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Joe C. Sosnowski introduced HB1745 in the Illinois House on Jan. 24, 2025, during the general assembly session 104, according to the Illinois General Assembly.

According to the Illinois General Assembly site, the legislature summarized the bill's official text as follows: "Amends the Child Labor Law of 2024. Provides that no employer shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to work more than 3 hours per day (currently, more than 3 hours per day or more than 8 hours total of work and school hours on days when school is in session). Makes changes in various provisions to limit the number of hours worked by a minor outside of school hours to 18 hours in a week (currently, 24 hours in a week)."

The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.

In essence, this bill amends the Child Labor Law of 2024 to further regulate work hours for minors by limiting them to no more than three hours per day and 18 hours per week outside school hours when school is in session. The changes also cap work hours at 40 per week when school is not in session, restrict minors from working between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. during the school year and between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. from June 1 to Labor Day. Exceptions for minors under 16 permit up to eight hours of work on weekends under specific conditions, and special provisions for performer minors extend permissible night hours. Additional amendments detail allowable work hours in recreational activities and live theatrical performances. The bill takes effect on Jan. 1, 2025.

Joe C. Sosnowski has proposed another two bills since the beginning of the 104th session.

Sosnowski graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1999 with a BA.

Joe Sosnowski is currently serving in the Illinois State House, representing the state's 69th House District. He replaced previous state representative Ronald A. Wait in 2011.

Bills in Illinois follow a multi-step legislative process, beginning with introduction in either the House or Senate, followed by committee review, floor debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching the governor for approval or veto. The General Assembly operates on a biennial schedule, and while typically thousands of bills are introduced each session, only a fraction successfully pass through the process to become law.

You can read more about bills and other measures here.

Bill Number	Date Introduced	Short Description
HB1745	01/24/2025	Amends the Child Labor Law of 2024. Provides that no employer shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to work more than 3 hours per day (currently, more than 3 hours per day or more than 8 hours total of work and school hours on days when school is in session). Makes changes in various provisions to limit the number of hours worked by a minor outside of school hours to 18 hours in a week (currently, 24 hours in a week).
HB1744	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires proof that each party to the marriage has attained the age of 18 years in order to obtain a license to marry and a marriage certificate from the county clerk. Deletes language allowing proof that each party to the marriage will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained the age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval. Makes corresponding changes. Repeals a provision regarding judicial approval of underage marriages. Effective immediately, except that specified provisions take effect 2 years after the amendatory Act becomes law.
HB1746	01/24/2025	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the term "maximum income limitation" for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption means the greater of (i) $80,000 or (ii) $80,000 adjusted by certain increases in the consumer price index-u. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall, not later than January 31 of each calendar year, calculate, publish, and transmit to all county clerks and county treasurers the indexed maximum income limitation number. In provisions concerning the general homestead exemption, provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the maximum reduction is $10,000 in all counties.
HB1747	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires every applicant for the registration of a motor vehicle to present, at the time of submission of an application for registration, a valid driver's license.
HB1748	01/24/2025	Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that all bills introduced in the General Assembly must remain in the chamber of origin for at least 5 calendar days before they can be voted upon on third reading and passed out of the chamber. Provides that, upon passage to the other chamber of the General Assembly, the 5 calendar day requirement is in effect and begins with the day of the bill's arrival in the new chamber. Provides that if a bill is amended in a chamber, the bill must remain in the chamber for an additional 5 calendar days starting with the day the amendment is filed and adopted.
HB1749	01/24/2025	Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall adopt a policy that allows for a student to participate in interscholastic athletics immediately upon completing a transfer from one school to another school and enrolling in that other school. Provides that the policy may prohibit the student from participating in interscholastic athletics at that other school before the school transfer process is complete and the transfer has been accepted by the principal of the school from which the student is transferring and the principal of the school to which the student is transferring. Effective July 1, 2025.
HB1750	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for gratuities that are included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. Creates an income tax deduction for the amount of overtime compensation that is paid to the taxpayer during the taxable year and that is included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. Effective immediately.
HB1751	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language providing that the examination of an applicant for a driver's license or permit who is 75 years of age or older or, if the Secretary of State adopts rules to raise the age requirement for actual demonstrations, the examination of an applicant who has attained that increased age or is older shall include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle. Effective January 1, 2026.