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HB3876 - VEH CD-TEMP REGISTRATION PLATE
Angelica J. Guerrero-Cuellar, Mike Porfirio
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a resident of this State who purchases a vehicle in another state and transports the vehicle to Illinois shall apply for registration and certificate of title as soon as practicable, but in no event less than 45 days after the purchase of the vehicle. Provides that the owner of such a vehicle shall display any temporary permit or registration issued in accordance with the provisions of the Code. Restricts the issuance of a temporary registration permit to the holder of a valid Illinois driver's license.
STATUS
Passed
SB2628 - TRANSPORTATION-FLOOD INSURANCE
David Koehler, Susan Rezin, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 3 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to ensure that State agencies comply with the National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Requires all State agencies to obtain a special flood hazard area development permit before undertaking development activity on State-owned property that is located in a special flood hazard area. Requires the Department to adopt an administrative rule setting forth a State special flood hazard area development program to ensure that specified conditions are met for the issuance of permits prior to any State agency development within a special flood hazard area. Provides that State agencies that administer grants or loans for financing a development within a special flood hazard area, are responsible for regulating or permitting a development within a special flood hazard area, or engage in planning programs or promoting a development within a special flood hazard area shall cooperate with the Department to ensure that participants in their programs are informed of the existence and location of special flood hazard areas and of any State or local floodplain requirements that are in effect in such areas. Provides that the Department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a State agency to outline procedures and processes to review proposed development activity on State-owned property located in a special flood hazard area. Allows the Department to enter into memorandum of understanding that provide for alternative approvals for the issuance of permits.
STATUS
Passed
SB2665 - OMA-SERVICE MEMBER ATTENDANCE
Mike Porfirio, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Linda Holmes
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2601 - LANDLORD/TENANT-FLOOD DISCLOSE
Mike Porfirio, Mary Edly-Allen, Robert Peters
Last updated 4 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Requires every landlord to clearly disclose to each of the landlord's tenants in writing prior to signing the lease for the rental property that a rental property is located in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Special Flood Hazard Area and if the landlord has actual knowledge that the rental property or any portion of the parking areas of the real property containing the rental property has been subjected to flooding and the frequency of such flooding. Provides that if a landlord fails to comply with such provision and the tenant subsequently becomes aware that the property is located in the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area the tenant may terminate the lease by giving written notice of termination to the landlord no later than the 30th day after the flood occurred, and the landlord shall return all rent and fees paid in advance no later than the 15th day after the tenant gave notice. Requires every landlord who leases a lower-level unit to clearly disclose to each of the landlord's lower-level unit tenants in writing prior to the signing of the lease for the lower-level unit if the lower-level unit or any portion of the real property containing the lower-level unit has experienced flooding in the last 10 years and shall disclose the frequency of such flooding. Provides that if a landlord fails to comply with either of the above provisions and flooding occurs that results in damage to the tenant's personal property, affects the habitability of the leased property, or affects the tenant's access to the leased property, the tenant may: (1) terminate the lease by giving written notice to the landlord no later than the 30th day after the flood occurred and the landlord shall return all rent and fees paid in advance no later than the 15th day after the tenant gave notice; and (2) bring an action against the landlord of the property to recover damages for personal property lost or damaged as a result of flooding. Provides a sample written disclosure.
STATUS
Passed
SR0584 - PORTILLO'S FOOD DIST. WORKERS
Robert Peters, Ram Villivalam, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated about 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Urges Portillo's to honor the wishes of its food distribution workers who have voted to join a union and bargain collectively for the betterment of themselves and their families. Urges all State elected officials to stand with Portillo's food distribution workers that voted to unionize for better working conditions, livable wages, and access to basic sick time benefits. Urges Portillo's to respect the constitutional rights of its workers in Illinois to bargain collectively. Commends and acknowledges the decision made by Portillo's food distribution workers in Addison to unionize and join the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, AFL-CIO.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2666 - MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS LEAVE
Mike Porfirio, Michael E. Hastings, Sally J. Turner
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Family Military Leave Act. Changes the name of the Act to the "Military Leave Act". Provides that an employee may use up to 8 hours per calendar month to participate in a funeral honors detail, up to a total of 40 hours per calendar year, or more if authorized by the employer or if provided for in a collective bargaining agreement. Provides for requirements to take leave for funeral honors details. Provides that an employee that takes leave may do so in lieu of, and without having exhausted, his or her vacation leave, personal leave, compensatory leave, or any other leave that may be granted to the employee, including sick leave and disability leave. Defines terms. Provides that the employer of an employee that takes leave must pay the employee his or her regular rate of pay for the leave taken to participate in a funeral honors detail. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1629 - PEN CD-CHI FIRE-TIER 2
Robert F. Martwick, Javier Loera Cervantes, Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
Last updated 11 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that for Tier 2 firemen, final average salary is the greater of (1) the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the total salary of the fireman during the 96 consecutive months of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest by the number of months of service in that period or (2) the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the total salary of the fireman during the 48 consecutive months of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest by the number of months of service in that period (currently, the final average salary is the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the total salary of the firefighter during the 96 consecutive months of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest by the number of months of service in that period). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1488 - SCH CD-EDUCATOR TESTING
Thomas M. Bennett, Laura M. Murphy, Meg Loughran Cappel
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a teacher preparation program or other candidate is required to pass a teacher performance assessment. Makes conforming changes. Creates the Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force to evaluate potential teacher performance assessment systems for implementation in this State, with the intention of supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system that is performance-based and has consistency across programs and objectivity. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides that on or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance assessment system in this State, to the State Board of Education and General Assembly. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved upon submission of this report. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB0218 - CIVIL LAW-TECH
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Kambium Buckner, Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated over 1 year ago
67 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act for any firearm industry member, through the sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing of a firearm-related product, to: (i) knowingly create, maintain, or contribute to a condition in Illinois that endangers the safety or health of the public by conduct either unlawful in itself or unreasonable under all circumstances, including failing to establish or utilize reasonable controls; (ii) advertise, market, or promote a firearm-related product in a manner that reasonably appears to support, recommend, or encourage individuals to engage in unlawful paramilitary or private militia activity; (iii) advertise, market, promote, design, or sell any firearm-related product in a manner that reasonably appears to support, recommend, or encourage persons under 18 years of age to unlawfully purchase or unlawfully possess or use a firearm-related product; or (iv) otherwise engage in unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices declared unlawful under the Act. Provides that the provisions of the amendatory Act are severable. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2217 - TENANT RADON PROTECTION ACT
Ann M. Williams, Mary E. Flowers, Maurice A. West
Last updated over 1 year ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Radon Awareness Act. Defines "dwelling unit", "lease", "lessor", "mobile home", "radon", "radon contractor", and "tenant". Repeals a provision regarding the disclosure of radon hazard to current and prospective tenants. Provides instead that at the time of a prospective tenant's application to lease a dwelling unit, before a lease is entered into, or at any time during the leasing period upon request, the lessor shall provide the prospective tenant or tenant of a dwelling unit with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's "Radon Guide for Tenants" pamphlet, copies of any records or reports pertaining to radon concentrations within the dwelling unit that indicate a radon hazard to the tenant, and the Disclosure of Information on Radon Hazards to Tenants form. Provides that at the commencement of the agreed leasing period, a tenant shall have 90 days to conduct his or her own radon test of the dwelling unit. Creates the Disclosure of Information on Radon Hazards to Tenants form. Requires a lessor or tenant who decides to have radon mitigation performed to have the radon mitigation system installed by a radon contractor. Requires a tenant who decides to have radon mitigation performed to have the express consent of the lessor prior to undertaking any mitigation activities. Provides that the new provisions apply to leases entered on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Includes home rule provisions. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Passed
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