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SB3161 - LIQUOR-DIRECT SHIPPING
Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Uniform Alcohol Direct-Shipping Compliance Act. Provides for the registration of third-party providers that ship wine to residents of this State on behalf of winery shippers. With regard to third-party providers, sets forth provisions concerning registration applications; recordkeeping; reporting; and suspending, revoking, or refusing to issue or renew a registration. Provides that a carrier may not deliver to a consumer a package known by the carrier to contain wine unless the consignor is a licensed winery shipper or registered third-party provider and the carrier has verified that license or registration for the current license period. Requires winery shippers, third-party providers, and carriers to file with the Illinois Liquor Control Commission a monthly report containing specified information concerning wine shipments. Provides that the State Commission may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license to manufacture, distribute, or sell alcoholic liquor issued by the State Commission if the State Commission finds, after notice and an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing, that the person holding the license has shipped alcoholic liquor into another state in violation of that state's law. Makes other changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3245 - LIQUOR-MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that any person licensed as a brewer, class 1 brewer, or class 2 brewer shall be permitted to sell on the licensed premises to non-licensees for on-premises or off-premises consumption (instead of for on or off-premises consumption for the premises in which he or she actually conducts such business). Provides that any person licensed as a brewer, class 1 brewer, or class 2 brewer may sell wine or spirits on the licensed premises for off-premises consumption. Provides that any person licensed as a brewer may designate, contract with, use, and pay reasonable compensation to a management company, including a retail licensee, to provide services to the licensed brewer for the licensed premises if: (1) the compensation paid to the management company represents fair market value for the services provided; (2) the agreements under which the arrangements are made were approved by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission; and (3) the arrangements are not a subterfuge to provide any retailer with a prohibited thing of value.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3180 - CHILD PERFORMERS-HOUR REQS
Cristina Castro, Lakesia Collins, Jason Plummer
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the One Day Rest In Seven Act. Provides that an employer, or agent or officer of an employer, violates the Act if he or she discharges, takes an adverse action against, or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because that employee has: (1) exercised a right under the Act; (2) made a complaint to his or her employer or to the Director of Labor or the Director's authorized representative; (3) caused to be instituted or is about to cause to be instituted any proceeding under or related to the Act; or (4) testified or is about to testify in an investigation or proceeding under the Act. Provides that an employee who has been unlawfully retaliated against shall be entitled to recover, through a claim filed with the Department of Labor, all legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. Makes other changes in provisions concerning civil actions. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3224 - TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT
Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that State travel reimbursement rates for, among other things, common carrier transportation shall be set at the maximum rates established by the federal government for travel expenses, subsistence expenses, and mileage allowances. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3160 - CARBON FUEL STANDARDS ACT
Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Low Carbon Fuel Standards Program Act. Establishes the Low Carbon Standards Program to be administered by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Provides that the Program shall establish declining carbon intensity standards, expressed in terms of the carbon intensity of transportation fuels, to be achieved during each compliance period. Provides that providers of transportation fuel must demonstrate that the mix of fuels they supply for use in Illinois meets the carbon intensity benchmarks of the program for each annual compliance period. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3225 - INS-CLINICIAN ADMINISTER DRUG
Cristina Castro, Patrick J. Joyce
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health benefit plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 that provides prescription drug coverage through a medical or pharmacy health benefit or its contracted pharmacy benefit manager shall not engage in or require an enrollee to engage in specified prohibited acts. Provides that a clinician-administered drug shall meet the supply chain security controls and chain of distribution set by the federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act. Provides that the Department of Insurance may adopt rules as necessary to implement the provisions. Defines terms. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require policies under those Acts to comply with the provisions.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3159 - EPA-SCHOOL BUS ZERO EMISSIONS
Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Zero Emissions School Bus Funding Program Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall administer a Zero Emissions School Bus Funding Program for public schools to acquire funding to transition their school bus fleets to zero-emission fleets. Provides requirements for the Program, as well as factors for the Agency to consider in awarding funds, including demonstrating the ability to deploy the largest number of electric buses feasible, leveraging local, State, and federal funding, as well as incorporating microgrid technology. Authorizes the Agency to adopt rules to implement and administer the Act. Defines terms.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3362 - ROTA-RETAILERS
Cristina Castro, Kelly M. Burke
Last updated 3 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that a retailer that makes retail sales of tangible personal property to Illinois customers from a location or locations outside of Illinois is engaged in the occupation of selling at retail in Illinois for the purposes of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act under specified conditions. Provides that a retailer maintaining a place of business in this State that makes retail sales of tangible personal property to Illinois customers from a location or locations outside of Illinois is engaged in the business of selling at the Illinois location to which the tangible personal property is shipped or delivered or at which possession is taken by the purchaser. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3361 - JOINT PURCHASING-RANKING
Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a governmental unit may award contracts based on its own ranking of the offerors without regard to whether or not a cooperative purchasing program has ranked the offerors. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3499 - END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS ACT
Linda Holmes, Laura Fine, Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Authorizes a qualified patient with a terminal disease to request that a physician prescribe aid-in-dying medication that will allow the patient to end the patient's life in a peaceful manner. Contains provisions concerning: the procedures and forms to be used to request aid-in-dying medication; the responsibilities of attending and consulting physicians; the referral of patients for determinations of mental capacity; the residency of qualified patients; the safe disposal of unused medications; the obligations of health care entities; the immunities granted for actions taken in good faith reliance upon the Act; the reporting requirements of physicians; the effect of the Act on the construction of wills, contracts, and statutes; the effect of the Act on insurance policies and annuities; the procedures for the completion of death certificates; the liabilities and penalties provided by the Act; the construction of the Act; the definitions of terms used in the Act; and other matters. Effective 6 months after becoming law.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Illinois district SD-022
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