101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0156
 
Introduced 1/29/2019, by Sen. Chuck Weaver
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 1370/1-46 new
730 ILCS 5/3-7-8 new

     Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Corrections and the Secretary of Innovation and Technology shall jointly adopt a rule or best practices protocol that  permits each committed person in a Department of Corrections institution or facility to access specific and approved job search and career building websites within a specified period before the person's release from the Department of Corrections institution or facility and to access only  those job search and career building websites.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Innovation and Technology Act 
5is amended  by adding Section 1-46 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1370/1-46 new)
7    Sec. 1-46. Persons committed to Department of Corrections 
8institutions and facilities; access to job and career building 
9websites. The Secretary and the Director of Corrections shall 
10jointly adopt a rule or best practices protocol that  permits 
11each committed person in a Department of Corrections 
12institution or facility to access specific and approved job 
13search and career building websites within a specified period 
14before the person's release from the Department of Corrections 
15institution or facility and to access only  those job search and 
16career building websites.
  
 
17    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by 
18adding Section 3-7-8 as follows:
 
19    (730 ILCS 5/3-7-8 new)
20    Sec. 3-7-8. Persons committed to Department of Corrections 
21institutions and facilities; access to job and career building 
 
 
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1websites. The Director and the Secretary of Innovation and 
2Technology shall jointly adopt a rule or best practices 
3protocol that  permits each committed person in a Department of 
4Corrections institution or facility to access specific and 
5approved job search and career building websites within a 
6specified period before the person's release from the 
7Department of Corrections institution or facility and to access 
8only  those job search and career building websites.