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HB4589 - VEH CD-CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
Jay C. Hoffman, Bradley Stephens, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated 4 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Act. Eliminates the provision that provided for the repeal of the Act on January 1, 2025. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Includes "catalytic converter" in the definition of "essential parts". Amends the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law. Excludes catalytic converter from the definition of "recyclable metals". Requires transactions involving a catalytic converter to include the identification number of the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed and the part number or other identifying number of the catalytic converter that was removed. Provides that, in a transaction involving a catalytic converter, the recyclable metal dealer must also require a copy of the certificate of title or registration showing the seller's ownership in the vehicle. Makes it unlawful for any person to purchase or otherwise acquire a used, detached catalytic converter or any nonferrous part thereof unless specified conditions are met. Provides that a used, detached catalytic converter does not include a catalytic converter that has been tested, certified, and labeled for reuse in accordance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act. Defines terms. Makes technical changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB4733 - HIGHER ED-U OF I-SCHOLARSHIPS
Michael J. Coffey, Daniel M. Swanson, Norine K. Hammond
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the University of Illinois Act. In provisions concerning scholarships for the children of veterans, provides that an honorary scholarship may also be given to the children of persons who served at any time during the invasion of Panama between December 20, 1989 and January 31, 1990.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB0307 - EDUCATION-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Kambium Buckner, Debbie Meyers-Martin
Last updated 4 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Freedom of Information Act and the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act. Changes the definition of "student-athlete". Makes changes concerning compensation, including prohibiting the Act from being interpreted to consider a student-athlete as an employee, agent, or independent contractor of an association, a conference, or a postsecondary educational institution (instead of providing that a student-athlete shall not be deemed an employee, agent, or independent contractor of an association, a conference, or a postsecondary educational institution based on the student-athlete's participation in an intercollegiate athletics program). Makes changes concerning publicity rights agreements. Provides that no postsecondary educational institution or employee acting within the employee's course and scope of employment at a postsecondary educational institution is liable for damages related to the ability or inability of a student-athlete to earn compensation for the use of the student-athlete's name, image, likeness, or voice. Provides that specified information that includes, reveals, or otherwise relates to the terms of an existing or proposed student-athlete publicity rights agreement is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a postsecondary educational institution may provide intangible benefits as an incentive to individuals, companies, or other third parties that provide money, benefits, opportunities, or other services to an outside entity functioning primarily to support the creation and facilitation of publicity rights agreements for student-athletes.
STATUS
Passed
SB1289 - INS-DENTAL CARE/REIMBURSEMENT
Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison, Linda Holmes
Last updated 4 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Safety and Aid for the Environment in Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act (which may be referred to as the SAFE CCS Act). Sets forth provisions regarding: ownership and conveyance of pore space; integration and unitization of ownership interests; surface access for pore space owners; compensation for damages to the surface; and additional landowner rights. Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Act. Requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (i) to obtain training services and support for local emergency services and support for local emergency services and disaster agencies for training, exercises, and equipment related to carbon dioxide pipelines and sequestration and (ii) to provide $5,000 per year to the Illinois Fire Service Institute for first responder training. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires, prior to any pipeline for the transportation of carbon dioxide becoming operational, the Illinois Fire Service Institute to develop and offer at least one course for first responders who respond when carbon dioxide is released from a pipeline or a sequestration facility. Provides that a provision related to entering upon, taking, or damaging private property for construction purposes by a public utility applies to the exercise of eminent domain powers by an owner or operator of a pipeline designed, constructed, and operated to transport and to sequester carbon dioxide to which the Illinois Commerce Commission has granted a certificate. Provides that the Common Carriers by Pipeline Article does not apply to a new carbon dioxide pipeline. Amends the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may grant an application for a certificate of authority authorizing the construction and operation of a carbon dioxide pipeline if, additionally, the applicant has applied for any and all other federal permits necessary to construct and operate a carbon dioxide pipeline, the applicant has held at least 2 prefiling public meetings to receive public comment concerning the proposed carbon dioxide pipeline in each county where the pipeline is to be located, the applicant has directly contacted the owner of each parcel of land located within 2 miles of the proposed pipeline route, advising them of the proposed pipeline route and of the date and time of each public meeting to be held in the county in which each landowner's property is located, and the applicant has prepared and submitted a detailed emergency operations plan. Prohibits the Commission from issuing any certificate of authority until the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has adopted final revisions to its pipeline safety rules and the Commission has verified that the submitted application complies with those finalized rules. Provides that any applicant that has been granted a certificate of authority may, under certain circumstances, enter upon the property of any landowner who has refused permission for entrance upon that property. Provides that any person or entity that has been granted a certificate of authority authorizing the construction and operation of a carbon dioxide pipeline shall be assessed an annual fee per pipeline system operated in the State, plus an additional fee per mile of carbon dioxide pipeline in length that is physically operated or proposed to be operated in the State. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits a person from (i) injecting any carbon dioxide stream produced by a carbon dioxide capture project into a Class II well or a Class VI well converted from a Class II well, for purposes of enhanced oil or gas recovery, (ii) selling or transporting concentrated carbon dioxide stream produced by a carbon dioxide capture project for use in enhanced oil or gas recovery, and (iii) operating a carbon sequestration activity in a manner that causes, threatens, or allows the release of carbon dioxide so as to tend to cause water pollution in the State. Makes other changes. Creates the Carbon Sequestration Title of the Act. Sets forth provisions regarding: carbon capture permit requirements; reports on minimum carbon capture standards and the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technology; minimum carbon dioxide capture efficiency rulemaking authority; reports on the status and impact of carbon capture and sequestration; prohibitions; sequestration permits and application contents; sequestration permit application fees; public participation; closure; financial assurance; insurance; the ownership of carbon dioxide and liability; and the creation of the Carbon Sequestration Long-Term Trust Fund, the Water Resources Fund, the Environmental Justice Grant Fund, and the Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Administrative Fund. Makes corresponding changes in the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB5005 - EDUCATION SAVINGS PROGRAMS
Dave Vella, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Jenn Ladisch Douglass
Last updated 5 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
HB5296 - DNR-MONARCH ACT
Laura Faver Dias, Sonya M. Harper, Lindsey LaPointe
Last updated 4 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Homeowners' Native Landscaping Act. Provides that an association shall not prohibit any resident or owner from planting or growing Illinois native species on the resident's or owner's lawn so long as the area is maintained predominantly free of weeds, invasive species, and trash, and vegetation does not extend over or onto neighboring properties, public or common sidewalks, pathways, streets or other public or common areas or elements, and does not interfere with traffic or utilities. Allows an association to adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing a planned, intentional, and maintained native landscape that do not impair the native landscape's proper maintenance and care or impose height restrictions. Provides that the provisions shall not apply to common areas or elements or to other property owned by the association or other owners in which the resident or owner does not have authority to landscape or plant. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB0579 - REGULATION-TECH
Robyn Gabel, Bob Morgan, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated over 1 year ago
40 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Insurance Law. Sets forth provisions concerning the Marketplace Director of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Sets forth provisions concerning an exemption regarding any procurements necessary for the Department of Insurance to implement the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall operate the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange as a State-based exchange using the federal platform by plan year 2025 and as a State-based exchange by plan year 2026. Provides that, except where inconsistent with State law, the Department shall enforce health plan coverage requirements under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that apply to the individual and small group markets. Provides that the Director of Insurance may elect to add a small business health options program to the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Provides that the General Assembly shall appropriate funds to establish the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Provides that issuers must remit an assessment in monthly installments to the Department. Sets forth provisions concerning State medical assistance program coordination and provisions concerning the authority of the Department of Insurance and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Creates the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Fund. Sets forth provisions creating the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Advisory Committee. Makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB3919 - $AGING-CAREGIVER SERVICES
Doris Turner, Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for distribution to the Illinois Area Agencies on Aging to provide services as described under the Family Caregiver Act and in accordance with Part E of Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4475 - INS CD-BEHAVIORIAL HEALTH
Lindsey LaPointe, Maurice A. West, Jenn Ladisch Douglass
Last updated 7 months ago
54 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Provides that for all group or individual policies of accident and health insurance or managed care plans that are amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, or any contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer, reimbursement for in-network mental health and substance use disorder treatment services delivered by Illinois providers and facilities must be equal to or greater than 141% of the Medicare rate for the mental health or substance use disorder service delivered (rather than on average, at least as favorable as professional services provided by in-network primary care providers). Removes language providing that reimbursement rates for services paid to Illinois mental health and substance use disorder treatment providers and facilities do not meet the required standard unless the reimbursement rates are, on average, equal to or greater than 141% of the Medicare reimbursement rate for the same service. Provides that, if the Department of Insurance determines that an insurer or a contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer has violated a provision concerning mental health and substance use parity, the Department shall by order assess a civil penalty of $1,000 (rather than $5,000) for each violation. Excludes health care plans serving Medicaid populations that provide, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse the cost of any health care service for persons who are enrolled under the Illinois Public Aid Code or under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act from provisions concerning mental health and substance use parity. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2412 - STATE POLICE-ORGANIZATION
Jay C. Hoffman, Emanuel Welch, Angelica J. Guerrero-Cuellar
Last updated over 1 year ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the Gun Trafficking Information Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall use all reasonable efforts in making publicly available key information related to firearms used in the commission of crimes in the State (removing a requirement that the crimes are reported to and are investigated by the Illinois State Police). Further amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall implement specified protective service functions. Provides that the Office of the Director of the Illinois State Police shall oversee the Executive Protection Unit. Changes the Division of Patrol Operations to the Division of Patrol, and makes conforming changes in the Illinois State Police Law, the State Finance Act, and the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Division of Forensic Services shall establish forensic laboratories (rather than forensic toxicological laboratories) in specified locations. Provides that the Division of Justice Service shall share all necessary information with the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board and the Firearms Owner's Identification Card Review Board necessary for the execution of their duties (rather than liaise with the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board and the Firearms Owner's Identification Card Review Board). Provides that the successful completion of the Illinois State Police Academy meets all law enforcement certification requirements for the State of Illinois and that satisfactory completion shall be evidenced by a commission or certificate issued to the officer. Adds one member who is a medical examiner or coroner to the Illinois Forensic Science Commission. Makes other changes. Further amends the State Finance Act. In provisions relating to the State Police Revocation Enforcement Fund, provides that any surplus in the Fund beyond what is necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions or moneys that are specifically appropriated for the purposes stated in the provisions shall be used by the Illinois State Police to award grants to assist with the data reporting requirements of the Gun Trafficking Information Act. Amends the Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act. Provides that a Metropolitan Enforcement Group eligible to receive State grants to help defray the costs of operation may enforce provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act relating to revocation of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Effective immediately, except that some provisions take effect January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
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