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SB0381 - CIVIL LAW-TECH
Rachel Ventura, Steve McClure, Willie Preston
Last updated 3 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Property Control Act. Requires the Director of Central Management Services, as Administrator, to assess surplus real property held by the State and determine whether such property is unsellable in its current assessed condition. Provides assessment factors. Requires the Administrator to prepare a report based upon the assessment that includes all surplus real properties that he or she assessed as unsellable. Provides further contents of the report. Requires the Administrator to submit the report to the Governor and the General Assembly by February 1, 2024, and by February 1 of every even-numbered year thereafter. Provides that the Administrator is authorized, subject to approval by a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives, to pursue the recommended course of action for each property specified in the report. Allows the Administrator to use funds held in the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Cleanup Fund for specified purposes. Creates the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Cleanup Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Specifies the use of the Fund. Provides for the adoption of rules. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Cleanup Fund. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB5766 - SCH CD-CPS-SELECTIVE SCHOOLS
Margaret Noble Croke, Emanuel Welch, Curtis J. Tarver
Last updated 8 months ago
52 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that are approved by the Board. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Board from changing the standards for admission to any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that are approved by the Board. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, the Board may not take any action, until February 1, 2027, that results in a decrease in either the total amount or percentage of funds allocated to an attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that are approved by the Board. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5359 - IPA-BROWNFIELD PROCUREMENT
Jay C. Hoffman, Marcus C. Evans, Norine K. Hammond
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes changes to the "brownfield site photovoltaic project" definition. Deletes provisions that require the Agency to develop a method to optimize procurement of the renewable energy credits from proposed utility-scale projects that are located in communities eligible to receive grants pursuant to the Energy Community Reinvestment Act. Provides criteria for the Agency to use to rank the bids for evaluation and selection for the project. Provides that, if a project meets one or more of the criteria, the Agency shall apply the bid price adjustment 2 times in ranking and evaluating the bid submitted for the project. Outlines the intent of the General Assembly in enacting the provision. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5543 - TOWNSHIP CD-POLICE PROTECTION
Tracy Katz Muhl, Daniel Didech, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated 7 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Township Code. When the electors in a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area of the township, requires using funds levied under the provisions to furnish the police protection. Provides that a township board's authority to declare the unincorporated area of the township a special police district is to provide and maintain police protection in the unincorporated area of the township. Allows the township board to use the special police district funds levied under the provisions for public safety services, including, but not limited to, crime prevention measures and community safety measures, such as license plate readers, graffiti abatement, and anti-gang and anti-violence community support and intervention programs.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR0637 - CONGRATS-JOSEPH L. BELMAN
Lawrence M. Walsh, Natalie A. Manley, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Congratulates Joseph L. "Joe" Belman on his 100th birthday. Thanks him for his military service to the United States of America. Recognizes his century-long journey and his enduring impact on workers' rights advocacy and mentorship in youth development.
STATUS
Passed
HB5020 - EDUC-DUAL CREDIT QUALITY ACT
Diane Blair-Sherlock, Terra Costa Howard, Lawrence M. Walsh
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, out-of-state dual credit contracts, and standards concerning dual credit courses. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall conduct a study to examine dual credit students and their short-term and long-term outcomes, including determining how differing types and levels of credit-hour achievement influence college enrollment, persistence, advancement, and completion, either at a public community college or public university. Sets forth requirements concerning the study. Changes the membership of the Dual Credit Committee and requirements concerning the Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework. Makes grammatical and stylistic changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4632 - SOS-ADVANCE DIRECTIVE REGISTRY
Eva Dina Delgado, Joyce Mason, Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall establish an electronic registry, to be known as the Advance Directive Registry, through which residents of the State of Illinois may deposit, with the Secretary of State, a completed Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form. Specifies that information in the Advance Directive Registry shall be made available to hospitals licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act and hospitals organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Authorizes hospitals to rely on information obtained from the Advance Directive Registry as an accurate copy of the documents filed with the Advance Directive Registry. Directs the Secretary of State to adopt any rules necessary to implement the amendatory Act and to provide information on the Secretary of State's website regarding use of the Advance Directive Registry. Provides that, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Secretary of State and employees of the Secretary of State are immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection with the creation and maintenance of the Advance Directive Registry. Provides that a person who knowingly submits a document to the Advance Directive Registry without authorization or assists in such submission shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5383 - INSURANCE-ALZHEIMER TREATMENT
Mary Gill, Joyce Mason, Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act. Requires the State Employees Group Insurance Program to provide coverage for all FDA-approved treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's Disease or another related dementia, as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Provides that diagnostic testing necessary for a physician to determine the appropriate use of treatments or medications shall be covered by the State Employees Group Insurance Program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2529 - PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE
Dagmara Avelar, Lawrence M. Walsh
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption from $65,000 to $75,000.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3511 - PROP TX-SENIOR REFUND
Dagmara Avelar, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Lawrence M. Walsh
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if property qualifies for the senior citizens homestead exemption, but the property owner fails to apply for the exemption during the application period, then the property owner may apply to any or all of the taxing districts in which the property is located to receive a refund of that taxing district's share of the excess property taxes extended against the property as a result of the failure to apply the exemption. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
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