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HR0292 - PAN-AFRICANISM & REPARATIONS
Carol Ammons, LaShawn K. Ford, Marcus C. Evans
Last updated over 1 year ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Declares the State of Illinois should take the lead on issues of Pan-Africanism, citizenship in Africa, and reparatory justice, and the State should champion the Eighth Pan-African Congress Part 1 (8PAC1) and its agenda to develop a continental-wide diaspora citizenship plan, establish the African Diaspora as the 6th Region of the African Union (AU), and determine a permanent headquarters for the 6th Region. Calls upon the State to immediately, through its African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission (ADCRC), provide matrilineal and patrilineal DNA testing through African ancestry to determine the ancestral lineages and territories of origin of its Black residents so that they can seek citizenship in their ancestral homelands, if so desired. Calls upon the State to become the first to conduct a repatriation census in preparation for honoring President Abraham Lincoln's desire for voluntary repatriation with compensation and to make conducting the repatriation census its immediate priority.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB1377 - PROP TX-NEW RESIDENTIAL
Norma Hernandez, Emanuel Welch, Edgar Gonzalez
Last updated 5 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a homestead exemption for eligible property that contains a single family residence that was built no earlier than January 1, 2021 by a municipality and was sold to a private homeowner before January 1, 2035. Provides that the exemption applies for a 10-year period beginning with the tax year following the year in which the property is first sold by the municipality to a private homeowner. Sets forth the amount of the exemption. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB0508 - EMPLOYMENT-TECH
Javier Loera Cervantes, Ram Villivalam, Mike Porfirio
Last updated 5 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Provides that unless otherwise required by State or federal law, an employer shall not voluntarily enroll in the E-Verify program or a similar Electronic Employment Verification System. Provides that an employer shall not impose work authorization verification or re-verification requirements greater than those required by federal law. Provides that if an employer is required to participate in the E-Verify program or a similar Electronic Employment Verification System and receives notification from the Social Security Administration of a discrepancy between an employee's name or social security number and the Social Security Administration's records, the employer must provide the employee with specified documents. Provides for additional rights and protections granted to an employee following the notification from the Social Security Administration of a discrepancy. Provides that an employer shall provide notice to current employees, by posting in the language the employer normally uses to communicate employment-related information to the employee, of any inspections of I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification forms or other employment records conducted by the inspecting entity within 72 hours after receiving notice of the inspection. Provides for additional notice requirements concerning obligations of the employer and the employee. Provides for violations and civil penalties. Defines terms.
STATUS
Passed
SB0058 - DEGRADABLE PLASTIC-SINGLE-USE
Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison, Mike Simmons
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. Adds provisions amending the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, after January 1, 2025, State agencies and departments may not procure disposable food service containers that are composed in whole or in part from polystyrene foam for use at the State agency or department. Adds provisions amending the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Employment Security shall conduct a study on the potential impact on the workforce of the State of legislation prohibiting the sale and distribution of disposable food service containers composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB0040 - ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ACT
Sara Feigenholtz, Rachel Ventura, Mike Porfirio
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Electric Vehicle Charging Act. Provides that the Act applies to new single-family homes and newly constructed or renovated multi-unit residential buildings that have parking spaces and are constructed or renovated after the effective date of the Act. Defines terms. Provides that a new single-family residence or a small multifamily residence shall have at least one electric vehicle capable parking space for each residential unit that has dedicated parking, unless any subsequently adopted building code requires additional electric vehicle capable parking spaces or installed electric vehicle supply equipment. Includes electric vehicle parking space requirements for a new, large multifamily residential building or a large multifamily residential building being renovated by a developer converting the property to an association. Includes electric vehicle parking space requirements for affordable housing and for an existing multi-unit residential building subject to an association that undertakes renovation. Includes electric vehicle charging station policies for unit owners and for renters.
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
SB0125 - VEH CD-CANNABIS IN VEHICLE
Rachel Ventura, Kimberly A. Lightford, Doris Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Secretary of State to include in the Illinois Rules of the Road publication and in adult driver education courses information advising drivers of the laws and best practices for safely sharing the roadway with bicyclists and pedestrians. Provides that advising drivers of the laws and best practices for safely sharing the roadway with bicyclists and pedestrians the examination to test an applicant's ability to read and understand official traffic control devices and knowledge of safe driving practices and the traffic laws of the State may be administered at a Secretary facility, remotely via the Internet, or in a manner otherwise specified by the Secretary of State in administrative rule. Allows the Secretary to destroy a driving record created 20 or more years ago for a person who was convicted of an offense and who did not have an Illinois driver's license if the record no longer contains any convictions or withdrawal of driving privileges due to the convictions. Provides that an offense committed on a military installation may affect whether a person's license is revoked, suspended, or restored. Removes language providing that a driver's license or registration and nonresident's operating privilege shall remain suspended and shall not be renewed nor shall any license or registration be issued to a person until: 2 years have elapsed following the date the driver's license and registrations were suspended and evidence satisfactory to the Secretary that during the period no action for damages arising out of a motor vehicle crash has been properly filed; and after the expiration of 5 years from the date of the crash, the Secretary of State has not received documentation that any action at law for damages arising out of the motor vehicle crash has been filed against the person. Provides that the Secretary shall compile a list of all securities on deposit for one year since the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (rather than for more than 3 years). Provides that traffic lights shall indicate and apply to bicyclists. Allows bicyclists to proceed across the roadway in the direction of a walk or walking person symbol and shall be given the right of way by the drivers of all vehicles and shall yield the right of way to all pedestrians. Restricts a bicyclist from starting to cross the roadway in the direction of a don't walk or upraised palm symbol. Provides that the operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on a highway shall, if another lane of traffic proceeding in the same direction is available, make a lane change into another available lane with due regard for safety and traffic conditions, if practicable and not prohibited by law, before overtaking or passing the bicycle. Prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle on a pedestrian or bicycle lane, trail, or path designated by an official sign or marking for the exclusive use of bicycles or pedestrians. Allows the Secretary to suspend the driving privileges of and issue a fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service to a driver who operates a commercial motor vehicle that enters a highway rail grade crossing without sufficient space on the other side of highway rail grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle being operated without obstructing the passage of a train or other railroad equipment using the rails. Makes other and conforming changes. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the driver education course shall also include information pertaining to the best practices for safely sharing the roadway with bicyclists and pedestrians. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1591 - MARRIAGE-PROHIBITIONS-REPEAL
Kelly M. Cassidy, Lamont J. Robinson, Robyn Gabel
Last updated over 1 year ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act by repealing all of the following provisions: (i) no marriage shall be contracted in this State by a party residing and intending to continue to reside in another state or jurisdiction if the marriage would be void if contracted in the other state or jurisdiction, and every marriage celebrated in this State in violation of that provision is null and void; (ii) before issuing a license to marry a person who resides and intends to continue to reside in another state, the officer having authority to issue the license shall satisfy himself by requiring affidavits or otherwise that the person is not prohibited from intermarrying by the laws of the jurisdiction where the person resides; and (iii) an official issuing a marriage license with knowledge that the parties are prohibited from marrying and a person authorized to solemnize marriages who knowingly solemnizes such a marriage are guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
STATUS
Passed
HB1633 - SCH CD-NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
Maurice A. West, Daniel Didech, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated over 1 year ago
43 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. In the provisions concerning the State Education Equity Committee, provides that as part of its report, by no later than December 15, 2024, the Committee shall provide recommendations that may assist the State Board of Education in identifying diverse subject matter experts to help inform policy through task forces, committees, and commissions the State Board oversees. Removes the provisions concerning the Native American Curriculum Advisory Council and the Native American Curriculum Task Force. In the provisions concerning instruction on Native American history, requires the instruction to be included in every social studies course pertaining to American history or government. Provides that the study of the genocide of and discrimination against Native Americans, as well as tribal sovereignty, treaties made between tribal nations and the United States, and the circumstances around forced Native American relocation shall be taught in grades 6 through 12. Provides that the instruction may be integrated as part of other required units of instruction. In the provisions concerning the unit of instruction on the Holocaust and genocides and the teaching of the history of the United States, provides that instructional materials that include the addition of content related to Native Americans shall be prepared and made available to all school boards on State Board of Education's website no later than January 1, 2025. Specifies who shall help develop the instructional materials. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
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