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HB3742 - DOIT-BAN TIKTOK-STATE DEVICE
Blaine Wilhour, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act. Provides that the Department shall prohibit the use of TikTok on State devices by any State personnel or other person.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0118 - RECOGNIZES-PFC DONNIE CLOUGH
Chris Miller, Adam M. Niemerg
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Recognizes the ultimate sacrifice Private First Class Donnie Joe Clough made for this county and honors his memory.
STATUS
Passed
HB2608 - EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROG
Adam M. Niemerg, Chris Miller, Travis Weaver
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Equal Opportunity Act. Requires the State Board of Education to create the Education Savings Account Program. Provides that a parent of an eligible student (defined as any elementary or secondary student who was eligible to attend a public school in this State in the preceding semester or is starting school in this State for the first time) shall qualify for the State Board to make a grant to his or her child's Education Savings Account by signing an agreement. Requires the State Board to deposit into an Education Savings Account some or all of the State aid under the State aid formula provisions of the School Code that would otherwise have been provided to the resident school district for the eligible student had the student enrolled in the resident school district. Provides that parents participating in the Program shall agree to use the funds deposited in their eligible students' accounts for certain qualifying expenses to educate the eligible student. Sets forth provisions concerning the calculation of grant amounts and other basic elements of the Program, administration of the Program, accountability standards for participating schools, and the responsibilities of the State Board and resident school districts.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2943 - ELEC CODE-DECEASED VOTER
Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of a county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from the electronic reporting system for death registrations and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month. Requires a county coroner, medical examiner, or physician for a county or any other individual responsible for certification of death under the Vital Records Act to promptly transmit certified records to the county clerk within 7 days after the death. Requires the county clerk and coroner to report quarterly to its affiliated county board and certify its full compliance with the provisions and accuracy of the voter rolls. Allows an individual to request a copy of the county clerk's or coroner's report and allows for relief if the county clerk fails to provide an accurate report within specified timeframes. Prohibits a political committee from making expenditures for payments to attorneys, expert witnesses, investigators, or others to provide a defense in a criminal case. Amends the Attorney General Act. Creates an Office of Election Integrity within the Office of the Attorney General. Provides that the purpose of the Office is to aid the State Board of Elections in completion of its duties under the Election Code. Provides that the Office shall develop and create a voter fraud hotline within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that by January 15 of each year, the Office shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives detailing information on investigations of alleged election law violations or election irregularities conducted during the prior calendar year.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2955 - REINSTATES DEATH SENTENCE
Dan Caulkins, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Restores the death penalty for the first degree murder of a peace officer killed while performing his or her official duties. Enacts the Capital Crimes Litigation Act of 2023. Provides specified funding and resources for cases in which a sentence of death is an authorized disposition. Creates the Capital Litigation Trust Fund. Provides that all unobligated and unexpended moneys in the Death Penalty Abolition Fund are transferred into the Capital Litigation Trust Fund. Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Provides that in cases in which a sentence of death is an authorized disposition, the State Appellate Defender shall provide trial counsel with legal assistance and the assistance of expert witnesses, investigators, and mitigation specialists from funds appropriated to the State Appellate Defender specifically for that purpose by the General Assembly. Provides that the Office of State Appellate Defender shall not be appointed to serve as trial counsel in capital cases. Amends the Freedom of Information Act, the State Finance Act, and the Criminal Code of 2012 to make conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2597 - INCOME TAX-GRATUITIES
Adam M. Niemerg, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction in an amount equal to the amount received by the taxpayer in gratuities during the taxable year. Provides that the deduction is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2598 - INC TX-LONG TERM CARE
Adam M. Niemerg, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction in an amount equal to the out-of-pocket costs incurred by a taxpayer during the taxable year for expenses associated with long-term care for the taxpayer or the taxpayer's family member. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2977 - PRIVILEGE-PEER SUPPORT ADVISOR
Adam M. Niemerg, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Privileged Communications Part of the Evidence Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a peer support advisor shall not be compelled to disclose in any court, or to any administrative board or agency, or to any public officer, a confession or admission made to him or her within his or her capacity as a peer support advisor, nor be compelled to divulge any information which has been obtained by him or her in his or her capacity as a peer support advisor. Includes legislative findings.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2983 - ETHICS-LOBBYING RESTRICTION
Blaine Wilhour, Chris Miller, Dan Ugaste
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that any member of the General Assembly, person whose appointment to office is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, or head of a department, commission, board, division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit within the government of this State who takes office on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act shall not, within a 3-year period immediately following termination of that person's most recent term of office, register as a lobbyist and engage in lobbying with members of the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3164 - OPEN MEETING-TOWNSHIP TRAINING
Jennifer Sanalitro, Christopher D. Davidsmeyer, Bradley Stephens
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that an elected or appointed member of a public body of a township may satisfy specified training requirements of the Act by participating in a course of training sponsored or conducted by an organization that represents townships created under the Township Code. Specifies the contents of the course of training. Provides that if an organization that represents townships provides a course of training, it must provide a certificate of course completion to each elected or appointed member of a public body who successfully completes that course of training.
STATUS
Introduced
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