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HR0011 - CONGRATS-IRONWORKERS LOCAL 380
Michael T. Marron, Harry Benton
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Congratulates Iron Workers Local 380 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union on its 100th anniversary. Thanks the union and its members for their invaluable work to make Illinois a leading state for world-class infrastructure and recognizes that the members are the working people who conduct the manual labor stemming from 30% of planned Rebuild Illinois state program distribution spending.
STATUS
Passed
HB1116 - INC TX-LGDF TRANSFERS
Anthony DeLuca, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated almost 2 years ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2100 - CRIM CD-ELDER ABUSE-EXPLOIT
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Terra Costa Howard, Sue Scherer
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning abuse or criminal neglect of a long term care facility resident, changes references to "an elderly person's or person with a disability's life" to references to "a resident's life". In the statute concerning financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability, provides that a person who violates the provisions is guilty of a Class 1 felony if the elderly person is 70 years of age or older (instead of "over 70 years of age") and the value of the property is $15,000 or more.
STATUS
Passed
HB0351 - ELECTIONS-TECH
Curtis J. Tarver, Michael J. Kelly, Harry Benton
Last updated 12 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Election Code. Creates the Task Force to Review Eligibility to Hold Public Office to review what criminal conduct precludes a person from holding public office in the State and to make recommendations as to what criminal conduct should preclude an individual from holding public office. Includes language relating to Task Force membership, administrative support by the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council, meetings, submission of a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor by May 1, 2024, and repealing the provisions on January 1, 2025. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime for an offense committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and committed while he or she was serving as a public official in the State is ineligible to hold any local public office or any office created by the Constitution of the State unless the person's conviction is reversed, the person is again restored to such rights by the terms of a pardon for the offense, the person has received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or the person's rights are otherwise restored by law. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB1259 - NURSE-TUITION REIMBURSEMENT
Hoan Huynh, Carol Ammons, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated almost 2 years ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that an individual licensed under this Section may apply for a program that provides a full tuition reimbursement to individuals who: (1) attended and graduated from an education program based in the State; and (2) commit to working in a safety-net hospital in the State for at least 5 years.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR0022 - ILLINOIS BACON DAY
Thomas M. Bennett, Lance Yednock, Harry Benton
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Declares May 3, 2023 as "Illinois Bacon Day".
STATUS
Passed
HB1291 - SCH CD-TEACHER-ANNUAL INCENTIV
Katie Stuart, Nicholas K. Smith, Janet Yang Yang Rohr
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program, provides that the annual incentive shall be $2,250 (instead of $1,500) and that 45 hours of mentoring shall be required (instead of 30). Provides that funds may also be used for professional development training provided by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or the National Board Resource Center. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB1069 - NURSE-RECENT GRADUATE PRACTICE
Lance Yednock, Dagmara Avelar, Harry Benton
Last updated almost 2 years ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that an applicant for licensure by examination who has not yet passed the licensure examination for professional nursing approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may obtain employment as an exam-pending (and license-pending) registered nurse and may practice under the direction of a registered professional nurse or an advanced practice registered nurse until passage of the examination.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1137 - EVIDENCE-HEALTH CARE RECORDS
Dan Caulkins, Mary E. Flowers, Harry Benton
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Requires a health care facility or health care practitioner to notify the patient in writing when the health care facility or health care practitioner alters the patient's record within 3 business days of the alteration. Requires a health care facility or health care practitioner to provide an electronic copy of an altered record within 7 calendar days of the receipt of a written request by a patient. Requires any health care facility that accepts Medicaid to, upon written request, provide an electronic copy of an altered record within 4 business days. Provides that the failure to comply with the time limit requirements of the new provisions shall result in a rebuttable presumption that the health care record was altered to fraudulently conceal a failure to meet the applicable standard of care.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1653 - HWY CD-UNDERPASS HAZARD BAR
Rachel Ventura, Michael E. Hastings, Willie Preston
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation, local authorities, or any responsible entity to erect and maintain hazard bars for all viaducts and underpasses with a clearance of less than 15 feet. Provides that the hazard bar shall hang at the same clearance level as the viaduct or underpass and at least 500 feet in front of the viaduct or underpass to alert motorists.
STATUS
Passed
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