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SB0312 - TOLL HWY-PERSONAL INFORMATION
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes changes concerning the privacy policy of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority regarding the release of personally identifiable information in response to a subpoena in a pending civil action or lawful order from a civil court of competent jurisdiction. Provides that the Authority may release personally identifiable information to a grand jury if exigent circumstances make obtaining a warrant or subpoena impractical (instead of "in the case of an emergency when obtaining a warrant or subpoena would be impractical"). Provides that the Authority may release personally identifiable information to the Executive Inspector General. Provides that the Authority shall make personally identifiable information of a person available to any State or local agency, inspector general, or law enforcement agency in response to a grand jury subpoena or pursuant to an investigation. Provides that the Authority shall discard personally identifiable information within 5 years. Provides that the Authority shall make every effort, within practical business and cost constraints, to purge the personal account information of an account that is closed or terminated. Provides that in no case shall the Authority maintain personal information more than 5 years after the date an account is closed or terminated. Provides that the new provisions do not preclude compliance with a court order or settlement agreement that has been approved on or before January 1, 2023. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0778 - MEMORIAL-ANDREW SAMBORSKI
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of Andrew "Andy" Samborski of Des Plaines.
STATUS
Passed
SR0779 - MEMORIAL-MARY L. BOBRYTZKE
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of Mary Louise (Linsner) Bobrytzke of Des Plaines.
STATUS
Passed
SB2042 - JUV CT-FITNESS STAND TRIAL
Don Harmon, Mattie Hunter, Kimberly A. Lightford
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Establishes procedures for determining whether a child is fit to stand trial. Provides that the procedures apply to a child under the age of 21, regardless of whether the person is subject to the Act or prosecuted under the criminal laws of the State. Provides that unfitness may result from the presence of any condition or confluence of conditions, including, but not limited to, mental illness, substance use disorder, developmental disability, chronological immaturity, relative immaturity, or child traumatic stress. Provides that a diagnosis is not required for a finding of unfitness. Provides that a child is unfit when the child either: (1) lacks sufficient present ability to consult with the child's attorney with a reasonable degree of rational understanding, as evidenced by lacking the ability to disclose to the attorney facts pertinent to the proceedings at issue and to assist in the child's defense; or (2) lacks a rational or a factual understanding of the proceedings against the child, as evidenced by certain specified factors. Provides that the issue of the child's fitness to stand trial, to plead, or to be sentenced may be raised by the child's attorney, the State, or the court at any time before a plea is entered or before, during, or after trial. Provides that in making determinations on the issue of a child's fitness, the following burdens of proof and presumptions shall apply: (1) when the court finds a bona fide doubt as to the fitness of a child, the State bears the burden of proving that the child is fit by clear and convincing evidence; and (2) a child who is receiving medication shall not be presumed to be fit or unfit to stand trial solely by virtue of the receipt of that medication. Provides that the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission shall develop and recommend mechanisms to collect and analyze data, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, geography, age, and socioeconomic status, resulting from the implementation of these provisions. Provides that the report and recommendations shall be submitted to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2024. Contains a severability provision. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3509 - WHISTLEBLOWER ACT
Cristina Castro, Linda Holmes, David Koehler
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Whistleblower Act. Changes the definitions of "employer" and "employee". Defines "adverse employment action", "public body", "retaliatory action", and "supervisor". Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against an employee who discloses or threatens to disclose information about an activity, policy, or practice of the employer that the employee has a good faith belief that such activity, policy, or practice violates a State or federal law, rule, or regulation or poses a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. Includes additional relief, damages, and penalties for violation of the Act. Allows the Attorney General to initiate or intervene in a civil action to obtain appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or entity is engaged in a practice prohibited by the Act. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to claims arising or complaints filed on or after January 1, 2025. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2703 - PROP TX-HISTORIC RESIDENCE
Cristina Castro, Laura M. Murphy, Kelly M. Burke
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Historic Residence Assessment Freeze Law, provides that the fair cash value of the property shall be based on the final determination by the assessment officer, board of review, Property Tax Appeal Board, or court. Provides that, after the expiration of the 8-year valuation period, if the current fair cash value is less than the adjusted base year valuation, then the assessment shall be based on the current fair cash value. Provides that these changes are declarative of existing law.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3253 - CRIM PRO-DECEPTIVE TACTICS
Curtis J. Tarver, Camille Lilly, Kimberly Du Buclet
Last updated about 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Expands the definition of "protected person" in provisions prohibiting certain deceptive tactics during custodial interrogation to include persons with severe or profound intellectual or developmental disabilities (rather than only minors who, at the time of the commission of the offense, were under 18 years of age).
STATUS
Passed
SR0793 - MEMORIAL-KRISTIN E. ABBOTT
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of Kristin Abbott, M.D. of Park Ridge, formerly Sylvania, Ohio.
STATUS
Passed
SB2030 - PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE
Laura M. Murphy, Mary Edly-Allen, Linda Holmes
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable year 2023, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is (i) $75,000 for qualified property in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and (ii) $65,000 for qualified property located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 for all qualified property. Amends the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Act. Provides that the maximum household income under the Act is $75,000 for tax years 2023 and thereafter. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0184 - PEACE OFFICER-TARGETING
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of peace officer targeting. Provides that a person commits the offense when, by reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace officer of another individual, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits assault, battery, aggravated assault, intimidation, stalking, cyberstalking, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property, mob action, disorderly conduct, transmission of obscene messages, harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic communications. Provides that peace officer targeting is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that the State's Attorney of each county shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly outlining: (1) the number of offenses in which a peace officer was a victim, (2) the charges filed, and (3) the ultimate disposition of each case.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Illinois district SD-028
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Laura M. Murphy was born in 1962 in San Francisco, California. She received a B.A. degree in English from Wellesley College in 1984 and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1990. She also received a LL.M in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005. Ms. Murphy was an attorney with the national office of the American Civil Liberties Union, where she worked on First Amendment, privacy and reproductive rights issues from 1992-2005. From 2006 to 2011, she served as Director of the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office.read less
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Illinois Senate from Illinois
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