IPLRA-PUB DEF

Session: 104th General Assembly
Year: 2025
Bill #: HB2973
Category: Labor, Personnel and Pensions
Position: Under Review
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Summary as Introduced

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Defines "public sector attorney" as any of the following attorneys who are not managerial employees: Assistant State's Attorneys, Assistant Public Defenders, Assistant Appellate Defenders, Assistant Appellate Prosecutors, and attorneys in the office of the Cook County Public Guardian. Provides that public sector attorneys may not strike. Provides that, if there is an impasse between a unit of public sector attorneys and a public employer, the parties shall submit the dispute to interest arbitration. Effective December 1, 2026.



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