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HB3903 - MANDATES-VARIOUS
Robert Rita, Eva Dina Delgado, Gregg Johnson
Last updated about 1 year ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Election Code. Prohibits any contractor that provides equipment and services for automated law enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties, as well as any political action committee created by such a contractor, from making a campaign contribution to any political committee established to promote the candidacy of a candidate or public official. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law ordinance adopted by a municipality or county shall require that the determination to issue a citation be vested solely with the municipality or county and that such authority may not be delegated to any contractor retained by the municipality or county. Prohibits any officer or employee of a municipality or county from knowingly accepting employment or receiving compensation or fees for services from a contractor that provides automated law enforcement system equipment or services to municipalities or counties. Requires the statistical analyses of the safety impacts of automated traffic law enforcement systems and automated speed enforcement systems to be conducted every 2 years. Provides that, if a county or municipality changes the vendor it uses for its automated traffic law enforcement system or automated speed enforcement system and must, as a consequence, apply for a permit, approval, or other authorization from the Department of Transportation for reinstallation of one or more of the components of that system and if, at the time of the application, the new vendor operates such a system for any other county or municipality in the State, then the Department of Transportation shall approve or deny the county or municipality's application for the permit, approval, or other authorization within 90 days after its receipt. Provides that, if an automated traffic law enforcement system is removed or rendered inoperable due to construction, then the Department shall authorize the reinstallation or use of the automated traffic law enforcement system within 30 days after the construction is complete. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SR0136 - RSV VACCINE-CDC
Sara Feigenholtz, Karina Villa
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include new RSV immunization technologies (including vaccines and monoclonal antibodies), within the federal VFC program if the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues administrative recommendations that are subsequently approved by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
STATUS
Passed
SR0213 - EQUAL PAY DAY
Celina Villanueva, Adriane Johnson, Rachel Ventura
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Declares March 14, 2023 as "Equal Pay Day". Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0260 - MEMORIAL-ELIZABETH MURPHY
Sara Feigenholtz
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of Elizabeth N. "Beth" (Newell) Murphy, a beloved community leader.
STATUS
Passed
SB2581 - ESTATE TAX-EXCLUSION AMOUNT
David Koehler, Jil Walker Tracy, Paul Faraci
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2024, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code, including any deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (currently, the exclusion amount for Illinois estate tax purposes is $4,000,000). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0598 - CONDEMNS ATTACK ON ISRAEL
Jason Plummer, Craig Wilcox, Laura Fine
Last updated 11 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Condemns the terrorist attacks by Hamas on the State of Israel, expresses deepest sorrow to all innocent people impacted by this terrorist attack and for all the innocent lives lost in Israel and Gaza, calls for the safe delivery of humanitarian aid for the region, demands the release of the hostages being held by Hamas, prays for all deployed Americans, and opposes all organizations that use terror as a tactic, victimize innocent civilians, and intentionally undermine peace throughout the world.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3138 - DCFS-SCHOLARSHIPS
Sara Feigenholtz, John F. Curran, Rachel Ventura
Last updated about 1 month ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In a provision providing that post-secondary education scholarships and fee waivers awarded to eligible students by the Department of Children and Family Services shall be available to students for at least 5 years, provides that such scholarships shall be available so long as the eligible students are continuing to work toward graduation and completion of a certificate or degree program (rather than so long as the eligible students are continuing to work toward graduation). Removes a provision requiring a community college or public university that a scholarship applicant attends to waive any tuition and fee amounts that exceed the amounts paid to the applicant under the federal Pell Grant Program. Provides that tuition and fee waivers shall be available to a student for at least the first 5 years the student is enrolled in a community college, university, or college maintained by the State of Illinois so long as the student continues to work toward graduation and completion of a certificate or degree program (rather than makes satisfactory progress toward completing the student's degree). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SR0774 - EQUAL PAY DAY
Celina Villanueva, Sally J. Turner, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Declares March 12, 2024 as "Equal Pay Day". Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
STATUS
Passed
SB3559 - ANTI-RETALIATION NURSING HOMES
Lakesia Collins, Karina Villa, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 8 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
SB3232 - ABANDONED INFANTS-HOSPITALS
Sara Feigenholtz, Ann M. Williams, Anthony DeLuca
Last updated about 1 month ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. In a provision concerning hospital procedures with respect to a relinquished infant, provides that if a person who relinquished or a person claiming to be the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a hospital, the hospital must inform such person of the name and contact information of the child welfare agency to whom custody of the infant was transferred. In a provision concerning child welfare agency procedures, requires the Department of Children and Family Services and child welfare agencies to initiate parental termination, guardianship, and adoption proceedings in accordance with the Adoption Act (rather than the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act).
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
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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