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HB2446 - ELEC CD-PRE-REGISTRATION
Nabeela Syed, Carol Ammons, Edgar Gonzalez
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Election Code. Allows the State Board of Elections to receive voter registration information provided by applicants using electronic voter registration portals (rather than the Board's website). Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration held in abeyance by the appropriate election authority until that individual attains the required age to vote. Requires preregistration to be completed using the online voter registration system or an electronic voter registration portal. Provides that for the purposes of the Code, an individual who is 16 years of age or older (rather than who is 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general or consolidated election) shall be deemed competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2520 - EPA-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Sonya M. Harper, Camille Lilly, Theresa Mah
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to annually review and update the underlying data for, and use of, indicators used to determine whether a community is designated as an environmental justice community and to establish a process by which communities not designated as environmental justice communities may petition for such a designation. Provides that an applicant for a permit for the construction of a new source that will become a major source subject to the Clean Air Act Permit Program to be located in an environmental justice community or a new source that has or will require a federally enforceable State operating permit and that will be located in an environmental justice community must conduct a public meeting prior to submission of the permit application and must submit with the permit application an environmental justice assessment identifying the potential environmental and health impacts to the area associated with the proposed project. Provides requirements for the environmental justice assessment. Provides that a supplemental fee of $100,000 for each construction permit application shall be assessed if the construction permit application is subject to the requirements regarding the construction of a new source located in an environmental justice community. Contains provisions regarding public participation requirements for permitting transactions in an environmental justice community. Provides that, if the Agency grants a permit to construct, modify, or operate a facility that emits air pollutants and is classified as a minor source, a third party may petition the Pollution Control Board for a hearing to contest the issuance of the permit. Contains provisions regarding environmental justice grievances. Defines terms. Contains other provisions.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2300 - ILLINOIS WORKS JOBS CREDIT
Cyril Nichols, William Davis, LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated about 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Works Job Program Act. Provides that contractors or subcontractors may be eligible to earn bid credits for employing apprentices who have completed the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program (previously bid credits were available for public works contracted by the State). Provides that contractors and subcontractors can use bid credits toward future bids for public works projects contracted or funded by the State or an agency of the State in order to increase the likelihood that the contractor and the subcontractors are selected as the contractor for the public works project. Provides that, for contracts and grant agreements executed after the effective date of the amendatory Act, of a specified goal at least half of the labor hours of each prevailing wage classification performed by apprentices shall be performed by graduates of the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may grant a reduction or waiver upon a determination that the contractor or subcontractor has demonstrated that insufficient graduates of the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program are available to meet the requirements. Provides that contractors and subcontractors must submit a certification to the Department and the agency that is administering the contract, or the grant agreement funding the contract, demonstrating that the contractor or subcontractor has not complied with the labor hour goals and did not receive a reduction or waiver. Provides the penalties for failing to comply with the Illinois Works Apprenticeship Initiative. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2347 - JUV CT-COMMITMENT-AGE
Rita Mayfield, Carol Ammons, Anne M. Stava-Murray
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1. Further amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission shall study and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the impact and advisability of raising the minimum age of detention to 14, and develop a process to assist in the implementation of the provisions of the amendatory Act. Further amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that probation and court services shall document and share on a monthly basis with the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission each instance where alternatives to detention failed or were lacking, including the basis for detention, the providers who were contacted, and the reason alternatives were rejected, lacking, or denied. Provides that instead of detention, minors under the age of 13 who are in conflict with the law may be held accountable through a petition under the Minors Requiring Authoritative Intervention Article of the Act, or may be held accountable through a community mediation program. Provides that on or after July 1, 2025, with the exception of minors age 12 years or older and charged with first degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated battery in which a firearm was used in the offense, or aggravated vehicular hijacking, any minor 13 years of age or older arrested pursuant to the Act where there is probable cause to believe that the minor is a delinquent minor and that secure custody is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity in light of a serious threat to the physical safety of a person or persons in the community, or to secure the presence of the minor at the next hearing as evidenced by a demonstrable record of willful failure to appear at a scheduled court hearing within the past 12 months may be kept or detained in an authorized detention facility. Deletes the provisions raising the minimum age from 13 to 14 in which the minor may be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2396 - SCH CD-FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN
Mary Beth Canty, Emanuel Welch, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated about 1 year ago
77 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year (instead of the 2023-2024 school year), each school board must establish a kindergarten with full-day attendance. Provides that the full-day kindergarten should be developmentally appropriate and provide opportunities for play-based learning. Provides that an elementary or unit school district that does not offer full-day kindergarten as of October 1, 2022, may, by action of the State Board of Education, apply for an extension of the 2027-2028 school year implementation deadline for 2 additional years if one of the specified criteria are met. Creates the Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall conduct a statewide audit to inform the planning and implementation of full-day kindergarten in the State and shall, at a minimum, collect, analyze, and report specified criteria. Provides that the Task Force may recommend for an additional criterion that the State Board of Education may consider in granting a waiver to establish a full-day kindergarten. Sets forth the members of the Task Force and requirements to be a member. Provides that the Task Force shall meet at the call of the State Superintendent of Education or their designee, who shall serve as the chairperson. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall issue an interim report by April 15, 2024 and a final report to the General Assembly and Governor's Office no later than November 15, 2024. Provides that upon issuing the final report, the Task Force is dissolved.
STATUS
Passed
HB2376 - EPA-DISPOSABLE FOOD CONTAINERS
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Lakesia Collins, Carol Ammons
Last updated over 1 year ago
42 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
Engrossed
HB2474 - DAY CARE HOME CAPACITY
Suzanne M. Ness, Joyce Mason, Carol Ammons
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Directs the Department of Children and Family Services to amend its rules establishing licensing standards for group day care homes to provide a revised maximum authorized extended capacity for group day care homes that is applicable through July 1, 2025. Provides that the revised maximum extended capacity rules adopted by the Department shall, at a minimum, allow one caregiver and 2 assistants to have the option of caring for 2 additional children who are 30 months of age or older, as well as 2 additional children who are attending school full-time, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. Requires the revised rules not only to provide that the second full-time assistant shall be present at all times when there are more than 12 children in the home, but also to prohibit the total capacity of the group day care home from exceeding 16 children. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2365 - SOCIAL WORK-EXAM ALTERNATE
Lindsey LaPointe, Mary E. Flowers, Norma Hernandez
Last updated about 1 year ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning examination alternatives, provides that the examination alternative shall consist of at least 3,000 hours of supervised professional experience that is obtained within the 10 calendar years immediately preceding the date of application (rather than 2 years of supervised professional experience) and after the degree is obtained as established by rule. Removes provisions concerning qualified licensed clinical social work supervisors. Deletes the effective date provision.
STATUS
Passed
HB2719 - FAIR PATIENT BILLING-SCREENING
Dagmara Avelar, Anna Moeller, Lakesia Collins
Last updated about 1 year ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Requires a hospital to screen each uninsured patient, upon the uninsured patient's agreement, at the earliest reasonable moment for potential eligibility for public health insurance programs and financial assistance offered by the hospital. Requires all screening activities, including initial screenings and all follow-up assistance, to be provided in compliance with the Language Assistance Services Act and other applicable federal and State laws and regulations. Requires a hospital to screen an insured patient for hospital financial assistance in specified circumstances. Provides that a hospital may not pursue collection action against an uninsured patient unless the hospital has complied with the screening requirements and applied for and exhausted any discount available to the patient under specified provisions. Provides that a hospital may not refer a bill, or portion thereof, to a collection agency or attorney for collection action against an insured patient without first ensuring compliance with the screening requirements. Provides that the obligations of hospitals under the amendatory Act apply to services provided on or after the first day of the month that begins 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines terms. Amends the Community Benefits Act. Requires a hospital to make available to the public the number of uninsured patients who have declined or failed to respond to the screening for eligibility for public health insurance programs financial assistance offered by the hospital and the 5 most frequent reasons for declining. Amends the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Provides that, if a patient declines to apply for a public health insurance program on the basis of concern for immigration-related consequences, the hospital may refer the patient to a free, unbiased resource, such as an Immigrant Family Resource Program, to address the patient's immigration-related concerns and assist in enrolling the patient in a public health insurance program and the hospital may still screen the patient for eligibility under hospital’s financial assistance policy. Requires hospitals to permit an uninsured patient to apply for a discount within 90 days of the completion of the screening under the Fair Patient Billing Act or denial of an application for a public health insurance program. Makes other and conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB2528 - HIGHER ED-HUNGER FREE CAMPUS
Carol Ammons, Sharon Chung, Lakesia Collins
Last updated about 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish a hunger-free campus grant program. Provides that the hunger-free campus grant program shall provide grants to public institutions of higher education that have one or more campuses designated by the Board as hunger-free campuses. Provides for requirements for being designated a hunger-free campus. Provides that the Board shall determine the amount of each grant that shall be used by the public institution of higher education to further address food insecurity among students enrolled in the public institution of higher education. Provides that the Board shall prioritize grants to public institutions of higher education with campuses that serve primarily minority and low-income students and have a high percentage of Pell Grant recipients. Provides that the Board shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than 2 years after the establishment of the grant program. Provides for rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Illinois district HD-103
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Illinois House
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