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SB0015 - EDUCATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Ann M. Williams, Marcus C. Evans
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Chicago Board of Education District Act. Divides the City of Chicago into 10 districts and 20 subdistricts for the purpose of identifying persons who will serve on the Chicago Board of Education. Amends the School Code. Provides that, by December 16, 2024, the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint a President of the Chicago Board of Education who shall serve a 2-year term. Provides that, until January 15, 2027, each district shall be represented by one member elected at the 2024 general election to a 2-year term and one member appointed by the Mayor to a 2-year term. Requires each of the elected members to reside within the district that the member represents. Requires each of the appointed members to reside both within the district that the member represents and outside of the subdistrict within which the elected member of the district resides. Provides that, beginning January 15, 2027, each subdistrict shall be represented by one member who is elected at the 2026 general election. Specifies that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to fill the expired term of an appointed member, then the elected member shall serve a 2-year term. Specifies that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to fill the expired term of an elected member, then the member shall serve a 4-year term. Requires each of the members elected in 2026 to reside within the subdistrict that the member represents. Provides that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to serve a 2-year term, then the member elected at the 2028 general election shall serve a 4-year term, and, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to serve a 4-year term, then the member elected in that subdistrict at the 2030 general election shall serve a 2-year term. Provides that, beginning with the members elected at the 2032 general election, the members of each district shall serve two 4-year terms and one 2-year term for each 10-year period thereafter as determined by lot. Makes other changes concerning: conflicts of interests of board members; eligibility of individuals to serve as board members; nominating petitions for board members; the creation of the Chicago Board of Education Black Student Achievement Committee and other advisory bodies; and the creation and redistricting of subdistricts. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB5406 - HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS-PRACTICE
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Kambium Buckner, Joyce Mason
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that, for the benefit of the physical and mental health of athletes, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all practices, games, or contests by a State high school athletic program or team that is a part of an association or other entity that has, as one of its purposes, promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among high schools and high school students within this State shall meet all specified requirements pertaining to athletic practice time limits. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall enforce a penalty for a State high school athletic program or team exceeding practice maximums, which may include, but are not limited to, a loss of a practice day or other sanctions determined by the Illinois High School Association for each violation and shall be imposed as appropriate to the level, extent, and duration of the penalty. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4644 - ELEC CD-DECEPTIVE MATERIAL
Abdelnasser Rashid, Maurice A. West, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated 8 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person shall not distribute, or enter into an agreement with another person to distribute, materially deceptive media if: (1) the person knows the media falsely represents a depicted individual; (2) the distribution occurs within 90 days before an election; (3) the person intends the distribution to harm the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate in an election and the distribution is reasonably likely to cause that result; and (4) the person intends the distribution to change the voting behavior of electors in an election by deceiving the electors into incorrectly believing that the depicted individual in fact engaged in the speech or conduct depicted, and the distribution is reasonably likely to cause that result. Sets forth exceptions to the provision and penalties for violations of the provision. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4875 - PUBLICITY ACT-USE OF AI
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Daniel Didech, Terra Costa Howard
Last updated about 2 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Right of Publicity Act. Grants additional enforcement rights and remedies to recording artists. Provides for the liability of any person who materially contributes to, induces, or otherwise facilitates a violation of a specified provision of the Act by another party after having reason to know that the other party is in violation. Defines "artificial intelligence" and "generative artificial intelligence". Changes the definition of "commercial purpose" and "identity".
STATUS
Passed
HB5359 - IPA-BROWNFIELD PROCUREMENT
Jay C. Hoffman, Marcus C. Evans, Norine K. Hammond
Last updated 8 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
HB5563 - CHILD LABOR LAW OF 2024
Barbara Hernandez, Marcus C. Evans, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Child Labor Law of 2024. Reinserts provisions of the Child Labor Law. Sets forth additional provisions concerning definitions; exemptions; employer requirements; restrictions on employment of minors; employment certificates; civil penalties; and criminal penalties. Repeals the Child Labor Law. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2025, except provisions concerning minors featured in vlogs and trust funds are effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5758 - $IDOT-RAILWAY SALARIES
Martin J. Moylan, Carol Ammons, Michelle Mussman
Last updated 7 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for the Statewide Railway Program for salaries and other expenses related to adding the professional staff in the rail division of the Office of Intermodal Project Implementation. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4785 - $ST BD ED-HEALTH MEALS FOR ALL
Maurice A. West, Will Guzzardi, Diane Blair-Sherlock
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $209,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for costs associated with the Healthy School Meals for All Program. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0793 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Theresa Mah, Lilian Jimenez, Lindsey LaPointe
Last updated 4 months ago
56 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Further amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to eliminate on December 31, 2029 (rather than July 1, 2027) the use of active or pending certificates authorized under Section 14(c) the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, to file an amendment to the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities authorized under the Social Security Act to increase the rates for the following waiver services: Supported Employment - Small Group Supports. Requires the amendment to be filed by January 1, 2025. Removes provisions creating a Transition Grant Fund and instead provides that the Department shall establish a Section 14(c) transition program to award transition grants to eligible community agencies with active or pending Section 14(c) certificates to aid in the transition away from subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. Provides that eligibility for the grants shall be contingent upon community agencies submitting a transition plan. Requires the Department to provide example plans that community agencies may adapt and to award transition program grant funds by January 1, 2025 in compliance with the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Contains provisions on appropriate uses for the grant funds. Requires the Department to submit annual status reports to the Governor and the General Assembly that include data on each grant recipient to demonstrate progress toward identified benchmarks. Further amends the Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities Task Force Act. In provisions requiring the Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities Task Force to create a multi-year plan to eliminate Section 14(c) certificates, requires the Task Force to create the multi-year plan with the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities and an academic partner with relevant subject matter expertise. Provides that the multi-year plan shall help the State to successfully eliminate the use of Section 14(c) certificates on December 31, 2029 (rather than July 1, 2027). Sets forth certain considerations the Task Force must make when developing the multi-year plan; data and analysis to be included in the multi-year plan; and other matters. Provides that the Task Force shall consult with employment service providers, people with disabilities, disability trade associations, and disability advocacy organizations in the development of the multi-year plan. Requires the Governor to appoint at least 2 additional members to the Task Force who represent organizations that are current Section 14(c) certificate holders. Provides that the Director of Labor, or the Director's designee, shall serve on the Task Force in a non-voting, advisory capacity until July 1, 2025. Further amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code concerning personal needs allowance increases for residents of community-integrated living arrangements. Further amends the Minimum Wage Law. Permits the Director of Labor to issue regulations for the employment of learners at wages lower than the wage rate applicable under the Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5003 - $DHS-HOUSING SERVICES
Nicholas K. Smith, Will Guzzardi, LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago for costs associated with funding equitable mortgage lending, homeownership rehabilitation and development, and homebuyer subsidies and support. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-033
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Marcus C. Evans Jr. is a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 78 from 2019 to 2021. Evans studied business finance at the University of Tennessee and has been active in the insurance industry. He served as the executive director of the Ferguson Commission. Evans ran unopposed in the August 2018 Democratic primary and won the November 2018 general election. He lost his bid for re-election in 2020. During his term, Evans served on several committees including Small Business, Workforce Development, Veterans, and Urban Issues. He sponsored legislation related to business and jobs as well as civil rights and liberties.read less
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