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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3927
Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Lakesia Collins
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 730/5-20
Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Network shall incorporate targeted outreach, recruitment, training, and placement services specifically for participants seeking careers within the climate, environmental, and clean energy sector. Defines "climate, environmental, and clean energy sector". Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall collect, track, and report certain information concerning the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program. Provides that the information shall be disaggregated by race, gender, geography, and equity status.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Energy Transition Act is amended by
5changing Section 5-20 as follows:
6    (20 ILCS 730/5-20)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on September 15, 2045)
8    Sec. 5-20. Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program.
9    (a) As used in this Section: [,]
10    "Climate, environmental, and clean energy sector" means 
11occupations, training pathways, or career pipelines related 
12to: climate adaptation or climate change mitigation; 
13environmental conservation and restoration; ecosystem 
14resilience; clean or renewable energy; and related 
15technologies or services.
16    "Program" means the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program.
17    (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall develop
18and, through Regional Administrators, administer the Clean
19Jobs Workforce Network Program to create a network of 14
20Program delivery Hub Sites with program elements delivered by
21community-based organizations and their subcontractors
22geographically distributed across the State including at least
23one Hub Site located in or near each of the following areas:
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1Chicago (South Side), Chicago (Southwest and West Sides),
2Waukegan, Rockford, Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Champaign,
3Danville, Decatur, Carbondale, East St. Louis, Kankakee, and
4Alton.
5    (c) In admitting program participants, for each workforce
6Hub Site, the Regional Administrators shall:
7        (1) in each Hub Site where the applicant pool allows:
8            (A) dedicate at least one-third of program
9        placements to applicants who reside in a geographic
10        area that is impacted by economic and environmental
11        challenges, defined as an area that is both (i) an R3
12        Area, as defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the
13        Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and (ii) an
14        environmental justice community, as defined by the
15        Illinois Power Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic
16        indicators used by the agency unless and until the
17        constitutional basis for their inclusion in
18        determining program admissions is established. Among
19        applicants that satisfy these criteria, preference
20        shall be given to applicants who face barriers to
21        employment, such as low educational attainment, prior
22        involvement with the criminal legal system, and
23        language barriers; and applicants that are graduates
24        of or currently enrolled in the foster care system;
25        and
26            (B) dedicate at least two-thirds of program
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1        placements to applicants that satisfy the criteria in
2        paragraph (1) or who reside in a geographic area that
3        is impacted by economic or environmental challenges,
4        defined as an area that is either (i) an R3 Area, as
5        defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the Cannabis
6        Regulation and Tax Act, or (ii) an environmental
7        justice community, as defined by the Illinois Power
8        Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic indicators used
9        by the agency unless and until the constitutional
10        basis for their inclusion in determining program
11        admissions is established. Among applicants that
12        satisfy these criteria, preference shall be given to
13        applicants who face barriers to employment, such as
14        low educational attainment, prior involvement with the
15        criminal legal system, and language barriers; and
16        applicants that are graduates of or currently enrolled
17        in the foster care system; and
18        (2) prioritize the remaining program placements for:
19    applicants who are displaced energy workers as defined in
20    the Energy Community Reinvestment Act; persons who face
21    barriers to employment, including low educational
22    attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal
23    system, and language barriers; and applicants who are
24    graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care
25    system, regardless of the applicant's area of residence.
26    The Department and Regional Administrators shall protect
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1the confidentiality of any personal information provided by
2program applicants regarding the applicant's status as a
3formerly incarcerated person or foster care recipient;
4however, the Department or Regional Administrators may publish
5aggregated data on the number of participants that were
6formerly incarcerated or foster care recipients so long as
7that publication protects the identities of those persons.
8    Any person who applies to the program may elect not to
9share with the Department or Regional Administrators whether
10he or she is a graduate or currently enrolled in the foster
11care system or was formerly convicted.
12    (d) Program elements for each Hub Site shall be provided
13by a community-based organization. The Department shall
14initially select a community-based organization in each Hub
15Site and shall subsequently select a community-based
16organization in each Hub Site every 3 years. Community-based
17organizations delivering program elements outlined in
18subsection (e) may provide all elements required or may
19subcontract to other entities for provision of portions of
20program elements, including, but not limited to,
21administrative soft and hard skills for program participants,
22delivery of specific training in the core curriculum, or
23provision of other support functions for program delivery
24compliance.
25    (e) The Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Network shall:
26        (1) coordinate with Energy Transition Navigators: (i)
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1    to increase participation in the Clean Jobs Workforce
2    Network Program and clean energy and related sector
3    workforce and training opportunities; (ii) coordinate
4    recruitment, communications, and ongoing engagement with
5    potential employers, including, but not limited to,
6    activities such as job matchmaking initiatives, hosting
7    events such as job fairs, and collaborating with other Hub
8    Sites to identify and implement best practices for
9    employer engagement; and (iii) leverage community-based
10    organizations, educational institutions, and
11    community-based and labor-based training providers to
12    ensure program-eligible individuals across the State have
13    dedicated and sustained support to enter and complete the
14    career pipeline for clean energy and related sector jobs;
15        (1.1) incorporate targeted outreach, recruitment, 
16    training, and placement services specifically for 
17    participants seeking careers within the climate, 
18    environmental, and clean energy sector, including, but not 
19    limited to, roles in industries such as renewable energy 
20    generation, energy efficiency, environmental remediation, 
21    sustainability consulting, and ecosystem management;
22        (2) develop formal partnerships, including formal
23    sector partnerships between community-based organizations
24    and entities that provide climate, environmental, clean
25    energy jobs, including businesses, nonprofit
26    organizations, and worker-owned cooperatives, to ensure
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1    that Program participants have priority access to
2    employment training and hiring opportunities; and
3        (3) implement the Clean Jobs Curriculum that prepares 
4    participants for climate, environmental, and clean energy 
5    sector careers [to provide], including, but not limited to,
6    training, certification preparation, job readiness, and
7    skill development, including soft skills, math skills,
8    technical skills, certification test preparation, and
9    other development needed, to Program participants.
10    (f) Funding for the Program is subject to appropriation
11from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund.
12    (g) The Department shall require submission of quarterly
13reports, including program performance metrics by each Hub
14Site to the Regional Administrator of their Program Delivery
15Area. Program performance metrics include, but are not limited
16to:
17        (1) demographic data, including racial, gender,
18    residency in eligible communities, and geographic
19    distribution data, on Program trainees entering and
20    graduating the Program;
21        (2) demographic data, including racial, gender,
22    residency in eligible communities, and geographic
23    distribution data, on Program trainees who are placed in
24    employment, including the percentages of trainees by race,
25    gender, and geographic categories in each individual job
26    type or category and whether employment is union,
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1    nonunion, or nonunion via temporary agency;
2        (3) trainee job acquisition and retention statistics,
3    including the duration of employment (start and end dates
4    of hires) by race, gender, and geography;
5        (4) hourly wages, including hourly overtime pay rate,
6    and benefits of trainees placed into employment by race,
7    gender, and geography;
8        (5) percentage of jobs by race, gender, and geography
9    held by Program trainees or graduates that are full-time
10    equivalent positions, meaning that the position held is
11    full-time, direct, and permanent based on 2,080 hours
12    worked per year (paid directly by the employer, whose
13    activities, schedule, and manner of work the employer
14    controls, and receives pay and benefits in the same manner
15    as permanent employees); and
16        (6) qualitative data consisting of open-ended
17    reporting on pertinent issues, including, but not limited
18    to, qualitative descriptions accompanying metrics or
19    identifying key successes and challenges.
20    (g-5) In addition to the reporting requirements under 
21subsection (g), the Department shall collect, track, and 
22report the following, disaggregated by race, gender, 
23geography, and equity status:
24        (1) the number and percentage of program participants 
25    who are enrolled in training or placed in employment 
26    specifically within the climate, environmental, and clean 
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1    energy sector;
2        (2) the average wage, retention rate at 6 and 12 
3    months, and benefits, including union status, for 
4    participants in those sectors;
5        (3) the number and type of sector-specific 
6    certifications achieved by program participants, 
7    including, but not limited to, ecosystem restoration and 
8    conservation credentials, and other Department-recognized 
9    credentials relevant to the climate, environmental, and 
10    clean energy sector; and
11        (4) qualitative feedback from participants employed in 
12    the climate, environmental, or clean energy sector 
13    regarding career progression, job satisfaction, and 
14    further training needs.
15    (h) Within 3 years after the effective date of this Act,
16the Department shall select an independent evaluator to review
17and prepare a report on the performance of the Program and
18Regional Administrators.
19(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21; 103-595, eff. 7-1-25.)