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SB2263 - $PROYECTO ODISEA
Robert Peters, Javier Loera Cervantes, Celina Villanueva
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $285,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Humanities Council to be used to expand the Odyssey Project’s Spanish-language version of their program, Proyecto Odisea, and to strengthen student participation in that program and to provide travel and elder or child care stipends to first-year students participating in the program. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2820 - HEALTH-MATERNITY TRAINING
Mary E. Flowers, Jonathan Carroll, Anne M. Stava-Murray
Last updated about 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the definition of "birthing facility", adds birth centers as defined in the Birth Center Licensing Act. Provides that the written policy and continuing education for providers and staff of obstetric medicine and of the emergency department and other staff that may care for pregnant or postpartum women shall include addressing airway emergencies experienced during childbirth. Removes provisions concerning yearly educational modules. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2422 - HIGHER ED-VETERAN GRANT ELIG
Mike Porfirio, Javier Loera Cervantes, Christopher Belt
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In provisions concerning the Illinois Veteran grant program, provides that, for a specified eligibility requirement, a person can be an Illinois resident within 18 months (instead of 6 months) of entering federal active duty service. Provides that a person is also eligible if the person returned to this State within 18 months (instead of 6 months) after leaving federal active duty; makes a related change. Provides that a person who was stationed in Illinois at the time the person was discharged or retired from federal active duty service also meets the requirements for the grant program.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2387 - REGULATION-TECH
Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3588 - RETIRED POLICE DOG-CARE
Bradley J. Fritts, Tom Weber, John M. Cabello
Last updated over 1 year ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill but transfers functions in the Act from the Illinois State Police to the University of Illinois. Provides that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall contract with a not-for-profit corporation organized under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 to administer and manage the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Provides that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall select the not-for-profit corporation through a competitive grant award process. Provides that from appropriations made by the General Assembly from the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund to the University of Illinois for implementation of the Act, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall make grants to the not-for-profit corporation contracted by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to be the disbursing authority for the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that moneys from the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund and for grants under the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3116 - SCH CD-STAFF TRAINING-HOMELESS
Katie Stuart, Michelle Mussman, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the introduced bill and adds an August 20, 2024 effective date.
STATUS
Passed
HB3445 - IL POWER AG-PUBLIC SCHOOL
Lawrence M. Walsh, Anthony DeLuca, Stephanie A. Kifowit
Last updated about 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Further amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Power Agency shall commission and publish a policy study to evaluate the potential impacts of specified proposals on the environment, grid reliability, carbon and other pollutant emissions, resource adequacy, long-term and short-term electric rates, environmental justice communities, jobs, and the economy. Provides that the Agency shall retain the services of technical and policy experts with energy market and other relevant fields of expertise, solicit technical and policy analysis from the public, and provide for a 20-day open public comment period after publication of a draft study, which shall be published no later than 20 days after the comment period ends. Provides that the final policy study shall be published by January 1, 2024 with suitable copies delivered to the Governor and members of the General Assembly. Provides that the policy study shall include policy recommendations to the General Assembly. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide support to and consult with the Agency and the Agency may consult with other State agencies, commissions, or task forces as needed. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code to exempt the procurement of technical and policy experts for the policy study. Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning regulation of commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities, provides that a public hearing shall be held not more than 60 days (rather than 45 days) after the filing of the application for the facility. Provides that the amount of any decommissioning payment shall be in accordance with financial assurance required by the agricultural impact mitigation agreements (rather than limited to the cost identified in the decommissioning or deconstruction plan, as required by the agricultural impact mitigation agreements, minus the salvage value of the project). Provides that a facility shall file a farmland drainage plan with the county and impacted drainage districts outlining how surface and subsurface drainage of farmland will be restored during and following construction or deconstruction of the facility, and specifies requirements of the plan. Requires vegetation management plans to comply with the agricultural impact mitigation agreement and underlying agreements with landowners where the facility will be constructed. Adds language requiring a facility owner to compensate landowners for crop losses or other agricultural damages resulting from damage to the drainage system caused by the construction of the facility, repair or pay for damage to the subsurface drainage system, and repair or pay for the restoration of surface drainage caused by the construction or deconstruction of the facility. Provides that a facility owner with siting approval from a county to construct a commercial wind energy facility or a commercial solar energy facility is authorized to cross or impact a drainage system, including, but not limited to, drainage tiles, open drainage ditches (rather than open drainage districts), culverts, and water gathering vaults, owned or under the control of a drainage district under the Illinois Drainage Code without obtaining prior agreement or approval from the drainage district in accordance with the farmland drainage plan (removing an exception requiring the facility owner to repair or pay for the repair of all damage to the drainage system caused by the construction of the commercial wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility within a reasonable time after construction of the commercial wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility is complete). Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, in order to develop a regulatory structure for utility thermal energy networks that scale affordable and accessible building electrification, protect utility customers, and promote the successful planning and delivery of thermal energy networks, shall convene a workshop process for the purpose of establishing an open, inclusive, and cooperative forum regarding such thermal energy networks. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Vetoed
HB3233 - FIN-DONATIONS TO IL DREAM FUND
Elizabeth Hernandez, Maura Hirschauer, Karina Villa
Last updated about 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Inserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. In provisions in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act regarding the Illinois DREAM Fund Commission developing a comprehensive program for education, provides that the Commission shall develop specific marketing materials for the voluntary use by persons licensed pursuant to the Transmitters of Money Act. In provisions in the Transmitters of Money Act regarding donations, provides that licensees may (rather than shall) offer customers the option to make a voluntary donation to the Illinois DREAM Fund before completing the transaction. Removes a provision that licensees shall be responsible for ensuring that authorized sellers comply with certain provisions. Removes a provision that, beginning January 1, 2024, certain provisions apply to international money transmissions initiated by customers at a licensee’s or authorized seller’s physical location. Removes a provision that, beginning January 1, 2025, certain provisions apply to international money transmissions that are initiated online or in any other manner. Adds a provision that the Department shall provide to licensees electronic copies of all marketing materials created by the Commission for licensees pursuant to a certain provision in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Effective immediately (rather than effective January 1, 2024).
STATUS
Passed
SB2314 - SAFE PATIENT LIMITS ACT
Celina Villanueva, Javier Loera Cervantes, Ram Villivalam
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Safe Patient Limits Act. Provides the maximum number of patients that may be assigned to a registered nurse in specified situations. Provides that nothing shall preclude a facility from assigning fewer patients to a registered nurse than the limits provided in the Act. Provides that the maximum patient assignments may not be exceeded, regardless of the use and application of any patient acuity system. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules governing the implementation and administration of the Act. Provides that all facilities shall adopt written policies and procedures for the training and orientation of nursing staff and that no registered nurse shall be assigned to a nursing unit or clinical area unless that nurse has, among other things, demonstrated competence in providing care in that area. Provides requirements for the Act's implementation. Establishes recordkeeping requirements. Provides rights and protections for nurses. Contains a severability provision and other provisions. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall not mandate that a registered professional nurse delegate nursing interventions. Makes changes concerning staffing plans. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Requires the exercise of professional judgment by a direct care registered professional nurse in the performance of his or her scope of practice to be provided in the exclusive interests of the patient.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3556 - BLACK FARMERS RESTORATION PROG
Sonya M. Harper, Justin D. Slaughter, Debbie Meyers-Martin
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Deletes provisions creating the Black Farmer Restoration Program. Provides that fee title acquisition grants to private landowners, socially disadvantaged farmers, and limited resource farmers shall be made from moneys in the Black Farmer Restoration Program Fund. Provides that the Programs created by the Act are subject to appropriation. Provides that subject to appropriation and in partnership with the University of Illinois Extension, the Department of Agriculture shall establish the Farm Conservation Corps to provide residents between the ages of 18 and 29 from socially disadvantaged groups the academic, vocational, and social skills necessary to pursue long-term and productive careers in agriculture. Provides that not less than 75% (rather than 25%) of funds shall be provided to applicants that lease or sell to socially disadvantaged farmers. Defines "limited resource farmer". Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Illinois district SD-001
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Illinois Senate
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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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