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HB1185 - PENCD-DWNST POL&FIRE-FINANCING
Dave Vella, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the annual employer contribution shall include an amount sufficient to bring the total assets of the pension fund up to 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the pension fund by the end of municipal fiscal year 2050 (instead of 2040). Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1241 - ENDOW ILLINOIS CREDIT
Margaret Noble Croke, Norine K. Hammond, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated almost 2 years 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
HB4411 - PHARMACY-OPIOID WARNING
Dave Vella
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a pharmacist must ensure that a sign warning of the dangers associated with opioids is conspicuously displayed in the pharmacy. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop the form and content of the sign.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4501 - CHILD CARE-BACKGROUND CHECK
Joyce Mason, Dave Vella
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a criminal background investigation for a person subject to background check shall include specified information. Provides that, notwithstanding any federal law that prohibits conditional employment prior to completed background checks, an individual hired to begin employment who has authorized the required background check may be employed by a child care facility on a conditional basis pending the outcome of the required background check. Provides that the form authorizing the background check shall be submitted to the Department of Children and Family Services. Provides that the individual shall also submit to the Department an attestation, under penalty of perjury, disclosing: (1) any abuse or neglect complaints made against the individual with the child welfare agency of a state other than Illinois in which the individual resided within the 5 years preceding the date of the attestation; and (2) any contact the individual had with a law enforcement agency in connection with the individual's suspected or alleged commission of a crime in a state other than Illinois in which the individual resided within the 5 years preceding the date of the attestation. Provides that a conditional employee shall not be left alone with children outside the visual and auditory supervision of staff until the conditional employee has cleared all required background checks. Defines "persons subject to background check".
STATUS
Introduced
HB4412 - CHILD CARE-BACKGROUND CHECK
Dave Vella, Joyce Mason, Tony M. McCombie
Last updated 7 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a child care facility, non-licensed service provider, day care center, group day care home, or day care home may authorize the Department of Children and Family Services or a third-party vendor to collect fingerprints for the criminal background investigation. Defines “third-party vendor”.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2099 - FOOD TRUCK FREEDOM ACT
Dave Vella
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Food Truck Freedom Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not require a separate license, permit, or fee beyond an initial or reciprocal business license for a food truck business. Contains provisions regarding reciprocal business licenses issued to food truck businesses by different units of local government or local health departments. Contains prohibitions against units of local governments or local health departments from imposing additional license qualification requirements on a food truck business before issuing licenses. Provides that, for an initial business license, a unit of local government or local health department may only charge a licensing fee to a food truck business in an amount that reimburses the unit of local government for the actual cost of processing the business license. Requires food truck businesses to obtain, for each food truck that the food truck business operates, an annual health department food truck permit from the local health department with jurisdiction over the area in which the majority of the food truck's operations takes place. Includes provisions relating to food truck events and food trucks at temporary mass gatherings. Contains other provisions. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1198 - LICENSURE-ELECTRICIANS
Dave Vella
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Program to License Electricians Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall create a program to license electricians in the State. Provides that once the program is in effect, all electricians in the State must be licensed to practice in the State. Provides that the Department has the authority to adopt rules to create the program to license electricians.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4279 - CHILD SUPPORT-WAIVER OF FEES
Dave Vella
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Costs Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that on the application of any person, before or after the commencement of an action for child support, if the court finds that the applicant is a person whose income is below the poverty level, the court shall grant the applicant a full waiver entitling the applicant to sue or defend the action without payment of any of the fees, costs, and charges.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4605 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Dave Vella
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2216 - LOCAL GOV-LIFT-ASSIST SERVICES
Michael J. Kelly, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Camille Lilly
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Fire Protection District Act and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities and fire protection districts may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing home facilities, or other similar congregate care facilities for all lift-assist services rendered by a fire department, firefighter, emergency response unit, public safety employee of a municipal department, or fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual. Provides that the fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the municipality or fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual. Provides that the municipality or fire protection district may require a facility to enter into a written agreement to reimburse the municipality or fire protection district for the costs of injuries suffered at the facility by municipal or district personnel when providing lift-assist services, including, but not limited to, costs of medical treatment, payments required under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, disability payments, and pension payments for injured personnel, but provides that any such agreement does not relieve the municipality or fire protection district of a statutory or contractual obligation it may have to its employees for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered. Contains provisions relating to third-party claims and intervention in a suit relating to claims made by a municipal or fire protection district employee for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered.
STATUS
Introduced
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