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HB4171 - USMC HIGHWAY
Stephanie A. Kifowit, Harry Benton, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated 7 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4261 - AGING-OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM
Kevin John Olickal, Katie Stuart, Carol Ammons
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Removes a requirement that the Holistic Mental Health Care for Youth in Care Task Force make recommendations resulting from its study in certain quarterly reports. Requires the Task Force to submit its final report no later than December 31, 2025 (rather than 2024). Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Creative Economy Task Force, subject to appropriation, with certain requirements. Amends the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women Act. Adds to the Task Force two Chicago police officers, with certain requirements. Amends the Community Land Trust Task Force Act. Provides that the Community Land Trust Task Force shall meet at least 6 times before July 1, 2025 (rather than December 31, 2024). Provides that the Task Force shall submit its final report no later than December 31, 2025 (rather than December 31, 2024). Provides that the Task Force is dissolved and the Act is repealed on December 31, 2025 (rather than December 31, 2024). Amends the Illinois Flag Commission Act. Provides that the Commission shall select, on or before January 1, 2025 (rather than September 1, 2024), a group of no more than 10 proposed flag designs that meet certain requirements. Provides that the Commission shall, on or before April 1, 2025 (rather than December 3, 2024), submit to the General Assembly a written report. Provides that the Chair of the Commission shall convene the first meeting by no later than June 30, 2024 (rather than September 1, 2023). Amends the Alternative Protein Innovation Task Force Act. Provides that the Alternative Protein Innovation Task Force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by no later than June 30, 2025 (rather than June 30, 2024). Requires the Task Force to be dissolved on December 31, 2025 (rather than December 31, 2024). Provides that the Alternative Protein Innovation Task Force Act is repealed on January 1, 2026 (rather than January 1, 2025). Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Removes a requirement that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability report to the Governor and the General Assembly within 15 days after the convening of each General Assembly. Amends the School Code. Provides that the Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force shall report on its work, including certain recommendations, to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly on or before October 31, 2024 (rather than August 1, 2024). Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Provides that a report delineating the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force's findings, conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the General Assembly by no later than September 30, 2024 (rather than September 30, 2023). Provides that certain provisions relating to the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force in the Rental Housing Support Program Act shall be repealed on September 30, 2025 (rather than September 30, 2024). Amends the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor's Act. Provides that the board of governors over the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor shall meet at least once every 6 months (rather than 3 months). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3288 - DCEO-REGIONAL MANUFACTURING
Suzanne M. Ness, Patrick Windhorst, Jawaharial Williams
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
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 Department's powers and duties.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4951 - NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT TAX
LaShawn K. Ford, Kelly M. Burke, Emanuel Welch
Last updated 6 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Workforce Development through Charitable Loan Repayment Act. Creates the Workforce Development through Charitable Loan Repayment Program for the purpose of facilitating student loan repayment assistance for qualified workers. Provides that the Program shall be administered by qualified community foundations with the assistance of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Creates the Local Journalism Sustainability Act. Creates a withholding tax credit for local news organizations. Creates the Music and Creates the Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may award credits to qualified music companies. Creates the Ground-Based Sparkler Purchaser Excise Tax Act. Imposes a tax, beginning January 1, 2025, upon purchasers for the privilege of using ground-based sparklers and not for the purpose of resale at the rate of 3% of the purchase price of ground-based sparklers. Creates the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. Provides that, subject to certain exceptions, a payment card network, an acquirer bank, or a processor may not receive or charge a merchant any interchange fee on the tax amount or gratuity of an electronic payment transaction if the merchant informs the acquirer bank or its designee of the tax or gratuity amount as part of the authorization or settlement process for the electronic payment transaction. Amends various Acts concerning State and local revenue and finance. Creates the Illinois Gives 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 Illinois Gives Tax Credit Act. Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Provides that in any county with a county executive form of government, if applicable, the county executive shall appoint the community mental health board with the advice and consent of the county board. Provides that a community mental health board may provide advice to the governing body and may establish a policy and procedure for the acceptance and review of applications from interested residents prior to making a recommendation to the appointing authority. Provides that an annual tax levied by any governmental unit under the Act is separate and distinct from all other property taxes levied by that governmental unit and (1) shall not be considered an increase for purposes of the application of the Truth in Taxation Law and its requirements and (2) shall not be subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. Provides that in addition, the ballot for any proposition submitted pursuant to levy a tax in order to provide the necessary funds or to supplement existing funds for community mental health facilities and services, including facilities and services for the person with a developmental disability or a substance use disorder, shall have printed on the ballot, but not as part of the proposition submitted, only the following supplemental information (which shall be supplied to the election authority by the taxing district) in substantially the following form: (1) the approximate amount of taxes extendable at the most recently extended limiting rate and the approximate amount of taxes extendable if the proposition is approved and (2) for the first levy year for which the new rate or increase limiting rate will be applicable levy year the approximate amount of the additional tax extendable against property containing a single family residence and having a fair market value at the time of the referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be. Provides that if a proposition contains the language in substantially the form provided in the law, the referendum is valid notwithstanding any other provision of the law. Provides that nothing in these provisions prevents a governmental unit from levying less than the amount approved by the voters via referendum in any given year or varying the amount levied from year to year as approved by the governmental unit. Provides that changes made by the Act apply to referenda creating community mental health boards, including community mental health boards located in counties that have adopted a county executive form of government under the Counties Code, to levy an annual tax for the establishment and maintenance of mental health facilities and services for residents of the community that were approved or validated on or after January 1, 2020 and to referenda that are approved on or after the effective date of the Act. Deletes a provision that a community mental health board may be representative of medical societies. Provides that a community mental health board may be representative of individuals with professional or lived expertise in mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse. Provides that vacancies on a community mental health board shall be filled with the advice of the community mental health board, who may establish a policy and procedure for the acceptance and review of applications from interested residents prior to making a recommendation to the appointing authority. Provides that if the community mental health board has already held or scheduled an election of officers to take place prior to July 1, an additional election is not required on the basis of the appointment or reappointment of a member to the community mental health board. Provides that the community mental health board shall publish the annual budget and report within 180 (rather than 120) days after the end of the fiscal year in a newspaper distributed within the jurisdiction of the board, or, if no newspaper is published within the jurisdiction of the board, then one published in the county, or, if no newspaper is published in the county, then in a newspaper having general circulation within the jurisdiction of the board. Provides that a community mental health board may establish professional incentive programs for the purposes of workforce development and retention that may include education assistance, student loan repayment, professional certification and licensure assistance, and internship stipends. Provides that the annual report of a community mental health board detailing the income received and disbursements made pursuant to the Act during the fiscal year just preceding the date the annual report is submitted shall be submitted within 180 (rather than 90) days of the end (rather than close) of that fiscal year. Amends the Property Tax Code to make conforming changes. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately, except that some provisions take effect July 1, 2024, some provisions take effect January 1, 2025, and some provisions take effect February 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB5421 - LAKE MICH MONITORING-REPORTING
Kimberly Du Buclet, Joyce Mason, Don Harmon
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning investigations by the Department of Natural Resources.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5411 - VEH CD-VARIOUS
Martin J. Moylan, Matt Hanson, Don Harmon
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5290 - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES COUNCIL
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Kelly M. Cassidy, Emanuel Welch
Last updated 5 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Medical Debt Relief Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish by January 1, 2025, subject to appropriation, a Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program to discharge the medical debt of eligible Illinois residents. Provides that under the pilot program the Department shall provide grant funding to a nonprofit medical debt relief coordinator to use the grant funds and any other private funds available to negotiate and settle, to the extent possible, the medical debt of eligible residents owed to hospitals and other health care providers and entities. Provides that hospitals and other health care providers and entities may be located outside of the State of Illinois, so long as the negotiation and settlement of medical debt is on behalf of an eligible resident. Requires the Department to administer the pilot program consistent with the requirements of the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act to determine which nonprofit medical debt relief coordinator to use, unless the Department and the State's Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit determine that only a single nonprofit medical debt relief coordinator has the capacity and willingness to carry out the duties specified in the Medical Debt Relief Act. Sets forth certain actions the selected nonprofit medical debt relief coordinator shall perform to effectuate the purposes of the pilot program. Requires the Department to provide annual reports to the Governor and the General Assembly on the amount of medical debt purchased and discharged under the pilot program, the number of eligible residents who received medical debt relief under the pilot program, the demographic characteristics of the eligible residents, and other matters. Requires the Department to adopt rules. Provides that the Act is repealed on July 1, 2029. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all moneys in the Fund shall be appropriated to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and expended exclusively for the Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program to provide grant funding to a nonprofit medical debt relief coordinator to be used to discharge the medical debt of eligible residents as defined in the Medical Debt Relief Act. Provides that based on a budget approved by the Department, the grant funding may also be used for any administrative services provided by the nonprofit medical debt relief coordinator to discharge the medical debt of eligible residents. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Includes in the list of modifications of a taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year, if the taxpayer is an eligible resident as defined in the Medical Debt Relief Act, an amount equal to the amount included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income that is attributable to medical debt relief received by the taxpayer during the taxable year from a nonprofit medical debt relief coordinator under the provisions of the Medical Debt Relief Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB5151 - REPEAL PERTUSSIS VACCINE ACT
Anne M. Stava-Murray, Don Harmon, Kimberly A. Lightford
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the assessment conducted upon the identification of a significant change in the resident's condition shall include, but shall not be limited to, a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. Provides that a written service plan shall be based upon the assessment, the resident's interests and preferences, dislikes, and any known triggers for behavior that endangers the resident or others (rather than only the assessment). Requires the resident and the resident's representative to be given a copy of the most recent assessment, a supplemental assessment, and a service plan. Requires an establishment to notify the resident and the resident's representative when there is a significant change in the resident's condition that affects the establishment's ability to meet the resident's needs. Prohibits an establishment from terminating or reducing any service without the consent of the resident or the resident's representative for the purpose of making it more difficult or impossible for the resident to remain in the establishment. Provides that an establishment may not initiate a termination of residency due to an emergency situation if the establishment is able to safely care for the resident and (1) the resident has been hospitalized and the resident's physician, the establishment's manager, and the establishment's director of nursing state that returning to the establishment would not create an imminent danger of death or serious physical harm to the resident; or (2) the emergency can be negated by changes in activities, health care, personal care, or available rooming accommodations, consistent with the license and services of the establishment. Provides that a resident has the right to not be unlawfully transferred or discharged. Makes other changes. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Prohibits a resident from being transferred or discharged in violation of the Act. Provides that a resident has the right not to be unlawfully transferred or discharged. Provides that a facility that fails to comply with an order to readmit a resident who wishes to return to the facility and is appropriate for that level of care and services provided shall be assessed a $2,500 fine. Requires a facility that complies with an order to readmit a resident that has been deemed to have been unlawfully discharged to notify the Department of Public Health within 10 business days that the resident has been readmitted to the facility. Provides that a facility may involuntarily transfer or discharge a resident because the facility is unable to meet the medical needs of the resident, as documented in the resident's clinical record by the resident's physician for medical reasons. Provides that the Department maintains jurisdiction over the transfer or discharge irrespective of the timing of the notice and discharge. Provides that, if the Department determines that a transfer or discharge is not authorized, then the Department shall issue a written decision stating that the transfer or discharge is denied. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4928 - NATIONAL PTSD AWARENESS DAY
Harry Benton, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Michael J. Kelly
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4439 - ST AGENCY WEBSITE COOKIES
Edgar Gonzalez, Matt Hanson, Don Harmon
Last updated 7 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that the soybean is designated as the official State bean of the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Engrossed
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Senator from Illinois district SD-039
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