103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB0997

 

Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new

    Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that qualified applicants who are American descendants of chattel slavery shall be eligible for a hiring preference for employment by the State of Illinois. Provides that to be qualified for the preference, the applicant must otherwise qualify for the job, and be eligible for the position. Provides that the preference shall be in the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list of those eligible for appointments. Provides for the adoption of rules. Defines "American descendants of chattel slavery".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section
58b.21 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new)
7    Sec. 8b.21. American descendants of chattel slavery
8preference.
9    (a) For the granting of appropriate preference in the
10hiring of State employees, qualified applicants who are
11American descendants of chattel slavery shall be eligible for
12a hiring preference for employment by the State of Illinois as
13provided under this Section. To be qualified for the
14preference, the applicant must otherwise qualify for the job,
15and be eligible for the position.
16    (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in
17the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if
18they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list
19of those eligible for appointments.
20    (c) The Director of Central Management Services shall
21adopt all rules necessary for the implementation of the
22preference created under this Section.
23    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "American

 

 

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1descendants of chattel slavery" means persons having direct
2ancestral lineage to victims of chattel slavery in the United
3States of America.