Bill Text: IL SB1761 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Labor shall adopt rules to ensure that professional musicians are guaranteed workplace protections consistent with protections guaranteed to other occupations. Defines "professional musician" as an individual musician or member of a band that earns $7,500 of income in a calendar year from sources related to his or her performance of music.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB1761 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1761-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1761 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Seth Lewis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new
Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Labor shall adopt rules to ensure that professional musicians are guaranteed workplace protections consistent with protections guaranteed to other occupations. Defines "professional musician" as an individual musician or member of a band that earns $7,500 of income in a calendar year from sources related to his or her performance of music.
LRB103 28232 SPS 54611 b
A BILL FOR
SB1761 LRB103 28232 SPS 54611 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Labor Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
1505-225 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new)
Sec. 1505-225. Protections for professional musicians. The
Department shall adopt rules to ensure that professional
musicians are guaranteed workplace protections consistent with
protections guaranteed to other occupations. As used in this
Section, "professional musician" means an individual musician
or member of a band that earns $7,500 of income in a calendar
year from sources related to his or her performance of music.