Full Text of SB2665 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 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 | 5 | | Illinois Immigrant Impact Task Force Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Illinois Immigrant Impact Task Force.
| 7 | | (a) There is hereby established the Illinois Immigrant | 8 | | Impact Task Force.
| 9 | | (b) The Task Force shall consist of 27 members appointed | 10 | | as follows:
| 11 | | (1) one member appointed by the President of the | 12 | | Senate;
| 13 | | (2) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House | 14 | | of Representatives;
| 15 | | (3) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 16 | | Senate;
| 17 | | (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 18 | | House of Representatives;
| 19 | | (5) one representative of the Governor's Office;
| 20 | | (6) one representative of the Governor's Office of | 21 | | Management and Budget;
| 22 | | (7) one representative of the Lieutenant Governor's | 23 | | Office;
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| 1 | | (8) the Executive Director of the Illinois Housing | 2 | | Development Authority or his or her designee;
| 3 | | (9) the Secretary of Human Services or his or her | 4 | | designee;
| 5 | | (10) the Director on Aging or his or her designee;
| 6 | | (11) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 7 | | or his or her designee;
| 8 | | (12) the Director of Children and Family Services or | 9 | | his or her designee;
| 10 | | (13) the Director of Public Health or his or her | 11 | | designee;
| 12 | | (14) the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or | 13 | | his or her designee;
| 14 | | (15) the Director of Human Rights or his or her | 15 | | designee;
| 16 | | (16) the Director of Employment Security or his or her | 17 | | designee; | 18 | | (17) the Director of Juvenile Justice or his or her | 19 | | designee; | 20 | | (18) the Director of Corrections or his or her | 21 | | designee; | 22 | | (19) the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal | 23 | | Justice Information Authority or his or her designee; | 24 | | (20) the Chairman of the State Board of Education or | 25 | | his or her designee; | 26 | | (21) the Chairman of the Board of Higher Education or |
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| 1 | | his or her designee; | 2 | | (22) the Chairman of the Illinois Community College | 3 | | Board or his or her designee; and | 4 | | (23) five representatives from organizations offering | 5 | | aid or services to immigrants, appointed by the Governor. | 6 | | (c) The Task Force shall convene as soon as practicable | 7 | | after the effective date of this Act, and shall hold at least 6 | 8 | | meetings. Members of the Task Force shall serve without | 9 | | compensation. The Department of Human Services, in | 10 | | consultation with any other State agency relevant to the issue | 11 | | of immigration in this State, shall provide administrative and | 12 | | other support to the Task Force.
| 13 | | (d) The Task Force shall examine the following issues:
| 14 | | (1) what the State of Illinois is currently doing to | 15 | | proactively help immigrant communities in this State, | 16 | | including whether such persons are receiving help to | 17 | | become citizens, receiving help to become business owners, | 18 | | and receiving aid for educational purposes;
| 19 | | (2) what can the State do going forward to improve | 20 | | relations between the State and immigrant communities in | 21 | | this State;
| 22 | | (3) what is the status of immigrant communities from | 23 | | urban, suburban, and rural areas of this State, and | 24 | | whether adequate support and resources have been provided | 25 | | to these communities;
| 26 | | (4) the extent to which immigrants in this State are |
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| 1 | | being discriminated against;
| 2 | | (5) whether the laws specifically intended to benefit | 3 | | immigrant populations in this State are actually having a | 4 | | beneficial effect; | 5 | | (6) the practices and procedures of the federal | 6 | | Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency within this | 7 | | State; | 8 | | (7) the use and condition of detention centers in this | 9 | | State; | 10 | | (8) all contracts in Illinois entered into with United | 11 | | States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including | 12 | | contracts with private detention centers, the Illinois | 13 | | State Police, and the Secretary of State's Office, | 14 | | Division of Motor Vehicles; | 15 | | (9) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrant | 16 | | communities, including health impact rates,
employment | 17 | | rates, housing, small businesses, and community | 18 | | development; | 19 | | (10) the disbursement of funds received by different | 20 | | agencies that went to immigrant
communities; | 21 | | (11) language access programs and their impact on | 22 | | helping immigrant communities better
interact with State | 23 | | agencies, and whether existing language access programs | 24 | | are effective in helping immigrant communities interact | 25 | | with the State. The Task Force shall also examine whether | 26 | | all
State agencies provide language access for non-English |
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| 1 | | speakers, and which agencies and
in what regions of the | 2 | | State is there a lack of language access that creates | 3 | | barriers for non-English dominant speakers from accessing | 4 | | support from the State; | 5 | | (12) the extent to which disparities in access to | 6 | | technology exist in immigrant communities and whether they | 7 | | lead to educational, financial, and other disadvantages; | 8 | | and | 9 | | (13) the extent to which State programs intended for | 10 | | vulnerable populations such as victims of trafficking, | 11 | | crime, and abuse are being implemented or need to be | 12 | | implemented. | 13 | | (e) The Task Force shall report its findings and | 14 | | recommendations based upon its examination of issues under | 15 | | subsection (d) to the Governor and the General Assembly on or | 16 | | before May 31, 2022. | 17 | | Section 10. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | 18 | | 2023.
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law. |
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