104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2328 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish an information portal on its website for challenges to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. Requires the portal to include: (1) all active and pending litigation against the DBE program; (2) information on the Department's procedures and policies to comply with any court orders; (3) the names of any prime contractors or subcontractors who have brought claims against the Department or exercised any rights pursuant to a court order to eliminate any DBE goals for any projects; (4) all projects that have had DBE goals removed pursuant to litigation; and (5) all federal administrative actions related to the DBE program and the Department's policies and procedures it has implemented to comply with any federal actions. Effective immediately. LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2328 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish an information portal on its website for challenges to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. Requires the portal to include: (1) all active and pending litigation against the DBE program; (2) information on the Department's procedures and policies to comply with any court orders; (3) the names of any prime contractors or subcontractors who have brought claims against the Department or exercised any rights pursuant to a court order to eliminate any DBE goals for any projects; (4) all projects that have had DBE goals removed pursuant to litigation; and (5) all federal administrative actions related to the DBE program and the Department's policies and procedures it has implemented to comply with any federal actions. Effective immediately. LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2328 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish an information portal on its website for challenges to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. Requires the portal to include: (1) all active and pending litigation against the DBE program; (2) information on the Department's procedures and policies to comply with any court orders; (3) the names of any prime contractors or subcontractors who have brought claims against the Department or exercised any rights pursuant to a court order to eliminate any DBE goals for any projects; (4) all projects that have had DBE goals removed pursuant to litigation; and (5) all federal administrative actions related to the DBE program and the Department's policies and procedures it has implemented to comply with any federal actions. Effective immediately. LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b A BILL FOR SB2328LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b SB2328 LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b SB2328 LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b 1 AN ACT concerning State government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the 5 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding 6 Section 2705-594 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new) 8 Sec. 2705-594. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 9 information portal. The Department shall establish an 10 information portal on its website for challenges to the 11 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. This portal 12 shall include: 13 (1) all active and pending litigation against the DBE 14 program, including links to all relevant briefs and 15 orders; 16 (2) information on the Department's procedures and 17 policies to comply with any court orders; 18 (3) the names of any prime contractors or 19 subcontractors who have brought claims against the 20 Department or exercised any rights pursuant to a court 21 order to eliminate any DBE goals for any projects; 22 (4) all projects that have had DBE goals removed 23 pursuant to litigation; and 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2328 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish an information portal on its website for challenges to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. Requires the portal to include: (1) all active and pending litigation against the DBE program; (2) information on the Department's procedures and policies to comply with any court orders; (3) the names of any prime contractors or subcontractors who have brought claims against the Department or exercised any rights pursuant to a court order to eliminate any DBE goals for any projects; (4) all projects that have had DBE goals removed pursuant to litigation; and (5) all federal administrative actions related to the DBE program and the Department's policies and procedures it has implemented to comply with any federal actions. Effective immediately. LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b A BILL FOR 20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b SB2328 LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b SB2328- 2 -LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b SB2328 - 2 - LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b SB2328 - 2 - LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b 1 (5) all federal administrative actions related to the 2 DBE program and the Department's policies and procedures 3 it has implemented to comply with any federal actions. SB2328 - 2 - LRB104 10773 LNS 20853 b