Bill Text: IL HB2158 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Provides that the State, school districts, and units of local government may not expend funds at a lodging establishment unless the lodging establishment has been certified by the Department of Human Services as providing human trafficking recognition training to its employees. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish a certification program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2158 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2158-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2158 Introduced , by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 95/20 new
820 ILCS 95/25 new
Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Provides that the State, school districts, and units of local government may not expend funds at a lodging establishment unless the lodging establishment has been certified by the Department of Human Services as providing human trafficking recognition training to its employees. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish a certification program.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Lodging Services Human Trafficking
Recognition Training Act is amended by adding Sections 20 and
25 as follows:
(820 ILCS 95/20 new)
Sec. 20. Certification of compliance; government patronage
limited. The Department shall establish a program to provide
certification of compliance to lodging establishments that
comply with the requirements of Section 15. The certification
program shall provide that confirmation of a lodging
establishment's certification status is available on the
Department's Internet website.
(820 ILCS 95/25 new)
Sec. 25. Expenditure of funds by government entities
limited.
(a) If a lodging establishment is not certified as being
in compliance with the requirements of Section 15, the State,
a unit of local government, or school district may not expend
funds for any of the following purposes:
(1) to procure lodging that is owned, operated, or

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owned and operated by the lodging establishment;
(2) to procure space or services for a conference,
meeting, or banquet located at a site where lodging is
available that is owned, operated, or owned and operated
by the lodging establishment; or
(3) to host a conference, meeting, or banquet at a
site where lodging is available that is owned, operated,
or owned and operated by the lodging establishment.
(b) Before expending or committing to expend funds for a
purpose described in subsection (a), the State, unit of local
government, or school district shall confirm the lodging
establishment's current certification status on an Internet
site maintained by the Department.