Bill Text: IL SB1600 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Requires restaurants and truck stops to provide employees with training in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0324 [SB1600 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1600-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Lodging Services Human Trafficking
Recognition Training Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and
10 as follows:
(820 ILCS 95/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"Employee" means a person employed by a lodging
establishment who has recurring interactions with the public,
including, but not limited to, an employee who works in a
reception area, performs housekeeping duties, helps customers
in moving their possessions, or transports by vehicle
customers of the lodging establishment.
"Human trafficking" means the deprivation or violation of
the personal liberty of another with the intent to obtain
forced labor or services, procure or sell the individual for
commercial sex, or exploit the individual in obscene matter.
Depriving or violating a person's liberty includes substantial
and sustained restriction of another's liberty accomplished
through fraud, deceit, coercion, violence, duress, menace, or
threat of unlawful injury to the victim or to another person,

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under circumstances where the person receiving or apprehending
the threat reasonably believes that it is likely that the
person making the threat would carry it out.
"Lodging establishment" means an establishment classified
as a hotel or motel in the 2017 North American Industry
Classification System under code 721110, and an establishment
classified as a casino hotel in the 2017 North American
Industry Classification System under code 721120.
"Restaurant" means any business that is primarily engaged
in the sale of ready-to-eat food for immediate consumption
comprising at least 51% of the total sales, excluding the sale
of liquor.
"Truck stop" means an establishment intended to provide
services to the trucking industry, including, but not limited
to, selling fuel and food, providing showers, offering repair
services, and offering ample room where drivers of long-haul
trucks can park and rest.
(Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19.)
(820 ILCS 95/10)
Sec. 10. Human trafficking recognition training. Beginning
June 1, 2020, a lodging establishment, restaurant, or truck
stop shall provide its employees with training in the
recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting
observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. The
employees must complete the training within 6 months after

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beginning employment in such role with the lodging
establishment and every 2 years thereafter, if still employed
by the lodging establishment. The training shall be at least
20 minutes in duration.
(Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 6-20-19; 101-499, eff. 8-23-19.)