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SB1072 - GOVERNMENT-TECH
Susan Rezin, Mike Porfirio, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated over 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
SJR0032 - SEN. S. BENNETT MEMORIAL HGHWY
Paul Faraci, Don Harmon, William Cunningham
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Designates Interstate 74 east of US 45 in Champaign-Urbana to the Indiana border as the "Senator Scott M. Bennett Memorial Highway".
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1461 - THE KNIGHT-SILAS ACT
Tony M. McCombie, John Egofske, Charles E. Meier
Last updated almost 2 years ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Knight-Silas Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, he or she: (1) knowingly causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be a Department of Children and Family Services employee; and (2) is, at the time of the commission of the offense, 21 years of age or older and causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be a Department of Children and Family Services employee: (i) performing his or her official duties; (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties. Provides that "Department of Children and Family Services employee" includes any (i) Department case worker or (ii) investigator employed by an agency or organization providing social work, case work, or investigative services under a contract with or a grant from the Department of Children and Family Services. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Provides that if the battery causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to the employee, the penalty is a Class 1 felony.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0076 - UTILITY-MODULAR NUCLEAR REACT
Susan Rezin, David Koehler, Patrick J. Joyce
Last updated over 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
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
HB1460 - THE KNIGHT-SILAS ACT
Tony M. McCombie, Charles E. Meier, John Egofske
Last updated almost 2 years ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Knight-Silas Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that aggravated battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, includes a battery committed by a person who, at the time of the commission of the offense, is 21 years of age or older and the battery was committed upon an individual whom the person committing the offense knows to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, or a Department of Children and Family Services employee: (1) performing his or her official duties; (2) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (3) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony, except if the battery causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual, a violation is a Class 1 felony. Defines "Department of Children and Family Services employee" and "ombudsman".
STATUS
Introduced
HB1767 - EDUCATION-TECH
Norine K. Hammond, Dave Severin, Daniel M. Swanson
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Universities Civil Service Act. Provides that in examinations for law enforcement personnel, the Illinois residence requirement shall be waived.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB2201 - $IDOT-DEMOLITION COSTS
Michael T. Marron
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Appropriates $2,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Department of Transportation for the demolition of abandoned buildings on the campus of Lincoln's Challenge Academy in the Village of Rantoul. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1218 - PROP TX-ABATE MIXED USE
Kevin Schmidt, Rita Mayfield, Travis Weaver
Last updated almost 2 years ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district may abate a portion of its taxes on property upon which affordable housing has been or will be constructed in a development mixed with commercial property. Provides that the value of the abatement may not exceed $500,000.
STATUS
Introduced
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