Bill Text: IL HB3742 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act. Provides that the Department shall prohibit the use of TikTok on State devices by any State personnel or other person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller [HB3742 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3742-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3742 Introduced , by Rep. Blaine Wilhour SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1370/1-15
Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act. Provides that the Department shall prohibit the use of TikTok on State devices by any State personnel or other person.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Innovation and Technology Act
is amended by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1370/1-15)
Sec. 1-15. Powers and duties.
(a) The head officer of the Department is the Secretary,
who shall be the chief information officer for the State and
the steward of State data with respect to those agencies under
the jurisdiction of the Governor. The Secretary shall be
appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Senate. The Department may employ or retain other persons to
assist in the discharge of its functions, subject to the
Personnel Code.
(b) The Department shall promote best-in-class innovation
and technology to client agencies to foster collaboration
among client agencies, empower client agencies to provide
better service to residents of Illinois, and maximize the
value of taxpayer resources. The Department shall be
responsible for information technology functions on behalf of
client agencies.
(c) The Department shall provide for and coordinate

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information technology for State agencies and, when requested
and when in the best interests of the State, for State
constitutional offices, units of federal or local governments,
and public and not-for-profit institutions of primary,
secondary, and higher education, or other parties not
associated with State government. The Department shall
establish charges for information technology for State
agencies and, when requested, for State constitutional
offices, units of federal or local government, and public and
not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, or higher
education and for use by other parties not associated with
State government. Entities charged for these services shall
make payment to the Department. The Department may instruct
all State agencies to report their usage of information
technology regularly to the Department in the manner the
Secretary may prescribe.
(d) The Department shall develop and implement standards,
policies, and procedures to protect the security and
interoperability of State data with respect to those agencies
under the jurisdiction of the Governor, including in
particular data that are confidential, sensitive, or protected
from disclosure by privacy or other laws, while recognizing
and balancing the need for collaboration and public
transparency.
(e) The Department shall be responsible for providing the
Governor with timely, comprehensive, and meaningful

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information pertinent to the formulation and execution of
fiscal policy. In performing this responsibility, the
Department shall have the power to do the following:
(1) Control the procurement, retention, installation,
maintenance, and operation, as specified by the
Department, of information technology equipment used by
client agencies in such a manner as to achieve maximum
economy and provide appropriate assistance in the
development of information suitable for management
analysis.
(2) Establish principles and standards of information
technology-related reporting by client agencies and
priorities for completion of research by those agencies in
accordance with the requirements for management analysis
specified by the Department.
(3) Establish charges for information technology and
related services requested by client agencies and rendered
by the Department. The Department is likewise empowered to
establish prices or charges for all information technology
reports purchased by agencies and individuals not
connected with State government.
(4) Instruct all client agencies to report regularly
to the Department, in the manner the Department may
prescribe, their usage of information technology, the cost
incurred, the information produced, and the procedures
followed in obtaining the information. All client agencies

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shall request from the Department assistance and
consultation in securing any necessary information
technology to support their requirements.
(5) Examine the accounts and information
technology-related data of any organization, body, or
agency receiving appropriations from the General Assembly,
except for a State constitutional office, the Office of
the Executive Inspector General, or any office of the
legislative or judicial branches of State government. For
a State constitutional office, the Office of the Executive
Inspector General, or any office of the legislative or
judicial branches of State government, the Department
shall have the power to examine the accounts and
information technology-related data of the State
constitutional office, the Office of the Executive
Inspector General, or any office of the legislative or
judicial branches of State government when requested by
those offices.
(6) Install and operate a modern information
technology system using equipment adequate to satisfy the
requirements for analysis and review as specified by the
Department. Expenditures for information technology and
related services rendered shall be reimbursed by the
recipients. The reimbursement shall be determined by the
Department as amounts sufficient to reimburse the
Technology Management Revolving Fund for expenditures

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incurred in rendering the services.
(f) In addition to the other powers and duties listed in
subsection (e), the Department shall analyze the present and
future aims, needs, and requirements of information
technology, research, and planning in order to provide for the
formulation of overall policy relative to the use of
information technology and related equipment by the State of
Illinois. In making this analysis, the Department shall
formulate a master plan for information technology, using
information technology most advantageously, and advising
whether information technology should be leased or purchased
by the State. The Department shall prepare and submit interim
reports of meaningful developments and proposals for
legislation to the Governor on or before January 30 each year.
The Department shall engage in a continuing analysis and
evaluation of the master plan so developed, and it shall be the
responsibility of the Department to recommend from time to
time any needed amendments and modifications of any master
plan enacted by the General Assembly.
(g) The Department may make information technology and the
use of information technology available to units of local
government, elected State officials, State educational
institutions, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and
all other governmental units of the State requesting them. The
Department shall establish prices and charges for the
information technology so furnished and for the use of the

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information technology. The prices and charges shall be
sufficient to reimburse the cost of furnishing the services
and use of information technology.
(g-5) The Department shall prohibit the use of TikTok on
State devices by any State personnel or other person.
(h) The Department may establish standards to provide
consistency in the operation and use of information
technology.
(i) The Department may adopt rules under the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act necessary to carry out its
responsibilities under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-376, eff. 1-1-22.)