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SB2637 - PROHIBITED FOOD ADDITIVES
Willie Preston, Robert Peters, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 7 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, a person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, deliver, distribute, hold, or offer for sale a food product for human consumption that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or red dye 3. Provides that a person or entity that violates the prohibition shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a first violation and not to exceed $10,000 for each subsequent violation. Makes a conforming change.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2234 - BUSINESS TRUTH IN LENDING ACT
Christopher Belt, Mattie Hunter, Laura Ellman
Last updated 7 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Small Business Financing Transparency Act. Sets forth provisions concerning registration requirements for persons providing commercial financing; additional registration information; registration expiration; functions, power, and duties; subpoena power of the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation; disclosure requirements; commercial financing disclosure forms approved for use in other states; violation of disclosure requirements; notification; suspension of registrations, civil penalties, and other discipline; investigation of complaints; confidentiality; appeal and review; registration fees; cease and desist orders; injunctions; exemptions; complaint disclosure; rules; violations; limitations on liability; beginning of registration; beginning of disclosure requirements; severability; and a commercial financing database. Amends the Freedom of Information Act and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3773 - LIMIT PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS USE
Jaime M. Andrade, Lilian Jimenez, Abdelnasser Rashid
Last updated 3 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the Employment Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation: (1) with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure, or the terms, privileges, or conditions of employment, for an employer to use artificial intelligence that has the effect of subjecting employees to discrimination on the basis of protected classes identified under the Article or to use zip codes as a proxy for protected classes identified under the Article; and (2) for an employer to fail to provide notice to an employee that the employer is using artificial intelligence. Defines "artificial intelligence" and "generative artificial intelligence". Removes the amendatory changes to the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes other changes. Adds a January 1, 2026 effective date.
STATUS
Passed
HB5060 - $PUBLIC HEALTH-CLINICS
Theresa Mah, Dagmara Avelar, Camille Lilly
Last updated 9 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for continued funding to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3650 - DAY & TEMPORARY LABOR AGENCIES
Robert Peters, Celina Villanueva, Adriane Johnson
Last updated 3 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. Provides that a day and temporary labor service agency shall pay a day or temporary laborer who is assigned to work and performs work at the same third party client for more than 720 hours within a 12-month period, beginning on or after April 1, 2024, in accordance with a method chosen at the sole discretion of the third party client: (1) third party client employee compensation or (2) data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sets forth additional requirements concerning compensation. Makes changes in provisions concerning the right to refuse assignment to a labor dispute and enforcement by the Department of Labor. Makes conforming changes. Adds an immediate effective date.
STATUS
Passed
HB0681 - CRIMINAL LAW-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Kelly M. Cassidy, Kambium Buckner
Last updated 6 months ago
92 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that any registered victim, including a person who has had a final, plenary, or non-emergency protective order granted under the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, or the Civil No Contact Order Act (rather than the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986) may present victim statements that the Prisoner Review Board shall consider in its deliberations. Provides that the Board shall immediately inform a victim of the early release of the prisoner from State custody or of the prisoner's pardon, commutation, furlough, or granting of sentence credit, if the victim has previously requested notification of that information. Sets forth the requirements for the notification. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, prior to participating in their first vote of a calendar year, a member of the Board shall annually complete a training developed and administered by the entity administering the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline, in consultation with the Department of Corrections. Provides that the Board shall provide a victim with notice of a preliminary hearing at least 72 hours prior to such hearing if the victim has previously requested notification of that information. Amends the Open Parole Hearing Act. Requires the Board to make all en banc open meetings and all parole, aftercare release, and mandatory supervised release revocation hearings available to the public for live broadcast on the Board's website. Requires the broadcast recording of these hearings to remain available for public viewing on the Board's website for a minimum of 18 months. Specifies that, for all other public hearings of the Board, the Board may make meetings available to the public for live broadcast on the Board's website. Directs the Prisoner Review Board Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2025, on various subjects, including the medical release program and the broadcasting of other open meetings of the Board. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that a petition for an order of protection may not be denied upon the basis that the petitioner or the respondent is incarcerated in a penal institution at the time of the filing of the petition. Some provisions are effective immediately, and others are effective July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3203 - INS CD-INHALER COVERAGE
Mattie Hunter, Javier Loera Cervantes, Willie Preston
Last updated 3 months ago
56 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or before December 31, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs may not deny or limit coverage for prescription inhalers (instead of prescription inhalants) based upon any restriction on the number of days before an inhaler refill may be obtained if, contrary to those restrictions, the inhalants have been ordered or prescribed by the treating physician and are medically appropriate. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall limit the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler to an amount not to exceed $25 per 30-day supply, and provides that nothing in the provisions prevents a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan from reducing a covered person's cost sharing to an amount less than the cap. Makes a conforming change. Provides that coverage for prescription inhalers shall not be subject to any deductible, except to the extent that the coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account. Authorizes rulemaking and enforcement by the Department of Insurance. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that the program of health benefits shall provide coverage for prescription inhalers under the Illinois Insurance Code.
STATUS
Passed
HB5267 - PUB AID-AABD CASH ASSISTANCE
Camille Lilly, Kelly M. Cassidy, Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the General Assembly finds it necessary to take measures to increase the amount of cash assistance provided to qualifying Illinoisans under the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD) program to reach a standard compatible with health and well-being. Provides that the amount of AABD aid granted to a person shall be determined by the Department of Human Services in such a manner as to produce assistance payments that bring the person's total monthly income from countable sources, as determined by the Department, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, if applicable, and AABD aid to an amount that is: (i) no less than 85% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2024; (ii) no less than 90% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2025; (iii) no less than 95% of the federal poverty level for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2026; and (iv) no less than 100% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning on and after July 1, 2027. Provides that the amendatory Act shall not result in any reduction in the amount of aid payable to a person determined eligible for aid prior to July 1, 2024. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3592 - STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY MEDIA
Steve Stadelman, Rachel Ventura, David Koehler
Last updated 3 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Strengthening Community Media Act. Provides that a local news organization shall not be sold to a company without giving written notice 120 days before the sales occurs to specified individuals and organizations. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the Journalism Student Scholarship Program. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall award scholarships to students who will work at a local news organization in the State for a period of not less than 2 years.
STATUS
Passed
SB0461 - EDUCATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Ram Villivalam, Aaron M. Ortiz
Last updated 3 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Makes changes to the provisions concerning the in-state tuition charge to require that, beginning on July 1, 2026, an individual, other than an individual who has a non-immigrant alien status that precludes an intent to permanently reside in the United States, shall be charged tuition by the governing board of a public university at the same rate as an Illinois resident if the individual meets specified requirements. Provides that the governing board may adopt a policy to implement and administer the provisions and may adopt a policy for the classification of in-state residents, for tuition purposes, based on residency in this State. Provides that the General Assembly finds and declares that the provisions are a State law within the meaning of certain provisions of the United States Code.
STATUS
Passed
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