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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1227 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act5 ILCS 100/5-45.62 new30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new Creates the Enslavement Era Disclosure and Redress Act. Requires each contractor that participates in a competitive bid with the State to review its records for evidence of the contractor's or a related party's participation in slaveholding or the slave trade and to make certain disclosures with respect to that participation. Contains provisions concerning notice of public hearings following the disclosures. Provides that the Illinois Office of Equity shall appoint an administrator to oversee the program. Provides that each contractor that has disclosed participation in slaveholding or the slave trade shall provide the State with a statement of financial redress at the time of submitting its bid. Contains provisions creating a Redress Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB104 05739 HLH 15769 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1227 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act5 ILCS 100/5-45.62 new30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new New Act 5 ILCS 100/5-45.62 new 30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new Creates the Enslavement Era Disclosure and Redress Act. Requires each contractor that participates in a competitive bid with the State to review its records for evidence of the contractor's or a related party's participation in slaveholding or the slave trade and to make certain disclosures with respect to that participation. Contains provisions concerning notice of public hearings following the disclosures. Provides that the Illinois Office of Equity shall appoint an administrator to oversee the program. Provides that each contractor that has disclosed participation in slaveholding or the slave trade shall provide the State with a statement of financial redress at the time of submitting its bid. Contains provisions creating a Redress Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB104 05739 HLH 15769 b LRB104 05739 HLH 15769 b A BILL FOR
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7	7	Creates the Enslavement Era Disclosure and Redress Act. Requires each contractor that participates in a competitive bid with the State to review its records for evidence of the contractor's or a related party's participation in slaveholding or the slave trade and to make certain disclosures with respect to that participation. Contains provisions concerning notice of public hearings following the disclosures. Provides that the Illinois Office of Equity shall appoint an administrator to oversee the program. Provides that each contractor that has disclosed participation in slaveholding or the slave trade shall provide the State with a statement of financial redress at the time of submitting its bid. Contains provisions creating a Redress Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning State government.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
17	17	5 Enslavement Era Disclosure and Redress Act.
18	18	6 Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
19	19	7 "Administrator" means the individual appointed by the
20	20	8 Office to oversee, implement, and enforce the provisions of
21	21	9 this Act.
22	22	10 "Awarding authority" means a subordinate or component
23	23	11 entity or person of the State that has the authority to enter
24	24	12 into a contract or agreement for the provision of goods or
25	25	13 services on behalf of the State.
26	26	14 "Company" means any person, firm, corporation,
27	27	15 partnership, or other business entity.
28	28	16 "Contract" means any agreement, franchise, lease, or
29	29	17 concession, including an agreement for any occasional
30	30	18 professional or technical personal services, the performance
31	31	19 of any work or service, the provision of any materials or
32	32	20 supplies, or the rendering of any service to the State of
33	33	21 Illinois or the public that is let, awarded, or entered into
34	34	22 with or on behalf of the State or any awarding authority.
35	35	23 "Contractor" means any company that has submitted a bid or
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74	74	1 is in the process of submitting a bid, whether competitive or
75	75	2 not, to contract with the State or any awarding authority of
76	76	3 the State.
77	77	4 "Descendant" means any living individual who can trace the
78	78	5 individual's lineage or ancestry directly or indirectly to an
79	79	6 enslaved person or persons. "Descendant" includes, but is not
80	80	7 limited to, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and
81	81	8 subsequent generations, whether through biological or adoptive
82	82	9 relationships, as well as individuals with verifiable
83	83	10 genealogical evidence or documentation that establishes a
84	84	11 familial connection to an enslaved person. The term
85	85	12 "descendant" is intended to encompass a broad range of
86	86	13 familial connections, recognizing the historical and societal
87	87	14 impacts of the institution of slavery on the affected
88	88	15 individuals and their families.
89	89	16 "Eligible redress project" means any reparatory project or
90	90	17 program identified by the relevant stakeholders for
91	91	18 reparations in tandem with the Illinois Legislative Black
92	92	19 Caucus.
93	93	20 "Enslaved person" means any person who lived in the United
94	94	21 States or the territories that preceded the establishment of
95	95	22 the United States that became part of the United States:
96	96	23 (1) who was subject to the will of another;
97	97	24 (2) who was deemed by law to be the property of
98	98	25 another;
99	99	26 (3) whose person and services were wholly under the
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110	110	1 control of another in a state of enforced compulsory
111	111	2 service; and
112	112	3 (4) who could not legally leave enforced compulsory
113	113	4 service to another on such person's own volition at any
114	114	5 time during the person's lifetime and during the
115	115	6 Enslavement Era.
116	116	7 "Enslavement Era" means the historical period during which
117	117	8 the institution of slavery was legally recognized, practiced,
118	118	9 and enforced in the United States, spanning from the early
119	119	10 17th Century until the ratification of the 13th Amendment to
120	120	11 the United States Constitution in 1865.
121	121	12 "Investment" means to make use of an enslaved person for
122	122	13 future benefits or advantages.
123	123	14 "Office" means the Illinois Office of Equity.
124	124	15 "Participant" means a person or entity who participated in
125	125	16 slaveholding or participated in the slave trade.
126	126	17 "Participation in slaveholding" means having been a
127	127	18 slaveholder during the Enslavement Era.
128	128	19 "Participation in the slave trade" means having:
129	129	20 (1) issued slavery insurance policies, including, but
130	130	21 not limited to, policies issued to slaveholders for damage
131	131	22 to or death of enslaved persons and policies issued to
132	132	23 insure business transactions and operations related to the
133	133	24 traffic in enslaved persons;
134	134	25 (2) purchased, sold, or held enslaved persons for the
135	135	26 purposes of transferring them;
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146	146	1 (3) provided loans to others to facilitate the
147	147	2 purchase, sale, transport, or enslavement of enslaved
148	148	3 persons;
149	149	4 (4) used enslaved persons as collateral for insurance
150	150	5 policies, loans, or other transactions;
151	151	6 (5) facilitated the traffic in enslaved persons by
152	152	7 transporting such persons by boat or rail; or
153	153	8 (6) provided any other services to aid and abet the
154	154	9 traffic in enslaved persons.
155	155	10 "Predecessor entity" means an entity whose ownership,
156	156	11 title, and interest, including all rights, benefits, duties,
157	157	12 and liabilities were acquired in an uninterrupted chain of
158	158	13 succession by the entity.
159	159	14 "Profit" means any economic advantage or financial benefit
160	160	15 derived from the use of enslaved persons.
161	161	16 "Related party" means any parent entity, subsidiary, or
162	162	17 predecessor entity of the contractor or company.
163	163	18 "Slaveholder" means an individual holder of an enslaved
164	164	19 person or an owner of a company that held enslaved persons for
165	165	20 the purpose of labor, purchase, sale, or financing.
166	166	21 "Slavery era insurance" means slavery insurance policies,
167	167	22 including, but not limited to, policies issued to participants
168	168	23 for damage to or death of enslaved persons and policies issued
169	169	24 to insure business transactions and operations related to the
170	170	25 traffic in enslaved persons; evidence of the purchase and sale
171	171	26 of enslaved persons; provision of loans to purchase enslaved
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182	182	1 persons; or the use of enslaved persons as collateral for
183	183	2 insurance policies, loans, or other transactions.
184	184	3 "Slave trade" means: (1) all acts involved in the capture,
185	185	4 acquisition, or disposal of a person with the intent to reduce
186	186	5 that person to slavery; (2) all acts involved in the
187	187	6 acquisition of an enslaved person with a view to selling or
188	188	7 exchanging that enslaved person; and (3) all acts of disposal
189	189	8 by sale or exchange of an enslaved person, including acts
190	190	9 involved in the facilitation of these exchanges through the
191	191	10 provision of financial vehicles or insurance.
192	192	11 Section 10. Purpose.
193	193	12 (a) Numerous American businesses across various
194	194	13 industries, including insurance, banking, tobacco, cotton,
195	195	14 sugar, railroads, and shipping, reaped substantial profits by
196	196	15 exploiting the uncompensated labor of enslaved persons.
197	197	16 Consequently, these businesses and the individuals managing
198	198	17 them directly profited from the labor of enslaved persons and
199	199	18 directly benefited from insurance policies that insured
200	200	19 enslaved persons. This intertwining of economic interests
201	201	20 highlights the extent to which the exploitation of enslaved
202	202	21 persons permeated the foundation of various American
203	203	22 industries. However, very few American industries and the
204	204	23 underlying businesses and individuals have adequately
205	205	24 acknowledged their connection to the Enslavement Era.
206	206	25 (b) The citizens of Illinois, including descendants of
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217	217	1 enslaved persons, are entitled to complete transparency
218	218	2 regarding any involvement or profits acquired through slavery
219	219	3 by companies seeking to conduct business in the State. This
220	220	4 disclosure is essential to ensure that the community is
221	221	5 informed about the historical connections and practices of the
222	222	6 companies operating within its jurisdiction, fostering a
223	223	7 culture of accountability and responsible business practices.
224	224	8 (c) This Act is a call to the companies that participated
225	225	9 in slaveholding and the slave trade to acknowledge and address
226	226	10 the enduring impacts of the Enslavement Era on our society,
227	227	11 and to promote responsible corporate citizenship. It is
228	228	12 essential for companies to recognize their historical
229	229	13 connections to the Enslavement Era and take responsibility for
230	230	14 any past actions that have contributed to the perpetuation of
231	231	15 inequities. By actively engaging in redress efforts,
232	232	16 corporations demonstrate their commitment to fostering a more
233	233	17 just and equitable society. Remedying the harms resulting from
234	234	18 the crimes and atrocities of the Enslavement Era is not only a
235	235	19 moral imperative and an international standard but also a
236	236	20 crucial step toward ensuring a cohesive and inclusive
237	237	21 community. This Act serves to facilitate corporate
238	238	22 transparency and accountability and to encourage the
239	239	23 implementation of concrete measures aimed at alleviating the
240	240	24 long-lasting adverse effects of the slave trade on descendants
241	241	25 of enslaved persons.
242	242	26 (d) The purpose of this Act is to:
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253	253	1 (1) promote the investigation of any participation in
254	254	2 slaveholding, the slave trade, or both by companies or
255	255	3 contractors that do business with the State;
256	256	4 (2) establish a system that (i) makes publicly
257	257	5 available full and accurate disclosure of company or
258	258	6 contractor records related to the participation in
259	259	7 slaveholding, the slave trade, or both, (ii) provides the
260	260	8 opportunity for public notice and comment before the State
261	261	9 contracts with companies or contractors that participated
262	262	10 in slaveholding or the slave trade, and (iii) requires
263	263	11 disclosure, to the extent applicable, of any records
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265	265	13 (A) whether the company or contractor was a party
266	266	14 to any insurance policy related to slaveholding;
267	267	15 (B) evidence of the purchase, sale, or lease of
268	268	16 enslaved persons by the company or contractor;
269	269	17 (C) evidence of the use by the company or
270	270	18 contractor of enslaved persons as collateral for
271	271	19 insurance policies, loans, or other transactions;
272	272	20 (D) evidence of the provision, or receipt, of
273	273	21 loans by the company or contractor to purchase
274	274	22 enslaved persons;
275	275	23 (E) evidence of insuring transactions for enslaved
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277	277	25 (F) any other company or contractor records
278	278	26 evidencing participation in slaveholding or
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289	289	1 participation in the slave trade;
290	290	2 (3) encourage corporate transparency and
291	291	3 accountability through the establishment of a process
292	292	4 pursuant to which the Office shall develop and fund
293	293	5 eligible redress projects to assist in redress efforts;
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295	295	7 (4) establish a governance structure to monitor and
296	296	8 enforce the provisions of this Act.
297	297	9 Section 15. Findings.
298	298	10 (a) Insurance policies from the Enslavement Era, which
299	299	11 have been discovered in the archives of several insurance
300	300	12 companies, document insurance coverage to slaveholders for
301	301	13 damage to or death of enslaved persons. In some cases,
302	302	14 existing insurance firms or their predecessor firms issued
303	303	15 these policies.
304	304	16 (b) Records may exist that show that various companies,
305	305	17 either directly or through their parent entities, subsidiaries
306	306	18 or predecessors in interest or otherwise, bought or sold
307	307	19 enslaved persons, used enslaved persons as collateral for
308	308	20 insurance policies or other transactions, provided loans to
309	309	21 purchase enslaved persons, insured those transactions, and
310	310	22 provided related or other services to aid and abet those
311	311	23 transactions.
312	312	24 (c) These insurance policies, loan documents, and other
313	313	25 documents and records provide evidence of ill-gotten profits
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324	324	1 from slavery. Slaveholders and those involved in the slave
325	325	2 trade, in turn, profited from the uncompensated labor of
326	326	3 enslaved persons, even if those profits have long since been
327	327	4 redistributed to shareholders. Industries that profited in
328	328	5 this manner include, but are not limited to, capitalized
329	329	6 insurers, financial service providers, textile companies,
330	330	7 tobacco companies, railroad companies, shipping companies, the
331	331	8 rice industry, the sugar industry, and entities in other
332	332	9 industries whose successors in interest remain in existence
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334	334	11 (d) The General Assembly finds and declares that the fact
335	335	12 that slavery was legal in certain parts of the United States at
336	336	13 the time that it occurred does not make the practice any less
337	337	14 repugnant, abhorrent, or deplorable, nor does it in any way
338	338	15 diminish the gravity of these wrongs or the importance of
339	339	16 rectifying and remediating these tragedies.
340	340	17 (e) Many Illinois residents are descendants of enslaved
341	341	18 persons and their ancestors were defined as property,
342	342	19 dehumanized, separated from their families, coerced into
343	343	20 performing labor without appropriate compensation or benefits,
344	344	21 and were assaulted and abused. Enslaved persons were treated
345	345	22 as chattel in every sense of the word, including being used as
346	346	23 collateral for insurance policies, loans, and other
347	347	24 transactions, and, in some instances, their ancestors' owners
348	348	25 were compensated for damages by insurers.
349	349	26 (f) Appropriate compensation to enslaved persons for their
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360	360	1 labor otherwise would have been bequeathed to their
361	361	2 descendants. As a result, companies and individuals who
362	362	3 profited from the labor of enslaved persons were unjustly
363	363	4 enriched.
364	364	5 (g) Residents of Illinois are entitled to the full
365	365	6 disclosure of any and all information regarding the
366	366	7 above-described transactions, and respect and recognition of
367	367	8 the dignity of the enslaved persons and their descendants
368	368	9 requires it.
369	369	10 (h) The General Assembly formally acknowledges the loss of
370	370	11 assets that rightfully should be the property of descendants
371	371	12 in the United States and extends its apologies to descendants
372	372	13 who continue to suffer the legacy of slavery.
373	373	14 (i) The General Assembly finds that full disclosure of the
374	374	15 facts and acknowledgment of the depth and scope of the
375	375	16 participation in slaveholding and the slave trade and public
376	376	17 hearings with respect thereto furthers the public interest by
377	377	18 recognizing the dignity of enslaved persons and descendants
378	378	19 and promotes healing in the State for enslaved persons,
379	379	20 descendants, and those who participated in slaveholding or the
380	380	21 slave trade.
381	381	22 (j) The General Assembly finds that public disclosure and
382	382	23 public hearings based on those disclosures will promote
383	383	24 knowledge of the nature and scope of the slaveholding and
384	384	25 slave trading activities in Illinois and thereby will promote
385	385	26 healing.
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396	396	1 (k) The State of Illinois finds that the establishment of
397	397	2 a fund, to which companies and contractors subject to this Act
398	398	3 shall make monetary contributions, will promote healing and
399	399	4 assist the State of Illinois in rectifying and remedying some
400	400	5 of the shameful legacies of slaveholding and the slave trade,
401	401	6 thereby protecting and promoting the dignity and welfare of
402	402	7 Illinois residents and the Illinois community.
403	403	8 Section 17. Powers of the Administrator. The Administrator
404	404	9 has the authority to take all actions necessary to implement
405	405	10 and enforce this Act, subject to the direction and oversight
406	406	11 of the Office.
407	407	12 Section 20. Compliance.
408	408	13 (a) Each contractor that participates in a competitive
409	409	14 bidding process with the State of Illinois shall complete an
410	410	15 affidavit certifying that, to the knowledge of the contractor,
411	411	16 the contractor has reviewed the records that are in its
412	412	17 possession or control or which, following due inquiry, are
413	413	18 publicly available, including records of any related party,
414	414	19 for evidence of the contractor's or related party's
415	415	20 participation in slaveholding or the slave trade. If the
416	416	21 contractor or any related party to the contractor has
417	417	22 participated in slaveholding or the slave trade, the affidavit
418	418	23 shall, to the extent known to contractor, further disclose the
419	419	24 names and ages of each enslaved person and slaveholder
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430	430	1 described in the records or information, as well as the
431	431	2 evidence of transactions whereby the contractor, its parent
432	432	3 entities, subsidiaries, or predecessors entities benefited or
433	433	4 profited from participation in slaveholding or participation
434	434	5 in the slave trade.
435	435	6 Beginning 30 days after the effective date of this Act,
436	436	7 all contractors that participate in a competitive bidding
437	437	8 process with the State of Illinois shall submit a completed
438	438	9 affidavit to the Office by no later than 30 days before the
439	439	10 submission of the bid to contract with the State. If
440	440	11 additional time is needed for investigation or review, the
441	441	12 contractor shall submit a request for extension to the Office
442	442	13 no later than 30 days before the submission of the bid. The
443	443	14 request for extension shall provide an overview of the scope
444	444	15 and nature of the investigation or review and an explanation
445	445	16 of why additional time is needed to complete the disclosure.
446	446	17 The contractor shall provide updates regarding completion of
447	447	18 the affidavit to the Office every 30 days as necessary.
448	448	19 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the contractor shall submit a
449	449	20 completed affidavit no later than 90 days after the
450	450	21 contractor's submission of a bid.
451	451	22 (b) All records disclosed in each contractor's affidavit
452	452	23 shall be reviewed by the Administrator to determine whether
453	453	24 the contractor or any related party to the contractor
454	454	25 participated in slaveholding or the slave trade.
455	455	26 (c) The Administrator, after consultation with the Office,
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466	466	1 shall publish, within 90 days after submission of the
467	467	2 affidavit, a public report based on the disclosures in the
468	468	3 affidavit of each contractor that is found to have
469	469	4 participated in slaveholding or the slave trade. The report
470	470	5 shall summarize the nature of the contractor's or related
471	471	6 party's participation in slaveholding and the slave trade,
472	472	7 including all relevant information and records disclosed in
473	473	8 each contractor's affidavit.
474	474	9 (d) The Administrator, after consultation with the Office,
475	475	10 shall hold a public hearing to discuss the report within 45
476	476	11 days of its delivery to the Governor and General Assembly. The
477	477	12 Administrator shall make the report publicly available no
478	478	13 later than 10 business days before the scheduled date of the
479	479	14 public hearing. A representative for the contractor shall
480	480	15 attend the public hearing and answer any and all questions
481	481	16 from Illinois officials and members of the public. The public
482	482	17 hearing shall be held in an accessible public facility,
483	483	18 accommodate virtual participation, and be recorded and
484	484	19 published publicly.
485	485	20 (e) The Administrator shall provide notice of the public
486	486	21 hearing to the public no later than 7 business days before the
487	487	22 scheduled date of the public hearing and provide notice of the
488	488	23 public hearing to a representative of the contractor that is
489	489	24 the subject of the report no later than 10 business days before
490	490	25 the scheduled date of the public hearing.
491	491	26 (f) Following the public hearing, the Administrator shall
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502	502	1 provide annual reports regarding further findings or
503	503	2 disclosures on the part of any company or contractor found to
504	504	3 have participated in slaveholding and the slave trade, if any.
505	505	4 (g) Hard copies of the initial and each annual report
506	506	5 shall be maintained at all University of Illinois Campus
507	507	6 libraries and shall be made available for public inspection
508	508	7 upon request.
509	509	8 (h) A link to a webpage titled "Enslavement Disclosure and
510	510	9 Redress" shall be placed on the State of Illinois Internet
511	511	10 homepage. This Act, and all information pertaining to this
512	512	11 Act, including names of all contractors who participated in
513	513	12 slaveholding and the slave trade, affidavits, reports, public
514	514	13 hearings, contracts, and redress actions, shall be publicly
515	515	14 accessible through that link.
516	516	15 Section 25. Redress Fund; eligible redress projects.
517	517	16 (a) The Redress Fund is hereby established as a special
518	518	17 fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used by
519	519	18 the Administrator for the purposes described in this Section.
520	520	19 Moneys in the Fund shall be used for purposes, including, but
521	521	20 not limited to, providing educational support and support for
522	522	21 economic development in the economically depressed areas of
523	523	22 Illinois subjected to Jim Crow (apartheid) federal and State
524	524	23 actions, such as redlining, or where a significant proportion
525	525	24 of private property was seized or otherwise directly impacted
526	526	25 in relation to projects conducted under the auspices of United
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537	537	1 States Department of Housing and Urban Development grants for
538	538	2 urban renewal programs.
539	539	3 (b) The Administrator, after consultation with the Office,
540	540	4 shall prepare guidelines for the use of moneys in the Fund and
541	541	5 present those guidelines to the Illinois Legislative Black
542	542	6 Caucus for approval no later than April 30, 2026. Thereafter,
543	543	7 the Administrator shall make funding decisions in accordance
544	544	8 with the guidelines and provide an annual report to the Office
545	545	9 identifying the recipients of funds and the amount of funds
546	546	10 contributed to each recipient.
547	547	11 (c) Each contractor who has disclosed participation in
548	548	12 slaveholding or the slave trade shall provide the State of
549	549	13 Illinois with a statement of financial redress at the time of
550	550	14 submitting its bid. The statement of redress shall include a
551	551	15 description of any amounts committed to the Redress Fund to
552	552	16 date or programs developed or funded, or to be developed or
553	553	17 funded, by the contractor.
554	554	18 (d) The contractor shall provide its financial
555	555	19 contributions to the Redress Fund within 30 days after the
556	556	20 effective date of its contract.
557	557	21 (e) The Administrator, after consultation with the Office
558	558	22 and the State Treasurer, shall monitor all contractors that
559	559	23 are subject to this Act in submitting their statements of
560	560	24 redress. The Administrator, after consultation with the Office
561	561	25 and the State Treasurer, shall prepare a report on
562	562	26 contributions to and expenditures from the Redress Fund and
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573	573	1 each project funded by this Act, including the name of each
574	574	2 project, the cost of each project, the goal of each project,
575	575	3 and the authorized redress entities carrying out each project.
576	576	4 The report shall be submitted to the Governor, the General
577	577	5 Assembly, and the public as required under this Act.
578	578	6 Section 30. Administration. The Administrator, after
579	579	7 consultation with the Office, shall:
580	580	8 (1) adopt rules to implement this Act within 60 days
581	581	9 after the effective date of this Act;
582	582	10 (2) develop a form disclosure statement and affidavit
583	583	11 within 60 days after the effective date of this Act;
584	584	12 (3) adopt rules that specify the form and content of
585	585	13 the report required in instances where a company or
586	586	14 contractor has participated in slaveholding or the slave
587	587	15 trade;
588	588	16 (4) administer the requirements of this Act and
589	589	17 monitor compliance through the Administrator, including
590	590	18 investigation of alleged violations;
591	591	19 (5) publish and make open for public review annual
592	592	20 reports detailing the compliance and noncompliance of
593	593	21 relevant companies or contractors; and
594	594	22 (6) hold at least one public hearing each year to
595	595	23 discuss implementation efforts, annual reports, materials
596	596	24 generated by compliance with this Act, and other relevant
597	597	25 matters.
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608	608	1 Section 35. Enforcement.
609	609	2 (a) Failure to comply with the requirements of this Act
610	610	3 shall result in the following sanctions:
611	611	4 (1) Any contractor who fails to submit the required
612	612	5 affidavit within the specified timeframe shall be debarred
613	613	6 from participation in the then current bid with the State
614	614	7 of Illinois.
615	615	8 (2) Any contractor who willfully or negligently
616	616	9 submits a false affidavit or other statement, or neglects
617	617	10 to submit the required disclosure, shall be debarred from
618	618	11 participation in the then current bid with the State of
619	619	12 Illinois.
620	620	13 (3) The State of Illinois reserves the right to debar
621	621	14 the contractor from participation in the then current bid
622	622	15 by providing notice of termination to any contractor after
623	623	16 discovering the deficiency in the contractor's disclosure.
624	624	17 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a contractor may cure any
625	625	18 false or materially false statement, or misstatement by
626	626	19 submitting an amended disclosure within 30 days of receipt
627	627	20 of the notice of debarment of the contractor. Failure to
628	628	21 cure any false or materially false statements within the
629	629	22 specified timeframe shall result in the contractor's
630	630	23 debarment from participating in the current bid with the
631	631	24 State of Illinois and termination of the contractor's
632	632	25 contract with the State of Illinois no later than 60 days
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643	643	1 after such failure to cure.
644	644	2 (4) Any contractor who fails to contribute to the
645	645	3 Redress Fund within the specified timeframe shall be
646	646	4 subject to automatic termination of its contract with the
647	647	5 State of Illinois, provided that the contractor receives
648	648	6 notice from the State of Illinois of termination after
649	649	7 discovering the contractor's failure to contribute to the
650	650	8 Redress Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a contractor
651	651	9 may cure such failure to contribute by making the
652	652	10 committed contribution to the Redress Fund within 30 days
653	653	11 of receipt of the notice of termination of the contract.
654	654	12 (5) The following parties may bring an action under
655	655	13 this Act against a company or contractor subject to this
656	656	14 Act to enforce its provisions:
657	657	15 (A) the Office; and
658	658	16 (B) any Illinois resident.
659	659	17 (b) Relief under this Act shall include, but shall not be
660	660	18 limited to, an injunction to mandate the necessary disclosure
661	661	19 required under this Act or to correct any misstatement, as
662	662	20 well as reasonable attorney's fees and costs. All or a portion
663	663	21 of any damages awarded shall be payable to the Redress Fund.
664	664	22 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
665	665	23 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
666	666	24 Section 900. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
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677	677	1 amended by adding Section 5-45.62 as follows:
678	678	2 (5 ILCS 100/5-45.62 new)
679	679	3 Sec. 5-45.62. Emergency rulemaking; Enslavement Era
680	680	4 Disclosure and Redress Act. To provide for the expeditious and
681	681	5 timely implementation of the Enslavement Era Disclosure and
682	682	6 Redress Act, emergency rules implementing the Enslavement Era
683	683	7 Disclosure and Redress Act may be adopted in accordance with
684	684	8 Section 5-45 by the Illinois Office of Equity. The adoption of
685	685	9 emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section is
686	686	10 deemed to be necessary for the public interest, safety, and
687	687	11 welfare.
688	688	12 This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
689	689	13 of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
690	690	14 Section 905. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
691	691	15 Section 5.1030 as follows:
692	692	16 (30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)
693	693	17 Sec. 5.1030. The Redress Fund.
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