Date	Chamber	Action
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that State agencies, when hiring for full-time, temporary positions with an expected tenure of 12 to 24 months for the position, shall give preference to a qualified applicant who is from a low-income household or has been unemployed for 6 months or more. Provides that State agencies, when hiring for internships, student assistant positions, and summer positions, shall give preference to a qualified applicant who resides in a low-income household, is up to 21 years old, and is currently attending high school.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Expands the preferences in the introduced bill to include a preference for qualified applications who are second chance felons when hiring for full-time, temporary positions with an expected tenure of 12 to 24 months for the position. Defines "second chance felon" as a person who is currently serving second chance probation or has fulfilled the terms and conditions of second chance probation.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/10/2017	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2/10/2017	House	First Reading
2/10/2017	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/1/2017	House	Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee
3/22/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
3/22/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/23/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Personnel & Pensions Committee
3/30/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Personnel & Pensions Committee; by Voice Vote
3/30/2017	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 008-006-000
3/30/2017	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/6/2017	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
4/26/2017	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/26/2017	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/28/2017	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die

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