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HB3162 - PEN CD-CHI POLICE/FIRE-COVID
Jay C. Hoffman, Kambium Buckner, Norine K. Hammond
Last updated over 1 year ago
57 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Chicago Police and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Establishes a presumption that a fireman or policeman who becomes disabled as a result of exposure to and contraction of COVID-19 was injured in the line of duty and is entitled to receive a duty disability benefit under the applicable Article of the Code. Specifies that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply retroactively to March 9, 2020, and any policeman or fireman who has been previously denied a duty disability benefit that would otherwise be entitled to a duty disability benefit under the amendatory Act shall be entitled to a retroactive duty disability benefit. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3952 - USE/OCC HOLIDAY-NO PENALTY
Janet Yang Yang Rohr
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, if a retailer inadvertently collects from a purchaser the entire 6.25% rate of tax on a sales tax holiday item, and if the retailer does not refund the excess tax proceeds to the purchaser, then the retailer shall remit those proceeds to the Department of Revenue in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Revenue. Amends the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act. Provides that no penalties or interest shall be imposed under the Act for failure to pay a tax under the Use Tax Act or the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act on tangible personal property that is sold on or after August 5, 2022 and through August 14, 2022 if the taxpayer paid tax on an item as a sales tax holiday item and the item was not a sales tax holiday item. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3119 - CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT-ACT
Ann M. Williams, Wayne Arthur Rosenthal, Kambium Buckner
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Protections Act. Provides that a sequestration operator may not exercise any authority to take or acquire any easement or title to any pore space or any portion of an area of review pursuant to the Eminent Domain Act. Provides that the sequestration operator is solely liable for any and all damage caused by the carbon dioxide transported to the sequestration facility for injection or sequestration, or otherwise under the sequestration operator's control, including damage caused by carbon dioxide released from the sequestration facility, regardless of who holds title to the carbon dioxide, the pore space, or the surface estate. Provides that in addition to any permit fees required by the Environmental Protection Act, sequestration operators and pipeline operators who transport or sequester carbon dioxide in the State must pay a fee each year to the State for deposit in the Carbon Transportation and Sequestration Readiness Fund established by this Act. Creates the Carbon Transportation and Sequestration Readiness Fund and makes a corresponding change to the State Finance Act. Provides for: training for carbon dioxide emergencies for emergency responders, medical personnel, residents, businesses, and other local entities. Makes a corresponding change to the Illinois Power Agency Act and the Public Utilities Act. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides for: setbacks from carbon dioxide pipelines; permitting required for carbon dioxide capture; prohibition of conducting any carbon sequestration operation without a permit; and permitting required for carbon sequestration. Provides that if the Environmental Protection agency grants or denies a permit for capture of carbon dioxide or a permit for sequestration of carbon dioxide, any person may petition the Pollution Control Board within 35 days from the date of issuance of the Agency's decision for a hearing to contest the decision of the Agency. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3924 - SCH CD-FENTANYL EDUCATION
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, LaShawn K. Ford, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Last updated about 1 year ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, provides that in every State-required health course for grades 9 through 12, a school district shall provide instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. Sets forth requirements for the instruction, study, and discussion, and requires students to be assessed on the instruction.
STATUS
Passed
HR0101 - HONORS-REP. FRANCES ANN HURLEY
Emanuel Welch, LaShawn K. Ford, Frances Ann Hurley
Last updated over 1 year ago
118 Co-Sponsors
Honors and thanks State Representative Frances Ann Hurley for her years of dedicated service. Wishes her the best on her future success.
STATUS
Passed
HB3603 - PROTECT HEALTH DATA ACT
Ann M. Williams, Emanuel Welch, Lakesia Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Protect Health Data Privacy Act. Provides that a regulated entity shall disclose and maintain a health data privacy policy that, in plain language, clearly and conspicuously disclosures specified information. Provides that a regulated entity shall prominently publish its health data privacy policy on its website homepage. Provides that a regulated entity shall not collect, share, sell, or store categories of health data not disclosed in the health data privacy policy without first disclosing the categories of health data and obtaining the consumer's consent prior to the collection, sharing, selling, or storing of such data. Prohibits the collection, sharing, selling, or storing of health data. Describes the regulated entity's duty to obtain consent; the consumer's right to withdraw consent; prohibitions on discrimination; prohibitions on geofencing; a private right of action; enforcement by the Attorney General; and conflicts with other laws. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3713 - SCH CD-VENTILATION
Camille Lilly, Laura Faver Dias, Stephanie A. Kifowit
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to supply all active classroom instructors, all school staff and administration, and district leadership with an educational document, in a PDF and a physical format, explaining at a minimum the values of good indoor air quality, including peer-reviewed research demonstrating effects of poor and good indoor air quality, an explanation of airborne transmission of pathogens and other airborne substances, a basic explanation of air changes per hour and relation to outdoor air and filtered air, best practice recommendations for the portable air cleaner and the air quality monitor, including guidance on theory, function, placement, and operation of the monitor. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms that are not mechanically ventilated have at least 2 properly functioning windows, or one window in situations where only one is present, that can open and can safely stay open. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with an air quality monitor that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with a portable air cleaner that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to supply each school with 5 additional portable air cleaners and 5 additional air quality monitors to be used in school health offices, libraries, cafeterias, and other similar spaces. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to undertake a ventilation verification assessment of all mechanical ventilation systems in the school district performed by a certified assessor or a mechanical engineer. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3932 - SCH CD-ALLERGEN SAFETY EDUC
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Suzanne M. Ness, Jonathan Carroll
Last updated about 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 through 12, the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of allergies. Provides that information for the instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sets forth what topics this instruction, study, and discussion shall include.
STATUS
Passed
HB3560 - UTIL-BOARD ELECT/DOC RETENTION
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Maura Hirschauer, Anne M. Stava-Murray
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any boards for electric cooperatives or municipal systems shall be required to announce any elections for board membership publicly and allow any residents of this State to run as a candidate. Provides that all electric cooperatives or municipal systems must retain documentation related to business operations for at least 5 years. Provides that any meeting agendas and minutes related to business operations must be publicly available.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3925 - SCH CD-SCH REPORT CARD
Janet Yang Yang Rohr
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the school report card, provides that an indicator regarding class characteristics and student demographics of a given class shall be collected. Details what specific information regarding the class characteristics and student demographics of a given class shall be collected. Provides that student outcomes, including, where applicable, the percentage of students who earn a C or higher in the class, the percentage of students who take the advanced placement test in an advanced placement class broken down by race, the passing rate of the advanced placement test broken down by race shall be collected. Provides that any indicators collected shall be aggregated at the class level, department level, and school level, and the indicators shall be collected from each course.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-041
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Janet Yang Rohr is running for U.S. House to represent California's 47th Congressional District. Rohr has served on the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education for over 16 years. Rohr is a small business owner and operations manager for a technology products company. She was a regional manager for TRW and project manager for Realtime Data, greeting card and technology companies. Rohr is involved with her local chamber of commerce, business networks, charity organizations, and community service groups. She has a B.S. in applied economics from the University of San Francisco. Rohr and her husband Paul have four grown children.read less
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