VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKER Senate SponsorsSen. Sue Rezin 1/16/2026SenateReferred to Assignments 50 ILCS 748/5Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that, in the case of an employee who is deployed to a disaster area as a volunteer emergency worker, the employer shall, upon the return of the employee, restore the employee to a position of similar seniority, status, and pay in which the employee would have been employed if the continuous employment of the employee had not been interrupted. 1/16/2026SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin 1/16/2026SenateFirst Reading 1/16/2026SenateReferred to Assignments