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HB0039 - ELEC CODE-INCARCERATED BAN
LaShawn K. Ford, Bob Morgan, Kambium Buckner
Last updated over 1 year 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
HB4339 - LOCAL RECORDS-POLICE SCANNERS
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency that encrypts police scanner transmissions must provide, by license or otherwise, real-time access to those transmissions to broadcast stations, broadcasting stations, radio broadcast stations, and newspapers. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2401 - SCH CD-DIVERSITY IN LITERATURE
LaShawn K. Ford, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Instructional Materials Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district (including a charter school) shall require that books that are included as a part of any course, material, instruction, reading assignment, or other school curricula related to literature during the school year or that appear on summer reading lists must include books that are written by diverse authors, including, but not limited to, authors who are African American, women, Native American, LatinX, and Asian. Provides that reading material may not perpetuate bias against persons based on specified categories. Provides that for any school district utilizing federal funds under Title I, Part A of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the selection of each book to be included in a reading assignment, course material and instruction, or other school curricula related to literature must first receive prior approval from the school board before the book may be included. Provides that the criteria for the approval or denial of a book shall be determined by school board policy, but the minimum requirement is that the book may not be approved by the school board if the book contains language or material that is derogatory or racist or incites hate against any persons. Provides for rulemaking and guidelines. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1474 - HEALTH-TECH
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1497 - VEH CD-LIABILITY-RENTALS
LaShawn K. Ford, Tom Weber, Jawaharial Williams
Last updated about 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax Act. Amends various definitions to exempt car-sharing from the tax imposed under the Act if tax due on the automobile under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or Use Tax Act was paid upon the purchase of the automobile or when the automobile was brought into Illinois. Provides that the taxes imposed under the Act do not apply to any amounts paid or received for peer-to-peer car sharing, as defined in the Car-Sharing Program Act, or the privilege of sharing a shared vehicle through a car-sharing program, as defined in the Car-Sharing Program Act, if the shared vehicle owner paid applicable taxes upon the purchase of the automobile. Defines "applicable taxes". Further amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who rents a motor vehicle to another may hold the renter liable for physical or mechanical damage to the rented motor vehicle that occurs during the time the motor vehicle is under the rental agreement. Creates limits on liability due to theft based on the MSRP of the stolen vehicle. Provides that, beginning on the effective date and for 6 months after, a person who rents a motor vehicle to another shall provide notice to the renter of the motor vehicle of the changes reflected in the amendatory Act. Requires the notice to be posted in a conspicuous and unobscured place that is separate and apart from any other information. Effective immediately, except that the changes to the Illinois Vehicle Code take effect on January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB1557 - LIQUOR-OPIOID ANTAGONIST/MUSIC
Jawaharial Williams, LaShawn K. Ford, Cyril Nichols
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Casualty Insurance, Fidelity Bonds, and Surety Contracts Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer that is licensed and authorized to do business in the State of Illinois shall consider an applicant's or insured's compliance with the amendatory Act when providing commercial liability insurance to a music venue. Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that if a licensee operates as a music venue, the licensee shall ensure that, during its hours of operation as a music venue, it or the music venue operator has opioid antagonists available at the premises and that there is a staff member on the premises who has been sufficiently trained on how to properly administer an opioid antagonist. Provides that a licensee or music venue operator and a person who is sufficiently trained and in good faith administers or provides an opioid antagonist in accordance with the provisions, shall not, as a result of the person's acts or omissions, except willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the person, in administering or providing the opioid antagonist, be liable for civil damages. Defines "music venue". Effective June 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB1472 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the deposit of books, bills, documents, and papers with the Secretary of State.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0027 - CONGRATS-IHSA GYMNASTICS
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates the Illinois High School Association and Illinois' students, coaches, and parents on 70 years of boys gymnastics and 50 years of girls gymnastics achievements. Commends the IHSA for its continued official support of boys and girls gymnastics in the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
HB1500 - CANNABIS-IDENTIFICATION CARDS
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall follow specified requirements of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act regarding the administration of cultivation center agent identification cards, and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall follow specified requirements of that Act regarding the administration of dispensing organization agent identification cards. Repeals provisions regarding cultivation center agent identification cards. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture (rather than the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation) shall issue dispensing organization licenses and agent identification cards. Requires the Department of Agriculture to issue agent identification cards under the Act via an online application portal. Contains provisions requiring, except as otherwise provided, background checks through the Illinois State Police for agent identification cards. Allows a person seeking employment at a cannabis business establishment to pay for or otherwise obtain for himself or herself, without any assistance from a cannabis business establishment, any required background check, responsible vendor training, or agent identification card required under the Act. Provides that any agent identification card that is paid for or otherwise obtained by the agent belongs to him or her and may be used by him or her as an agent identification card for a cannabis business establishment other than that for which the agent identification card was issued. Prohibits cannabis business establishments from entering into a non-compete agreement with a potential or current employee as a condition of the cannabis business establishment employing that employee. Contains other provisions. Repeals provisions regarding Department of Public Health health warnings, the Department of Human Services, the Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer, and other provisions. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1485 - INCLUSIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Inclusive American History Act. Establishes the Inclusive American History Commission to (i) address the deficiencies and inadequacies in both perspective and content in traditional history course material and instruction and (ii) develop multiperspective, inclusive, and comprehensive standards that a school may use as a guide in replacing or developing its curricula for history education. Sets forth the membership of the Commission. Contains provisions concerning meetings, duties, and reporting. Repeals these provisions on December 31, 2024. Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires schools to suspend all instruction in history education, with exceptions. Not later than June 30, 2024, requires the State Superintendent of Education to provide to schools instructional guidelines and standards based on the recommendations of the Commission so that schools may develop alternative curricula to replace traditional course material and instruction to ensure that students obtain a multiperspective, inclusive, and comprehensive understanding about history. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, schools shall resume instruction in history, which shall require the use of age-appropriate discussion, textbooks, and other course material that reframe the study of history by presenting to students an examination of history through the inclusion of diverse perspectives, contrary interpretations, and the viewpoints of various groups of people whose voices have traditionally been excluded from the conventional teaching of history. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-008
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
LaShawn K. Ford is a Democratic member of the Illinois State House of Representatives. Ford was elected in November 2006 and represents District 8. Ford received his undergraduate degree in 1997 from Chicago State University. Ford is a former president of the Austin Chamber of Commerce. Ford served as an aide to Cook County Commissioner Bobbie Steele for five years. In 2005, LaShawn Ford founded the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to provide grants and scholarships to low-income and at-risk youth throughout Illinois.read less
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