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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1422 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 95/5820 ILCS 95/10820 ILCS 95/15820 ILCS 95/20 new Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Provides that a unit of local government regulating an employer or a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer may, in the course of its regulatory or enforcement duties, monitor and enforce compliance with the Act. Provides that, upon the discovery of a violation of the Act, the unit of local government or law enforcement agency shall provide the employer with a reasonable notice of noncompliance that informs the employer that if the employer does not cure the violation within 30 days after notice the employer is subject to a civil penalty. Provides that, if the unit of local government regulating an employer or a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer verifies that the violation was not corrected within the cure period, the Attorney General or State's Attorney may bring a civil action against that employer. Provides that an employer that violates the Act is guilty of a business offense and may be fined not more than $1,500 for each offense. Makes conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 07414 SPS 17455 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1422 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 95/5820 ILCS 95/10820 ILCS 95/15820 ILCS 95/20 new 820 ILCS 95/5 820 ILCS 95/10 820 ILCS 95/15 820 ILCS 95/20 new Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Provides that a unit of local government regulating an employer or a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer may, in the course of its regulatory or enforcement duties, monitor and enforce compliance with the Act. Provides that, upon the discovery of a violation of the Act, the unit of local government or law enforcement agency shall provide the employer with a reasonable notice of noncompliance that informs the employer that if the employer does not cure the violation within 30 days after notice the employer is subject to a civil penalty. Provides that, if the unit of local government regulating an employer or a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer verifies that the violation was not corrected within the cure period, the Attorney General or State's Attorney may bring a civil action against that employer. Provides that an employer that violates the Act is guilty of a business offense and may be fined not more than $1,500 for each offense. Makes conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 07414 SPS 17455 b LRB104 07414 SPS 17455 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1422 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	3	+	820 ILCS 95/5820 ILCS 95/10820 ILCS 95/15820 ILCS 95/20 new 820 ILCS 95/5 820 ILCS 95/10 820 ILCS 95/15 820 ILCS 95/20 new
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	8	+	Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Provides that a unit of local government regulating an employer or a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer may, in the course of its regulatory or enforcement duties, monitor and enforce compliance with the Act. Provides that, upon the discovery of a violation of the Act, the unit of local government or law enforcement agency shall provide the employer with a reasonable notice of noncompliance that informs the employer that if the employer does not cure the violation within 30 days after notice the employer is subject to a civil penalty. Provides that, if the unit of local government regulating an employer or a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer verifies that the violation was not corrected within the cure period, the Attorney General or State's Attorney may bring a civil action against that employer. Provides that an employer that violates the Act is guilty of a business offense and may be fined not more than $1,500 for each offense. Makes conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.
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3	14		1 AN ACT concerning employment.
4	15		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	16		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	17		4 Section 5. The Lodging Services Human Trafficking
7		-	5 Recognition Training Act is amended by changing Sections 1, 5,
	18	+	5 Recognition Training Act is amended by changing Sections 5,
8	19		6 10, and, 15 and by adding Section 20 as follows:
9		-	7 (820 ILCS 95/1)
10		-	8 Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lodging
11		-	9 Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act.
12		-	10 (Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19.)
13		-	11 (820 ILCS 95/5)
14		-	12 Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
15		-	13 "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
16		-	14 "Employee" means a person employed by a lodging
17		-	15 establishment, restaurant, or truck stop who has recurring
18		-	16 interactions with the public, including, but not limited to,
19		-	17 an employee who works in a reception area, performs
20		-	18 housekeeping duties, helps customers in moving their
21		-	19 possessions, or transports by vehicle customers of the lodging
22		-	20 establishment, restaurant, or truck stop.
23		-	21 "Employer" means a person or entity that operates a
24		-	22 lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop.
	20	+	7 (820 ILCS 95/5)
	21	+	8 Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
	22	+	9 "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
	23	+	10 "Employee" means a person employed by a lodging
	24	+	11 establishment, restaurant, or truck stop who has recurring
	25	+	12 interactions with the public, including, but not limited to,
	26	+	13 an employee who works in a reception area, performs
	27	+	14 housekeeping duties, helps customers in moving their
	28	+	15 possessions, or transports by vehicle customers of the lodging
	29	+	16 establishment, restaurant, or truck stop.
	30	+	17 "Employer" means a person or entity that operates a
	31	+	18 lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop.
	32	+	19 "Human trafficking" means the deprivation or violation of
	33	+	20 the personal liberty of another with the intent to obtain
	34	+	21 forced labor or services, procure or sell the individual for
	35	+	22 commercial sex, or exploit the individual in obscene matter.
	36	+	23 Depriving or violating a person's liberty includes substantial
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33		-	1 "Human trafficking" means the deprivation or violation of
34		-	2 the personal liberty of another with the intent to obtain
35		-	3 forced labor or services, procure or sell the individual for
36		-	4 commercial sex, or exploit the individual in obscene matter.
37		-	5 Depriving or violating a person's liberty includes substantial
38		-	6 and sustained restriction of another's liberty accomplished
39		-	7 through fraud, deceit, coercion, violence, duress, menace, or
40		-	8 threat of unlawful injury to the victim or to another person,
41		-	9 under circumstances where the person receiving or apprehending
42		-	10 the threat reasonably believes that it is likely that the
43		-	11 person making the threat would carry it out.
44		-	12 "Lodging establishment" means an establishment classified
45		-	13 as a hotel or motel in the 2017 North American Industry
46		-	14 Classification System under code 721110, and an establishment
47		-	15 classified as a casino hotel in the 2017 North American
48		-	16 Industry Classification System under code 721120.
49		-	17 "Restaurant" means any business that is primarily engaged
50		-	18 in the sale of ready-to-eat food for immediate consumption
51		-	19 comprising at least 51% of the total sales, excluding the sale
52		-	20 of liquor.
53		-	21 "Truck stop" means an establishment intended to provide
54		-	22 services to the trucking industry, including, but not limited
55		-	23 to, selling fuel and food, providing showers, offering repair
56		-	24 services, and offering ample room where drivers of long-haul
57		-	25 trucks can park and rest.
58		-	26 (Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19;
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	41	+	820 ILCS 95/5820 ILCS 95/10820 ILCS 95/15820 ILCS 95/20 new 820 ILCS 95/5 820 ILCS 95/10 820 ILCS 95/15 820 ILCS 95/20 new
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	43	+	820 ILCS 95/10
	44	+	820 ILCS 95/15
	45	+	820 ILCS 95/20 new
	46	+	Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Provides that a unit of local government regulating an employer or a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer may, in the course of its regulatory or enforcement duties, monitor and enforce compliance with the Act. Provides that, upon the discovery of a violation of the Act, the unit of local government or law enforcement agency shall provide the employer with a reasonable notice of noncompliance that informs the employer that if the employer does not cure the violation within 30 days after notice the employer is subject to a civil penalty. Provides that, if the unit of local government regulating an employer or a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer verifies that the violation was not corrected within the cure period, the Attorney General or State's Attorney may bring a civil action against that employer. Provides that an employer that violates the Act is guilty of a business offense and may be fined not more than $1,500 for each offense. Makes conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.
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69		-	1 102-324, eff. 1-1-22.)
70		-	2 (820 ILCS 95/10)
71		-	3 Sec. 10. Human trafficking recognition training. An
72		-	4 employer Beginning June 1, 2020, a lodging establishment,
73		-	5 restaurant, or truck stop shall provide its employees with
74		-	6 training in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols
75		-	7 for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate
76		-	8 authority. The employees shall must complete the training
77		-	9 within 6 months after beginning employment in such role with
78		-	10 the employer lodging establishment and every 2 years
79		-	11 thereafter, if still employed by the employer lodging
80		-	12 establishment. The training shall be at least 20 minutes in
81		-	13 duration.
82		-	14 (Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19;
83		-	15 102-324, eff. 1-1-22.)
84		-	16 (820 ILCS 95/15)
85		-	17 Sec. 15. Human trafficking recognition training
86		-	18 curriculum.
87		-	19 (a) An employer A lodging establishment may use its own
88		-	20 human trafficking training program or that of a third party
89		-	21 and be in full compliance with this Act if the human
90		-	22 trafficking training program includes, at a minimum, all of
91		-	23 the following:
92		-	24 (1) a definition of human trafficking and commercial
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103		-	1 exploitation of children;
104		-	2 (2) guidance on how to identify individuals who are
105		-	3 most at risk for human trafficking;
106		-	4 (3) the difference between human trafficking for
107		-	5 purposes of labor and for purposes of sex as the
108		-	6 trafficking relates to the employer's business lodging
109		-	7 establishments; and
110		-	8 (4) guidance on the role of lodging establishment
111		-	9 employees in reporting and responding to instances of
112		-	10 human trafficking.
113		-	11 (b) The Department shall develop a curriculum for an
114		-	12 approved human trafficking training recognition program which
115		-	13 shall be used by an employer a lodging establishment that does
116		-	14 not administer its own human trafficking recognition program
117		-	15 as described in subsection (a). The human trafficking training
118		-	16 recognition program developed by the Department shall include,
119		-	17 at a minimum, all of the following:
120		-	18 (1) a definition of human trafficking and commercial
121		-	19 exploitation of children;
122		-	20 (2) guidance on how to identify individuals who are
123		-	21 most at risk for human trafficking;
124		-	22 (3) the difference between human trafficking for
125		-	23 purposes of labor and for purposes of sex as the
126		-	24 trafficking relates to lodging establishments; and
127		-	25 (4) guidance on the role of lodging establishment
128		-	26 employees in reporting and responding to instances of
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	77	+	1 and sustained restriction of another's liberty accomplished
	78	+	2 through fraud, deceit, coercion, violence, duress, menace, or
	79	+	3 threat of unlawful injury to the victim or to another person,
	80	+	4 under circumstances where the person receiving or apprehending
	81	+	5 the threat reasonably believes that it is likely that the
	82	+	6 person making the threat would carry it out.
	83	+	7 "Lodging establishment" means an establishment classified
	84	+	8 as a hotel or motel in the 2017 North American Industry
	85	+	9 Classification System under code 721110, and an establishment
	86	+	10 classified as a casino hotel in the 2017 North American
	87	+	11 Industry Classification System under code 721120.
	88	+	12 "Restaurant" means any business that is primarily engaged
	89	+	13 in the sale of ready-to-eat food for immediate consumption
	90	+	14 comprising at least 51% of the total sales, excluding the sale
	91	+	15 of liquor.
	92	+	16 "Truck stop" means an establishment intended to provide
	93	+	17 services to the trucking industry, including, but not limited
	94	+	18 to, selling fuel and food, providing showers, offering repair
	95	+	19 services, and offering ample room where drivers of long-haul
	96	+	20 trucks can park and rest.
	97	+	21 (Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19;
	98	+	22 102-324, eff. 1-1-22.)
	99	+	23 (820 ILCS 95/10)
	100	+	24 Sec. 10. Human trafficking recognition training. Beginning
	101	+	25 June 1, 2020, an employer a lodging establishment, restaurant,
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139		-	1 ~~human trafficking.~~
140		-	2 ~~The Department may consult the United States Department~~ of
141		-	3 ~~Justice for the~~ human trafficking ~~recognition training program~~
142		-	4 ~~developed under this subsection.~~ The ~~Department may use a~~
143		-	5 ~~curriculum developed under other laws of~~ the ~~General Assembly~~
144		-	6 if ~~the curriculum satisfies the requirements of this Section.~~
145		-	7 The ~~Department~~ shall ~~develop and publish the human~~
146		-	8 ~~trafficking recognition training program described~~ in ~~this~~
147		-	9 ~~subsection no later than October 1~~, ~~2026 July 1~~, ~~2020~~.
148		-	10 ~~(Source: P.A. 101-18~~, eff. ~~6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19~~.)
149		-	11 (820 ILCS 95/~~20 new~~)
150		-	12 Sec. 20. ~~Penalties.~~
151		-	13 ~~(a) Beginning October 1, 2026, the Department, a unit of~~
152		-	14 ~~local government regulating~~ an employer~~, or~~ a ~~law enforcement~~
153		-	15 ~~agency with jurisdiction over an employer may,~~ ~~in the course~~
154		-	16 ~~of its regulatory or enforcement duties, monitor~~ and ~~enforce~~
155		-	17 ~~compliance with this Act.~~ ~~Upon the discovery of~~ a ~~violation~~ of
156		-	18 ~~this Act,~~ the ~~Department, unit of local government, or law~~
157		-	19 ~~enforcement agency shall provide the employer with~~ a
158		-	20 ~~reasonable notice~~ of ~~noncompliance that informs the employer~~
159		-	21 ~~that if the employer does not cure the violation within 30 days~~
160		-	22 ~~after notice the employer is subject to the penalty described~~
161		-	23 ~~in subsection~~ (b). The ~~notice shall include information~~
162		-	24 ~~concerning where an employer can obtain~~ the ~~training~~
163		-	25 ~~curriculum developed by the Department under subsection (b) of~~
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	112	+	1 or truck stop shall provide its employees with training in the
	113	+	2 recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting
	114	+	3 observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. The
	115	+	4 employees must complete the training within 6 months after
	116	+	5 beginning employment in such role with the employer lodging
	117	+	6 establishment and every 2 years thereafter, if still employed
	118	+	7 by the employer lodging establishment. The training shall be
	119	+	8 at least 20 minutes in duration.
	120	+	9 (Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19;
	121	+	10 102-324, eff. 1-1-22.)
	122	+	11 (820 ILCS 95/15)
	123	+	12 Sec. 15. Human trafficking recognition training
	124	+	13 curriculum.
	125	+	14 (a) An employer A lodging establishment may use its own
	126	+	15 human trafficking training program or that of a third party
	127	+	16 and be in full compliance with this Act if the human
	128	+	17 trafficking training program includes, at a minimum, all of
	129	+	18 the following:
	130	+	19 (1) a definition of human trafficking and commercial
	131	+	20 exploitation of children;
	132	+	21 (2) guidance on how to identify individuals who are
	133	+	22 most at risk for human trafficking;
	134	+	23 (3) the difference between human trafficking for
	135	+	24 purposes of labor and for purposes of sex as the
	136	+	25 trafficking relates to lodging establishments,
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175		-	2 (b) If the Department, a unit of local government
176		-	3 regulating an employer, or a law enforcement agency with
177		-	4 jurisdiction over an employer verifies that the violation was
178		-	5 not corrected within the cure period described in subsection
179		-	6 (a), the Attorney General or State's Attorney may bring a
180		-	7 civil action against that employer. An employer that violates
181		-	8 this Act is guilty of a business offense and may be fined not
182		-	9 more than $1,500 for each offense.
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	147	+	1 restaurants, or truck stops; and
	148	+	2 (4) guidance on the role of lodging establishment,
	149	+	3 restaurant, or truck stop employees in reporting and
	150	+	4 responding to instances of human trafficking.
	151	+	5 (b) The Department shall develop a curriculum for an
	152	+	6 approved human trafficking training recognition program which
	153	+	7 shall be used by a lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck
	154	+	8 stop that does not administer its own human trafficking
	155	+	9 recognition program as described in subsection (a). The human
	156	+	10 trafficking training recognition program developed by the
	157	+	11 Department shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
	158	+	12 (1) a definition of human trafficking and commercial
	159	+	13 exploitation of children;
	160	+	14 (2) guidance on how to identify individuals who are
	161	+	15 most at risk for human trafficking;
	162	+	16 (3) the difference between human trafficking for
	163	+	17 purposes of labor and for purposes of sex as the
	164	+	18 trafficking relates to lodging establishments,
	165	+	19 restaurants, and truck stops; and
	166	+	20 (4) guidance on the role of lodging establishment,
	167	+	21 restaurant, and truck stop employees in reporting and
	168	+	22 responding to instances of human trafficking.
	169	+	23 The Department may consult the United States Department of
	170	+	24 Justice for the human trafficking recognition training program
	171	+	25 developed under this subsection.
	172	+	26 The Department shall develop and publish the human
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	183	+	1 trafficking recognition training program described in this
	184	+	2 subsection no later than July 1, 2020.
	185	+	3 (Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19.)
	186	+	4 (820 ILCS 95/20 new)
	187	+	5 Sec. 20. Penalties.
	188	+	6 (a) A unit of local government regulating an employer or a
	189	+	7 law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer may,
	190	+	8 in the course of its regulatory or enforcement duties, monitor
	191	+	9 and enforce compliance with this Act. Upon the discovery of a
	192	+	10 violation of this Act, the unit of local government or law
	193	+	11 enforcement agency shall provide the employer with a
	194	+	12 reasonable notice of noncompliance that informs the employer
	195	+	13 that if the employer does not cure the violation within 30 days
	196	+	14 after notice the employer is subject to a civil penalty
	197	+	15 described in subsection (b).
	198	+	16 (b) If the unit of local government regulating an employer
	199	+	17 or a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over an employer
	200	+	18 verifies that the violation was not corrected within the cure
	201	+	19 period described in subsection (a), the Attorney General or
	202	+	20 State's Attorney may bring a civil action against that
	203	+	21 employer. An employer that violates this Act is guilty of a
	204	+	22 business offense and may be fined not more than $1,500 for each
	205	+	23 offense.
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