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HB5196 - RESTORES PRE-P.A. 101-652
Brad Halbrook
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends, repeals, and reenacts various Acts. Restores the statutes to the form in which they existed before their amendment by Public Acts 101-652, 102-28, and 102-1104. Makes other technical changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5206 - DCEO-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM
Brad Halbrook
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Creates the Restoring Faith in Job Training Program. Requires a forensic audit of all job training programs administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5208 - IEMA-DISASTER PROCLAMATION
Brad Halbrook, David Friess
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that after an initial proclamation declaring that a disaster exists, the Governor may only extend that declaration or make further proclamations regarding the same disaster if the General Assembly passes a resolution within 5 calendar days that approves the extension or further proclamation. Provides that if, due to health or safety concerns, the General Assembly is unable to convene in either regular or special session to approve the extension or further proclamation, the extension or further proclamation may continue in effect until the General Assembly is able to convene in regular or special session if specified members of the General Assembly submit written certification to the Governor that the General Assembly is unable to convene to provide the necessary approval of the extension or further proclamation. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4787 - PARAPROF TO TEACHER PROGRAM
Amy L. Grant, Brad Halbrook, Bradley J. Fritts
Last updated 9 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Paraprofessional Fast Track to Teaching Degree Pilot Program Act. Makes findings. Provides that the Paraprofessional Fast Track to Teaching Degree Pilot Program is created for a 2-year degree pathway by which paraprofessional educators may enroll to achieve the education requirements to attain a professional educator license in this State, which shall comply with the standards of the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education. Provides that, subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year or, if funds are not appropriated for the Program that academic year, beginning with the academic year in which funds are appropriated for the Program, the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall coordinate with each other to assign a qualified individual to serve as a Program director to develop the curriculum for the Program. Provides that one public elementary or public secondary school and one public university in this State shall be chosen to develop a program for transitioning paraprofessionals to teachers. Includes the core components of the Program. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education must submit a report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative Reference Bureau detailing the impact of the Program and then the Program is dissolved and the Act is repealed. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5423 - IDOT-TOWNSHIP REBUILD
Brad Halbrook
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides for the establishment and administration of the Township Rebuild Program by the Department of Transportation. Provides that the Department use the Township Rebuild Fund to award grants of no greater than $250,000 to townships with populations under 2,000 for the purpose of expanding machinery storage facilities. Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Creates the Township Rebuild Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury. Provides that the Fund shall receive transfers from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund sufficient to provide awards to all eligible townships in the Illinois Township Rebuild Program. Amends the State Finance Act to make a corresponding addition. Provides that the Township Rebuild Program Fund shall be used according to the purposes described in the Transportation Funds provisions of the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5422 - IDOT-CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Brad Halbrook, David Friess
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall have pre-bid, pre-construction meetings with county, township, and municipal elected officials and with all fire departments, law enforcement agencies, and medical providers in each Department district that will be impacted by the construction projects concerning the scope and nature of those construction projects.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4243 - DONATE BLOOD-MRNA VACCINES
Jed Davis, Chris Miller, Brad Halbrook
Last updated 12 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act. Requires a blood bank to test or have tested donated blood for evidence of any COVID-19 vaccine and any other messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine components, and requires a blood donor to disclose during each blood donor screening process whether the blood donor has received a COVID-19 vaccine or any other mRNA vaccine during the donor's lifetime. Requires blood or blood components to include on their labels a designation that the blood or blood components tested positive for evidence of a COVID-19 vaccine or any other mRNA vaccine component or was drawn from a blood donor who disclosed the donor have received a COVID-19 vaccine or any other mRNA vaccine during the donor's lifetime. Provides that the Department of Public Health must adopt rules to implement the changes made by the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0658 - CONGRATS-MT. ZION HIGH SCHOOL
Brad Halbrook, Dan Caulkins
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Congratulates the Mt. Zion High School boys basketball team, the Braves, on their historic 2023-2024 season.
STATUS
Passed
HB4548 - INS-PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS
Thaddeus Jones, Dave Vella, Fred Crespo
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that "rebate aggregator" means a person or entity that negotiates rebates, discounts, or other fees attributable to usage by covered individuals (instead of negotiates rebates) with drug manufacturers on behalf of pharmacy benefit managers or their clients and may also be involved in contracts that entitle the rebate aggregator or its client to receive rebates, discounts, or other fees attributable to usage (instead of receive rebates) by covered individuals from drug manufacturers based on drug utilization or administration. Provides that the annual report by a pharmacy benefit manager that provides services for a health benefit plan must include the net cost of the drugs covered by the health benefit plan. Excludes Medicaid managed care organizations and employee welfare benefit plans subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 from the definitions of "health benefit plan", "pharmacy benefit manager", and "third-party payer". Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4350 - CHILD ABUSE NOTICE ACT
Jed Davis, Kevin Schmidt, Brandun Schweizer
Last updated 3 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. In a provision listing the types of businesses and other establishments that must post the child abuse notice as required under the Act, requires compliance from entertainment facilities or sporting facilities that are indoor structures with a legal occupancy of at least 5,000 persons (rather than entertainment facilities or sporting facilities providing services or opportunities to those under the age of 18). Removes a provision that requires the Department of Children and Family Services to, upon request, furnish copies of the model notice without charge to businesses, establishments, or schools. Removes an incorrect cross-reference from the provisions of the engrossed bill.
STATUS
Passed
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