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SB0584 - GAMING-TECH
William Cunningham, Mattie Hunter, Daniel Didech
Last updated 10 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that, upon request by an owners licensee and upon a showing of good cause by the owners licensee, the Illinois Gaming Board shall extend the period during which specified licensees may conduct gaming at a temporary facility by up to 30 months. Removes provisions amending the Sports Wagering Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB0676 - SAFETY-TECH
Maura Hirschauer, Kevin John Olickal, Bob Morgan
Last updated over 1 year ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Counties Code. In the provision that the county board of any county may, by ordinance, regulate or prohibit within unincorporated areas the discharge of firearms in any residential area where such discharge is likely to subject residents or passersby to the risk of injury, defines "residential area" as any area within 1,000 (rather than 300) yards of at least 3 single or multi-family residential structures. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates the Task Force on Firearm Insurance to review current and potential future insurance policy offerings for the safe and legal possession of firearms and offer policymaking recommendations related to the use of that insurance. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall provide administrative support for the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be comprised of specified members. Provides that the Task Force shall elect a chairperson from its membership. Provides that appointments shall be made within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that members shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report of findings, recommendations, and other information to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2023. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved January 1, 2025. Amends the Firearm owners Identification Card Act. Provides that no person may acquire or possess any prepackaged explosive components within the State without having in his or her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by the Illinois State Police under the provisions of the Act. Provides exemptions. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unlawful sale or delivery of prepackaged explosive components. Defines the offense and provides penalties for violation. Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Expands the definition of "petitioner" to include intimate partners. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates the repeal date of the statute creating the First Time Weapon Offender Program. Changes the name of the Program to the First Time Weapon Offense Program. Deletes a provision that a defendant is not eligible for the Program if he or she is 21 years of age or older. Provides that the Program shall be at least 6 (rather than 18) months and not to exceed 18 (rather than 24) months. Makes other changes to the Program. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that actions for an order of protection may be commenced in conjunction with an emergency or plenary proceeding under the Firearms Restraining Order Act provided that a petitioner and the respondent are a party to or the subject of that proceeding. Allows the court to prohibit a respondent against whom an order of protection was issued from possessing any firearms during the duration of the order if the order (1) was issued after a hearing of which such person received actual notice, and at which such person had an opportunity to participate, except in circumstances where an order is entered in conjunction with an affidavit or the verified petition for an emergency order of protection demonstrating exigent circumstances thereby justifying an entry of an emergency order without prior notice and (2) restrains such person from abusing the petitioner (rather than harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child). Prohibits the respondent of an order of protection prohibiting firearm possession to surrender any firearms from acquiring or possessing any firearms for the duration of the order of protection. Requires the court to immediately upon the entry of the order of protection prohibiting firearm possession issue a seizure order of any firearm in the possession of the respondent. Provides that the respondent shall be ordered to immediately surrender any firearms to the appropriate law enforcement agency and prohibited from transferring firearms to another individual in lieu of surrender to law enforcement. Provides that the relevant law enforcement agency shall provide a statement of receipt of any firearm seized or surrendered with a description of any firearm seized or surrendered to the respondent and the court, and that such statement shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with an order to surrender firearms. Allows a court to prohibit a respondent against whom an order of protection was issued from possessing any firearms during the duration of the order if certain prerequisites are satisfied. Makes conforming changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2066 - ELECTIONS-SENATE VACANCY-PARTY
Daniel Didech
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Election Code. Provides that any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate shall be affiliated with the same political party as the person vacating the office if the person vacating the office was elected as a member of an established political party that is still in existence at the time of appointment. Provides that the appointee shall establish his or her political party affiliation by his or her record of voting in party primary elections or by holding or having held an office in a political party organization before appointment. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0610 - REVENUE-TECH
Martin J. Moylan, Mary Beth Canty, Daniel Didech
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1153 - COUNTIES-OFFICE OF AUDITOR
Michael T. Marron, Jonathan Carroll, Jed Davis
Last updated about 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Officers and Employees Article of the Counties Code. Decreases the minimum number of inhabitants that must reside in a county for the county to be required to create the office of county auditor from 75,000 inhabitants to 70,000 inhabitants.
STATUS
Passed
HB1280 - FOID-DENIAL & REVOC-STALKING
Daniel Didech, Joyce Mason
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police has authority to deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under the Act if the Illinois State Police finds that the applicant or the person to whom the card was issued is or was at the time of issuance a person who has been convicted of misdemeanor stalking or a similar misdemeanor offense in another jurisdiction.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0002 - DHS-OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES
LaShawn K. Ford, Kelly M. Cassidy, Will Guzzardi
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop a pilot program aimed at saving the lives of people who use substances. Provides that the program shall include the establishment of at least one overdose prevention site. Provides that the pilot overdose prevention sites shall be exempt from the Act's intervention licensure requirements for harm reduction services until the Department has adopted rules for harm reduction services. Provides that overdose prevention sites shall offer people who are most likely to use drugs in public, unobserved, high-risk, and unsanitary locations a safe space to use pre-obtained substances and to connect with community supports or other existing treatment and recovery programs, harm reduction services, and health care. Sets forth principles that pilot overdose prevention sites shall abide by. Contains provisions concerning: staffing requirements at overdose prevention sites; designated locations for overdose prevention sites; program and service requirements for overdose prevention sites; civil immunity for overdose prevention sites and staff; and other matters. In provisions concerning licensure categories and services, creates a new harm reduction services category under the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1281 - CONSUMER FRAUD-HEALTH CARE
Daniel Didech
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that the furnishing of health care services by a health care professional or health care provider may not be conditioned on the patient providing a credit card number to be kept on file by the health care professional or health care provider. Provides that a violation constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0850 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Christopher Belt, Mattie Hunter, Dale Fowler
Last updated about 1 year ago
73 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate an area as a food desert even if the area does not meet the qualifications set forth in the engrossed bill as long as the designation is made in accordance with criteria established by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity by rule using data that includes, but is not limited to, poverty metrics and access to existing grocery stores. Provides that the provisions of the engrossed bill apply to independently owned for-profit grocery stores, cooperative grocery stores, or not-for-profit grocery stores (in the engrossed bill, only independently owned for-profit grocery stores). Amends the Public Utilities Act to make conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1170 - ELEC CD-COUNTY CONVENTION DATE
Daniel Didech
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county convention of a county central committee shall occur on a date that is not earlier than the 29th day after, nor later than the 50th day after, the date of the primary at which committeepersons are elected (rather than on the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which committeepersons are elected). Provides that an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of precinct committeeperson because no one was elected to that office, because the precinct committeeperson ceases to reside in the precinct, or for any other reason may not be made between the general primary election and the county convention following the general primary election (rather than between the general primary election and the 30th day after the general primary election). Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Illinois district HD-059
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Illinois House
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Daniel Didech is from Illinois. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Government from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Later, Daniel received his Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University College of Law. He worked as an Assistant State's Attorney in Cook County for nearly a decade. Didech prosecuted matters ranging from traffic tickets to first-degree murder. He lives in Buffalo Grove with his wife and two young daughters.read less
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