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SB3181 - EPA-APPLIANCE STANDARDS
Laura Fine, Robert Peters, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Appliance Standards Act. Directs the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to adopt minimum efficiency standards for covered products: (1) automatic irrigation controllers; (2) computers and computer monitors; (3) faucets; (4) gas fireplaces; (5) portable electric spas; (6) residential ventilating fans; (7) showerheads; (8) spray sprinkler bodies; (9) state-regulated battery charger systems; (10) urinals; (11) water closets; (12) water coolers; or (13) any other products as may be designated by the Director of the Agency. Provides for testing, certification, and labeling of covered products. Contains provisions concerning enforcement of the Act's requirements. Provides for administrative rulemaking by the Agency. Makes findings. Defines terms.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2644 - SOS-ADVANCE DIRECTIVE REGISTRY
Julie A. Morrison, Susan Rezin, Paul Faraci
Last updated about 2 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that information in the Advance Directive Registry shall be made available electronically to Emergency Medical Services personnel as defined under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that hospital administrators shall, as appropriate for their respective hospital, provide access to information in the Advance Directive Registry to hospital health care providers. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB3318 - INSURANCE-ALZHEIMER TREATMENT
Laura M. Murphy, Julie A. Morrison, Susan Rezin
Last updated about 2 months ago
45 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Requires the State Employees Group Insurance Program to provide coverage for all FDA-approved treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's Disease or another related dementia, as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Provides that diagnostic testing necessary for a physician to determine the appropriate use of treatments or medications shall be covered by the State Employees Group Insurance Program.
STATUS
Passed
SB3710 - FANTASY SPORTS PROTECTION ACT
Lakesia Collins, Celina Villanueva, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board may regulate the conduct of fantasy contest operators under the Act. Allows the Board to levy and collect fees, surcharges, civil penalties, and, on adjusted gross fantasy contest receipts imposed under the Act, monthly taxes, and identifies other powers and duties of the Board. Includes restrictions, including requiring licensing, of fantasy contest operators. Includes license requirements and requirements for allowable fantasy contests. Contains provisions relating to denial of a license, independent audits, reporting and investigation of prohibited conduct, taxes, compulsive gambling and voluntary self-exclusion, and supplier diversity goals for fantasy contest operators. Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Excludes fantasy contests from the definition of "sports wagering". Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that participants in fantasy contest wagering shall not be convicted of the offense of gambling when conducted in accordance with the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act. Excludes any real estate, vehicle, boat, or any other property whatsoever used for the purposes of gambling under the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act from the definition of "gambling place" under the offense of keeping a gambling place. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Illinois Gaming Board emergency rulemaking authority to implement the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2893 - PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORT ACT
Karina Villa, Mary Edly-Allen, Robert Peters
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program. Provides that the Department shall implement the program by: (1) contracting with one or more prescription drug wholesalers and Canadian suppliers to import prescription drugs and provide prescription drug cost savings to consumers in this State; (2) developing a registration process for health benefit plan issuers, health care providers, and pharmacies to obtain and dispense prescription drugs imported under the program; (3) developing a list of prescription drugs, including the prices of those drugs, that meet certain requirements set forth under the Act and publishing the list on the Department's website; (4) establishing an outreach and marketing plan to generate program awareness; (5) ensuring the program and the prescription drug wholesalers that contract with this State comply with certain federal tracking, tracing, verification, and identification requirements; and other matters. Sets forth eligibility criteria for prescription drugs that may be imported into the State under the program. Contains provisions concerning anticompetitive behavior monitoring; program funding; audit procedures; annual reporting requirements; the adoption of rules to implement the Act; and federal waiver or authorization requirements. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3108 - HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY
David Koehler, Laura M. Murphy, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Health Care Availability and Access Board Act. Establishes the Health Care Availability and Access Board to protect State residents, State and local governments, commercial health plans, health care providers, pharmacies licensed in the State, and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. Contains provisions concerning Board membership and terms; staff for the Board; Board meetings; circumstances under which Board members must recuse themselves; and other matters. Provides that the Board shall perform the following actions in open session: (i) deliberations on whether to subject a prescription drug product to a cost review; and (ii) any vote on whether to impose an upper payment limit on purchases, payments, and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products in the State. Permits the Board to adopt rules to implement the Act and to enter into a contract with a qualified, independent third party for any service necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Board. Creates the Health Care Availability and Access Stakeholder Council to provide stakeholder input to assist the Board in making decisions as required by the Act. Contains provisions concerning Council membership, member terms, and other matters. Provides that the Board shall adopt the federal Medicare Maximum Fair Price as the upper payment limit for a prescription drug product intended for use by individuals in the State. Provides that the Attorney General shall have authority to enforce the Act. Amends the State Finance Act to make a confirming change. Effective 180 days after becoming law.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2608 - LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRING-CREDIT
Willie Preston, Robert Peters, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 11 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois State Police Act and the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that an applicant's credit history may not be used to prevent the appointment or employment of a law enforcement officer, including an Illinois State Police officer. Provides that the limitation does not apply to employment actions performed under a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a collective bargaining agreement that conflicts with the limitation may not be entered into, modified, or extended on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Limits home rule powers.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3511 - SCHOOL-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Mike Simmons, Adriane Johnson, Laura Ellman
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Let America Read Act. Provides that an entity or an entity's staff with oversight over the books, instructional materials, or curriculum used in a public school may not refuse to approve or prohibit the use of books, instructional materials, or a curriculum, including, but not limited to, memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies, based upon the depiction of matters of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender identity, religion, or human rights activism. Provides that these provisions do not restrict an entity with oversight over the books, instructional materials, or curriculum used in a public school from imposing limitations on the access to books, instructional materials, or a curriculum based upon the age and developmental level of the students who will have access. Amends the School Code to set forth a penalty for a school district that violates the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2816 - ORGANIC WASTE COMPOSTING
Adriane Johnson, Mary Edly-Allen, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to compile and make available to the public a report identifying the types and volumes of waste treated at authorized recycling facilities, the types and volumes of waste treated at authorized organic waste composting facilities, the total volumes of food scraps processed at municipal solid waste landfills, the total permitted capacity for compost volume on municipal solid waste (MSW) sites, and the total emissions of methane from MSW landfills. Sets forth findings, purposes, and goals. Establishes organic waste composting goals. Requires specified commercial food wholesalers, commercial food distributors, industrial food manufacturers or processors, supermarkets, restaurants, resorts, and conference centers to begin arranging for: (1) source separation of organic wastes from other solid wastes and (2) recycling of the source-separated organic waste at an authorized source-separated organic material composting facility. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Requires each county waste management plan to include a composting program for organic waste as a part of the basic waste disposal plan. Allows a unit of local government to collect fees or rates for the organic waste composting services. Includes exemptions. Makes corresponding changes in the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2687 - HATE CRIME-WHITE SUPREMACY
Adriane Johnson, Javier Loera Cervantes, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that, in addition to other elements of the offense, a person commits a hate crime when the person displays or causes to be displayed, on public or private property, a burning cross, a Nazi swastika, a noose, a Confederate flag, or any other known symbol of white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs with the intent to intimidate a person or group of persons or incite violence against a person or group of persons. Includes a severability provision.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Illinois district SD-001
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Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Javier Loera Cervantes is running as a Democratic candidate for Texas State House of Representatives District 100. Cervantes was born in El Paso and earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin. Cervantes has served as a Legislative Aide and Community Outreach Coordinator for the El Paso area. He has also worked to increase access to healthcare and make college more affordable. Cervantes aims to bring new leadership that puts people first to District 100.read less
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