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SB0251 - $DOR
Don Harmon, Elgie R. Sims, Omar Aquino
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends Public Act 103-6 by adding, changing, and repealing various State Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations. Makes appropriations and reappropriations for capital and operating expenditures and other purposes for State Fiscal Year 2025. Some provisions are effective immediately; other provisions are effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB0681 - CRIMINAL LAW-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Kelly M. Cassidy, Kambium Buckner
Last updated 6 months ago
92 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that any registered victim, including a person who has had a final, plenary, or non-emergency protective order granted under the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, or the Civil No Contact Order Act (rather than the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986) may present victim statements that the Prisoner Review Board shall consider in its deliberations. Provides that the Board shall immediately inform a victim of the early release of the prisoner from State custody or of the prisoner's pardon, commutation, furlough, or granting of sentence credit, if the victim has previously requested notification of that information. Sets forth the requirements for the notification. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, prior to participating in their first vote of a calendar year, a member of the Board shall annually complete a training developed and administered by the entity administering the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline, in consultation with the Department of Corrections. Provides that the Board shall provide a victim with notice of a preliminary hearing at least 72 hours prior to such hearing if the victim has previously requested notification of that information. Amends the Open Parole Hearing Act. Requires the Board to make all en banc open meetings and all parole, aftercare release, and mandatory supervised release revocation hearings available to the public for live broadcast on the Board's website. Requires the broadcast recording of these hearings to remain available for public viewing on the Board's website for a minimum of 18 months. Specifies that, for all other public hearings of the Board, the Board may make meetings available to the public for live broadcast on the Board's website. Directs the Prisoner Review Board Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2025, on various subjects, including the medical release program and the broadcasting of other open meetings of the Board. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that a petition for an order of protection may not be denied upon the basis that the petitioner or the respondent is incarcerated in a penal institution at the time of the filing of the petition. Some provisions are effective immediately, and others are effective July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB0587 - REGULATION-TECH
Kelly M. Cassidy, Emanuel Welch, Michelle Mussman
Last updated 6 months ago
40 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB0581 - REGULATION-TECH
Dagmara Avelar, Emanuel Welch, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated 3 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Hospital Emergency Service Act. Provides that "applicant" includes any person who presents at the hospital. Provides that hospitals shall furnish hospital emergency services in accordance with the procedures required by the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. Defines "injury or acute medical condition where the same is liable to cause death or severe injury or serious illness" and "stabilizing treatment". Provides that the Department of Public Health shall have the authority to investigate violations of the Act and to issue a minimum monetary penalty of $50,000 for violating the Act. Allows the Department to adopt rules for purposes of enforcing the Act and identifying factors to be considered when issuing a monetary penalty. Provides that the Department may assess a fine under this Section only if there are no fines assessed for the violation by the federal government. Includes a severability clause. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB0814 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Nabeela Syed, Mary Beth Canty
Last updated 6 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions concerning day care services, provides that the Department of Human Services, or any other State agency that assumes these responsibilities, is designated to coordinate all day care activities for children of the State. In a provision requiring the Department to submit, annually on April 15, a written report to the Governor and the General Assembly, provides that the report must include a survey of day care facilities to determine the number of qualified caregivers, as defined by rule, attracted to vacant positions, or retained at the current positions, and any problems encountered by facilities in attracting and retaining capable caregivers. Provides that the survey process shall incorporate feedback from groups and individuals with relevant expertise or lived experience, including, but not limited to, educators and child care providers, regarding the collection of data in order to inform strategies and costs related to the Child Care Development Fund and the General Revenue Fund, for the purpose of promoting workforce recruitment and retention. Requires the survey to be updated every 4 years, at a minimum, based on feedback received. Provides that initial survey updates shall be made prior to the 2025 survey data collection. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB0817 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Dave Vella, Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Last updated 6 months ago
16 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
HB0299 - EDUCATION-TECH
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Emanuel Welch, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Last updated 6 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning bullying and cyber-bullying, provides that bullying includes posting or distributing sexually explicit images. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the term "cyber-bullying" includes the posting or distribution of a digital replica by electronic means. Defines "artificial intelligence", "digital replica", and "generative artificial intelligence". Effective July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4226 - CT REPORTER-PROFICIENCY TEST
Jay C. Hoffman, Curtis J. Tarver, Don Harmon
Last updated 5 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Court Reporters Act. Provides that each court reporter may be required by the chief judge to (rather than shall) take a test to verify his or her proficiency within one year of employment.
STATUS
Passed
HB0890 - TRANSPORTATION-TECH
Robert Rita, Emanuel Welch, Don Harmon
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
If and only if Senate Bill 2849 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the House on April 9, 2024, amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Defines "critical infrastructure". Provides that a provision regarding publicly owned or controlled property that is intended or permitted to be used for recreational or conservation purposes does not authorize restricting or limiting the use of unmanned aircraft systems when such usage is by commercial users for business operations in connection with critical infrastructure. Provides that any rules adopted under a provision related to publicly owned or controlled property that is intended or permitted to be used for recreational or conservation purposes shall not: supersede the operation of an unmanned aircraft system by a person or entity for a commercial purpose in compliance with applicable Federal Aviation Administration authorization, regulations, or exemptions; or preclude an individual licensed under the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989 or the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 from operating an unmanned aerial vehicle within the scope of his or her professional practice. Effective immediately or on the date Senate Bill 2849 of the 103rd General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB0222 - CIVIL LAW-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Curtis J. Tarver, Amy Elik
Last updated 6 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that no contributory fault may be attributed to a plaintiff bringing an action for damages for personal injury based on childhood sexual abuse. Creates the Sexual Abuse Per Se Harmful Article in the Code. Provides that for an action arising out of an injury caused by sexual conduct or sexual penetration, if the plaintiff proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant committed childhood sexual abuse against the plaintiff, such sexual conduct or sexual penetration shall be considered obviously and materially harmful to the plaintiff and shall be deemed by the court per se harmful and traumatic. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
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