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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Task Force
6Act.
 
7    Section 5. Increasing Representation of Women in
8Technology Task Force; membership.
9    (a) The Increasing Representation of Women in Technology
10Task Force is hereby established within the Illinois Workforce
11Innovation Board.
12    (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
13        (1) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
14    President of the Senate;
15        (2) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
16    Minority Leader of the Senate;
17        (3) one member of the House of Representatives,
18    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
19        (4) one member of the House of Representatives,
20    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
21    Representatives;
22        (5) the Director of the Governor's Office of
23    Management and Budget, or the Director's designee;

 

 

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1        (6) one member representing a statewide labor
2    organization, appointed by the Governor;
3        (7) one member representing a national laboratory that
4    is a multi-disciplinary science and engineering research
5    center, appointed by the Governor;
6        (8) the Chief Equity Officer of the State of Illinois
7    Office of Equity or the Chief Equity Officer's designee;
8        (9) one member representing local or State economic
9    development interests, appointed by the Governor;
10        (10) one member representing women in technology,
11    appointed by the Governor;
12        (11) one member representing a technology
13    manufacturing corporation, appointed by the Governor;
14        (12) 4 members representing companies that have been
15    recognized for the recruitment, advancement, and retention
16    of women in technology positions and the corresponding
17    management chain in the last 3 years, appointed by the
18    Governor;
19        (13) one member from a community-based organization
20    that supports women in technology, appointed by the
21    Governor;
22        (14) the Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity &
23    Inclusion of the University of Illinois Office of the Vice
24    Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, or the Vice
25    Chancellor's designee;
26        (15) the Executive Director of the Illinois Community

 

 

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1    College Board, or the Executive Director's designee;
2        (16) one member with knowledge of diversity, equity,
3    and inclusion best practices from an advocacy group
4    representing women in technology, appointed by the
5    Governor; and
6        (17) A chairperson of the Illinois Workforce
7    Innovation Board, appointed by the Illinois Workforce
8    Innovation Board, or that chairperson's designee.
9    (c) The members of the Task Force shall serve without
10compensation.
11    (d) The Task Force shall meet at least quarterly to
12fulfill its duties under this Act. At the first meeting of the
13Task Force, the Task Force shall elect 2 cochairs; one chair
14shall be a standing member of the Illinois Workforce
15Innovation Board, and one chair shall be selected from among
16members of the Task Force.
17    (e) The Illinois Workforce Innovation Board shall, in
18consultation with an Illinois public college or university,
19provide administrative and other support to the Task Force.
 
20    Section 10. Duties. The Task Force shall have the
21following duties:
22        (1) subject to appropriation, collect data on the
23    state of recruitment, advancement, and retention of women
24    in technology positions;
25        (2) evaluate evidence and data on recruitment,

 

 

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1    advancement, and retention of women in technology
2    positions and the corresponding management chain;
3        (3) set goals for recruitment, advancement, and
4    retention of women in technology positions and the
5    corresponding management chains;
6        (4) identify best practices for the recruitment,
7    advancement, and retention of women in technology
8    positions and the corresponding management chain, such as
9    tools for data collection and analysis and techniques to
10    improve the number of women in technology positions;
11        (5) recommend government policies to incentivize
12    companies to recruit, advance, and retain women in
13    technology positions and the corresponding management
14    chain; and
15        (6) establish a plan to create an oversight body to
16    track companies' progress year-over-year on recruitment,
17    advancement, and retention of women in technology
18    positions and the corresponding management chain, and
19    manage use of the incentives for those companies with a
20    positive track record.
 
21    Section 15. Report. The Task Force shall report to the
22Governor and the General Assembly by December 1 of each year on
23its activities and findings. The Task Force shall submit a
24final report to the Governor and the General Assembly by
25December 1, 2028 on all of its activities and final findings

 

 

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1and recommendations.
 
2    Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
32030.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
51, 2025.