HB3901 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3901

Introduced 10/17/2019, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/12-4 new

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that a State agency shall not require any of its employees, officers, board members, or agents to travel, or approve a request for State-funded or State-sponsored travel, to a state that has enacted: (1) a law that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, abortion rights within 8 weeks after pregnancy begins; (2) a law that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, abortion rights for a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest; (3) a law that restricts otherwise lawful abortion rights as soon as an unborn fetus or child has been determined to have a detectable human heartbeat; or (4) a law that requires, or has the effect of requiring, a criminal investigation in the event of a miscarriage. Provides exceptions to the travel prohibition. Provides that the travel prohibition shall continue while any specified law remains in effect. Requires the Attorney General to develop, maintain, and post on his or her Internet website a current list of states that have enacted specified laws prohibiting or restricting abortion rights. Requires State agencies to consult the list on the Internet website of the Attorney General in order to comply with the travel and funding restrictions. Requires the Travel Regulation Council to adopt a policy and rules to implement the travel prohibition requirements which shall be applicable to all personnel subject to the jurisdiction of the travel control boards established under the Act. Defines "State agency".

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 12-4 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/12-4 new)

Sec. 12-4. State agency travel prohibition.

(a) A State agency shall not require any of its employees, officers, board members, or agents to travel to a state that has enacted: (1) a law that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, abortion rights within 8 weeks after pregnancy begins; (2) a law that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, abortion rights for a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest; (3) a law that restricts otherwise lawful abortion rights as soon as an unborn fetus or child has been determined to have a detectable human heartbeat; or (4) a law that requires, or has the effect of requiring, a criminal investigation in the event of a miscarriage.

(b) A State agency shall not approve a request for State-funded or State-sponsored travel to a state that has enacted: (1) a law that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, abortion rights within 8 weeks after pregnancy begins; (2) a law that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, abortion rights for a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest; (3) a law that restricts otherwise lawful abortion rights as soon as an unborn fetus or child has been determined to have a detectable human heartbeat; or (4) a law that requires, or has the effect of requiring, a criminal investigation in the event of a miscarriage.

(c) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to travel that is required for any of the following purposes:

(1) enforcement of Illinois law, including auditing and revenue collection;

(2) litigation;

(3) to meet contractual obligations;

(4) to comply with requests by the federal government to appear before committees;

(5) to participate in meetings or training required by a grant or required to maintain grant funding;

(6) to complete job-required training necessary to maintain licensure or similar standards required for holding a position when comparable training cannot be obtained in Illinois or a different state not affected by subsections (a) and (b); or

(7) for the protection of public health, welfare, or safety, as determined by the affected State agency.

(d) The travel prohibitions described in this Section shall continue while any law specified under subsections (a) and (b) remains in effect.

(e) The Attorney General shall develop, maintain, and post on his or her Internet website a current list of states that have enacted laws prohibiting or restricting abortion rights as described under subsections (a) and (b). It shall be the responsibility of a State agency to consult the list on the Internet website of the Attorney General in order to comply with the travel and funding restrictions imposed by this Section.

(f) The Travel Regulation Council established under Section 12-2 shall adopt a policy and rules to implement the requirements of this Section which shall be applicable to all personnel subject to the jurisdiction of the travel control boards established under Section 12-1.

(g) For the purposes of this Section, "State agency" means all officers, boards, commissions, and agencies created by the Constitution, whether in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch; all officers, departments, boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, public institutions of higher education as defined in Section 2 of the Higher Education Cooperation Act, and bodies politic and corporate of the State; and administrative units or corporate outgrowths of the State government which are created by or pursuant to statute, other than units of local government and their officers, school districts, and boards of election commissioners; and all administrative units and corporate outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive order of the Governor.