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IL SB3825
Bill
Status
1/13/2021
Primary Sponsor
Heather Steans
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AI Summary
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Requires all Illinois higher education institutions to conduct a sexual misconduct climate survey every 2 years of all students and publish results on their websites in an easily accessible manner.
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Establishes a 17-member Task Force on Campus Sexual Misconduct Surveys to develop and recommend a base survey template to the Attorney General for use by all institutions, with members including students, survivors, researchers, and representatives from various education sectors and advocacy organizations.
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Creates a data repository within the Attorney General's Office to collect and publicly display all sexual misconduct climate survey summaries from higher education institutions on the Attorney General's website.
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Requires survey questions to gather information on incident types, reporting rates, institutional policies awareness, victim support resources, campus safety perceptions, and demographic data to identify at-risk groups, while maintaining student anonymity.
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Authorizes the Attorney General to impose civil penalties up to $150,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) on institutions that violate or fail to comply with survey requirements, with penalty funds used for oversight and victim services.
Legislative Description
HIGHER ED-SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/13/2021