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Public Act 103-0912 Public Act 0912 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Public Act 103-0912 | SB2682 Enrolled | LRB103 35694 AWJ 65769 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government. | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | represented in the General Assembly: | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Task Force | Act. | Section 5. Increasing Representation of Women in | Technology Task Force; membership. | (a) The Increasing Representation of Women in Technology | Task Force is hereby established within the Illinois Workforce | Innovation Board. | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members: | (1) one member of the Senate, appointed by the | President of the Senate; | (2) one member of the Senate, appointed by the | Minority Leader of the Senate; | (3) one member of the House of Representatives, | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | (4) one member of the House of Representatives, | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | Representatives; | (5) the Director of the Governor's Office of | Management and Budget, or the Director's designee; |
| (6) one member representing a statewide labor | organization, appointed by the Governor; | (7) one member representing a national laboratory that | is a multi-disciplinary science and engineering research | center, appointed by the Governor; | (8) the Chief Equity Officer of the State of Illinois | Office of Equity or the Chief Equity Officer's designee; | (9) one member representing local or State economic | development interests, appointed by the Governor; | (10) one member representing women in technology, | appointed by the Governor; | (11) one member representing a technology | manufacturing corporation, appointed by the Governor; | (12) 4 members representing companies that have been | recognized for the recruitment, advancement, and retention | of women in technology positions and the corresponding | management chain in the last 3 years, appointed by the | Governor; | (13) one member from a community-based organization | that supports women in technology, appointed by the | Governor; | (14) the Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & | Inclusion of the University of Illinois Office of the Vice | Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, or the Vice | Chancellor's designee; | (15) the Executive Director of the Illinois Community |
| College Board, or the Executive Director's designee; | (16) one member with knowledge of diversity, equity, | and inclusion best practices from an advocacy group | representing women in technology, appointed by the | Governor; and | (17) A chairperson of the Illinois Workforce | Innovation Board, appointed by the Illinois Workforce | Innovation Board, or that chairperson's designee. | (c) The members of the Task Force shall serve without | compensation. | (d) The Task Force shall meet at least quarterly to | fulfill its duties under this Act. At the first meeting of the | Task Force, the Task Force shall elect 2 cochairs; one chair | shall be a standing member of the Illinois Workforce | Innovation Board, and one chair shall be selected from among | members of the Task Force. | (e) The Illinois Workforce Innovation Board shall, in | consultation with an Illinois public college or university, | provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. | Section 10. Duties. The Task Force shall have the | following duties: | (1) subject to appropriation, collect data on the | state of recruitment, advancement, and retention of women | in technology positions; | (2) evaluate evidence and data on recruitment, |
| advancement, and retention of women in technology | positions and the corresponding management chain; | (3) set goals for recruitment, advancement, and | retention of women in technology positions and the | corresponding management chains; | (4) identify best practices for the recruitment, | advancement, and retention of women in technology | positions and the corresponding management chain, such as | tools for data collection and analysis and techniques to | improve the number of women in technology positions; | (5) recommend government policies to incentivize | companies to recruit, advance, and retain women in | technology positions and the corresponding management | chain; and | (6) establish a plan to create an oversight body to | track companies' progress year-over-year on recruitment, | advancement, and retention of women in technology | positions and the corresponding management chain, and | manage use of the incentives for those companies with a | positive track record. | Section 15. Report. The Task Force shall report to the | Governor and the General Assembly by December 1 of each year on | its activities and findings. The Task Force shall submit a | final report to the Governor and the General Assembly by | December 1, 2028 on all of its activities and final findings |
| and recommendations. | Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | 2030. | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 1, 2025. |
Effective Date: 1/1/2025
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