Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB4051

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4051

Introduced , by Rep. David Friess

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 206/20
820 ILCS 206/40

Amends the Child Labor Law of 2024. Provides that nothing in the Act applies to the work of a minor 14 years of age or older working as a scorer at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex on the dates of the U.S. Open and the Grand American World Trapshooting Championships if the minor is located, during those competitions, at least 15 feet behind the firing line of the trap shooters participating in the competitions. Makes a conforming change.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning employment.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Child Labor Law of 2024 is amended by changing Sections 20 and 40 as follows:

(820 ILCS 206/20)

Sec. 20. Exemptions.

(a) Nothing in this Act applies to the work of a minor engaged in agricultural pursuits, except that no minor under 12 years of age, except members of the farmer's own family who live with the farmer at his principal place of residence, at any time shall be employed, allowed, or permitted to work in any gainful occupation in connection with agriculture, except that any minor of 10 years of age or older shall be permitted to work in a gainful occupation in connection with agriculture during school vacations or outside of school hours.

(b) Nothing in this Act applies to the work of a minor engaged in the sale and distribution of magazines and newspapers outside of school hours.

(c) Nothing in this Act applies a minor's performance of household chores or babysitting outside of school hours if that work is performed in or about a private residence and not in connection with an established business, trade, or profession of the person employing, allowing, or permitting the minor to perform the activities.

(d) Nothing in this Act applies to the work of a minor 13 years of age or older in caddying at a golf course.

(e) Nothing in this Act applies to a minor 14 or 15 years of age who is, under the direction of the minor's school, participating in work-based learning programs in accordance with the School Code.

(f) Nothing in this Act prohibits an employer from employing, allowing, or permitting a minor 12 or 13 years of age to work as an officiant or an assistant instructor of youth sports activities for a not-for-profit youth club, park district, or municipal parks and recreation department if the employer obtains certification as provided for in Section 55 and:

(1) the parent or guardian of the minor who is working as an officiant or an assistant instructor, or an adult designated by the parent or guardian, shall be present at the youth sports activity while the minor is working;

(2) the minor may work as an officiant or an assistant instructor for a maximum of 3 hours per day on school days and a maximum of 4 hours per day on non-school days;

(3) the minor shall not exceed 10 hours of officiating and working as assistant instructor in any week;

(4) the minor shall not work later than 9:00 p.m. on any day of the week; and

(5) the participants in the youth sports activity are at least 3 years younger than the minor unless an individual 16 years of age or older is officiating or instructing the same youth sports activity with the minor.

The failure to satisfy the requirements of this subsection may result in the revocation of the minor's employment certificate.

(g) Nothing in this Act applies to the work of a minor 14 years of age or older working as a scorer at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex on the dates of the U.S. Open and the Grand American World Trapshooting Championships if the minor is located, during those competitions, at least 15 feet behind the firing line of the trap shooters participating in the competitions.

(Source: P.A. 103-721, eff. 1-1-25.)

(820 ILCS 206/40)

Sec. 40. Restrictions on employment of minors.

(a) No person shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to work:

(1) in any mechanic's garage, including garage pits, repairing cars, trucks, or other vehicles or using garage lifting racks;

(2) in the oiling, cleaning, or wiping of machinery or shafting;

(3) in or about any mine or quarry;

(4) in stone cutting or polishing;

(5) in any factory work;

(6) in or about any plant manufacturing explosives or articles containing explosive components, or in the use or transportation of same;

(7) in or about plants manufacturing iron or steel, ore reduction works, smelters, foundries, forging shops, hot rolling mills or any other place in which the heating, melting, or heat treatment of metals is carried on;

(8) in the operation of machinery used in the cold rolling of heavy metal stock, or in the operation of power-driven punching, shearing, stamping, or metal plate bending machines;

(9) in or about logging, sawmills or lath, shingle, or cooperage-stock mills;

(10) in the operation of power-driven woodworking machines, or off-bearing from circular saws;

(11) in the operation and repair of freight elevators or hoisting machines and cranes;

(12) in spray painting;

(13) in occupations involving exposure to lead or its compounds;

(14) in occupations involving exposure to acids, dyes, chemicals, dust, gases, vapors, or fumes that are known or suspected to be dangerous to humans;

(15) in any occupation subject to the Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act;

(16) in oil refineries, gasoline blending plants, or pumping stations on oil transmission lines;

(17) in the operation of laundry, dry cleaning, or dyeing machinery;

(18) in occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances;

(19) in or about any filling station or service station, except that this prohibition does not extend to employment within attached convenience stores, food service, or retail establishments;

(20) in construction work, including demolition and repair;

(21) in any energy generation or transmission service;

(22) in public and private utilities and related services;

(23) in operations in or in connection with slaughtering, meat packing, poultry processing, and fish and seafood processing;

(24) in operations which involve working on an elevated surface, with or without use of equipment, including, but not limited to, ladders and scaffolds;

(25) in security positions or any occupations that require the use or carrying of a firearm or other weapon;

(26) in occupations which involve the handling or storage of human blood, human blood products, human body fluids, or human body tissues;

(27) in any mill, cannery, factory, workshop, or coal, brick, or lumber yard;

(28) any occupation which is prohibited for minors under federal law; or

(29) in any other occupation or working condition determined by the Director to be hazardous.

(b) No person shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to work at:

(1) any cannabis business establishment subject to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act;

(2) any establishment subject to the Live Adult Entertainment Facility Surcharge Act;

(3) any firearm range or gun range used for discharging a firearm in a sporting event, for practice or instruction in the use of a firearm, or the testing of a firearm, except for a scorer age 14 years or older at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex on the dates of the U.S. Open and the Grand American World Trapshooting Championship who is located, during those competitions, at least 15 feet behind the firing line of the trap shooters participating in the competitions;

(4) any establishment in which items containing alcohol for consumption are manufactured, distilled, brewed, or bottled;

(5) any establishment where the primary activity is the sale of alcohol or tobacco;

(6) an establishment operated by any holder of an owners license subject to the Illinois Gambling Act; or

(7) any other establishment which State or federal law prohibits minors from entering or patronizing.

(c) An employer shall not allow minors to draw, mix, pour, or serve any item containing alcohol or otherwise handle any open containers of alcohol. An employer shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that minors are unable to access alcohol.

(d) An employer may allow minors aged 14 and 15 to work in retail stores, except that an employer shall not allow minors to handle or be able to access any goods or products which are illegal for minors to purchase or possess.

(e) No person shall employ, allow, or permit an unlicensed minor to perform work in the practice of barber, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology services requiring a license under the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985, except for students enrolled in a school and performing barber, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology services in accordance with that Act and rules adopted under that Act.

(f) A person may employ, allow, or permit a minor to perform office or administrative support work that does not expose the minor to the work prohibited in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 103-721, eff. 1-1-25.)