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HB3172 - ASSISTED LIVING-INSULIN ADMIN
Norine K. Hammond, Dave Severin, Suzanne M. Ness
Last updated about 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Removes a provision prohibiting a person from being accepted for residency to an assisted living establishment if the person requires sliding scale insulin administration unless self-performed or administered by a licensed health care professional.
STATUS
Passed
HB2782 - SUSTAINABILITY DISCLOSURES
Ann M. Williams, Laura Faver Dias, Will Guzzardi
Last updated about 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Sustainable Investing Act. Provides that, effective January 1, 2024, every investment manager shall comply with annual disclosure requirements that will require the investment manager to provide a description of the process through which the manager prudently integrates sustainability factors into its investment decision-making, investment analysis, portfolio construction, due diligence, and investment ownership in order to maximize anticipated financial returns, identify and minimize projected risk, and execute its fiduciary duties more effectively. Provides that the investment manager shall provide the annual disclosure to each public agency, pension fund, retirement system, or governmental unit for whom the investment manager is acting as a fiduciary or seeking selection as a fiduciary prior to acting in this capacity and at least annually thereafter. Provides that annual disclosures shall be submitted by January 31st of every year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines "investment manager".
STATUS
Passed
HB2910 - VEH CD–NO ANIMALS ON LAP
Jawaharial Williams, Joyce Mason, Suzanne M. Ness
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not hold an animal in the person's lap while operating a motor vehicle. Provides that a person who holds an animal in the person's lap while operating a motor vehicle is guilty of a petty offense and is subject to a fine of $50. Provides that a law enforcement officer shall not search or inspect a motor vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely because the driver holds an animal on the lap or is suspected of doing so. Makes a corresponding change in the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3744 - CMS-STATE WORKFORCE REPORT
Marcus C. Evans, Jawaharial Williams, Camille Lilly
Last updated about 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall annually report to the General Assembly information about the workforce in each State agency.
STATUS
Passed
HR0132 - EQUAL PAY DAY
Anna Moeller, Lakesia Collins, Eva Dina Delgado
Last updated over 1 year ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Declares March 14, 2023 as "Equal Pay Day". Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
STATUS
Passed
HB2829 - HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Eva Dina Delgado, Curtis J. Tarver, Carol Ammons
Last updated about 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Commission Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Removes language providing that: the Governor shall appoint a special temporary panel of commissioners comprised of 3 members; the members shall hold office until the Human Rights Commission determines that the caseload of requests for review has been reduced sufficiently to allow cases to proceed in a timely manner, or for a term of 18 months from the date of appointment by the Governor, whichever is earlier; each of the 3 members shall have only such rights and powers of a commissioner necessary to dispose of the cases assigned to the special panel; each of the 3 members appointed to the special panel shall receive the same salary as other commissioners for the duration of the panel; and the panel shall have the authority to hire and supervise a staff attorney who shall report to the panel of commissioners. Requires the Commission to appoint at the expense of the Commission a qualified interpreter (rather than a qualified sign language interpreter) whenever a hearing impaired individual or an individual who lacks proficiency in the English language is a party or witness in proceedings before the Commission (rather than at a public hearing).
STATUS
Passed
HB3345 - PRISONER ID RELEASE
Cyril Nichols, Jawaharial Williams, John M. Cabello
Last updated about 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois Identification Card to a person committed to the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice upon receipt of the person's birth certificate, social security card, photograph, proof of residency upon discharge, and an identification card application transferred via a secure method as agreed upon by the Secretary of State and the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice (rather than upon release on parole, mandatory supervised release, aftercare release, final discharge, or pardon from the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice, if the released person presents a certified copy of his or her birth certificate, social security card or other documents authorized by the Secretary, and 2 documents proving his or her Illinois residence address). Provides that Illinois residency shall be established by submission of a Secretary of State prescribed Identification Card verification form completed by the respective Department. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that no later than 45 days after a committed person is received by the Department, the Department shall begin the process of obtaining a certified copy of the person's birth certificate and a duplicate social security card if the person does not have access to those items. Provides that, 60 days before the scheduled discharge of a person committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections or upon receipt of the person's certified birth certificate and social security card as set forth in the Act, whichever occurs later, the Department shall transmit an application for an Identification Card to the Secretary of State, in accordance with the Illinois Identification Card Act.
STATUS
Passed
HB3559 - SCH SAFETY-RAPID ENTRY
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Sue Scherer, Angelica J. Guerrero-Cuellar
Last updated about 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that a school building's emergency and crisis response plan, protocol, and procedures shall include a plan for local law enforcement to rapidly enter a school building in the event of an emergency.
STATUS
Passed
HR0355 - BLACK STUDENT CRISIS
Marcus C. Evans, Lakesia Collins, LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated about 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Declares an immediate Black student enrollment crisis in the State of Illinois until enrollment at its flagship University of Illinois and all other Illinois higher education institutions reach a suitable number of Black enrolled students. Urges all Illinois higher education institutions to immediately establish an office/department with ample personnel to specifically and aggressively work in the area of Black student recruitment, immediate enrollment, and scholarships. Urges the Governor to utilize his executive powers to immediately direct funds toward emergency enrollment outreach and completion programs for Black student enrollment increases at Illinois higher education institutions.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3126 - VEH-CD-SALVAGE CERTIFICATE
Lawrence M. Walsh, Jawaharial Williams, Ram Villivalam
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals language making certain provisions for reassignment by dealers applicable to salvage certificates.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-010
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Jawaharial Williams is running for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He has served in the Virginia State Senate since 2016, representing the 17th district, and currently serves on the Senate Education and Health, Finance and Appropriations, and Rehabilitation and Social Services Committees. Prior to holding elected office, Williams served in the U.S. Army. He also worked in healthcare information technology and ran a diversity consulting business. Williams graduated from Christopher Newport University with a degree in sociology. He lives in Chesapeake, Virginia with his wife and two children.read less
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