HB2301 Summary

• Changes board and commission composition requirements to specify representatives must come from labor organizations recognized under the National Labor Relations Act, rather than generically from the "employee class."

• Applies these changes to multiple bodies including the Department of Employment Security Board of Review, State Mining Board, Employment Security Advisory Board, Miners' Examining Board, Workers' Compensation Commission, and Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board.

• Expands the Miners' Examining Board from 4 to 4 members with explicit requirement that 2 must be from a labor organization representing coal miners, and updates qualification standards to specify "Illinois" mine examiner or mine manager certifications.

• Modifies the Workers' Compensation Commission to allow employee class representatives to be either labor organization members or attorneys who have represented labor organizations or employees in workers' compensation cases.

• Updates the Workers' Compensation Advisory Board composition to specify that employee representatives must come from labor organizations recognized under the National Labor Relations Act or be qualified attorneys, rather than generic employee class members.