Bill Text: IL SB2535 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Creates the Youth Nonviolent Crimes Resource Program. Provides that the Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide resources to people under the age of 18 who have committed a nonviolent crime. Provides that these resources shall include youth employment initiatives throughout the State, access to educational resources in collaboration with the Illinois State Board of Education, and parental mentorship training conducted by the Department of Human Services. Provides that the Authority shall develop a mentorship initiative for youth that have been convicted of a nonviolent crime. Provides that the Authority may establish a grant program for non-profit organizations. Provides that the Authority shall publish this program on its website by no later than January 1, 2024. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB2535 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2535-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2535 Introduced 3/7/2023, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3930/7.3 new
Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Creates the Youth Nonviolent Crimes Resource Program. Provides that the Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide resources to people under the age of 18 who have committed a nonviolent crime. Provides that these resources shall include youth employment initiatives throughout the State, access to educational resources in collaboration with the Illinois State Board of Education, and parental mentorship training conducted by the Department of Human Services. Provides that the Authority shall develop a mentorship initiative for youth that have been convicted of a nonviolent crime. Provides that the Authority may establish a grant program for non-profit organizations. Provides that the Authority shall publish this program on its website by no later than January 1, 2024. Effective immediately.
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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 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act
is amended by adding Section 7.3 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3930/7.3 new)
Sec. 7.3. Youth Nonviolent Crimes Resource Program.
(a) The Authority shall provide resources to people under
the age of 18 who have committed a nonviolent crime. The
resources shall include:
(1) youth employment initiatives throughout the State;
(2) access to educational resources in collaboration
with the Illinois State Board of Education;
(3) parental mentorship training in collaboration with
the Department of Human Services; and
(4) any other resources that the Authority deems
helpful to youth convicted of nonviolent crimes.
(b) The Authority shall develop a mentorship initiative
for youth that have been convicted of a nonviolent crime
through which the Authority shall provide the affected youth
with counseling offered by a trained trauma therapist. The
Authority shall also provide all necessary documentation for
the affected youth to apply for the Supplemental Nutrition

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Assistance Program (SNAP) and any other public aid offered
through the State.
(c) The Authority may establish a program through which it
may offer grants to non-profit organizations that provide the
services described in subsections (a) and (b), and the
Authority may contract with non-profit organizations to
provide those services.
(d) By no later than January 1, 2024, the Authority shall
publicize on its website the program created under this
Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.