Bill Text: IL SB2389 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Hate and Extremism Prevention Task Force Act. Provides for appointment of members to the Task Force. Provides that other state entities shall be required to support the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall issue an annual report concerning hate and extremism in Illinois, establish a diverse advisory board of stakeholders, and develop training programs related to hate and extremism crimes and incidents. Repeals the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes Act. Effective July 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2389 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB2389-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB2389 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
20 ILCS 4070/Act rep.
Creates the Hate and Extremism Prevention Task Force Act. Provides for appointment of members to the Task Force. Provides that other state entities shall be required to support the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall issue an annual report concerning hate and extremism in Illinois, establish a diverse advisory board of stakeholders, and develop training programs related to hate and extremism crimes and incidents. Repeals the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes Act. Effective July 1, 2021.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Hate
and Extremism Prevention Task Force Act.
Section 5. Hate and Extremism Task Force; composition and
membership.
(a) There is created the Hate and Extremism Task Force
(hereinafter referred to as the Task Force) consisting of 9
members appointed as follows:
(1) 3 members appointed by the Governor, comprised of
one of the Governor's representatives and two community
representatives;
(2) the President of the Senate or his or her
designee;
(3) the Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her
designee;
(4) the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his
or her designee;
(5) the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives or his or her designee;
(6) the Director of the Illinois State Police or his
or her designee; and

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(7) the Attorney General or his or her designee; this
member shall also serve as chairperson.
The appointed members of the Task Force shall be a
representative cross-section of the people of Illinois,
accounting for the diversity of the State, both in the makeup
of its communities and in its geographic breadth.
(b) The members of the Task Force shall convene at least
every 2 months (minimum 6 meetings per year). The Task Force
shall be assembled and hold its first meeting no later than 60
days after the effective date of this Act.
(c) The Task Force shall be housed within the Office of the
Attorney General. The Task Force budget is subject to
appropriation. The members of the Task Force shall serve
without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their
reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for
that purpose.
(d) The Task Force may employ skilled experts with the
approval of the chairperson and shall receive the cooperation
of those State agencies it deems appropriate to assist the
Task Force in carrying out its duties.
(e) The following State entities shall be required to
provide administrative and other support to the Task Force:
the Holocaust and Genocide Commission, the Human Rights
Commission, the Violence Prevention Task Force, the Illinois
Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, the Illinois State
Police, and the Illinois Terrorism Task Force.

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Section 10. Core duties. The Task Force shall have the
following duties:
(1) issue an Annual Report on the State of Hate and
Extremism in Illinois as provided in Section 15;
(2) establish a diverse Advisory Board of stakeholders
and community partners to provide broad representation for
Illinoisans. This Advisory Board shall play a crucial and
active role in helping properly inform the work of the
Task Force, ground it in the current experience of diverse
constituents, and help disseminate and advocate for the
recommendations and best practices generated by the Task
Force;
(3) convene meetings for multi-directional
information-sharing statewide, involving a wide variety of
stakeholders, including all levels of law enforcement,
community organizations and representatives, officials,
and other experts;
(4) evaluate and potentially develop training programs
for the State's law enforcement agencies related to
hate-and-extremism-motivated crimes and incidents, as well
as for other State agencies, schools, and community
actors;
(5) assist and support local governments, law
enforcement, and community organizations in preventing,
investigating, and detecting offenses committed by reason

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of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion,
ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity,
physical or mental disability, or national origin of
another individual or group of individuals, regardless of
the existence of any other motivating factor or factors,
in this State, as set out in Section 12-7.1 of the Criminal
Code of 2012;
(6) shape its activity to maximize usefulness for law
enforcement in responding to and investigating relevant
incidents;
(7) foster coordination between law enforcement and
other actors at the State, local, and federal levels,
including but not limited to: the Illinois State Police,
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Violence
Prevention Task Force, the Illinois Terrorism Task Force,
and other expert groups; and
(8) in all its activities, the Task Force shall seek
to protect civil liberties, including freedom of speech,
freedom of association, and freedom of religion in
accordance with the United States Constitution and
relevant law.
Section 15. Annual State of Hate and Extremism in Illinois
Report. The Task Force shall issue an Annual State of Hate and
Extremism in Illinois Report to the Governor and the General
Assembly, by July 1 of each year, that describes its

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activities for the previous year, and its recommendations for
the following year. This annual requirement must include a
publicly available Report. The first such Annual Report shall
be made available by July 1, 2022. This Report shall:
(1) assess and provide recommendations to improve the
practices, structures, resources, and relevant trainings
available to and used by law enforcement statewide;
(2) provide a comprehensive accounting of the state of
extremist activity statewide;
(3) include recommendations for actions to be taken by
the Executive, the General Assembly, and communities;
(4) provide holistic remedies, tools, and
recommendations to policymakers to reduce hate and
extremism statewide, and to build and strengthen capacity
for response to such activities;
(5) define "extremism", to describe what kinds of
groups and activities constitute extremism, which
activities are protected, and where public threat requires
monitoring or intervention; and
(6) provide a comprehensive understanding of factors
contributing to hate-related and extremism-related
violence. This comprehensive understanding shall include:
(A) education, awareness, and training;
(B) reporting, monitoring, and investigation;
(C) enforcement, intervention, as well as
restorative and rehabilitative measures;

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(D) online hate and extremism speech and activity;
and
(E) social and other community factors that foster
extremism, including recruitment and youth
participation.
Section 20. Additional duties. The Task Force shall also
have the following duties:
(1) the Attorney General's Office shall work with the
Task Force to utilize and promote its existing Civil
Rights Hotline to aid in tracking hate and extremism
activities statewide;
(2) assist crime prevention groups, religious
institutions, community groups, social service agencies,
and elected officials in improving awareness of hate
crimes and extremism-related violence, and State laws
addressing discrimination and hate-motivated violence;
(3) share data and information analysis,
identification and best practices, providing for
transparency and accountability in the education,
training, investigation, prosecution and rehabilitation of
those involved in and victimized by hate crimes and
extremism; and
(4) assist local law enforcement in obtaining relevant
grants, including federal grants.

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(20 ILCS 4070/Act rep.)
Section 90. The Commission on Discrimination and Hate
Crimes Act is repealed.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July
1, 2021.