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SB1830 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE-PENALTIES
Elgie R. Sims, Ann Gillespie, Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that a petitioner may file a petition to vacate and expunge certain felony possession violations under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the States Attorney's office of each county shall report annually to the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council certain information regarding each person whose case was disposed under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, and the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the statute prohibiting the knowing manufacture, delivery, or intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance to the contrary, this provision does not apply to possession with intent to deliver an amount of a controlled or counterfeit substances or controlled substance analogs for which possession is classified as a Class A misdemeanor. Reduces the penalties for the knowing manufacture or delivery, possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, or possession of certain specified controlled substances. Reduces the penalties for the knowing possession of certain specified controlled substances. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the Code of Civil Procedure to make conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2166 - REVENUE-TECH
Sara Feigenholtz
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1782 - CHILD LABOR-ONLINE CONTENT
David Koehler, Linda Holmes, Napoleon Harris
Last updated about 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Further amends the Child Labor Law. Changes references from "minor child" to "minor". Makes conforming changes in provisions concerning exempt occupations. Removes a rulemaking provision. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB1876 - DCEO-SOLAR PERMITTING GRANT
William Cunningham, Sara Feigenholtz
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that it is the policy of the State to promote and encourage the installation of distributed energy resources, such as distributed generation technology and advanced energy storage, and to limit obstacles to their use. Establishes that within 180 days of the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create and administer a grant program facilitating the implementation of an online permitting process for residential photovoltaic solar energy systems for the purpose of modernizing and reducing the cost and time to obtain building permits for distributed generation. Provides that jurisdictions requiring permits for such systems may apply for a grant of up to $20,000 from the Department. Requires the Department to allocate a minimum of $1,000,000 in eligible funds to provide grants under the program. Requires the Department to disclose in a report on its website each jurisdiction which received a grant, the amount of each grant, the anticipated implementation date of the recipient jurisdiction's automated permitting platform, and other relevant information.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2120 - FAMILY FIRST ACT-TECH
Sara Feigenholtz
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Family First Act. Contains only a short title provision.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2345 - JUV CT-RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
Sara Feigenholtz, Meg Loughran Cappel, Laura Fine
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 concerning abused, neglected, and dependent minors. Provides that, within 30 (Instead of 35) days after placing a child in its care in a qualified residential treatment program, as defined by the federal Social Security Act, the Department of Children and Family Services shall prepare a written report for filing with the court and send copies of the report to all parties (rather "shall file a written report with the court and send copies of the report to all parties"). Provides that, within 20 days of the filing of the report, or as soon thereafter as the court's schedule allows but not more than 60 days from the date of placement, the court shall hold a hearing to consider the Department's report and determine whether placement of the child in a qualified residential treatment program provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child in the least restrictive environment and if the placement is consistent with the short-term and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the permanency plan for the child.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1818 - ILLINOIS FLAG COMMISSION
Doris Turner, David Koehler, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated about 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Illinois Flag Commission Act. Creates the Illinois Flag Commission for the purpose of developing new State flag designs and making recommendations to the General Assembly concerning whether the current State flag ought to be replaced with a redesigned State flag. Identifies the members to be appointed to the Commission. Describes the duties of the Commission. Requires the Chair of the Commission to convene the first Commission meeting by no later than September 1, 2023. Requires the Commission to report its recommendations to the General Assembly by no later than December 3, 2024. Provides for the repeal of the Act on January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1785 - MED PRACTICE-COLLAB AGREEMENT
David Koehler, Sara Feigenholtz, Dave Syverson
Last updated about 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the written collaborative agreement between a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches and an advanced practice registered nurse shall be for services for which the collaborating physician can provide adequate collaboration (rather than for services in the same area of practice or specialty as the collaborating physician in his or her clinical medical practice).
STATUS
Passed
SB1831 - MEDICAID-COMM MENTAL HEALTH
Elgie R. Sims, Laura M. Murphy, Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. In a provision concerning Medicaid funding for community mental health services, sets forth rate increases, to begin on and after January 1, 2024, for the following rates and services: the Mobile Crisis Response Medicaid Payment rate for all services provided under the S9484 procedure code; the Crisis Intervention Medicaid Payment rate for all levels of services provided under the H2011 procedure code; the Integrated Assessment and Treatment Planning Medicaid Payment rate for all levels of services provided under the H2000 procedure code; the Group and Family Therapy Medicaid Payment rate for all levels of services provided under the H0004 procedure code; the Community Support - Group Medicaid Payment rate for all levels of services provided under the H2015 procedure code; the Telepsychiatry Originating Site Medicaid Payment rate for services provided under the Q3014 procedure code; and the Medication Monitoring Medicaid Payment rate for services provided under the H2010 procedure code for medication monitoring provided by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, and all other levels of provider. Provides that no base Medicaid rate payment or any other payment for the provision of Medicaid community mental health services in place on January 1, 2023 shall be diminished or changed to make the reimbursement changes required by the amendatory Act. Provides that any payments required under the amendatory Act that are delayed due to implementation challenges or federal approval shall be made retroactive to January 1, 2024 for the full amount required by the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2421 - CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT
Laura Fine, Kimberly A. Lightford, Paul Faraci
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Protections Act. Defines terms. Provides that (i) title to pore space belongs to and is vested in the surface owner of the overlying surface estate, (ii) a conveyance of title to a surface estate conveys title to the pore space in all strata underlying the surface estate, and (iii) title to pore space may not be severed from title to the surface estate. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prohibits the amalgamation of pore space under the Eminent Domain Act. Contains requirements for valid amalgamation. Requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to determine a fee for carbon sequestration by rule. Creates the Carbon Transportation and Sequestration Readiness Fund and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Public Health to conduct training with specified requirements. Contains other provisions. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes changes to the definition of "sequester". Removes language requiring specified facilities to be clean coal facilities. Makes other changes. Amends the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. Contains requirements for receiving a certificate of authority. Makes other changes. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires any person seeking to sequester carbon dioxide in Illinois to first obtain a carbon sequestration permit from the Agency. Contains other provisions and makes other changes. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Illinois district SD-006
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Sara Feigenholtz was born in Chicago, Illinois. She earned her B.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1980. Feigenholtz was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1994. She serves on several committees including Adoption & Child Welfare; Appropriations-Higher Education; Energy & Environment; Human Services; and Mental Health.read less
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Illinois Senate from Illinois
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