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SB1577 - COM COL-CHICAGO-ELECT BOARD
Robert F. Martwick, Celina Villanueva, Ram Villivalam
Last updated almost 2 years ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for the election (rather than appointment) of the board of trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago beginning with the 2025 consolidated election. Provides that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 trustee districts by the General Assembly for seats on the board of trustees, in addition to one at-large trustee. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2214 - CERT ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSIST
Cristina Castro, Javier Loera Cervantes, Neil Anderson
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes to the Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Practice Act: Requires all anesthesiologist assistant applicants and licensees to (i) provide a valid address and email address to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which shall serve as the address of record and email address of record, respectively, at the time of application for licensure or renewal of a license; and (ii) inform the Department of any change of address of record or email address of record within 14 days after such change. Adds provisions concerning the Department's powers and duties under the Act; rules on the maximum number of certified anesthesiologist assistants that may be supervised by a supervising anesthesiologist; qualifications for licensure; criminal history records background checks; the endorsement of certified anesthesiologist assistants licensed in other jurisdictions; fees and fines collected under the Act; Department rules on continuing education requirements; injunctions and cease and desist orders; Department investigations and hearings; records of proceedings; the Department's subpoena power; hearing findings and recommendations; hearing officer appointments; the restoration of a suspended or revoked license; the judicial review of final administrative decisions; confidentiality standards; home rule preemption; and other matters. Removes a provision establishing a Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Advisory Committee. Further amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. In provisions concerning the Illinois State Medical Board, changes the number of board members from 17 to 18. Changes the maximum number of members who must be State residents from 8 to 9. Provides that one board member shall be a certified anesthesiologist assistant licensed to practice in Illinois. Further amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides for repeal of the Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Practice Act on January 1, 2028 (rather than January 1, 2033).
STATUS
Introduced
SB1874 - FARM TO FOOD BANK PROGRAM ACT
Linda Holmes, Doris Turner, Steve Stadelman
Last updated almost 2 years ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Illinois Farm to Food Bank Program Act. Establishes the Illinois Farm to Food Bank Program within the Department of Human Services to help expand the availability of nutritious, locally grown, raised, or processed foods for Illinois' emergency food system. Provides that the program shall (1) acquire and distribute agricultural products from Illinois agricultural entities or aggregators to Illinois' emergency food system, and (2) provide grants to improve capacity of the emergency food system to allow for the proper transportation, storage, or distribution of agricultural products to underserved areas. Provides that the program shall target fruits, vegetables, meat and poultry, dairy, and eggs produced in Illinois. Provides that foods shall be surplus, seconds, or market-grade quality levels and must be safe for consumption. Provides that the program is subject to appropriation and shall dedicate no less than 75% of available funds to acquisition and distribution of food. Requires the Secretary of the Department of Human Services to engage a not-for-profit entity from Illinois' emergency food system to administer the program. Requires the administering entity to have statewide reach and represent multiple food banks that source and distribute food to Illinois food pantries and soup kitchens under the same authorities and standards as the Emergency Food Assistance Program administered by the Department. Contains provisions concerning the duties of the administering entity. Creates the Farm to Food Bank Advisory Council to provide support to the program through facilitating relationship-building and partnerships between the Illinois agricultural sector and the emergency food system and other matters. Provides that the program may distribute food to those food banks with the infrastructure to accept, store, and distribute foods through the emergency food system and with the capacity to serve significant geographic areas within Illinois. Provides that the program shall distribute capacity-building grants for facility upgrades, equipment, or other investments necessary to support the objectives of the program. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2040 - HIGHER ED-MINORITY TEACHERS
Natalie Toro, Christopher Belt, Willie Preston
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Provides that any money appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for scholarship awards for a particular academic year that remains unused at the end of that academic year shall be deposited into the Student Teaching Fund. Requires the Commission to establish and administer a student teaching stipend program in which the Commission receives and considers applications for a stipend from scholarship recipients who are student teaching. Subject to appropriation from the Student Teaching Fund, provides that the Commission shall select stipend recipients from among applicants who are in financial need. Provides that the amount and payment of any stipend shall be determined by the Commission, and provides for rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Student Teaching Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2044 - TICKBORNE DISEASE PREVENTION
Sally J. Turner, Chapin Rose, Mike Simmons
Last updated almost 2 years ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Tickborne Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Presents legislative findings. Requires the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the medical entomology lab of the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey and a statewide association representing physicians, to develop protocols and best practices for identifying, diagnosing, and treating tickborne diseases in Illinois and a mandatory accredited continuing medical education course that describes those protocols and best practices. Provides that the Department shall require health care professionals and laboratories to report cases of tickborne disease to each other and the Department. Directs the Department to train local health departments to respond to tickborne disease-related inquiries. Requires the Department to prepare a report of all efforts undertaken by the Department under the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1875 - JCAR-RULEMAKING SUBMISSIONS
William Cunningham, Cristina Castro, Kimberly A. Lightford
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. In provisions concerning general, emergency, and peremptory rulemaking, specifies that State agencies shall accept submissions in writing, including submissions by email, and may, in their discretion, accept oral submissions. Requires each summary in a regulatory agenda to contain, among other things, the email address of the agency representative who is knowledgeable about the rule. Amends the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Requires the Department of Innovation and Technology and the Secretary of State to adopt specified administrative rules concerning electronic records no later than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1707 - FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTION
Willie Preston, Mike Porfirio, Cristina Castro
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Modifies the definition of "affected department" for purposes of the Act to include a fire department operated by a municipality with a population over 1,000,000.
STATUS
Passed
SB1844 - CERT OF INNOCENCE-JUVENILES
Elgie R. Sims, Cristina Castro, Napoleon Harris
Last updated almost 2 years ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Allows a delinquent adjudicated in juvenile court and subsequently imprisoned for one or more felonies by the State which he or she did not commit to file a petition for certificate of innocence in the circuit court of the county in which the delinquent was adjudicated. In a provision regarding the facts that a petitioner must prove by a preponderance of evidence to obtain a certificate of innocence, when proving that the petitioner did not by his or her own conduct cause (rather than voluntarily cause or bring about his or her own conviction, provides that a guilty plea or confession does not alone constitute bringing about one's conviction. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2154 - VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES
Cristina Castro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all school buses that are newly purchased, leased, or contracted after January 1, 2028, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students operating primarily within an equity investment eligible community or primarily serving students living in an equity investment eligible community after January 1, 2030, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students in the State after January 1, 2035, shall be an electric vehicle. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2216 - LIQUOR-BEER-VARIOUS
Cristina Castro, Linda Holmes, Mike Porfirio
Last updated almost 2 years ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Authorizes a class 1 brewer or class 2 brewer to obtain a beer showcase permit. Makes conforming changes. Provides that a class 3 brewer licensee who meets certain criteria may obtain a self-distribution exemption to allow the sale of not more than 77,500 (instead of 6,200) gallons of beer from each in-state or out-of-state class 3 brewery premises, which shall not exceed 232,500 (instead of 18,600) gallons annually in the aggregate, to retail licensees and certain brewers. Provides that a class 2 brewer may transfer up to 139,500 gallons (instead of 31,000 gallons) of beer to a brew pub wholly owned and operated by the class 2 brewer. With regard to special event retailer's licenses and special use permit licenses, provides that those licenses shall allow the licensee to sell and offer for sale, at retail, alcoholic liquors for consumption on or off the premises specified in the license (instead of for use or consumption), but not for resale in any form. Removes a provision requiring certain brewers to file a report of their water usage. Provides that any retail licensee or licensed manufacturer with retail privileges may offer incentives to consumers for participation in a consumer loyalty and reward program.
STATUS
Introduced
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