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SB2780 - PROP TX-COUNTY EXECUTIVE
Rachel Ventura
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning supervisors of assessments to include references to county executives. Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning community mental health boards to include references to county executives.
STATUS
Introduced
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
SB1515 - WORKPLACE PRIVACY-VERIFICATION
Javier Loera Cervantes, Ram Villivalam, Celina Villanueva
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Removes a provision prohibiting an employer from voluntarily enrolling in the E-Verify program or a similar Electronic Employment Verification System. Provides that specified requirements apply if an employer takes any adverse action against an employee. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Vetoed
SB1456 - PRIMARY RANKED CHOICE VOTE ACT
Laura M. Murphy, Rachel Ventura
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Presidential Primary Ranked Choice Voting Act. Provides that any State-administered primary election for the President of the United States shall be conducted using ranked choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning form of ballot, tabulation, inactive ballots and undervotes, and ties for ranked choice voting. Provides that at least 150 days before the date of the presidential primary election, the State committee of each political party that intends to use the State-administered presidential primary in its nomination process shall inform the State Board of Elections in writing of its intention. Provides that the State committee's written notice shall indicate whether the party prefers tabulation to occur on a winner-take-all basis or on a proportional basis. Provides that if a party's notice fails to specify how to tabulate ballots, the State-administered presidential primary election for that party shall be tabulated on a statewide winner-take-all basis. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules or guidance to facilitate the release of unofficial preliminary round-by-round results and unofficial preliminary cast vote records as soon as feasible after the polls close and at regular intervals thereafter until the counting of ballots is complete. Sets forth information that the State Board of Elections shall make public. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall have the authority to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions. Defines terms.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1463 - MINORS-NO FEES OR FINES
Robert Peters, Mike Simmons, Celina Villanueva
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that if the minor or the minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian is unable to cover the cost of a condition of the minor's continuance under supervision, the court shall not preclude the minor from receiving continuance under supervision based on the inability to pay. Provides that if the minor or the minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian is unable to cover the cost of a condition of probation or conditional discharge, the court shall not preclude the minor from receiving probation, conditional discharge, or supervision based on the inability to pay. Provides that inability to pay shall not be grounds to object to the minor's placement on a continuance under supervision. Provides that the inability of a minor, or minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, to cover the costs associated with an appropriate sentencing order shall not be the basis for the court to enter a sentencing order incongruent with the court's findings regarding the offense on which the minor was adjudicated or the mitigating factors. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1360 - ACCESS TO NUTRITION PROGRAM
Dale Fowler, Doris Turner, Willie Preston
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall conduct an access to nutritious food program to establish and operate projects and strategies within food deserts that focus on: (1) distribution of fresh and nutritious food; and (2) education in food preparation and nutrition. Provides that the Department shall promote the sharing of information concerning best practices and programs, including specified projects, that have proven to be effective in improving distribution of fresh and nutritious food and education in food preparation and nutrition. Provides that the Department shall convene an annual meeting of nonprofit organizations and other interested parties to share best practices and information on programs, including specified projects, that have proven to be effective in improving distribution of fresh and nutritious food and education in food preparation and nutrition. Defines "food desert" and "program".
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1276 - TIRC-DEFINITIONS-REPORT
Robert Peters, Celina Villanueva, Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act. In the definition of "claim of torture": provides that it also means a third party was tortured into implicating a person for the crime for which the person was convicted; provides that it also means a witness statement was used to obtain the conviction; and removes language providing that the allegations of torture occur within a county of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants. Defines "torture" as: any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person; any pain or suffering that is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from that person a confession or information about a third party; any pain or suffering that is intentionally inflicted on a person for purposes of punishing a suspected act by that person; or any intimidation or coercion for any reason based on discrimination of any kind. Requires the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission to determine the resources necessary to assess the credibility or lack thereof of each claim within 2 years after the date upon the claim was received, and to make a report of its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly. Repeals a provision providing that the Act applies to claims of torture filed not later than 10 years after the effective date of the Act (August 10, 2009). Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0457 - EDUCATION-TECH
Ram Villivalam, Adriane Johnson, Rachel Ventura
Last updated about 1 year ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, including funding for any administrative costs reasonably incurred by the State Board of Education, upon the execution of one or more required statewide master contracts entered by the State Board of Education and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education shall notify school districts of any prepackaged meal options, including, but not limited to, halal and kosher food options, available for purchase under a statewide master contract for the upcoming school year. Requires the State Board to enter into one or more statewide master contracts to purchase religious dietary food options, and sets forth provisions concerning the contracts. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that the University of Illinois Hospital shall offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Amends the Halal Food Act. Provides that any halal food product offered by a State-owned or State-operated facility shall be purchased from a halal-certified vendor; defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor is subject to penalties under the Act. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Defines "kosher". Makes substantially similar changes with regard to kosher food products at State facilities. Provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food products is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Amends the Facilities Article of the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any Department of Corrections facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale shall also offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Specifies that nothing in the provisions concerning Department of Corrections facilities providing religious dietary food options is intended to expand any Department of Corrections facility's obligations beyond that required under federal law. Contains a severability clause. Effective June 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2067 - CRIM CD-ACCOUNTABILITY OFFENSE
Celina Villanueva, Ann Gillespie, Rachel Ventura
Last updated almost 2 years ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of accountability. Establishes penalties for the offense of accountability. Provides that no sentence shall be imposed for the accompanying offense. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1483 - ELECTIONS-POST CONVICTION VOTE
Mike Simmons, Rachel Ventura, Robert Peters
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person convicted of a felony or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution shall have his or her right to vote restored and shall be eligible to vote not later than 14 days following his or her conviction or not later than 5 days before the first election following the person's confinement (rather than prohibiting a person who has been convicted of any crime and is serving a sentence of confinement from voting until his or her release from confinement). Requires the election authority to collaborate with a correctional institution to facilitate an opportunity for voting by mail for eligible electors to vote in that election jurisdiction who are incarcerated in the correctional institution. Provides that all requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal, State, and local laws regarding language access and disability access apply to the provisions. Requires the correctional institution to make available to persons in custody resource materials relating to an election. Requires the State Board of Elections in coordination with correctional institutions to annually report certain data regarding compliance with the provisions. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code and in the Unified Code of Corrections. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Illinois district SD-043
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