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SB3716 - LAKE MICH MONITORING-REPORTING
Adriane Johnson, Laura M. Murphy, Donald P. DeWitte
Last updated about 2 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Removes a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the City of Chicago and affected units of government for specified concerns. Removes a provision that require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct water quality and lake bed surveys to evaluate the ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Removes a provision concerning reporting requirements. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly monitor water quality from nearshores, harbors, and public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an executive summary biennially on conditions of the water quality in Lake Michigan to the Governor and members of the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
HR0538 - EXPRESSWAY LIDS-INTERSTATE
Kambium Buckner, Sonya M. Harper
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Recognizes the need to reunite communities split by the creation of the interstate highway system. Recognizes the importance of expressway lids as a partial solution to that problem. Urges the State of Illinois to utilize federal resources, in partnership with state agencies and local entities, to begin reconnecting these communities with, among other things, expressway lids.
STATUS
Passed
SB3713 - CRIME VICTIMS COMP ACT
Robert Peters, Kimberly A. Lightford, Maurice A. West
Last updated about 2 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to provide that law enforcement agencies may disclose law enforcement reports and records to the Attorney General to comply with the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Defines "applicant", "crime of violence", "victim", "pecuniary loss", "dating relationship", and other terms. Provides that no compensation may be granted to an applicant under the Act while the applicant is held in a correctional institution. Provides that an applicant who is held in a correctional institution may apply for assistance under this Act at any time, but no award of compensation may be considered until the applicant is released. Authorizes the Attorney General to issue subpoenas to compel the production of law enforcement reports maintained by the enforcement agencies. Provides that if the victim or applicant has obtained an order of protection, a civil no contact order, or a stalking no contact order or the crime was allegedly committed by law enforcement use of force, it is appropriate notification if the applicant or victim has been treated by the medical provider or mental health provider. Creates criteria to determine whether an applicant has cooperated with law enforcement. Provides that an applicant may provide notification by being treated by a mental health provider for psychological injuries for injuries arising from violations of the Criminal Code of 2012 for trafficking, sex crimes, and bodily harm. Requires the mental health provider to perform an independent medical evaluation and provide an opinion regarding causation of those injuries. Creates criteria for the Attorney General to use in evaluating an applicant's cooperation. Provides that an applicant's failure to respond to the Attorney General or Court of Claims may result in the claim being closed without compensation. Provides that an award shall be reduced or denied to the extent by which the victim's behavior posed an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to a law enforcement office and the victim's behavior was direct and proximate cause of the victim's injury in claims that a law enforcement officer's use of force caused the victim's injury or death. Makes other changes. Effective immediately, except certain provisions take effect January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HR0613 - IDPH-IL IMMUNIZATION STRATEGY
Camille Lilly, Anne M. Stava-Murray, Carol Ammons
Last updated 4 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to continue taking appropriate action to facilitate equitable access to adolescent and adult vaccinations, including establishing appropriate programs and initiatives to raise public awareness on the importance of adolescent and adult vaccinations. Urges the IDPH to continue working with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in-state healthcare providers, and patients to implement an effective and actionable state immunization strategy that includes adult immunizations. Urges the IDPH to continue increasing community resilience to communicable and other emerging disease threats. Urges the IDPH to continue determining goals on which to center the immunization plan. Urges the IDPH to continue exploring federal funding opportunities and partnerships to support vaccine awareness and access programs aligned with the goals established in the state immunization strategy.
STATUS
Passed
HB4439 - ST AGENCY WEBSITE COOKIES
Edgar Gonzalez, Matt Hanson, Don Harmon
Last updated 5 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that the soybean is designated as the official State bean of the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5864 - UNLAWFUL POSSESSION PROPERTY
Sonya M. Harper
Last updated 2 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Remedy to Remove Unauthorized Persons from Residential Real Property Act. Authorizes a property owner or authorized agent to request the sheriff for the immediate removal of a person or persons unlawfully occupying a residential dwelling. Creates a statutory form for the property owner to complete to give to the sheriff to use the provisions of the Act. Provides that if the sheriff verifies the information in the form, the sheriff must serve a notice on the unlawful occupant to vacate the dwelling. Authorizes the sheriff, if appropriate, to arrest any person for trespass, outstanding warrants, or any other legal cause. Authorizes the property owner to request the sheriff to remain on the premises to keep the peace while the locks are changed or the personal property of the unlawful occupant is removed. Authorizes the sheriff to charge a reasonable hourly rate to do so. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits a Class 4 felony if he or she lists or advertises residential real property for sale knowing that the purported seller has no legal title or authority to sell the property, or rents or leases the property to another person knowing that he or she has no lawful ownership in the property or leasehold interest in the property.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0579 - REGULATION-TECH
Robyn Gabel, Bob Morgan, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated about 1 year ago
40 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Insurance Law. Sets forth provisions concerning the Marketplace Director of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Sets forth provisions concerning an exemption regarding any procurements necessary for the Department of Insurance to implement the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall operate the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange as a State-based exchange using the federal platform by plan year 2025 and as a State-based exchange by plan year 2026. Provides that, except where inconsistent with State law, the Department shall enforce health plan coverage requirements under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that apply to the individual and small group markets. Provides that the Director of Insurance may elect to add a small business health options program to the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Provides that the General Assembly shall appropriate funds to establish the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Provides that issuers must remit an assessment in monthly installments to the Department. Sets forth provisions concerning State medical assistance program coordination and provisions concerning the authority of the Department of Insurance and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Creates the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Fund. Sets forth provisions creating the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Advisory Committee. Makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3672 - EDUC SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM
Chris Miller, Sonya M. Harper
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Education Savings Account Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall develop and implement an education savings account program for eligible pupils. Provides that education savings account payments shall be made available to parents and guardians in the manner authorized for the payment of qualified educational expenses as provided in the Act. Provides that parents and guardians shall first use education savings account payments for all qualified educational expenses that are tuition and fees for which the parent or guardian is responsible for payment at the pupil's nonpublic school prior to using the education savings account for other qualified educational expenses. Sets forth provisions regarding program eligibility, application requirements, disbursement of funds, testing requirements, and rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3891 - CRIM CD-HANDGUN AMMO-SERIALIZE
Sonya M. Harper
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, all handgun ammunition that is manufactured, imported into the State for sale or personal use, kept for sale, offered or exposed for sale, sold, given, lent, or possessed shall be serialized. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, any person who manufactures, causes to be manufactured, imports into the State for sale or personal use, keeps for sale, offers or exposes for sale, or who gives or lends any handgun ammunition that is not serialized is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, any person who possesses in any public place any handgun ammunition that is not serialized is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Provides exceptions. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, the Illinois State Police shall maintain a centralized registry of all reports of handgun ammunition transactions reported to the Illinois State Police in a manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. Provides that information in the registry, upon proper application for that information, shall be furnished to peace officers and authorized employees of the Illinois State Police or to the person listed in the registry as the owner of the particular handgun ammunition. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall adopt rules relating to the assessment and collection of end-user fees in an amount not to exceed $0.005 per round of handgun ammunition or per bullet, in which the accumulated fee amount may not exceed the cost to pay for the infrastructure, implementation, operational, enforcement, and future development costs of these provisions. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1701 - SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DIST
Ram Villivalam, Doris Turner, Jason Plummer
Last updated about 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes the following changes in the provisions regarding the Partners for Conservation Fund and the Partners for Conservation Projects Fund in the State Finance Act: provides that the Funds may be used to support (rather than implement) the State's Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy; removes new purposes that the Funds may be used for relating to the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy, grants to support soil and water conservation districts, and development of a Healthy Soils and Watersheds AmeriCorps program; provides that the use of moneys of the Funds for implementation of a crop insurance premium discount program must be used for a State-level implementation; removes added amounts that would have been transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation Fund; and removes provisions allowing the Fund to receive grants, gifts, and awards from any public or private entity for the purpose of expanding financial and technical assistance in order to advance nutrient loss reduction efforts within priority watersheds. Makes the following changes in the provisions amending the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act: changes the Initiative to the Illinois Healthy Soils Initiative (rather than the Illinois Healthy Soils and Watersheds Initiative); removes references to watersheds and nutrient loss reduction from the Initiative; provides that the Department of Agriculture shall report on progress of the Initiative annually (rather than as a component of biennial reporting for the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy); changes a goals and needs assessment to a soil health assessment; makes changes to the goals and needs for soil health assessments that the Department shall consider in the Initiative; removes provisions providing that the Initiative should seek to leverage funding and resources from local, State, federal, and private entities and that the Initiative may be coordinated with research and pilot projects directed by the Nutrient Research and Education Council; and makes conforming and other changes. Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to the Department of Agriculture's Soil and Water Conservation District Grants Program. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Illinois district HD-006
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Illinois House
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Sonya M. Harper is running as a Democratic candidate for District 29 of the Texas State House. Harper earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Prairie View A&M University. Harper is a social entrepreneur focused on criminal justice reform, expanding civic engagement, and economic inclusion. Harper co-founded and operated Beacon Law, LLC. She also started her own bail bond company. Through these businesses, Harper witnessed the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system firsthand, which inspired her advocacy for reform.read less
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