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SB2633 - FIREARMS-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Celina Villanueva, Ram Villivalam, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 11 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act to include in the definition of "petitioner" an intimate partner. Amends the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedures of 1963 and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that, if the petitioner seeks a court order prohibiting the respondent from possessing firearms, firearm ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm, the court shall immediately issue a search warrant directing seizure of firearms at the time an ex parte or final order of protection is issued, if the court finds, based on the facts presented that: (1) probable cause exists that the respondent possesses firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm; (2) probable cause exists to believe that the respondent poses a danger of causing personal injury to the petitioner or child by having in the respondent, custody or control, or by purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm and that the danger is imminent and present; and probable cause exists that firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm are located at the residence, vehicle, or other property of the respondent.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR0040 - GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION WEEK
Julie A. Morrison, Mattie Hunter, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Declares July 2 through July 8, 2023 as Gun Violence Memorial and Prevention Week. Mourns the lives lost at the hands of gunfire in the City of Highland Park on July 4, 2022 and all those around the State of Illinois who have been lost to gun violence and recognizes the surviving families that live with the trauma of their losses. Remembers the lives of Katherine Goldstein, Irina McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy, Stephen Straus, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Nicholas Toledo-Zaragoza, Eduardo Uvaldo, and Aréanah Preston. Remembers all gun violence victims in the City of Chicago and all gun violence victim everywhere across the State. Honors the City of Highland Park, the City of Chicago, and their law enforcement, first responders, and community leaders for their service to the people of Illinois. Urges leaders to continue to do everything in their power to ensure communities across the State do not experience the trauma of gun violence, so that these horrific tragedies shall not be in vain.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR0532 - HIGH SCHOOLS-YOUTH VOTING
Julie A. Morrison, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Recognizes that public high schools in the State are uniquely positioned to reach all young people, that public schools have a civic purpose to prepare youth, regardless of college or career aspirations, to participate in our democracy, and that public schools fulfill that civic purpose when the school provides education on the registration process and the infrastructure to register qualified students to vote. Urges election authorities in the State of Illinois to conduct outreach and trainings for high school principals to encourage principals to become deputy registrars. Urges election authorities in the State of Illinois to conduct outreach and trainings for qualified students to serve as deputy registrars so that students appointed as deputy registrars may register qualified peers to vote on their school campuses. Encourages every public high school in the State of Illinois to conduct voter registration drives on its campus for all qualified students.
STATUS
Passed
SB2720 - VEH CD-NO RENEWAL DL
Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may not issue to or allow the renewal or retention of a driver's license or permit by anyone who possesses a revoked Firearm Owner's Identification Card unless: (i) the applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card is successfully reinstated or (ii) the applicant surrenders possession of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the Illinois State Police. Amends the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall provide the Secretary with a notice of any individual who fails to surrender a revoked Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0702 - RIVER CLEAN UP MONTH
Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Declares the month of September 2024 as River Clean Up Month. Encourages chambers of commerce, convention and visitors bureaus, local economic development organizations, area groups and associations, and local schools and colleges to organize and coordinate local cleanup activities along portions of rivers and waterways in their area. Encourages the State of Illinois to promote September as River Clean Up Month.
STATUS
Passed
SR0667 - MEMORIAL-MARLENE BECKER
Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of Marlene Becker of Deerfield.
STATUS
Passed
SB2696 - VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS-SEAT BELTS
Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall not operate a Type I or Type II school bus manufactured after the effective date of the amendatory Act unless the bus is equipped with a set of 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system in good operating condition for each passenger seat and a rooftop safety hatch. Provides that, on or after January 1, 2028, all newly purchased school buses shall be equipped with 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system in good operating condition for each passenger. Provides that the provision shall not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of the State. Provides that nothing in the provision shall make a school district or a school bus company liable for a passenger's failure to properly adjust or fasten a seat belt or other restraint system. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2658 - NEWBORN SCREENING-DUCHENNE MD
Julie A. Morrison, Dave Syverson, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated about 1 month ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to provide all newborns with screening tests for the presence of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Requires the testing to begin within 6 months following the occurrence of specified milestones. Allows the Department to require payment of an additional fee for the provision of Duchenne muscular dystrophy screening tests. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1288 - INS-DENTAL NETWORK PLAN CHANGE
Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison, Linda Holmes
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning provider notification of dental plan changes, provides that no insurer, service corporation, dental service plan corporation, insurance network leasing company, or any company that issues, delivers, amends, or renews an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act that provides dental insurance may automatically enroll a provider in a leased network without the provider's written consent. Provides that any contract entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act that allows the rights and obligations of the contract to be assigned or leased to another insurer shall provide for notice that informs each provider in writing via certified mail 90 days before any scheduled assignment or lease of the network to which the provider is a contracted provider (rather than shall provide notice of that assignment or lease within 30 days after the assignment or lease to the contracting dentist). Provides that an insurer, service corporation, dental service plan corporation, insurance network leasing company, or any company that issues, delivers, amends, or renews an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act that provides dental insurance that leases or assigns its network shall not cancel a network participating dentist's contractual relationship or otherwise penalize a network participating dentist in any way based on whether or not the dentist accepts the terms of the assignment or lease.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0837 - SAFETY-TECH
Julie A. Morrison
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Pyrotechnic Use Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Illinois district SD-029
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Illinois Senate
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ABOUT
Julie A. Morrison is a former Democratic member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 29. She was first elected to the chamber in 2006. She left office on January 11, 2017. Morrison earned her B.S. in education/special education from National College of Education in 1981. Her professional experience includes working as a local school board member.read less
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