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HB5174 - PEN CD-IMRF-RETURN TO SERVICE
Jackie Haas, Amy Elik, Bradley J. Fritts
Last updated 7 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision concerning suspensions of retirement annuities during employment with a participating employer, provides that an annuitant receiving a sheriff's law enforcement employee annuity shall be considered a participating employee if the annuitant returns to work as a school security guard employed by a participating employer and works more than 999 hours annually. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR0690 - MEMORIAL-KAREN YARBROUGH
Emanuel Welch, Jehan A. Gordon-Booth, Robyn Gabel
Last updated 7 months ago
115 Co-Sponsors
Mourns the death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough.
STATUS
Passed
HB5189 - VEH CD-REPORTS-RAIL FATALITIES
Christopher D. Davidsmeyer, Gregg Johnson, Matt Hanson
Last updated 3 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that personally identifying information of train crew members contained in reports involving railroad fatalities and contained in communications between police officers and train crew members involved in those occurrences shall be redacted from any public reports and shall be maintained by the police departments and any persons in subsequent possession thereof listed below in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the train crew's personally identifying information. Provides that unredacted copies of such reports and communications containing personally identifying information shall be accessible at all reasonable times to the host or employing railroad, by court order, and to law enforcement officers, State's Attorneys, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Illinois Commerce Commission Staff.
STATUS
Passed
HB5294 - NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE
Laura Faver Dias, Joyce Mason, Kevin John Olickal
Last updated 7 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the State of Illinois is considered an employer under the provisions of the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act. Provides that an employee of an employer with 16 or more employees and no more than 50 employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 51 or more employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 50 or fewer employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit and an employee of an employer with more than 51 employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employer shall not require an employee who uses unpaid neonatal intensive care leave to provide a replacement worker. Provides that an employee who is entitled to take paid or unpaid leave, including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or similar leave, from employment, under federal, State, or local law, a collective bargaining agreement, or an employment benefits program or plan, may elect to substitute any period of leave for an equivalent period of leave provided under the Act. Provides that, upon the conclusion of leave taken under the Act, an employee shall be reinstated to his or her former position or a substantially equivalent one with no loss of benefits held or accrued prior to taking leave. Provides that, during the period of leave, any health insurance benefits shall be maintained by an employer as if an employee had not taken leave. Provides that an employer may require reasonable verification of the employee's child's length of stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Makes changes to provisions concerning enforcement of the Act. Makes changes to the definitions of "employee" and "employer". Makes other changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2625 - LIQUOR-DISPLAY OF PRODUCTS
Kimberly A. Lightford, Julie A. Morrison, Willie Preston
Last updated 3 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that "alcoholic liquor" includes alcohol-infused products. Defines "alcohol-infused products" and "co-branded alcoholic beverage". Provides that, except for persons issued a license under the Act, no person shall manufacture, distribute, or sell alcohol-infused products. Provides that no retail establishment with a retail sales floor that exceeds 2,500 square feet shall display alcohol-infused products immediately adjacent to similar products that are not alcohol-infused products or immediately adjacent to soft drinks, fruit juices, bottled waters, candies, or snack foods portraying cartoons or youth-oriented images. Provides that no retail establishment with a retail sales floor area that exceeds 2,500 square feet shall display co-branded alcoholic beverages immediately adjacent to soft drinks, fruit juices, bottled waters, candies, or snack foods portraying cartoons or youth-oriented images or immediately adjacent to products that are not alcohol-infused products. Provides that any retail establishment with a retail sales floor that is equal to or less than 2,500 square feet shall either not display alcohol-infused products or co-branded alcoholic beverages immediately adjacent to specified products or equip the display with specified signage. Prohibits retail licensees from keeping, exposing for sale, or displaying alcohol-infused products immediately adjacent to products marketed toward children.
STATUS
Passed
HB0303 - EDUCATION-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Margaret Noble Croke, Curtis J. Tarver
Last updated 7 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Board from changing the standards for admission to any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body. Provides that the Board shall not take any action, until February 1, 2027, that results in a disproportionate decrease in either the total amount or percentage of funds allocated to an attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body compared to other attendance centers of comparable size. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3350 - FENTANYL TEST STRIPS
Laura Ellman, Karina Villa, Sally J. Turner
Last updated 3 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that specified hospitals and other organizations deemed eligible by the Department of Public Health shall be enrolled to receive fentanyl test strips from the Department and distribute fentanyl test strips upon enrollment in the Drug Overdose Prevention Program. Removes a provision requiring every law enforcement agency and fire department that responds to emergency medical calls to possess fentanyl test strips and to distribute fentanyl test strips to the public at no charge. Removes a provision requiring every health care facility to possess fentanyl test strips and to make available fentanyl test strips to the public. Provides that the needle and hypodermic syringe access program shall provide access to fentanyl test strips if feasible.
STATUS
Passed
SB3098 - E-CIGARETTES-REMOTE SALES
Meg Loughran Cappel, Julie A. Morrison, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated 3 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Provides that no person shall cause electronic cigarettes ordered or purchased by mail, through the Internet, or other remote sale methods, to be shipped to anyone in the State other than (i) a distributor, as defined in specified Acts, or (ii) a retailer, as defined in specified Acts. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB0305 - EDUCATION-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Tracy Katz Muhl, Thaddeus Jones
Last updated 3 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district that forms a part of a Class II county school unit may, by a resolution adopted by at least two-thirds of the members of the school board of a school district, withdraw a school district from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of the township in which such school district is located and from the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer of the township in which such school district is located, provided that the school board of the school district shall, upon the adoption and passage of such resolution, thereupon elect or appoint its own school treasurer as provided under the School Code. Provides that the appointed school treasurer may include a township treasurer. Provides that the school board may enter into a contractual or intergovernmental agreement with an appointed school treasurer for school treasurer services. Sets forth provisions concerning the appointment of the trustee of schools. Provides that certain provisions of the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code are inoperative or repealed on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that after the April 4, 2023 consolidated election, no trustees of schools shall be elected. Provides that a trustee elected or appointed on or before April 4, 2023 may complete the term to which that trustee was elected or appointed but may not be succeeded by election. Provides that each school board of each school district that is a part of a Class II county school unit shall appoint one member of the school board or one school employee to serve as trustee of schools of the township in which such school district is located. Provides that the trustees of schools shall be appointed by each school board within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act and shall reorganize within 30 days after all the trustees of schools have been appointed or within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, whichever is sooner. Provides that the trustee of schools shall serve at the pleasure of the school board that appointed the trustee of schools but may not serve as a trustee of schools for longer than 2 years unless reappointed by the school board. Amends the Treasurers Article of the School Code to make related changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HR0714 - PAY EQUITY DAY
Norine K. Hammond, Jeff Keicher, Nicole La Ha
Last updated 7 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Declares March 12, 2024 as Pay Equity Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
STATUS
Introduced
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