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SB2888 • 2026
PAID LEAVE FOR ALL-STUDENTS
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
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PAID LEAVE FOR ALL-STUDENTS
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
To Paid Leave
Assigned to Executive
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Craig Wilcox
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
PAID LEAVE FOR ALL-STUDENTS
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Full Text of SB2888 Home Legislation Full Text SB2888 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2888 Introduced 1/16/2026, by Sen. Craig Wilcox SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 192/10 Amends the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. Provides that the definition of "employee" does not include: (1) a student enrolled in and regularly attending classes in a college or university, who is employed for less than an average of 30 hours per week by an employer, and who is not a participant in an adult education and literacy program at that college or university; or (2) a student enrolled in and regularly attending high school classes, who is under 18 years of age, and who is employed on a temporary or less than full time basis. LRB104 18613 SPS 32056 b A BILL FOR SB2888 LRB104 18613 SPS 32056 b 1 AN ACT concerning employment. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Paid Leave for All Workers Act is amended by 5 changing Section 10 as follows: 6 (820 ILCS 192/10) 7 Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: 8 "Construction industry" means any constructing, altering, 9 reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing, 10 refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom 11 fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking, 12 painting, decorating, demolishing, or adding to or subtracting 13 from any building, structure, highway, roadway, street, 14 bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, 15 waterworks, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other 16 structure, project, development, real property, or 17 improvement, or to do any part thereof, whether or not the 18 performance of the work herein described involves the addition 19 to or fabrication into, any structure, project, development, 20 real property, or improvement herein described of any material 21 or article of merchandise. 22 "Construction industry" also includes moving construction 23 related materials on the job site or to or from the job site, SB2888 - 2 - LRB104 18613 SPS 32056 b 1 snow plowing, snow removal, and refuse collection. 2 "Department" means the Illinois Department of Labor. 3 "Domestic work" and "domestic worker" have the same 4 meanings as defined in Section 10 of the Domestic Workers' 5 Bill of Rights Act, except that "domestic worker" also 6 includes independent contractors, sole proprietors, and 7 partnerships. 8 "Employee" has the same application and meaning as that 9 provided in Sections 1 and 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and 10 Collection Act. "Employee" also includes all domestic workers, 11 and, for the purposes of this Act, domestic workers shall not 12 be excluded as employees under the provisions of item (1), 13 (2), or (3) of Section 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and 14 Collection Act. "Employee" does not include: 15 (1) an employee as defined in the federal Railroad 16 Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) or the 17 Railway Labor Act; 18 (2) a student enrolled in and regularly attending 19 classes in a college or university that is also the 20 student's employer, and who is employed on a temporary 21 basis at less than full time at the college or university, 22 but this exclusion applies only to work performed for that 23 college or university; or 24 (3) a short-term employee who is employed by an 25 institution of higher education for less than 2 26 consecutive calendar quarters during a calendar year and SB2888 - 3 - LRB104 18613 SPS 32056 b 1 who does not have a reasonable expectation that they will 2 be rehired by the same employer of the same service in a 3 subsequent calendar year ; . 4 (4) a student enrolled in and regularly attending 5 classes in a college or university, who is employed for 6 less than an average of 30 hours per week by an employer, 7 and who is not a participant in an adult education and 8 literacy program at that college or university; or 9 (5) a student enrolled in and regularly attending high 10 school classes, who is under 18 years of age, and who is 11 employed on a temporary basis or less than full time. 12 "Employer" has the same application and meaning as that 13 provided in Sections 1 and 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and 14 Collection Act, except that for purposes of this Act, 15 "employer" also means the State and units of local government, 16 any political subdivision of the State or units of local 17 government, or any State or local government agency. 18 "Employer" does not include school districts organized 19 under the School Code or park districts organized under the 20 Park District Code. 21 "Writing" or "written" means a printed or printable 22 communication in physical or electronic format, including a 23 communication that is transmitted through electronic mail, 24 text message, or a computer system or is otherwise sent or 25 stored electronically. 26 (Source: P.A. 102-1143, eff. 1-1-24 .) 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