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HR0148 - SOUTHWEST CONNECTOR COALITION
Paul Jacobs, Dave Severin, Patrick Windhorst
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Expresses support for the Southwest Connector Coalition's efforts to keep the expansion project moving forward and encourages its members to remain engaged in their efforts to improve Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
HB4255 - VEH CD-TOW TRUCK LIGHTS
Amy Elik, Kevin Schmidt, Jason Bunting
Last updated 2 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the use of green oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on specified vehicles. Provides the conditions that must be satisfied for the lights on certain specified vehicles with green oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights to be lighted. Provides that fire department vehicles of local fire departments and State or federal firefighting vehicles, police vehicles of State, federal, or local authorities, and vehicles designated by local or State authority, while parked at an emergency scene, may use a steady-on illumination or steady-burn, or flashing green beacon or beacons if such steady-on, steady-burn, or flashing beacon is used to indicate an emergency operations command post or incident command location.
STATUS
Passed
HB4048 - HIGHER ED-OFFICER LOAN REPAY
David Friess, Patrick Windhorst, Dennis Tipsword
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall establish the Returning Police Officers Loan Repayment Assistance Program to assist police officers who have left law enforcement with repayment of student loans and in order to help place officers into areas of the State who are the most under-staffed and in need of additional officers. Sets forth qualifications for applicants. Provides that each award under the Program shall be equal to $6,000 per year (i) for up to 5 years or (ii) until the applicant's student loans are paid off, whichever is sooner. Provides that an applicant has one year from the date that the first student loan assistance payment is received to begin work in a shortage area. Provides that applicants currently working in shortage areas are eligible for the Program, but those who left law enforcement due to reasons other than retirement or a permanent disability shall be given priority for the Program. Provides for rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4046 - LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCT
John M. Cabello, Patrick Windhorst, Dennis Tipsword
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Modifies the definition of "duty to intervene" in provisions regarding discretionary termination of Illinois State Police officers. Provides that a member of the Illinois State Police shall not discipline or retaliate in any way against an officer for exercising the officer's duty to intervene, for reporting unconstitutional or unlawful conduct, or for failing to follow what the officer reasonably believes is an unconstitutional or unlawful directive. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act making similar changes to the changes made to the Illinois State Police Act, except that the Law Enforcement Training Standards Board must adopt rules prohibiting members of law enforcement agencies from retaliating. Further amends the Illinois Police Training Act removing language providing that an individual has no property interest in law enforcement certification at the time of initial certification or at any time thereafter, including, but not limited to, after decertification or after the officer's certification has been deemed inactive. Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that records of automatic expungement of misconduct records where an officer has been found not to have committed any wrong doing or the complaint was found to be frivolous shall be permanently retained and may not be destroyed. Amends the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service Training Act. Repeals provisions allowing a person to file notice of an anonymous complaint to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board of any conduct the person believes a law enforcement officer has committed.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4128 - VETERANS DAY-PAID LEAVE
Kevin Schmidt, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Daniel M. Swanson
Last updated about 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Veterans Day Paid Leave Act. On and after January 1, 2025, requires each employer to provide each employee who is a veteran with a paid day off on Veterans Day if the employee would otherwise be required to work on that day. Provides that the employee must provide notice to the employer that he or she intends to take time off on Veterans Day and must provide the employer with documentation verifying that he or she is a veteran. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to 100% of the wages paid by the taxpayer to a veteran as a result of the paid day off required under the Veterans Day Paid Leave Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4052 - RESTORE CASH BAIL-PRETRIAL
Dan Ugaste, Amy L. Grant, Patrick Windhorst
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Restores certain provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 concerning cash bail to the form in which they existed before their amendment by Public Act 101-652 by amendment or reenactment with specified modifications. Establishes additional pretrial procedures. Amends the Statute on Statutes to provide that whenever there is a reference in any Act to the term "pretrial release", "denial of pretrial release", "conditions of pretrial release", or "violations of the conditions of pretrial release", the terms shall be construed to mean "bail", "denial of bail", "conditions of bail", or "forfeiture of bail" respectively. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that the office of the State's Attorney shall provide to the victim at pretrial stages of the proceedings notification of all pretrial hearings, all bail decisions, conditions of release related to the victim's safety, the defendant's release from custody, and instructions on seeking enforcement of release conditions. Amends the Pretrial Services Act. Provides that pretrial services agencies shall implement a system of court date reminders, including location, date, and time of the court appearance. Provides that reminders shall be provided one to 3 days prior to each scheduled court appearance. Establishes responsibilities of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts concerning pretrial services. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides for specified offenses for which the domestic violence surveillance program is applicable. Provides that the supervising authority shall use the best available global positioning technology to track domestic violence offenders, if available and reliable in the supervising authority's jurisdiction. Effective June 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4187 - REPEAL ILLINOIS TRUST ACT
Christopher D. Davidsmeyer, Dave Severin, Kevin Schmidt
Last updated 11 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Repeals the Illinois TRUST Act. Makes corresponding changes in the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0252 - IL INTEGRATED NETWORK PLAN
Martin J. Moylan, Matt Hanson, Carol Ammons
Last updated over 1 year ago
52 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Illinois Department of Transportation and the High Speed Railroad Commission to move expeditiously in preparing a Statewide Integrated Network Plan, including the identification of desired service points and key transfer stations, the construction of a theoretical rail and bus schedule with timed transfers, the creation of a ridership and revenue model for the desired network, the estimation of needed infrastructure investments, and the development of a phased implementation plan.
STATUS
Passed
HB4105 - INVEST IN KIDS-SUNSET
Martin McLaughlin, Brad Halbrook, Joe C. Sosnowski
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies permanently (currently, the credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2023). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0452 - CONGRATS-GOLEY INSULATION
Kevin Schmidt
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates Goley Insulation on achieving 50 years in business. Wishes the company continued success for many years to come.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Illinois district HD-114
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Illinois House
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