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HB2217 - TENANT RADON PROTECTION ACT
Ann M. Williams, Mary E. Flowers, Maurice A. West
Last updated about 1 year ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Radon Awareness Act. Defines "dwelling unit", "lease", "lessor", "mobile home", "radon", "radon contractor", and "tenant". Repeals a provision regarding the disclosure of radon hazard to current and prospective tenants. Provides instead that at the time of a prospective tenant's application to lease a dwelling unit, before a lease is entered into, or at any time during the leasing period upon request, the lessor shall provide the prospective tenant or tenant of a dwelling unit with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's "Radon Guide for Tenants" pamphlet, copies of any records or reports pertaining to radon concentrations within the dwelling unit that indicate a radon hazard to the tenant, and the Disclosure of Information on Radon Hazards to Tenants form. Provides that at the commencement of the agreed leasing period, a tenant shall have 90 days to conduct his or her own radon test of the dwelling unit. Creates the Disclosure of Information on Radon Hazards to Tenants form. Requires a lessor or tenant who decides to have radon mitigation performed to have the radon mitigation system installed by a radon contractor. Requires a tenant who decides to have radon mitigation performed to have the express consent of the lessor prior to undertaking any mitigation activities. Provides that the new provisions apply to leases entered on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Includes home rule provisions. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB1413 - PHARMACEUTICALS-SOCIAL MEDIA
Susan Rezin, Mary Edly-Allen, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Sale of Pharmaceuticals on Social Media Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual shall sell or advertise the sale of a pharmaceutical on social media unless the individual has completed a verification process with specified requirements.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1565 - DAY CARE CENTER-PARK EXEMPT
Julie A. Morrison, Dave Syverson, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that the term "day care center" does not include special activities programs, including recreation and programs offered by park districts to children who shall have attained the age of 3 years old if the program meets no more than 3.5 continuous hours (instead of 5 hours) at a time or less and no more than 25 hours during any week, and the park district conducts background investigations on employees of the program. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0218 - CIVIL LAW-TECH
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Kambium Buckner, Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated about 1 year ago
67 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act for any firearm industry member, through the sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing of a firearm-related product, to: (i) knowingly create, maintain, or contribute to a condition in Illinois that endangers the safety or health of the public by conduct either unlawful in itself or unreasonable under all circumstances, including failing to establish or utilize reasonable controls; (ii) advertise, market, or promote a firearm-related product in a manner that reasonably appears to support, recommend, or encourage individuals to engage in unlawful paramilitary or private militia activity; (iii) advertise, market, promote, design, or sell any firearm-related product in a manner that reasonably appears to support, recommend, or encourage persons under 18 years of age to unlawfully purchase or unlawfully possess or use a firearm-related product; or (iv) otherwise engage in unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices declared unlawful under the Act. Provides that the provisions of the amendatory Act are severable. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB1187 - IEMA-EMERGENCY SECURITY GRANTS
Bob Morgan, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Kambium Buckner
Last updated about 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In provisions regarding security improvements that assist a not-for-profit organization in preventing, preparing for, or responding to acts of terrorism, requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to determine that an organization is at high risk of being subject to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism based on the organization's profile, ideology, mission, or beliefs in order to be eligible for assistance under the provisions. Requires the Agency to post specified information on its website. Throughout the provisions, refers to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism (rather than just acts of terrorism). Makes other changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB1289 - INS-DENTAL CARE/REIMBURSEMENT
Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison, Linda Holmes
Last updated 2 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Safety and Aid for the Environment in Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act (which may be referred to as the SAFE CCS Act). Sets forth provisions regarding: ownership and conveyance of pore space; integration and unitization of ownership interests; surface access for pore space owners; compensation for damages to the surface; and additional landowner rights. Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Act. Requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (i) to obtain training services and support for local emergency services and support for local emergency services and disaster agencies for training, exercises, and equipment related to carbon dioxide pipelines and sequestration and (ii) to provide $5,000 per year to the Illinois Fire Service Institute for first responder training. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires, prior to any pipeline for the transportation of carbon dioxide becoming operational, the Illinois Fire Service Institute to develop and offer at least one course for first responders who respond when carbon dioxide is released from a pipeline or a sequestration facility. Provides that a provision related to entering upon, taking, or damaging private property for construction purposes by a public utility applies to the exercise of eminent domain powers by an owner or operator of a pipeline designed, constructed, and operated to transport and to sequester carbon dioxide to which the Illinois Commerce Commission has granted a certificate. Provides that the Common Carriers by Pipeline Article does not apply to a new carbon dioxide pipeline. Amends the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may grant an application for a certificate of authority authorizing the construction and operation of a carbon dioxide pipeline if, additionally, the applicant has applied for any and all other federal permits necessary to construct and operate a carbon dioxide pipeline, the applicant has held at least 2 prefiling public meetings to receive public comment concerning the proposed carbon dioxide pipeline in each county where the pipeline is to be located, the applicant has directly contacted the owner of each parcel of land located within 2 miles of the proposed pipeline route, advising them of the proposed pipeline route and of the date and time of each public meeting to be held in the county in which each landowner's property is located, and the applicant has prepared and submitted a detailed emergency operations plan. Prohibits the Commission from issuing any certificate of authority until the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has adopted final revisions to its pipeline safety rules and the Commission has verified that the submitted application complies with those finalized rules. Provides that any applicant that has been granted a certificate of authority may, under certain circumstances, enter upon the property of any landowner who has refused permission for entrance upon that property. Provides that any person or entity that has been granted a certificate of authority authorizing the construction and operation of a carbon dioxide pipeline shall be assessed an annual fee per pipeline system operated in the State, plus an additional fee per mile of carbon dioxide pipeline in length that is physically operated or proposed to be operated in the State. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits a person from (i) injecting any carbon dioxide stream produced by a carbon dioxide capture project into a Class II well or a Class VI well converted from a Class II well, for purposes of enhanced oil or gas recovery, (ii) selling or transporting concentrated carbon dioxide stream produced by a carbon dioxide capture project for use in enhanced oil or gas recovery, and (iii) operating a carbon sequestration activity in a manner that causes, threatens, or allows the release of carbon dioxide so as to tend to cause water pollution in the State. Makes other changes. Creates the Carbon Sequestration Title of the Act. Sets forth provisions regarding: carbon capture permit requirements; reports on minimum carbon capture standards and the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technology; minimum carbon dioxide capture efficiency rulemaking authority; reports on the status and impact of carbon capture and sequestration; prohibitions; sequestration permits and application contents; sequestration permit application fees; public participation; closure; financial assurance; insurance; the ownership of carbon dioxide and liability; and the creation of the Carbon Sequestration Long-Term Trust Fund, the Water Resources Fund, the Environmental Justice Grant Fund, and the Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Administrative Fund. Makes corresponding changes in the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1623 - UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TSK FORCE
David Koehler, Doris Turner, Adriane Johnson
Last updated over 1 year ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force Act. Creates the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall develop a statewide plan to connect existing local projects and new projects to create a cohesive statewide history of the Underground Railroad in Illinois while creating new educational and tourism opportunities for the State. Establishes the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force. Provides that all members of the Task Force shall be appointed within 30 days after the effective date of the Act. Provides that the Task Force shall review available research, existing infrastructure and projects, best practices, and effective interventions to formulate recommendations. Provides that the Task Force shall prepare a report detailing the Task Force's findings and recommendations and needed resources. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before July 1, 2024. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved, and the Act is repealed, on January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB1721 - HEARING INSTRUMENT ACT-VARIOUS
Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated about 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Provides that before dispensing a hearing aid by mail or over the Internet to a resident of this State, an organization shall inform (i) the parent or guardian of a person age 17 or younger that he or she must obtain a prescription issued by a licensed audiologist or licensed physician that meets specified requirements or (ii) a person age 18 or older that he or she must obtain a prescription issued by a hearing instrument professional that meets specified requirements. Makes changes to provisions concerning hearing aids dispensed by prescription to persons age 17 or younger and prescription hearing aids for persons age 18 or older. Changes references from "hearing instrument dispenser" to "hearing instrument professional". Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB1803 - LYME DISEASE INNOVATION PROG
Laura M. Murphy, Julie A. Morrison, Mike Simmons
Last updated about 1 year ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall coordinate with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, and members of the University of Illinois' INHS Medical Entomology Program to establish the Lyme Disease Innovation Program no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Department shall contract with a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases with the public and the medical community to operate the Program. Provides that the Program's purpose is to raise awareness with the public and to assist persons at risk of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases with education and awareness materials and campaigns while developing evidence-based approaches that are cost-effective. Includes provisions relating to the Program's objectives. Provides that the Program shall be funded by the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund. Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall issue to an off-highway vehicle owner an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp, and the Stamp shall be $10 or $5 depending on the size of the vehicle's engine capacity. Provides that the proceeds from the Stamp must be deposited into the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund. Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1674 - STABILIZATION SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Laura Fine, Sara Feigenholtz, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated about 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In provisions concerning the Long-Term Stabilization Support Program and the Short-Term Stabilization Support Program, provides that an individual receiving program services may request alternate placement when the wants or needs of the individual, as reflected in the individual's personal plan, would be better served in another setting along the full spectrum of care. Provides that if an individual or other designated persons, if applicable, in conjunction with the independent service coordination agency, the provider, and clinical staff, believe the individual's wants or needs, as reflected in the individual's personal plan, would be better served in an alternate setting along the full spectrum of care, those opportunities shall be discussed as they are identified. Permits such a request to be made at any point during a specified time period or at the conclusion of that period, when assessing whether continued participation in the program would be appropriate for the individual. Removes provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to submit annual reports to the General Assembly and the Governor on the progress and effectiveness of the programs. Instead requires the Department to publish quarterly reports, beginning March 31, 2025, on the number of individuals participating in the programs and other data. Provides that the reports shall be submitted to the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Illinois district SD-029
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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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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Illinois Senate from Illinois
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