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HB2363 - CLEAN LIGHTING ACT
Nicholas K. Smith, Lindsey LaPointe, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated 3 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Clean Lighting Act. Prohibits offering for final sale, selling at final sale, or distributing as a new manufactured product (i) a screw or bayonet base compact fluorescent lamp on and after January 1, 2024 and (ii) a pin-base compact fluorescent lamp or a linear fluorescent lamp on and after January 1, 2025. Exempts specified lamps from the Act. Contains enforcement provisions. Allows the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules to implement and enforce the Act. Contains a severability provision. Contains other provisions.
STATUS
Passed
HB5480 - SCH CD-STATE CHARTER TRANSPORT
Eva Dina Delgado, Anna Moeller, Nicholas K. Smith
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code concerning reimbursement by the State for transportation. Provides that a State-authorized charter school shall be reimbursed by the State. Sets forth provisions concerning how much the State must pay. Provides that a charter school, other than a State-authorized charter school, that offers transportation to eligible students shall be eligible for reimbursement by the State at the same rate as its host district, unless the host district is the Chicago school district, in which case the charter school is eligible for reimbursement by the State at the rate set forth in the charter agreement. Sets forth how the charter school shall make a reimbursement claim. Provides that a charter school, other than a State-authorized charter school, that has previously received regular transportation grant funding from the State Board of Education or is in the process of receiving such funding approved in the same fiscal year as the effective date of the amendatory Act shall retain any awarded funding.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4586 - SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH-NOTIFY
Anne M. Stava-Murray, Camille Lilly, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated 7 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each school district shall: (1) notify the parents or guardians of each student enrolled in the school district about any mental health services available in the school in which the student is enrolled, in the school district, or in the community where the school is located; and (2) notify each student enrolled in the school district who is 12 years of age or older of specified information in an age and developmentally appropriate manner. Sets forth provisions concerning when and how the required notifications are provided.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5151 - REPEAL PERTUSSIS VACCINE ACT
Anne M. Stava-Murray, Don Harmon, Kimberly A. Lightford
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the assessment conducted upon the identification of a significant change in the resident's condition shall include, but shall not be limited to, a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. Provides that a written service plan shall be based upon the assessment, the resident's interests and preferences, dislikes, and any known triggers for behavior that endangers the resident or others (rather than only the assessment). Requires the resident and the resident's representative to be given a copy of the most recent assessment, a supplemental assessment, and a service plan. Requires an establishment to notify the resident and the resident's representative when there is a significant change in the resident's condition that affects the establishment's ability to meet the resident's needs. Prohibits an establishment from terminating or reducing any service without the consent of the resident or the resident's representative for the purpose of making it more difficult or impossible for the resident to remain in the establishment. Provides that an establishment may not initiate a termination of residency due to an emergency situation if the establishment is able to safely care for the resident and (1) the resident has been hospitalized and the resident's physician, the establishment's manager, and the establishment's director of nursing state that returning to the establishment would not create an imminent danger of death or serious physical harm to the resident; or (2) the emergency can be negated by changes in activities, health care, personal care, or available rooming accommodations, consistent with the license and services of the establishment. Provides that a resident has the right to not be unlawfully transferred or discharged. Makes other changes. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Prohibits a resident from being transferred or discharged in violation of the Act. Provides that a resident has the right not to be unlawfully transferred or discharged. Provides that a facility that fails to comply with an order to readmit a resident who wishes to return to the facility and is appropriate for that level of care and services provided shall be assessed a $2,500 fine. Requires a facility that complies with an order to readmit a resident that has been deemed to have been unlawfully discharged to notify the Department of Public Health within 10 business days that the resident has been readmitted to the facility. Provides that a facility may involuntarily transfer or discharge a resident because the facility is unable to meet the medical needs of the resident, as documented in the resident's clinical record by the resident's physician for medical reasons. Provides that the Department maintains jurisdiction over the transfer or discharge irrespective of the timing of the notice and discharge. Provides that, if the Department determines that a transfer or discharge is not authorized, then the Department shall issue a written decision stating that the transfer or discharge is denied. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5559 - INS-AUTO INSURANCE-REPAIRS
Tracy Katz Muhl, Jawaharial Williams, Will Guzzardi
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that upon the determination of a total loss of an insured vehicle, the insurance company shall provide the insured with a brief description of how that determination was made, including any available repair estimate, estimated vehicle salvage value, assessed market value, and other costs and calculations used. Provides that the provisions apply to policies issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB5407 - EDU-HOMELESS CHILD-REPORT/GRNT
Michelle Mussman, Laura Faver Dias, Kevin John Olickal
Last updated 4 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. In provisions concerning the Education of Homeless Children and Youth State Grant Program, provides that grants shall be awarded to applicant school districts based on the percentage of students experiencing homelessness in an applicant school district (instead of to applicant school districts). Makes other changes concerning the award of grants. Specifies activities eligible for assistance. Provides that the State Board of Education may use up to 25% (instead 5%) of appropriated funds for administrative costs.
STATUS
Passed
SB3608 - LOCAL REG-STATE FACILITIES
Michael W. Halpin, Adriane Johnson, Joyce Mason
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Adds language providing that the Capital Development Board shall coordinate with local utilities regarding utility connection requirements and procedures applicable to State facilities. Provides that the amendatory Act does not relieve the Capital Development Board from its obligation to comply with any State or federal mandate. Provides that the amendatory Act does not relieve the Board from the obligation to compensate units of local governments for fair and reasonable connection or impact costs that (i) conform to industry standards or (ii) are consistent with similar costs that are applied to private, non-governmental capital projects. Makes various structural and grammatical changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3208 - WAGE PAYMENT-PAY STUBS
Karina Villa, Adriane Johnson, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated 3 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Personnel Record Review Act. Provides that every employer shall, upon an employee's request which the employer may require be in writing on a form supplied by the employer, permit the employee to inspect his or her pay stubs. Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that employers shall keep records of names and addresses of all employees and of wages paid each payday, and shall furnish each employee with a pay stub for each pay period (rather than shall furnish each employee with an itemized statement of deductions made from the employee's wages for each pay period). Provides that an employer shall maintain a copy of an employee's pay stub for a period of not less than 3 years after the date of payment, whether the pay stub is provided electronically or in paper form, and the employer shall furnish the pay stub to the employee or former employee upon the employee or former employee's request. Provides that an employer who furnishes electronic pay stubs in a manner that is restricted to the employer's current employees must, upon an employee's separation from employment, furnish the employee or former employee with a paper or emailed electronic record of all of the employee's or former employee's pay stubs for up to 3 years prior to the date of separation, in the method specified by the employee or former employee. Provides that an employer who fails to furnish an employee with a pay stub or commits any other violation of this Act, except for specified violations, shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500 per violation payable to the Department of Labor. Defines "pay stub".
STATUS
Passed
SB3649 - EMPLOYEE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Robert Peters, Doris Turner, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 4 months ago
42 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an employer or its agent, representative, or designee from requiring its employees to attend any training intended to foster a civil and collaborative workplace or reduce or prevent workplace harassment or discrimination (rather than reduce and prevent workplace harassment or discrimination). Makes changes in provisions concerning the powers of the Department of Labor and civil penalties.
STATUS
Passed
HB5371 - HUMAN RIGHTS-VARIOUS
Ann M. Williams, Eva Dina Delgado, Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated 3 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that an employer is responsible for harassment and sexual harassment of its employees by the employer's nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees, nonemployees, and third parties only if the employer becomes aware of the conduct and fails to take reasonable corrective measures. Changes the definition of "real estate transaction" to include any act that otherwise makes available such a transaction or alters a person's right to real property. Makes it a civil rights violation in a real estate transaction to: make unavailable or deny real property to discriminate in making available such a transaction; or use criteria or methods that have the effect of subjecting individuals to unlawful discrimination or discrimination based on familial status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest record in a real estate transaction. Provides that an aggrieved party may take action to collect on a judicial order issued by the Circuit Court in an action initiated by the State, regardless of whether or not the aggrieved party intervened in an enforcement action of a Human Rights Commission order. Provides that, in imposing a penalty based on a real estate transaction violation, the Commission may order a respondent to pay a civil penalty per violation to vindicate the public interest, and in imposing a civil penalty to vindicate the public interest, a separate penalty may be imposed for each specific act constituting a civil rights violation and for each aggrieved party injured by the civil rights violation. Deletes language authorizing each commissioner of the Human Rights Commission to hire a staff attorney. Repeals language regarding the collection of information concerning employment discrimination in relation to persons affected by the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Passed
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