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HB3768 - UNIFORM RACIAL CLASSIFICATION
Abdelnasser Rashid, Elizabeth Hernandez, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts provisions of the engrossed bill. Provides that a State agency is not required to use the Middle Eastern or North African classification for reporting workforce or hiring data until after July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB2560 - $DPH-OCE
Karina Villa, Javier Loera Cervantes, Celina Villanueva
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for grants to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics for expenses of free and charitable clinics. Provides that the funds shall be used to provide care or make referrals for uninsured or underinsured people living with acute and chronic health issues. Provides for reappropriations to the Department of Public Health. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2702 - FIRE SPRINKLER INSPECTORS
Ram Villivalam, Mary Edly-Allen, Michael J. Kelly
Last updated 4 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Provides that "fire sprinkler inspector" means an individual who is qualified to perform routine inspection or testing of fire sprinkler systems and who is exclusively employed by a single fire sprinkler contractor (instead of employed or contracted by a fire sprinkler contractor). Provides that any individual who performs routine inspection or testing of any fire sprinkler system under the Act shall be exclusively employed by a single licensed fire sprinkler contractor (instead of be employed by a licensed fire sprinkler contractor) and meet certain minimum qualifications.
STATUS
Passed
SB2540 - $DHS-TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
Ram Villivalam
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Appropriates $750,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for grants to the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and the operator of the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline for the purposes of emergency transportation assistance to survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2610 - CHICAGO BOARD EDU-COMPENSATION
Robert F. Martwick, Ram Villivalam, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated about 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Authorizes the Chicago Board of Education, by resolution, to provide for the compensation of its members.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0570 - MEMORIAL-ARNOLD REYMER
Ram Villivalam
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of Arnold Reymer.
STATUS
Passed
SB2676 - $NEIU-OCE
Ram Villivalam
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Appropriates $43,597,015 from the General Revenue Fund to Northeastern Illinois University for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2729 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACT RETAINAGE
Ram Villivalam, Willie Preston, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Government Contract Retainage Act. Defines terms, including that "retainage" means a portion of money withheld from the payment of a contract for a specified period of time to ensure that a contractor or subcontractor finishes a construction project completely and finishes in the manner specified in the contract. Provides that interest shall accrue monthly on the first day of each month on retainage withheld by a governmental unit at a specified rate set by the State Treasurer. Requires retainage withheld by a governmental unit to be paid not more than 60 days after being retained, including interest accrued, unless the retainage was withheld on the last pay period of a project shall, which shall be paid not more than 120 days after being retained. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3093 - ROTA-LIQUOR RETAILER
Ram Villivalam
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that, if any licensee authorized to sell alcoholic liquor at retail has had the renewal of his or her certificate of registration denied by the Department of Revenue or if such a licensee's certificate of registration has been revoked by the Department of Revenue, then the Department of Revenue shall file a notice with the Liquor Control Commission that includes a certification, signed by Director of Revenue or his or her designee, attesting that the renewal of the person's certificate of registration has been denied or that the person's certificate of registration has been revoked, as applicable, after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Provides that the Liquor Control Commission shall inactivate the license of that licensee until the Department of Revenue notifies the Liquor Control Commission that the violation resulting in the nonrenewal or revocation has been remedied and the certificate of registration has been reinstated by the Department of Revenue. Effective immediately
STATUS
Introduced
SB3092 - SCH CD-EMPLOYE TRAUMA TRAINING
Ram Villivalam
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the School Code. Makes stylistic changes in provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops. In provisions concerning inservice training programs, removes the requirement that the training regarding health conditions of students include the chronic health conditions of students and provides that school district employees who are trained to respond to trauma under the provisions shall be immune from civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed practices under the provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops satisfies the requirements under the provisions concerning inservice training programs. Removes certain provisions that require a school board to conduct inservice training for all school district employees on the methods to respond to trauma. Makes technical changes having a revisory function. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Illinois district SD-008
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