101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3214
 
Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Christopher Belt
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 405/405-123 new

     Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that each State agency shall implement an equal opportunity employment interview initiative in order to increase State employment opportunities provided to women, minority persons, and persons under specified employment plans. Provides that each State agency shall assign, if possible, the hiring of employees to persons that are representative of specified persons when an applicant that is representative of those persons applies for employment with the State agency. Allows such persons to be included in the interview procedure. Provides reporting requirements. Provides that the provisions shall not apply to State employment for job titles for which political considerations may be taken into account when hiring personnel.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning the Department of Central Management 
2Services.
  
 
3    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
4represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
5    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services 
6Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by 
7adding Section 405-123 as follows:
 
8    (20 ILCS 405/405-123 new)
9    Sec. 405-123. State agency equal opportunity employment 
10interview initiative.
11    (a)   Each State agency shall implement an equal opportunity 
12employment interview initiative in order to increase State 
13employment opportunities provided to women, minority persons, 
14and persons to which the goals of the following programs apply: 
15(i) the African American Employment Plan; (ii) the Hispanic 
16Employment Plan; (iii) the Asian American Employment Plan; (iv) 
17the Native American Employment Plan; (v) the requirements 
18concerning employment of bilingual persons; and (vi) the 
19employees with a disability employment plan.
20    (b)   Each State agency shall assign, if possible, the hiring 
21of employees to persons that are representative of the persons 
22specified under subsection (a) when an applicant that is 
23representative of those persons applies for employment with the 
 
 
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1State agency. Such person shall be included in the interview 
2procedure when the applicant is a person specified under 
3subsection (a), and the interview being conducted meets the 
4following criteria:
5        (1)   the hiring State agency implements an interview 
6    panel for the position consisting of 3 or more hiring 
7    personnel; or
8        (2)   the hiring State agency implements a multi-round 
9    interview process consisting of 2 or more rounds for the 
10    position.
11    (c)   Each State agency shall submit an annual report to the 
12Governor and the General Assembly concerning their actions 
13under this Section. The report shall include the following:
14        (1)   the number of applicants that were interviewed that 
15    are representative of the persons and employment plans 
16    specified under subsection (a);
17        (2)   the number of equal opportunity interview 
18    initiative interviews in which the hiring personnel and the 
19    applicant were both representative of the persons or 
20    employment plans specified under subsection (a); and
21        (3)   the number of applicants that met the criteria of 
22    the persons and employment plans specified under 
23    subsection (a) that were hired by a State agency under an 
24    equal opportunity employment interview initiative.
25    (d)   The requirements of this Section shall not apply to 
26State employment for job titles that are classified as 
 
 
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1Rutan-exempt, or for which political considerations may be 
2taken into account when hiring personnel.