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SB 1448 Illinois Senate · 95th Regular Session

ACCESS TO GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE

Summary
Creates the Access to Governmental Services Act. Requires each constitutional officer, State agency, circuit court clerk, and State program to take reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency, including: (i) having a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions or as interpreters and (ii) translation of important documents ordinarily provided to the public into any language spoken by at least 3% of the overall population of the State, as measured by the U.S. Census. Requires the Illinois Human Rights Commission to implement a process to address disputes arising under the Act.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2007
Committee Review
May 2007
Senate Passage
May 2007
House Passage
Governor
Introduced May 14, 2007 Last action Jan 13, 2009
Floor votes · Senate May 10, 2007

How they voted

45–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 54
May 10, 2007
D Democratic33
31 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican21
14 Yea 7
66% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
54
Key actions
7
Committee
13
Amendments
17
May 31, 2007
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 18, 2007
Lower · Passed
Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
lower
May 18, 2007
Committee
Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
lower
May 15, 2007
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 14, 2007
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
May 10, 2007
Amended
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
upper
May 10, 2007
Amended
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
upper
May 10, 2007
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Adopted; Sandoval
upper
May 10, 2007
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Sandoval
upper
May 10, 2007
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (45-0-9)
senate
Apr 26, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Recommend Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000
upper
Apr 19, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Postponed - State Government and Veterans Affairs
upper
Apr 19, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Rules Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
upper
Mar 28, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Postponed - State Government and Veterans Affairs
upper
Mar 27, 2007
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 27, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
upper
Mar 27, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
upper
Mar 22, 2007
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 22, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
upper
Mar 22, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 005-002-001
upper
Mar 21, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
upper
Mar 20, 2007
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 20, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
upper
Mar 14, 2007
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 14, 2007
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
upper
Mar 8, 2007
Upper · Passed
Do Pass as Amended State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000
upper
Mar 7, 2007
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
upper
Mar 7, 2007
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
upper
Feb 27, 2007
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 27, 2007
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
upper
Feb 21, 2007
Committee
Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs
upper
Feb 9, 2007
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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