Full Text of SB2682 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2682
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2682 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Working Group | 6 | | Act. | 7 | | Section 5. Increasing Representation of Women in | 8 | | Technology Working Group; membership. | 9 | | (a) The Increasing Representation of Women in Technology | 10 | | Working Group is hereby established within the Illinois | 11 | | Workforce Innovation Board. | 12 | | (b) The Working Group shall consist of the following | 13 | | members: | 14 | | (1) two members of the Senate, appointed by the | 15 | | President of the Senate; | 16 | | (2) two members of the Senate, appointed by the |
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| 1 | | Minority Leader of the Senate; | 2 | | (3) two members of the House of Representatives, | 3 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | 4 | | (4) two members of the House of Representatives, | 5 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 6 | | Representatives; | 7 | | (5) one member representing the Governor's Office of | 8 | | Management and Budget, appointed by the Governor; | 9 | | (6) one member representing a statewide labor | 10 | | organization, appointed by the Governor; | 11 | | (7) one member representing a national laboratory that | 12 | | is a multi-disciplinary science and engineering research | 13 | | center, appointed by the Governor; | 14 | | (8) one member from the State of Illinois Office of | 15 | | Equity, appointed by the Governor; | 16 | | (9) one member representing local or State economic | 17 | | development interests, appointed by the Governor; | 18 | | (10) one member representing women in technology, | 19 | | appointed by the Governor; | 20 | | (11) one member representing a technology | 21 | | manufacturing corporation, appointed by the Governor; | 22 | | (12) 4 members representing companies that have been | 23 | | recognized for the recruitment, advancement, and retention | 24 | | of women in technology positions and the corresponding | 25 | | management chain in the last 3 years, appointed by the | 26 | | Governor; |
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| 1 | | (13) one member from a community-based organization | 2 | | that supports women in technology, appointed by the | 3 | | Governor; | 4 | | (14) one member representing the University of | 5 | | Illinois Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Diversity, | 6 | | Equity & Inclusion, appointed by the Governor; | 7 | | (15) one member from the Illinois Community College | 8 | | Board, appointed by the Governor; and | 9 | | (16) one member with knowledge of diversity, equity, | 10 | | and inclusion best practices from an advocacy group | 11 | | representing women in technology, appointed by the | 12 | | Governor. | 13 | | (c) The members of the Working Group shall serve without | 14 | | compensation. | 15 | | (d) The Working Group shall meet at least quarterly to | 16 | | fulfill its duties under this Act. At the first meeting of the | 17 | | Working Group, the Working Group shall elect 2 cochairs; one | 18 | | chair shall be a standing member of the Illinois Workforce | 19 | | Innovation Board, and one chair shall be selected from among | 20 | | members of the Working Group. | 21 | | (e) The Illinois Workforce Innovation Board shall, in | 22 | | consultation with an Illinois public college or university, | 23 | | provide administrative and other support to the Working Group. | 24 | | Section 10. Duties. The Working Group shall, subject to | 25 | | appropriation, have the following duties: |
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| 1 | | (1) evaluate evidence and data on recruitment, | 2 | | advancement, and retention of women in technology | 3 | | positions and the corresponding management chain; | 4 | | (2) set goals for recruitment, advancement, and | 5 | | retention of women in technology positions and the | 6 | | corresponding management chains; | 7 | | (3) identify best practices for the recruitment, | 8 | | advancement, and retention of women in technology | 9 | | positions and the corresponding management chain, such as | 10 | | tools for data collection and analysis and techniques to | 11 | | improve the number of women in technology positions; | 12 | | (4) recommend government policies to incentivize | 13 | | companies to recruit, advance, and retain women in | 14 | | technology positions and the corresponding management | 15 | | chain; and | 16 | | (5) establish a plan to create an oversight body to | 17 | | track companies progress year-over-year on recruitment, | 18 | | advancement, and retention of women in technology | 19 | | positions and the corresponding management chain, and | 20 | | manage use of the incentives for those companies with a | 21 | | positive track record. | 22 | | Section 15. Report. The Working Group shall report to the | 23 | | Governor and the General Assembly by December 1 of each year on | 24 | | its activities and findings. The Working Group shall submit a | 25 | | final report to the Governor and the General Assembly by |
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| 1 | | December 1, 2028 on all of its activities and final findings | 2 | | and recommendations. | 3 | | Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | 4 | | 2030. | 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.". |
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