Bill Amendment: IL SB0772 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: REGULATION-TECH

Status: 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0772 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0772-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

Filed: 4/9/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 772
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 772 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Energy Transition Act is amended by
changing Sections 5-20 and 5-45 as follows:
(20 ILCS 730/5-20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on September 15, 2045)
Sec. 5-20. Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program.
(a) As used in this Section, "Program" means the Clean
Jobs Workforce Network Program.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall develop
and, through Regional Administrators, administer the Clean
Jobs Workforce Network Program to create a network of 14 13
Program delivery Hub Sites with program elements delivered by
community-based organizations and their subcontractors
geographically distributed across the State including at least

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one Hub Site located in or near each of the following areas:
Chicago (South Side), Chicago (Southwest and West Sides),
Waukegan, Rockford, Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Champaign,
Danville, Decatur, Carbondale, East St. Louis, Kankakee, and
Alton.
(c) In admitting program participants, for each workforce
Hub Site, the Regional Administrators shall:
(1) in each Hub Site where the applicant pool allows:
(A) dedicate at least one-third of program
placements to applicants who reside in a geographic
area that is impacted by economic and environmental
challenges, defined as an area that is both (i) an R3
Area, as defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the
Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and (ii) an
environmental justice community, as defined by the
Illinois Power Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic
indicators used by the agency unless and until the
constitutional basis for their inclusion in
determining program admissions is established. Among
applicants that satisfy these criteria, preference
shall be given to applicants who face barriers to
employment, such as low educational attainment, prior
involvement with the criminal legal system, and
language barriers; and applicants that are graduates
of or currently enrolled in the foster care system;
and

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(B) dedicate at least two-thirds of program
placements to applicants that satisfy the criteria in
paragraph (1) or who reside in a geographic area that
is impacted by economic or environmental challenges,
defined as an area that is either (i) an R3 Area, as
defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act, or (ii) an environmental
justice community, as defined by the Illinois Power
Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic indicators used
by the agency unless and until the constitutional
basis for their inclusion in determining program
admissions is established. Among applicants that
satisfy these criteria, preference shall be given to
applicants who face barriers to employment, such as
low educational attainment, prior involvement with the
criminal legal system, and language barriers; and
applicants that are graduates of or currently enrolled
in the foster care system; and
(2) prioritize the remaining program placements for:
applicants who are displaced energy workers as defined in
the Energy Community Reinvestment Act; persons who face
barriers to employment, including low educational
attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal
system, and language barriers; and applicants who are
graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care
system, regardless of the applicant's area of residence.

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The Department and Regional Administrators shall protect
the confidentiality of any personal information provided by
program applicants regarding the applicant's status as a
formerly incarcerated person or foster care recipient;
however, the Department or Regional Administrators may publish
aggregated data on the number of participants that were
formerly incarcerated or foster care recipients so long as
that publication protects the identities of those persons.
Any person who applies to the program may elect not to
share with the Department or Regional Administrators whether
he or she is a graduate or currently enrolled in the foster
care system or was formerly convicted.
(d) Program elements for each Hub Site shall be provided
by a community-based organization. The Department shall
initially select a community-based organization in each Hub
Site and shall subsequently select a community-based
organization in each Hub Site every 3 years. Community-based
organizations delivering program elements outlined in
subsection (e) may provide all elements required or may
subcontract to other entities for provision of portions of
program elements, including, but not limited to,
administrative soft and hard skills for program participants,
delivery of specific training in the core curriculum, or
provision of other support functions for program delivery
compliance.
(e) The Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Network shall:

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(1) coordinate with Energy Transition Navigators: (i)
to increase participation in the Clean Jobs Workforce
Network Program and clean energy and related sector
workforce and training opportunities; (ii) coordinate
recruitment, communications, and ongoing engagement with
potential employers, including, but not limited to,
activities such as job matchmaking initiatives, hosting
events such as job fairs, and collaborating with other Hub
Sites to identify and implement best practices for
employer engagement; and (iii) leverage community-based
organizations, educational institutions, and
community-based and labor-based training providers to
ensure program-eligible individuals across the State have
dedicated and sustained support to enter and complete the
career pipeline for clean energy and related sector jobs;
(2) develop formal partnerships, including formal
sector partnerships between community-based organizations
and entities that provide clean energy jobs, including
businesses, nonprofit organizations, and worker-owned
cooperatives, to ensure that Program participants have
priority access to employment training and hiring
opportunities; and
(3) implement the Clean Jobs Curriculum to provide,
including, but not limited to, training, certification
preparation, job readiness, and skill development,
including soft skills, math skills, technical skills,

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certification test preparation, and other development
needed, to Program participants.
(f) Funding for the Program is subject to appropriation
from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund.
(g) The Department shall require submission of quarterly
reports, including program performance metrics by each Hub
Site to the Regional Administrator of their Program Delivery
Area. Program performance metrics include, but are not limited
to:
(1) demographic data, including racial, gender,
residency in eligible communities, and geographic
distribution data, on Program trainees entering and
graduating the Program;
(2) demographic data, including racial, gender,
residency in eligible communities, and geographic
distribution data, on Program trainees who are placed in
employment, including the percentages of trainees by race,
gender, and geographic categories in each individual job
type or category and whether employment is union,
nonunion, or nonunion via temporary agency;
(3) trainee job acquisition and retention statistics,
including the duration of employment (start and end dates
of hires) by race, gender, and geography;
(4) hourly wages, including hourly overtime pay rate,
and benefits of trainees placed into employment by race,
gender, and geography;

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(5) percentage of jobs by race, gender, and geography
held by Program trainees or graduates that are full-time
equivalent positions, meaning that the position held is
full-time, direct, and permanent based on 2,080 hours
worked per year (paid directly by the employer, whose
activities, schedule, and manner of work the employer
controls, and receives pay and benefits in the same manner
as permanent employees); and
(6) qualitative data consisting of open-ended
reporting on pertinent issues, including, but not limited
to, qualitative descriptions accompanying metrics or
identifying key successes and challenges.
(h) Within 3 years after the effective date of this Act,
the Department shall select an independent evaluator to review
and prepare a report on the performance of the Program and
Regional Administrators.
(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)
(20 ILCS 730/5-45)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on September 15, 2045)
Sec. 5-45. Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program.
(a) As used in this Section, "community-based
organization" means a nonprofit organization, including an
accredited public college or university that:
(1) has a history of providing business-related
assistance and knowledge to help entrepreneurs start, run,

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and grow their businesses;
(2) has knowledge of construction and clean energy
trades;
(3) demonstrates relationships with local residents
and other organizations serving the community; and
(4) demonstrates the ability to effectively serve
diverse and underrepresented populations.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
develop, and through the Regional Administrators, administer
the Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program ("Program") to
create a network of 14 13 Program delivery Hub Sites with
program elements delivered by community-based organizations
and their subcontractors geographically distributed across the
State, including at least one Hub Site located in or near each
of the following areas: Chicago (South Side), Chicago
(Southwest and West Sides), Waukegan, Rockford, Aurora,
Joliet, Peoria, Champaign, Danville, Decatur, Carbondale, East
St. Louis, Kankakee, and Alton.
(c) In admitting program participants, for each Contractor
Incubator Hub Site the Regional Administrators shall:
(1) in each Hub Site where the applicant pool allows:
(A) dedicate at least one-third of program
placements to the owners of clean energy contractor
businesses and nonprofits who reside in a geographic
area that is impacted by economic and environmental
challenges, defined as an area that is both (i) an R3

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Area, as defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the
Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and (ii) an
environmental justice community, as defined by the
Illinois Power Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic
indicators used by the agency unless and until the
constitutional basis for their inclusion in
determining program admissions is established. Among
applicants that satisfy these criteria, preference
shall be given to applicants who face barriers to
employment, such as low educational attainment, prior
involvement with the criminal legal system, and
language barriers; and applicants that are graduates
of or currently enrolled in the foster care system;
and
(B) dedicate at least two-thirds of program
placements to the owners of clean energy contractor
businesses and nonprofits that satisfy the criteria in
paragraph (1) or who reside in eligible communities.
Among applicants who live in eligible communities,
preference shall be given to applicants who face
barriers to employment, such as low educational
attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal
system, and language barriers; and applicants that are
graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care
system; and
(2) prioritize the remaining program placements for:

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applicants who are displaced energy workers as defined in
the Energy Community Reinvestment Act; persons who face
barriers to employment, including low educational
attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal
system, and language barriers; and applicants who are
graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care
system, regardless of the applicants' area of residence.
Consideration shall also be given to any current or past
participant in the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program,
Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, or Returning
Residents Clean Energy Jobs Training Program.
The Department and Regional Administrators shall protect
the confidentiality of any personal information provided by
program applicants regarding the applicant's status as a
formerly incarcerated person or foster care recipient;
however, the Department or Regional Administrators may publish
aggregated data on the number of participants that were
formerly incarcerated or foster care recipients so long as
that publication protects the identities of those persons.
Any person who applies to the program may elect not to
share with the Department or Regional Administrators whether
he or she is a graduate or currently enrolled in the foster
care system or was formerly convicted.
(d) Program elements at each Hub Site shall be provided by
a local community-based organization. The Department shall
initially select a community-based organization in each Hub

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Site and shall subsequently select a community-based
organization in each Hub Site every 3 years. Community-based
organizations delivering program elements outlined in
subsection (e) may provide all elements required or may
subcontract to other entities for provision of portions of
program elements, including, but not limited to,
administrative soft and hard skills for program participants,
delivery of specific training in the core curriculum, or
provision of other support functions for program delivery
compliance.
(e) The Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program shall:
(1) provide access to low-cost capital for small clean
energy businesses and contractors;
(2) provide support for obtaining financial assurance,
including, but not limited to: bonding; back office
services; insurance, permits, training and certifications;
business planning; and low-interest loans;
(3) train, mentor, and provide other support needed to
allow participant contractors to: (i) build their
businesses and connect to specific projects, (ii) register
as approved vendors, (iii) engage in approved vendor
subcontracting and qualified installer opportunities, (iv)
develop partnering and networking skills, (v) compete for
capital and other resources, and (vi) execute clean
energy-related project installations and subcontracts;
(4) ensure that participant contractors, community

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partners, and potential contractor clients are aware of
and engaged in the Program;
(5) connect participant contractors with the
Department of Labor for resources, training, and technical
support on prevailing wage compliance;
(6) provide recruitment and ongoing engagement with
entities that hire contractors and subcontractors,
programs providing renewable energy resource-related
projects, incentive programs, and approved vendor and
qualified installer opportunities, including, but not
limited to, activities such as matchmaking, events, and
collaborating with other Hub Sites.
(f) Funding for the Program and independent evaluations as
described in subsection (h) are subject to appropriation from
the Energy Transition Assistance Fund.
(g) The Department shall require submission of quarterly
reports including program performance metrics by each Hub Site
to the Regional Administrator of their Program Delivery Area.
Program performance metrics include, but are not limited to:
(1) demographic data including: race, gender,
geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice
Community residency, foster care system participation, and
justice-involvement for the owners of contractors
applying, accepted into, and graduating from the Program;
(2) the number of projects completed by participant
contractors, alone or in partnership, by race, gender,

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geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice
Community residency, foster care system participation, and
justice-involvement for the owners of contractors;
(3) the number of partnerships with participant
contractors that are expected to result in contracts for
work by the participant contractor, by race, gender,
geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice
Community residency, foster care system participation, and
justice-involvement for the owners of contractors;
(4) changes in participant contractors' business
revenue, by race, gender, geographic location, R3
residency, Environmental Justice Community residency,
foster care system participation, and justice-involvement
for the owners of contractors;
(5) the number of new hires by participant
contractors, by race, gender, geographic location, R3
residency, Environmental Justice Community residency,
foster care system participation, and justice-involvement;
(6) demographic data, including race, gender,
geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice
Community residency, foster care system participation, and
justice-involvement, and average wage data, for new hires
by participant contractors;
(7) certifications held by participant contractors,
and number of participants holding each certification,
including, but not limited to, registration under the

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Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons
with Disabilities Act program and other programs intended
to certify BIPOC entities;
(8) the number of Program sessions attended by
participant contractors, aggregated by race; and
(9) indicators relevant for assessing the general
financial health of participant contractors.
(h) Within 3 years after the effective date of this Act,
the Department shall select an independent evaluator to review
and prepare a report on the performance of the Program and
Regional Administrators. The report shall be posted publicly.
(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)