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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2288 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 20 ILCS 5/5-731 new | | 30 ILCS 574/Act rep. | |
| Amends the Departments of State Government Law. Provides that a department of the State government may not enforce any policy that favors or discriminates against a person based on the person's race, sex, or disability. Provides that all departments of the State government must, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, abolish all DEIA programs established under the Office of Equity. Abolishes the Office of Equity. Repeals the Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. |
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| | SB2288 | | LRB104 10525 BDA 20600 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 5-731 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 5/5-731 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-731. Prohibition on discriminatory programs. |
| 8 | | (a) A Department may not enforce any policy that favors or |
| 9 | | discriminates against a person based on the person's race, |
| 10 | | sex, or disability. |
| 11 | | (b) All Departments must, on the effective date of this |
| 12 | | amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, abolish all DEIA |
| 13 | | programs established under the Office of Equity. |
| 14 | | (c) The Office of Equity is abolished on the effective |
| 15 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
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| 16 | | (30 ILCS 574/Act rep.) |
| 17 | | Section 10. The Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act is |
| 18 | | repealed. |