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SB2630 - ESTATE TAX-EXCLUSION AMOUNT
Jil Walker Tracy, Thomas M. Bennett, Neil Anderson
Last updated 11 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2025, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code as that Section exists on the effective date of the amendatory Act, including the inflation adjustment and including any deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (currently, the exclusion amount for Illinois estate tax purposes is $4,000,000). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1150 - REVENUE-TECH
Donald P. DeWitte, Susan Rezin, Dan McConchie
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2907 - JOB TRAINING TRANSPARENCY
Dave Syverson, Patrick J. Joyce, Susan Rezin
Last updated about 1 month ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Job Training and Workforce Development Transparency Act. Provides that, within 18 months after the effective date of the Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in coordination with relevant State agencies, shall compile a report concerning all State and federally funded job training and workforce development programs in this State. Contains provisions concerning reports. Provides that relevant State agencies shall collaborate with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to ensure the timely and accurate collection of information required for the report. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB3248 - PROTECTS VOICE & IMAGES
Dave Syverson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act of 2024 and may be referred to as the No AI FRAUD Act. Defines terms such as "personalized cloning service", "digital voice replica", "voice", "likeness", and digital technology". Provides that every individual has a property right in his or her own likeness and voice. Creates a private cause of action against any person or entity who, without consent of the individual whose voice or likeness rights are affected, does any of the following: (i) distributes or otherwise makes available to the public a personalized cloning service; (ii) publishes or otherwise makes available to the public a digital voice replica or digital depiction with knowledge that the digital voice replica or digital depiction was not authorized by the individual holding the voice or likeness rights so affected; or (iii) materially contributes to or otherwise facilitates any of the conduct proscribed in (i) or (ii) with knowledge that the individual holding the affected voice or likeness rights has not consented to the conduct. Provides remedies in the case of an unauthorized distribution of a personalized cloning service to include damages in an amount equal to the greater of $50,000 per violation or the actual damages and any profits from the unauthorized use that are attributable to such use and are not taken into account in computing the actual damages. Provides that in the case of an unauthorized publication of a digital voice replica or digital depiction, $5,000 per violation or the actual damages and any profits from the unauthorized use that are attributable to such use and are not taken into account in computing the actual damages. Provides that punitive damages and reasonable attorney's fees may also be awarded to the injured person. Provides that First Amendment protections shall constitute a defense to an alleged violation of this Act. In evaluating any such defense, the public interest in access to the use shall be balanced against the intellectual property interest in the voice or likeness. Provides that a person or entity who uses an individual's voice or likeness in a manner that violates this Act shall not be liable if the harm caused by such conduct is negligible. Provides that the Act is operative 180 days after it becomes law.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3278 - INS CD-DENTAL PREAUTHORIZATION
Dave Syverson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no insurer, dental service plan corporation, insurance network leasing company, or any company that amends, delivers, issues, or renews an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance that provides dental insurance on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall deny any claim subsequently submitted for procedures specifically included in a prior authorization unless certain circumstances apply. Provides that a dental service contractor shall not recoup a claim solely due to a loss of coverage for a patient or ineligibility if, at the time of treatment, the dental service contractor erroneously confirmed coverage and eligibility, but had sufficient information available to the dental service contractor indicating that the patient was no longer covered or was ineligible for coverage. Prohibits waiver of the provisions by contract.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1974 - CRIM CD-AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY
Terri Bryant, Sally J. Turner, Erica Conway Harriss
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who, in committing a domestic battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, knows the individual battered to be a person 60 years of age or older commits aggravated domestic battery.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3302 - LIQUOR-SELL IN GOVT BUILDING
Dave Syverson, Steve Stadelman, Andrew S. Chesney
Last updated about 1 month ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and sold at the building located at 305 West Grove St. in Poplar Grove, Illinois that is owned and operated by North Boone Fire District #3 if the alcoholic liquor is sold or dispensed only in connection with organized functions approved by the North Boone Fire District #3 for which the planned attendance is 20 or more persons and if the person or facility selling or dispensing the alcoholic liquor has provided dram shop liability insurance in maximum limits so as to hold harmless North Boone County Fire District #3 from all financial loss, damage, and harm. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1807 - VEH CD-ENHANCE FLEEING PENALTY
John F. Curran, Jason Plummer, Dale Fowler
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 4 felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor and that a third or subsequent violation is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class 4 felony. Provides that aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class 4 felony and that a second or subsequent violation is a Class 2 felony instead of a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1976 - CRIM CD-DOMESTIC ASSAULT
Terri Bryant, Sally J. Turner, Erica Conway Harriss
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of domestic assault. Provides that a person commits the offense when, without lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct that places any family or household member in reasonable apprehension of great bodily harm, or permanent disability or disfigurement. Provides that if the defendant is arrested for domestic assault, upon release of the defendant from custody pending trial, the court, at the preliminary examination, shall order that the defendant refrain from contact or communication with the victim of the domestic assault and refrain from entering or remaining at the victim's residence for a minimum of 72 consecutive hours. Provides that domestic assault is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "family or household member".
STATUS
Introduced
SB2597 - VETS-TINY HOMES-EV EXEMPTION
Sally J. Turner, John F. Curran, Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated 6 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Electric Vehicle Charging Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act shall not apply to any non-profit organization described in specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or to any other developer, association, or entity that administers a program to fund and construct tiny homes for veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and in need of secure, long-term affordable housing. Provides that every county and municipality which has the power to issue building permits and otherwise control the construction of buildings shall require by ordinance that an applicant seeking a building permit to construct tiny homes for at-risk veterans must include with the permit application a completed and signed affidavit stating that all buildings constructed under the permit are designated for the exclusive use of qualifying veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and in need of secure, long-term affordable housing. Prohibits counties and municipalities, including home rule units, from adopting any building code or ordinance that requires EV-capable parking spaces for tiny homes constructed for the purpose of providing affordable housing for at-risk veterans. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Illinois district SD-035
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Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Dave Syverson was born in Rockford and graduated from West Leyden High School. He received an Associate Degree from Rock Valley College in 1972 and a Bachelor's Degree from Northern Illinois University in 1974. He was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 1992. Prior to serving in the Illinois Senate, Dave Syverson was Township Supervisor of Rockford Township from 1988 to 1992. He owned and operated Syverson Tree Farm from 1974 to 1988. Currently he manages the Syverson Group, a commercial property development company.read less
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Illinois Senate from Illinois
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