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1 AN ACT concerning employment.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Child Labor Law of 2024 is amended by
5 changing Section 40 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 206/40)
7 Sec. 40. Restrictions on employment of minors.
8 (a) No person shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to
9 work:
10 (1) in any mechanic's garage, including garage pits,
11 repairing cars, trucks, or other vehicles or using garage
12 lifting racks;
13 (2) in the oiling, cleaning, or wiping of machinery or
14 shafting;
15 (3) in or about any mine or quarry;
16 (4) in stone cutting or polishing;
17 (5) in any factory work;
18 (6) in or about any plant manufacturing explosives or
19 articles containing explosive components, or in the use or
20 transportation of same;
21 (7) in or about plants manufacturing iron or steel,
22 ore reduction works, smelters, foundries, forging shops,
23 hot rolling mills or any other place in which the heating,
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1 melting, or heat treatment of metals is carried on;
2 (8) in the operation of machinery used in the cold
3 rolling of heavy metal stock, or in the operation of
4 power-driven punching, shearing, stamping, or metal plate
5 bending machines;
6 (9) in or about logging, sawmills or lath, shingle, or
7 cooperage-stock mills;
8 (10) in the operation of power-driven woodworking
9 machines, or off-bearing from circular saws;
10 (11) in the operation and repair of freight elevators
11 or hoisting machines and cranes;
12 (12) in spray painting;
13 (13) in occupations involving exposure to lead or its
14 compounds;
15 (14) in occupations involving exposure to acids, dyes,
16 chemicals, dust, gases, vapors, or fumes that are known or
17 suspected to be dangerous to humans;
18 (15) in any occupation subject to the Amusement Ride
19 and Attraction Safety Act;
20 (16) in oil refineries, gasoline blending plants, or
21 pumping stations on oil transmission lines;
22 (17) in the operation of laundry, dry cleaning, or
23 dyeing machinery;
24 (18) in occupations involving exposure to radioactive
25 substances;
26 (19) in or about any filling station or service
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1 station, except that this prohibition does not extend to
2 employment within attached convenience stores, food
3 service, or retail establishments;
4 (20) in construction work, including demolition and
5 repair;
6 (21) in any energy generation or transmission service;
7 (22) in public and private utilities and related
8 services;
9 (23) in operations in or in connection with
10 slaughtering, meat packing, poultry processing, and fish
11 and seafood processing;
12 (24) in operations which involve working on an
13 elevated surface, with or without use of equipment,
14 including, but not limited to, ladders and scaffolds;
15 (25) in security positions or any occupations that
16 require the use or carrying of a firearm or other weapon;
17 (26) in occupations which involve the handling or
18 storage of human blood, human blood products, human body
19 fluids, or human body tissues;
20 (27) in any mill, cannery, factory, workshop, or coal,
21 brick, or lumber yard;
22 (28) any occupation which is prohibited for minors
23 under federal law; or
24 (29) in any other occupation or working condition
25 determined by the Director to be hazardous.
26 (b) No person shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to
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1 work at:
2 (1) any cannabis business establishment subject to the
3 Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or Compassionate Use of
4 Medical Cannabis Program Act;
5 (2) any establishment subject to the Live Adult
6 Entertainment Facility Surcharge Act;
7 (3) any firearm range or gun range used for
8 discharging a firearm in a sporting event, for practice or
9 instruction in the use of a firearm, or the testing of a
10 firearm, except for a scorer age 14 years or older at the
11 World Shooting and Recreational Complex on the dates of
12 the U.S. Open and the Grand American World Trapshooting
13 Championship who is located, during those competitions, at
14 least 15 feet behind the firing line of the trap shooters
15 participating in the competitions;
16 (4) any establishment in which items containing
17 alcohol for consumption are manufactured, distilled,
18 brewed, or bottled;
19 (5) any establishment where the primary activity is
20 the sale of alcohol or tobacco;
21 (6) an establishment operated by any holder of an
22 owners license subject to the Illinois Gambling Act; or
23 (7) any other establishment which State or federal law
24 prohibits minors from entering or patronizing.
25 (c) An employer shall not allow minors to draw, mix, pour,
26 or serve any item containing alcohol or otherwise handle any
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1 open containers of alcohol. An employer shall make reasonable
2 efforts to ensure that minors are unable to access alcohol.
3 (d) An employer may allow minors aged 14 and 15 to work in
4 retail stores, except that an employer shall not allow minors
5 to handle or be able to access any goods or products which are
6 illegal for minors to purchase or possess.
7 (e) No person shall employ, allow, or permit an unlicensed
8 minor to perform work in the practice of barber, cosmetology,
9 esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology services
10 requiring a license under the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics,
11 Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985, except for
12 students enrolled in a school and performing barber,
13 cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology
14 services in accordance with that Act and rules adopted under
15 that Act.
16 (f) A person may employ, allow, or permit a minor to
17 perform office or administrative support work that does not
18 expose the minor to the work prohibited in this Section.
19 (Source: P.A. 103-721, eff. 1-1-25.)Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.