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HB1540 - ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE
Camille Lilly, Marcus C. Evans, Anna Moeller
Last updated about 1 year ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Provides that a retail tobacco store that derives at least 80% of its gross revenue from the sale of electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette equipment and accessories in operation before the effective date of the amendatory Act qualifies for a specified exemption for electronic cigarettes only. Provides that a retail tobacco store claiming an exemption for electronic cigarettes shall annually file with the Department of Public Health by January 31 an affidavit stating the percentage of its gross income during the prior calendar year that was derived from the sale of electronic cigarettes. Includes a workplace that manufactures, imports, or distributes electronic cigarettes in the definition of "retail tobacco store". Includes the use of an electronic cigarette in the definition of "smoke". Defines "electronic cigarette".
STATUS
Passed
SB0218 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-VARIOUS
Ann Gillespie, Laura M. Murphy, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides that any physician assistant required to enter into a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician is authorized to continue to practice for up to 90 days after the termination of a written collaborative agreement, provided the physician assistant seeks any necessary collaboration at a local hospital and refers patients who require services beyond the training and experience of the physician assistant to a physician or other health care provider. Provides that physicians and physician assistants who work in a federally qualified health center are exempt from specified collaborative ratio restriction requirements. Adds physician assistants providing services in federally qualified health centers to provisions that authorize certain physician assistants to provide services without a written collaborative agreement and to prescribe certain controlled substances. Defines "federally qualified health center". Makes conforming and other changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB0099 - HIGHER ED STUDENTS-DISABILITY
Laura Fine, Adriane Johnson, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill but makes the following changes. Changes the name of the Act to the Removing Barriers to Higher Education Success Act. Makes changes concerning the types of documentation that can be provided to establish if a student has a disability.
STATUS
Passed
SB0181 - FINANCE-PROMPT PAYMENT
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that, by July 1, 2023, and by July 1 of each year thereafter, the State Comptroller shall determine the prompt payment interest rate for the fiscal year that begins on that date. Provides that any bill approved for payment on or after July 1, 2023 must be paid or the payment issued to the payee within 90 days of receipt of a proper bill or invoice. Provides that if payment is not issued to the payee within this 90-day period, an interest penalty calculated using the prompt payment interest rate shall be added for each month or fraction thereof after the end of this 90-day period until final payment is made. Provides for the prompt payment interest rate under the applicable provisions. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0097 - SCH CD-CONSOLIDATE DISTRICTS
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Conversion and Formation of School Districts Article of the School Code. Within 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, requires elementary school districts to form new school districts but only with other elementary school districts and high school districts to form new school districts but only with other high school districts, notwithstanding any referendum requirements or any other laws to the contrary. Provides that the State Board of Education shall facilitate the creation of the new school districts by providing recommendations on which districts must consolidate. Sets forth the factors that the State Board must take into consideration. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1561 - SCHCD-EMPLOYEE TRAUMA TRAINING
Camille Lilly, Angelica J. Guerrero-Cuellar, Adriane Johnson
Last updated about 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may maintain an on-site trauma kit at each school of the district for bleeding emergencies. Defines "trauma kit". Provides that products purchased for the on-site trauma kit shall be, wherever possible, products that are manufactured in the United States. Requires a school board to conduct in-service training for all school district employees on the methods to respond to trauma at least once every 2 years. Provides that a school board may satisfy the trauma response training requirements by using the training, including online training, available from the American College of Surgeons or any other similar organization. Provides that in all matters relating to trauma response training, school district employees are immune from civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB0202 - VACANCY FRAUD ACT
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Vacancy Fraud Act. Provides that, on or after January 1, 2024, any owner of real property located in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may file a written vacancy fraud complaint alleging that: (i) certain real property in that county has received a decrease in assessed value, a decrease in market value, or an abatement of taxes because the property is vacant; and (ii) the owner of that vacant property is not actively attempting to sell or lease the property or actively attempting to alter or modify the property to prepare it for sale or lease. Sets forth factors for determining vacancy fraud. Provides that the owner of the vacant property may be subject to the following penalties: (1) the payment of 3 times the amount of back taxes owed for any vacancy reduction the subject property received for the period in which the subject property received the reduction but was found to have engaged vacancy fraud; and (2) the payment of interest on any back taxes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0211 - FIN-BANKING/RELEASE OF LIEN
Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Provides that a bank or financial institution that has provided a loan for the purchase of personal property and attached a lien on that property shall deliver to the lienee a certificate of release, for recording, within 10 days after receipt of total payment pursuant to the bank's or financial institution's written payoff statement.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1384 - INS-RECONSTRUCTIVE SERVICES
Kelly M. Cassidy, Joyce Mason, Michelle Mussman
Last updated about 1 year ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Accident and Health Insurance Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 may not deny coverage for medically necessary reconstructive services that are intended to restore physical appearance. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that medically necessary reconstructive services that are intended to restore physical appearance shall be covered under the medical assistance program for persons who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance.
STATUS
Passed
HB1440 - PRETREATED SEED BAN-ETHANOL
Will Guzzardi, Carol Ammons, Patrick J. Joyce
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Extends the repeal date of specified sentencing guidelines for individuals with prior felony firearm-related or other specified convictions from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2025. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
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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