SB2349 - SCH CD-GRANTS-CULT/ADV
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Rachel Ventura
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a grant program to support cultural and language immersion programs, gifted and talented programs, and advanced placement programs. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop and administer an application program for schools to apply for grant funds. Provides that, to receive grant funds, schools must: (1) ensure that any student can apply to any school in the school district with restrictive admission procedures; and (2) provide transportation to each student in the school district to the school the student attends.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2384 - RETIRED POLICE DOG-CARE
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program Act. Creates the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program within the Illinois State Police to provide a stable funding source for the veterinary care for retired police dogs. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall contract with a not-for-profit corporation organized under Article 2 of the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 to administer and manage the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall select the not-for-profit corporation through a competitive grant award process. Establishes criteria for the selection of the not-for-profit corporation. Provides that from appropriations made by the General Assembly to the Illinois State Police for implementation of the Act, the Illinois State Police shall make grants to the not-for-profit corporation contracted by the Illinois State Police to be the disbursing authority for the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Provides that these funds must be disbursed to the former handler or the adopter of a retired police dog that served for 5 years or more as a police dog upon receipt specified verification. Provides that annual disbursements to a former handler or an adopter to reimburse him or her for the cost of the retired police dog's veterinary care may not exceed $1,500 per dog. Provides that a former handler or an adopter of a retired police dog may not accumulate unused funds from a current year for use in a future year. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall pay to the not-for-profit corporation, and the not-for-profit corporation may use, up to 10% of appropriated funds for its administrative expenses, including salaries and benefits. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall adopt rules to implement the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2327 - SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-COSTS
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Meg Loughran Cappel
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Children With Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that for individual students with disabilities who attend tier 1 or 2 schools whose program costs exceed 3 times the district's per capita tuition rate, the costs in excess of 3 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall be paid by the State Board of Education from unexpended IDEA discretionary funds originally designated for room and board reimbursement (instead of for individual students with disabilities whose program costs exceed 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate, the costs in excess of 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall be paid by the State Board of Education from unexpended IDEA discretionary funds originally designated for room and board reimbursement). Provides that for individual students with disabilities who attend Tier 3 or 4 schools whose program costs exceed 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate, the costs in excess of 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall be paid by the State Board of Education from unexpended IDEA discretionary funds originally designated for room and board reimbursement. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2008 - EPA-BALLOONS
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Adriane Johnson, Mary Edly-Allen, Mike Simmons
Last updated over 1 year ago3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person or organization shall organize a gathering that causes the release of balloons into the air unless the balloons are (1) used by an institution of higher education or a governmental agency, or pursuant to a governmental contract, for bona fide scientific or meteorological purposes, (2) released indoors and remain indoors, or (3) are helium balloons used for the safe operation of a hot air balloon. Provides that persons who violate the amendatory Act's provisions shall be subject to civil penalties in specified amounts and that the release of 50 balloons or fewer at one time is a single offense. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3302 - LIQUOR-SELL IN GOVT BUILDING
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Dave Syverson, Steve Stadelman, Andrew S. Chesney
Last updated about 2 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and sold at the building located at 305 West Grove St. in Poplar Grove, Illinois that is owned and operated by North Boone Fire District #3 if the alcoholic liquor is sold or dispensed only in connection with organized functions approved by the North Boone Fire District #3 for which the planned attendance is 20 or more persons and if the person or facility selling or dispensing the alcoholic liquor has provided dram shop liability insurance in maximum limits so as to hold harmless North Boone County Fire District #3 from all financial loss, damage, and harm. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2040 - HIGHER ED-MINORITY TEACHERS
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Natalie Toro, Christopher Belt, Willie Preston
Last updated over 1 year ago5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Provides that any money appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for scholarship awards for a particular academic year that remains unused at the end of that academic year shall be deposited into the Student Teaching Fund. Requires the Commission to establish and administer a student teaching stipend program in which the Commission receives and considers applications for a stipend from scholarship recipients who are student teaching. Subject to appropriation from the Student Teaching Fund, provides that the Commission shall select stipend recipients from among applicants who are in financial need. Provides that the amount and payment of any stipend shall be determined by the Commission, and provides for rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Student Teaching Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1767 - CARGO TRANSPORTATION TAX
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Rachel Ventura
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Cargo Transportation Tax Act. Provides that a tax is imposed upon each retailer that transports by common carrier tangible personal property into the State from a point outside of the State. Provides that the tax is imposed at the rate of 0.5% of the retail selling price of the tangible personal property. Provides that proceeds from the tax imposed by the Act shall be deposited into the Cargo Transportation Tax Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of Transportation for road projects in areas of the State that receive heightened levels of traffic as a result of the transportation of tangible personal property. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1591 - DHFS-NURSING RATE INCREASES
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Neil Anderson
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to increase reimbursement rates to facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act on January 1 of 2024 through 2025 to a level that is sufficient to pay wages of not less than the State minimum wage rates in effect on each of those dates. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide that the Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the rate increases. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1437 - DCEO-OFFICE OF BROADBAND
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Rachel Ventura
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Universal Broadband Act. Creates the Office of Broadband Access within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that the Office of Broadband Access shall oversee the construction, development, and operation of a Statewide retail broadband network to provide reliable broadband service to all areas of the State. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to make conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2946 - PUNITIVE DAMAGES-LEGAL MALPRAC
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the prohibition on the recovery of punitive damages in a legal malpractice action includes damages sought as compensatory damages which were assessed against the legal malpractice plaintiff or failed to be obtained by the legal malpractice plaintiff.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3470 - PRETRIAL SUCCESS-GRANTS
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Elgie R. Sims, Adriane Johnson, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated 8 months ago12 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Pretrial Success Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services has grant making, operational, and procurement authority to distribute funds to local government health and human services agencies, community-based organizations, and other entities necessary to execute the functions under the Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall issue grants to local governmental agencies and community-based organizations to maximize pretrial success each year. Provides that grants shall be awarded no later than October 1, 2024. Provides that grants in subsequent years shall be issued on or before September 1 of the relevant fiscal year and shall allow for pre-award expenditures beginning July 1 of the relevant fiscal year. Provides that each judicial circuit with a population of at least 250,000 constitutes a service area. Provides that each judicial circuit with populations of less than 250,000 shall be combined with at least one other geographically contiguous judicial circuit to constitute a service area with a population of at least 250,000. Provides that resources for each service area shall be distributed based on maximizing the total potential pretrial success. Subject to appropriation, the minimum annual grant amount awarded in each service area shall be $300,000. Provides that beginning in fiscal year 2027 and subject to appropriation, grants shall be awarded for a project period of 3 years, contingent on Department requirements for reporting and successful performance. Provides that organizations receiving grants under the Act shall provide the following services directly or through subgrants to other organizations:(1) case management for mental health and substance use disorders; (2) detoxification or referral to detoxification when clinically indicated and available in the community; (3) medication assisted treatment or referral to medication assisted treatment when clinically indicated and available in the community; (4) child care to remove barriers to court appearances; and (5) transportation to court appearances if not available through the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services or other court stakeholders. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1378 - IHDA-TAX CREDITS-VET HOUSING
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Jil Walker Tracy, Andrew S. Chesney, Sally J. Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that, as part of the development of the Qualified Allocation Plan for 2024-2025, the Illinois Housing Development Authority must set aside no less than 10% of its allocated tax credits for projects sponsored by nonprofits that will provide permanent housing for formerly homeless veterans in a service-based multifamily property and projects of no fewer than 20 units. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0316 - PROP TX-RAILROAD
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that railroad property shall be assessed based on the location of the property (rather than as a unit).
STATUS
Introduced
SB3462 - ILLINOIS GUARANTEED INCOME LAW
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Ram Villivalam
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Illinois Guaranteed Income Law. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Establishes the Guaranteed Income Implementation Board within the Department of Human Services to: (i) evaluate the efficacy of guaranteed income in improving outcomes for Illinois residents; (ii) propose statewide policies to create and implement one or more permanent guaranteed income programs; and (iii) provide oversight related to the implementation of any guaranteed income program enacted by the General Assembly. Sets forth the composition of the Board and provides that all appointments to the Board must be completed by August 31, 2024. Requires the Board to meet at the call of the co-chairs no less than 6 times a year with the first meeting to be held no later than 30 days after all Board members have been appointed. Provides that the Board must perform certain tasks including reviewing the landscape of cash supports available to low-income residents of Illinois and identifying populations without significant access to cash supports. Contains provisions concerning Board reporting requirements, Board recommendations and subcommittees, and other matters. Provides that the Board shall dissolve on December 31, 2027. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer, subject to appropriation, a Guaranteed Income for Illinois Program that provides a monthly cash benefit of $1,000 to Illinois residents, regardless of immigration status, who: (1) provides care for a child or other specified dependent; (2) recently gave birth or adopted a child; or (3) is enrolled in an educational or vocational program. Contains provisions on qualifying life events that effect eligibility determinations, renewal applications for benefits, and Department rules. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3646 - CHILD LABOR LAW OF 2024
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Robert Peters, Karina Villa, Christopher Belt
Last updated about 2 months ago25 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides for the amount of time a child performer who works in a television, motion picture, or related entertainment production may be permitted to be at the place of employment within a 24-hour time period, based on the age of the performer. Sets forth time requirements for work, rest and recreation, and education. Corrects grammatical and technical errors. Effective January 1, 2025, except provisions concerning minors featured in vlogs and trust funds are effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed