Bill Text: IL HB1612 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | adding Section 2105-370 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-370 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2105-370. Data on denied applications. The Department | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | shall collect and annually publish data on the racial and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | ethnic makeup of applicants who were denied licensure by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Department.
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