Full Text of HJR0008 95th General Assembly
HJ0008 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, House Joint Resolution 107 which established a | 3 |
| Legislative Task Force on Employment of Persons with Past | 4 |
| Criminal Convictions was adopted unanimously by both houses of | 5 |
| the Ninety-Fourth General Assembly; and
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| WHEREAS, The Legislative Task Force on Employment of | 7 |
| Persons with Past Criminal Convictions was directed to: examine | 8 |
| the barriers faced by persons with past criminal convictions | 9 |
| with respect to obtaining employment; conduct public hearings; | 10 |
| evaluate those recommendations made by the Governor's | 11 |
| Statewide Community Safety and Reentry Working Group; and | 12 |
| report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the | 13 |
| General Assembly in a final report which was to be filed on or | 14 |
| before January 1, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, The Legislative Task Force on Employment of | 16 |
| Persons with Past Criminal Convictions did not have sufficient | 17 |
| time to carry out its duties before the January 1, 2007 date | 18 |
| set for its Report and Recommendations and before the final | 19 |
| adjournment of the Ninety-Fourth General Assembly on January 9, | 20 |
| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, The Ninety-Fifth General Assembly needs to | 22 |
| reauthorize the Legislative Task Force on Employment of Persons |
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| with Past Criminal Convictions with the same membership and | 2 |
| charge as the Task Force authorized by HJR 107 of the | 3 |
| Ninety-Fourth General Assembly and set the date for the Report | 4 |
| and Recommendations as on or before October 31, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, As stated in HJR 107, the barriers to employment | 6 |
| and job promotion for persons with criminal convictions remain | 7 |
| extremely complex issues, involving, among others, public | 8 |
| employers at all levels of government, private employers, labor | 9 |
| organizations, education and training institutions, public | 10 |
| safety officials, public and private licensing and | 11 |
| certification bodies, insurers, employment placement agencies, | 12 |
| custodians of and users of arrest and conviction records, drug | 13 |
| treatment agencies, and persons with criminal records; and
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| WHEREAS, As stated in HJR 107, a thorough examination of | 15 |
| the barriers to employment for people with criminal conviction | 16 |
| records and a thorough study of ways in which such barriers | 17 |
| could be lowered or eliminated without exposing employers, | 18 |
| individuals, the general public, or property to unreasonable | 19 |
| risk is warranted; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 22 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is hereby established a | 23 |
| Legislative Task Force on Employment of Persons with Past |
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| Criminal Convictions; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall have the following | 3 |
| members: 12 voting members, as follows: 3 members of the Senate | 4 |
| appointed by the President of the Senate, 3 members of the | 5 |
| Senate appointed by the Senate Minority Leader, 3 members of | 6 |
| the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the | 7 |
| House of Representatives, and 3 members of the House of | 8 |
| Representatives appointed by the House Minority Leader; and be | 9 |
| it further | 10 |
| RESOLVED, That any member of the Ninety-Fifth General | 11 |
| Assembly who was previously appointed to the Legislative Task | 12 |
| Force established by HJR 107 of the Ninety-Fourth General | 13 |
| Assembly shall remain as member of the Task Force, unless the | 14 |
| individual who holds the position responsible for making the | 15 |
| appointment determines otherwise; and be it further | 16 |
| RESOLVED, That all actions of the Task Force require the | 17 |
| affirmative vote of at least 7 voting members; and be it | 18 |
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| RESOLVED, That the following persons shall serve without | 20 |
| compensation as ex-officio, non-voting members of the Task | 21 |
| Force: | 22 |
| (A) The Director of the Illinois Department of |
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| Corrections, or his or her designee; | 2 |
| (B) The Director of the Illinois Department of | 3 |
| Employment Security, or his or her designee; | 4 |
| (C) The Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human | 5 |
| Services, or his or her designee; | 6 |
| (D) The Director of the Illinois Department of Children | 7 |
| and Family Services, or his or her designee; | 8 |
| (E) The Secretary of the Illinois Department of | 9 |
| Financial and Professional Regulation, or his or her | 10 |
| designee; | 11 |
| (F) The Director of the Department of Commerce and | 12 |
| Economic Opportunity, or his or her designee; and | 13 |
| (G) The Chairman of the Illinois Human Rights | 14 |
| Commission, or his or her designee; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the departments of State government and the | 16 |
| Illinois Human Rights Commission represented on the Task Force | 17 |
| shall work cooperatively to provide administrative support for | 18 |
| the Task Force, and the Department of Employment Security shall | 19 |
| be the primary agency in providing that support; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That the voting members of the Task Force shall | 22 |
| select a chairperson; and be it further | 23 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall conduct public hearings |
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| and examine the barriers faced by persons with past criminal | 2 |
| convictions with respect to obtaining employment; and be it | 3 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall evaluate those | 5 |
| recommendations made by the Governor's Statewide Community | 6 |
| Safety and Reentry Working Group; and be it further | 7 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and | 8 |
| recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly in a | 9 |
| final report which shall be filed on or before October 31, | 10 |
| 2007; the requirement for reporting to the General Assembly | 11 |
| shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the | 12 |
| Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of | 13 |
| Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the | 14 |
| Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as | 15 |
| required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization | 16 |
| Act, and filing additional copies with the State Government | 17 |
| Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as required | 18 |
| under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act; and | 19 |
| be it further | 20 |
| RESOLVED, That the report shall include, but need not be | 21 |
| limited to, the following: | 22 |
| (1) An assessment of those collateral consequences of a | 23 |
| criminal conviction which impede employment of persons |
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| with past criminal convictions, and the experiences of | 2 |
| other states in addressing this issue; | 3 |
| (2) An assessment of the preparation for gainful | 4 |
| employment provided to those incarcerated in Illinois | 5 |
| correctional facilities, and the experiences of other | 6 |
| states in addressing this issue; | 7 |
| (3) An identification of the barriers which impede | 8 |
| those with criminal records from obtaining stable | 9 |
| employment; and | 10 |
| (4) Recommendations for legislative changes necessary | 11 |
| to facilitate the employment of persons with past criminal | 12 |
| convictions which, if implemented, would not expose the | 13 |
| employer, an individual, the general public, or property to | 14 |
| unreasonable risks; and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That within 60 days after the filing of the | 16 |
| report, the appropriate standing committees of both the House | 17 |
| and the Senate shall hold hearings to consider the | 18 |
| recommendations made by the Task Force; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this Resolution be | 20 |
| transmitted to the ex-officio members of the Task Force.
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