103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3381
 
Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
775 ILCS 5/6-102
    Creates the Censorship in Correctional Facilities Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency or law enforcement official shall not refuse to approve the use or prohibit the use of books, including, but not limited to, memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies, based upon the depiction in those materials of matters related to the protected characteristics or categories identified in the Illinois Human Rights Act in any correctional facility in the State. Defines terms. Makes corresponding changes.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning correctional facilities.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Censorship in Correctional Facilities Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Law enforcement agency" means an agency of the State or 
8of a unit of local government charged with enforcement of 
9State, county, or municipal laws or with managing custody of 
10detained persons in the State.
11    "Law enforcement official" means any individual with the 
12power to arrest or detain individuals, including law 
13enforcement officers, corrections officers, and others 
14employed or designated by a law enforcement agency. "Law 
15enforcement official" includes a probation officer.
 
16    Section 10. Censorship or book bans prohibited. A law 
17enforcement agency or law enforcement official shall not 
18refuse to approve the use or prohibit the use of books, 
19including, but not limited to, memoirs, autobiographies, and 
20biographies, based upon the depiction in those materials of 
21matters related to the protected characteristics or categories 
22identified in subsection (Q) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois 
 
 
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1Human Rights Act in any correctional facility in the State.
 
2    Section 15. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by 
3changing Section 6-102 as follows:
 
4    (775 ILCS 5/6-102)
5    Sec. 6-102. Violations of other Acts. A person who 
6violates Section 11-117-12.2 of the Illinois Municipal Code, 
7Section 224.05 of the Illinois Insurance Code, Section 8-201.5 
8of the Public Utilities Act, Sections 2-1401.1, 9-107.10, 
99-107.11, and 15-1501.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 
10Section 4.05 of the Interest Act, the Military Personnel 
11Cellular Phone Contract Termination Act, Section 405-272 of 
12the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, Section 10-63 of 
13the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, Sections 30.25 and 
1430.30 of the Military Code of Illinois, Section 16 of the 
15Landlord and Tenant Act, Section 26.5 of the Retail 
16Installment Sales Act, Section 10 of the Censorship in 
17Correctional Facilities Act, or Section 37 of the Motor 
18Vehicle Leasing Act commits a civil rights violation within 
19the meaning of this Act.
20(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)