103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1083 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any provision in a collective bargaining agreement that would limit the ability of a public employer to investigate the conduct of an employee of the public employer is declared to be against public policy and unenforceable unless the limitation is otherwise required by State or federal law. LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1083 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any provision in a collective bargaining agreement that would limit the ability of a public employer to investigate the conduct of an employee of the public employer is declared to be against public policy and unenforceable unless the limitation is otherwise required by State or federal law. LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1083 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any provision in a collective bargaining agreement that would limit the ability of a public employer to investigate the conduct of an employee of the public employer is declared to be against public policy and unenforceable unless the limitation is otherwise required by State or federal law. LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b A BILL FOR HB1083LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b HB1083 LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b HB1083 LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b 1 AN ACT concerning government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is 5 amended by changing Section 20 as follows: 6 (5 ILCS 315/20) (from Ch. 48, par. 1620) 7 Sec. 20. Prohibitions. 8 (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require an 9 individual employee to render labor or service without his 10 consent, nor shall anything in this Act be construed to make 11 the quitting of his labor by an individual employee an illegal 12 act; nor shall any court issue any process to compel the 13 performance by an individual employee of such labor or 14 service, without his consent; nor shall the quitting of labor 15 by an employee or employees in good faith because of 16 abnormally dangerous conditions for work at the place of 17 employment of such employee be deemed a strike under this Act. 18 (b) This Act shall not be applicable to units of local 19 government employing less than 5 employees at the time the 20 Petition for Certification or Representation is filed with the 21 Board. This prohibition shall not apply to bargaining units in 22 existence on the effective date of this Act and units of local 23 government employing more than 5 employees where the total 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1083 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any provision in a collective bargaining agreement that would limit the ability of a public employer to investigate the conduct of an employee of the public employer is declared to be against public policy and unenforceable unless the limitation is otherwise required by State or federal law. LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b A BILL FOR 5 ILCS 315/20 from Ch. 48, par. 1620 LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b HB1083 LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b HB1083- 2 -LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b HB1083 - 2 - LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b HB1083 - 2 - LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b 1 number of employees falls below 5 after the Board has 2 certified a bargaining unit. 3 (c) On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act 4 of the 103rd General Assembly, any provision in a collective 5 bargaining agreement that would limit the ability of a public 6 employer to investigate the conduct of an employee of the 7 public employer is declared to be against public policy and 8 unenforceable unless the limitation is otherwise required by 9 State or federal law. 10 (Source: P.A. 93-442, eff. 1-1-04; 93-1080, eff. 6-1-05; 11 94-67, eff. 1-1-06.) HB1083 - 2 - LRB103 04856 RLC 49866 b