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HB4639 - SMALL PLASTIC BOTTLE ACT
Kambium Buckner, Barbara Hernandez, Joyce Mason
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, hotels with 50 rooms or more and, beginning January 1, 2026, hotels with less than 50 rooms may not provide small single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products to either (i) a customer of the establishment who is staying in a sleeping room accommodation or any space within the sleeping room accommodation or (ii) a customer of the establishment who is using a bathroom shared by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Defines terms.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4909 - BUILD ILLINOIS HOMES ACT
Dagmara Avelar, Ryan Spain, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Last updated 9 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit Act. Provides that owners of qualified low-income housing developments are eligible for credits against the taxes imposed by the Illinois Income Tax Act or taxes, penalties, fees, charges, and payments imposed by the Illinois Insurance Code. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Insurance Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0793 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Theresa Mah, Lilian Jimenez, Lindsey LaPointe
Last updated 6 months ago
66 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Further amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to eliminate on December 31, 2029 (rather than July 1, 2027) the use of active or pending certificates authorized under Section 14(c) the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, to file an amendment to the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities authorized under the Social Security Act to increase the rates for the following waiver services: Supported Employment - Small Group Supports. Requires the amendment to be filed by January 1, 2025. Removes provisions creating a Transition Grant Fund and instead provides that the Department shall establish a Section 14(c) transition program to award transition grants to eligible community agencies with active or pending Section 14(c) certificates to aid in the transition away from subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. Provides that eligibility for the grants shall be contingent upon community agencies submitting a transition plan. Requires the Department to provide example plans that community agencies may adapt and to award transition program grant funds by January 1, 2025 in compliance with the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Contains provisions on appropriate uses for the grant funds. Requires the Department to submit annual status reports to the Governor and the General Assembly that include data on each grant recipient to demonstrate progress toward identified benchmarks. Further amends the Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities Task Force Act. In provisions requiring the Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities Task Force to create a multi-year plan to eliminate Section 14(c) certificates, requires the Task Force to create the multi-year plan with the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities and an academic partner with relevant subject matter expertise. Provides that the multi-year plan shall help the State to successfully eliminate the use of Section 14(c) certificates on December 31, 2029 (rather than July 1, 2027). Sets forth certain considerations the Task Force must make when developing the multi-year plan; data and analysis to be included in the multi-year plan; and other matters. Provides that the Task Force shall consult with employment service providers, people with disabilities, disability trade associations, and disability advocacy organizations in the development of the multi-year plan. Requires the Governor to appoint at least 2 additional members to the Task Force who represent organizations that are current Section 14(c) certificate holders. Provides that the Director of Labor, or the Director's designee, shall serve on the Task Force in a non-voting, advisory capacity until July 1, 2025. Further amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code concerning personal needs allowance increases for residents of community-integrated living arrangements. Further amends the Minimum Wage Law. Permits the Director of Labor to issue regulations for the employment of learners at wages lower than the wage rate applicable under the Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4567 - CRIM CD-THREATS-LIBRARY
Anne M. Stava-Murray, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Provides that the rules and regulations established by the State Librarian for the administration of the Act shall be designed to promote security measures that provide safe and accessible library access. Provides that the program of State grants administered by the State Librarian shall include grants to improve or enhance security of a library. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when the person knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction of a library building or library property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily harm. Defines "library".
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4718 - IDNR-LAND TRANSFER-DEKALB CO
Mark L. Walker, Michelle Mussman, Maurice A. West
Last updated 10 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4153 - ELEC CD-CANDIDATE EMAILS
Anna Moeller, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated about 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Election Code. Modifies the statement of candidacy requirements to include an email address for the candidate. Provides that an election authority may not reject a statement of candidacy, and a person may not file an objection to a candidate's statement of candidacy, for failure to include an email address or because of an error in the email address provided.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5388 - HOMEOWNERS ASSN BILL OF RIGHTS
Dagmara Avelar, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Homeowners' Association Bill of Rights Act. Requires the Office of the Attorney General to establish a separate HOA Department within the Consumer Protection Division. Provides that the HOA Department shall enforce and provide guidance for the provisions in this Act. Requires that each member of the association shall be assessed $3 per year to support the HOA Department that shall be remitted to the HOA Fund to be used exclusively by the Attorney General's Office for handling HOA enforcement and compliance. Provides that associations that do not have any special amenities such as a pool, gym, or community space may not increase their annual assessments for these amenities by more than 2% per year. Limits special assessments above $100,000 unless approved by a vote of the majority of the members. Provides that an association may be dissolved with a vote of at least 65% of its members. Creates a process for a homeowner to file a complaint against a board member. Stays any fines, late fees, and interest once a dispute is filed by a homeowner, and limits attorney's fees to less than 10% of the original amount owed. Provides that a person who violates the Homeowners' Association Bill of Rights Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the State Finance Act to list the HOA Fund as a special fund.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4577 - SCH CD-STUDENT ACCOUNT-UNPAID
Joyce Mason, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that no public high school of a school district may punish or penalize a student because of an unpaid balance on the student's school account. Removes a provision making the prohibition on withholding a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because of an unpaid balance inoperative beginning 3 years from May 6, 2022. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5373 - CONT SUB-CHRONIC PAIN TREATMEN
Kelly M. Cassidy, Sonya M. Harper, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. Provides that ordering, prescribing, dispensing, administering, or paying for controlled substances, including opioids, shall not be predetermined by specific morphine milligram equivalent guidelines except as provided under federal law. Provides that nothing in the provisions concerning chronic pain treatment shall interfere with the review of prescriptions by the Prescription Monitoring Program's Peer Review Committee. Provides that in reviewing prescriptions for chronic pain, the peer review committee members shall review the most updated clinical guidelines on treating chronic pain for the period the prescriptions were written. Provides that confidential information received from opioid treatment programs or confidential information otherwise protected under federal confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records regulations under 42 CFR Part 2 shall not be included in the information shared by the Prescription Monitoring Program with any other department or agency. Provides that before the Department of Human Services may release confidential prescription information from the central repository, in addition to other factors, it must be demonstrated in writing to the Department by the applicant, the applicant has a valid court order or subpoena, or an administrative subpoena issued by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, for the confidential information requested. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4589 - VEH CD-CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
Jay C. Hoffman, Bradley Stephens, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated 4 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Act. Eliminates the provision that provided for the repeal of the Act on January 1, 2025. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Includes "catalytic converter" in the definition of "essential parts". Amends the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law. Excludes catalytic converter from the definition of "recyclable metals". Requires transactions involving a catalytic converter to include the identification number of the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed and the part number or other identifying number of the catalytic converter that was removed. Provides that, in a transaction involving a catalytic converter, the recyclable metal dealer must also require a copy of the certificate of title or registration showing the seller's ownership in the vehicle. Makes it unlawful for any person to purchase or otherwise acquire a used, detached catalytic converter or any nonferrous part thereof unless specified conditions are met. Provides that a used, detached catalytic converter does not include a catalytic converter that has been tested, certified, and labeled for reuse in accordance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act. Defines terms. Makes technical changes.
STATUS
Passed
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