Rep. Justin Slaughter
Filed: 4/25/2024
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3238

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3238 on page 20, 
3immediately below line 26, by inserting the following:
 
4    "Section 23. The Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act is 
5amended by changing Section 40-10 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 574/40-10)
7    Sec. 40-10. Powers and duties. In addition to the other 
8powers and duties which may be prescribed in this Act or 
9elsewhere, the Commission shall have the following powers and 
10duties: 
11        (1) The Commission shall have a role in all State and 
12    university procurement by facilitating and streamlining 
13    communications between the Business Enterprise Council for 
14    Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities, the 
15    purchasing entities, the Chief Procurement Officers, and 
16    others. 
 
 
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1        (2) The Commission may create a scoring evaluation for 
2    State agency directors, public university presidents and 
3    chancellors, and public community college presidents. The 
4    scoring shall be based on the following 3 principles: (i) 
5    increasing capacity; (ii) growing revenue; and (iii) 
6    enhancing credentials. These principles should be the 
7    foundation of the agency compliance plan required under 
8    Section 6 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, 
9    Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
10        (3) The Commission shall exercise the authority and 
11    duties provided to it under Section 5-7 of the Illinois 
12    Procurement Code. 
13        (4) The Commission, working with State agencies, shall 
14    provide support for diversity in State hiring. 
15        (5) The Commission shall oversee the implementation of 
16    diversity training of the State workforce. 
17        (6) Each January, and as otherwise frequently as may 
18    be deemed necessary and appropriate by the Commission, the 
19    Commission shall propose and submit to the Governor and 
20    the General Assembly legislative changes to increase 
21    inclusion and diversity in State government. 
22        (7) The Commission shall have oversight over the 
23    following entities: 
24            (A) the Illinois African-American Family 
25        Commission; 
26            (B) the Illinois Latino Family Commission; 
 
 
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1            (C) the Asian American Family Commission; 
2            (D) the Illinois Muslim American Advisory Council; 
3            (E) the Illinois African-American Fair Contracting 
4        Commission created under Executive Order 2018-07; and 
5            (F) the Business Enterprise Council for 
6        Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities. 
7        (7.5) The Commission shall have oversight over the 
8    collection of supplier diversity reports by State agencies 
9    to the extent that those agencies are required to collect 
10    supplier diversity reports. This oversight shall include 
11    publishing, on the Commission's website, a copy of each 
12    such supplier diversity report submitted to a State agency 
13    and may include conducting an annual hearing with each 
14    State agency to discuss ongoing compliance with supplier 
15    diversity reporting requirements. The Commission is not 
16    responsible for ensuring compliance by the filers of 
17    supplier diversity reports to their respective agencies. 
18    The agencies subject to oversight by the Commission and 
19    the relevant voluntary supplier diversity reports include 
20    the following:
21                (A) the Health Facilities and Services Review 
22        Board for hospitals; 
23                (B) the Department of Commerce and Economic 
24        Opportunity for tax credit recipients under the 
25        Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit 
26        Act; 
 
 
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1                (C) the Illinois Commerce Commission for 
2        utilities and railroads; 
3                (D) the Illinois Gaming Board for casinos; and 
4                (E) the Illinois Racing Board for race tracks. 
5        (7.6) The Commission may hold public workshops focused 
6    on specific industries and reports to collaboratively 
7    connect diverse enterprises with entities that manage 
8    supplier diversity programs. These workshops may be 
9    modeled after Illinois Commerce Commission hearings for 
10    utilities and railroads that include a collaborative 
11    discussion of filed supplier diversity reports. 
12        (8) The Commission shall adopt any rules necessary for 
13    the implementation and administration of the requirements 
14    of this Act. 
15        (9) The Commission shall exercise the authority and 
16    duties provided to it under Section 45-57 of the Illinois 
17    Procurement Code. 
18(Source: P.A. 101-657, eff. 1-1-22; 102-29, eff. 6-25-21; 
19102-671, eff. 11-30-21.)"; and
 
20on page 33, by replacing lines 8 and 9 with the following:
 
21    "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law, except that Section 23 takes effect on July 1, 
232025.".