103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2352

 

Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/20-5.1 new

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the government shall not contract for public goods or services with any prohibited source. Provides that prohibited sources are businesses that discriminate against employees or customers on the basis of a person's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, national origin or age. Provides that any contract entered into, amended, or renewed by a State agency shall include a consistent binding agreement. Provides that any anti-discrimination provisions referenced shall not be affected by unduly narrow federal executive branch interpretations of existing federal statutory anti-discrimination protections.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5adding Section 20-5.1 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/20-5.1 new)
7    Sec. 20-5.1. Prohibited Sources.
8    (a) It is the policy of the State that it will not do
9business with entities that promote or tolerate discrimination
10or infringement of civil rights.
11    (b) No State agency shall contract for goods or services
12with any prohibited source.
13    (c)"prohibited source" means a contractor or subcontractor
14that has been determined by an adjudicative body to
15discriminate against employees or customers on the basis of
16actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry,
17gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or
18expression, physical or mental disability, national origin or
19age.
20    (d) That contract for public goods or services shall amend
21their procurement procedures to enforce this Section.
22    (e) Any contract entered into, amended, or renewed by a
23government agency on or after the effective date of this

 

 

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1amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall include a
2binding agreement consistent with this Section, and no
3government agency shall enter into a contract with any
4government contractor without such a binding agreement.
5    (f) Any anti-discrimination provisions referenced in this
6Section shall not be affected by unduly narrow federal
7executive branch interpretations of existing federal statutory
8anti-discrimination protections.