the
covered employee first establishes the claim in order to
provide care made necessary by reasons identified in Section
17. A covered individual may take paid family and medical
leave on an intermittent schedule in which all leave
authorized under this Act is not taken sequentially. A covered
individual may take up to an additional 9 weeks of paid family
and medical leave within any 12-month period that begins with
the first day that the covered individual first establishes
the claim for which the covered individual is eligible for
leave taken in connection with pregnancy, recovery from
childbirth, related conditions, or if the child of the covered
individual was a patient in the neonatal intensive care unit.
(b) The taking of leave intermittently or on a medically
necessary periodic schedule under this Section shall not
result in a reduction in the total amount of leave to which the
covered individual is entitled under this Act.
Section 50. Employer equivalent plans.
(a) An employer, whether a private sector or public sector
employer, may apply to the Division for approval of an
employer-offered benefit plan that provides family and medical
leave benefits to the employer's employees. In order to be
approved, an employer-offered plan must confer all same
rights, protections, and benefits provided to covered
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bases for leave, the duration of leave, the wage replacement
rate, and the ability to appeal a denial for a claim for
benefits. The equivalent plan shall not discriminate against
any employee based on their wage or other compensation or the
employee's job category or position.
(b) If the plan is in the form of a third party that
provides for insurance, the forms of the policy must be issued
by an insurer approved by the State.
(c) An employer that seeks approval of a plan shall submit
an application to the Division in the form and manner and by
the date prescribed by the Department by rule, accompanied by
an application fee. The application fee shall be no less than
$250 and no more than $1,000. The Department shall establish
the criteria for the cost of application fees over $250,
including, but not limited to, the number of the employees,
employer earnings, and the time and resources the Department
expends to assess employer-offered plans. An employer shall
reapply for approval from the Division annually or whenever
the employee's plan changes. The reapplication fee shall be no
less than $150 and no more than $1,000. The Department shall
establish the criteria for the cost of reapplication fees over
$150, including, but not limited to, the number of employees,
employer earnings, the time and resources the Department
expends to assess reapplication of employer-offered plans, and
the extent of changes to the plan.
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for a plan if the Deputy Director finds that:
(1) the plan is made available to all employees who
have been employed with an employer and meet the
definition of employee;
(2) the benefits and rights afforded to employees
covered under the plan are equal to or greater than the
benefits and rights that an employee would qualify for
under this Act; and
(3) the plan does not require an employee or
prospective employee, as a condition of employment, to
execute or renew a contract, agreement, clause, covenant,
waiver, or other document that prohibits or attempts to
prohibit employees from making statements or disclosures
regarding an employer's equivalency plan, as long as the
statements or disclosures are not known to be false by the
employee or prospective employee. No contract, agreement,
clause, covenant, waiver, or other document shall
prohibit, prevent, or otherwise restrict an employee,
prospective employee, or former employee from reporting
any allegations of unlawful conduct under this Act and
participating in any investigation or hearings conducted
by the Department or any court.
If the plan is in the form of self-insurance, the employer
must furnish a bond to the Department with a surety company
authorized to transact business in this State in the form,
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(e) Once an application is approved, beginning January 1
of the following year, neither the employer nor an employee
covered under an employer plan is subject to the requirements
of this Act or required to make the contributions or
deductions as described in Section 35.
(f) An employer shall assume all costs related to a plan
approved under this Section and shall not deduct contributions
from the wages of employees or in any manner have employees pay
for the plan.
(g) An employer that offers a plan approved under this
Section shall:
(1) maintain all reports, information, and records
relating to the plan, including payroll and account
records that document employee contributions and expenses,
in the manner established by the Department by rule; and
(2) provide written notice annually to employees that
includes:
(A) information about benefits available under the
approved plan, including the duration of leave;
(B) the process for filing a claim to receive
benefits under the plan;
(C) the right to job protection and benefits
continuation; and
(D) a statement that discrimination and
retaliatory actions against an employee for inquiring
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program established under this Act, giving
notification of leave under the program, taking leave
under the program, or claiming paid family and medical
leave benefits are prohibited.
(h) Each quarter, employers who have received approval for
an employer-offered plan under this Section must report to the
Division the number of claims for benefits the employer
received, the number of claims that were denied and the bases
for those denials, and the number of claims that were
approved. In addition, for all denials and approvals of
claims, employers shall report the number of denials and
approvals as distributed by gender, race, ethnicity, wages,
and any other demographic factors determined to be relevant by
the Department.
(i) The Division may investigate an employer-offered plan
approved under this Section for violations of this Act based
upon a complaint submitted by an employee subject to the plan,
an interested party, or evidence of a pattern and practice of
denials based upon the date submitted by the employer in
subsection (h) of this Section.
(j) Where the Division finds an employer-offered plan has
been administered inconsistently with its approval, the
Department may withdraw approval for an employer-offered plan
granted under this Section. An employer who has had its
approval for an employer-offered plan withdrawn under this
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rate equivalent to 50% of the standard contribution rate
assigned to an employer under Section 35 for a period of time
to be determined by the Department, not to exceed 2 years.
Causes for plan termination shall include, but not be limited
to, the following:
(1) failure to pay benefits to eligible employees;
(2) failure to pay benefits timely and in a manner
consistent with this Act;
(3) failure to maintain reports and provide notice
under subsection (g) or submit the required data under
subsection (h) or comply with other compliance
requirements as required by the Deputy Director or the
Department by rule; or
(4) failure to comply with this Act or the rules
adopted in accordance with this Act.
(k) An employer may be subjected to penalties under
Section 70 if the employer fails to maintain an approved
equivalency plan or provide benefits to employees under an
approved equivalency plan that are inconsistent with this Act.
(l) An interested party or person aggrieved by a violation
of this Section by an employer may file suit in circuit court
in the county where the alleged offense occurred or where any
person who is party to the action resides, without regard to
exhaustion of any alternative administrative remedies provided
in this Act. Actions may be brought by one or more persons for
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situated. A person whose rights have been violated under this
Section by an employer is entitled to collect:
(1) the amount of any wages, salary, employment
benefits, or other compensation denied or lost to the
person by reason of the violation, plus an equal amount in
liquidated damages;
(2) compensatory damages and an amount up to $500 for
each violation of this Act or any rule adopted under this
Act;
(3) in the case of unlawful retaliation, all legal or
equitable relief as may be appropriate; and
(4) attorney's fees and costs.
The right of an interested party or aggrieved person to
bring an action under this Section terminates upon the passing
of 3 years from the date of the alleged violation or, for a
series of violations, the last date in which a violation
occurred. This limitations period is tolled if an employer has
deterred a person's exercise of rights under this Section.
Section 55. Annual reports; contents.
(a) The Department shall issue and make available to the
public, not later than January 1, 2029 and each January 1
thereafter, annual reports providing data on paid family and
medical leave benefits, whether provided through the
State-operated program or through employer equivalent plans as
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the paid family and medical leave categories described in
Section 17. The reports shall include, for each category of
claims, the number of workers receiving the benefits, the
amount of benefits paid, the average duration of benefits, the
average weekly benefit, and any reported amount of paid leave,
vacation, or other fully paid time which resulted in reduced
benefit duration. The reports shall provide data by gender,
race, ethnicity, wages, and any other demographic factors
determined to be relevant by the Department. The reports shall
also provide for: (i) all family and medical leave benefits,
the total costs of benefits and the total cost of
administration, the portion of benefits for claims during paid
family and medical leave, and the total revenues from employer
premium contributions, where applicable; (ii) employee
assessments; and (iii) other sources. Any and all data made
available to the public shall be de-identified and anonymized.
(b) The Division may, in its discretion, conduct surveys
and other research regarding, and include in the annual
reports descriptions and evaluations of, the impact and
potential future impact of the costs and benefits resulting
from the provisions of this Act for:
(1) employees and their families, including surveys
and evaluations of what portion of the total number of
employees taking leave would not have taken leave, or
would have taken less leave, without the availability of
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receiving benefits and what portion are not permitted to
return to work; and what portion of employees who are
eligible for benefits do not claim or receive them and why
they do not;
(2) employers, including benefits such as reduced
training and other costs related to reduced turnover of
personnel, and increased affordability of paid family and
medical leave as provided pursuant to this Act, with
special attention given to small businesses; and
(3) the public, including savings caused by any
reduction in the number of people receiving public
assistance.
(c) The total amount of any expenses that the Department
determines are necessary to carry out its duties described in
this Section shall be charged to the administration account of
the Fund.
Section 60. Hearings. A person aggrieved by a decision of
the Department under this Act may request a hearing. The
Department shall adopt rules governing hearings and the
issuance of final orders under this Act in accordance with the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. All final
administrative decisions of the Department under this Act are
subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review
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Section 65. Prohibited acts; enforcement.
(a) No employer, day and temporary labor service agency,
employee organization, or other person shall discharge, expel,
or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an individual
because the individual has requested paid family and medical
leave, attempted to claim paid family and medical leave
benefits, taken paid family and medical leave, filed or
communicated to the employer an intent to file a claim, a
complaint, or an appeal, or has testified or is about to
testify or has assisted in any proceeding, under this Act, at
any time or the individual has spoken to any other individual
for any reason about paid family and medical leave.
(b) A person aggrieved by a violation of subsection (a)
may file suit in circuit court in the county where the alleged
offense occurred or where any person who is party to the action
resides without regard to exhaustion of any alternative
administrative remedies provided in this Act. Any employer
that violates subsection (a) shall be liable to the individual
who is affected by the violation for damages equal to the sum
of disciplining, or counting paid leave under a no-fault
attendance policy. Retaliation shall subject an employer to
civil penalties under this Act as follows:
(1) the amount of:
(A) any wages, salary, employment benefits, or
other compensation denied or lost to the individual by
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(B) in a case in which wages, salary, employment
benefits, or other compensation have not been denied
or lost to the individual, any actual monetary losses
sustained by the individual as a direct violation,
such as the cost of providing care, up to a sum equal
to 60 calendar days of wages or salary for the
individual; and
(2) the interest on the amount described under
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) calculated at the
prevailing rate; and
(3) an additional amount as liquidated damages equal
to the sum of the amount described in paragraph (1) and the
interest described in paragraph (2), except if a person
who has violated subsection (a) proves to the satisfaction
of the court that the act or omission was in good faith and
that the person had reasonable grounds for believing that
the act or omission was not a violation of subsection (a),
the court may, in the discretion of the court, reduce the
amount of the liability to the amount and interest
determined under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1),
respectively.
In addition, a court may order equitable relief as may be
appropriate, including employment, reinstatement, promotion,
and reinstatement of a contract for services.
(c) An action to recover the damages or obtain equitable
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person in any court on behalf of:
(1) the aggrieved individual; or
(2) the aggrieved individual or other individuals
similarly situated.
(d) The court in an action shall, in addition to any
judgment awarded to the covered individual, allow reasonable
attorney's fees, reasonable expert witness fees, and other
costs of the action to be paid by the defendant.
(e) The right under subsection (c) to bring an action by or
on behalf of any individual shall terminate:
(1) on the filing of a complaint by the Department in
an action in which restraint is sought of any further
delay in the payment of the amount described in paragraph
(1) of subsection (b) to the individual by the person
responsible under subsection (a) for the payment; or
(2) on the filing of a complaint by the Department in
an action under subsection (f) in which a recovery is
sought of the damages described in paragraph (1) of
subsection (b) owing to the individual by the person
liable under subsection (a).
(f) Actions brought by the Department.
(1) The Department may bring an action in any court to
recover the damages described in paragraph (1) of
subsection (b).
(2) Any sums recovered under paragraph (1) shall be
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order of the Department, directly to each individual
affected. Any sums not paid to an individual because of an
inability to do so within a period of 3 years shall be
deposited into the Fund.
(3) An action may be brought under this subsection not
later than 3 years after the date of the last event
constituting the alleged violation for which the action is
brought.
(4) An action brought by the Department under this
subsection shall be considered to be commenced on the date
when the complaint is filed.
(5) The Department may bring an action to restrain
violations of subsection (a), including the restraint of
any withholding of payment of wages, salary, employment
benefits, or other compensation, plus interest, found by
the court to be due to the individual, or to award other
equitable relief as may be appropriate, including
employment, reinstatement, and promotion.
(g) Actions brought by an interested party.
(1) Upon a reasonable belief that an employer, day and
temporary labor service agency, employee organization, or
other person covered by this Act committed a violation of
subsection (a), an interested party may initiate a civil
action in the county where the alleged offenses occurred
or where any party to the action resides, asserting that a
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following:
(A) the interested party submits to the Department
a complaint describing the violation and naming the
employer or entity alleged to have violated subsection
(a);
(B) the Department sends notice of the complaint
to the named parties alleged to have violated
subsection (a), the person or persons alleged to have
been aggrieved, and the interested party, and provides
the named parties the option to contest the alleged
violation or cure the alleged violation; and
(C) the named parties contest or cure the
violation within 30 days after receipt of the notice
of the complaint or, if the named party does not
respond within 30 days, the Department issues a notice
of right to sue to the interested party in accordance
with paragraph (2).
(2) The Department shall issue a notice of right to
sue to the interested party, if one or more of the
following has occurred:
(A) the named party or parties have cured the
alleged violation to the satisfaction of the Director;
(B) the Director has determined that the
allegation is unjustified or that the Department does
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(C) the Director has determined that the
allegation is justified or has not made a
determination and has decided not to exercise
jurisdiction over the matter or has concluded
administrative enforcement of the matter.
(3) If, within 180 days after service of the notice of
complaint to the parties, the Department has not (i)
resolved the contest and cure period, (ii) with the mutual
agreement of the parties, extended the time for the named
party to cure the violation and resolve the complaint, or
(iii) issued a right to sue letter, the interested party
may initiate a civil action for penalties. The parties may
extend the 180-day period by mutual agreement. The
limitations period for the interested party to bring an
action for the alleged violation of the subsection (a)
shall be tolled for the 180-day period and for the period
of any mutually agreed extensions. At the end of the
180-day period, or any mutually agreed extensions, the
Department shall issue a right to sue letter to the
interested party.
(4) Any claim or action filed under this Section must
be made within 3 years of the alleged conduct resulting in
the complaint plus any period for which the limitations
period has been tolled.
(5) In an action brought under this Section, an
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temporary labor service agency, employee organization, or
other person any statutory penalties provided for in
Section 70 and injunctive relief. An interested party who
prevails in a civil action shall receive 10% of any
statutory penalties assessed plus any attorney's fees and
expenses in bringing the action. The remaining 90% of any
statutory penalties assessed shall be deposited into the
Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund and
shall be used exclusively for the purposes of
administration of this Act.
Section 70. Penalties.
(a) A person who makes a false statement or
representation, knowing it to be false, to increase any paid
family and medical leave benefit during a period of paid
family and medical leave, either for himself or herself or for
any other person, shall be liable for a civil penalty of $250
to be paid to the Department. Each false statement or
representation shall constitute a separate offense. Upon
refusal to pay the civil penalty, the civil penalty shall be
recovered in a civil action by the Attorney General on behalf
of the Department in the name of the State of Illinois. If, in
any case in which liability for the payment of a civil penalty
has been determined, any person who has received any benefits
under this Act by reason of the making of false statements or
representations shall not be entitled to any benefits under

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this Act for any leave occurring prior to the time he or she
has discharged his or her liability to pay the civil penalty.
(b) A person, employing unit, employer, or entity that
willfully violates any provision of this Act or any rule
adopted under this Act for which a civil penalty is neither
prescribed in this Act nor provided by any other applicable
law shall be subject to a civil penalty of $2,500, and an
additional civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each month
during which the violation continues, to be paid to the
Department. Upon the refusal to pay the civil penalty, the
civil penalty shall be recovered in a civil action by the
Attorney General on behalf of the Department in the name of the
State of Illinois.
Section 75. Leave and employment protection.
(a) During any consecutive, intermittent, or medically
necessary periodic leave period in which an employee receives
paid family and medical leave benefits under this Act, the
employee is entitled to paid family and medical leave and, at
the established ending date of leave, to be restored to a
position of employment with the employer from whom leave was
taken as provided under subsection (b). The requirements of
this subsection may be waived in a bona fide collective
bargaining agreement covering individuals in the construction
industry.
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receives family and medical leave benefits under this Act for
the intended purpose of the paid family and medical leave is
entitled, on return from the leave:
(1) to be restored by the employer to the position of
employment held by the employee when the paid family and
medical leave commenced; or
(2) to be restored to an equivalent position with
equivalent employment benefits, pay, and other terms and
conditions of employment at the employee's workplace
immediately prior to when the paid family and medical
leave commenced.
(c) The taking of paid family and medical leave under this
Act may not result in the loss of any employment benefits
accrued before the date on which the paid family and medical
leave commenced.
(d) Nothing in this Section entitles a restored employee
to:
(1) the accrual of any seniority or employment
benefits during any period of paid family and medical
leave; or
(2) any right, benefit, or position of employment
other than any right, benefit, or position to which the
employee would have been entitled to if the employee not
taken the paid family and medical leave.
(e) During any period an employee takes paid family and
medical leave under this Act, if the employer provides

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insurance for employees, the employer shall maintain coverage
for the employee and any family member under any group health
plan for the duration of leave at no less than the level and
conditions of coverage that would have been provided if the
employee had not taken the leave. If the employer and employee
share the cost of the existing health benefits, the employee
may remain responsible for the employee's share of the cost.
However, the employer shall notify the employee that the
employee is still responsible for paying the employee's share
of the cost of the health care coverage, if any. The
requirements of this subsection may be waived in a bona fide
collective bargaining agreement covering individuals in the
construction industry where the collective bargaining
agreement requires employers to contribute to a multi-employer
health plan.
(f) An employer may not require, as a condition of
employment or complying with this Act, that the employee
search for or find a replacement worker to cover the hours
during which the employee takes leave under this Act.
Section 80. Notice to employer.
(a) If the necessity for paid family and medical leave is
foreseeable, the employee shall provide the employer with not
less than 30 days' notice, before the date the leave is to
begin, of the employee's intention to take leave.
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not foreseeable or requires leave to begin in less than 30
days, the employee shall provide notice as is practicable.
Section 85. Employment by the same employer. If spouses
who are entitled to leave under this Act are employed by the
same employer and that employer has fewer than 10 employees,
the employer may require that the spouses not take more than 6
weeks of leave concurrently, with the following exceptions:
(1) the employee is seeking to take leave under this
Act for his or her own serious medical condition;
(2) the employee is seeking to take leave under this
Act to participate in the providing of care to a spouse who
is employed by the same employer; or
(3) the employee is seeking to take leave under this
Act to participate in the providing of care to a child the
employee shares with his or her spouse who is employed by
the same employer.
Section 90. Coordination of leave. Paid family and medical
leave taken under this Act must be taken concurrently with any
leave taken under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of
1993 or a collective bargaining agreement. The employer must
give its employees written notice of this requirement.
Section 95. Rules. The Department shall adopt any rules
necessary to implement the provisions of this Act.

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Section 100. Authority to enter into interagency
agreements.
(a) The Department may enter into interagency agreements
with other State agencies for the initial administration of
the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program.
(b) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2033.
Section 105. Pregnancy; effect of other State law. No
individual shall suffer any repercussion under any Illinois
law, rule, or policy for any decisions the covered individual
is authorized to make under this Act regarding leave related
to pregnancy, recovery from childbirth, care of a child, or
related conditions.
Section 110. Program benefits; taxable income. Paid family
and medical leave benefits received under the provisions of
this Act shall not be taxed by the State of Illinois under the
Illinois Income Tax Act or in any other manner and shall not be
taxed by any unit of government within Illinois.
Section 115. Advance payment of premiums for State
employees.
(a) On the effective date of this Act, or as soon as
possible thereafter, the State Comptroller and the State
Treasurer, at the direction of the Governor, shall transfer

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funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Paid Family and
Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund. The money is an advance
payment of premiums for State employee coverage that the State
is required to pay under Section 35. The advance payment of
premiums shall be used by the Department for the initial
administration of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance
Program.
(b) On or before June 30, 2026, the Division shall
determine the manner in which the State will receive a credit
for the advance payment of premiums it has paid under this
Section for premiums it is required to pay under Section 35.
(c) On January 1, 2027, and on July 1 of each year
thereafter, the Director shall submit a report of the amount
of remaining credit the State can receive for premiums it is
required to pay to the State Treasurer, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, the Director of Central
Management Services, and the General Assembly.
(d) The advance payment of premiums by the State under
this Section shall not constitute or become an indebtedness, a
debt, or a liability of the State.
Section 900. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
changing Section 7 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/7)
Sec. 7. Exemptions.

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(1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
record that contains information that is exempt from
disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
shall make the remaining information available for inspection
and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
be exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) Information specifically prohibited from
disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
regulations implementing federal or State law.
(b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
or a court order.
(b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
specifically designed to provide information to one or
more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
mental status of one or more individual subjects.
(c) Personal information contained within public
records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
information that is highly personal or objectionable to a

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reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
that bears on the public duties of public employees and
officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
privacy.
(d) Records in the possession of any public body
created in the course of administrative enforcement
proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
extent that disclosure would:
(i) interfere with pending or actually and
reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
agency that is the recipient of the request;
(ii) interfere with active administrative
enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
that is the recipient of the request;
(iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
hearing;
(iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
confidential source, confidential information
furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
who file complaints with or provide information to
administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or

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penal agencies; except that the identities of
witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
local government, except when disclosure would
interfere with an active criminal investigation
conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
request;
(v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
techniques other than those generally used and known
or disclose internal documents of correctional
agencies related to detection, observation, or
investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
agency or public body that is the recipient of the
request;
(vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
enforcement personnel or any other person; or
(vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
(d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
record management system if the law enforcement agency
that is the recipient of the request did not create the
record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
events which are the subject of the record, and only has
access to the record through the shared electronic record

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management system.
(d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
Board.
(d-7) Information gathered or records created from the
use of automatic license plate readers in connection with
Section 2-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
correctional institutions and detention facilities.
(e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
materials are available in the library of the correctional
institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
confined.
(e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
materials include records from staff members' personnel
files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
information.
(e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the

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Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
through an administrative request to the Department of
Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
Mental Health.
(e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
institution or facility.
(e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
or committed to the Department of Corrections or
Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
containing personal information pertaining to the person's
victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
or school address, work telephone number, social security
number, or any other identifying information, except as
may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
or claim.
(e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
requested by a person committed to the Department of
Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and

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crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
claim.
(f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
(g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
information obtained from a person or business where the
trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
requested.
The information included under this exemption includes
all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
obtained by a public body, including a public pension
fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
company within the investment portfolio of a private

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equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
to the aggregate financial performance information of a
private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
held company within the investment portfolio of a private
equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
privately held company may cause competitive harm.
Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
to disclosure.
(h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
agreement, including information which if it were
disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
award or final selection is made.
(i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in

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this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
legal rights of the general public.
(j) The following information pertaining to
educational matters:
(i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
examination data used to administer an academic
examination;
(ii) information received by a primary or
secondary school, college, or university under its
procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
their academic peers;
(iii) information concerning a school or
university's adjudication of student disciplinary
cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
(iv) course materials or research materials used
by faculty members.
(k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
submissions, and other construction related technical
documents for projects not constructed or developed in
whole or in part with public funds and the same for
projects constructed or developed with public funds,

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including, but not limited to, power generating and
distribution stations and other transmission and
distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
security.
(l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
public body makes the minutes available to the public
under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
(m) Communications between a public body and an
attorney or auditor representing the public body that
would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
respect to internal audits of public bodies.
(n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
cases in which discipline is imposed.
(o) Administrative or technical information associated
with automated data processing operations, including, but
not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer

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program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
pertaining to all logical and physical design of
computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
security of the system or its data or the security of
materials exempt under this Section.
(p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
between public bodies and their employees or
representatives, except that any final contract or
agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
(q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
examination data used to determine the qualifications of
an applicant for a license or employment.
(r) The records, documents, and information relating
to real estate purchase negotiations until those
negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
until a sale is consummated.
(s) Any and all proprietary information and records

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related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
Insurance or self-insurance (including any
intergovernmental risk management association or
self-insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
information, records, data, advice, or communications.
(t) Information contained in or related to
examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
for the regulation or supervision of financial
institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
law.
(u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act.
(v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
community's population or systems, facilities, or
installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,

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or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
include such things as details pertaining to the
mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
(w) (Blank).
(x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
security of generation, transmission, distribution,
storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
Illinois Power Agency.
(y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
bids, or negotiations related to electric power
procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
Commission.
(z) Information about students exempted from
disclosure under Section 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
School Code, and information about undergraduate students
enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
Card Marketing Act of 2009.
(aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted

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under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
(bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
review team and records maintained by a mortality review
team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
Mortality Review Team Act.
(cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
(dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
the Illinois Public Aid Code.
(ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
information of persons who are minors and are also
participants and registrants in programs of park
districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
associations.
(ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
information of participants and registrants in programs of
park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
minors.
(gg) Confidential information described in Section

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1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
2012.
(hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
School Code and any information contained in that report.
(ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
detained by the Department of Human Services under the
Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
library of the facility where the individual is confined;
(ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
or (iii) are available through an administrative request
to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
Corrections.
(jj) Confidential information described in Section
5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
and similar account information, the disclosure of which
could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
of a governmental entity or a person.
(ll) Records concerning the work of the threat

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assessment team of a school district, including, but not
limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
the procedure.
(mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
Confidential Reporting Act.
(nn) Proprietary information submitted to the
Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
Act.
(oo) Records described in subsection (f) of Section
3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(pp) Any and all information regarding burials,
interments, or entombments of human remains as required to
be reported to the Department of Natural Resources
pursuant either to the Archaeological and Paleontological
Resources Protection Act or the Human Remains Protection
Act.
(qq) Reports described in subsection (e) of Section
16-15 of the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act.
(rr) Information obtained by a certified local health
department under the Access to Public Health Data Act.
(ss) For a request directed to a public body that is
also a HIPAA-covered entity, all information that is
protected health information, including demographic
information, that may be contained within or extracted

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from any record held by the public body in compliance with
State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations,
including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations, 45
CFR Parts 160 and 164. As used in this paragraph,
"HIPAA-covered entity" has the meaning given to the term
"covered entity" in 45 CFR 160.103 and "protected health
information" has the meaning given to that term in 45 CFR
160.103.
(tt) Proposals or bids submitted by engineering
consultants in response to requests for proposal or other
competitive bidding requests by the Department of
Transportation or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.
(uu) Confidential information described in subsection
(e) of Section 15 of the Paid Family and Medical Leave
Insurance Program Act.
(1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
prior to disclosure under this Act.
(2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
for purposes of this Act.

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(3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
information or limit the availability of records to the
public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-38, eff. 6-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752, eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff.
1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23; 102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-982,
eff. 7-1-23; 102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
103-423, eff. 1-1-24; 103-446, eff. 8-4-23; 103-462, eff.
8-4-23; 103-540, eff. 1-1-24; 103-554, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605,
eff. 7-1-24; 103-865, eff. 1-1-25.)
Section 905. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.1030 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)
Sec. 5.1030. The Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance
Program Fund.
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.