Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1670 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1670 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Christopher Belt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 154/5820 ILCS 154/10 Amends the Family Bereavement Leave Act. Provides that all employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of one week (5 work days) of unpaid bereavement leave to grieve the death of a covered companion animal. Provides that, in the event of the death of more than one covered companion animal in a 12-month period, an employee is entitled to up to a total of 2 weeks (10 work days) of bereavement leave during the 12-month period. Defines "companion animal". Makes conforming changes. LRB104 06952 SPS 16989 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1670 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Christopher Belt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 154/5820 ILCS 154/10 820 ILCS 154/5 820 ILCS 154/10 Amends the Family Bereavement Leave Act. Provides that all employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of one week (5 work days) of unpaid bereavement leave to grieve the death of a covered companion animal. Provides that, in the event of the death of more than one covered companion animal in a 12-month period, an employee is entitled to up to a total of 2 weeks (10 work days) of bereavement leave during the 12-month period. Defines "companion animal". Makes conforming changes. LRB104 06952 SPS 16989 b LRB104 06952 SPS 16989 b A BILL FOR
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6	6	Amends the Family Bereavement Leave Act. Provides that all employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of one week (5 work days) of unpaid bereavement leave to grieve the death of a covered companion animal. Provides that, in the event of the death of more than one covered companion animal in a 12-month period, an employee is entitled to up to a total of 2 weeks (10 work days) of bereavement leave during the 12-month period. Defines "companion animal". Makes conforming changes.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning employment.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Family Bereavement Leave Act is amended by
16	16	5 changing Sections 5 and 10 as follows:
17	17	6 (820 ILCS 154/5)
18	18	7 Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
19	19	8 "Assisted reproduction" means a method of achieving a
20	20	9 pregnancy through an artificial insemination or an embryo
21	21	10 transfer and includes gamete and embryo donation. "Assisted
22	22	11 reproduction" does not include any pregnancy achieved through
23	23	12 sexual intercourse.
24	24	13 "Child" means an employee's son or daughter who is a
25	25	14 biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal
26	26	15 ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis.
27	27	16 "Covered companion animal" means an animal, owned by the
28	28	17 employee, that is commonly considered to be, or is considered
29	29	18 by the owner to be, a pet. "Covered companion animal"
30	30	19 includes, but is not limited to, canines, felines, equines,
31	31	20 and specialty pets as defined in subsection (u) of Section 3 of
32	32	21 the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961.
33	33	22 "Covered family member" means an employee's child,
34	34	23 stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent,
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1670 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Christopher Belt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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42	42	Amends the Family Bereavement Leave Act. Provides that all employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of one week (5 work days) of unpaid bereavement leave to grieve the death of a covered companion animal. Provides that, in the event of the death of more than one covered companion animal in a 12-month period, an employee is entitled to up to a total of 2 weeks (10 work days) of bereavement leave during the 12-month period. Defines "companion animal". Makes conforming changes.
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71	71	1 mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or
72	72	2 stepparent.
73	73	3 "Department" means the Department of Labor.
74	74	4 "Domestic partner", used with respect to an unmarried
75	75	5 employee, includes:
76	76	6 (1) the person recognized as the domestic partner of
77	77	7 the employee under any domestic partnership or civil union
78	78	8 law of a state or political subdivision of a state; or
79	79	9 (2) an unmarried adult person who is in a committed,
80	80	10 personal relationship with the employee, who is not a
81	81	11 domestic partner as described in paragraph (1) to or in
82	82	12 such a relationship with any other person, and who is
83	83	13 designated to the employee's employer by such employee as
84	84	14 that employee's domestic partner.
85	85	15 "Department" means the Department of Labor.
86	86	16 "Employee" means eligible employee, as defined by Section
87	87	17 101(2) of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29
88	88	18 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.).
89	89	19 "Employer" means employer, as defined by Section 101(4) of
90	90	20 the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C.
91	91	21 2601 et seq.).
92	92	22 (Source: P.A. 102-1050, eff. 1-1-23.)
93	93	23 (820 ILCS 154/10)
94	94	24 Sec. 10. Bereavement leave.
95	95	25 (a) All employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 2
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106	106	1 weeks (10 work days) of unpaid bereavement leave to:
107	107	2 (1) attend the funeral or alternative to a funeral of
108	108	3 a covered family member;
109	109	4 (2) make arrangements necessitated by the death of the
110	110	5 covered family member;
111	111	6 (3) grieve the death of the covered family member; or
112	112	7 (4) be absent from work due to (i) a miscarriage; (ii)
113	113	8 an unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination or of
114	114	9 an assisted reproductive technology procedure; (iii) a
115	115	10 failed adoption match or an adoption that is not finalized
116	116	11 because it is contested by another party; (iv) a failed
117	117	12 surrogacy agreement; (v) a diagnosis that negatively
118	118	13 impacts pregnancy or fertility; or (vi) a stillbirth.
119	119	14 (a-5) All employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of
120	120	15 one week (5 work days) of unpaid bereavement leave to grieve
121	121	16 the death of a covered companion animal.
122	122	17 (b) Bereavement leave under subsections subsection (a) and
123	123	18 (a-5) of this Section must be completed within 60 days after
124	124	19 the date on which the employee receives notice of the death of
125	125	20 the covered family member or covered companion animal or the
126	126	21 date on which an event listed under paragraph (4) of
127	127	22 subsection (a) occurs.
128	128	23 (c) An employee shall provide the employer with at least
129	129	24 48 hours' advance notice of the employee's intention to take
130	130	25 bereavement leave, unless providing such notice is not
131	131	26 reasonable and practicable.
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142	142	1 (d) An employer may, but is not required to, require
143	143	2 reasonable documentation. Documentation may include a death
144	144	3 certificate, a published obituary, or written verification of
145	145	4 death, burial, or memorial services from a mortuary, funeral
146	146	5 home, burial society, crematorium, religious institution,
147	147	6 veterinarian, or government agency. For leave resulting from
148	148	7 an event listed under paragraph (4) of subsection (a),
149	149	8 reasonable documentation shall include a form, to be provided
150	150	9 by the Department, to be filled out by a health care
151	151	10 practitioner who has treated the employee or the employee's
152	152	11 spouse or domestic partner, or surrogate, for an event listed
153	153	12 under paragraph (4) of subsection (a), or documentation from
154	154	13 the adoption or surrogacy organization that the employee
155	155	14 worked with related to an event listed under paragraph (4) of
156	156	15 subsection (a), certifying that the employee or his or her
157	157	16 spouse or domestic partner has experienced an event listed
158	158	17 under paragraph (4) of subsection (a). The employer may not
159	159	18 require that the employee identify which category of event the
160	160	19 leave pertains to as a condition of exercising rights under
161	161	20 this Act.
162	162	21 (e) In the event of the death of more than one covered
163	163	22 family member in a 12-month period, an employee is entitled to
164	164	23 up to a total of 6 weeks (30 work days) of bereavement leave
165	165	24 during the 12-month period. In the event of the death of more
166	166	25 than one covered companion animal in a 12-month period, an
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