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HB2931 - CONCEAL CARRY-SCHOOL EMPLOYEE
Dennis Tipsword
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a concealed carry licensee who is an employee of a public or private elementary or secondary school may carry a concealed firearm into the school building, real property, and parking area under the control of the school where he or she is employed if, in addition to the training requirement to obtain a concealed carry license, he or she receives additional training from a training program established by the Illinois State Police. Provides that within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Illinois State Police shall establish a training program for licensees who are employees of a public or private elementary or secondary school to permit the employees to carry firearms into the school buildings where they are employed and their adjacent parking lots and real property. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall establish the training curriculum and the amount of training, which shall not exceed 48 hours, of which a maximum of 28 hours shall be firearm training. Provides that the training shall include the safe handling of firearms around children. Provides that the training must be completed annually.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3353 - FINANCE-CANNABIS PROCEEDS
John M. Cabello, Dennis Tipsword, Patrick Windhorst
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Finance Act. Increases the percentage of moneys that are transferred from the Cannabis Regulation Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Provides that moneys allocated to counties under those provisions shall be directed to a fund under the control of the Sheriff. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3359 - JUV CT-DISQUALIFIED OFFENSE
Dan Ugaste, Amy L. Grant, Patrick Windhorst
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Precludes the court from ordering the automatic expungement of the juvenile court and law enforcement records of a delinquent minor based on an attempt to commit a disqualified offense.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2921 - AGING-PERSONS WHO WANDER
Dennis Tipsword, Jackie Haas
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to establish and administer a statewide 5-year pilot program to provide grant awards to counties and municipalities interested in maintaining a local recovery program for individuals who wander due to a medical condition such as Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, autism, or other specified disorders. Provides that under a county's or municipality's local recovery program, persons with a history of wandering shall receive a fitted electronic bracelet that emits a unique radio signal 24 hours a day that can be identified and tracked by a designated search team of volunteers, lead by local law enforcement, when alerted through a 911 emergency call about a missing person who has a history of wandering. Provides that any grant amounts provided to a county or municipality under the pilot program must be used to cover the costs associated with purchasing the electronic bracelets, training a designated team of volunteer search personnel, conducting community outreach activities to inform local residents and eligible families about the local recovery program, and any other costs required to implement the local recovery program. Provides that all funding for the pilot program shall come from private donations to the Department. Requires all donated moneys received by the Department for the pilot program to be deposited into the Local Recovery Programs for Persons Who Wander Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be expended to make grant awards under the pilot program and for no other purpose; and that all interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the pilot program, including, but not limited to, rules on the application and eligibility requirements, grant amounts awarded under the pilot program, and equipment standards for the electronic bracelets. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Local Recovery Programs for Persons Who Wander Fund. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2986 - STATE BUDGET-RATE OF GROWTH
Blaine Wilhour, Dave Severin, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, beginning with the budget prepared for fiscal year 2025, the rate of growth of general funds appropriations shall not exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois median household income. Defines "rate of growth of the Illinois median household income".
STATUS
Introduced
HB3352 - CD CORR DNA SAMPLE
John M. Cabello, Patrick Windhorst, Dennis Tipsword
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In provisions requiring persons who are arrested for specified offenses to provide specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue, provides that those specimens shall be provided within 14 days after arrest (currently, indictment or preliminary hearing). Adds a forcible felony and felony domestic battery to the list of qualifying offenses.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0101 - HONORS-REP. FRANCES ANN HURLEY
Emanuel Welch, LaShawn K. Ford, Frances Ann Hurley
Last updated over 1 year ago
118 Co-Sponsors
Honors and thanks State Representative Frances Ann Hurley for her years of dedicated service. Wishes her the best on her future success.
STATUS
Passed
HB3751 - MUNI CD-POLICE APPLICANTS
Barbara Hernandez, Angelica J. Guerrero-Cuellar, John M. Cabello
Last updated over 1 year ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill and adds that an individual against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process is allowed to apply for the position of police officer, deputy sheriff, or special policeman, subject to specified requirements. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB3167 - MANUFACTURING CAPITAL-TECH
Travis Weaver, John M. Cabello, William E. Hauter
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Manufacturing Capital Investment Fund Act. Contains only a short title provision.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3588 - RETIRED POLICE DOG-CARE
Bradley J. Fritts, Tom Weber, John M. Cabello
Last updated over 1 year ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill but transfers functions in the Act from the Illinois State Police to the University of Illinois. Provides that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall contract with a not-for-profit corporation organized under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 to administer and manage the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Provides that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall select the not-for-profit corporation through a competitive grant award process. Provides that from appropriations made by the General Assembly from the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund to the University of Illinois for implementation of the Act, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall make grants to the not-for-profit corporation contracted by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to be the disbursing authority for the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that moneys from the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund and for grants under the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
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