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SB3464 - WORK WITHOUT FEAR ACT
Robert Peters, Javier Loera Cervantes, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Work Without Fear Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to engage in, or to direct another person to engage in, immigration-related retaliation against any person or his or her family member or household member for the purpose of, or with the effect of, retaliating against any person for exercising any right protected under State employment laws or by any local employment ordinance. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Department of Labor under the Act. Allows the Attorney General to initiate or intervene in a civil action to obtain appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person has violated the Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to prevent any person from making complaint or prosecuting his or her own claim for damages caused by retaliation. Allows a person who is the subject of retaliation prohibited by the Act to bring a civil action for: (1) back pay, with interest, and front pay, or, in lieu of actual damages, liquidated damages of $30,000; (2) a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000; (3) reasonable attorney's fees and court costs; and (4) equitable relief as the court may deem appropriate and just. Provides that a person that violates any provision of the Act shall be subject to an additional civil penalty in an amount of $25,000 for each violation, or $50,000 for each repeat violation within a 5-year period. Sets forth license suspension penalties for violations of the Act. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1767 - CARGO TRANSPORTATION TAX
Rachel Ventura
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Cargo Transportation Tax Act. Provides that a tax is imposed upon each retailer that transports by common carrier tangible personal property into the State from a point outside of the State. Provides that the tax is imposed at the rate of 0.5% of the retail selling price of the tangible personal property. Provides that proceeds from the tax imposed by the Act shall be deposited into the Cargo Transportation Tax Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of Transportation for road projects in areas of the State that receive heightened levels of traffic as a result of the transportation of tangible personal property. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2385 - EPA-COMMERCIAL FREIGHT
Javier Loera Cervantes, Rachel Ventura, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated almost 2 years ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, within one year after the amendatory Act's effective date, the Environmental Protection Agency shall cite specified federal resources, informed by satellite and community data when available, when determining the placement of air monitoring devices at truck-attracting facilities. Requires truck-attracting facilities to continuously monitor onsite emissions for diesel particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. Allows local authorities to employ mobile air monitoring in vehicles dedicated for that purpose or in fleet vehicles in the course of conducting regular business. Requires the Agency to conduct truck counting on a representative sample of local roads where trucks enter or exit a commercial freight trucking facility each year.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2073 - CD CORR-PAROLE REVIEW-RETROACT
Seth Lewis, Kimberly A. Lightford, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated almost 2 years ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that, except for parole review of persons under the age of 21 at the time of the commission of an offense, no person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may be paroled or released except through executive clemency. Provides that for all parole proceedings, the Prisoner Review Board, no less than 15 days in advance of a person's scheduled parole hearing, shall send by certified mail notice of the parole hearing's place, date, and approximate time to: (1) the State's Attorney of the county where a person eligible for parole was convicted; (2) the victim of the crime for which the person eligible for parole was convicted, if not deceased; and (3) the victim's family. Provides that these provisions are in addition to the provisions that apply to notifications to State's Attorneys' offices, victims, and victims' families under other laws of the State. Provides that not less than 12 months prior to the parole review hearing, the Prisoner Review Board shall by certified mail provide notification to the State's Attorney of the county from which the person was committed and by certified mail written notification to the victim or family of the victim of the scheduled hearing place, date, and approximate time. Changes the effective date of the Act from immediate to July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1501 - NOT FOR PROFIT-DEMOGRAPHICS
Adriane Johnson, Mary Edly-Allen, Mattie Hunter
Last updated almost 2 years ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that in its annual report filed with the Secretary of State, a domestic or foreign corporation shall include the aggregated demographic information of its directors and officers, including race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Provides that no later than 30 calendar days after filing the annual report with the Secretary of State, a corporation shall post to the corporation's publicly available website, if one exists, the aggregated demographic information of the corporation's directors and officers. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3368 - JUV CT-FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL
Lakesia Collins, Rachel Ventura, Ann Gillespie
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Delinquent Minors Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Adds a Part concerning fitness to stand trial. Specifies the unfitness standard for a child. Sets forth procedures to raise the issue of the unfitness of a child. Provides for the legal disposition of a child if fitness cannot be attained. Provides that no facility of the Department of Human Services shall be utilized for performing a fitness evaluation. Provides that the child's counsel must be allowed to be present at the evaluation conducted, if requested by the child's counsel. Provides that when the court orders services to attain fitness, the court shall determine if the child will receive services on an inpatient or outpatient basis. If inpatient, the child shall be placed at a facility approved by the Department of Human Services to provide residential, restoration care and treatment. Provides that if the court orders the child to receive services on an outpatient basis, such services shall be rendered in the community at a program approved by the Department of Human Services. Provides that for a child charged with a misdemeanor, the maximum total period shall be no longer than the length of the sentence that could be imposed if the child were adjudicated delinquent of the misdemeanor offense for which the child was charged, or one year whichever is shorter. Contains a severability provision. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2878 - PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD EXMPT
Laura Ellman, Lakesia Collins, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated 7 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the senior citizens homestead exemption, permanently removes the requirement to reapply for the exemption in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants (currently, that requirement was eliminated only for taxable years 2019 through 2023). In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, provides that, if the county board passes a resolution removing the requirement to reapply for the exemption, the chief county assessment official shall conduct, by no later than December 31 of the first year of each reassessment cycle, an audit of all senior citizen homestead exemptions granted for the preceding reassessment cycle.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3559 - ANTI-RETALIATION NURSING HOMES
Lakesia Collins, Karina Villa, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 9 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a facility shall not take any retaliatory action against a resident of the facility because the resident (1) complains, discloses, or threatens to disclose to a supervisor, a public body, or any other person an activity, inaction, policy, or practice implemented by a facility that the resident reasonably believes is in violation of a law or rule, or regulation or that the resident believes to be problematic; (2) provides information to or testifies before any public body conducting an investigation, hearing, or inquiry into any violation of a law, rule, or regulation by a nursing home administrator; (3) assists or participates in a proceeding to enforce the provisions of the Act; (4) seeks assistance for himself or herself or others to transition to independent living or another setting outside of their current nursing home; (5) makes a request of the facility related to the resident's care; (6) becomes a member of a resident council, resident union, or similar organization; or (7) takes any other good faith action in support of any other right or remedy provided by law. Describes remedies that may be awarded to a resident of a facility for a violation of these requirements. Authorizes a claim of retaliation under the Act to be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction or any administrative hearing process conducted by the State and its agencies or departments with jurisdiction to hear complaints by employees or residents against nursing homes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2803 - IL ID CARD-FEDERAL PRISONERS
Christopher Belt, Robert Peters, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 3 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Sets forth procedures for the Secretary of State to issue a standard Illinois Identification Card to a person committed to the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility located in Illinois, or a county jail or county department of corrections (rather than the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice). Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB3522 - MEDICAID-COMM MENTAL HLTH CNTR
Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning on January 1, 2025, rates for psychiatric evaluations performed by community mental health centers and substance use disorder treatment providers and practitioners as set forth on the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Practitioner Fee Schedule shall be increased to $237.57. Provides that beginning on January 1, 2025, rates for medication monitoring performed by community mental health centers and substance use disorder treatment providers and practitioners as set forth on the Department's Practitioner Fee Schedule shall be increased to $140.77 per quarter hour. Provides that no existing or future reimbursement rates or add-ons shall be reduced or changed to address these rate increases. Provides that no later than October 1, 2024, the Department shall submit any necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan amendment to implement the requirements of the amendatory Act. Provides that beginning in State Fiscal Year 2025, and every State fiscal year thereafter, reimbursement rates for those community-based mental health and substance use disorder services shall be adjusted upward by an amount equal to the Consumer Price Index-U from the previous year, not to exceed 5% in any State fiscal year. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
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