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SB0044 - FIREARM SURRENDER-ORD PROTECT
Don Harmon, Sara Feigenholtz, Ann Gillespie
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that if the respondent to an order of protection issued is required to surrender any firearms, the order of protection shall also include an order to surrender firearms. Requires the respondent to surrender any firearms under an order to surrender on the day the respondent is served with the order of protection. Requires the law enforcement agency receiving any surrendered firearms to provide a statement of receipt of any firearm to the respondent and the court. Provides that the failure to surrender any firearm within 24 hours to the individual or law enforcement agency under an order to surrender firearms shall constitute contempt of court for the violation of the terms of the order of protection. Requires the Supreme Court to adopt a form for an order to surrender firearms and update any existing forms for an order of protection to reflect the changes made by the amendatory Act. Provides that if any Firearm Owner's Identification Card of the respondent is surrendered, the period of surrender shall be for the duration of the order of protection. Provides that if any Firearm Owner's Identification Card of the respondent is revoked, the period of surrender shall be for the duration of the order of protection or 2 years, whichever is longer. Restricts a respondent who has surrendered a firearm from purchasing, possessing, or having access to a firearm for the period of surrender. Provides that, upon expiration of the period of surrender, any surrendered firearm may only be returned to a respondent if a judicial officer has signed an order to release firearms stating that the order of protection is no longer in effect and the period of surrender has expired. Makes conforming changes in the Act, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0100 - EPA-DISPOSABLE FOOD CONTAINERS
Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison, Rachel Ventura
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a retail establishment may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. Exempts specified entities from the prohibition until one year after the amendatory Act's effective date. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0078 - DHS-OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES
Sara Feigenholtz, Robert Peters, Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to (i) establish a new intervention license category entitled "OPS Harm Reduction Services", (ii) establish standards for entities to become licensed under the OPS Harm Reduction Services category, and (iii) create a licensing application process. Provides that, notwithstanding any other law, ordinance, or regulation, any entity licensed as an OPS Harm Reduction Services provider may operate an overdose prevention site as authorized by the Department. Requires the Department to make a determination as to whether to approve an entity's application for an OPS Harm Reduction Services license within 4 weeks after the date upon which the entity submitted its application to the Department. Requires the Department to help educate local communities and public and private entities about overdose prevention sites and the evidence regarding the benefits of overdose prevention sites. Requires entities approved to operate an overdose prevention site to, at a minimum, provide a hygienic space where participants may consume pre-obtained substances, maintain a supply of naloxone and oxygen on-site, employ staff trained to administer first aid to participants who are experiencing an overdose, provide secure hypodermic needle and syringe disposal services, encourage drug checking or the use of fentanyl test strips, and other services. Requires licensed entities to submit a report to the Department on the number of participants who have received or are receiving services at the overdose prevention site and other matters. Grants immunity from civil or criminal liability to specified persons. Preempts home rule powers.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2039 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC HEALTH DATA
Anna Moeller, Natalie A. Manley, Debbie Meyers-Martin
Last updated about 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that each disclosing State department or agency (rather than only department) shall execute a single master data use agreement that includes all data sets and is in accordance with the applicable laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the specific data being requested. Provides that the State department or agency may require the names of any authorized users who will access or use the data provided. Provides that any data shared between State departments and agencies that is requested by a certified local health department shall be reviewed and approved by the State department or agency providing the data to ensure that all disclosures are made in accordance with procedures set forth in the data use agreements. Makes other changes. Adds a January 1, 2024 effective date.
STATUS
Passed
HB2076 - DISTRESSED FACILITY CRITERIA
Anna Moeller, Joyce Mason, Ann Gillespie
Last updated about 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions relating to designation of distressed facilities, provides that the Department of Public Health shall, by rule, create a timeframe and a procedure on how a facility can be removed from the list and the list may not contain more than 40 facilities per quarter. Provides that a facility has the right to appeal a designation and the procedure for appealing shall be outlined in rule. Removes provisions relating to temporary managers, and provides that a monitor (rather than a temporary manager) may apply to the Equity in Long-term Care Quality Fund on behalf of the facility for grant funds to implement the plan of improvement. Provides that the Department's mentor program is for owners and operators (rather than owners) of distressed facilities and that the program shall provide technical assistance and guidance to facilities. Provides that the Department's rule criteria for restricting the owners of a facility may not prohibit an owner who acquires ownership of a facility that is already on the distressed facility list before the owner's acquisition of the facility from acquiring additional skilled nursing facilities. Excludes from the provisions homes, institutions, or other places operated by or under the authority of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs as those facilities are certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and not the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
STATUS
Passed
SB0218 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-VARIOUS
Ann Gillespie, Laura M. Murphy, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides that any physician assistant required to enter into a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician is authorized to continue to practice for up to 90 days after the termination of a written collaborative agreement, provided the physician assistant seeks any necessary collaboration at a local hospital and refers patients who require services beyond the training and experience of the physician assistant to a physician or other health care provider. Provides that physicians and physician assistants who work in a federally qualified health center are exempt from specified collaborative ratio restriction requirements. Adds physician assistants providing services in federally qualified health centers to provisions that authorize certain physician assistants to provide services without a written collaborative agreement and to prescribe certain controlled substances. Defines "federally qualified health center". Makes conforming and other changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB1477 - UTIL VALUATION-RATE BASE
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie, Susan Rezin
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that in provisions concerning the valuation of water and sewer utilities, 20% of the lesser of (1) the purchase price or (2) the fair market value determined shall constitute the rate base associated with the water or sewer utility as acquired by and incorporated into the rate base of the district designated by the acquiring large public utility. Provides that the amount of the difference between the rate base and the purchase price or fair market value shall be borne by the shareholders of the acquiring large public utility. Provides that only 20% of the transaction and closing costs shall be included in rate base. Provides that any large public utility acquiring a water or sewer utility must inform (rather than if the water or sewer utility being acquired is owned by the State or any political subdivision thereof, then the water or sewer utility must inform) the public of the terms of its acquisition.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0217 - CLAIMS CT-LINE OF DUTY AWARDS
Christopher Belt, Cristina Castro, Dale Fowler
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Provides that, for the purpose of making up any deficiency in the appropriation for the payment of claims directed pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act, there is appropriated, on a continuing annual basis in each fiscal year, from the General Revenue Fund to the Court of Claims, the amount, if any, by which the total appropriation for the payment of claims directed pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act for the fiscal year is less than the amount required for the payment of claims pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act for that fiscal year. Provides that the amount of any continuing appropriation used by the Court of Claims under the amendatory Act for a given fiscal year shall be charged against the unexpended amount of any appropriation for line of duty awards to the Court of Claims for that fiscal year that subsequently becomes available. Requires the Court of Claims to report to the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget on any continuing appropriation that is used at the conclusion of a fiscal year. Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that if a claim is made within 2 years (rather than one year) of the date of death of a law enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or State employee killed in the line of duty, compensation shall be paid to the person designated by the law enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or State employee. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2123 - DIGITAL FORGERIES ACT
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Emanuel Welch, Nabeela Syed
Last updated about 1 year ago
57 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act. Changes the definition of "sexual image" to also mean a photograph, film, videotape, digital recording, or other similar medium that falsely appears to show the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or female post-pubescent nipple, partially or fully exposed, of a depicted individual or a depicted individual engaging in or being subjected to sexual conduct or activity. Provides that a depicted individual of an intentionally digitally altered sexual image has a cause of action against a person disseminating or threatening to disseminate the sexual image. Provides that a depicted individual has a cause of action against a person disseminating or threatening to disseminate a sexual image if the person recklessly disregarded the possibility that the depicted individual did not consent to the dissemination, the image was a private or intentionally digitally altered sexual image, and the depicted individual was identifiable. Provides that in the case of digitally altered sexual images, disclosing that the images were digitally altered is not a defense to liability. Removes language providing that nothing in the Act shall be construed to impose liability on an interactive computer service for content provided by another person. Provides that the dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a private sexual image is not a matter of public concern solely because the image is accompanied by a political message. Allows the court to award equitable relief, such as a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction ordering the defendant to cease the display or disclosure of the image, to a prevailing plaintiff in an action brought under the Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB0850 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Christopher Belt, Mattie Hunter, Dale Fowler
Last updated about 1 year ago
73 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate an area as a food desert even if the area does not meet the qualifications set forth in the engrossed bill as long as the designation is made in accordance with criteria established by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity by rule using data that includes, but is not limited to, poverty metrics and access to existing grocery stores. Provides that the provisions of the engrossed bill apply to independently owned for-profit grocery stores, cooperative grocery stores, or not-for-profit grocery stores (in the engrossed bill, only independently owned for-profit grocery stores). Amends the Public Utilities Act to make conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Illinois district SD-027
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Illinois Senate
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