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Public Act 103-0912
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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 |