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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1851

Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Natalie A. Manley

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3305/23

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. In provisions
regarding the Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee, provides
that the Advisory Committee shall comply with all provisions of the Open
Meetings Act except that the Advisory Committee is exempt from the
provisions that specifically require a quorum of members of a public body
to be physically present at the location of an open meeting. Allows
Advisory Committee members to attend meetings of the Access and Functional
Needs Advisory Committee remotely by video or audio conference with all
attending members counting toward a quorum, provided there is at least one
member in physical attendance at the publicly posted physical location of
the meeting.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning State government.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is
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amended by changing Section 23 as follows:

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(20 ILCS 3305/23)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
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Sec. 23.
Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee.
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(a) In this Section, "Advisory Committee" means the Access
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and Functional Needs Advisory Committee.
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(b) The Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee is
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created.
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(c) The Advisory Committee shall:
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(1) Coordinate meetings occurring, at a minimum, 3
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times each year, in addition to emergency meetings called
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by the chairperson of the Advisory Committee.
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(2) Research and provide recommendations for
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identifying and effectively responding to the needs of
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persons with access and functional needs before, during,
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and after a disaster using an intersectional lens for
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equity.
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(3) Provide recommendations to the Illinois Emergency
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Management Agency regarding how to ensure that persons

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with a disability are included in disaster strategies and
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emergency management plans, including updates and
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implementation of disaster strategies and emergency
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management plans.
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(4) Review and provide recommendations for the
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Illinois Emergency Management Agency, and all relevant
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State agencies that are involved in drafting and
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implementing the Illinois Emergency Operation Plan, to
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integrate access and functional needs into State and local
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emergency plans.
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(d) The Advisory Committee shall be composed of the
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Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency or his or
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her designee, the Attorney General or his or her designee, the
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Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee, the
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Director of Aging or his or her designee, and the Director of
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Public Health or his or her designee, together with the
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following members appointed by the Governor on or before
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January 1, 2022:
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(1) Two members, either from a municipal or
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county-level emergency agency or a local emergency
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management coordinator.
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(2) Nine members from the community of persons with a
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disability who represent persons with different types of
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disabilities, including, but not limited to, individuals
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with mobility and physical disabilities, hearing and
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visual disabilities, deafness or who are hard of hearing,

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blindness or who have low vision, mental health
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disabilities, and intellectual or developmental
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disabilities. Members appointed under this paragraph shall
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reflect a diversity of age, gender, race, and ethnic
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background.
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(3) Four members who represent first responders from
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different geographical regions around the State.
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(e) Of those members appointed by the Governor, the
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initial appointments of 6 members shall be for terms of 2 years
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and the initial appointments of 5 members shall be for terms of
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4 years. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of 4
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years. A member shall serve until his or her successor is
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appointed and qualified. If a vacancy occurs in the Advisory
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Committee membership, the vacancy shall be filled in the same
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manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the
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unexpired term.
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(f) After all the members are appointed, and annually
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thereafter, they shall elect a chairperson from among the
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members appointed under paragraph (2) of subsection (d).
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(g) The initial meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be
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convened by the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management
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Agency no later than February 1, 2022.
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(h) Advisory Committee members shall serve without
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compensation.
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(i) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall provide
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administrative support to the Advisory Committee.

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(j) The Advisory Committee shall prepare and deliver a
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report to the General Assembly, the Governor's Office, and the
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Illinois Emergency Management Agency by July 1, 2022, and
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annually thereafter. The report shall include the following:
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(1) Identification of core emergency management
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services that need to be updated or changed to ensure the
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needs of persons with a disability are met, and shall
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include disaster strategies in State and local emergency
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plans.
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(2) Any proposed changes in State policies, laws,
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rules, or regulations necessary to fulfill the purposes of
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this Act.
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(3) Recommendations on improving the accessibility and
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effectiveness of disaster and emergency communication.
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(4) Recommendations on comprehensive training for
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first responders and other frontline workers when working
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with persons with a disability during emergency situations
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or disasters, as defined in Section 4 of the Illinois
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Emergency Management Agency Act.
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(5) Any additional recommendations regarding emergency
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management and persons with a disability that the Advisory
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Committee deems necessary.
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(k) The annual report prepared and delivered under
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subsection (j) shall be annually considered by the Illinois
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Emergency Management Agency when developing new State and
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local emergency plans or updating existing State and local

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emergency plans.
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(l) The Advisory Committee shall comply with all
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provisions of the Open Meetings Act except the Advisory
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Committee shall be exempt from the requirements of Section
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2.01 of the Open Meetings Act that specifically require a
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quorum of members of a public body to be physically present at
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the location of an open meeting. Notwithstanding Section 2.01
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of the Open Meetings Act, Advisory Committee members shall be
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allowed to attend remotely by video or audio conference with
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all attending members counting toward a quorum, provided there
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is at least one member in physical attendance at the publicly
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posted physical location of the meeting.
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(m)

(l)
The Advisory Committee is dissolved and this
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Section is repealed on January 1, 2032.
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(Source: P.A. 102-361, eff. 8-13-21; 102-671, eff. 11-30-21;
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103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)

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