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SB1072 - GOVERNMENT-TECH
Susan Rezin, Mike Porfirio, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated about 1 year ago
134 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Flag Display Act. Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the symbol of the State's concern for and commitment to honoring and remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed forces who have lost their lives while serving or as a result of service and their families. Provides for the dates when and the locations where the Honor and Remember Flag must be displayed. Amends the Condominium Property Act. Adds the Honor and Remember Flag under the definition of "military flag" that is permitted to be flown by a unit owner under certain circumstances. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
STATUS
Passed
HB4534 - REPEAL ILLINOIS TRUST ACT
Adam M. Niemerg, Blaine Wilhour, David Friess
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Repeals the Illinois TRUST Act. Makes corresponding changes in the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4531 - CLASSIFICATION BY BIO SEX ACT
David Friess, Dan Caulkins, Blaine Wilhour
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Classification by Biological Sex Act. Sets forth findings. Provides that any public school or school district and any State, local agency, department or office that collects vital statistics for the purpose of complying with antidiscrimination laws or for the purpose of gathering accurate public health, crime, economic, or other data shall classify each individual who is part of the collected data set as either male or female at birth. Amends the Statute on Statutes. Sets forth the meaning of the following terms as used in any statute or any rule or regulation: a person's sex; female and male; woman and girl; man and boy; and mother and father.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1642 - INVEST IN KIDS-CREDIT AMT
Blaine Wilhour, Chris Miller, Dan Caulkins
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the credit shall be equal to 100% (rather than 75%) of the total amount of qualified contributions made by the taxpayer during a taxable year, not to exceed a credit of $1,333,333 (rather than $1,000,000) per taxpayer. Provides that the aggregate credit cap per year may not exceed $100,000,000 (rather than $75,000,000). Provides that the cap shall be increased by 20% beginning on the first day of a calendar year if, in at least 2 of the previous 3 calendar years, the cap was reached. Removes language limiting the credit to tax years ending before January 1, 2024 and repealing the Act on January 1, 2025. Provides that the Act is exempt from the sunset provisions of the Illinois Income Tax Act. Repeals an inseverability clause. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0064 - HIGHWAY ADS-SIGNS
Cristina Castro, Kelly M. Cassidy, Jed Davis
Last updated over 1 year ago
73 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the definition of "sign" means any outdoor sign, display, device, notice, figure painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing, which is designed (rather than designated), intended, or used to advertise or inform, and of which any part of the existing or intended advertising or informative contents is or will be visible from any place on the main-traveled way of a controlled portion (rather than any portion) of an Interstate or primary highway and which is adjacent to and within 660 feet (rather than within 660 feet) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of such highway, and where the sign is operated or owned by a person or entity earning remuneration directly or indirectly for (i) the existence or placement of the outdoor sign or (ii) the placement of the message on the outdoor sign. Provides that the definition of "erect" does not include the attachment of a vinyl substrate to a sign that was permitted or registered to display, in another medium, advertising or other information and that does not cause a substantial change or modification that would terminate nonconforming rights. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall accord lawful status to the registered sign at issue in the decision of the Illinois Appellate Court captioned as Image Media Advertising, Inc., v. Illinois Department of Transportation, No. 1-20-0830. Provides that the Department shall also allow for the continued usage of that sign by the owner of the building or its authorized agent without requiring a new permit or registration. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1560 - ESTATE TAX-REPEAL
Blaine Wilhour, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that no tax shall be imposed under the Act for persons dying on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act or for transfers made on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1644 - PEN CD-ANNUAL INCREASES
Blaine Wilhour, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the retirement annuity or supplemental annuity for a participant, member, or annuitant in any pension fund or retirement system under the Code shall be subject to annual increases equal to the 10-year moving average of the annual unadjusted percentage increase in the consumer price index-u. Provides that the changes apply without regard to whether the participant is in active service on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1643 - UNIV OF IL-ADMIT IN-STATE STU
Blaine Wilhour, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the University of Illinois Act. Beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, provides that the Board of Trustees shall give priority admission to residents of this State. Based upon academic year, sets forth the percentage of the University's freshman class of undergraduate students that must be State residents. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0896 - TRANSPORTATION-TECH
Doris Turner, Jason Plummer, Sally J. Turner
Last updated about 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that auxiliary lighting on a motorcycle may not emit blue (rather than red or blue) lights. Provides that a motorcycle may be equipped with 2 forward facing electric turn signals mounted on or near the handlebar grip assembly, or on the front fork assembly, or front fender shroud. Requires that lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and when signaling, shall emit a white or amber light. Provides that a motorcycle may be equipped with 2 forward facing electric driving lights which display a steady-on white or amber light. Provides that the lights may be in addition to but not in lieu of the required lamps on motorcycles required under the Code. Provides that the driving lights may by the same lamp housing shall only be actuated to a flashing signal to comply with the requirements of other provisions under the Code.
STATUS
Passed
HB1641 - ETHICS-REP CASE AND RECUSAL
Blaine Wilhour, Chris Miller, Dan Ugaste
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Modifies the definition of "representation case" to include matters before units of local government. Provides that no legislator or employee of a governmental entity may accept or participate in any way in any representation case if the State or unit of local government is an adverse party or if the result is an adverse effect on State or local revenue, State or local finances, or the health, safety, welfare, or relative tax burden of any State resident. Prohibits (rather than allows) participation in a representation case by a person with whom a legislator maintains a close economic association. Provides that no legislator or employee of a governmental entity may derive any income, compensation, or other tangible benefit from providing opinion evidence as an expert against the interests of the State or a unit of local government in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding before any administrative agency or court. Provides that a legislator shall officially recuse himself or herself from any legislative matter in which the legislator or his or her spouse or immediate family member has a financial interest and shall include in the recusal a written explanation for the recusal. Makes conforming and other changes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Illinois district HD-110
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Blaine Wilhour is running for election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Indiana. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022. Wilhour completed high school at John Glenn High School. He went on to earn his B.S. in Information Systems from Indiana University Kokomo in 2015. Wilhour is a real estate project manager.read less
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