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| 1 |  AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the  | ||||||
| 5 | Warehouse Safety Standards Task Force Act.
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| 6 |  Section 5. The Warehouse Safety Standards Task Force.
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| 7 |  (a) The Warehouse Safety Standards Task Force is created  | ||||||
| 8 | to study warehouse safety standards. The Task Force shall  | ||||||
| 9 | consist of the following members:
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| 10 |   (1) 2 members of the House of Representatives,  | ||||||
| 11 |  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
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| 12 |   (2) 2 members of the House of Representatives,  | ||||||
| 13 |  appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of  | ||||||
| 14 |  Representatives;
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| 15 |   (3) 2 members of the Senate, appointed by the  | ||||||
| 16 |  President of the Senate;
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| 17 |   (4) 2 members of the Senate, appointed by the Minority  | ||||||
| 18 |  Leader of the Senate;
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| 19 |   (5) one representative of an entity representing  | ||||||
| 20 |  retail merchants, appointed by the Governor;
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| 21 |   (6) one representative of an entity representing  | ||||||
| 22 |  manufacturers, appointed by the Governor;
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| 23 |   (7) one representative of an entity representing  | ||||||
 
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| 1 |  mayors, appointed by the Governor;
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| 2 |   (8) one representative of the American Federation of  | ||||||
| 3 |  Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, appointed  | ||||||
| 4 |  by the Governor;
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| 5 |   (9) one representative of a labor union representing  | ||||||
| 6 |  warehouse workers, appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
| 7 |   (10) one representative of a worker advocacy  | ||||||
| 8 |  organization representing warehouse workers, appointed by  | ||||||
| 9 |  the Governor; and
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| 10 |   (11) the Director of Labor or his or her designee, who  | ||||||
| 11 |  shall serve as the ex officio chair.
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| 12 |  (b) The members of the Task Force shall serve without  | ||||||
| 13 | compensation.
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| 14 |  (c) The Department of Labor shall provide administrative  | ||||||
| 15 | support to the Task Force.
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| 16 |  Section 10. Reports. The Task Force must provide quarterly  | ||||||
| 17 | updates of its findings, discussions, and decisions to the  | ||||||
| 18 | Governor and the General Assembly. The Task Force shall submit  | ||||||
| 19 | a final report of its recommendations to the Governor and the  | ||||||
| 20 | General Assembly no later than January 1, 2025.
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| 21 |  Section 90. Repeal. The Task Force is dissolved and this  | ||||||
| 22 | Act is repealed on January 1, 2026.
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| 23 |  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon  | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.
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