103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3790

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 95/5
820 ILCS 95/20 new

    Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Provides that a lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop is in violation of this Section, and is subject to civil penalties, if: (1) sex trafficking activity occurred in the lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop, a supervisory employee of the lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop either knew of the nature of the activity, or acted in reckless disregard of the activity constituting sex trafficking activity within the lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop, and the supervisory employee of the lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop failed to inform law enforcement, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, or another appropriate victim service organization within 24 hours; or (2) an employee of the lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop was acting within the scope of employment and knowingly benefited, financially or by receiving anything of value, by participating in a venture that the employee knew or acted in reckless disregard of the activity constituting sex trafficking within the lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop. Provides for civil penalties. Defines terms.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Lodging Services Human Trafficking
5Recognition Training Act is amended by changing Section 5 and
6adding Section 20 as follows:
 
7    (820 ILCS 95/5)
8    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
9    "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
10    "Employee" means a person employed by a lodging
11establishment who has recurring interactions with the public,
12including, but not limited to, an employee who works in a
13reception area, performs housekeeping duties, helps customers
14in moving their possessions, or transports by vehicle
15customers of the lodging establishment.
16    "Human trafficking" means the deprivation or violation of
17the personal liberty of another with the intent to obtain
18forced labor or services, procure or sell the individual for
19commercial sex, or exploit the individual in obscene matter.
20Depriving or violating a person's liberty includes substantial
21and sustained restriction of another's liberty accomplished
22through fraud, deceit, coercion, violence, duress, menace, or
23threat of unlawful injury to the victim or to another person,

 

 

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1under circumstances where the person receiving or apprehending
2the threat reasonably believes that it is likely that the
3person making the threat would carry it out.
4    "Lodging establishment" means an establishment classified
5as a hotel or motel in the 2017 North American Industry
6Classification System under code 721110, and an establishment
7classified as a casino hotel in the 2017 North American
8Industry Classification System under code 721120.
9    "Restaurant" means any business that is primarily engaged
10in the sale of ready-to-eat food for immediate consumption
11comprising at least 51% of the total sales, excluding the sale
12of liquor.
13    "Supervisory employee" means any individual, regardless of
14the job description or title, who has each of the following
15capabilities and qualifications:
16        (1) holds authority, in the interest of the employer,
17    to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote,
18    discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees,
19    or responsibility to direct them, or to adjust their
20    grievances, or effectively to recommend this action, if
21    the exercise of this authority is not of a merely routine
22    or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent
23    judgment; and
24        (2) holds responsibility for duties that are not
25    substantially similar to those of his or her subordinates.
26    "Truck stop" means an establishment intended to provide

 

 

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1services to the trucking industry, including, but not limited
2to, selling fuel and food, providing showers, offering repair
3services, and offering ample room where drivers of long-haul
4trucks can park and rest.
5(Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19;
6102-324, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
7    (820 ILCS 95/20 new)
8    Sec. 20. Violations.
9    (a) A lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop is
10in violation of this Section, and is subject to civil
11penalties, if:
12        (1) sex trafficking activity occurred in the lodging
13    establishment, restaurant, or truck stop, a supervisory
14    employee of the lodging establishment, restaurant, or
15    truck stop either knew of the nature of the activity, or
16    acted in reckless disregard of the activity constituting
17    sex trafficking activity within the lodging establishment,
18    restaurant, or truck stop, and the supervisory employee of
19    the lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop
20    failed to inform law enforcement, the National Human
21    Trafficking Hotline, or another appropriate victim service
22    organization within 24 hours; or
23        (2) an employee of the lodging establishment,
24    restaurant, or truck stop was acting within the scope of
25    employment and knowingly benefited, financially or by

 

 

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1    receiving anything of value, by participating in a venture
2    that the employee knew or acted in reckless disregard of
3    the activity constituting sex trafficking within the
4    lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop.
5    (b) If there is reasonable cause to believe there has been
6a violation of subsection (a), a municipality, county,
7municipal attorney, or State's Attorney may bring a civil
8action for injunctive and other equitable relief against a
9lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop for violation
10of this Section. A municipality, county, municipal attorney,
11or State's Attorney who brings a civil action under this
12Section may also seek civil penalties in the amount of $1,000
13for the first violation in a calendar year, $3,000 for the
14second violation within the same calendar year, and $5,000 for
15the third and any subsequent violation within the same
16calendar year.
17    (c) The court may exercise its discretion to increase the
18amount of the civil penalty, not to exceed ten $10,000, for any
19fourth or subsequent violation, considering all of the
20following factors:
21        (1) the defendant's culpability;
22        (2) the relationship between the harm and the penalty;
23        (3) the penalties imposed for similar conduct in
24    similar statutes; and
25        (4) the defendant's ability to pay.
26    (d) The lack of reporting of a sex trafficking case that

 

 

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1occurs in a lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck stop
2shall not, by itself, without meeting the conditions in either
3paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), result in the
4liability of an employer of that lodging establishment,
5restaurant, or truck stop to the sex trafficking victim or
6victims in the case in question or to any other party.
7    (e) No liability for civil penalties shall arise under
8this Section against an employee of a lodging establishment,
9restaurant, or truck stop.
10    (f) Violation of this Section, by itself, shall not result
11in criminal liability against the lodging establishment,
12restaurant, or truck stop.
13    (g) Nothing in this Section affects criminal or civil
14liability that may arise pursuant to other provisions of law.
15    (h) An action brought under this Section shall be
16commenced within 5 years of the date when the violation of
17subsection (a) occurred, or, if the victim of that sex
18trafficking activity was a minor when the violation occurred,
19within 5 years of the date the victim attains the age of
20majority.