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Illinois bill requiring minorities on corporate boards 'gutted'; lawmakers pass version calling for disclosure, report card

Legislation that aimed to diversify corporate boards in Illinois passed during the final days of the General Assembly's spring legislative session, but was stripped of a key provision that would have mandated minority representation.

The bill, H.B. 3394, would have required Illinois companies to have at least one woman, an African-American and a Latino on their boards. But the version that passed the Senate dropped that requirement in

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