Full Text of SB1599 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning human rights.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human | 5 | | Trafficking Task Force Act. | 6 | | Section 2. Findings. The General Assembly finds the | 7 | | following: | 8 | | (1) A 2014 study by the Urban Institute found that | 9 | | sexual predators believed that if they were caught | 10 | | trafficking women and girls of color, they would get less | 11 | | jail time. According to the Chicago Children's Advocacy | 12 | | Center, 40.4% of victims of sex trafficking are black | 13 | | women, yet black women only make up 13.1% of the United | 14 | | States population. | 15 | | (2) Black women are 7% of the national population but | 16 | | constitute 10% of missing persons cases. Their | 17 | | disappearances are less likely to be reported in the media | 18 | | and less likely to be solved by police. Missing children | 19 | | cases among the country's black population are also dated | 20 | | cases that are more often left open, compared with white | 21 | | children during the same time spans. Many missing persons | 22 | | cases that involve black women and girls are classified as | 23 | | "runaways", a classification that may not reflect the fact |
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| 1 | | they are victims. | 2 | | Section 5. Human Trafficking Task Force created. | 3 | | (a) There is created the Human Trafficking Task Force to | 4 | | address the growing problem of human trafficking across this | 5 | | State. The Human Trafficking Task Force shall consist of the | 6 | | following persons: | 7 | | (1) three members of the House of Representatives, | 8 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
| 9 | | (2) three members of the House of Representatives, | 10 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 11 | | Representatives;
| 12 | | (3) three members of the Senate, appointed by the | 13 | | President of the Senate; | 14 | | (4) three members of the Senate, appointed by the | 15 | | Minority Leader of the Senate; | 16 | | (5) one representative of the Cook County Human | 17 | | Trafficking Task Force, appointed by the Governor; and | 18 | | (6) one representative of the Central Illinois Human | 19 | | Trafficking Task Force, appointed by the Governor. | 20 | | (b) The Task Force shall include the following ex officio | 21 | | members: | 22 | | (1) the Director of the Illinois State Police, or his | 23 | | or her designee; | 24 | | (2) the Director of the Department of Children and | 25 | | Family Services, or his or her designee; |
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| 1 | | (3) the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, | 2 | | or his or her designee; and | 3 | | (4) the Director of the Department of Healthcare and | 4 | | Family Services, or his or her designee. | 5 | | (c) Members of the Human Trafficking Task Force shall | 6 | | serve without compensation. | 7 | | Section 10. Administrative support. The Department of | 8 | | Children and Family Services shall provide administrative and | 9 | | other support to the Human Trafficking Task Force. | 10 | | Section 15. Duties of Human Trafficking Task Force. The | 11 | | Human Trafficking Task Force shall conduct a study on the | 12 | | human trafficking problem in this State and shall hold | 13 | | hearings in furtherance of: | 14 | | (1) developing a State plan to address human | 15 | | trafficking;
| 16 | | (2) implementing a system for the sharing of human | 17 | | trafficking data between governmental agencies in a manner | 18 | | that ensures that the privacy of victims of human | 19 | | trafficking is protected and that data collection respects | 20 | | the privacy of victims of human trafficking;
| 21 | | (3) establishing policies to enable State government | 22 | | to work with nongovernmental organizations and other | 23 | | elements of the private sector to prevent human | 24 | | trafficking and provide assistance to victims of human |
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| 1 | | trafficking who are United States citizens or foreign | 2 | | nationals;
| 3 | | (4) evaluating various approaches used by state and | 4 | | local governments to increase public awareness of human | 5 | | trafficking, including trafficking of United States | 6 | | citizens and foreign national victims;
| 7 | | (5) developing methods for protecting the rights of | 8 | | victims of human trafficking, taking into account the need | 9 | | to consider the human rights and special needs of women | 10 | | and minors; | 11 | | (6) evaluating the necessity of treating victims of | 12 | | human trafficking as crime victims rather than criminals; | 13 | | (7) developing methods for promoting the safety of | 14 | | victims of human trafficking; | 15 | | (8) evaluating human trafficking training and | 16 | | education for professionals who may interact with victims | 17 | | of human trafficking; | 18 | | (9) distributing human trafficking training and | 19 | | education models for professionals who may interact with | 20 | | victims of human trafficking; | 21 | | (10) reviewing research into the disparity between the | 22 | | clearance rate on white missing persons compared to black | 23 | | missing persons; | 24 | | (11) reviewing comprehensive, nationwide data | 25 | | collection on missing persons, including data | 26 | | disaggregated by race, geography, and socioeconomic |
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| 1 | | status; | 2 | | (12) reviewing better assessments and analysis on how | 3 | | law enforcement agencies address implicit bias during | 4 | | investigation of these cases; | 5 | | (13) reviewing research to identify factors that | 6 | | contribute to the disparity in outcomes in missing women | 7 | | cases; | 8 | | (14) reviewing research to identify best practices and | 9 | | effective solutions for State government to help black | 10 | | women and girls who are missing right now; | 11 | | (15) reviewing research to identify effective | 12 | | long-term implementations that will address problems going | 13 | | forward; and | 14 | | (16) producing an annual report detailing the Task | 15 | | Force's finding based upon its review of research | 16 | | conducted under this Section, including specific | 17 | | recommendations, if any, and other information the Task | 18 | | Force may deem proper in furthermore of its duties under | 19 | | this Act.
| 20 | | Section 20. Report. On or before June 30, 2024, the Human | 21 | | Trafficking Task Force shall report its findings and | 22 | | recommendations to the General Assembly, by filing copies of | 23 | | its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly | 24 | | Organization Act, and to the Governor. |
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| 1 | | Section 25. Task force abolished; Act repealed. The Human | 2 | | Trafficking Task Force is abolished and this Act is repealed | 3 | | on July 1, 2024.
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.
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