Bill Text: IL HB5108 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires each State agency to implement strategies and programs to provide job training to ex-offenders and persons between the ages 16 and 21 for the purpose of increasing the number of such persons employed by State government. Provides for an annual report to the Department of Central Management Services. Requires the Department to assist State agencies in the development, implementation, and modification of job training strategies and programs. Provides for the adoption of rules. Defines "ex-offender".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5108 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5108-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5108 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 405/405-123 new
20 ILCS 405/405-124 new
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires each State agency to implement strategies and programs to provide job training to ex-offenders and persons between the ages 16 and 21 for the purpose of increasing the number of such persons employed by State government. Provides for an annual report to the Department of Central Management Services. Requires the Department to assist State agencies in the development, implementation, and modification of job training strategies and programs. Provides for the adoption of rules. Defines "ex-offender".
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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 Central Management Services
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
adding Sections 405-123 and 405-124 as follows:
(20 ILCS 405/405-123 new)
Sec. 405-123. Ex-offender job training program.
(a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and
programs to provide job training to ex-offenders for the
purpose of increasing the number of ex-offenders employed by
State government.
(b) Each State agency shall report annually to the
Department, in a format prescribed by the Department, all of
its activities in implementing the job training strategies and
program for ex-offenders, including, but not limited to, the
number of ex-offenders taking part in the job training and the
number of those receiving training under the program who gained
employment with State government.
(c) The Department shall assist State agencies in the
development, implementation, and modification of job training
strategies and programs created under this Section, and shall
provide information regarding other existing training and

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educational resources.
(d) The Department and State agencies may adopt rules to
implement the requirements of this Section.
(e) For the purposes of this Section, "ex-offender" means
any person who: (i) has been convicted of a crime in this
State; (ii) was sentenced to a period of incarceration in an
Illinois adult correctional center; and (iii) has since been
released from an Illinois adult correctional center.
(20 ILCS 405/405-124 new)
Sec. 405-124. Youth job training program.
(a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and
programs to provide job training to persons between the ages 16
and 21 for the purpose of increasing the number of such persons
employed by State government.
(b) Each State agency shall report annually to the
Department, in a format prescribed by the Department, all of
its activities in implementing the job training strategies and
program created under this Section, including, but not limited
to, the number of such persons taking part in the job training
and the number of those receiving training under the program
who gained employment with State government.
(c) The Department shall assist State agencies in the
development, implementation, and modification of job training
strategies and programs created under this Section, and shall
provide information regarding other existing training and

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educational resources.
(d) The Department and State agencies may adopt rules to
implement the requirements of this Section.