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HR0180 - AKA SORORITY, INC. DAY
William Davis, Justin D. Slaughter
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Declares May 10, 2023 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Day in the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
HR0262 - MATERNAL MORTALITY
Mary E. Flowers, Sonya M. Harper, Joyce Mason
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
States that Illinois hospitals should be required to report instances of preterm birth, infant mortality, and maternal mortality within reporting under the Hospital Report Card Act, including racial and ethnic information about the mother and the disparity of these occurrences across racial and ethnic groups. Urges the Illinois Department of Public Health to work with the review committees to implement policy and corrective actions to address causes of preventable maternal death.
STATUS
Passed
HB4065 - PEN CD-POLICE AND FIRE
Justin D. Slaughter, John M. Cabello
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the General Provisions, Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Police, Chicago Firefighter, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), State Employees, and State Universities Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. With regard to police officers, firefighters, and similar public safety employees, removes Tier 2 limitations on the amount of salary for annuity purposes; provides that the automatic annual increases to a retirement pension or survivor pension are calculated under the Tier 1 formulas; and provides that the amount of and eligibility for a retirement annuity are calculated under the Tier 1 provisions. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that each fiscal year, the Comptroller shall pay to each unit of local government that makes a certification of certain employer costs under the Illinois Pension Code or under a specified provision of the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act an amount equal to 40% of the total amount certified by the unit of local government. Creates a continuing appropriation of that amount. Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Provides that a unit of local government that provides health insurance to police officers and firefighters shall maintain the health insurance plans of these employees after retirement and shall contribute toward the cost of the annuitant's coverage under the unit of local government's health insurance plan an amount equal to 4% of that cost for each full year of creditable service upon which the annuitant's retirement annuity is based. Makes other and conforming changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0203 - ALPHA PHI ALPHA DAY
Justin D. Slaughter, Emanuel Welch
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Recognizes the 2023 Alpha Phi Alpha Day held at the Illinois State Capitol and welcomes the members of Alpha Phi Alpha to the Capitol. Declares April 19, 2023 as Alpha Phi Alpha Day.
STATUS
Passed
HR0453 - SUPPORT FAMILY ROOTS GENEALOGY
Carol Ammons, Kambium Buckner, Marcus C. Evans
Last updated 7 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Urges support for the Family Roots Genealogy Pilot Program as it provides African American descendants of enslaved individuals the opportunity to trace their roots back to their ancestral homelands, to reconnect with their ancestral heritage, and to promote their well-being.
STATUS
Passed
SB0457 - EDUCATION-TECH
Ram Villivalam, Adriane Johnson, Rachel Ventura
Last updated about 1 year ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, including funding for any administrative costs reasonably incurred by the State Board of Education, upon the execution of one or more required statewide master contracts entered by the State Board of Education and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education shall notify school districts of any prepackaged meal options, including, but not limited to, halal and kosher food options, available for purchase under a statewide master contract for the upcoming school year. Requires the State Board to enter into one or more statewide master contracts to purchase religious dietary food options, and sets forth provisions concerning the contracts. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that the University of Illinois Hospital shall offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Amends the Halal Food Act. Provides that any halal food product offered by a State-owned or State-operated facility shall be purchased from a halal-certified vendor; defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor is subject to penalties under the Act. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Defines "kosher". Makes substantially similar changes with regard to kosher food products at State facilities. Provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food products is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Amends the Facilities Article of the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any Department of Corrections facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale shall also offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Specifies that nothing in the provisions concerning Department of Corrections facilities providing religious dietary food options is intended to expand any Department of Corrections facility's obligations beyond that required under federal law. Contains a severability clause. Effective June 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2188 - ATTY GENERAL-MEDICAID FRAUD
Fred Crespo, Martin McLaughlin, Terra Costa Howard
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging and the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing all references to the Illinois State Police Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to the Office of the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Amends the Illinois False Claims Act. Removes references to the Illinois State Police from the definition of "investigator". Provides that the Attorney General (rather than the Attorney General or the Illinois State Police) shall diligently investigate a civil violation for false claims under the Act. Provides that the Attorney General may issue subpoenas under the Act (rather than the Attorney General may delegate the authority to issue subpoenas under the Act to the Department of State Police). In provisions concerning the State Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund, provides that for all cases settled on or after October 1, 2023, one-third of the monies shall be paid to the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund. Provides that the remaining two-thirds of the monies in the Fund shall be used for payment of awards to Qui Tam plaintiffs and as otherwise specified in this Act, with any remainder to the General Revenue Fund. Provides that the Attorney General shall direct the State Treasurer to make disbursement of funds. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB1016 - PRETRIAL DETENTION-INNOCENCE
Mary E. Flowers, Justin D. Slaughter, John M. Cabello
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Provides that the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims against the State for time unjustly served in a county jail, on parole, on intensive supervision probation, or on the sex offender registry, when the unjustly convicted person received a pardon from the Governor stating that such pardon is issued on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was convicted or he or she received a certificate of innocence from the Circuit Court. Removes language providing that: the amount of an award for unjustly served prison sentences is at the discretion of the court; the court shall make no award in excess of specified amounts for specified terms of imprisonment; and the court shall fix attorney's fees not to exceed 25% of the award granted. Requires the court to make an award of $50,000 per year, and prorated for any partial year, during which the person was wrongfully incarcerated in a State correctional institution or in a county jail, including the time the person was incarcerated awaiting trial, and $25,000 for each year, and prorated for any partial year, during which the person was wrongfully on parole, wrongfully on intensive supervision probation, or was wrongfully required to register as a sex offender, as well as an award of reasonable attorney's fees, costs, and expenses in the amount determined by the Circuit Court after awarding a certificate of innocence. Makes other and conforming changes. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Allows any person who is convicted or adjudicated a delinquent and subsequently serves any part of a sentence of incarceration in a State correctional institution or in a county jail, of parole, of intensive supervision probation, or of registration as a sex offender for one or more felonies which he or she did not commit to file a petition for certificate of innocence. Requires the petition to state facts in sufficient detail to permit the court to find that the petitioner is likely to succeed at trial in proving that the petitioner is innocent of the alleged offenses for which he or she was convicted or adjudicated a delinquent, and the petitioner did not by his or her own conduct voluntarily cause or bring about his or her conviction or juvenile delinquency adjudication. Provides that neither a guilty plea nor a confession constitutes conduct causing or bringing about one's conviction or delinquency adjudication. Requires, if the court finds that the petitioner is entitled to a judgment, the court to make a determination of the reasonable attorney's fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with obtaining the certificate of innocence. Provides that any person seeking a certificate of innocence based on the dismissal of a juvenile delinquency petition or an acquittal on such petition that occurred before the effective date of the amendatory Act, including a petitioner whose petition was denied solely on the basis that this Section did not formerly apply to juvenile delinquency adjudications, shall file his or her petition within 4 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that any person seeking a certificate of innocence based on the dismissal of a juvenile delinquency petition or an acquittal on such petition that occurred on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall file his or her petition within 2 years after the dismissal or acquittal. Makes other and conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB0218 - CIVIL LAW-TECH
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Kambium Buckner, Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated over 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
SB1463 - MINORS-NO FEES OR FINES
Robert Peters, Mike Simmons, Celina Villanueva
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that if the minor or the minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian is unable to cover the cost of a condition of the minor's continuance under supervision, the court shall not preclude the minor from receiving continuance under supervision based on the inability to pay. Provides that if the minor or the minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian is unable to cover the cost of a condition of probation or conditional discharge, the court shall not preclude the minor from receiving probation, conditional discharge, or supervision based on the inability to pay. Provides that inability to pay shall not be grounds to object to the minor's placement on a continuance under supervision. Provides that the inability of a minor, or minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, to cover the costs associated with an appropriate sentencing order shall not be the basis for the court to enter a sentencing order incongruent with the court's findings regarding the offense on which the minor was adjudicated or the mitigating factors. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
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