Bill Text: IL SB3381 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Referred to Assignments [SB3381 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3381-Introduced.html

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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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AN ACT concerning correctional facilities.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Censorship in Correctional Facilities Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Law enforcement agency" means an agency of the State or
of a unit of local government charged with enforcement of
State, county, or municipal laws or with managing custody of
detained persons in the State.
"Law enforcement official" means any individual with the
power to arrest or detain individuals, including law
enforcement officers, corrections officers, and others
employed or designated by a law enforcement agency. "Law
enforcement official" includes a probation officer.
Section 10. Censorship or book bans prohibited. 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 subsection (Q) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois

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Human Rights Act in any correctional facility in the State.
Section 15. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
changing Section 6-102 as follows: