Quincy Reporter

A new bill authored by State Rep. Moore in the Illinois House seeks to amend the Child Labor Law of 2024 to provide specific exemptions and clarify permissible work for minors, according to the Illinois State House.

The bill, introduced as HB4161 on Oct. 15, 2025, during the general assembly session 104, was summarized by the state legislature as follows: "Amends the Child Labor Law of 2024. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a minor's parent or legal guardian from employing the minor outside of school hours at a business in which the minor's parent or legal guardian has at least 51% ownership and that employs no more than 50 employees."

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, providing specific exemptions to its restrictions. It states that minors may be employed outside school hours by their parents or legal guardians at a business in which the parent or guardian holds at least a 51% ownership and that employs no more than 50 employees. Additionally, the bill clarifies that the Act does not apply to minors engaged in agricultural work, the sale and distribution of newspapers and magazines outside school hours, household chores or babysitting in private residences, or caddying at golf courses. It also allows minors, aged 14 or 15, to participate in school-supervised work-based learning programs, and permits those aged 12 or 13 to work as officiants or assistant instructors at youth sports activities under certain conditions. The bill is set to take effect January 1 and August 1, 2025, for different sections.

Moore has proposed another seven bills since the beginning of the 104th session.

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.

Moore graduated from John Wood Community College in 2001 with an AS and again in 2003 from Quincy University with a BS.

Moore, a Republican, was elected to the Illinois State House in 2025 to represent the state's 99th House District, replacing previous state representative Randy Frese.

Bill Number	Date Introduced	Short Description
HB4161	10/15/2025	Amends the Child Labor Law of 2024. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a minor's parent or legal guardian from employing the minor outside of school hours at a business in which the minor's parent or legal guardian has at least 51% ownership and that employs no more than 50 employees.
HB3150	02/06/2025	Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act. Provides that provisions limiting the vendor's discount to $1,000 per month do not apply on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
HB2664	02/04/2025	Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to State and federal pass-through awards to municipalities with a population of no greater than 5,000. Effective immediately.
HB2463	02/03/2025	Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately.
HB1633	01/23/2025	Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
HB1402	01/16/2025	Appropriates the sum of $67,622,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Capital Development Board for the demolition and remediation of the buildings on the site of the former Jacksonville Development Center. Effective July 1, 2025.
HB1351	01/14/2025	Creates the Reducing Barriers to Start Act. Beginning January 1, 2026, this State shall encourage the elimination of all first-year business fees relating to any license or registration for any new business or person establishing a new business, including home-based businesses, whose principal place of business is in this State.
HB1352	01/14/2025	Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Expands the Act to allow for the formation of multi-county Veterans Assistance Commissions. Provides that veteran service organizations located in 2 or more adjacent counties having a population of 60,000 or less may enter into an agreement to come together and jointly form a multi-county Veterans Assistance Commission to serve the adjacent counties in accordance with the Act. Provides that a multi-county Veterans Assistance Commission may also be formed under an agreement between an existing county Veterans Assistance Commission and a veteran service organization located in an adjacent county that is without a veterans assistance commission and has a population of 60,000 or less. Requires an agreement to form and maintain a multi-county Veterans Assistance Commission to set forth: (i) the distribution of funding with respect to each member county; (ii) the location of the Commission's office; (iii) the type of services provided; (iv) the superintendent selection or appointment process; (v) Commission rules and policies; and (vi) the composition of delegates and alternates on the Commission. Provides that multi-county Veterans Assistance Commissions shall have the same powers and duties under the Act as Veterans Assistance Commissions that serve one county. Makes corresponding changes in the Counties Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Drug Court Treatment Act, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act, and the Mental Health Court Treatment Act. Effective immediately.