VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKER House SponsorsRep. Keith P. Sommer 1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die 50 ILCS 748/5 Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that no public or private employer may take disciplinary action against an employee who is a volunteer emergency worker because the employee, when acting as a volunteer worker, is absent from or late to his or her employment in order to respond to an emergency. Effective immediately. 2/18/2011HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Keith P. Sommer 2/18/2011HouseFirst Reading 2/18/2011HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/28/2011HouseAssigned to Labor Committee 3/17/2011HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die