99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6571

 

Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Wheeler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 57/47 new
225 ILCS 410/3C-7.5 new
740 ILCS 128/15
740 ILCS 128/40
740 ILCS 128/85 new

    Amends the Predator Accountability Act, the Massage Licensing Act, and the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides legislative findings on the connection between sex trafficking and licensed massage therapists and nail technicians. Adds a provision prohibiting a person or entity from hiring or continuing to employ a licensed massage therapist or licensed nail technician if the person or entity has employed one or more individuals licensed as massage therapists or nail technicians who, during their period of employment by the person or entity, were victims of the sex trade or were convicted of specified crimes and where the employing person or entity recruits, profits from, or maintains the victim in any sex trade act, intentionally abuses, as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or causes bodily harm, as defined in the Criminal Code of 2012, to the victim in any sex trade act, or knowingly advertises or publishes advertisements for purposes of recruitment into sex trade activity. Provides penalties for failure to comply with the provisions. Provides that provisions concerning prohibiting double recovery do not apply to actions in provisions concerning massage therapists and nail technicians. Makes conforming changes to the Massage Licensing Act and the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Massage Licensing Act is amended by adding
5Section 47 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 57/47 new)
7    Sec. 47. Prohibition on employment. A licensed massage
8therapist licensed under this Act is prohibited from being
9hired or remaining employed by an individual or entity that
10violates Section 85 of the Predator Accountability Act.
 
11    Section 10. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair
12Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985 is amended by adding
13Section 3C-7.5 as follows:
 
14    (225 ILCS 410/3C-7.5 new)
15    Sec. 3C-7.5. Prohibition on employment. A licensed nail
16technician licensed under this Act is prohibited from being
17hired or remaining employed by an individual or entity that
18violates Section 85 of the Predator Accountability Act.
 
19    Section 15. The Predator Accountability Act is amended by
20changing Sections 15 and 40 and by adding Section 85 as

 

 

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1follows:
 
2    (740 ILCS 128/15)
3    Sec. 15. Cause of action.
4    (a) Violations of this Act are actionable in civil court.
5    (b) A victim of the sex trade has a cause of action against
6a person or entity who:
7        (1) recruits, profits from, or maintains the victim in
8    any sex trade act;
9        (2) intentionally abuses, as defined in Section 103 of
10    the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or causes
11    bodily harm, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal
12    Code of 2012, to the victim in any sex trade act; or
13        (3) knowingly advertises or publishes advertisements
14    for purposes of recruitment into sex trade activity.
15    (c) This Act Section shall not be construed to create
16liability to any person or entity who provides goods or
17services to the general public, who also provides those goods
18or services to persons who would be liable under subsection (b)
19of this Section, absent a showing that the person or entity
20either:
21        (1) knowingly markets or provides its goods or services
22    primarily to persons or entities liable under subsection
23    (b) of this Section;
24        (2) knowingly receives a higher level of compensation
25    from persons or entities liable under subsection (b) of

 

 

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1    this Section than it generally receives from customers; or
2        (3) supervises or exercises control over persons or
3    entities liable under subsection (b) of this Section.
4(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
5    (740 ILCS 128/40)
6    Sec. 40. Double recovery prohibited. Any person who
7recovers damages under this Act may not recover the same costs
8or damages under any other Act. A person who recovers damages
9under any other Act may not recover for the same costs or
10damages under this Act. This Section does not apply to actions
11under Section 85.
12(Source: P.A. 94-998, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
13    (740 ILCS 128/85 new)
14    Sec. 85. Nail technicians and massage therapists.
15    (a) The General Assembly finds that human trafficking is a
16wide-spread problem that takes advantage of vulnerable
17individuals for commercial sex under the veil of legitimate
18businesses. Massage parlors and nail salons are often used as a
19cover for the illegal activity, and victims of the sex trade
20will also work for these businesses as licensed massage
21therapists or nail technicians. It is the policy of this State
22that businesses involved in sex trafficking shall not continue
23the cycle by employing or hiring licensed massage therapists
24and nail technicians.

 

 

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1    (b) No person or entity shall hire or continue to employ an
2individual licensed as a massage therapist under the Massage
3Licensing Act or as a nail technician under the Barber,
4Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act
5of 1985 if:
6        (1) the person or entity has employed one or more
7    individuals licensed as massage therapists under the
8    Massage Licensing Act or as nail technicians under the
9    Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail
10    Technology Act of 1985 who, during their period of
11    employment by the person or entity, were victims of the sex
12    trade, or who were convicted of or pled guilty or nolo
13    contendere to a sex trade act, or conspiracy or attempt to
14    commit any sex trade act, or a similar crime under the laws
15    of another state; and
16        (2) where the employing person or entity:
17            (A) recruits, profits from, or maintains the
18        victim in any sex trade act;
19            (B) intentionally abuses, as defined in Section
20        103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or
21        causes bodily harm, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the
22        Criminal Code of 2012, to the victim in any sex trade
23        act; or
24            (C) knowingly advertises or publishes
25        advertisements for purposes of recruitment into sex
26        trade activity.

 

 

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1    (c) An entity that violates this Section shall be guilty of
2a business offense with a fine of $10,000 for a first violation
3and a fine of $25,000 for a second or subsequent violation. The
4fines collected under this subsection shall be distributed to
5the Specialized Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking
6Fund in accordance with Section 5-9-1.21 of the Unified Code of
7Corrections.
8    (d) In addition to any fine imposed under this Section, a
9person or entity violating this Section shall be subject to a
10civil penalty in the amount of the gross revenue received for
11the services performed for the person or entity by the
12individual or individuals whose employment is the basis for the
13violations of this Section, which shall be paid to the
14individual or individuals.