SB 2413 — Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act (Illinois, 104th GA)
Status: Died in committee (did not become law)
Introduced: Feb 7, 2025 (Sen. Ram Villivalam). Received/filed: Mar 12, 2025. Committee action: Died in committee (Mar 4, 2025). (See procedural timeline below.)
Purpose / Intent
The bill would create a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program to provide wage replacement to covered employees who take leave for their own serious health condition, to care for family members, to bond with a newborn or newly adopted child, or for other covered family/medical events. The stated goal is to reduce economic hardship from unpaid leave, improve worker retention and productivity, and support families.
Key provisions
- Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act and establishes a new Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Illinois Department of Labor.
- Authorizes a Division Deputy Director to administer the program.
- Establishes eligibility rules (financial/earnings-based) for benefit receipt and allows self‑employed individuals to elect coverage.
- Defines key terms (e.g., “average weekly wage” — calculated as one‑thirteenth of wages in the highest-earning quarter of the previous four quarters; “child”; “care”; “assisted reproduction”; industry and worker categories).
- Addresses benefit mechanics: disqualifications, compensation for leave, amount and duration of benefits, and payment procedures from a new Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund (created by amending the State Finance Act).
- Allows employer “equivalent plans” (employers providing benefits that meet or exceed statutory requirements) as an alternative to program coverage.
- Requires annual reporting by the Department, provides for hearings, penalties, notification requirements, coordination with federal FMLA, collective bargaining agreements, and local ordinances, and authorizes rulemaking.
- Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt certain documents collected by the new Division from public disclosure.
- Effective immediately if enacted.
Who would be affected
- Employees working (or routinely performing work) in Illinois who meet the statute’s financial eligibility standards.
- Self‑employed individuals who choose to opt in.
- Employers (administration, possible contributions or alternative plan compliance, reporting obligations).
- Illinois Department of Labor (new Division and administrative responsibilities).
- State finances through creation and operation of the Program Fund.
Potential impacts
- Provides wage replacement for workers taking qualifying leave, potentially reducing financial strain and turnover.
- Adds administrative and compliance responsibilities for employers and the Department of Labor.
- Fiscal implications depend on program funding and contribution/benefit formulas (details in bill text are procedural; specific rates/financing not included in the excerpt).
Sponsors
Primary: Sen. Ram Villivalam. Cosponsors include Adriane Johnson, Rachel Ventura, Cristina Castro, Mike Simmons, Laura Fine, Mike Porfirio, Robert F. Martwick, Graciela Guzmán, Karina Villa, Omar Aquino, and Javier L. Cervantes.
Procedural timeline (selected)
- 02/07/2025: Filed / First Reading (Committee substitute adopted; passed initial stage)
- 02/07/2025 onward: Referred to Assignments and various committees (Insurance; Appropriations)
- 03/04/2025: Died in Committee (bill did not advance to passage)
Note: This summary is based on the introduced version of SB2413 as submitted in the 104th Illinois General Assembly; some statutory sections and detailed benefit formulas were truncated in the available text.
