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SB1798 - SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION GRANTS
Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the School Construction Law. Provides that the eligibility standards for school construction project grants shall not include minimum enrollment requirements (instead of including minimum enrollment requirements for eligibility for school construction project grants of 200 students for elementary districts, 200 students for high school districts, and 400 students for unit districts). Removes provisions concerning the total enrollment of member districts forming a cooperative high school. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1745 - WILDLIFE CD-NUISANCE ANIMALS
Jil Walker Tracy, Neil Anderson, Andrew S. Chesney
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Wildlife Code. Repeals provisions authorizing, under certain conditions, drainage districts to control beaver populations. Provides that a drainage district, road district or similar body, landowner, tenant, or the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant shall be exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance raccoons, opossums, muskrats, skunks, coyotes, or beavers if all applicable provisions for licenses are complied with and any trap types and sizes used are in compliance with the Act, including marking or identification. Provides that landowners, tenants, or their designees may remove cottontail rabbits or grey or fox squirrels from their property, but only by means of a live trap, if the cottontail rabbits and grey or fox squirrels are released alive and unharmed in suitable habitat that is not within any city or town and not within any park. Provides that the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant must have a signed and dated written authorization from the drainage district, landowner, or tenant in possession at all times when conducting animal control activities. Provides that the exemption from obtaining a permit shall be valid only upon property owned, leased, or controlled by the drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2245 - VEH CD-STOLEN VEHICLE HOTLINES
Martin J. Moylan, Natalie A. Manley, Daniel Didech
Last updated over 1 year ago
110 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In the Illinois Vehicle Code: Provides that a manufacturer or its vehicle location vendor shall relay vehicle location information to the best of their technical capabilities when: the 9-1-1 call center or designated dispatch center or responding law enforcement official provides adequate verification of their identity as a law enforcement officer and the identity of the responding law enforcement official to the manufacturer or the vehicle location vendor; and the responding law enforcement officials certifies to the manufacturer or the vehicle location vendor that the situation involves a clear and present danger of death or great bodily harm to persons resulting from a vehicular hijacking or kidnapping incident. Provides that a vehicle manufacturer or a subsidiary, vendor, employee, officer, director, representative, or contractor of the vehicle manufacturer shall not be liable and no cause of action shall arise under the laws of the State for providing, or in good faith attempting to provide, information or assistance to a law enforcement agency, 9-1-1 call center, or designated dispatch center pursuant to the mechanisms and processes established under the Code. Amends the Freedom From Location Surveillance Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency is not prohibited from seeking to obtain local information in an emergency situation involving a vehicular hijacking.
STATUS
Passed
SB2036 - TOBACCO PRODUCTS-RATE
Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, the tax per cigar sold or otherwise disposed of shall not exceed $0.50 per cigar, excluding little cigars. Provides that distributors are allowed a discount in the amount of 2% of the distributor's tax liability but not more than $2,000 per return.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2200 - $DCEO-UTILITIES
Erica Conway Harriss, Jason Plummer, Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated almost 2 years ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates the sum of $200,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to reimburse an eligible electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2322 - ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PERSON ACT
Jil Walker Tracy, Seth Lewis, Dan McConchie
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Essential Support Person Act. Provides that a resident or the resident's representative may designate a primary essential support person and a secondary essential support person who may visit the resident despite general visitation restrictions imposed on other visitors, provided that the primary essential support person or secondary essential support person complies with any rules adopted by the Department of Public Health to protect the health, safety, and well-being of residents. Tasks the Department with establishing a statewide policy for visitation with a resident. Requires the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman to perform specified duties. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3409 - PROBATE-CONTEST OF WILLS
Randy E. Frese, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, David Friess
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Will Contests Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that, as used in that Article only, "interested person" includes any person who is an interested person as defined by the Act or any person or organization named as a legatee in a prior will of the decedent whose share in the prior will is more than the share the person or organization receives under the will being admitted. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as Karen's Law.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2149 - INVEST IN KIDS-SUNSET
Jil Walker Tracy, Dan McConchie, Dale Fowler
Last updated almost 2 years ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies on a permanent basis. Removes a limitation that the credit may not be taken for any qualified contribution for which the taxpayer claims a federal income tax deduction. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2972 - RESCUE SQUAD DISTRICTS-FEES
Christopher D. Davidsmeyer, Amy Elik, Dennis Tipsword
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Rescue Squad Districts Act. Provides that a rescue squad district may fix, charge, and collect fees for rescue squad services and ambulance services within or outside of the rescue squad district not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2577 - SCH SAFETY-CRISIS MAPPING DATA
Meg Loughran Cappel, Susan Rezin, Adriane Johnson
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, a public school may obtain crisis response mapping data and provide copies of the crisis response mapping data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. Provides that the crisis response mapping data shall be stored and provided in an electronic or digital format to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at the school. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall provide grants to public schools to cover the costs incurred in obtaining crisis response mapping data. Sets forth requirements for the crisis response mapping data. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the crisis response mapping data may be reviewed annually to update the data as necessary. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
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