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HB4917 - INC TX-CHILD TAX CREDIT
Marcus C. Evans, Mary Beth Canty, Justin D. Slaughter
Last updated 9 months ago
40 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child tax credit in an amount equal to the product of a specified credit amount multiplied by the number of qualifying children of the taxpayer. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4781 - DCFS-KINSHIP IN DEMAND
Marcus C. Evans, Mary E. Flowers, Debbie Meyers-Martin
Last updated 6 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act. Provides that the KIND Act creates the statutory vision and authority for the Department of Children and Family Services to execute a kin-first approach to service delivery and directs the juvenile courts to provide necessary oversight of the Department's obligations to maintain family connections and promote equitable opportunities for youth and families to thrive with relational permanence. Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Contains provisions concerning Department rules on relative and licensed foster care; grants to subsidized guardians of hard-to-place children; a requirement on the Department to make diligent efforts to place a child with a relative; documentation of the Department's reasons for failing to secure a relative placement; foster care maintenance payments for relatives who qualify for certification as a relative caregiver home under the Child Care Act of 1969; subsidized guardianship support services for children and their guardians; certification and background checks on persons seeking relative caregiver approval; annual reports regarding relative and certified relative caregiver placements; performance audits; and other matters. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Requires the Department to adopt standards for certified relative caregiver family homes that are different from licensing standards used for non-relative foster family homes. Contains provisions concerning background screenings of prospective relative caregiver homes; a requirement that the Department assist prospective certified relative caregivers with completing the steps required for approval as a certified relative caregiver home; orientation activities for certified relative caregivers; and other matters. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes changes to provisions concerning "best interest" determinations; court assessments on the Department's effort to place a minor with a relative; inquiries by a court on the Department's family finding and relative engagement efforts; required notification to a minor's located relatives that the minor has been removed from the custody of the minor's parents; and other matters. Some provisions take effect immediately, some provisions take effect January 1, 2025 and some provisions take effect July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3791 - CONCEALED CARRY-FOREST PRESERV
Kevin John Olickal, Maura Hirschauer, Kimberly Du Buclet
Last updated over 1 year ago
40 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a forest preserve district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an aquatic center, boat launch, boating center, athletic venue, picnic grove, nature center, grounds of a nature center, pavilion, grounds of a pavilion, golf course, parking lot, driving range, adventure course, grounds of an adventure course, zipline building, grounds of a zipline, equestrian center, grounds of an equestrian center, exercise venue, grounds of an exercise venue, any Illinois nature preserve, land and water reserve, or any public or private gathering or special event conducted on property that requires the issuance of a permit. Defines "grounds".
STATUS
Introduced
HB4611 - INS CD-AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
Thaddeus Jones, LaShawn K. Ford, Theresa Mah
Last updated 10 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer shall not, with regard to any motor vehicle liability insurance practice, (i) unfairly discriminate based on age, race, color, national or ethnic origin, immigration or citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, or gender expression or (ii) use any external consumer data and information sources in a way that unfairly discriminates based on age, race, color, national or ethnic origin, immigration or citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, or gender expression. Allows the Department of Insurance to examine and investigate an insurer's use of external consumer data and information sources, algorithms, or predictive models in any motor vehicle liability insurance practice. Specifies that the provisions shall not be construed to require an insurer to collect consumer's demographic data, to prohibit the use of a driver's history that has a direct relationship with risk, or to prohibit the use of or require testing of longstanding and well-established common industry practices in settling claims or traditional underwriting practices. Prohibits an insurer from canceling, refusing to renew, or increasing the premium for any policy of automobile insurance solely because an insured person has reached the age of 65 years if the insured has a valid Illinois driver's license. Defines terms.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4180 - INSURANCE-DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAM
Nabeela Syed, Michael J. Kelly, Jeff Keicher
Last updated 3 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. In the Illinois Insurance Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code, requires coverage of molecular breast imaging (MBI) of an entire breast or breasts if a mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue or when medically necessary as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse (rather than as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches). Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the Health Maintenance Organization Act. In provisions concerning coverage for mammograms, provides that coverage for certain types of mammography shall be made available to patients of a specified age (rather than only women of a specified age). Makes changes to require coverage for molecular breast imaging. Effective January 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
SB3157 - NON-PROFIT INVESTMENT POOL
Adriane Johnson, Christopher Belt, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 7 months ago
43 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the State Treasurer may establish an electronic payment processing program to supplement and enhance secure electronic payment options otherwise available to not-for-profit corporations in the State. Provides that the State Treasurer may receive funds paid into the non-profit investment pool by a not-for-profit corporation that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (rather than Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code).
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0464 - EDUCATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Adriane Johnson, Mattie Hunter
Last updated 3 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions requiring referendum approval to build or purchase a school building, provides that for any school district: (i) that is designated as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school district under the evidence-based funding provisions of the Code, (ii) with at least one school that is located on federal property, (iii) whose overall student population is no more than 4,500 students and no less than 2,500 students, and (iv) that receives a federal Public Schools on Military Installations grant until June 30, 2030, no referendum shall be required if at least 75% of the cost of construction or building of any such building is paid or will be paid with funds received or expected to be received from the Public Schools on Military Installations grant. Provides that the school board must hold at least 2 public hearings, the sole purpose of which shall be to discuss the decision to construct a school building and to receive input from those community members in attendance. Provides that the notice of each public hearing that sets forth the time, date, place, and description of the school construction project must be provided at least 10 days prior to the hearing by publication on the school district's website. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HR0690 - MEMORIAL-KAREN YARBROUGH
Emanuel Welch, Jehan A. Gordon-Booth, Robyn Gabel
Last updated 7 months ago
115 Co-Sponsors
Mourns the death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough.
STATUS
Passed
SB3182 - BIRTH CERTIFICATE-STILLBIRTH
Lakesia Collins, Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 3 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital having custody of a fetus following a spontaneous fetal death occurring during or after a gestation period of at least 20 completed weeks must notify the gestational parent of the parent's right to receive a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that after each fetal death that occurs in the State after a gestation period of at least 20 (rather than 26) completed weeks, or in cases where gestational age is uncertain, where the fetus weighs at least 350 grams, the person who files a fetal death certificate shall also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires the person who files a fetal death certificate to notify the gestational parent of the stillborn of that parent's right to request and receive a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2132 - RUST BELT TO GREEN BELT PILOT
Marcus C. Evans, Jay C. Hoffman, Ann M. Williams
Last updated over 1 year ago
54 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Illinois Rust Belt to Green Belt Pilot Program Act. Creates the Illinois Rust Belt to Green Belt Fund as a special fund in the State treasury and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Provides that the Fund shall be used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to encourage and facilitate the employment of construction workforces located in underrepresented populations. Provides that applicants that are applying for a new utility-scale offshore wind project with the Illinois Power Agency shall file with the Department, as part of the applicant's application, an equity and inclusion plan. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. In provisions concerning the procurement of renewable energy credits, provides that in addition to the amount of renewable energy credits to be procured from wind projects, the Illinois Power Agency shall procure at least 700,000 renewable energy credits, delivered annually for at least 20 years, from one new utility-scale offshore wind project. In provisions concerning the development of a long-term renewable resources procurement plan, provides that the total of renewable energy resources procured under the procurement plan shall be reduced for all retail customers based on the amount necessary to limit the annual estimated average net increase due to the costs of these resources included in the amounts paid by eligible retail customers in connection with electric service to no more than 4.25% of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the year ending May 31, 2009, and to no more than 4.5% of that amount as of the billing month following the expected date that a new utility-scale offshore wind project commences commercial operations and is expected to begin delivering power to the PJM Interconnection, LLC transmission grid. Provides that the Agency shall conduct at least one new utility-scale offshore wind procurement within 360 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
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