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SB1072 - GOVERNMENT-TECH
Susan Rezin, Mike Porfirio, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated about 1 year ago
134 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Flag Display Act. Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the symbol of the State's concern for and commitment to honoring and remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed forces who have lost their lives while serving or as a result of service and their families. Provides for the dates when and the locations where the Honor and Remember Flag must be displayed. Amends the Condominium Property Act. Adds the Honor and Remember Flag under the definition of "military flag" that is permitted to be flown by a unit owner under certain circumstances. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
STATUS
Passed
HB4431 - VEH CD-NO ROAD TEST OVER 75
Jeff Keicher, Lawrence M. Walsh, Christopher D. Davidsmeyer
Last updated 8 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language providing that the examination of an applicant for a driver's license or permit who is 75 years of age or older or, if the Secretary of State adopts rules to raise the age requirement for actual demonstrations, the examination of an applicant who has attained that increased age or is older shall include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4659 - DCEO-DATA CENTERS
Lawrence M. Walsh
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that certain reports concerning data centers are due no later than June 15 (currently, May 31) of each year. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0064 - HIGHWAY ADS-SIGNS
Cristina Castro, Kelly M. Cassidy, Jed Davis
Last updated over 1 year ago
73 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the definition of "sign" means any outdoor sign, display, device, notice, figure painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing, which is designed (rather than designated), intended, or used to advertise or inform, and of which any part of the existing or intended advertising or informative contents is or will be visible from any place on the main-traveled way of a controlled portion (rather than any portion) of an Interstate or primary highway and which is adjacent to and within 660 feet (rather than within 660 feet) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of such highway, and where the sign is operated or owned by a person or entity earning remuneration directly or indirectly for (i) the existence or placement of the outdoor sign or (ii) the placement of the message on the outdoor sign. Provides that the definition of "erect" does not include the attachment of a vinyl substrate to a sign that was permitted or registered to display, in another medium, advertising or other information and that does not cause a substantial change or modification that would terminate nonconforming rights. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall accord lawful status to the registered sign at issue in the decision of the Illinois Appellate Court captioned as Image Media Advertising, Inc., v. Illinois Department of Transportation, No. 1-20-0830. Provides that the Department shall also allow for the continued usage of that sign by the owner of the building or its authorized agent without requiring a new permit or registration. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0076 - UTILITY-MODULAR NUCLEAR REACT
Susan Rezin, David Koehler, Patrick J. Joyce
Last updated about 1 year ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Deletes language that provides that no construction shall commence on any new nuclear power plant to be located within the State, and no certificate of public convenience and necessity or other authorization shall be issued therefor by the Illinois Commerce Commission, until the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency finds that the United States Government, through its authorized agency, has identified and approved a demonstrable technology or means for the disposal of high level nuclear waste, or until such construction has been specifically approved by a statute enacted by the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Vetoed
HB1437 - PHYSICAL THERAPY COMPACT
Lawrence M. Walsh
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that the State of Illinois ratifies and approves the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact. Provides that the purpose of the Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services, and states that the Compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licensure. In the Compact, contains provisions concerning definitions, state participation in the Compact, active duty military personnel and their spouses, adverse actions, establishment of the Physical Therapy Compact Commission, a data system, rulemaking, oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement, date of implementation, withdrawal, construction, and severability.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1283 - TWP CD-SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS
Anna Moeller, Barbara Hernandez, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township official may not prohibit an organization from receiving township funds based upon the perceived citizenship or immigration status of the person who would receive those funds from the organization. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HJR0007 - COLLEGE INSURANCE TASK FORCE
Michael T. Marron, Lawrence M. Walsh, Norine K. Hammond
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
Creates the College Insurance Program Task Force to study the College Insurance Program and present policy and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly to ensure the program remains a viable and healthy benefit.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1627 - PEN CD-IMRF-FIRE/PARAMEDIC
Lawrence M. Walsh
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if a full-time firefighter or firefighter/paramedic employed by a city, village, incorporated town, or township that meets certain requirements is not eligible to participate in a retirement fund created under the Downstate Firefighters Article of the Code, then he or she is eligible to participate, as a sheriff's law enforcement employee, under the IMRF Article of the Code. Specifies survivor and occupational disease disability benefits that are available to the qualifying firefighters. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1513 - INC TX-HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth, Jay C. Hoffman, Dave Vella
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act. Extends the sunset of the credit to December 31, 2028 (currently, December 31, 2023). Provides that, in each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2024 and ending on or before December 31, 2028, the State Historic Preservation Office in the Department of Natural Resources is authorized to allocate $75,000,000 (currently, $15,000,000) in tax credits under the Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-086
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Lawrence M. Walsh was born in New York. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1936. Walsh was a Special Assistant US Attorney General in 1951, and in January 1954, he was appointed Deputy US Attorney General by President Eisenhower. In July 1957, President Eisenhower appointed him to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In 1981, Walsh was appointed independent counsel to investigate the Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan Administration. His investigation led to indictments of 14 people and 11 convictions.read less
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