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SB1597 - HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Jason Plummer, Erica Conway Harriss, Chapin Rose
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Includes, in the minimum curriculum for police training schools, training in investigating domestic minor sex trafficking. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that a child shall be considered abused regardless of the perpetrator of the abuse if the child is a human trafficking victim. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides for immediate expungement of juvenile court and law enforcement records of minors who are human trafficking victims involved in prostitution. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes provision that commercial sexual activity and sexually-explicit performances are forms of activities that are "services" under the human trafficking statute. Provides that involuntary sexual servitude of a minor includes purchasing sexual services of the minor whether from the trafficker or minor. Provides that it is not a defense to involuntary sexual servitude of a minor that the accused reasonably believed the trafficking victim to be 18 years of age or over. Eliminates other mistake of age defenses concerning grooming and patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution. Provides that a person who is a victim of involuntary sexual servitude of a minor is deemed a crime victim and is eligible for protections afforded to crime victims. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to permit a motion to vacate an adjudication of delinquency of a human trafficking victim who engaged in prostitution. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Makes violations concerning trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and related offenses registrable offenses under the Act. Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act to provide that a trafficking victim who is under 18 years of age is not subject to the filing requirements of the Act and is not subject to the eligibility requirements of the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1468 - PEN CD-TRS-RETURN TO SERVICE
Thomas M. Bennett, Susan Rezin, Dan McConchie
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that through June 30, 2026 (instead of June 30, 2023), an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status if that employment is not within the school year during which service was terminated and does not exceed 120 paid days or 600 paid hours in each school year. Deletes language concerning an additional 20 days or 100 paid hours that an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status for the period between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1607 - JUVENILE-VEHICULAR HIJACKING
Chapin Rose, Jason Plummer, Dale Fowler
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that any minor 10 years of age or older arrested or taken into custody under the Act for vehicular hijacking or aggravated vehicular hijacking shall be detained in an authorized detention facility until a detention or shelter care hearing is held to determine if there is probable cause to believe that the minor is a delinquent minor and that: (1) secure custody is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the protection of the minor or of the person or property of another; (2) the minor is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court; or (3) the minor was taken into custody under a warrant. Provides that, if the court makes that determination, the minor shall continue to be held until the disposition of an adjudicatory hearing under the Delinquent Minors Article of the Act. Provides that a minor who at the time of the offense was at least 16 years of age and who is charged with certain aggravated vehicular hijacking violations or certain armed robbery violations is not subject to the Act and shall be prosecuted under the criminal laws of the State.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1606 - ICJIA-FIREARM CRIMES
Chapin Rose
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall analyze criminal justice data to track crimes committed in the State by a convicted felon who is armed with a firearm at the time the crime is committed and the sentences imposed in the associated cases. Requires the analysis to track crimes committed in the 5 years immediately preceding the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Authority shall report this information to the General Assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1371 - ROADSIDE MEMORIAL ACT
Chapin Rose
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Roadside Memorial Act. Provides that a DUI memorial marker shall be maintained permanently (rather than for a minimum of 2 years). Provides that a fatal crash memorial marker shall be maintained permanently (rather than for a minimum of 2 years).
STATUS
Introduced
SB1602 - ROAD DESIGNATION PROGRAM ACT
Chapin Rose
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Road Designation Program Act. Establishes a designation program for the naming and subsequent placement of signage upon interstate or State-numbered highway interchanges or upon bridges or segments of highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. Provides that any person who desires to have roads designated or to erect signage upon designated roads must, in an application to the Department, state the total cost of construction and maintenance of the requested signage, as well as provide: (1) a description of the interstate or State-numbered highway interchange or bridge or segment of highway for which the designation is sought and the proposed name of the interchange, bridge, or relevant segment of highway; and (2) a letter of sponsorship from the State Representative and State Senator for each district in which the road is located. Provides that the Department shall give notice of any proposed designation on the Department's official public website. Provides that signs are subject to all applicable federal and State limitations or conditions on highway signage. Provides that 2 signs shall be erected for each interchange, bridge, or segment of highway designation and that all money received by the Department for the construction and maintenance of interchange, bridge, or segment of highway signs shall be deposited into the Road Fund. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1901 - REVENUE-BULK SALES NOTICE
Chapin Rose
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Eliminates the bulk sales notice requirement if the only asset sold or transferred is real estate. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2248 - INS-GROUP HEALTH PLAN/VOUCHER
Chapin Rose
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, the Director of Central Management Services shall establish a program of financial incentives to encourage Medicare-primary members to elect not to participate in the group health benefits program for Medicare-primary members and their Medicare-primary dependents. Provides that the program of financial incentives shall include a monthly voucher in the amount that the State would have contributed toward that member's monthly premium if the Medicare-primary member elected to participate in the group health benefits program. Provides that the voucher shall be used by the Medicare-primary member to pay the monthly premium cost of an individual Medicare Advantage plan of his or her choosing. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1787 - SCH CD-RURAL ED ADVIS COUNCIL
David Koehler, Christopher Belt, Michael W. Halpin
Last updated about 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Makes changes concerning the functions and membership of the council. Specifies that the expense reimbursement is subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the council as needed (instead of requiring the State Board and the Association of Illinois Rural and Small Schools to provide administrative and other support and specifying the categories of support). Provides that the council is dissolved and the amendatory provisions are repealed on December 31, 2031.
STATUS
Passed
SB1902 - PROP TX-ABATEMENT-RESIDENTIAL
Chapin Rose
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Property Tax Code. Allows for an abatement of taxes if the property is included in a new residential construction development that is located in a county with fewer than 300,000 inhabitants. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Illinois district SD-051
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Chapin Rose is the state senator for the 51st District, which spans portions of Edgar and surrounding counties. First elected in 2002, he serves as minority spokesperson on various committees, including the Environment & Conservation Committee. Prior to his service in the Senate, Chapin served on the local school board and operated the family's farm in rural Vermilion County. He earned his undergraduate degree from Illinois State University.read less
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