101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0037
 
Introduced 1/27/2020, by Rep. Lance Yednock
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new

     Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that collective bargaining is fundamentally necessary to protect the economic welfare and safety of all workers in the public and private sectors. Provides that no law shall be passed that restricts or interferes with the ability of workers to join together and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment, including any law that prohibits or restricts the right of private sector employers and employees, through a representative of their own choosing, to enter into and administer union security agreements, should they choose. Effective upon being declared adopted.
  


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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

  
 
  
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
4HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
5SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the 
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general 
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of 
8this resolution a proposition to amend the Illinois 
9Constitution in Article I by adding Section 25 as follows: 
  
 

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ARTICLE I 


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BILL OF RIGHTS


12    (ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new)
13SECTION 25. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FREEDOM
14    Collective bargaining is fundamentally necessary to 
15protect the economic welfare and safety of all workers in the 
16public and private sectors, and no law shall be passed that 
17restricts or interferes with the ability of workers to join 
18together and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and terms 
19and conditions of employment, including any law that prohibits 
20or restricts the right of private sector employers and 
21employees, through a representative of their own choosing, to 
22enter into and administer union security agreements, should 
23they choose.
 
  
 
 
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SCHEDULE

  
2    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being 
3declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois 
4Constitutional Amendment Act.