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SB3514 - OFFICIAL STATE MUSHROOM
Seth Lewis, Rachel Ventura, Michelle Mussman
Last updated about 1 month ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that the mushroom calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the "giant puffball", is designated the official State mushroom of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2647 - $DCEO-WHEATON
Seth Lewis, Suzanne Glowiak Hilton
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates the sum of $1,250,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the City of Wheaton. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3170 - NONCITIZEN COST TRANSPARENCY
John F. Curran, Jason Plummer, Neil Anderson
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Noncitizen Population Spending Transparency Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with relevant State agencies, shall prepare an annual report identifying all State spending on services and resources for noncitizen and asylum-seeking populations. Sets forth reporting requirements. Provides that, on or before November 15, 2024, and each year thereafter, the Department of Human Services shall submit the report to the General Assembly. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall post and maintain the report on its publicly available website. Provides that the Department of Human Services is authorized to coordinate efforts with other State agencies to prepare and submit a cohesive report for the General Assembly. Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, beginning with budgets prepared for fiscal year 2026, the budgets submitted by the Governor and appropriations made by the General Assembly for all executive branch State agencies must include a detailed accounting of all proposed spending on noncitizen and asylum-seeking populations. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3725 - USE/OCC TX-GROCERIES
Donald P. DeWitte, Neil Anderson, Erica Conway Harriss
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2024, certain food, drugs, and medical appliances that were taxed at the rate of 1% shall be exempt from the taxes under those Acts. Provides that certain amounts shall be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to certain local tax funds. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1924 - SCH CD&PEN CD-SUPERINTENDENTS
Michael W. Halpin, Seth Lewis, Adriane Johnson
Last updated about 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision concerning service credit for accumulated unused sick leave, provides that if the employee was in the service of more than one employer or regional office of education (instead of more than one employer), then sick leave days from all such employers shall be credited. Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, all regional superintendents of schools shall receive the same salary regardless of the population of the region they serve. Provides that the salary for all regional superintendents shall be equal to the middle annual salary tier. Makes a change concerning the posting of information on the institute fund. Repeals a provision of the Code that prohibits regional superintendents from practicing or from holding themselves out as practicing any other profession. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2878 - PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD EXMPT
Laura Ellman, Lakesia Collins, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated 6 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the senior citizens homestead exemption, permanently removes the requirement to reapply for the exemption in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants (currently, that requirement was eliminated only for taxable years 2019 through 2023). In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, provides that, if the county board passes a resolution removing the requirement to reapply for the exemption, the chief county assessment official shall conduct, by no later than December 31 of the first year of each reassessment cycle, an audit of all senior citizen homestead exemptions granted for the preceding reassessment cycle.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3327 - STATE'S ATTORNEY-INVESTIGATOR
John F. Curran, Seth Lewis
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Counties Code. Removes a provision limiting a special investigator appointed by a State's Attorney to carrying a firearm only in the performance of the special investigator's assigned duties (currently, a special investigator shall not carry firearms except with permission of the State's Attorney and only while carrying appropriate identification indicating the special investigator's employment and in the performance of the special investigator's assigned duties).
STATUS
Introduced
SB3489 - INC TX-STATE AND LOCAL DEDUCT
Chapin Rose, Seth Lewis, Win Stoller
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction for amounts that are disallowed as a deduction on the taxpayer's federal income tax return because of the $10,000 limitation under the federal Internal Revenue Code on deductions for certain State and local taxes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3328 - CRIM CD-VIOL ORDERS OF PROTECT
John F. Curran, Seth Lewis
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that violation of an order of protection is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction violation of a civil no contact order, violation of a stalking no contact order, or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as violation of a civil no contact order or violation of a stalking no contact order. Provides that violation of a civil no contact order is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction for violation of an order of protection, violation of a civil no contact order, or violation of a stalking no contact order, or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as a violation of an order of protection, violation of a civil no contact order, or violation of a stalking no contact order. Provides that violation of a stalking no contact order is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction under the Code for a violation of an order of protection, violation of a stalking no contact order, or violation of a civil no contact order, or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as a violation of an order of protection, violation of a civil no contact order, or violation of a stalking no contact order.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3325 - PUBLICITY ACT-USE OF AI
Mary Edly-Allen, Sara Feigenholtz, Adriane Johnson
Last updated 8 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Right of Publicity Act. Grants additional enforcement rights and remedies to recording artists. Provides for the liability of any person who materially contributes to, induces, or otherwise facilitates a violation of a specified provision of the Act by another party after having reason to know that the other party is in violation. Defines "artificial intelligence" and "generative artificial intelligence". Changes the definition of "commercial purpose" and "identity".
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Illinois district SD-024
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Seth Lewis is from Brookings, South Dakota. He earned his B.S. in biological sciences in 2018 from South Dakota State University. He has owned Lewis Family Seed Inc since 2015. Lewis served on the SDSU Seed Technology Club from 2014-2018. Lewis served as a legislative page in the South Dakota House of Representatives in 2013. He is currently seeking election to District 3 of the South Dakota House of Representatives.read less
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