Bill Text: IL SB3457 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Local Journalism Task Force Act. The Task Force shall consist of one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; one member appointed by the Governor, and one representative of each of the following entities: the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University; the Journalism Department of the College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; the School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale; the Illinois Press Association; the Illinois Broadcasters Association; the Illinois Legislative Correspondents Association; and the Illinois Municipal League. Directs the Task Force to study communities underserved by local journalism and review all aspects of journalism. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide administrative support. Provides that the Task Force shall report its findings and recommendations of legislation to the Governor and General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3457 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB3457-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning journalism.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Journalism Task Force Act.
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6 | Section 5. Establishment. The Local Journalism Task Force | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | is established to: | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (1) conduct a comprehensive, nonbinding study relative | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | to communities underserved by local journalism in | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Illinois; and | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (2) review all aspects of local journalism including, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | but not limited to, the adequacy of press coverage of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | communities, the ratio of residents to media outlets, the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | history of local news in Illinois, print and digital | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | business models for media outlets, the impact of social | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | media on local news, strategies to improve local news | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | access, and public policy solutions to improve the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | sustainability of local press business models and private | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | and nonprofit solutions.
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20 | Section 10. Membership. The Task Force shall consist of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the following 10 members: one member of the House of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
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1 | Representatives; one member of the Senate, to be appointed by | ||||||
2 | the President of the Senate; one member to be appointed by the | ||||||
3 | Governor; one representative of the Medill School of | ||||||
4 | Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at | ||||||
5 | Northwestern University; one representative of the Journalism | ||||||
6 | Department of the College of Media at the University of | ||||||
7 | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; one representative of the School | ||||||
8 | of Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale; one | ||||||
9 | member of the Illinois Press Association; one member of the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Broadcasters Association; one member of the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Legislative Correspondents Association; and one member of the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Municipal League. Appointments shall be made no later | ||||||
13 | than 30 days following the effective date of this Act.
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14 | Section 15. Meetings. The Task Force shall meet a minimum | ||||||
15 | of 5 times to review, study, and analyze existing literature as | ||||||
16 | well as quantitative and qualitative data on the status of | ||||||
17 | journalism in the State of Illinois.
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18 | Section 20. Support. The Department of Commerce and | ||||||
19 | Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative and other | ||||||
20 | support to the Task Force.
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21 | Section 25. Findings and recommendations. The Task Force | ||||||
22 | shall submit its findings, along with its recommendations for | ||||||
23 | legislation, to the Governor and the General Assembly no later |
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1 | than one year after the effective date of this Act.
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2 | Section 30. Repeal. This Act is repealed 2 years after the | ||||||
3 | effective date of this Act.
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