101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3491

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 95/5
820 ILCS 95/10

    Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Includes restaurants and truck stops within the businesses required to human trafficking to their employees.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Lodging Services Human Trafficking
5Recognition Training Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and
610 as follows:
 
7    (820 ILCS 95/5)
8    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
9    "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
10    "Employee" means a person employed by a lodging
11establishment who has recurring interactions with the public,
12including, but not limited to, an employee who works in a
13reception area, performs housekeeping duties, helps customers
14in moving their possessions, or transports by vehicle customers
15of the lodging establishment.
16    "Human trafficking" means the deprivation or violation of
17the personal liberty of another with the intent to obtain
18forced labor or services, procure or sell the individual for
19commercial sex, or exploit the individual in obscene matter.
20Depriving or violating a person's liberty includes substantial
21and sustained restriction of another's liberty accomplished
22through fraud, deceit, coercion, violence, duress, menace, or
23threat of unlawful injury to the victim or to another person,

 

 

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1under circumstances where the person receiving or apprehending
2the threat reasonably believes that it is likely that the
3person making the threat would carry it out.
4    "Lodging establishment" means an establishment classified
5as a hotel or motel in the 2017 North American Industry
6Classification System under code 721110, and an establishment
7classified as a casino hotel in the 2017 North American
8Industry Classification System under code 721120.
9    "Restaurant" means any business that is primarily engaged
10in the sale of ready-to-eat food for immediate consumption
11comprising at least 51% of the total sales, excluding the sale
12of liquor.
13    "Truck stop" means an establishment intended to provide
14services to the trucking industry, including, but not limited
15to, selling fuel and food, providing showers, offering repair
16services, and offering ample room where drivers of long-haul
17trucks can park and rest.
18(Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19.)
 
19    (820 ILCS 95/10)
20    Sec. 10. Human trafficking recognition training. Beginning
21June 1, 2020, a lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck
22stop shall provide its employees with training in the
23recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting
24observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. The
25employees must complete the training within 6 months after

 

 

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1beginning employment in such role with the lodging
2establishment and every 2 years thereafter, if still employed
3by the lodging establishment. The training shall be at least 20
4minutes in duration.
5(Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19.)