Bill Text: IL HB1612 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that in conjunction with applications for licensure, the Department shall request, and applicants may voluntarily provide, demographic information that includes sex, ethnicity, race, and disability. Provides that on or before March 1 of each calendar year, the Department shall publish a report on the Department's website that contains the demographic information it collected the preceding calendar year, the number of applications for licensure and renewal of licensure it received in the preceding calendar year, and the number of applicants who were denied licensure in the preceding calendar year regardless of whether application was made in that calendar year. Effective January 1, 2025.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0522 [HB1612 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1612-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-0522
HB1612 Enrolled LRB103 26175 AMQ 52534 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law
of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
adding Section 2105-370 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2105/2105-370 new)
Sec. 2105-370. Data on applications. In conjunction with
applications for licensure, the Department shall request, and
applicants may voluntarily provide, demographic information
that includes sex, ethnicity, race, and disability. On or
before March 1 of each calendar year, the Department shall
publish a report on the Department's website that contains the
demographic information it collected the preceding calendar
year, the number of applications for licensure and renewal of
licensure it received in the preceding calendar year, and the
number of applicants who were denied licensure in the
preceding calendar year regardless of whether application was
made in that calendar year.