Roll Call: IL HB2304 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may establish a Training in the Building Trades Program (Program) to award grants to community-based organizations for the purpose of establishing training programs for persons who are 18 through 35 years of age and have an interest in the building trades. Provides that persons eligible to participate in the Program shall include youth who have aged out of foster care and have an interest in the building trades. Provides that under the training programs, participating persons shall receive: (i) formal training and education in the fundamentals and core competencies in the person's chosen trade; and (ii) hands-on experience to further develop the person's building trade skills by participating in community improvement projects involving the rehabilitation of vacant and abandoned residential property in economically depressed areas of the State. Requires selected organizations to also use the grant money to establish an entrepreneurship program to provide eligible persons with the capital and business management skills necessary to successfully launch their own businesses as contractors, subcontractors, real estate agents, or property managers or as any other entrepreneurs in the building trades. Contains provisions concerning residential property that is eligible for acquisition and rehabilitation under the Program; the selection criteria for community-based organizations; and the Training in the Building Trades Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Training in the Building Trades Fund. Effective January 1, 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0469 [HB2304 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may establish a Training in the Building Trades Program (Program) to award grants to community-based organizations for the purpose of establishing training programs for persons who are 18 through 35 years of age and have an interest in the building trades. Provides that persons eligible to participate in the Program shall include youth who have aged out of foster care and have an interest in the building trades. Provides that under the training programs, participating persons shall receive: (i) formal training and education in the fundamentals and core competencies in the person's chosen trade; and (ii) hands-on experience to further develop the person's building trade skills by participating in community improvement projects involving the rehabilitation of vacant and abandoned residential property in economically depressed areas of the State. Requires selected organizations to also use the grant money to establish an entrepreneurship program to provide eligible persons with the capital and business management skills necessary to successfully launch their own businesses as contractors, subcontractors, real estate agents, or property managers or as any other entrepreneurs in the building trades. Contains provisions concerning residential property that is eligible for acquisition and rehabilitation under the Program; the selection criteria for community-based organizations; and the Training in the Building Trades Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Training in the Building Trades Fund. Effective January 1, 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0469 [HB2304 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Vote: Third Reading in Senate
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 46 | 40 | 6 |
| Nay | 12 | - | 12 |
| Not Voting | 1 | - | 1 |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 59 | 40 | 19 |
