Bill Amendment: IL HB4743 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: CD CORR-WORKPLACE SAFETY

Status: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB4743 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4743-House_Amendment_002.html

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Rep. Gregg Johnson

Filed: 4/15/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4743
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4743 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Christopher
James Act.
Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
adding Section 3-2-5.1 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-2-5.1 new)
Sec. 3-2-5.1. Department to establish a Safety Committee.
(a) The Department shall establish a Safety Committee
comprised of bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit
Department employees. At least 40% of committee members shall
be bargaining unit employees. The Committee shall assess the
Department's compliance with the Occupational Safety and
Health Act and any other applicable workplace health and

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safety laws and shall make recommendations for improvements to
processes and procedures to improve workplace safety. The
Committee shall prepare an annual report on the Department's
workplace safety efforts and plans for the future to further
promote safety in the workplace.
(b) The Director of Corrections shall appoint the
non-bargaining unit members of the Safety Committee. The
exclusive collective bargaining representative of the majority
of Department of Corrections employees shall appoint the
bargaining unit members of the Safety Committee. The Director
of Corrections shall appoint the chairperson of the Committee.
The appointed chairperson of the Committee shall have a
professional background and training in an environmental
health and safety field. The chairperson of the Safety
Committee, or the chairperson's designee, may conduct a
workplace safety inspection of any property, equipment, or
workplace under the control or supervision of the Department
at any time and shall conduct random unannounced inspections
as often as deemed necessary.
(c) The chairperson of the Safety Committee, or the
chairperson's designee, may also investigate training
practices for the use of equipment and may direct that
alternative trainings be used. The Committee chairperson, or
the chairperson's designee, may take any piece of equipment
lacking industry standard safeguards out of service. The
jurisdiction of the Safety Committee is strictly limited to

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