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HB0361 - EMPLOYMENT-TECH
Lilian Jimenez, Dagmara Avelar, Hoan Huynh
Last updated almost 2 years ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1067 - SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Rita Mayfield, Joyce Mason, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a superintendent of a department of public works shall be a registered professional engineer, hold a degree in engineering from an accredited institution of higher learning, or have at least 10 years of professional, management-level experience in either a municipal or county public works department (rather than the superintendent shall be a registered professional engineer). Provides that at least one employee in the public works department shall be a professional engineer licensed under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2100 - CRIM CD-ELDER ABUSE-EXPLOIT
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Terra Costa Howard, Sue Scherer
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning abuse or criminal neglect of a long term care facility resident, changes references to "an elderly person's or person with a disability's life" to references to "a resident's life". In the statute concerning financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability, provides that a person who violates the provisions is guilty of a Class 1 felony if the elderly person is 70 years of age or older (instead of "over 70 years of age") and the value of the property is $15,000 or more.
STATUS
Passed
HB2086 - CONSUMER-OWNED CONTAINERS
Anne M. Stava-Murray, Will Guzzardi, Maurice A. West
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. In provisions allowing the filling or refilling of personal containers with bulk food, refers to restaurants and retailers (rather than just retailers). Allows restaurants and retailers to fill or refill a consumer-owned container with ready-made food. Allows clean consumer-owned containers provided or returned to a restaurant or retailer for filling or refilling to be filled or refilled and returned to the same consumer if the consumer-owned container is filled or refilled by either an employee of the restaurant or retailer or the owner of the consumer-owned container. Requires filled or refilled consumer-owned containers to be designed and constructed for reuse in accordance with specified federal requirements. Contains requirements for restaurants and retailers. Directs the Department of Public Health to produce materials for restaurants and retailers on or before January 1, 2024 indicating that consumer-owned containers are not prohibited for use under Illinois law and specifying best practices for food safety requirements for consumer-owned containers. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB1116 - INC TX-LGDF TRANSFERS
Anthony DeLuca, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated almost 2 years ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0676 - SAFETY-TECH
Maura Hirschauer, Kevin John Olickal, Bob Morgan
Last updated over 1 year ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Counties Code. In the provision that the county board of any county may, by ordinance, regulate or prohibit within unincorporated areas the discharge of firearms in any residential area where such discharge is likely to subject residents or passersby to the risk of injury, defines "residential area" as any area within 1,000 (rather than 300) yards of at least 3 single or multi-family residential structures. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates the Task Force on Firearm Insurance to review current and potential future insurance policy offerings for the safe and legal possession of firearms and offer policymaking recommendations related to the use of that insurance. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall provide administrative support for the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be comprised of specified members. Provides that the Task Force shall elect a chairperson from its membership. Provides that appointments shall be made within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that members shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report of findings, recommendations, and other information to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2023. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved January 1, 2025. Amends the Firearm owners Identification Card Act. Provides that no person may acquire or possess any prepackaged explosive components within the State without having in his or her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by the Illinois State Police under the provisions of the Act. Provides exemptions. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unlawful sale or delivery of prepackaged explosive components. Defines the offense and provides penalties for violation. Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Expands the definition of "petitioner" to include intimate partners. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates the repeal date of the statute creating the First Time Weapon Offender Program. Changes the name of the Program to the First Time Weapon Offense Program. Deletes a provision that a defendant is not eligible for the Program if he or she is 21 years of age or older. Provides that the Program shall be at least 6 (rather than 18) months and not to exceed 18 (rather than 24) months. Makes other changes to the Program. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that actions for an order of protection may be commenced in conjunction with an emergency or plenary proceeding under the Firearms Restraining Order Act provided that a petitioner and the respondent are a party to or the subject of that proceeding. Allows the court to prohibit a respondent against whom an order of protection was issued from possessing any firearms during the duration of the order if the order (1) was issued after a hearing of which such person received actual notice, and at which such person had an opportunity to participate, except in circumstances where an order is entered in conjunction with an affidavit or the verified petition for an emergency order of protection demonstrating exigent circumstances thereby justifying an entry of an emergency order without prior notice and (2) restrains such person from abusing the petitioner (rather than harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child). Prohibits the respondent of an order of protection prohibiting firearm possession to surrender any firearms from acquiring or possessing any firearms for the duration of the order of protection. Requires the court to immediately upon the entry of the order of protection prohibiting firearm possession issue a seizure order of any firearm in the possession of the respondent. Provides that the respondent shall be ordered to immediately surrender any firearms to the appropriate law enforcement agency and prohibited from transferring firearms to another individual in lieu of surrender to law enforcement. Provides that the relevant law enforcement agency shall provide a statement of receipt of any firearm seized or surrendered with a description of any firearm seized or surrendered to the respondent and the court, and that such statement shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with an order to surrender firearms. Allows a court to prohibit a respondent against whom an order of protection was issued from possessing any firearms during the duration of the order if certain prerequisites are satisfied. Makes conforming changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2123 - DIGITAL FORGERIES ACT
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Emanuel Welch, Nabeela Syed
Last updated over 1 year ago
57 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act. Changes the definition of "sexual image" to also mean a photograph, film, videotape, digital recording, or other similar medium that falsely appears to show the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or female post-pubescent nipple, partially or fully exposed, of a depicted individual or a depicted individual engaging in or being subjected to sexual conduct or activity. Provides that a depicted individual of an intentionally digitally altered sexual image has a cause of action against a person disseminating or threatening to disseminate the sexual image. Provides that a depicted individual has a cause of action against a person disseminating or threatening to disseminate a sexual image if the person recklessly disregarded the possibility that the depicted individual did not consent to the dissemination, the image was a private or intentionally digitally altered sexual image, and the depicted individual was identifiable. Provides that in the case of digitally altered sexual images, disclosing that the images were digitally altered is not a defense to liability. Removes language providing that nothing in the Act shall be construed to impose liability on an interactive computer service for content provided by another person. Provides that the dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a private sexual image is not a matter of public concern solely because the image is accompanied by a political message. Allows the court to award equitable relief, such as a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction ordering the defendant to cease the display or disclosure of the image, to a prevailing plaintiff in an action brought under the Act.
STATUS
Passed
HB1123 - SCH CD-SCHOOL REPORT CARD
Terra Costa Howard, Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Jenn Ladisch Douglass
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes provisions requiring the student outcome data on a school report card to include the percentage of students with disabilities who have fulfilled the minimum State graduation requirements but have not completed their individualized education program and are enrolled and receiving individualized education program services. Provides that for any school report card prepared after July 1, 2025, for all high school graduation completion rates that are reported on the school report card, the State Superintendent of Education shall also report the percentage of students who did not meet the requirements of high school graduation completion for any reason and, of those students, the percentage that are classified as students who fulfill the requirements of the participation in graduation provisions of the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Requires the State Superintendent to ensure that for the 2023-2024 school year there is a specific code for districts to report students who fulfill the requirements of those provisions. Provides that these reporting requirements shall be included on the school report card where high school graduation completion rates are reported, along with a brief explanation. Adds an immediate effective date.
STATUS
Passed
SB1235 - PENCD-SURS-SERVICE CALCULATION
Robert F. Martwick, Karina Villa, Stephanie A. Kifowit
Last updated over 1 year ago
51 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning September 1, 2024, a provision excluding specified earnings in the determination of the final rate of earnings applies to an employee who has been employed at 1/2 time or less for 3 or more years. Adds an inseverability provision. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2189 - ACCESS TO AFFORD INSULIN ACT
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Lakesia Collins, Will Guzzardi
Last updated over 1 year ago
89 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Creates the Access to Affordable Insulin Act. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall offer a discount program that allows participants to purchase insulin at a discounted, post-rebate price. Sets forth provisions concerning the insulin discount program. Defines terms. Provides a July 1, 2025 effective date (rather than January 1, 2025).
STATUS
Passed
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