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SB3745 - ISP-MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
Donald P. DeWitte
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, beginning fiscal year 2024, no road fund money shall be appropriated to the Illinois State Police, except money appropriated each fiscal year to implement and fulfill the requirements of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, not to exceed the annual allocation plus 25% from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Amends the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to provide that the Illinois State Police (instead of the Department of Transportation) shall administer the Act. Amends the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Illinois State Police (instead of the Department of Transportation in conjunction with the Illinois State Police) shall administer the Law. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3170 - NONCITIZEN COST TRANSPARENCY
John F. Curran, Jason Plummer, Neil Anderson
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Noncitizen Population Spending Transparency Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with relevant State agencies, shall prepare an annual report identifying all State spending on services and resources for noncitizen and asylum-seeking populations. Sets forth reporting requirements. Provides that, on or before November 15, 2024, and each year thereafter, the Department of Human Services shall submit the report to the General Assembly. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall post and maintain the report on its publicly available website. Provides that the Department of Human Services is authorized to coordinate efforts with other State agencies to prepare and submit a cohesive report for the General Assembly. Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, beginning with budgets prepared for fiscal year 2026, the budgets submitted by the Governor and appropriations made by the General Assembly for all executive branch State agencies must include a detailed accounting of all proposed spending on noncitizen and asylum-seeking populations. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3699 - FINANCE-AVIATION
Christopher Belt, Adriane Johnson, Donald P. DeWitte
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Finance Act. In provisions concerning the State Aviation Program Fund, provides that grant moneys in excess of $30,000,000 shall be distributed by the Department of Transportation to airports for capital development purposes for projects identified on Transportation Improvement Plans submitted by airports on a discretionary basis by the Illinois Division of Aeronautics. Makes changes concerning the transfer of surplus moneys from the Aviation Fuel Sales Tax Refund Fund to the State Aviation Program Fund and the General Revenue Fund. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the distribution of proceeds from sales of aviation fuel
STATUS
Introduced
SB0275 - EXTEND DRIVER'S LICENSE TERM
Dan McConchie, Donald P. DeWitte, Sally J. Turner
Last updated about 1 month ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning no later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of State shall offer to qualified applicants the option to be issued an 8-year driver's license at a cost of $60. Provides that the Secretary shall submit proposed rules to implement the new provisions to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules no later than December 31, 2024. Makes corresponding changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB3389 - REGIONAL PLANNING ACT-CMAP
Ram Villivalam, Donald P. DeWitte, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated about 1 month ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that concurrence of four-fifths of the Board members of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning in office is necessary for the Board to take any action, except for decisions with regard to contracts, excluding contracts pertaining to the employment of the Executive Director, grants, purchase agreements, and meeting minutes, which shall require a simple majority vote of the Board members in office (rather than concurrence of four-fifths of the Board members in office is necessary for the Board to take action regarding the Agency's budget and work plan, a regional plan, the annual federally funded program, the legislative agenda, and any matter regarding the executive director and that action on all other matters shall be taken in accordance with the Board's bylaws). Removes changes requiring each General Assembly to appropriate dedicated funding to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning to fulfill those functions and programs authorized by the Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB3451 - RAIL SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS
Mike Simmons, Donald P. DeWitte, Ram Villivalam
Last updated 3 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Transportation Cooperation Act of 1971, the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Bi-State Development Agency Act, and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that a railroad passenger service, a Transportation Service Association, the Department of Transportation, the Regional Transportation Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority shall issue an annual report on or before December 31 of each year containing all rail safety recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board during the previous 12 months and the status of the entity's implementation of those recommendations. Provides that the Federal Railroad Corporation (also known as Amtrak) and the Bi-State Development Agency may issue a similar report. Provides that a report issued under the provisions shall be made publicly available on the website of the entity. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB2639 - INS CD-INFERTILITY COVERAGE
Michael E. Hastings, Susan Rezin, Christopher Belt
Last updated 5 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, for a group policy of accident and health insurance that provides pregnancy related benefits (rather than providing coverage for more than 25 employees that provides pregnancy-related benefits) that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this State after January 1, 2026 (rather than the effective date of the amendatory Act), if a covered individual obtains, from a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a recommendation approving the covered individual to seek in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, or zygote intrafallopian tube transfer based on any of the following: the covered individual's medical, sexual, and reproductive history; the covered individual's age; physical findings; or diagnostic testing, then the procedure shall be covered without any other restrictions or requirements. Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require plans under those Acts to comply with provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code requiring coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. Adds a January 1, 2026 effective date.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3104 - INC TX-CHILD CARE
Jil Walker Tracy, Susan Rezin, Donald P. DeWitte
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child care credit in an amount equal to 25% of the federal tax credit for each qualifying child. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2717 - INC TX-EDUCATION
Susan Rezin, Jil Walker Tracy, Donald P. DeWitte
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who are the custodians of one or more children who attend an eligible preschool program in the State during the taxable year. Provides that the amount of the credit shall be 100% of the eligible expenses incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year in sending the child to the eligible preschool program, but not to exceed $1,500 per child. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3679 - BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
Sara Feigenholtz, Mattie Hunter, Donald P. DeWitte
Last updated 3 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Business Improvement District Law. Provides for the establishment of business improvement districts by a municipality by ordinance after petition by property owners, creation of a district plan, notice, and hearings. Provides that a business improvement district may impose district charges on property owners whose real properties are located within the business improvement district. Provides that the board of directors of a business improvement district shall administer or implement activities and improvements specified in the district plan unless the board contracts with a district management association to do so. Contains provisions relating to district plans, formation of a district, district boundaries, terms and renewal of districts, amendment to district plans, governance of the district, reports of the board of directors of a business improvement district, contesting the validity of a business improvement district, district plan, or district charge, dissolution, and legislative purpose. Provides that the Act applies only to municipalities having a population exceeding 500,000. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Illinois district SD-033
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Illinois Senate
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ABOUT
Donald P. DeWitte is a member of the Republican Party in Michigan. He represents District 33 in the Michigan House of Representatives. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. DeWitte earned his Bachelor's degree from Hillsdale College in Business Administration and Economics. He has also earned his MBA from Western Michigan University in Finance, Strategy, and International Business. DeWitte founded RKM Real Estate, LLC in 2003.read less
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