Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Modifies the membership of the Task Force, including adding the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget (rather than one member representing the Governor's Office of Management and Budget), the Chief Equity Officer of the Illinois Office of Equity (rather than one member from Illinois Office of Equity), the Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion of the University of Illinois Office of the Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (rather thane one member representing the University of Illinois Office of the Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), the Executive Director of the Illinois Community College Board (rather than one member from the Illinois Community College Board), and a chairperson of the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board, or the specified officers' designees. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Task Force shall collect data on the state of recruitment, advancement, and retention of women in technology positions. Effective January 1, 2025 (rather than immediately).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-4)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0912
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| Public Act 103-0912
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| SB2682 Enrolled | LRB103 35694 AWJ 65769 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Task Force |
Act.
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Section 5. Increasing Representation of Women in |
Technology Task Force; membership. |
(a) The Increasing Representation of Women in Technology |
Task Force is hereby established within the Illinois Workforce |
Innovation Board. |
(b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members: |
(1) one member of the Senate, appointed by the |
President of the Senate; |
(2) one member of the Senate, appointed by the |
Minority Leader of the Senate; |
(3) one member of the House of Representatives, |
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; |
(4) one member of the House of Representatives, |
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
Representatives; |
(5) the Director of the Governor's Office of |
Management and Budget, or the Director's designee; |
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(6) one member representing a statewide labor |
organization, appointed by the Governor; |
(7) one member representing a national laboratory that |
is a multi-disciplinary science and engineering research |
center, appointed by the Governor; |
(8) the Chief Equity Officer of the State of Illinois |
Office of Equity or the Chief Equity Officer's designee; |
(9) one member representing local or State economic |
development interests, appointed by the Governor; |
(10) one member representing women in technology, |
appointed by the Governor; |
(11) one member representing a technology |
manufacturing corporation, appointed by the Governor; |
(12) 4 members representing companies that have been |
recognized for the recruitment, advancement, and retention |
of women in technology positions and the corresponding |
management chain in the last 3 years, appointed by the |
Governor; |
(13) one member from a community-based organization |
that supports women in technology, appointed by the |
Governor; |
(14) the Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & |
Inclusion of the University of Illinois Office of the Vice |
Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, or the Vice |
Chancellor's designee; |
(15) the Executive Director of the Illinois Community |
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College Board, or the Executive Director's designee; |
(16) one member with knowledge of diversity, equity, |
and inclusion best practices from an advocacy group |
representing women in technology, appointed by the |
Governor; and |
(17) A chairperson of the Illinois Workforce |
Innovation Board, appointed by the Illinois Workforce |
Innovation Board, or that chairperson's designee. |
(c) The members of the Task Force shall serve without |
compensation. |
(d) The Task Force shall meet at least quarterly to |
fulfill its duties under this Act. At the first meeting of the |
Task Force, the Task Force shall elect 2 cochairs; one chair |
shall be a standing member of the Illinois Workforce |
Innovation Board, and one chair shall be selected from among |
members of the Task Force. |
(e) The Illinois Workforce Innovation Board shall, in |
consultation with an Illinois public college or university, |
provide administrative and other support to the Task Force.
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Section 10. Duties. The Task Force shall have the |
following duties: |
(1) subject to appropriation, collect data on the |
state of recruitment, advancement, and retention of women |
in technology positions; |
(2) evaluate evidence and data on recruitment, |
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advancement, and retention of women in technology |
positions and the corresponding management chain; |
(3) set goals for recruitment, advancement, and |
retention of women in technology positions and the |
corresponding management chains; |
(4) identify best practices for the recruitment, |
advancement, and retention of women in technology |
positions and the corresponding management chain, such as |
tools for data collection and analysis and techniques to |
improve the number of women in technology positions; |
(5) recommend government policies to incentivize |
companies to recruit, advance, and retain women in |
technology positions and the corresponding management |
chain; and |
(6) establish a plan to create an oversight body to |
track companies' progress year-over-year on recruitment, |
advancement, and retention of women in technology |
positions and the corresponding management chain, and |
manage use of the incentives for those companies with a |
positive track record.
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Section 15. Report. The Task Force shall report to the |
Governor and the General Assembly by December 1 of each year on |
its activities and findings. The Task Force shall submit a |
final report to the Governor and the General Assembly by |
December 1, 2028 on all of its activities and final findings |
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and recommendations.
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Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, |
2030.
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