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SB2005 - HOUSING-VET PREFERENCE
Craig Wilcox, Mike Porfirio, Michael W. Halpin
Last updated about 1 year ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Requires housing authorities to develop and implement policies granting housing preferences to veterans who are homeless. Provides that such preferences shall be cumulative with any other preference allowed by a housing authority for which the veteran qualifies. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall be construed to supersede any federal law or regulation.
STATUS
Passed
SB1956 - PEN CD-CHI POLICE-SUBROGATION
Robert F. Martwick, William Cunningham, Willie Preston
Last updated 10 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes a change in a provision concerning eligibility for receiving an initial increase in retirement annuity for persons who have not received an initial increase. Removes provisions adopting the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the Illinois Pension Code) for the Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Police, and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code.
STATUS
Passed
HR0062 - TEACHER RECRUITMENT SYSTEM
Carol Ammons, Nicholas K. Smith, Katie Stuart
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to support the state goal of increasing the number and diversity of Illinois' educator workforce by collaborating with the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) to develop and launch a state-wide teacher recruitment system internally, possibly with the support from an outside vendor, that will be available to the public by July 1, 2024 and will support interested candidates statewide to apply to, enroll in, and complete Illinois' Teacher Preparation Programs and succeed in their eventual job placement.
STATUS
Passed
SB1715 - PLUMBING LICENSE-BOTTLE FILL
Suzanne Glowiak Hilton, Julie A. Morrison, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated about 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring that for each drinking fountain in any construction where a drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing Code, there shall also be a bottle filling station or a combined bottle filling station and drinking fountain. Provides that the rules required to be adopted shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026. Defines "bottle filling station".
STATUS
Passed
SB1478 - DCFS-DUE PROCESS-YOUTH IN CARE
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie, Mattie Hunter
Last updated over 1 year ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Creates the Due Process for Youth Oversight Commission (Commission) to oversee the creation and implementation of a youth's statutory right to counsel in abuse and neglect proceedings conducted in accordance with the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Requires the Commission to provide direction and operational phases for implementation statewide, provide status reports and recommendations to the General Assembly regarding implementation, and provide ongoing implementation and program oversight for 5 years after statewide transition is completed. Contains provisions concerning the Commission's membership; term limits; scheduled meetings; data support provided by the Department of Children and Family Services; Commission duties; and the date of the Commission's dissolution. Amends the Foster Children's Bill of Rights Act. Expands the rights afforded to every child placed in foster care to include the right to have a court appoint an attorney to represent the youth in any abuse or neglect case who will advocate for the youth's wishes and make recommendations to the court regarding the youth's care. Provides that this right applies to court proceedings pending or commenced on or after 3 years of the effective date of the amendatory Act or a date established by the Due Process for Youth Oversight Commission, whichever is sooner. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that immediately upon the filing of an abuse or neglect petition, the court shall appoint counsel for each minor who is the subject of that petition, unless the minor has already retained counsel. Provides that this requirement shall apply to court proceedings pending or commenced on or after 3 years of the effective date of the amendatory Act or a date established by the Due Process for Youth Oversight Commission, whichever is sooner. Provides that each respondent in any petition filed under the Act who is 8 years of age or older shall be furnished a written "Notice of Rights" at or before the first hearing at which the respondent appears. Provides that counsel appointed by a court to represent a minor in neglect or abuse proceedings shall have a minimum of one in-person contact with the minor prior to each hearing and at least one in-person contact every quarter. Provides that such counsel is prohibited from serving as the minor's guardian ad litem or being employed by the same law office as the minor's guardian ad litem. Provides that the preceding sentence applies to proceedings pending or commenced on or after the effective date established by the Due Process for Youth Oversight Commission. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2547 - WAREHOUSE WORKER PROTECT ACT
Kevin John Olickal, Jay C. Hoffman, Marcus C. Evans
Last updated over 1 year ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes that include the following. Removes a provision establishing a civil penalty for failing to disclose a quota. Provides that each employer shall establish, maintain, and preserve for 3 years contemporaneous, true, and accurate records to ensure compliance with employee and Director of Labor requests for data (instead of specified records). Adds provisions concerning injunctive relief. Makes changes to provisions concerning definitions, complaints, and the Attorney General's powers. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2533 - CONDOS-SALE OF PROPERTY
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Gregg Johnson, Sue Scherer
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that any unit owner who does not vote in favor of the sale of property has 30 days after the date of the meeting at which a sale was approved to file a written objection to the sale to the manager or board of managers. Provides that if there are any remaining reserve funds left over from the sale of the property, such reserve funds shall be returned in proportion to the unit owner's interest in the property prior to deconversion.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0101 - HONORS-REP. FRANCES ANN HURLEY
Emanuel Welch, LaShawn K. Ford, Frances Ann Hurley
Last updated over 1 year ago
118 Co-Sponsors
Honors and thanks State Representative Frances Ann Hurley for her years of dedicated service. Wishes her the best on her future success.
STATUS
Passed
HB2471 - SCH BREAKFAST/LUNCH-SUPP AID
Maurice A. West, Sue Scherer, Lilian Jimenez
Last updated about 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. In provisions concerning reimbursement of sponsors, provides that the State Board of Education shall reimburse not less than $0.15 or the actual cost, whichever is less, to non-profit welfare centers for each free breakfast and lunch. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish the Healthy School Meals for All Program to begin on July 1, 2023. Provides that each school board of a school district or governing body of a nonpublic school that chooses to participate in the Healthy School Meals for All Program shall offer eligible meals, without charge, to all students enrolled in schools that participate in the National School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program. Sets forth provisions regarding eligibility for the Healthy School Meals for All Program, program requirements, reimbursement (subject to appropriation), federal and other funding, State Board support and technical assistance, and the federal Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program. Provides that if the United States Department of Agriculture creates the option for the State, as a whole, to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision, then the State Board of Education shall evaluate whether that option is anticipated to require less State funding than the Healthy School Meals for All Program and provide at least as many free meals to students. Sets forth requirements concerning that option. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2406 - COMPTROLLER ADMINISTRATION
Doris Turner, Sue Scherer, Jenn Ladisch Douglass
Last updated about 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Comptroller Act. Deletes a provision that requires the Comptroller's list of State employees to describe the counties in which employees reside. Provides that an itemized voucher for under $5 that is presented to the Comptroller for payment may be paid through electronic funds transfer. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, when any special fund in the State Treasury has been inactive for 18 months or longer, the Comptroller may (rather than shall) terminate the fund. Provides that any rule adopted by the Comptroller for the use of purchasing cards by State agencies to pay for purchases that otherwise may be paid out of the agency's petty cash fund shall impose a single transaction limit not greater than $1000 (previously $500).
STATUS
Passed
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