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• June 7, 2010: In Memoriam for IL Healthy Workplace Bill Sponsor
  Illinois House Rep. Eddie Washington (D-60-Waukegan) died suddenly on Friday June 4 at age 56 of a heart attack. He is survived by seven children and his wife, Flor. Read local news coverage. Mr. Washington picked up sponsorship of HB 374 when Art Turner, the original House sponsor, stepped away. Sen. Delgado carried the bill in the Senate and it was amended dramatically. After the bill passed the Senate on March 18, 2010, Eddie Washington fought hard inside the House Labor Committee to have the bill retain its integrity. We looked forward to his strong, principled support in 2011. There will be other sponsors to take his place, but no one will replace him as husband, father, mentor, and friend. He will be missed. All of us at WBI extend our condolences to the Washington family.
• April 21: SB 3566 Bill Hearing, 2 pm (CST), Room 118, State Capitol, Springfield. House Labor Committee. Contact the members of the committee to urge a positive vote. In 2009, the original version of this bill (HB 374) passed this same committee.
• Rep. Lou Lang has added his name to SB 3566 as co-sponsor.
• House Rep. Eddie Washington is now the sponsor of HB 374, taking over from original sponsor Art Turner.
  
• SB 3566 passed the Senate by a vote of 35 to 17 on March 18, 2010. The bill is now referred to the House Rules Committee.
  
• An amendment (Senate Floor Amendment 2) was added before the vote.
  
• SB 3566 passed the Senate Labor committee by a vote of 6 to 2 (Sen. Forby, Chair only voted "present") on March 3.
  The committee has 7 Democrats and 4 Republicans.
  Next step is a successful Senate Floor Vote. If you care about the bill passing, please contact as many state Senators as you can. The date of the floor vote will be sent our Twitter followers. and posted here. Stay tuned.



• Please write and call Opponents listed to demand unequivocal support. Thank endorsers.
• Lobbyists for the Illinois Family Institute (Ralph Rivera also represents Pro-Life Action League) and Concerned Christian Americans (Rev. Vanden Bosch) (both groups were original opponents of the Healthy Workplace Bill when it was HB 374) convinced lawmakers that they had the right to amend our bill to exempt individuals expressing their "religious voice" from being accused of bullying. In fact, these extremists are anti-gay and have stated on the CCA website:"Many of the 'Bullying Programs' are actually being used to promote and protect homosexuality in the workplace." Write to Sen. Delgado telling him to tell these hate-mongerers to keep their hands off our legislation designed to provide dignity for EVERYONE!!
• Illinois Senate companion bill was introduced as SB 3566 on February 10th, sponsored by Sen. William Delgado.
• The Illinois Association of School Administrators opposed HB 374 in 2009.

Sponsors

Sponsor of HB 374

Name	Branch	Party	Phone	E-mail	Website
Rep. Eddie Washington	House	D	(217) 558-1012	washington60th@aol.com	Here

Sponsors of SB 3566

Name	Branch	Party	Phone	E-mail	Website
Sen. William Delgado	Senate	D	(217) 782-5652	rvalencia@senatedem.ilga.gov	Here

Chief co-sponsors Sen. James Clayborne, Jr. [217-782-5399] and Sen. Iris Martinez [217-782-8191] and
Co-sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio [217-782-8206]

Endorsements

The following organizations have voiced their support for the current workplace bullying legislation.

• Illinois Association of Minorities in Government (IAMG)
• llinois AFL-CIO
• Illinois Federation of Teachers

Bill History

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