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SB2212 - CONSUMER-OWNED CONTAINERS
Mary Edly-Allen, Laura Fine, Adriane Johnson
Last updated almost 2 years ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. In provisions allowing the filling or refilling of personal containers with bulk food, refers to restaurants and retailers (rather than just retailers). Allows restaurants and retailers to fill or refill a consumer-owned container with ready-made food. Allows clean consumer-owned containers provided or returned to a restaurant or retailer for filling or refilling to be filled or refilled and returned to the same consumer if the consumer-owned container is filled or refilled by either an employee of the restaurant or retailer or the owner of the consumer-owned container. Requires filled or refilled consumer-owned containers to be designed and constructed for reuse in accordance with specified federal requirements. Contains requirements for restaurants and retailers. Directs the Department of Public Health to produce materials for restaurants and retailers on or before January 1, 2024 indicating that consumer-owned containers are not prohibited for use under Illinois law and specifying best practices for food safety requirements for consumer-owned containers. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2240 - COMM COLL-REMEDIATION DATA
Adriane Johnson, Kimberly A. Lightford, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, a community college district, upon a request from the school district of a high school located within the boundaries of the community college district, shall provide individualized disaggregated data on the enrollment of students in community college remediation courses from the most recently completed academic year. Provides that a signed remediation data sharing agreement between the school district and the community college district must be entered into before sharing remediation data. Sets forth requirements for the remediation data sharing agreement. Provides for the development and use of a model remediation data sharing agreement. Provides that a community college district may combine its negotiations with multiple school districts to establish one uniform remediation data sharing agreement or may negotiate individual remediation data sharing agreements with school districts. Sets forth provisions concerning student privacy. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2826 - DFPR-BACKGROUND CHECKS
Curtis J. Tarver, Marcus C. Evans, Carol Ammons
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall not require criminal background information in instances where the Department has already stated that the criminal background information cannot be used against an applicant for licensure under the relevant licensing Act.
STATUS
Passed
HB3648 - HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON
Carol Ammons, LaShawn K. Ford, Cyril Nichols
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Higher Education in Prison Act. Provides that on or before September 1 of the year following the effective date of the Act and each subsequent September 1, the Department of Corrections shall release a report, to be published on the Department of Corrections's Internet website, detailing certain information pertaining to higher education within Department institutions and facilities. Requires the report to be filed with the Governor and General Assembly. Provides that the data provided in the report shall include an aggregate chart at the Department level and individual reports by each correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections. Provides that on or before September 1 of the year following the effective date of the Act and each subsequent September 1, each college and university that provides academic programs for committed persons shall report to the Board of Higher Education on enrollment, retention, completion, and student demographics, including race, ethnicity, age, and gender of committed students. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall compile the information and, within 60 days after receipt of such information, issue a report reflecting the information for each institution required to report. Provides that the report must be filed with the Governor and General Assembly and made publicly available on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website.
STATUS
Passed
SB2545 - $AGING-FAMILY CAREGIVER ACT
Doris Turner, Christopher Belt, David Koehler
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for services provided under the Family Caregiver Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR0020 - AFFIRM EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Katie Stuart, Terra Costa Howard
Last updated over 1 year ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Administration of President Biden to publish and certify without delay the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Urges Congress to pass a joint resolution affirming the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment. Calls on other states to join in this action by passing the same or similar resolutions.
STATUS
Passed
HB2820 - HEALTH-MATERNITY TRAINING
Mary E. Flowers, Jonathan Carroll, Anne M. Stava-Murray
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the definition of "birthing facility", adds birth centers as defined in the Birth Center Licensing Act. Provides that the written policy and continuing education for providers and staff of obstetric medicine and of the emergency department and other staff that may care for pregnant or postpartum women shall include addressing airway emergencies experienced during childbirth. Removes provisions concerning yearly educational modules. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2831 - TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS
Lindsey LaPointe, Carol Ammons, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated over 1 year ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Creates the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (Office) within the Department of Human Services to facilitate the implementation of a strategic plan and initiatives aimed at decreasing homelessness and unnecessary institutionalization in Illinois, improving health and human services outcomes for people who experience homelessness, and strengthening the safety nets that contribute to housing stability. Provides that the Office shall be led by the State Homelessness Chief Officer who shall report to the Secretary of the Department. Provides that the Chief Officer shall also chair the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness, co-chair the Community Advisory Council on Homelessness, and lead the State's comprehensive efforts related to homelessness prevention. Creates the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness within the Department of Human Services to facilitate and implement initiatives related to decreasing homelessness and unnecessary institutionalization in this State, improving health and human services outcomes for people who experience homelessness, and strengthening the safety nets that contribute to housing stability. Sets forth the Task Force's specific duties. Requires the Task Force to submit annual reports to the Governor and General Assembly regarding the Task Force's work during the year prior, any new recommendations developed by the Task Force, any recommendations made by the Community Advisory Council on Homelessness, and any key outcomes and measures related to homelessness. Contains provisions concerning Task Force membership; Task Force meetings; Task Force subcommittees; administrative support to the Task Force; and other matters. Creates the Community Advisory Council on Homelessness (Advisory Council) within the Department of Human Services to make recommendations to the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness regarding homelessness and unnecessary institutionalization with the goals of achieving functional zero homelessness, improving health and human services outcomes for people experiencing homelessness and strengthening the safety nets that contribute to housing stability. Contains provisions concerning Advisory Council membership; Advisory Council meetings; administrative support to the Advisory Council; and other matters. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SR0226 - RECOGNIZES-LOYOLA UNIV CHICAGO
Elgie R. Sims, Adriane Johnson, Craig Wilcox
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Recognizes Loyola University Chicago, the only Jesuit Catholic University in the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
HB3856 - BUDGET RESULTS-CLEANUP
William Davis, Nicholas K. Smith, Camille Lilly
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Authorizes funds that are deposited into the Employment and Training Fund to be used to establish a demonstration project to train individuals to become home child care providers. Repeals a provision that established the Child Care and Development Fund. Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Directs gifts, bequests, donations, income from rental property and endowments to be deposited into the DNR Special Projects Fund (rather than the Natural Resources Fund). Specifies that the DNR Special Projects Fund is a trust fund (rather than a special fund in the State treasury). Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a provision that prohibited transfers from being made to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund from the Public Pension Regulation Fund. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Changes the fund into which certain certification fees are deposited. Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a provision concerning a transfer into the State Police Firearm Services Fund. Amends the State Property Control Act. Repeals a provision concerning a transfer into the State Police Vehicle Fund. Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Medicaid Technical Assistance Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Electric Vehicle Rebate Act, the Cigarette Fire Safety Standard Act, the Herptiles-Herps Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes various other fund-related and transfer-related changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
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