Bill Status of HB 4846   103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ACT

House Sponsors
Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II-Sonya M. Harper-Yolonda Morris

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford)


Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
30 ILCS 575/3.5 new
30 ILCS 575/5from Ch. 127, par. 132.605
30 ILCS 575/7from Ch. 127, par. 132.607
30 ILCS 575/8from Ch. 127, par. 132.608

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides for a uniform standard of contract goals for State agencies, public institutions of higher education, and other departments. Specifies further requirements concerning the uniform standard of contract goals. Provides that the Secretary of the Business Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities shall have the duty to establish an enforcement procedure whereby the Council may recommend to the appropriate State legal officer that the State exercise its legal remedies which shall include, among other legal remedies, the imposition of a penalty in the amount of the discrepancy between the commitment contained in a utilization plan, as such amount may be amended over the term of the contract, and the qualifying payments made to the eligible certified vendors listed in the utilization plan. Provides that the terms of every contract entered into by a State agency or public institution of higher education for purposes of the Act shall include a provision requiring vendors who fail to comply with a utilization plan to return all funds paid to that vendor with an expectation of compliance. Provides that the Council may (rather than shall) grant a waiver when the contractor demonstrates that there has been a good faith effort to comply with the goals for participation by businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Makes conforming and other changes.

House Floor Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
30 ILCS 575/7
Adds reference to:
30 ILCS 575/2

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Further amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act to define the term "goal". Removes provisions from the introduced bill providing that no State agency or public institution of higher education shall maintain a policy of establishing contract specific goals for the participation of certified vendors that is inconsistent with or less stringent than the uniform standards for calculating contract specific goals established by the Business Enterprise Program. Removes provisions requiring State agencies and public institutions of higher education to submit reports to the Business Enterprise Council. Removes provisions from the introduced bill concerning procedures for determining whether a vendor has made good faith efforts to meet the contract goals. Provides that the Business Enterprise Program may (in the introduced bill, shall) establish uniform standards for calculating contract specific Business Enterprise Program goals for State contracts and State construction contracts. Provides that, for the purposes of those provisions, the terms "State contract" and "State construction contract" do not include grants from State agencies to grantees for capital improvements or operational expenses.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/6/2024HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
  2/7/2024HouseFirst Reading
  2/7/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/28/2024HouseAssigned to State Government Administration Committee
  4/3/2024HouseDo Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 006-003-000
  4/4/2024HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  4/17/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
  4/17/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  4/17/2024HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  4/17/2024HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
  4/18/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
  4/18/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 006-003-000
  4/19/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
  4/19/2024HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  4/19/2024HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-010-002
  4/19/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
  4/19/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
  4/24/2024SenateArrive in Senate
  4/24/2024SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2024
  5/20/2024SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
  5/20/2024SenateFirst Reading
  5/20/2024SenateReferred to Assignments
  1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die

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