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SB3905 - LIVE THEATER-PRE-BROADWAY
Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Live Theater Production Tax Credit Act. Provides that a pre-Broadway production must be performed with the goal of having a presentation scheduled for Broadway's Theater District in New York City after its Illinois presentation (currently, the production must have a presentation scheduled for Broadway's Theater District in New York City within 12 months after its Illinois presentation). Provides that the total amount of tax credits awarded pursuant to the Act for the State fiscal year ending on June 30, 2024 shall not exceed $4,000,000 (currently, $2,000,000). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3906 - PROCUREMENT-COMM INFRASTRUCT
Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that third parties may lease State-owned communications infrastructure, including dark fiber networks, conduit, and excess communication tower capacity (rather than State-owned dark fiber networks).
STATUS
Introduced
SB3907 - PROCUREMENT-COMPETITIVE BIDS
Cristina Castro
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that contracts for bond underwriting services entered into by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in connection with the competitive bid or negotiated sale of bonds in which the State is not obligated. Provides that such contracts shall be awarded through a competitive process authorized by the members of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and are subject to specified provisions of the Code as well as the final approval by the members of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority of the terms of the contract.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3262 - MINK FARMING BAN
Linda Holmes, Cristina Castro, Laura Fine
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a person may not own or operate a mink enterprise in the State. Specifies that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Defines terms.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2626 - CRIM ID ACT-EXPUNGEMENT FILING
Robert Peters, Omar Aquino, Ann Gillespie
Last updated 4 months ago
42 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that, in anticipation of the successful completion of a diversion program, a petitioner may file a petition for expungement at least 61 days before the anticipated dismissal of the case. Provides that, if a petition is filed, and upon the successful completion of the diversion program and dismissal of the case, the court shall review the petition and shall grant expungement if the petitioner meets all requirements. Amends the Drug Court Treatment Act, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act, and the Mental Health Court Treatment Act to make conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2724 - VALUE-ADDED RESELLER
Willie Preston, Mattie Hunter, Cristina Castro
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, if a public institution of higher education or a State agency uses a value-added reseller for the purchase of any information technology hardware under the Code, then that public institution of higher education or State agency may require the value-added reseller to include in its bid an attestation from the manufacturer of the goods stating that the manufacturer offers the goods for sale to all value-added resellers at substantially the same terms that apply to the bidder's purchase of the goods. Requires the Department of Innovation and Technology and the University of Illinois each to include those requirements when making at least one procurement of information technology hardware during State fiscal year 2025. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3912 - HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE-WAIVER
Cristina Castro
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Provides that the Director of Insurance shall have the authority to apply for and implement programs that increase the affordability of or access to health insurance coverage, including for populations currently not eligible to enroll in the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange, through federal 1332 waivers, 1331 authority, or other available federal waivers and authorities.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3329 - INC TX-CHILD TAX CREDIT
Omar Aquino, Michael W. Halpin, Mike Simmons
Last updated 9 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child tax credit in an amount equal to the product of a specified credit amount multiplied by the number of qualifying children of the taxpayer. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2878 - PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD EXMPT
Laura Ellman, Lakesia Collins, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated 7 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the senior citizens homestead exemption, permanently removes the requirement to reapply for the exemption in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants (currently, that requirement was eliminated only for taxable years 2019 through 2023). In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, provides that, if the county board passes a resolution removing the requirement to reapply for the exemption, the chief county assessment official shall conduct, by no later than December 31 of the first year of each reassessment cycle, an audit of all senior citizen homestead exemptions granted for the preceding reassessment cycle.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3630 - CHILDREN-ABUSE REPORTING
Kimberly A. Lightford, Mattie Hunter, Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated 9 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Sets forth certain protections that must be provided to the parent or guardian of a child at the center of an abuse or neglect investigation whenever the Department of Children and Family Services refers a child to a medical professional (rather than to a board-certified child abuse pediatrician). Provides that the medical professional must explain to the parent or guardian of the child, whenever the medical professional has direct contact with the child or the family of the child, that the medical professional is involved for the purpose of providing an opinion to the Department regarding whether the child's injury or condition is suspicious for child maltreatment. Makes other corresponding changes.
STATUS
Introduced
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