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| | HB4953 Engrossed | | LRB100 18948 XWW 34198 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of |
| 5 | | the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding |
| 6 | | Section 2105-15.5 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15.5 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 2105-15.5. Continuing education; sexual harassment |
| 9 | | prevention training. |
| 10 | | (a) As used in this Section, "sexual harassment" means any |
| 11 | | unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any |
| 12 | | conduct of a sexual nature when: (i) submission to such conduct |
| 13 | | is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of |
| 14 | | an individual's employment; (ii) submission to or rejection of |
| 15 | | such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for |
| 16 | | employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii) such |
| 17 | | conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering |
| 18 | | with an individual's work performance or creating an |
| 19 | | intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. For |
| 20 | | the purpose of this definition, "working environment" is not |
| 21 | | limited to a physical location that an employee is assigned to |
| 22 | | perform his or her duties and does not require an employment |
| 23 | | relationship. |