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4		-	AN ACT concerning State government.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The State Employment Records Act is amended by
8		-	changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows:
9		-	(5 ILCS 410/5)
10		-	Sec. 5. Findings and purpose. The General Assembly hereby
11		-	finds as follows:
12		-	(a) Efficient, responsive, and accountable disbursement of
13		-	State services is best facilitated by a diversified State work
14		-	force which reflects the diversity of the tax-paying
15		-	constituency the State work force is employed to serve.
16		-	(b) The purpose of this Act is to require and develop
17		-	within existing State administrative processes a comprehensive
18		-	procedure to collect, classify, maintain, and publish, for
19		-	State and public use, information that provides the General
20		-	Assembly and the People of this State with adequate
21		-	information of the number of minorities, women, persons who
22		-	identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, and persons
23		-	with physical disabilities employed by State government within
24		-	the State work force.
25		-	(c) To provide State officials, administrators and the
26		-	People of the State with information to help guide efforts to
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning State government.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The State Employment Records Act is amended by
	7	+	5 changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows:
	8	+	6 (5 ILCS 410/5)
	9	+	7 Sec. 5. Findings and purpose. The General Assembly hereby
	10	+	8 finds as follows:
	11	+	9 (a) Efficient, responsive, and accountable disbursement of
	12	+	10 State services is best facilitated by a diversified State work
	13	+	11 force which reflects the diversity of the tax-paying
	14	+	12 constituency the State work force is employed to serve.
	15	+	13 (b) The purpose of this Act is to require and develop
	16	+	14 within existing State administrative processes a comprehensive
	17	+	15 procedure to collect, classify, maintain, and publish, for
	18	+	16 State and public use, information that provides the General
	19	+	17 Assembly and the People of this State with adequate
	20	+	18 information of the number of minorities, women, persons who
	21	+	19 identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, and persons
	22	+	20 with physical disabilities employed by State government within
	23	+	21 the State work force.
	24	+	22 (c) To provide State officials, administrators and the
	25	+	23 People of the State with information to help guide efforts to
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33		-	achieve a more diversified State work force, the total number
34		-	of persons employed within the State work force shall be
35		-	tabulated in a comprehensive manner to provide meaningful
36		-	review of the number and percentage of minorities, women,
37		-	persons who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming,
38		-	and persons with physical disabilities employed as part of the
39		-	State work force.
40		-	(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
41		-	(5 ILCS 410/15)
42		-	Sec. 15. Reported information.
43		-	(a) State agencies shall, if necessary, consult with the
44		-	Office of the Comptroller and the Governor's Office of
45		-	Management and Budget to confirm the accuracy of information
46		-	required by this Act. State agencies shall collect and
47		-	maintain information and publish reports including but not
48		-	limited to the following information arranged in the indicated
49		-	categories:
50		-	(i) the total number of persons employed by the agency
51		-	who are part of the State work force, as defined by this
52		-	Act, and the number and statistical percentage of women,
53		-	minorities, persons who identify as non-binary or gender
54		-	non-conforming, and persons with physical disabilities
55		-	employed within the agency work force;
56		-	(ii) the total number of persons employed within the
57		-	agency work force receiving levels of State remuneration
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	34	+	1 achieve a more diversified State work force, the total number
	35	+	2 of persons employed within the State work force shall be
	36	+	3 tabulated in a comprehensive manner to provide meaningful
	37	+	4 review of the number and percentage of minorities, women,
	38	+	5 persons who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming,
	39	+	6 and persons with physical disabilities employed as part of the
	40	+	7 State work force.
	41	+	8 (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
	42	+	9 (5 ILCS 410/15)
	43	+	10 Sec. 15. Reported information.
	44	+	11 (a) State agencies shall, if necessary, consult with the
	45	+	12 Office of the Comptroller and the Governor's Office of
	46	+	13 Management and Budget to confirm the accuracy of information
	47	+	14 required by this Act. State agencies shall collect and
	48	+	15 maintain information and publish reports including but not
	49	+	16 limited to the following information arranged in the indicated
	50	+	17 categories:
	51	+	18 (i) the total number of persons employed by the agency
	52	+	19 who are part of the State work force, as defined by this
	53	+	20 Act, and the number and statistical percentage of women,
	54	+	21 minorities, persons who identify as non-binary or gender
	55	+	22 non-conforming, and persons with physical disabilities
	56	+	23 employed within the agency work force;
	57	+	24 (ii) the total number of persons employed within the
	58	+	25 agency work force receiving levels of State remuneration
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60		-	within incremental levels of $10,000, and the number and
61		-	statistical percentage of minorities, women, persons who
62		-	identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, and
63		-	persons with physical disabilities in the agency work
64		-	force receiving levels of State remuneration within
65		-	incremented levels of $10,000;
66		-	(iii) the number of open positions of employment or
67		-	advancement in the agency work force, reported on a fiscal
68		-	year basis;
69		-	(iv) the number and percentage of open positions of
70		-	employment or advancement in the agency work force filled
71		-	by minorities, women, persons who identify as non-binary
72		-	or gender non-conforming, and persons with physical
73		-	disabilities, reported on a fiscal year basis;
74		-	(v) the total number of persons employed within the
75		-	agency work force as professionals, and the number and
76		-	percentage of minorities, women, persons who identify as
77		-	non-binary or gender non-conforming, and persons with
78		-	physical disabilities employed within the agency work
79		-	force as professional employees; and
80		-	(vi) the total number of persons employed within the
81		-	agency work force as contractual service employees, and
82		-	the number and percentage of minorities, women, persons
83		-	who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, and
84		-	persons with physical disabilities employed within the
85		-	agency work force as contractual services employees.
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88		-	(b) The numbers and percentages of minorities required to
89		-	be reported by this Section shall be identified by the
90		-	following categories:
91		-	(1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
92		-	origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
93		-	America, including Central America, and who maintains
94		-	tribal affiliation or community attachment).
95		-	(2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
96		-	original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
97		-	Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
98		-	Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
99		-	the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
100		-	(3) Black or African American (a person having origins
101		-	in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
102		-	(4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
103		-	Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
104		-	culture or origin, regardless of race).
105		-	(5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
106		-	person having origins in any of the original peoples of
107		-	Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
108		-	Data concerning women and persons who identify as
109		-	non-binary or gender non-conforming shall be reported on a
110		-	minority and nonminority basis. The numbers and percentages of
111		-	persons with physical disabilities required to be reported
112		-	under this Section shall be identified by categories as man,
113		-	woman, and persons who identify as non-binary or gender
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116		-	non-conforming male and female.
117		-	(c) To accomplish consistent and uniform classification
118		-	and collection of information from each State agency, and to
119		-	ensure full compliance and that all required information is
120		-	provided, the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary
121		-	of State, in consultation with the Department of Human Rights,
122		-	the Department of Central Management Services, and the Office
123		-	of the Comptroller, shall develop appropriate forms to be used
124		-	by all State agencies subject to the reporting requirements of
125		-	this Act.
126		-	All State agencies shall make the reports required by this
127		-	Act using the forms developed under this subsection. The
128		-	reports must be certified and signed by an official of the
129		-	agency who is responsible for the information provided.
130		-	(Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22.)
131		-	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
132		-	2025.
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	69	+	1 within incremental levels of $10,000, and the number and
	70	+	2 statistical percentage of minorities, women, persons who
	71	+	3 identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, and
	72	+	4 persons with physical disabilities in the agency work
	73	+	5 force receiving levels of State remuneration within
	74	+	6 incremented levels of $10,000;
	75	+	7 (iii) the number of open positions of employment or
	76	+	8 advancement in the agency work force, reported on a fiscal
	77	+	9 year basis;
	78	+	10 (iv) the number and percentage of open positions of
	79	+	11 employment or advancement in the agency work force filled
	80	+	12 by minorities, women, persons who identify as non-binary
	81	+	13 or gender non-conforming, and persons with physical
	82	+	14 disabilities, reported on a fiscal year basis;
	83	+	15 (v) the total number of persons employed within the
	84	+	16 agency work force as professionals, and the number and
	85	+	17 percentage of minorities, women, persons who identify as
	86	+	18 non-binary or gender non-conforming, and persons with
	87	+	19 physical disabilities employed within the agency work
	88	+	20 force as professional employees; and
	89	+	21 (vi) the total number of persons employed within the
	90	+	22 agency work force as contractual service employees, and
	91	+	23 the number and percentage of minorities, women, persons
	92	+	24 who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, and
	93	+	25 persons with physical disabilities employed within the
	94	+	26 agency work force as contractual services employees.
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	105	+	1 (b) The numbers and percentages of minorities required to
	106	+	2 be reported by this Section shall be identified by the
	107	+	3 following categories:
	108	+	4 (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
	109	+	5 origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
	110	+	6 America, including Central America, and who maintains
	111	+	7 tribal affiliation or community attachment).
	112	+	8 (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
	113	+	9 original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
	114	+	10 Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
	115	+	11 Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
	116	+	12 the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
	117	+	13 (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
	118	+	14 in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
	119	+	15 (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
	120	+	16 Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
	121	+	17 culture or origin, regardless of race).
	122	+	18 (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
	123	+	19 person having origins in any of the original peoples of
	124	+	20 Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
	125	+	21 Data concerning women and persons who identify as
	126	+	22 non-binary or gender non-conforming shall be reported on a
	127	+	23 minority and nonminority basis. The numbers and percentages of
	128	+	24 persons with physical disabilities required to be reported
	129	+	25 under this Section shall be identified by categories as man,
	130	+	26 woman, and persons who identify as non-binary or gender
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	141	+	1 non-conforming male and female.
	142	+	2 (c) To accomplish consistent and uniform classification
	143	+	3 and collection of information from each State agency, and to
	144	+	4 ensure full compliance and that all required information is
	145	+	5 provided, the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary
	146	+	6 of State, in consultation with the Department of Human Rights,
	147	+	7 the Department of Central Management Services, and the Office
	148	+	8 of the Comptroller, shall develop appropriate forms to be used
	149	+	9 by all State agencies subject to the reporting requirements of
	150	+	10 this Act.
	151	+	11 All State agencies shall make the reports required by this
	152	+	12 Act using the forms developed under this subsection. The
	153	+	13 reports must be certified and signed by an official of the
	154	+	14 agency who is responsible for the information provided.
	155	+	15 (Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22.)
	156	+	16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
	157	+	17 2025.
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