Bill Text: IL HB5031 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Requires the Governor to file a report with the General Assembly detailing specified geographic information of gubernatorial appointees. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5031 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5031-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5031 Introduced , by Rep. Avery Bourne SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 50/25
Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Requires the Governor to file a report with the General Assembly detailing specified geographic information of gubernatorial appointees. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is
amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
(15 ILCS 50/25)
Sec. 25. Demographic and geographic composition; report.
(a) Beginning October 1, 2015, and for each year
thereafter, the Governor shall file a report with the General
Assembly detailing the following information:
(1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender,
and disability status) of each appointment made by the
Governor between July 1 of the prior year through June 30
of the reporting year. Such demographic information shall
also include the voluntarily and publicly disclosed sexual
orientation of each appointment;
(2) the aggregate demographic information for those
persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's
office, but were not appointed between July 1 of the prior
year through June 30 of the reporting year. Such aggregate
demographic information shall also include the voluntarily
and publicly disclosed sexual orientation of those
applicants; and

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(3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial
appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of
June 30 of the reporting year. Such demographic composition
information shall also include the voluntarily and
publicly disclosed sexual orientation of each appointee.
(b) Beginning October 1, 2020, and for each year
thereafter, the Governor shall file a report with the General
Assembly detailing the following information:
(1) the geographic information (county of primary
residence) of each appointment made by the Governor between
July 1 of the prior year through June 30 of the reporting
year;
(2) the aggregate geographic information for those
persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's
office, but were not appointed between July 1 of the prior
year through June 30 of the reporting year; and
(3) the geographic composition of the gubernatorial
appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of
June 30 of the reporting year.
(c) The Governor shall electronically publish an annual
report detailing the demographic and geographic composition of
the gubernatorial appointees on each board, commission, and
task force as of the date of the report.
(Source: P.A. 100-234, eff. 1-1-18.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.