Public Act 100-0762
 
HB4953 EnrolledLRB100 18948 XWW 34198 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of 
the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by adding 
Section 2105-15.5 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15.5 new)
    Sec. 2105-15.5. Continuing education; sexual harassment 
prevention training.
    (a)    As used in this Section, "sexual harassment" means any 
unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any 
conduct of a sexual nature when: (i) submission to such conduct 
is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of 
an individual's employment; (ii) submission to or rejection of 
such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for 
employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii) such 
conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering 
with an individual's work performance or creating an 
intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. For 
the purpose of this definition, "working environment" is not 
limited to a physical location that an employee is assigned to 
perform his or her duties and does not require an employment 
relationship.
    (b)    For license renewals occurring on or after January 1, 
2020 for a profession that has continuing education 
requirements, the required continuing education hours shall 
include at least one hour of sexual harassment prevention 
training.
    (c)  The Department may adopt rules for the implementation 
of this Section.


Effective Date:  1/1/2019