SB0663 - HOUSING-TECH
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Don Harmon
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2870 - ELEC CD-EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Omar Aquino
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a unit of local government receives a request to make the unit's public buildings within the election authority's jurisdiction available as permanent or temporary early voting polling place, the unit may demonstrate to the election authority that the use would interfere with scheduled programming, and, if so, the election authority and the unit shall work cooperatively to find an alternative location to serve as the permanent or temporary early voting polling place. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3464 - WORK WITHOUT FEAR ACT
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Robert Peters, Javier Loera Cervantes, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 8 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Work Without Fear Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to engage in, or to direct another person to engage in, immigration-related retaliation against any person or his or her family member or household member for the purpose of, or with the effect of, retaliating against any person for exercising any right protected under State employment laws or by any local employment ordinance. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Department of Labor under the Act. Allows the Attorney General to initiate or intervene in a civil action to obtain appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person has violated the Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to prevent any person from making complaint or prosecuting his or her own claim for damages caused by retaliation. Allows a person who is the subject of retaliation prohibited by the Act to bring a civil action for: (1) back pay, with interest, and front pay, or, in lieu of actual damages, liquidated damages of $30,000; (2) a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000; (3) reasonable attorney's fees and court costs; and (4) equitable relief as the court may deem appropriate and just. Provides that a person that violates any provision of the Act shall be subject to an additional civil penalty in an amount of $25,000 for each violation, or $50,000 for each repeat violation within a 5-year period. Sets forth license suspension penalties for violations of the Act. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3235 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS-STUDY
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Christopher Belt, Karina Villa, William Cunningham
Last updated about 1 month ago25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act. Requires the Commission on Equity and Inclusion to conduct studies to: (1) identify and delineate geographies in Illinois exhibiting significant disparities by protected classes as identified by the Human Rights Act with respect to access to financial products or services and lending and investments by covered financial institutions; (2) identify policies, procedures, patterns, or practices that have or may have a disparate impact or discriminatory effect; and (3) identify opportunities for establishing and growing Banking Development Districts in geographic locations where there are the greatest underbanked and unbanked populations and opportunities for partnerships between depository institutions and local communities. Authorizes the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to implement the findings and other results from such studies into the examination process through rules adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that any costs incurred by the Commission in conducting such studies shall be subject to appropriation. Directs the Commission to provide reports of its findings and furnish copies of the reports to the General Assembly and the Secretary. Requires the results of every study performed under the Act to be publicly available on the websites of the Commission and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that the Commission may contract with a qualified person or entity to design and conduct the studies. Amends the Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. Provides that the Commission is responsible for completing those studies under the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SR0820 - MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY DAY
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Laura Fine
Last updated 4 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Declares September 7, 2024 as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day in the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
SB2375 - NURSING HOME CARE-VIOLATIONS
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Karina Villa
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that, if there is a violation by a facility of the Act's minimum staffing requirements, then the facility must display a notice of noncompliance during the calendar quarter in which the facility is notified of the violation (rather than during the period of time the facility is out of compliance). Makes conforming changes to the required notice. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1067 - GOVERNMENT-TECH
Illinois - 103rd General Assembly
Last updated over 1 year ago0 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quit claim deed for specified real property located in Whiteside County to Fulton Township upon payment of $1, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB0362 - AGRICULTURE-TECH
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Don Harmon
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Industrial Hemp Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1583 - INC TX-INTERNSHIP CREDIT
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Thomas M. Bennett, Sally J. Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to 10% of the stipend or salary paid by the taxpayer to up to (i) 5 qualified college interns or (ii) 5 qualified high school interns during the taxable year. Provides that no taxpayer may claim more than $5,000 in total credits under that Section for all taxable years combined. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3729 - UNMANNED AERIAL DRONE SECURITY
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Jason Plummer
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Unmanned Aerial Systems Security Act. Provides that a government agency may use a drone only if the manufacturer of the drone meets the minimum security requirements specified in the Act. Prohibits a government agency from purchasing, acquiring, or otherwise using a drone or any related services or equipment produced by (i) a manufacturer domiciled in a country of concern or (ii) a manufacturer the government agency reasonably believes to be owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by a country of concern or by a company domiciled in a country of concern. Classifies 3 different tiers of drones, and specifies restrictions for each tier level. Requires, subject to appropriation, a government agency using a drone on January 1, 2025 that does not meet the minimum requirements for that drone's usage tier to receive a reimbursement from the Unmanned Aerial Systems Security Reimbursement Fund up to the cost of acquiring a drone that meets the minimum requirements for that drone's usage tier if specified requirements are met. Requires the Department of Transportation to identify the geographic coordinates of sensitive installations within Illinois for the purpose of prohibiting drone usage over sensitive locations. Requires a provider of flight mapping software or other program for operating a drone to geofence Illinois' sensitive locations to prevent the flight of a drone over Illinois' sensitive locations. Provides for criminal penalties for a provider of flight mapping software to allow a user to fly a drone over a sensitive location, except if the user is a law enforcement agency or officer, and for a user of a drone not using flight mapping software to fly a drone over a sensitive location. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Contains a severability clause. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Unmanned Aerial Systems Security Reimbursement Fund. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0102 - HIGHR ED-WORKFORCE SCHOLARSHIP
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Dale Fowler, Thomas M. Bennett
Last updated over 1 year ago2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall establish and administer a workforce industry needs scholarship program to provide scholarships to qualified students who, in order to meet regional or statewide workforce needs, are pursuing a professional certificate, credential, diploma, or degree from a public institution of higher learning. Sets forth the qualifications that a student must meet to receive a scholarship. Provides that each scholarship awarded shall be in an amount sufficient to pay the tuition and fees and room and board costs of the public institution of higher learning at which the recipient is enrolled, up to an annual maximum of $5,000, except that in the case of a recipient who does not reside on campus at the institution of higher learning at which he or she is enrolled, the amount of the scholarship shall be sufficient to pay tuition and fee expenses and a commuter allowance, up to an annual maximum of $5,000. Provides that the Commission shall adopt rules to define what constitutes a postsecondary course of study or other program in order to meet regional or statewide workforce needs. Provides that priority for receiving a scholarship may be given to students seeking a professional certificate, credential, diploma, or degree from a public institution of higher learning in an industry sector identified annually by the Commission as having significant regional or statewide workforce needs. Provides for the approval and suspension of approval of a postsecondary course of study or other program of a public institution of higher learning. Provides for rulemaking. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0045 - PROCUREMENT-EXEMPTION
Illinois - 103rd General Assembly
Last updated over 1 year ago0 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code does not apply to contracts for public education programming, noncommercial sustaining announcements, public service announcements, and public awareness and education messaging with the nonprofit trade associations of the providers of those services that inform the public on immediate and ongoing health and safety risks and hazards.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0934 - CONGRATS-JANET B. ANDERSON
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Dave Syverson
Last updated 4 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates Janet Bernice Runkel Anderson on her 100th birthday. Wishes her continued health and happiness.
STATUS
Passed
SB3567 - PROP TX-NOTICE
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Erica Conway Harriss, Jason Plummer, Andrew S. Chesney
Last updated about 1 month ago11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Truth in Taxation Law in the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning Truth in Taxation notices, provides that the notice shall be conspicuously posted (currently, posted) on the taxing district's homepage or on a page accessible through a direct link from the homepage for not less than 30 consecutive days. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1470 - SCH CD-REMOTE LEARNING DAY
Illinois - 103rd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Thomas M. Bennett, Susan Rezin, Sally J. Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago11 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that before the district superintendent adopts a remote learning plan, the school board must hold a public hearing on the school district's initial proposal for a remote learning plan or for renewal of the remote learning plan at a regular or special meeting of the school board, at which meeting the terms of the proposal or renewal must be substantially presented and an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided. Makes typographical and grammatical changes regarding provisions concerning payment to contractors providing educational support services. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Engrossed