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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4607

Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 192/10

Amends the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. Provides that the
definition of "employee" does not include an employee who is engaged in the
operation of a vessel that is documented by the United States under a
specified federal law. Effective immediately.
LRB104 16622 SPS 30023 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning employment.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Paid Leave for All Workers Act is amended by
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changing Section 10 as follows:

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(820 ILCS 192/10)
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Sec. 10.
Definitions.
As used in this Act:
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"Construction industry" means any constructing, altering,
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reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing,
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refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom
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fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking,
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painting, decorating, demolishing, or adding to or subtracting
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from any building, structure, highway, roadway, street,
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bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant,
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waterworks, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other
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structure, project, development, real property, or
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improvement, or to do any part thereof, whether or not the
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performance of the work herein described involves the addition
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to or fabrication into, any structure, project, development,
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real property, or improvement herein described of any material
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or article of merchandise.
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"Construction industry" also includes moving construction
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related materials on the job site or to or from the job site,

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snow plowing, snow removal, and refuse collection.
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"Department" means the Illinois Department of Labor.
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"Domestic work" and "domestic worker" have the same
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meanings as defined in Section 10 of the Domestic Workers'
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Bill of Rights Act, except that "domestic worker" also
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includes independent contractors, sole proprietors, and
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partnerships.
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"Employee" has the same application and meaning as that
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provided in Sections 1 and 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and
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Collection Act. "Employee" also includes all domestic workers,
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and, for the purposes of this Act, domestic workers shall not
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be excluded as employees under the provisions of item (1),
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(2), or (3) of Section 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and
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Collection Act. "Employee" does not include:
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(1) an employee as defined in the federal Railroad
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Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) or the
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Railway Labor Act;
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(2) a student enrolled in and regularly attending
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classes in a college or university that is also the
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student's employer, and who is employed on a temporary
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basis at less than full time at the college or university,
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but this exclusion applies only to work performed for that
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college or university;
or
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(3) a short-term employee who is employed by an
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institution of higher education for less than 2
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consecutive calendar quarters during a calendar year and

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who does not have a reasonable expectation that they will
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be rehired by the same employer of the same service in a
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subsequent calendar year
; or

.

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(4) an employee who is engaged in the operation of a
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vessel that is documented by the United States under 46
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U.S.C. 12105.
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"Employer" has the same application and meaning as that
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provided in Sections 1 and 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and
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Collection Act, except that for purposes of this Act,
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"employer" also means the State and units of local government,
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any political subdivision of the State or units of local
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government, or any State or local government agency.
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"Employer" does not include school districts organized
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under the School Code or park districts organized under the
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Park District Code.
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"Writing" or "written" means a printed or printable
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communication in physical or electronic format, including a
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communication that is transmitted through electronic mail,
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text message, or a computer system or is otherwise sent or
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stored electronically.
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(Source: P.A. 102-1143, eff. 1-1-24
.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
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becoming law.

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