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SR0909 - MEMORIAL-KAREN A. YARBROUGH
Don Harmon, Kimberly A. Lightford
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Mourns the passing of Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough.
STATUS
Passed
SB2875 - SMALL MUNICIPALITY AUDITS
Don Harmon, Napoleon Harris, Doris Turner
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Municipal Auditing Law of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality with a population of 1,000 or less may file an annual report in lieu of an audit report if an audit report has been conducted and filed with the Comptroller within the 3 preceding fiscal years and the municipality had no material findings that indicate significant errors or risks in the municipality's financial information in its last conducted audit report filed with the Comptroller. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2818 - HUMAN RIGHTS-CONVICTIONS
Rachel Ventura, Don Harmon, Mike Simmons
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation: (1) to inquire into a person's conviction record before making a conditional offer to sell, lease, or rent real property; (2) for an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or salesman, because of conviction record, to refuse to engage in a real estate transaction with a person or to discriminate in making available such a transaction; (3) use a conviction record as a basis to rescind a conditional offer to sell, lease, or rent real property, unless there is a substantial relationship between one or more of the previous criminal offenses and the offer made, the granting or continuation of the offer would involve an unreasonable risk to property or to the safety or welfare of specific individuals or the general public, or the use is otherwise authorized by law; and (4) for a third-party loan modification service provider, because of a conviction record to refuse to engage in loan modification services, alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of such services, or discriminate in making such services available. Provides that nothing shall prohibit: the owner of an owner-occupied residential building with 4 or fewer units from making decisions regarding whether to rent to a person based upon that person's conviction record; inquiry into or the use of a conviction record if the inquiry or use is otherwise authorized by State or federal law; and use of a criminal conviction that results in a current sex offender registration requirement or a current child sex offender residency restriction.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0462 - EDUCATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Celina Villanueva, Mattie Hunter
Last updated 3 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that, in determining admission to a public institution of higher education, the public institution of higher education may not consider an applicant's legacy status or the applicant's familial relationship to any past, current, or prospective donor of something of value to the public institution of higher education as a factor in admitting the applicant. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB0303 - EDUCATION-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Margaret Noble Croke, Curtis J. Tarver
Last updated 7 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Board from changing the standards for admission to any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body. Provides that the Board shall not take any action, until February 1, 2027, that results in a disproportionate decrease in either the total amount or percentage of funds allocated to an attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body compared to other attendance centers of comparable size. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB0340 - EDUCATION-TECH
Michelle Mussman, Emanuel Welch, Diane Blair-Sherlock
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Inserts the contents of House Amendment No. 1 but removes a conforming change.
STATUS
Passed
HB4621 - PRETRIAL SERVICES
Justin D. Slaughter, Emanuel Welch, Don Harmon
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. In the amendatory changes to the Pretrial Services Act, deletes a provision which specifies that the Mandatory Arbitration Fund may be used to reimburse approved costs for pretrial services. Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Provides that a State or local government agency that employs a probation officer, as defined in the Probation and Probation Officers Act, shall be exempt from the provisions requiring the officer to possess opioid antagonists and from requiring the agency to establish a policy to control the acquisition, storage, transportation, and administration of such opioid antagonists and from providing training in the administration of opioid antagonists. In the amendatory changes to the Pretrial Services Act, provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall be constructed to invalidate, diminish, or otherwise interfere with any collective bargaining agreement or representation rights under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, if applicable. Provides that pretrial services shall be provided by a local pretrial services agency or the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services. Provides that if a report of a pretrial services agency is filed with the court, the court shall deny public access to the report. Effective immediately, except that the amendatory changes to the Pretrial Services Act take effect on July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB0778 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Theresa Mah, Dagmara Avelar, William E. Hauter
Last updated 4 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Public Health and the Governor's Office of New Americans, a clinical readiness program to provide direct services to international medical graduate physicians seeking to reestablish their medical careers and obtain residency in this State. Provides that the clinical readiness program for international medical graduate physicians shall be subject to appropriation. Provides that the clinical readiness program shall be implemented pursuant to a New American Plan developed by the Department in accordance with the Governor's Office of New Americans Act and administered by the licensing liaison for international applicants. Provides that the Department may, in its discretion, contract with a vendor or with another State agency, through an intergovernmental agreement, to assist in the implementation and administration of the program. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB0612 - REVENUE-TECH
Stephanie A. Kifowit, Emanuel Welch, Brandun Schweizer
Last updated 5 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section granting a homestead exemption to veterans with disabilities, provides that property that is used as a qualified residence by a veteran who was a member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II is exempt from taxation regardless of the veteran's level of disability. Provides that a veteran who qualifies as a result of his or her service in World War II need not reapply for the exemption. Makes changes concerning service-connected disabilities. Makes changes concerning surviving spouses. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB0056 - AGRICULTURE-TECH
Sonya M. Harper, Emanuel Welch, Cyril Nichols
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Agriculture shall develop and administer an annual Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program to enhance local food processing, aggregation, and distribution within the State. Establishes eligibility requirements for the grants. Provides that all grant funding must be used for purchasing, leasing to own, renting, building, or installing infrastructure that will increase market access of Illinois communities to Illinois agricultural products. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall create an independent Local Food Infrastructure Steering Committee to guide the implementation and evaluation of the grant. Provides that the committee shall be selected by the Director. Provides that the committee shall include, but is not limited to, at least 3 farmers, including one specialty crop farmer, one livestock farmer, and one farmer of color; one representative from the local food processing industry, one representative from a non-profit organization serving farmers of color, one representative from a non-profit organization serving farmers at large, and one representative from the Department. Provides that the Director must file with the Governor and General Assembly, and publish publicly on or before March 1 of each year, a written report detailing the impact of the Local Food Infrastructure Grant for the previous calendar year. The report must include a complete list of (1) all applications for grants under the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program during the previous calendar year; (2) all persons who were awarded the Local Food Infrastructure Grant and the nature and amount of their awards in the previous calendar year; and (3) the economic impact of the grant from the previous calendar year, which may include jobs created, local food sales increases, and communities served. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
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