101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4878

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new
775 ILCS 50/5

    Amends the School Code to require a school district to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the issue of human trafficking. Sets forth what the instruction must include. Amends the Human Trafficking Resource Center Notice Act. Requires the administrator of a school to post notice in a location in view of students in any of grades 6 through 12. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
527-23.15 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new)
7    Sec. 27-23.15. Human trafficking. Every school district
8shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction in grades
96 through 12 on the issue of human trafficking. The instruction
10may be included in those courses that the school district
11chooses. The instruction shall include, but is not limited to,
12the following:
13        (1) a definition of human trafficking;
14        (2) how to recognize the signs of human trafficking;
15        (3) where to report suspicions of human trafficking;
16        (4) how to assist victims of human trafficking; and
17        (5) how to prevent becoming a victim of human
18    trafficking.
19    Each school board shall determine the minimum amount of
20instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction
21under this Section.
 
22    Section 10. The Human Trafficking Resource Center Notice

 

 

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1Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
2    (775 ILCS 50/5)
3    Sec. 5. Posted notice required.
4    (a) Each of the following businesses and other
5establishments shall, upon the availability of the model notice
6described in Section 15 of this Act, post a notice that
7complies with the requirements of this Act in a conspicuous
8place near the public entrance of the establishment or in
9another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and
10employees where similar notices are customarily posted:
11        (1) On premise consumption retailer licensees under
12    the Liquor Control Act of 1934 where the sale of alcoholic
13    liquor is the principal business carried on by the licensee
14    at the premises and primary to the sale of food.
15        (2) Adult entertainment facilities, as defined in
16    Section 5-1097.5 of the Counties Code.
17        (3) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16)
18    of Title 49 of the United States Code.
19        (4) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations.
20        (5) Bus stations.
21        (6) Truck stops. For purposes of this Act, "truck stop"
22    means a privately-owned and operated facility that
23    provides food, fuel, shower or other sanitary facilities,
24    and lawful overnight truck parking.
25        (7) Emergency rooms within general acute care

 

 

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1    hospitals.
2        (8) Urgent care centers.
3        (9) Farm labor contractors. For purposes of this Act,
4    "farm labor contractor" means: (i) any person who for a fee
5    or other valuable consideration recruits, supplies, or
6    hires, or transports in connection therewith, into or
7    within the State, any farmworker not of the contractor's
8    immediate family to work for, or under the direction,
9    supervision, or control of, a third person; or (ii) any
10    person who for a fee or other valuable consideration
11    recruits, supplies, or hires, or transports in connection
12    therewith, into or within the State, any farmworker not of
13    the contractor's immediate family, and who for a fee or
14    other valuable consideration directs, supervises, or
15    controls all or any part of the work of the farmworker or
16    who disburses wages to the farmworker. However, "farm labor
17    contractor" does not include full-time regular employees
18    of food processing companies when the employees are engaged
19    in recruiting for the companies if those employees are not
20    compensated according to the number of farmworkers they
21    recruit.
22        (10) Privately-operated job recruitment centers.
23        (11) Massage establishments. As used in this Act,
24    "massage establishment" means a place of business in which
25    any method of massage therapy is administered or practiced
26    for compensation. "Massage establishment" does not

 

 

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1    include: an establishment at which persons licensed under
2    the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Physical
3    Therapy Act, or the Naprapathic Practice Act engage in
4    practice under one of those Acts; a business owned by a
5    sole licensed massage therapist; or a cosmetology or
6    esthetics salon registered under the Barber, Cosmetology,
7    Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985.
8    (b) The Department of Transportation shall, upon the
9availability of the model notice described in Section 15 of
10this Act, post a notice that complies with the requirements of
11this Act in a conspicuous place near the public entrance of
12each roadside rest area or in another conspicuous location in
13clear view of the public and employees where similar notices
14are customarily posted.
15    (c) The owner of a hotel or motel shall, upon the
16availability of the model notice described in Section 15 of
17this Act, post a notice that complies with the requirements of
18this Act in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the
19premises in clear view of the employees where similar notices
20are customarily posted.
21    (d) The organizer of a public gathering or special event
22that is conducted on property open to the public and requires
23the issuance of a permit from the unit of local government
24shall post a notice that complies with the requirements of this
25Act in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the
26premises in clear view of the public and employees where

 

 

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1similar notices are customarily posted.
2    (e) The administrator of a public or private elementary
3school or public or private secondary school shall post a
4printout of the downloadable notice provided by the Department
5of Human Services under Section 15 that complies with the
6requirements of this Act in a conspicuous and accessible place
7chosen by the administrator in the administrative office or
8another location in view of school employees and in a location
9in view of students in any of grades 6 through 12. School
10districts and personnel are not subject to the penalties
11provided under subsection (a) of Section 20.
12    (f) The owner of an establishment registered under the
13Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishment Registration Act shall
14post a notice that complies with the requirements of this Act
15in a conspicuous and accessible place in clear view of
16establishment employees.
17(Source: P.A. 99-99, eff. 1-1-16; 99-565, eff. 7-1-17; 100-671,
18eff. 1-1-19.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.