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SB1072 - GOVERNMENT-TECH
Susan Rezin, Mike Porfirio, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated about 1 year ago
134 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Flag Display Act. Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the symbol of the State's concern for and commitment to honoring and remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed forces who have lost their lives while serving or as a result of service and their families. Provides for the dates when and the locations where the Honor and Remember Flag must be displayed. Amends the Condominium Property Act. Adds the Honor and Remember Flag under the definition of "military flag" that is permitted to be flown by a unit owner under certain circumstances. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
STATUS
Passed
HB4563 - WILDLIFE CD-DEER REMOVAL
Dave Severin
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, the Department of Natural Resources shall issue nuisance deer removal permits to: (1) a person who owns or leases 1,000 or more acres of land in an unincorporated area of the State, produces agricultural products on that land, and is experiencing demonstrable damage to land or agricultural products due to nuisance deer that reside on the land; or (2) a tenant of the landowner who has been granted permission by that person to apply for a nuisance deer removal permit on that person's behalf. Provides that the number of deer permitted to be taken, the number of days for which the deer may be taken, and the total number of persons who may take deer under the permit shall be based on the number of acres of land owned. Provides that a nuisance deer removal permit shall not allow the taking of deer during any archery, firearm, muzzleloader only, special Chronic Wasting Disease, late winter, or youth firearm season. Provides that the Department shall encourage persons issued a nuisance deer removal permit to use the deer taken under the deer removal program for human consumption or for donations to zoos or other facilities where the deer can be used to feed animals. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1241 - ENDOW ILLINOIS CREDIT
Margaret Noble Croke, Norine K. Hammond, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated over 1 year ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall award income tax credits to taxpayers who provide an endowment gift to a permanent endowment fund during the taxable year and receive a certificate of receipt for that gift. Provides that the credit is equal to 25% of the endowment gift. Contains provisions setting forth maximum credit amounts. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to require an addition modification equal to the amount of any federal deduction claimed for an endowment gift for which a taxpayer receives a credit under the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4570 - COSMETOLOGY/BARBER TEACHER
Dave Severin, Aaron M. Ortiz, Daniel M. Swanson
Last updated 2 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that a licensed cosmetology teacher who submits to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation an application for licensure as a barber teacher must meet all requirements of the Act for licensure as a barber teacher, except that an applicant who has at least 3 years of experience as a licensed cosmetology teacher shall be given credit for hours of instruction completed for his or her cosmetology teacher license in subjects that are common to both barbering and cosmetology in the supplemental barber course. Provides that a licensed barber teacher who submits to the Department an application for licensure as a cosmetology teacher must meet all requirements of the Act for licensure as a cosmetology teacher, except that an applicant who has at least 3 years of experience as a licensed barber teacher shall be given credit for hours of instruction completed for his or her barber teacher license in subjects that are common to both barbering and cosmetology in the supplemental cosmetology course. Provides that a licensed esthetician teacher or licensed nail technician teacher who submits to the Department an application for licensure as a cosmetology teacher must meet all requirements of the Act for licensure as a cosmetology teacher, except that an applicant who has at least 3 years of experience as an esthetician teacher or licensed nail technician teacher shall be given credit for hours of instruction completed for his or her esthetician teacher or nail technician teacher license in subjects that are common to both esthetics or nail technology and cosmetology. Provides that the Department shall provide for the implementation of these provisions by rule.
STATUS
Passed
HB1274 - PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD
Amy Elik, Tony M. McCombie, Patrick Sheehan
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum reduction under the senior citizens homestead exemption is $8,000 in all counties (currently, $8,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $5,000 in all other counties). Provides that the maximum income limitation for the senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 (currently, $65,000). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1461 - THE KNIGHT-SILAS ACT
Tony M. McCombie, John Egofske, Charles E. Meier
Last updated over 1 year ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Knight-Silas Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, he or she: (1) knowingly causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be a Department of Children and Family Services employee; and (2) is, at the time of the commission of the offense, 21 years of age or older and causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be a Department of Children and Family Services employee: (i) performing his or her official duties; (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties. Provides that "Department of Children and Family Services employee" includes any (i) Department case worker or (ii) investigator employed by an agency or organization providing social work, case work, or investigative services under a contract with or a grant from the Department of Children and Family Services. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Provides that if the battery causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to the employee, the penalty is a Class 1 felony.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0064 - HIGHWAY ADS-SIGNS
Cristina Castro, Kelly M. Cassidy, Jed Davis
Last updated over 1 year ago
73 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the definition of "sign" means any outdoor sign, display, device, notice, figure painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing, which is designed (rather than designated), intended, or used to advertise or inform, and of which any part of the existing or intended advertising or informative contents is or will be visible from any place on the main-traveled way of a controlled portion (rather than any portion) of an Interstate or primary highway and which is adjacent to and within 660 feet (rather than within 660 feet) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of such highway, and where the sign is operated or owned by a person or entity earning remuneration directly or indirectly for (i) the existence or placement of the outdoor sign or (ii) the placement of the message on the outdoor sign. Provides that the definition of "erect" does not include the attachment of a vinyl substrate to a sign that was permitted or registered to display, in another medium, advertising or other information and that does not cause a substantial change or modification that would terminate nonconforming rights. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall accord lawful status to the registered sign at issue in the decision of the Illinois Appellate Court captioned as Image Media Advertising, Inc., v. Illinois Department of Transportation, No. 1-20-0830. Provides that the Department shall also allow for the continued usage of that sign by the owner of the building or its authorized agent without requiring a new permit or registration. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0076 - UTILITY-MODULAR NUCLEAR REACT
Susan Rezin, David Koehler, Patrick J. Joyce
Last updated about 1 year ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Deletes language that provides that no construction shall commence on any new nuclear power plant to be located within the State, and no certificate of public convenience and necessity or other authorization shall be issued therefor by the Illinois Commerce Commission, until the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency finds that the United States Government, through its authorized agency, has identified and approved a demonstrable technology or means for the disposal of high level nuclear waste, or until such construction has been specifically approved by a statute enacted by the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Vetoed
SB0188 - MED RECORDS-CONSENT
Steve McClure, Julie A. Morrison, Jason Plummer
Last updated about 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act. Allows a parent who consents to the performance upon his or her child of a health care service to request to inspect and copy the child's records or any part thereof so long as it is related to the health care service the parent consented to. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Allows the personal representative under HIPAA of a recipient to request to inspect and copy a recipient's record or any part thereof, regardless of the age of the recipient.
STATUS
Passed
HJR0007 - COLLEGE INSURANCE TASK FORCE
Michael T. Marron, Lawrence M. Walsh, Norine K. Hammond
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
Creates the College Insurance Program Task Force to study the College Insurance Program and present policy and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly to ensure the program remains a viable and healthy benefit.
STATUS
Engrossed
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Representative from Illinois district HD-116
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Illinois House
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