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HB5602 - STATE HOLIDAY-JOHN LEWIS DAY
Joyce Mason, Rita Mayfield, Maurice A. West
Last updated 7 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5472 - LOCAL REG-STATE FACILITIES
Joyce Mason
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that an ordinance of a unit of local government shall not be enforced against the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of a State facility. Provides that the provisions apply to the construction, reconstruction, improvement, and installation of State facilities that is either ongoing or starts on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Board and State agencies shall, to the fullest extent practicable, coordinate and consult with units of local government responsible for providing fire protection services to a State facility before undertaking any activity involving the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of the State facility, in order to ensure fire protection services can be provided by the unit of local government to the State facility in the most effective manner. Defines "State facilities". Limits home rule powers.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0039 - ELEC CODE-INCARCERATED BAN
LaShawn K. Ford, Bob Morgan, Kambium Buckner
Last updated almost 2 years ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Further amends the Election Code and amends the Unified Code of Corrections making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4639 - SMALL PLASTIC BOTTLE ACT
Kambium Buckner, Barbara Hernandez, Joyce Mason
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, hotels with 50 rooms or more and, beginning January 1, 2026, hotels with less than 50 rooms may not provide small single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products to either (i) a customer of the establishment who is staying in a sleeping room accommodation or any space within the sleeping room accommodation or (ii) a customer of the establishment who is using a bathroom shared by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Defines terms.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0160 - PHONE SOLICITATION SPOOFING
Suzanne Glowiak Hilton, Paul Faraci, Meg Loughran Cappel
Last updated over 1 year ago
45 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Telephone Solicitations Act. Provides that a person, business, or organization may not spoof a caller's information or otherwise misrepresent the origin of a telemarketing call unless the person, business, or organization has the right to use the name and phone number displayed. Requires telephone solicitations placed in a manner other than by a live operator to immediately disclose their identity and the purpose of the call and prompt the recipient of the call to consent to the solicitation. Defines terms.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5414 - HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND
Laura Faver Dias, Joyce Mason, Aaron M. Ortiz
Last updated 9 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to reduce financial barriers into the teaching profession and increase the quality of the student teaching experience in order to better prepare teaching candidates for the classroom and increase teacher retention. Provides that to participate in the stipend program, an eligible student must be placed as a student teacher. Provides that an educator preparation program shall notify the Board of all eligible students who qualify for the stipend program by July 1. Provides that all eligible students shall be enrolled in the stipend program. Provides that subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 for one academic semester, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning funding if the amount appropriated for the program is insufficient to fund all eligible students. Provides that subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible cooperating teacher a stipend of up to $1,500 per academic semester, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that a cooperating teacher may receive professional development hours for completing cooperating teacher training that counts toward the cooperating teacher's license renewal or Gateways credential. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible teacher from participating in the program or receiving a stipend from the program. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the State Board of Education shall report about and evaluate the program to the Governor and General Assembly on or before June 30, 2028 and each June 30 thereafter. Provides for rulemaking.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4623 - SEXUAL EXPLICIT DIGITAL IMAGE
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Jeff Keicher, Natalie A. Manley
Last updated 3 months ago
98 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child is ineligible to receive a school bus driver permit. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "child pornography" includes the depiction of a part of an actual child under 18 who by manipulation, creation, or modification, appears to be engaged in sexual activity. Creates the offenses of obscene depiction of a purported child and non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions. Defines offenses and provides criminal penalties for violations. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides for the forfeiture to the State: (1) of any profits or proceeds and any property the person has acquired or maintained in violation of those offenses; (2) any interest in, securities of, claim against, or property or contractual right of any kind affording a source of influence over any enterprise that the person has established, operated, controlled, or conducted in violation of those offenses; and (3) any computer that contains an obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that under certain conditions, the parent or legal guardian of a child who is the victim of obscene depiction of a purported child may make a victim's impact statement on the impact which the defendant's criminal conduct or the juvenile's delinquent conduct has had upon the child. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides for enhanced penalties for specified violations of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides that the court shall impose a consecutive sentence when the defendant is convicted of specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act to provide that a person convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child must register as a sex offender.
STATUS
Passed
HB2253 - PET SHOP-PROHIBIT RABBIT SALES
Dagmara Avelar, Joyce Mason
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that a pet shop operator shall not offer for sale a rabbit regardless of where it was obtained.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1605 - GENDER-RELATED VIOLENCE
Maura Hirschauer, Kelly M. Cassidy, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated almost 2 years ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Gender Violence Act. Provides that "gender-related violence" includes sexual contact between a sexual organ of one person and an intimate part of another person in which a "sexually protective device" has been intentionally removed by the defendant without the consent of the plaintiff or unintentionally removed but the defendant engages to continues to engage in sexual conduct without getting the consent of the unaware plaintiff. Defines "sexually protective device".
STATUS
Introduced
HB4914 - EQUAL PAY ACT-PAY SCALE
Daniel Didech, Joyce Mason
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that the definition of "pay scale and benefits" means the wage or salary, or the wage or salary range, and a general description of the benefits and other compensation, including, but not limited to, bonuses, stock options, family and medical leave benefits, parental leave benefits, or other incentives the employer reasonably expects in good faith to offer for the position (rather than bonuses, stock options, or other incentives the employer reasonably expects in good faith to offer for the position), set by reference to any applicable pay scale, the previously determined range for the position, the actual range of others currently holding equivalent positions, or the budgeted amount for the position, as applicable.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Illinois district HD-061
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