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SB2555 - $COGFA
Don Harmon
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Makes appropriations to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability for its ordinary and contingent expenses in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0291 - MEMORIAL-TIM DEGNAN
Don Harmon
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the life of former Illinois State Senator Timothy F. "Tim" Degnan of Oak Brook.
STATUS
Passed
HB3648 - HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON
Carol Ammons, LaShawn K. Ford, Cyril Nichols
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Higher Education in Prison Act. Provides that on or before September 1 of the year following the effective date of the Act and each subsequent September 1, the Department of Corrections shall release a report, to be published on the Department of Corrections's Internet website, detailing certain information pertaining to higher education within Department institutions and facilities. Requires the report to be filed with the Governor and General Assembly. Provides that the data provided in the report shall include an aggregate chart at the Department level and individual reports by each correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections. Provides that on or before September 1 of the year following the effective date of the Act and each subsequent September 1, each college and university that provides academic programs for committed persons shall report to the Board of Higher Education on enrollment, retention, completion, and student demographics, including race, ethnicity, age, and gender of committed students. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall compile the information and, within 60 days after receipt of such information, issue a report reflecting the information for each institution required to report. Provides that the report must be filed with the Governor and General Assembly and made publicly available on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website.
STATUS
Passed
HB2911 - AGING-OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM
LaShawn K. Ford, Lakesia Collins, Dave Severin
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the official purpose. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Makes changes concerning agents under the Act. Makes changes concerning provisional patients. Provides that the physical examination required under the Act may be performed by remote means. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions. Repeals provisions concerning excluded offenses. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Makes changes concerning definitions. Authorizes a dispensing organization to offer drive-through and pickup options for cannabis and cannabis-infused products and makes related changes. Requires a dispensing organization to implement other security measures. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish, by rule, certain market protections. Requires the Department of Agriculture to license cannabis laboratories. Adds provisions concerning consolidated transport centers. Provides for the repeal of provisions concerning the medical cannabis dispensing organization exemption, establishing cultivator taxes, and craft grower taxes. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes changes concerning the requirements for a container when possessing cannabis. Amends the Tobacco Accessories and Smoking Herbs Control Act. Deletes a provision which specifies that the sale and possession of marijuana and hashish is illegal. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR0592 - MEMORIAL-DANIEL JAMES FOLEY
Don Harmon
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of Daniel James "Dan" Foley of Oak Park.
STATUS
Passed
HB3144 - DCEO-CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Mark L. Walker, Kelly M. Burke, Carol Ammons
Last updated 3 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Exempts from taxation under the Act: (1) food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food that has been prepared for immediate consumption) and (2) food prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident to a sale of service by an entity licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or the Child Care Act of 1969, or by an entity that holds a permit issued pursuant to the Life Care Facilities Act. In the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, makes changes in a provision concerning prepaid telephone calling arrangements. Amends the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act. Provides that, from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2029, a home rule municipality having a population in excess of 500,000 may impose a prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge not to exceed 9% per retail transaction sourced to that jurisdiction and collected and remitted in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes the corporate authorities of any county, by ordinance or resolution that takes effect on or after January 1, 2026, to impose a 1% tax upon all persons engaged in the business of selling groceries in the county but outside of a municipality. Adds provisions concerning the administration of that tax. Authorizes the county board of Sangamon County, by ordinance, to impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the county in the business of renting, leasing, or letting rooms in a hotel that is subject to a specified hotel tax under the Illinois Municipal Code, at a rate not to exceed 3% of the gross rental receipts from renting, leasing, or letting, excluding, however, from gross rental receipts, the proceeds of the renting, leasing, or letting to permanent residents of that hotel. Requires the revenues generated to be used for specified purposes. Adds provisions concerning the use of project labor agreements on certain facilities that receive revenue from the county hotel tax. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that, in Cook County, the rate of the Regional Transportation Authority Retailers' Occupation Tax on sales of food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food that has been prepared for immediate consumption) is 1.25%. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Authorizes the corporate authorities of any municipality, by ordinance or resolution that takes effect on or after January 1, 2026, to impose a 1% tax upon all persons engaged in the business of selling groceries in the municipality. Adds provisions concerning the administration of that tax. Removes a requirement that the imposition of certain non-home rule use and occupation taxes is subject to referendum approval. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SR0286 - MEMORIAL-GEOFFREY FITZGERLAD
Don Harmon
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the passing of Geoffrey John "Jeff" FitzGerald.
STATUS
Passed
SR0337 - MEMORIAL-JAMES LAWLOR
Don Harmon
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of James Lawlor of Downers Grove.
STATUS
Passed
SJRCA0003 - GENDER NEUTRAL-BILL OF RIGHTS
Don Harmon
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Replaces gendered language with gender-neutral language. Effective upon being declared adopted.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0126 - MEMORIAL-PHILIP COWAN
Don Harmon
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the passing of Philip "Phil" Cowan of Glenview.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Illinois district SD-039
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