Bill Text: IL SB0156 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Corrections and the Secretary of Innovation and Technology shall jointly adopt a rule or best practices protocol that permits each committed person in a Department of Corrections institution or facility to access specific and approved job search and career building websites within a specified period before the person's release from the Department of Corrections institution or facility and to access only those job search and career building websites.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-6)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0397 [SB0156 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0156-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 101-0397
SB0156 Enrolled LRB101 05551 RLC 50567 b
AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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 adding Section 1-46 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1370/1-46 new)
Sec. 1-46. Persons committed to Department of Corrections
institutions and facilities; access to job and career building
websites. The Secretary and the Director of Corrections shall
jointly adopt a rule or best practices protocol that permits
each committed person in a Department of Corrections
institution or facility to access specific and approved job
search and career building websites within a specified period
before the person's release from the Department of Corrections
institution or facility and to access only those job search and
career building websites.
Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
adding Section 3-7-8 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-7-8 new)
Sec. 3-7-8. Persons committed to Department of Corrections
institutions and facilities; access to job and career building

websites. The Director and the Secretary of Innovation and
Technology shall jointly adopt a rule or best practices
protocol that permits each committed person in a Department of
Corrections institution or facility to access specific and
approved job search and career building websites within a
specified period before the person's release from the
Department of Corrections institution or facility and to access
only those job search and career building websites.