Bill Text: IL HB4595 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include data fields on its annual report form that allows a corporation to report, at its discretion, the aggregated demographic information of its directors and officers, including race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Provides that, within 30 days after filing its annual AG990-IL Charitable Organization Annual Report, a corporation that reports grants of $1,000,000 or more to other charitable organizations shall post on its publicly available website, if one exists, the aggregated demographic information of the corporation's directors and officers, including race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Provides that the aggregated demographic information shall be accessible on the corporation's publicly available website for at least 5 years after it is posted. Provides that the Department of Human Rights shall work with community partners to prepare and publish a standardized list of demographic classifications to be used by the Secretary of State and corporations for the reporting of the aggregated demographic information. Provides that, in collecting the aggregated demographic information, a corporation shall allow for an individual to decline to disclose any or all personal demographic information to the corporation. Effective January 1, 2025.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez [HB4595 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4595-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4595 Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
805 ILCS 105/114.15 new
Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include data fields on its annual report form that allows a corporation to report, at its discretion, the aggregated demographic information of its directors and officers, including race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Provides that, within 30 days after filing its annual AG990-IL Charitable Organization Annual Report, a corporation that reports grants of $1,000,000 or more to other charitable organizations shall post on its publicly available website, if one exists, the aggregated demographic information of the corporation's directors and officers, including race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Provides that the aggregated demographic information shall be accessible on the corporation's publicly available website for at least 5 years after it is posted. Provides that the Department of Human Rights shall work with community partners to prepare and publish a standardized list of demographic classifications to be used by the Secretary of State and corporations for the reporting of the aggregated demographic information. Provides that, in collecting the aggregated demographic information, a corporation shall allow for an individual to decline to disclose any or all personal demographic information to the corporation. Effective January 1, 2025.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The General Not For Profit Corporation Act of
1986 is amended by adding Section 114.15 as follows:
(805 ILCS 105/114.15 new)
Sec. 114.15. Demographic information of directors and
officers.
(a) The Secretary of State shall include data fields on
the form described in Section 114.05 that allows a corporation
to report, at its discretion, the aggregated demographic
information of its directors and officers, including race,
ethnicity, gender, disability status, veteran status, sexual
orientation, and gender identity.
(b) Within 30 days after filing its annual AG990-IL
Charitable Organization Annual Report, a corporation that
reports grants of $1,000,000 or more to other charitable
organizations shall post on its publicly available website, if
one exists, the aggregated demographic information of the
corporation's directors and officers, including race,
ethnicity, gender, disability status, veteran status, sexual
orientation, and gender identity.
(c) The Department of Human Rights shall work with

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community partners to prepare and publish a standardized list
of demographic classifications to be used by the Secretary of
State and corporations for the reporting of the aggregated
demographic information of a corporation's directors and
officers, including race, ethnicity, gender, disability
status, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender
identity. The Department of Human Rights shall periodically
review and update the list.
(d) In collecting the aggregated demographic information
of its directors and officers, a corporation shall allow for
an individual to decline to disclose any or all personal
demographic information to the corporation.