Full Text of HB1637 101st General Assembly
HB1637ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch Filed: 4/5/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1637
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1637 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Keep | 5 | | Illinois Families Together Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly makes the | 7 | | following findings: | 8 | | (1) The State of Illinois is committed to ensuring that | 9 | | all residents of this State are treated equally | 10 | | notwithstanding race, religion, national origin, | 11 | | disability status, sexual orientation, gender, or | 12 | | immigration status. | 13 | | (2) All residents of this State are entitled to live | 14 | | with dignity and without fear. | 15 | | (3) Immigrants are valuable and essential members of | 16 | | the Illinois community and should be able to live full and |
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| 1 | | productive lives without fear of the government. | 2 | | (4) A relationship of trust between this State's | 3 | | immigrant community and State and local agencies is central | 4 | | to the public safety of the people of Illinois. This trust | 5 | | is threatened when State and local agencies are entangled | 6 | | with federal immigration enforcement. | 7 | | (5) The General Assembly shall continue to strive to | 8 | | create an environment where all residents are protected to | 9 | | the best of this State's ability. | 10 | | Section 15. Information collection and confidentiality. | 11 | | (a) Within 6 months of the effective date of this Act, all | 12 | | State agencies, public schools, and public institutions of | 13 | | higher education shall review their confidentiality policies | 14 | | to identify any changes necessary to limit collection of | 15 | | information from individuals to that information necessary to | 16 | | perform agency duties and to limit use or disclosure of | 17 | | information for any other purpose. | 18 | | (b) The review described in subsection (a) shall include a | 19 | | review of all applications, questionnaires, and interview | 20 | | forms used in relation to benefits, opportunities, or services | 21 | | provided by a State agency, or to in-State or in-district | 22 | | tuition verification, scholarship, grant, or service provided | 23 | | by a public elementary or secondary school or public | 24 | | institution of higher education. Within 6 months after the | 25 | | effective date of this Act, all State agencies, public schools, |
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| 1 | | and public institutions of higher education shall remove any | 2 | | questions regarding citizenship or immigration status from any | 3 | | application, questionnaire, and interview form, other than | 4 | | those questions required by statute, ordinance, federal law, or | 5 | | court order. No State agency, public school, or public | 6 | | institution of higher education may add any question regarding | 7 | | citizenship or immigration status to any application, | 8 | | questionnaire, or interview form unless those questions are | 9 | | required by statute, ordinance, federal law, or court order. | 10 | | (c) Any further necessary changes to agency, school, or | 11 | | institutional confidentiality and data collection policies | 12 | | must be made within one year of the effective date of this Act, | 13 | | consistent with agency, school, or institutional procedures. | 14 | | These policies must restrict any public employee from making | 15 | | services conditional upon, or requesting information or proof | 16 | | regarding a person's immigration or citizenship status or place | 17 | | of birth, except as required by statute, ordinance, federal | 18 | | law, or court order. These policies must also require that | 19 | | public services are available to, and public employees must | 20 | | serve, all Illinois residents without regard to immigration or | 21 | | citizenship status. | 22 | | Section 20. Public safety. | 23 | | (a) In this Section: | 24 | | "Law enforcement agency" means an agency in this State | 25 | | charged with enforcement of State, county, or municipal |
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| 1 | | laws or with managing custody of detained persons in the | 2 | | State, including municipal police departments, sheriff's | 3 | | departments, campus police departments, the Department of | 4 | | State Police, and the Department of Juvenile Justice. | 5 | | "Law enforcement official" means any officer or other | 6 | | agent of a State or local law enforcement agency authorized | 7 | | to enforce criminal laws, rules, regulations, or local | 8 | | ordinances or operate jails, correctional facilities, or | 9 | | juvenile detention facilities or to maintain custody of | 10 | | individuals in jails, correctional facilities, or juvenile | 11 | | detention facilities also including any school resource | 12 | | officer or other police or security officer assigned to any | 13 | | public school, including any public pre-school and other | 14 | | early learning program, public elementary and secondary | 15 | | school, or public institution of higher education. | 16 | | (b) On or after the effective date of this Act, no law | 17 | | enforcement agency or official may enter into or remain in an | 18 | | agreement under 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) or any other federal law that | 19 | | authorizes State or local governmental entities to enforce | 20 | | federal civil immigration laws. | 21 | | (c) Nothing in this Section shall preclude a law | 22 | | enforcement official from otherwise executing that official's | 23 | | duties in ensuring public safety.
| 24 | | Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | 25 | | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. |
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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