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SB 2703

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Briggs Hopson

Allows a parent owning 51%+ of a small business (≤50 employees) to employ their minor outside school hours, expanding family employment exemptions.

Died In Committee
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Bill Summary · SB 2703

Summary — SB 2703 (104th General Assembly) — Child Labor Law amendment (introduced)

Status: Died in committee (bill did not become law)
Introduced: March 13, 2025 (filed by Sen. Jil Tracy; companion bill: HB 4812)

Note on source materials: the legislative record provided contains inconsistent dates and entries that appear to mix multiple related measures and prior session activity. This summary relies on the bill text included under “Version Content — Introduced,” which proposes a targeted amendment to the Child Labor Law of 2024 (820 ILCS 206/20).

Purpose and intent

SB 2703 would expand an existing set of exemptions in the Child Labor Law to allow parents or legal guardians to employ their minor children at certain family-owned businesses. The apparent intent is to clarify and broaden the circumstances under which minors may be employed by their parents without triggering other statutory restrictions in the Child Labor Law.

Key provision

  • Amends Section 20 (Exemptions) of the Child Labor Law of 2024 by adding subsection (g), which states:
    • “Nothing in this Act prohibits a minor's parent or legal guardian from employing the minor outside of school hours at a business in which the minor's parent or legal guardian has at least 51% ownership and that employs no more than 50 employees.”
    • The exemption applies only to work performed outside school hours and only when the parent/guardian meets both the ownership threshold (≥51%) and the employee-count limit (≤50 employees).

Who would be affected

  • Directly affected: minors (employees) and their parent/legal guardian employers who meet the ownership and business-size criteria.
  • Indirectly affected: small, family-owned businesses (≤50 employees), labor enforcement authorities, and potentially competitors or employers seeking clarity on family-employment rules.

Practical impact and considerations

  • Expands flexibility for family business employment: parents could lawfully employ their children outside school hours without certain Child Labor Law constraints applying.
  • Limits and safeguards in the text: the employment must be outside school hours and the parent must hold a controlling ownership stake (≥51%); businesses with more than 50 employees are excluded.
  • Potential issues: enforcement of the ownership/employee-count thresholds, child-safety and welfare protections (hours, hazardous work exclusions still governed by other law), and possible unintended loopholes if unrelated employers attempt to structure ownership to qualify.
  • Fiscal/administrative impact: likely minimal for state agencies; effect largely regulatory for employers and families.

Legislative outcome

  • SB 2703 did not advance to become law — recorded as Died In Committee. Sponsors included Sen. Jil Tracy (primary) and others listed as co-sponsors.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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