SB2352 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2352

Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 500/20-5.1 new

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the government shall not contract for public goods or services with any prohibited source. Provides that prohibited sources are businesses that discriminate against employees or customers on the basis of a person's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, national origin or age. Provides that any contract entered into, amended, or renewed by a State agency shall include a consistent binding agreement. Provides that any anti-discrimination provisions referenced shall not be affected by unduly narrow federal executive branch interpretations of existing federal statutory anti-discrimination protections.

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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by adding Section 20-5.1 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/20-5.1 new)

Sec. 20-5.1. Prohibited Sources.

(a) It is the policy of the State that it will not do business with entities that promote or tolerate discrimination or infringement of civil rights.

(b) No State agency shall contract for goods or services with any prohibited source.

(c)"prohibited source" means a contractor or subcontractor that has been determined by an adjudicative body to discriminate against employees or customers on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, national origin or age.

(d) That contract for public goods or services shall amend their procurement procedures to enforce this Section.

(e) Any contract entered into, amended, or renewed by a government agency on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall include a binding agreement consistent with this Section, and no government agency shall enter into a contract with any government contractor without such a binding agreement.

(f) Any anti-discrimination provisions referenced in this Section shall not be affected by unduly narrow federal executive branch interpretations of existing federal statutory anti-discrimination protections.