Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1870 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1870 Introduced , by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 430/5-5 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. In provisions regarding personnel policies and work time requirements, specifies that State employees of public institutions of higher education classified as faculty and those not eligible for overtime pay may satisfy the time sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their contract with the public institution of higher education. Effective immediately. LRB104 10251 BDA 20325 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1870 Introduced , by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 430/5-5 5 ILCS 430/5-5 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. In provisions regarding personnel policies and work time requirements, specifies that State employees of public institutions of higher education classified as faculty and those not eligible for overtime pay may satisfy the time sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their contract with the public institution of higher education. Effective immediately. LRB104 10251 BDA 20325 b LRB104 10251 BDA 20325 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. In provisions regarding personnel policies and work time requirements, specifies that State employees of public institutions of higher education classified as faculty and those not eligible for overtime pay may satisfy the time sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their contract with the public institution of higher education. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
15	15	5 amended by changing Section 5-5 as follows:
16	16	6 (5 ILCS 430/5-5)
17	17	7 Sec. 5-5. Personnel policies.
18	18	8 (a) Each of the following shall adopt and implement
19	19	9 personnel policies for all State employees under his, her, or
20	20	10 its jurisdiction and control: (i) each executive branch
21	21	11 constitutional officer, (ii) each legislative leader, (iii)
22	22	12 the Senate Operations Commission, with respect to legislative
23	23	13 employees under Section 4 of the General Assembly Operations
24	24	14 Act, (iv) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with
25	25	15 respect to legislative employees under Section 5 of the
26	26	16 General Assembly Operations Act, (v) the Joint Committee on
27	27	17 Legislative Support Services, with respect to State employees
28	28	18 of the legislative support services agencies, (vi) members of
29	29	19 the General Assembly, with respect to legislative assistants,
30	30	20 as provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly Compensation
31	31	21 Act, (vii) the Auditor General, (viii) the Board of Higher
32	32	22 Education, with respect to State employees of public
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1870 Introduced , by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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68	68	1 (ix) the Illinois Community College Board, with respect to
69	69	2 State employees of community colleges. The Governor shall
70	70	3 adopt and implement those policies for all State employees of
71	71	4 the executive branch not under the jurisdiction and control of
72	72	5 any other executive branch constitutional officer.
73	73	6 (b) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be
74	74	7 filed with the appropriate ethics commission established under
75	75	8 this Act or, for the Auditor General, with the Office of the
76	76	9 Auditor General.
77	77	10 (c) The policies required under subsection (a) shall
78	78	11 include policies relating to work time requirements,
79	79	12 documentation of time worked, documentation for reimbursement
80	80	13 for travel on official State business, compensation, and the
81	81	14 earning or accrual of State benefits for all State employees
82	82	15 who may be eligible to receive those benefits. No later than 30
83	83	16 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
84	84	17 100th General Assembly, the policies shall include, at a
85	85	18 minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; (ii) details
86	86	19 on how an individual can report an allegation of sexual
87	87	20 harassment, including options for making a confidential report
88	88	21 to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or the
89	89	22 Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on retaliation
90	90	23 for reporting sexual harassment allegations, including
91	91	24 availability of whistleblower protections under this Act, the
92	92	25 Whistleblower Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv)
93	93	26 the consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual
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104	104	1 harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false
105	105	2 report. The policies shall comply with and be consistent with
106	106	3 all other applicable laws. The policies shall require State
107	107	4 employees to periodically submit time sheets documenting the
108	108	5 time spent each day on official State business to the nearest
109	109	6 quarter hour; contractual State employees may satisfy the time
110	110	7 sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their
111	111	8 contract, which shall provide for a means of compliance with
112	112	9 this requirement. In addition, State employees of public
113	113	10 institutions of higher education classified as faculty
114	114	11 (including tenure system and nontenure system), and those not
115	115	12 eligible for overtime pay as defined by the Fair Labor
116	116	13 Standards Act, may satisfy the time sheets requirement by
117	117	14 complying with the terms of their contract or employment
118	118	15 agreement with the public institution of higher education,
119	119	16 which shall provide for a means of compliance with this
120	120	17 requirement. The policies for State employees shall require
121	121	18 those time sheets to be submitted on paper, electronically, or
122	122	19 both and to be maintained in either paper or electronic format
123	123	20 by the applicable fiscal office for a period of at least 2
124	124	21 years.
125	125	22 (d) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be
126	126	23 adopted by the applicable entity before February 1, 2004 and
127	127	24 shall apply to State employees beginning 30 days after
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129	129	26 (Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17.)
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