SB2328 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2328

Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new

Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish an information portal on its website for challenges to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. Requires the portal to include: (1) all active and pending litigation against the DBE program; (2) information on the Department's procedures and policies to comply with any court orders; (3) the names of any prime contractors or subcontractors who have brought claims against the Department or exercised any rights pursuant to a court order to eliminate any DBE goals for any projects; (4) all projects that have had DBE goals removed pursuant to litigation; and (5) all federal administrative actions related to the DBE program and the Department's policies and procedures it has implemented to comply with any federal actions. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2705-594 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new)

Sec. 2705-594. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise information portal. The Department shall establish an information portal on its website for challenges to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. This portal shall include:

(1) all active and pending litigation against the DBE program, including links to all relevant briefs and orders;

(2) information on the Department's procedures and policies to comply with any court orders;

(3) the names of any prime contractors or subcontractors who have brought claims against the Department or exercised any rights pursuant to a court order to eliminate any DBE goals for any projects;

(4) all projects that have had DBE goals removed pursuant to litigation; and

(5) all federal administrative actions related to the DBE program and the Department's policies and procedures it has implemented to comply with any federal actions.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.