Bill Amendment: IL HB5371 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: HUMAN RIGHTS-VARIOUS

Status: 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0859 [HB5371 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5371-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Laura Fine

Filed: 5/16/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5371
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5371 as follows:
on page 19, line 9, by deleting "2-102," and "7-101,"; and
by deleting line 11 on page 19 through line 14 on page 31; and
by deleting line 20 on page 35 through line 10 on page 38; and
on page 56, below line 21, by inserting the following:
"Section 6. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
changing Section 7-101 as follows:
(775 ILCS 5/7-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 7-101)
Sec. 7-101. Powers and duties. In addition to other powers
and duties prescribed in this Act, the Department shall have
the following powers:

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(A) Rules and Regulations. To adopt, promulgate, amend,
and rescind rules and regulations not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act pursuant to the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act.
(B) Charges. To issue, receive, investigate, conciliate,
settle, and dismiss charges filed in conformity with this Act.
(C) Compulsory Process. To request subpoenas as it deems
necessary for its investigations.
(D) Complaints. To file complaints with the Commission in
conformity with this Act and to intervene in complaints
pending before the Commission filed under Article 2, 4, 5, 5A,
or 6.
(E) Judicial Enforcement. To seek temporary relief and to
enforce orders of the Commission in conformity with this Act.
(F) Equal Employment Opportunities. To take such action as
may be authorized to provide for equal employment
opportunities and affirmative action.
(G) Recruitment; Research; Public Communication; Advisory
Councils. To engage in such recruitment, research and public
communication and create such advisory councils as may be
authorized to effectuate the purposes of this Act.
(H) Coordination with other Agencies. To coordinate its
activities with federal, state, and local agencies in
conformity with this Act.
(I) Grants; Private Gifts.
(1) To accept public grants and private gifts as may

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be authorized.
(2) To design grant programs and award grants to
eligible recipients.
(J) Education and Training. To implement a formal and
unbiased program of education and training for all employees
assigned to investigate and conciliate charges under Articles
7A and 7B. The training program shall include the following:
(1) substantive and procedural aspects of the
investigation and conciliation positions;
(2) current issues in human rights law and practice;
(3) lectures by specialists in substantive areas
related to human rights matters;
(4) orientation to each operational unit of the
Department and Commission;
(5) observation of experienced Department
investigators and attorneys conducting conciliation
conferences, combined with the opportunity to discuss
evidence presented and rulings made;
(6) the use of hypothetical cases requiring the
Department investigator and conciliation conference
attorney to issue judgments as a means to evaluating
knowledge and writing ability;
(7) writing skills;
(8) computer skills, including but not limited to word
processing and document management.
A formal, unbiased and ongoing professional development

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program including, but not limited to, the above-noted areas
shall be implemented to keep Department investigators and
attorneys informed of recent developments and issues and to
assist them in maintaining and enhancing their professional
competence.
(K) Hotlines. To establish and maintain hotlines and
helplines to aid in effectuating the purposes of this Act
including the confidential reporting of discrimination,
harassment, and bias incidents. All communications received or
sent via the hotlines and helplines are exempt from disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23; 103-335, eff. 1-1-24.)";
and
on page 57, below line 7, by inserting the following: