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SB0081 - CRIM CD-BED BUGS-NUISANCE
Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a public nuisance for a hotel, other business, or person to provide sleeping accommodations for hire or rent for transient occupancy by guests to rent or hire, or for any lessor of real property, whether by tenancy or contract for deed, to rent a dwelling unit that has a sleeping accommodation in which an infestation of any bed bugs is found or suspected or for any person to place, discard, or dispose of any bedding, clothing, or other materials infested with bed bugs on the public way or in a refuse container or dumpster located on the public way, except when such bedding, clothing, or other material is placed in or near the person's refuse container or dumpster for pick-up as trash and the bedding, clothing, or other material is totally enclosed in a plastic bag and labeled as being infested with bed bugs, or for any person to recycle any furnishing, bedding, clothing, or other material infested with bed bugs.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1245 - INVEST IN KIDS-VARIOUS
Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies permanently (currently, the credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2024). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0073 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES-FENTANYL
Sally J. Turner, Susan Rezin, Neil Anderson
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that in addition to any other penalties provided by law, a person unlawfully selling or dispensing any scheduled drug containing a detectable amount of fentanyl is guilty of a Class X felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 9 years and not more than 40 years or fined not more than $250,000, or both. Provides that it shall be a Class 1 felony for which a fine not to exceed $100,000 may be imposed for any person to knowingly use an electronic communication device in the furtherance of controlled substance trafficking involving a substance containing any amount of fentanyl. Provides that this penalty shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed by law. Defines "electronic communication device".
STATUS
Introduced
SB0091 - UNIV OF IL-VETERAN SCHOLARSHIP
Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the University of Illinois Act. Provides that a county is entitled to a scholarship in the University of Illinois for the benefit of the children of persons who served in the armed forces of the United States until any time on or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President orders that persons in service are no longer eligible for the Kosovo Campaign Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1416 - CRIM CD-AGG ASSAULT&BATTERY
Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that aggravated assault includes an assault committed against a contractor (rather than just a subcontractor) of the Department of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons. Provides that aggravated battery includes committing various kinds of battery against an officer or employee of a contractor or subcontractor of the Department of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0080 - PREJUDGMENT INTEREST-REDUCTION
Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. In a provision concerning actions brought to recover damages for personal injury or wrongful death, changes the prejudgment interest rate to 5% per annum instead of 6% per annum. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0301 - EDUCATION-TECH
Katie Stuart, Daniel M. Swanson, Aaron M. Ortiz
Last updated about 1 year ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the AIM HIGH Grant Pilot Program. Removes language referring to the program as a pilot program. Requires each participating public university to indicate that grants under the program come from AIM HIGH and to use the words "AIM HIGH" in the name of any grant under the program and in any published or posted materials about the program. Provides that each public university campus shall allow qualified full-time undergraduate students to apply for a grant, but may choose to allow qualified part-time undergraduate students who are enrolling in their final semester at the public university campus to also apply. Provides that a public university in which an average of at least 49% of the students seeking a bachelor's degree or certificate received a Pell Grant over the prior 3 academic years shall match 35% (instead of 20%) of the amount of funds awarded in a given academic year with non-loan financial aid for eligible students. Provides that a public university in which an average of less than 49% of the students seeking a bachelor's degree or certificate received a Pell Grant over the prior 3 academic years shall match 70% (instead of 60%) of the amount of funds awarded in a given academic year with non-loan financial aid for eligible students. Provides that each public university campus must report to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission the total non-loan financial aid amount given by the public university campus to undergraduate students in the 2017-2018 academic year or the 2021-2022 academic year (instead of just the 2017-2018 academic year), not including the summer terms. Provides that, to be eligible to receive funds under the program, a public university campus may not decrease the total amount of non-loan financial aid it gives to undergraduate students, not including any funds received from the Commission or any funds used to match grant awards, to an amount lower than the amount reported for the 2017-2018 academic year or the 2021-2022 academic year, whichever is less (instead of just the 2017-2018 academic year), not including the summer terms. Removes the repealer provision. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1286 - EDUC-MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCT
Jil Walker Tracy, Karina Villa
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (instead of shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1546 - EPA-GREENHOUSE GASES
Jil Walker Tracy, Terri Bryant, Dale Fowler
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Reverts provisions regarding greenhouse gases to the language existing before changes made by amendment under P.A. 102-662. Repeals a provision defining "clean energy". Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0050 - INC TX-FIRE-EMS WORKERS
Jil Walker Tracy, Thomas M. Bennett
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that each individual who serves as a volunteer firefighter, a volunteer EMS provider, or a volunteer emergency worker during the taxable year is entitled to a credit in an amount equal to $1,000. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Illinois district SD-050
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Jill Walker Tracy was born in Missouri. She earned her BA from William Jewel College in 1987. Tracy has over 20 years in healthcare planning, administration, and public policy. She served as chief operating officer at Clinicare Corporation where she oversaw budgets, staffing, facilities, operations and strategic planning for over 20 clinics and 600 employees. Tracy also founded and ran a healthcare consulting company for 7 years.read less
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