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HB3448 - WAGE PAYMENT-CONTRACTORS
Marcus C. Evans, Martin J. Moylan, Stephanie A. Kifowit
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Provides that the notice shall be posted in one or more conspicuous places accessible to all laborers, workers, and mechanics at a job site (rather than the premises where work is being performed). Provides that one copy of the notice at a job site shall satisfy the notice requirement for the primary contractor and all subcontractors. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Passed
SR0146 - MEMORIAL-AUSTIN KEATING
Cristina Castro
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the passing of Austin Keating of Streamwood.
STATUS
Passed
SB2336 - HIGHER ED-FOR PROFIT-MAP GRANT
Cristina Castro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Removes a for-profit educational organization from the definition of "institution of higher learning", "qualified institution", and "institution". Provides that an applicant is eligible for a Monetary Award Program grant, including renewals of such grant, if the applicant, among other requirements, is not attending a for-profit institution of higher education. Removes a provision allowing Monetary Award Program grants to be made to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit institutions. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2368 - STATE AGENCY REPORT
William Davis, Mary E. Flowers, Debbie Meyers-Martin
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that each chief procurement officer shall make the annual report available on his or her official website. Provides that each chief procurement officer shall also issue a press release in conjunction with the small business annual report that includes an executive summary of the annual report and a link to the annual report on the chief procurement officer's website. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that the Business Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities shall make the annual report available on its official website. Provides that the Council shall also issue a press release in conjunction with the annual report that includes an executive summary of the annual report and a link to the annual report on its official website.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2831 - TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS
Lindsey LaPointe, Carol Ammons, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated over 1 year ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Creates the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (Office) within the Department of Human Services to facilitate the implementation of a strategic plan and initiatives aimed at decreasing homelessness and unnecessary institutionalization in Illinois, improving health and human services outcomes for people who experience homelessness, and strengthening the safety nets that contribute to housing stability. Provides that the Office shall be led by the State Homelessness Chief Officer who shall report to the Secretary of the Department. Provides that the Chief Officer shall also chair the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness, co-chair the Community Advisory Council on Homelessness, and lead the State's comprehensive efforts related to homelessness prevention. Creates the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness within the Department of Human Services to facilitate and implement initiatives related to decreasing homelessness and unnecessary institutionalization in this State, improving health and human services outcomes for people who experience homelessness, and strengthening the safety nets that contribute to housing stability. Sets forth the Task Force's specific duties. Requires the Task Force to submit annual reports to the Governor and General Assembly regarding the Task Force's work during the year prior, any new recommendations developed by the Task Force, any recommendations made by the Community Advisory Council on Homelessness, and any key outcomes and measures related to homelessness. Contains provisions concerning Task Force membership; Task Force meetings; Task Force subcommittees; administrative support to the Task Force; and other matters. Creates the Community Advisory Council on Homelessness (Advisory Council) within the Department of Human Services to make recommendations to the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness regarding homelessness and unnecessary institutionalization with the goals of achieving functional zero homelessness, improving health and human services outcomes for people experiencing homelessness and strengthening the safety nets that contribute to housing stability. Contains provisions concerning Advisory Council membership; Advisory Council meetings; administrative support to the Advisory Council; and other matters. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2369 - CHILDREN-DETENTION-ALTERNATIVE
Cristina Castro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services and the Department of Children and Family Services shall require that all participants in the Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services Network provide alternatives to detention for all youths age 10 through 12 who have been referred to a juvenile detention center and who cannot be returned to their homes and cannot be placed with an alternative family member except when: (1) the youth has a criminal history with multiple documented incidents of violence or injury to others; or (2) the youth is in a medical crisis and shall instead be transported to an emergency room. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Deletes provision that host homes licensed by the Department of Children and Family Services shall not be utilized for a child who is a youth in care as defined in the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Human Services shall provide training and funding for the participants in the Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services program that includes receiving youth ages 10 through 12 referred to them by police departments and juvenile detention facilities. Provides that any representative of a Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services program who returns a youth to the parent's home without delivery of services as an alternative to detention, and communicates to that parent that the parent will be charged with abuse and neglect unless the parent unconditionally accepts the youth's return, shall be subject to the immediate suspension of any license for that representative and the program for which that representative is employed. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to make conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2433 - LIQUOR-ALCOPOPS/NA MERCHANDISE
Cristina Castro, Linda Holmes, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated almost 2 years ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes changes in the definition of "alcopop". Prohibits the display of any alcopop beverage in premises licensed to sell alcoholic liquor at retail adjacent to soft drinks, fruit juices, bottled water, candy, or snack foods portraying cartoons or youth-orientated photos. Adds parents or subsidiaries of certain licensees to provisions concerning non-alcoholic merchandise. Provides that the bona fide producer or vendor of non-alcoholic merchandise shall not provide something of value to a retailer for sale of non-alcoholic merchandise if the of-value item or items are a subterfuge for providing something of value for the sale of alcoholic liquor. Provides that the Illinois Liquor Control Commission shall have the authority to examine records of a manufacturer class license holder, non-resident dealer, foreign importer, importing distributor, or distributor, or any parent or subsidiary thereof, for the purpose of examining all of-value transactions between such entity and a retailer.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0241 - IL INTEGRATED NETWORK PLAN
Michael W. Halpin, Suzanne Glowiak Hilton, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated over 1 year ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Illinois Department of Transportation and the High Speed Railroad Commission to move expeditiously in preparing a Statewide Integrated Network Plan, including the identification of desired service points and key transfer stations, the construction of a theoretical rail and bus schedule with timed transfers, the creation of a ridership and revenue model for the desired network, the estimation of needed infrastructure investments, and the development of a phased implementation plan.
STATUS
Passed
HB2799 - INS-DHFS-PROTON BEAM THERAPY
Norine K. Hammond, Jonathan Carroll, William E. Hauter
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 (rather than after the effective date of the amendatory Act) that provides coverage for the treatment of cancer shall not apply a higher standard of clinical evidence for the coverage of proton beam therapy than the insurer applies for the coverage of any other form of radiation therapy treatment. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 (rather than after the effective date of the amendatory Act) that provides coverage or benefits to any resident of the State for radiation oncology shall include coverage or benefits for medically necessary proton beam therapy for the treatment of cancer (rather than for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy for the treatment of cancer as recommended by the patient's physician). Defines "medically necessary". Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB3882 - STANDARD ID-DOCUMENTATION
Barbara Hernandez, Edgar Gonzalez, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated over 1 year ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Changes the term "non-compliant identification card" to "standard identification card". Changes the definition of "limited term REAL ID compliant identification card" to include cards that have been issued to an individual who has an approved application for asylum in the United States or has entered the United States in refugee status. Allows the Secretary of State to accept, as proof of date of birth and written signature of an applicant for a standard identification card, any passport from the applicant's country of citizenship or a consular identification document validly issued to an applicant. Prohibits the Secretary from releasing highly restricted personal information or personally identifying information or disclosing documents to any immigration agent unless it is necessary to comply with a lawful court order, judicial warrant, or subpoena for individual records that specifically requires production of such information or documents. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into or maintaining any agreement regarding the sharing of such information or documents. Provides that no temporary visitor's driver's licenses shall be issued after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that every driver's license application shall state the social security number of the applicant; except if the applicant is applying for a standard driver's license and is ineligible for a social security number, then if the applicant has documentation authorizing the applicant's presence in the country, the applicant shall provide such documentation instead of a social security number. Provides that if the applicant does not have documentation authorizing the applicant's presence in the country, the applicant must submit documentation establishing that the applicant has resided in the State for a period in excess of one year and a passport validly issued to the applicant from the applicant's country of citizenship. Makes conforming changes in those Acts and the Consular Identification Document Act and the Election Code. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
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