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HB2448 - CONSERVATION POLICE-STANDARDS
Gregg Johnson, Matt Hanson, Nabeela Syed
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that any person hired by the Department of Natural Resources for a sworn law enforcement position or position that has arrest authority must at the time of hire, be not less than 20 years of age and have successfully completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university. Provides that any person so hired shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years of age (rather than at the time of hire, the person must be not less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of age and have successfully completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university, and any person hired after successful completion of an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years of age). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3256 - AFFORDABLE DRUG MANUFACTURING
Jenn Ladisch Douglass
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall enter into partnerships to increase competition, lower prices, and address shortages in the market for generic prescription drugs, to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for public and private purchasers, taxpayers, and consumers, and to increase patient access to affordable drugs. Requires the partnerships to result in the production or distribution of generic prescription drugs with the intent that these drugs be made widely available to public and private purchasers, providers and suppliers, and pharmacies. Provides that the Department shall comply with specified requirements when entering into partnerships or setting prices for generic prescription drugs. Requires the Department to submit separate reports to the General Assembly that (1) assess the feasibility of directly manufacturing generic prescription drugs and selling generic prescription drugs at a fair price; and (2) describe the status of all drugs targeted under the Act and analyze how the activities of the Department may impact competition, access to targeted drugs, the costs of those drugs, and the costs of generic prescription drugs to public and private purchasers. Contains other provisions. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt certain information disclosed under the Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act from inspection and copying under the Act. Contains a severability provision. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3811 - ABLE ACCOUNT PROGRAM
Kelly M. Burke, Mary Beth Canty, Michael T. Marron
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2893 - FRANCHISE TAX-SMALL BUSINESS
Jenn Ladisch Douglass
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that a business with an average employee head count of 49 or fewer employees is exempt from the taxes imposed under the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3639 - INS-HEALTH/EPINEPHRINE COST
Joyce Mason, Jawaharial Williams, Jonathan Carroll
Last updated over 1 year ago
51 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer that provides coverage for medically necessary epinephrine injectors shall limit the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a twin-pack of medically necessary epinephrine injectors at an amount not to exceed $60, regardless of the type of epinephrine injector. Provides that nothing in the provisions prevents an insurer from reducing an insured's cost sharing by an amount greater than the specified amount. Provides that the Department of Insurance may adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer the provisions.
STATUS
Passed
HB2511 - INC TX-PET ADOPTION
Jenn Ladisch Douglass
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in the amount of $250 for taxpayers who (i) adopt an animal from a no kill animal shelter and (ii) retain ownership of the animal for a period of 6 consecutive months during the taxable year. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2394 - CERT SHORTHAND REPORT-VARIOUS
Bob Morgan, Theresa Mah, Fred Crespo
Last updated 11 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, if the Secretary of Professional Regulation finds that there is a significant operational need to do so or that it is necessary to do so to avoid undue hardship on a class of individuals whose professional licenses, registrations, or certificates are issued by the Department, then the Secretary shall extend the expiration date or renewal period of those licenses, registrations, or certificates of those individuals for a period not to exceed the standard renewal period of those licenses, registrations, or certificates. Provides that the Secretary may consider specified factors when determining whether to extend the expiration date or renewal period of the license, registration, or certificate of those individuals. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall identify a method of source selection that will make it possible to implement a software solution to support the Department's mandates to enforce the professional licensing Acts that it administers and rules adopted under those Acts. Provides that the software solution selected by the Department shall satisfy specified criteria. Provides for additional requirements concerning the source selection process. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2756 - MASSAGE LICENSE-DV CONTINUE ED
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Anne M. Stava-Murray, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules for continuing education for persons licensed under the Act that require a completion of 25 hours (rather than 24 hours) of approved continuing education per license renewal period. Provides that for each license renewal period, one hour of continuing education shall be domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education as prescribed by rule of the Department (rather the one hour of continuing education in domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education being required for the initial renewal and permissive for subsequent renewals).
STATUS
Passed
HB2315 - EVICT-INDIGENT TENANT COUNSEL
Hoan Huynh, Kevin John Olickal, Lilian Jimenez
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Requires the court to appoint an attorney for an indigent tenant in an eviction action. Provides that the Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission is responsible for the implementation of such appointments, and the State shall pay the costs of legal services provided by an appointed attorney. Requires the Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission to enter into contracts with attorneys and agencies for the provision of legal services. Requires the Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission to submit to the General Assembly a plan to fully implement the indigent tenant representation requirements within 12 months of the effective date of the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2406 - COMPTROLLER ADMINISTRATION
Doris Turner, Sue Scherer, Jenn Ladisch Douglass
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Comptroller Act. Deletes a provision that requires the Comptroller's list of State employees to describe the counties in which employees reside. Provides that an itemized voucher for under $5 that is presented to the Comptroller for payment may be paid through electronic funds transfer. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, when any special fund in the State Treasury has been inactive for 18 months or longer, the Comptroller may (rather than shall) terminate the fund. Provides that any rule adopted by the Comptroller for the use of purchasing cards by State agencies to pay for purchases that otherwise may be paid out of the agency's petty cash fund shall impose a single transaction limit not greater than $1000 (previously $500).
STATUS
Passed
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