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SB1996 - MANUFACTURING MENTORSHIP
Robert Peters, William Cunningham, Meg Loughran Cappel
Last updated 4 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides for increases in the rate of the annual Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides for increases in the rate of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Fee and payments to the Rate Adjustment Fund. Provides for transfers from the Self-Insurers Security Fund to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund, to the extent that there are insufficient funds in the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund to pay the operating costs of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission or the salaries and benefits of employees of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. Makes changes in provisions concerning the collection of civil penalties or reimbursements for amounts paid by the Injured Workers' Benefit Fund due under an order of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. Makes changes to penalties for any person, company, corporation, insurance carrier, healthcare provider, or other entity that intentionally prepares or provides an invalid, false, or counterfeit certificate of insurance as proof of workers' compensation insurance or intentionally assists, abets, solicits, or conspires with any person, company, or other entity to intentionally prepare or provide an invalid, false, or counterfeit certificate of insurance as proof of workers' compensation insurance. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2639 - INS CD-INFERTILITY COVERAGE
Michael E. Hastings, Susan Rezin, Christopher Belt
Last updated 5 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, for a group policy of accident and health insurance that provides pregnancy related benefits (rather than providing coverage for more than 25 employees that provides pregnancy-related benefits) that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this State after January 1, 2026 (rather than the effective date of the amendatory Act), if a covered individual obtains, from a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a recommendation approving the covered individual to seek in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, or zygote intrafallopian tube transfer based on any of the following: the covered individual's medical, sexual, and reproductive history; the covered individual's age; physical findings; or diagnostic testing, then the procedure shall be covered without any other restrictions or requirements. Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require plans under those Acts to comply with provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code requiring coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. Adds a January 1, 2026 effective date.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3273 - INC TX-SCHOLARSHIPS
Celina Villanueva, Paul Faraci, Michael W. Halpin
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction for an amount equal to the amount included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income that is attributable to student loan repayment assistance received by the taxpayer during the taxable year from a qualified community foundation if the taxpayer is a qualified worker. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3104 - INC TX-CHILD CARE
Jil Walker Tracy, Susan Rezin, Donald P. DeWitte
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child care credit in an amount equal to 25% of the federal tax credit for each qualifying child. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2717 - INC TX-EDUCATION
Susan Rezin, Jil Walker Tracy, Donald P. DeWitte
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who are the custodians of one or more children who attend an eligible preschool program in the State during the taxable year. Provides that the amount of the credit shall be 100% of the eligible expenses incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year in sending the child to the eligible preschool program, but not to exceed $1,500 per child. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2856 - COUNSELING COMPACT
Laura Fine, Mattie Hunter, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Counseling Compact Act. Provides that the State of Illinois enters into the Counseling Compact. Specifies that the Compact's purpose is to facilitate interstate practice of licensed professional counselors with the goal of improving public access to professional counseling services. Sets out provisions concerning the privilege to practice, obtaining a new home state license, active duty military personnel, telehealth, adverse actions, Counseling Compact Commission, data systems, rulemaking, oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement. Contains other provisions concerning the Commission, the Compact, and the procedures governing participating in and construction of the Compact. Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act. Requires the Professional Counselor Licensing and Disciplinary Board to submit a report to the General Assembly with recommendations of any statutory changes and budgetary changes needed to comply with the requirements of the Counseling Compact. Requires the Board and Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to modify, if needed, Board and Department rules to comply with the requirements of the Counseling Compact. Provides that the changes to the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act are effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1378 - IHDA-TAX CREDITS-VET HOUSING
Jil Walker Tracy, Andrew S. Chesney, Sally J. Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that, as part of the development of the Qualified Allocation Plan for 2024-2025, the Illinois Housing Development Authority must set aside no less than 10% of its allocated tax credits for projects sponsored by nonprofits that will provide permanent housing for formerly homeless veterans in a service-based multifamily property and projects of no fewer than 20 units. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2914 - PEN CD-IMRF-ELECTED OFFICIALS
Karina Villa, Sally J. Turner
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision concerning participation in the Fund by a person who holds an elective office, provides that a person who holds an elective office and has not elected to participate in the Fund with respect to that office shall not be disqualified from receiving service credit for service in that elected office as long as the member participated in a non-elected position with the employer for which the member is now an elected official; the employer has continued to make member contributions for that period of service; and there is no gap in service credit between the 2 positions. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3571 - SCH CD-AED-AFTER HOURS
Erica Conway Harriss, Win Stoller, Sally J. Turner
Last updated about 2 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced, but provides that a school district shall require all attendance centers to have present during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity on school grounds at least one automated external defibrillator (instead of a school district shall require a school to have present at the school during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity at least one automated external defibrillator and one or more trained AED users).
STATUS
Passed
SB3658 - REAL ESTATE ILLEGAL POSSESSION
Dave Syverson, Andrew S. Chesney, Jason Plummer
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to provide that illegal possession of land during a 7-year period may not be used for a claim of adverse possession. Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that no person shall have a right or legal standing to occupy or remain on or in any real property, residence, or structure where he or she has no written property interest under a written lease or rental agreement with the owner of the property listed in county tax records or no documentation of payment of rent made to the owner of the property. Provides that all persons legally occupying a property, residence, or structure shall be listed by name and date of birth on a lease, rental agreement, or rental application associated with the lease or rental agreement or provide evidence that the person is an invitee of a lessee or authorized occupant of the property. Provides that no subleasing shall be allowed or deemed as legal in contrast to a lease or rental agreement that specifically prohibit subleases. Provides that a sublease made in violation of a lease or rental agreement shall not establish legal standing to occupy or remain on or in any real property, residence, or structure by the sublessee and the sublessee shall vacate the property after receiving notice from the property owner of record to depart.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Illinois district SD-044
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Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Sally J. Turner is running for election for Judge of the Court of Appeals. She earned her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University and her J.D. from Yale Law School. Turner previously served as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, as an Assistant State Attorney for Pinellas County, and as Deputy Chief Assistant Statewide Prosecutor. She has worked on a variety of cases including white collar fraud, public corruption, and cybercrime.read less
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