Bill Text: IL HB3421 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. Provides that the Commission on Equity and Inclusion shall collect and publish on its websites all relevant supplier diversity reports submitted to any State agency to provide a comprehensive review of all reports for the benefit of the public, particularly diverse business owners seeking to contract with companies or organizations that administer a supplier diversity program. Provides that the Commission may hold public workshops focused on specific industries and reports to collaboratively connect diverse enterprises with entities that manage supplier diversity programs. Provides that the Commission may hold public workshops focused on specific industries and reports to collaboratively connect diverse enterprises with entities that manage supplier diversity programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB3421 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3421-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act is
amended by changing Section 40-10 as follows:
(30 ILCS 574/40-10)
Sec. 40-10. Powers and duties. In addition to the other
powers and duties which may be prescribed in this Act or
elsewhere, the Commission shall have the following powers and
duties:
(1) The Commission shall have a role in all State and
university procurement by facilitating and streamlining
communications between the Business Enterprise Council for
Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities, the
purchasing entities, the Chief Procurement Officers, and
others.
(2) The Commission may create a scoring evaluation for
State agency directors, public university presidents and
chancellors, and public community college presidents. The
scoring shall be based on the following 3 principles: (i)
increasing capacity; (ii) growing revenue; and (iii)
enhancing credentials. These principles should be the
foundation of the agency compliance plan required under

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Section 6 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
(3) The Commission shall exercise the authority and
duties provided to it under Section 5-7 of the Illinois
Procurement Code.
(4) The Commission, working with State agencies, shall
provide support for diversity in State hiring.
(5) The Commission shall oversee the implementation of
diversity training of the State workforce.
(6) Each January, and as otherwise frequently as may
be deemed necessary and appropriate by the Commission, the
Commission shall propose and submit to the Governor and
the General Assembly legislative changes to increase
inclusion and diversity in State government.
(7) The Commission shall have oversight over the
following entities:
(A) the Illinois African-American Family
Commission;
(B) the Illinois Latino Family Commission;
(C) the Asian American Family Commission;
(D) the Illinois Muslim American Advisory Council;
(E) the Illinois African-American Fair Contracting
Commission created under Executive Order 2018-07; and
(F) the Business Enterprise Council for
Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities.
(7.5) The Commission shall collect and publish on its

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websites all relevant supplier diversity reports submitted
to any State agency to provide a comprehensive review of
all reports for the benefit of the public, particularly
diverse business owners seeking to contract with companies
or organizations that administer a supplier diversity
program. The Commission may issue any recommendation for
improving any of these reports. This report shall include
supplier diversity reports submitted under:
(A) Section 405-530 of the Department of
Central Management Services Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois;
(B) Section 5.3 of the Illinois Health
Facilities Planning Act;
(C) Section 8f of the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Women and Persons with Disabilities Act;
(D) Section 5-57 of the Economic Development
for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act;
(E) Section 5-117 of the Public Utilities Act;
(F) Section 12.2 of the Illinois Horse Racing
Act of 1975; and
(G) Section 10 of the Railroad Supplier
Diversity Act.
(7.6) The Commission may hold public workshops focused
on specific industries and reports to collaboratively
connect diverse enterprises with entities that manage
supplier diversity programs. These workshops may be

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modeled after Illinois Commerce Commission hearings for
utilities and railroads that include a collaborative
discussion of filed supplier diversity reports.
(7.7) The Commission may hold public workshops focused
on specific industries and reports to collaboratively
connect diverse enterprises with entities that manage
supplier diversity programs. These workshops may be
modeled after Illinois Commerce Commission hearings for
utilities and railroads that include a collaborative
discussion of filed supplier diversity reports.
(8) The Commission shall adopt any rules necessary for
the implementation and administration of the requirements
of this Act.
(9) The Commission shall exercise the authority and
duties provided to it under Section 45-57 of the Illinois
Procurement Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-657, eff. 1-1-22; 102-29, eff. 6-25-21;
102-671, eff. 11-30-21.)