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HB3932 - SCH CD-ALLERGEN SAFETY EDUC
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Suzanne M. Ness, Jonathan Carroll
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 through 12, the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of allergies. Provides that information for the instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sets forth what topics this instruction, study, and discussion shall include.
STATUS
Passed
HB2820 - HEALTH-MATERNITY TRAINING
Mary E. Flowers, Jonathan Carroll, Anne M. Stava-Murray
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the definition of "birthing facility", adds birth centers as defined in the Birth Center Licensing Act. Provides that the written policy and continuing education for providers and staff of obstetric medicine and of the emergency department and other staff that may care for pregnant or postpartum women shall include addressing airway emergencies experienced during childbirth. Removes provisions concerning yearly educational modules. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3425 - SCH CD-BULLYING NOTIFICATION
Margaret Noble Croke, Kelly M. Cassidy, Janet Yang Yang Rohr
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Makes a change concerning professional development and youth programming. Provides that the data required to be submitted must regard verified allegations (rather than allegations and founded instances) of bullying. Provides that reporting is required though the 2030-2031 school year. Requires the posting of a template for a model bullying prevention policy by January 1, 2024; removes the rulemaking provision. Adds an immediate effective date.
STATUS
Passed
HB3116 - SCH CD-STAFF TRAINING-HOMELESS
Katie Stuart, Michelle Mussman, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the introduced bill and adds an August 20, 2024 effective date.
STATUS
Passed
HB2297 - GENDER-INCLUSIVE DATA REPORTS
Kevin John Olickal, Kelly M. Cassidy, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Employment Records Act. Provides that State agencies when collecting and reporting data on employment records must include specified data on persons who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming. Effective July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB3414 - JUV CT&CD CORR-MINOR-PROSECUTE
Lilian Jimenez, Maurice A. West, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the judge shall enter an order permitting prosecution under the criminal laws of Illinois unless the judge makes a finding based on clear and convincing evidence that the minor would be amenable to the care, treatment, and training programs available through the facilities of the juvenile court based on an evaluation of: (1) any involvement of the minor in the child welfare system, (2) whether there is evidence the minor was subjected to outside pressure, including peer pressure, familial pressure, or negative influences, and (3) the minor's degree of participation and specific role in the offense. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that when a person commits an offense and the person is under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense, the court, at the sentencing hearing shall consider the following additional factors in mitigation in determining the appropriate sentence: (1) the person's family, home environment, educational and social background, including any history of domestic or sexual violence or sexual exploitation; (2) childhood trauma, including adverse childhood experiences, the person's involvement in the child welfare system; (3) involvement of the person in the community; (4) if a comprehensive mental health evaluation of the person was conducted by a qualified mental health professional; and (5) the outcome of the evaluation. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the individual against whom the person is convicted of committing the offense previously committed certain human trafficking or sex crimes against the person within 3 years before the offense in which the person was convicted, the court may, in its discretion: (1) transfer the person to juvenile court for sentencing under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987; (2) depart from any mandatory minimum sentence, maximum sentence, or sentencing enhancement; or (3) suspend any portion of an otherwise applicable sentence.
STATUS
Passed
HB3751 - MUNI CD-POLICE APPLICANTS
Barbara Hernandez, Angelica J. Guerrero-Cuellar, John M. Cabello
Last updated over 1 year ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill and adds that an individual against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process is allowed to apply for the position of police officer, deputy sheriff, or special policeman, subject to specified requirements. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB3648 - HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON
Carol Ammons, LaShawn K. Ford, Cyril Nichols
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Higher Education in Prison Act. Provides that on or before September 1 of the year following the effective date of the Act and each subsequent September 1, the Department of Corrections shall release a report, to be published on the Department of Corrections's Internet website, detailing certain information pertaining to higher education within Department institutions and facilities. Requires the report to be filed with the Governor and General Assembly. Provides that the data provided in the report shall include an aggregate chart at the Department level and individual reports by each correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections. Provides that on or before September 1 of the year following the effective date of the Act and each subsequent September 1, each college and university that provides academic programs for committed persons shall report to the Board of Higher Education on enrollment, retention, completion, and student demographics, including race, ethnicity, age, and gender of committed students. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall compile the information and, within 60 days after receipt of such information, issue a report reflecting the information for each institution required to report. Provides that the report must be filed with the Governor and General Assembly and made publicly available on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website.
STATUS
Passed
SB2545 - $AGING-FAMILY CAREGIVER ACT
Doris Turner, Christopher Belt, David Koehler
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for services provided under the Family Caregiver Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0294 - LIVER DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH
Mike Simmons, Mattie Hunter, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Declares May 2023 as "Liver Disease Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
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