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HB1597 - SCH CD-CONSTITUENT COORDINATOR
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that each member of the Chicago Board of Education shall select a constituent service coordinator, who shall be an employee of the Board but whose employment shall be at the will of the respective Board member.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1480 - GOVERNMENT-TECH
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the State Employee Indemnification Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1490 - CRIMINAL LAW-TECH
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "felony".
STATUS
Introduced
SB0125 - VEH CD-CANNABIS IN VEHICLE
Rachel Ventura, Kimberly A. Lightford, Doris Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Secretary of State to include in the Illinois Rules of the Road publication and in adult driver education courses information advising drivers of the laws and best practices for safely sharing the roadway with bicyclists and pedestrians. Provides that advising drivers of the laws and best practices for safely sharing the roadway with bicyclists and pedestrians the examination to test an applicant's ability to read and understand official traffic control devices and knowledge of safe driving practices and the traffic laws of the State may be administered at a Secretary facility, remotely via the Internet, or in a manner otherwise specified by the Secretary of State in administrative rule. Allows the Secretary to destroy a driving record created 20 or more years ago for a person who was convicted of an offense and who did not have an Illinois driver's license if the record no longer contains any convictions or withdrawal of driving privileges due to the convictions. Provides that an offense committed on a military installation may affect whether a person's license is revoked, suspended, or restored. Removes language providing that a driver's license or registration and nonresident's operating privilege shall remain suspended and shall not be renewed nor shall any license or registration be issued to a person until: 2 years have elapsed following the date the driver's license and registrations were suspended and evidence satisfactory to the Secretary that during the period no action for damages arising out of a motor vehicle crash has been properly filed; and after the expiration of 5 years from the date of the crash, the Secretary of State has not received documentation that any action at law for damages arising out of the motor vehicle crash has been filed against the person. Provides that the Secretary shall compile a list of all securities on deposit for one year since the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (rather than for more than 3 years). Provides that traffic lights shall indicate and apply to bicyclists. Allows bicyclists to proceed across the roadway in the direction of a walk or walking person symbol and shall be given the right of way by the drivers of all vehicles and shall yield the right of way to all pedestrians. Restricts a bicyclist from starting to cross the roadway in the direction of a don't walk or upraised palm symbol. Provides that the operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on a highway shall, if another lane of traffic proceeding in the same direction is available, make a lane change into another available lane with due regard for safety and traffic conditions, if practicable and not prohibited by law, before overtaking or passing the bicycle. Prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle on a pedestrian or bicycle lane, trail, or path designated by an official sign or marking for the exclusive use of bicycles or pedestrians. Allows the Secretary to suspend the driving privileges of and issue a fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service to a driver who operates a commercial motor vehicle that enters a highway rail grade crossing without sufficient space on the other side of highway rail grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle being operated without obstructing the passage of a train or other railroad equipment using the rails. Makes other and conforming changes. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the driver education course shall also include information pertaining to the best practices for safely sharing the roadway with bicyclists and pedestrians. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1503 - SM WIRELESS FACILITIES-APP FEE
LaShawn K. Ford, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act. Provides that an authority may charge an application fee in an amount up to the authority's full and reasonable approximation of costs to review and process an application to collocate one or more wireless facilities on existing utility poles or wireless support structures. Currently, an authority may charge $650 for an application to collocate a single small wireless facility on an existing utility pole or wireless support structure and up to $350 for each small wireless facility addressed in an application to collocate more than one small wireless facility on existing utility poles or wireless support structures.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1487 - CRIMINAL LAW-TECH
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1398 - LABOR-PEACE OFFICER-RESIDENCY
Stephanie A. Kifowit, LaShawn K. Ford, Sue Scherer
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Specifies that among the conditions of employment that may be included in arbitration decisions involving peace officers are residency requirements for municipalities with a population under 1,000,000 (now, for municipalities with a population under 100,000). Specifies that residency requirements for municipalities with a population under 1,000,000 (now, for municipalities with a population under 100,000) are not a condition of employment that may be included in an arbitration decision for a peace officer. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1491 - 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
HB1495 - SCH CD-CONSTITUENT COORDINATOR
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that each member of the Chicago Board of Education shall select a constituent service coordinator, who shall be an employee of the Board but whose employment shall be at the will of the respective Board member.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1504 - MUNI CD-DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS
LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Municipal Design-build Contracts Division in the Illinois Municipal Code, which may be cited as the Municipal Design-build Authorization Act. Provides that a municipality may enter into design-build contracts. Includes scope and performance criteria for design-build contracts, a two-phase procedure for selection of contracts, requirements for submission of proposals, procedures for awarding contracts, and requirements of reports and evaluation of contracts. Provides that, if the total overall cost of a project is estimated to be less than $12,000,000, the municipality may combine the two-phase procedure for selection into one phase.
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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