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SB0458 - EDUCATION-TECH
Mark L. Walker, Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie
Last updated 4 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Removes a requirement that school districts, special education nonpublic schools, and specified special education cooperatives accomplish, as part of the State Board of Education's goals, the systemic reduction of isolated time out, time out, and physical restraint within 3 years after August 13, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-339). Requires school districts, special education nonpublic schools, and specified special education cooperatives to submit a report once each year until August 1, 2027 (rather than for 3 years after August 13, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-339)) to the State Board on the progress made toward achieving the goals and benchmarks established by the State Board concerning the use of isolated time out, time out, and physical restraint. Provides that, on or before June 30, 2026 (rather than June 30, 2023), the State Board shall issue a report to the General Assembly on the progress made by school districts, special education nonpublic schools, and specified special education cooperatives to achieve those goals and benchmarks.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0773 - REGULATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Cristina Castro, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated about 2 months ago
59 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that provisions concerning infertility coverage apply only to coverage provided on or after January 1, 2024 and before July 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no group policy of accident and health insurance that provides pregnancy-related benefits may be issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this State on or after January 1, 2026 unless the policy contains coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, including specified procedures. Provides that the coverage required shall include procedures necessary to screen or diagnose a fertilized egg before implantation. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance providing coverage for more than 25 employees that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall provide, for individuals 45 years of age and older, coverage for an annual menopause health visit. Provides that the coverage shall not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement. Makes other changes. Makes conforming changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB4623 - SEXUAL EXPLICIT DIGITAL IMAGE
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Jeff Keicher, Natalie A. Manley
Last updated about 2 months ago
98 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child is ineligible to receive a school bus driver permit. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "child pornography" includes the depiction of a part of an actual child under 18 who by manipulation, creation, or modification, appears to be engaged in sexual activity. Creates the offenses of obscene depiction of a purported child and non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions. Defines offenses and provides criminal penalties for violations. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides for the forfeiture to the State: (1) of any profits or proceeds and any property the person has acquired or maintained in violation of those offenses; (2) any interest in, securities of, claim against, or property or contractual right of any kind affording a source of influence over any enterprise that the person has established, operated, controlled, or conducted in violation of those offenses; and (3) any computer that contains an obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that under certain conditions, the parent or legal guardian of a child who is the victim of obscene depiction of a purported child may make a victim's impact statement on the impact which the defendant's criminal conduct or the juvenile's delinquent conduct has had upon the child. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides for enhanced penalties for specified violations of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides that the court shall impose a consecutive sentence when the defendant is convicted of specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act to provide that a person convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child must register as a sex offender.
STATUS
Passed
HB4107 - DNR LAND TRANSFER-DEKALB CO
Mark L. Walker
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quit claim deed to Shabbona Lake State Park in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3948 - MISSING PERSONS IDENTIFICATION
Michael E. Hastings, Christopher Belt, Willie Preston
Last updated 5 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Requires a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a biological sample from closely related family members of the missing person or a personal item of the missing person beginning 30 days after the date of the missing person report (rather than within 30 days after receipt of a report). Provides that a law enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires the observance of a waiting period before accepting a missing person report. Modifies the circumstances under which a law enforcement agency may not refuse to accept a missing person report. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify a person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or other specified individuals, about specified efforts to locate a missing person. Provides that, if a person remains missing for 30 days after the date of report, the law enforcement agency shall immediately (rather than may) generate a report of the missing person within NamUs, and the law enforcement agency shall (rather than may) attempt to obtain specified information and materials that have not been received. Modifies the follow-up action required by a law enforcement agency after creation of a missing person report. Modifies the definition of "high-risk missing person". Upon receipt of a missing person report (rather than immediately), requires the responding local law enforcement agency to enter all collected information relating to the missing person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System and the National Crime Information Center. Makes other changes to reporting requirements. Modifies requirements for submission of fingerprints from unidentified remains for analysis as well as other requirements relating identified human remains. Provides that an assisting law enforcement agency, a medical examiner, a coroner, or the Illinois State Police may not close an unidentified person case until the individual has been identified and must keep the case active. Requires the coroner, medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency (rather than the coroner or medical examiner) to obtain a biological (rather than DNA) sample from an individual whose remains are not identifiable, and modifies how the sample may be analyzed and labeled. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0867 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Don Harmon, Mark L. Walker, Mattie Hunter
Last updated 4 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, subject to specified conditions. Adds legal descriptions for Shabbona Lake and State Park. Amends the State Parks Act. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to enter into a land management agreement with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, subject to written approval by the Director, for managing, maintaining, or operating the real property conveyed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation by the amendatory Act. Establishes requirements for any land management agreement. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to use State resources, subject to appropriation, for the management, maintenance, and operation of Shabbona Lake and State Park in accordance with the land management agreement that it executes with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Defines "land management agreement". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5005 - EDUCATION SAVINGS PROGRAMS
Dave Vella, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Jenn Ladisch Douglass
Last updated 3 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate areas as Quantum Computing Campuses. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Electricity Excise Tax Law, the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act, the Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act, and the Gas Use Tax Law to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that a restriction on designating businesses located in an Enterprise Zone as high impact businesses does not apply to grocery stores. Repeals provisions concerning certified payments for high impact businesses. Amends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Provides that a River Edge Redevelopment Zone may overlap with an Enterprise Zone. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify a specified number of additional pilot River Edge Zones. Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that certain credits under the Act may be taken against the taxpayer's withholding tax liability. Contains provisions concerning work hours at the project location. Amends the Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois Act. Adds provisions concerning credits awarded for research and development activities related to aircraft. Amends the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Act. Extends the provisions of the Act to quantum computer manufacturers. Specifies that, in order to receive credit for construction expenses under the Act, a company must provide the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity with evidence that a certified third-party executed an Agreed-Upon Procedure (AUP) verifying the construction expenses or accept the standard construction wage expense estimated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that 2 or more taxing districts may agree to abate a portion of the real property taxes otherwise levied or extended by those taxing districts on a REV Illinois Project facility. Provides that abatements for REV project facilities may not exceed a period of 30 consecutive years. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to extend the sunset of the research and development credit. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Provides that taxpayers who have been awarded a tax credit under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008 shall pay a fee to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Sets forth the amount of the fee. Provides that the fee shall be deposited into the Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2024, a taxpayer is no longer required to pay a fee to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the transfer of credits under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Illinois district HD-053
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Illinois House
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Mark L. Walker grew up working on his family's farm in Florida. After graduating high school, he attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics. Walker served in the U.S. Army for over two decades as a helicopter pilot and company commander. After retiring from the military, Walker founded XSperto Consulting Group. He also teaches economics and finance courses at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Walker ran for Florida's 6th Congressional District in 2014 and 2016 before winning the seat in 2018.read less
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