Bill Amendment: IL HB2822 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE

Status: 2016-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0864 [HB2822 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB2822-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Karen McConnaughay

Filed: 5/6/2016

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2822
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2822 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human
Trafficking Task Force Act.
Section 5. Human Trafficking Task Force created. There is
created the Human Trafficking Task Force to address the growing
problem of human trafficking across this State. The Human
Trafficking Task Force shall consist of the following persons:
(1) three members of the House of Representatives,
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(2) three members of the House of Representatives,
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives;
(3) three members of the Senate, appointed by the
President of the Senate;

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(4) three members of the Senate, appointed by the
Minority Leader of the Senate;
(5) one representative of the Chicago Regional Human
Trafficking Task Force, appointed by the Governor; and
(6) the Director of the Department of State Police, or
his or her designee.
Members of the Human Trafficking Task Force shall serve
without compensation.
Section 10. Administrative support. The Department of
Children and Family Services shall provide administrative and
other support to the Human Trafficking Task Force.
Section 15. Duties of Human Trafficking Task Force. The
Human Trafficking Task Force shall conduct a study on the human
trafficking problem in this State and shall hold hearings in
furtherance of:
(1) developing a State plan to address human
trafficking;
(2) implementing a system for the sharing of human
trafficking data between government agencies in a manner
that ensures that the privacy of victims of human
trafficking is protected and that data collection respects
the privacy of victims of human trafficking;
(3) establishing policies to enable State government
to work with nongovernmental organizations and other

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elements of the private sector to prevent human trafficking
and provide assistance to victims of human trafficking who
are United States citizens or foreign nationals;
(4) evaluating various approaches used by state and
local governments to increase public awareness of human
trafficking, including trafficking of United States
citizens and foreign national victims;
(5) developing methods for protecting the rights of
victims of human trafficking, taking into account the need
to consider the human rights and special needs of women and
minors;
(6) evaluating the necessity of treating victims of
human trafficking as crime victims rather than criminals;
and
(7) developing methods for promoting the safety of
victims of human trafficking.
Section 20. Report. On or before June 30, 2017, the Human
Trafficking Task Force shall report its findings and
recommendations to the General Assembly, by filing copies of
its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
Organization Act, and to the Governor.
Section 25. Task force abolished; Act repealed. The Human
Trafficking Task Force is abolished and this Act is repealed on
July 1, 2017.

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".