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SB3090 - CNTY&JUV DETENTION CENTERS
Rachel Ventura
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act. Provides that the Director of Juvenile Justice may impose a civil penalty of $100,000 for each violation of the minimum standards or instance of noncompliance in the 3 months after the date of the notice from the Department and after a hearing conducted by the Department of Juvenile Justice after providing at least 30 days' notice to the county board or board of county commissioners. Allows for enforcement of the civil penalty in circuit court and for the civil penalty to be deposited into the Redeploy Illinois Program Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Redeploy Illinois Program Fund. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Juvenile Detention Center Strategic Utilization Task Force to review and study the necessity of juvenile detention centers, complaints that arise out of the county juvenile detention centers in the State of Illinois, and community-based alternatives to juvenile detention. Includes provisions about Task Force membership and duties. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2026. Provides that, if a county juvenile detention and shelter care facility is not in compliance with the Department of Juvenile Justice's standards after 3 (rather than 6) months have elapsed from the giving of a notice of noncompliance, the Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile Justice may petition the appropriate court for an order requiring such facility to comply with the standards established by the Department or for other appropriate relief. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3471 - VEH CD-LOST OR STOLEN PLATES
Elgie R. Sims, Mary Edly-Allen, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 3 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue a new set of license plates to an owner of a vehicle whose plates were stolen. Provides that the new set of plates shall be issued without a fee. Requires the Secretary to assign a new number plate or plates in lieu of a duplicate of the plate or plates that were stolen. Make changes to the registration fee for lost or destroyed plates.
STATUS
Passed
SB3323 - ACCESSIBLE EV CHARGING STATION
Dan McConchie, Mary Edly-Allen, Paul Faraci
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Station Act. Requires the Department of Transportation to ensure that charging stations in the State are sufficiently accessible to allow independent use by drivers with disabilities, including people who have limited or no hand dexterity, limb differences, or upper extremity amputations and use adaptive driving controls. Requires chargers designed to serve people who use mobility devices to be located on an accessible route. Provides that the Department shall adopt the technical requirements for accessible routes established under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the federal Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (ABA), including walking surfaces, curb ramps, and ramps. Establishes that a charging space with mobility features must provide a vehicle space with a minimum width of at least 11 feet and a minimum length of at least 20 feet. Requires chargers to provide a clear floor or ground space. Requires clear floor or ground spaces to meet ADA requirements for ground and floor surfaces, including criteria for firmness, stability, and slip resistance. Provides that a reasonable number of chargers, as determined by the Department, shall comply with ADA operable parts requirements, including technical requirements for clear floor or ground space, reach ranges, and operation. Provides that a connector must allow operation with one hand and no tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist, and with no more than 5 pounds of force. Provides that all chargers operated or maintained by any entity within the State must comply with the technical requirements for hardware under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Grants rulemaking authority. Defines terms.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0088 - EPA-PFAS CONSUMER PROTECTION
Laura Fine, Laura Ellman, Rachel Ventura
Last updated almost 2 years ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals Consumer Protection Law. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. In provisions regarding environmentally preferable procurement, includes products that do not contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the definitions of "environmentally preferable supplies" and "environmentally preferable services". Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that on and after specified dates, no person shall sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in the State specified products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals. Provides that on and after January 1, 2025, a PFAS manufacturer of cookware sold in the State that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the handle of the product or in any product surface that comes into contact with food, foodstuffs, or beverages shall list the presence of PFAS chemicals on the product label and comply with other specified requirements. Contains exemptions from the requirements for specified cookware. On and after January 1, 2025, prohibits manufacturers from making a claim on cookware packaging that the cookware is free of any PFAS chemical, unless no individual PFAS chemical is intentionally added to the cookware. Contains notification requirements. Contains other provisions.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3764 - DHS-DIRECT SUPPORT-RATES
Karina Villa, Laura M. Murphy, Paul Faraci
Last updated 9 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that, for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2025 shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide a $3 per hour wage rate increase for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings, with at least $1.50 of those funds to be provided as a direct increase to base wages and the remaining $1.50 to be used flexibly for base wage increases. Provides that the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2025 shall include an increase sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support personnel, at the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage as defined by rule by the Department of Human Services. Provides that for facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the ID/DD Community Care Act as ID/DD facilities and under the MC/DD Act as MC/DD facilities, subject to federal approval of a State Plan Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2025, shall include a $3 per hour wage rate increase for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings, with at least $1.50 of those funds to be provided as a direct increase to all aide base wages and the remaining $1.50 to be used flexibly for base wage increases to the rate methodology for aides. Provides that for residential services delivered on or after January 1, 2025, the rates shall include an increase sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding aides, at the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage as determined by the Department. Requires the Department to adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3217 - HOSPITAL LICENSING-FINES
Rachel Ventura
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Increases the fine for a hospital that fails to implement a written staffing plan for nursing services from a fine of up to $500 per occurrence to a fine of up to $5,000 per occurrence. Increases the fine for a hospital that demonstrates a pattern or practice of failing to substantially comply with a plan of correction within 60 days from a fine of up to $500 per occurrence to a fine of up to $10,000 per occurrence. Specifies that the Department of Public Health may revoke or suspend a license under the Act for the second or subsequent time that a hospital demonstrates a pattern or practice of failing to substantially comply with a plan of correction within 60 days (now, the hospital is issued a fine of up to $1,000 per occurrence for such a violation).
STATUS
Introduced
SB2911 - PROP TX-TIF INCENTIVES
Rachel Ventura, Lawrence M. Walsh
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that the tax incentivized development must be established by an intergovernmental agreement to which the taxing district is a party. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2860 - CARBON SEQUESTRATION-EASEMENTS
Steve McClure, Rachel Ventura, Sally J. Turner
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. Provides that a certificate of authority does not grant an owner or operator of a carbon dioxide pipeline the authority to take and acquire an easement in any property or interest in property for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a carbon dioxide pipeline through the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Removes corresponding provisions concerning eminent domain. Repeals a provision that provides procedures for acquiring easements.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3400 - CRIM CD&CD CORR-ACCOUNTABILITY
Celina Villanueva, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person found legally accountable for the conduct of another and convicted of an offense based on a determination that the person is responsible for conduct which is an element of that offense and the conduct was not that of the person legally accountable and was not done at the express direction of the person legally accountable, shall be sentenced under specified provisions of the General Sentencing Provision Article of the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that no separate sentence shall be imposed for the offense if the conduct of another person satisfied an element of the offense for which the individual has been found guilty. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3091 - IDNR-LAND TRANSFER-WILL CO
Patrick J. Joyce, Michael E. Hastings, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to convey the described parcel in Will County to the Forest Preserve District of Will County. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
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