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HB5606 - OFF OF ECON EQUITY AND EMPOWER
Kambium Buckner, Elizabeth Hernandez, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated 7 months ago
7 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
HB3260 - DCEO-YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Kambium Buckner, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish a Future Through Employment for Young Adults Program to award grants to nonprofit entities to train young adults for the workforce and to place them in jobs with partners in the private and public sectors. Provides that, as part of the Future Through Employment for Young Adults Program, the Department shall operate a school-year program and a summer program. Provides for specified requirements of the school-year and summer programs. Provides that the Department shall work with local community-based organizations that interact with jobless youth and young adults and provide them strong, consistent support to build their work-related skills. Provides that the Department may adopt rules necessary to administer the Program.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0582 - IL COURTS-LGBTQ+ & HIV ED
Eva Dina Delgado, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Kevin John Olickal
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court and relevant authorities to require, as a consistent part of continuing education, LGBTQ+ and HIV cultural competency education for all attorneys, judges, and courtroom staff in the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
HB4426 - CERT SHORTHAND REPORTERS ACT
Elizabeth Hernandez, Terra Costa Howard, Bradley Stephens
Last updated 3 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides that the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984 is repealed on January 1, 2030 (rather than January 1, 2025). Amends the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Provides that all applicants and registrants shall: (1) provide a valid address and email address to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which shall serve as the address of record and email address of record, respectively, at the time of application for registration or renewal of a registration; and (2) inform the Department of any change of address of record or email address of record within 14 days after such change either through the Department's website or by contacting the Department's licensure maintenance unit. Provides that every application for an original licensee under the Act shall include the applicant's Social Security Number or individual taxpayer identification number. Provides that the report of findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations of the Certified Shorthand Reporters Board shall be the basis for the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation's (rather than the Department's) action regarding a certificate. Provides that within 20 days after service of a notice of report of refusal to issue or renew, the respondent may present to the Secretary (rather than to the Department) a motion in writing for a rehearing. Removes a provision providing that exhibits shall be certified without cost. Repeals a provision concerning a roster. Makes corresponding and other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB4920 - VEH CD-BUS DRIVERS
Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it shall be the policy of the State to encourage foreign-born drivers to apply and work as school bus drivers in the State. No State law or action shall prohibit, directly or indirectly, the application of a foreign-born, non-citizen, or non-domiciled driver from applying for a CLP or a CDL for a driver ultimately seeking a type S endorsement as a school bus driver or a school bus driver permit. Provides that where reasonable, all course work, course descriptions, and test proctoring and the application of other requirements for a CLP, CDL, initial or renewal classroom training course administered by the Illinois State Board of Education, or a type S endorsement for a driver ultimately seeking a type S endorsement as a school bus driver, written or in person, may be made available or be obtainable in Spanish, in addition to other languages as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of State or the Illinois State Board of Education.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3908 - FIREFIGHTER MATERNITY LEAVE
Katie Stuart, John M. Cabello, Dave Vella
Last updated 7 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Firefighter Paid Family Leave Act. Provides that a firefighter shall receive 6 weeks of paid family leave that may be used: (1) for the birth of a child in order to care for the child; (2) to care for a newly adopted child under 18 years of age, a newly placed foster child under 18 years of age, or a newly adopted or placed foster child older than 18 years of age if the child is incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability; and (3) to care for a family member with a serious health condition. Provides that the paid family leave requirements shall be provided to a firefighter regardless of the employer's leave policies and shall be provided to a firefighter who has been employed by the employer for at least one year. Provides that a firefighter may voluntarily waive his or her right to paid family leave. Provides that the Department of Labor may adopt any rules necessary to implement the Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5139 - DHFS-PROPERTY TAX ADJUSTMENT
Elizabeth Hernandez, Kambium Buckner
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that an annual property tax adjustment shall be paid by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to each qualified facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that the adjustment shall be the equivalent of each facility's percent of annual paid Medicaid bed days as applied to the facility's property tax bill for the same tax year. Requires the Department to provide an electronic portal for submission of the facility's annual property tax obligation, the percent of paid Medicaid bed days for the same tax year, and the relevant calculations. Requires each facility to submit the information within 60 days of notification by the county of its annual property tax obligation. Requires the Department to have 60 days to audit the facility's information and calculations and pay as a lump sum property tax adjustment owed to the facility.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4418 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACT RETAINAGE
William Davis, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes provisions relating to interest on retainage and payment of retainage. Adds that all governmental units shall deposit all retainage into an interest-bearing escrow account and the moneys in the escrow account and all interest shall be divided up between the contractor and subcontractors proportionally.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5543 - TOWNSHIP CD-POLICE PROTECTION
Tracy Katz Muhl, Daniel Didech, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated 7 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Township Code. When the electors in a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area of the township, requires using funds levied under the provisions to furnish the police protection. Provides that a township board's authority to declare the unincorporated area of the township a special police district is to provide and maintain police protection in the unincorporated area of the township. Allows the township board to use the special police district funds levied under the provisions for public safety services, including, but not limited to, crime prevention measures and community safety measures, such as license plate readers, graffiti abatement, and anti-gang and anti-violence community support and intervention programs.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR0453 - SUPPORT FAMILY ROOTS GENEALOGY
Carol Ammons, Kambium Buckner, Marcus C. Evans
Last updated 7 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Urges support for the Family Roots Genealogy Pilot Program as it provides African American descendants of enslaved individuals the opportunity to trace their roots back to their ancestral homelands, to reconnect with their ancestral heritage, and to promote their well-being.
STATUS
Passed
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