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HB3903 - MANDATES-VARIOUS
Robert Rita, Eva Dina Delgado, Gregg Johnson
Last updated about 1 year ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Election Code. Prohibits any contractor that provides equipment and services for automated law enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties, as well as any political action committee created by such a contractor, from making a campaign contribution to any political committee established to promote the candidacy of a candidate or public official. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law ordinance adopted by a municipality or county shall require that the determination to issue a citation be vested solely with the municipality or county and that such authority may not be delegated to any contractor retained by the municipality or county. Prohibits any officer or employee of a municipality or county from knowingly accepting employment or receiving compensation or fees for services from a contractor that provides automated law enforcement system equipment or services to municipalities or counties. Requires the statistical analyses of the safety impacts of automated traffic law enforcement systems and automated speed enforcement systems to be conducted every 2 years. Provides that, if a county or municipality changes the vendor it uses for its automated traffic law enforcement system or automated speed enforcement system and must, as a consequence, apply for a permit, approval, or other authorization from the Department of Transportation for reinstallation of one or more of the components of that system and if, at the time of the application, the new vendor operates such a system for any other county or municipality in the State, then the Department of Transportation shall approve or deny the county or municipality's application for the permit, approval, or other authorization within 90 days after its receipt. Provides that, if an automated traffic law enforcement system is removed or rendered inoperable due to construction, then the Department shall authorize the reinstallation or use of the automated traffic law enforcement system within 30 days after the construction is complete. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3524 - SCH CD-AIR QUAL TASK FORCE
Laura Faver Dias, Ann M. Williams, Camille Lilly
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall form an Air Quality in Schools Working Group to compile resources for elementary and secondary schools relating to indoor air quality in schools, including best practices for assessing and maintaining ventilation systems and information on any potential State or federal funding sources that may assist a school in identifying ventilation needs. Provides that the working group shall include representatives from the Department of Public Health, local public health professionals, ventilation professionals affiliated with a Department of Labor apprenticeship program, licensed design professionals, representatives from regional offices of education, school district administrators, teachers, and any other relevant professionals, stakeholders, or representatives of State agencies. Provides that the State Board shall implement an outreach plan to make the compiled resources available to elementary and secondary schools, including publication of the compiled resources on the State Board's website on or before August 1, 2024. Provides that the working group shall be dissolved upon the publication of the compiled resources. Provides that the State Board may, in consultation with the Department of Public Health or any other relevant stakeholders, update the compiled resources as necessary.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR0037 - BLACK WOMEN'S HISTORY DAY
Kimberly A. Lightford, Mattie Hunter, Doris Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Declares February 28, 2023 as Black Women's History Day in the State of Illinois to honor the accomplishments, power, beauty, courage, intelligence, ingenuity, stewardship, and leadership of Black women. Encourages all Illinoisans and their families to acknowledge, in word and in deed, the accomplishments of Black women in places where they live, work, and play, because doing so recognizes Black women's history as American history.
STATUS
Passed
HB3817 - FY24 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth, Sharon Chung, Sonya M. Harper
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the FY 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Makes changes in State programs necessary to implement the State budget for Fiscal Year 2024. Effective immediately, except that some provisions take effect on other specified dates.
STATUS
Passed
SB2515 - $DES OCE
Elgie R. Sims, Laura Ellman
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Employment Security for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: General Funds $165,055,000; Other State Funds $4,000,000; Federal Funds $455,032,100; Total $624,087,100.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0285 - CONTROLLED SUB-ELECTRON RECORD
David Koehler, Laura Ellman, Anna Moeller
Last updated about 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Eliminates the provision that the dispenser of a Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance must transmit to the central repository the date the controlled substance is dispensed. Provides that a dispenser must transmit the information electronically as defined in administrative rules. Provides that it is the responsibility of any new, ceased, or unconnected healthcare facility and its selected Electronic Health Records System or Pharmacy Management System to make contact with and ensure integration with the Prescription Monitoring Program. Provides that as soon as practicable after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules requiring Electronic Health Records Systems and Pharmacy Management Systems to interface, by January 1, 2024, with the Prescription Monitoring Program to ensure that providers have access to specific patient records during the treatment of their patients. Provides that the Department shall identify actions to be taken if a prescriber's Electronic Health Records System and Pharmacy Management Systems does not effectively interface with the Prescription Monitoring Program once the Prescription Monitoring Program is aware of the non-integrated connection. Provides that subject to specified statutory requirements and limitations and as provided in administrative rule, the Department of Human Services shall not require, either expressly or effectively, Electronic Health Records Systems, pharmacies, or other providers to utilize a particular entity or system for access to the integration of pharmacy records with the Prescription Monitoring Program. Provides that customers required to integrate under State or federal law, must meet the requirements outlined in administrative rule, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) the acknowledgment and choice of the customer of the method of integration with the Prescription Monitoring Program and (2) the data use and other requirements on the customer in accessing and using the Prescription Monitoring Program. Provides that a fee cannot be levied as part of a memorandum of understanding required by the Department under this provision. Provides that non-compliance by the Integration Vendor, Electronic Health Record System, Certified Health IT Module, Pharmacy Management System or Pharmacy Dispensing System, customer, or any parties required to comply with this provision may result in the party being prohibited from serving as entity or system for integration with the Prescription Monitoring Program, termination of contracts, agreements, or other business relationships. Provides that the Department shall institute appropriate cure notices, as necessary to remedy non-compliance. Effective immediately, except that some provisions take effect July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB3395 - MUSIC TAX CREDIT ACT
Sara Feigenholtz, Lakesia Collins, Mike Porfirio
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may award credits to qualified music companies. Creates the Music Education Scholarship Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education may award scholarships to applicants who are enrolled in or accepted for admission to an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree program in music education and who agree to meet certain teaching obligations. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates certain income tax credits for theater infrastructure projects. Amends the Live Theater Production Tax Credit Act. Renames the Act as the Live Music and Theater Production Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Act also applies to musical performances.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0088 - EPA-PFAS CONSUMER PROTECTION
Laura Fine, Laura Ellman, Rachel Ventura
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals Consumer Protection Law. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. In provisions regarding environmentally preferable procurement, includes products that do not contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the definitions of "environmentally preferable supplies" and "environmentally preferable services". Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that on and after specified dates, no person shall sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in the State specified products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals. Provides that on and after January 1, 2025, a PFAS manufacturer of cookware sold in the State that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the handle of the product or in any product surface that comes into contact with food, foodstuffs, or beverages shall list the presence of PFAS chemicals on the product label and comply with other specified requirements. Contains exemptions from the requirements for specified cookware. On and after January 1, 2025, prohibits manufacturers from making a claim on cookware packaging that the cookware is free of any PFAS chemical, unless no individual PFAS chemical is intentionally added to the cookware. Contains notification requirements. Contains other provisions.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3247 - $ST BD ED-HEALTH MEALS FOR ALL
Laura Ellman, Javier Loera Cervantes, Robert Peters
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $209,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for costs associated with the Healthy School Meals for All Program. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3360 - PFAS REDUCTION ACT
Laura Ellman, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to participate in a safe chemical clearinghouse and to cooperate with the clearinghouse to take specified actions. Directs manufacturers of PFAS or products or product components containing intentionally added PFAS to register the PFAS or the product or product component containing intentionally added PFAS and to provide certain additional information through a data collection interface established cooperatively by the clearinghouse and the Agency. Establishes civil penalties for violations by manufacturers. Authorizes the Agency to adopt rules and enter contracts to implement these provisions. Exempts certain products from these requirements.
STATUS
Introduced
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