Bill Text: IL HB5407 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Record Review Act. Provides that school districts may disclose an employee's personnel information to other school districts to which the employee has applied for employment, or for whom the employee has applied to be a volunteer if the employee is to have direct contact with students. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5407 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5407-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Personnel Record Review Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 7 and 8 as follows:
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6 | (820 ILCS 40/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 2007)
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7 | Sec. 7.
(1) An employer or former employer shall not | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | divulge a disciplinary
report, letter of reprimand, or other | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | disciplinary action to a third party,
to a party who is not a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | part of the employer's organization, or to a party
who is not a | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | part of a labor organization representing the employee, without
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12 | written notice as provided in this Section.
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13 | (2) The written notice to the employee shall be by | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | first-class mail to
the employee's last known address and shall | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | be mailed on or before the
day the information is divulged.
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16 | (3) This Section shall not apply if:
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17 | (a) the employee has specifically waived written | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | notice as part of a written,
signed employment application | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | with another employer;
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20 | (b) the disclosure is ordered to a party in a legal | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | action or arbitration; or
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22 | (c) information is requested by a government agency as | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | a result of a claim
or complaint by an employee, or as a |
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1 | result of a criminal investigation by such agency ; or .
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2 | (d) information is requested by a school district from | ||||||
3 | a different school district as a result of an individual | ||||||
4 | applying for employment in the requesting school district. | ||||||
5 | As used in this paragraph (d), "individual" includes, but | ||||||
6 | is not limited to, any person applying for employment in a | ||||||
7 | school district and any person applying to serve as a | ||||||
8 | volunteer who will have direct contact with students. | ||||||
9 | (4) An employer who receives a request for records of a | ||||||
10 | disciplinary
report, letter of reprimand, or other | ||||||
11 | disciplinary action in relation to an employee under the | ||||||
12 | Freedom of Information Act may provide notification to the | ||||||
13 | employee in written form as described in subsection (2) or | ||||||
14 | through electronic mail, if available. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 96-1212, eff. 7-22-10.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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