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HB2303 - CMS-METHODS OF JOINT PURCHASES
Terra Costa Howard, Lance Yednock, Jaime M. Andrade
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that it may be determined that it is impractical to obtain competition because it is in the best interest of the State to award a contract to a qualified not-for-profit agency for persons with significant disabilities. Provides that when the State of Illinois is a party to a joint purchase agreement, the applicable chief procurement officer shall make a determination of whether the contract is eligible to be awarded to a not-for-profit agency for persons with significant disabilities. Provides that when an agency requests to award a contract to a not-for-profit agency for persons with significant disabilities, the chief procurement officer may authorize the award. Provides that all joint purchases made shall follow the same procedures for not-for-profit agencies for persons with significant disabilities under the Illinois Procurement Code when the chief procurement officer determines it is in the best interest of the State.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2756 - MASSAGE LICENSE-DV CONTINUE ED
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Anne M. Stava-Murray, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules for continuing education for persons licensed under the Act that require a completion of 25 hours (rather than 24 hours) of approved continuing education per license renewal period. Provides that for each license renewal period, one hour of continuing education shall be domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education as prescribed by rule of the Department (rather the one hour of continuing education in domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education being required for the initial renewal and permissive for subsequent renewals).
STATUS
Passed
HB3559 - SCH SAFETY-RAPID ENTRY
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Sue Scherer, Angelica J. Guerrero-Cuellar
Last updated about 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that a school building's emergency and crisis response plan, protocol, and procedures shall include a plan for local law enforcement to rapidly enter a school building in the event of an emergency.
STATUS
Passed
HB2622 - DOWNSTATE FOREST PRESERVE-FUND
Michelle Mussman, Terra Costa Howard, Seth Lewis
Last updated about 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Removes provisions requiring a forest preserve district's Landfill Expense Fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed 40 years from the date of closure of the facility.
STATUS
Passed
HB2477 - PREGNANCY EXPENSES ACT
Margaret Noble Croke, Kelly M. Cassidy, Terra Costa Howard
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Pregnancy Expenses Act. Provides that the other party to a pregnancy or the other intended parent has a duty to pay 50% of the pregnant person's pregnancy expenses. Allows an action seeking the payment of pregnancy expenses to be brought during or after the pregnancy. Provides that only the pregnant person or the pregnant person's legally authorized designee in the event of death or incapacitation of the pregnant person may bring an action seeking the payment of pregnancy expenses. Allows the court to order the other party to the pregnancy or other intended parent to pay more than 50% of the pregnancy expenses. Makes a conforming change in the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR0132 - EQUAL PAY DAY
Anna Moeller, Lakesia Collins, Eva Dina Delgado
Last updated over 1 year ago
50 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
Passed
HB3603 - PROTECT HEALTH DATA ACT
Ann M. Williams, Emanuel Welch, Lakesia Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Protect Health Data Privacy Act. Provides that a regulated entity shall disclose and maintain a health data privacy policy that, in plain language, clearly and conspicuously disclosures specified information. Provides that a regulated entity shall prominently publish its health data privacy policy on its website homepage. Provides that a regulated entity shall not collect, share, sell, or store categories of health data not disclosed in the health data privacy policy without first disclosing the categories of health data and obtaining the consumer's consent prior to the collection, sharing, selling, or storing of such data. Prohibits the collection, sharing, selling, or storing of health data. Describes the regulated entity's duty to obtain consent; the consumer's right to withdraw consent; prohibitions on discrimination; prohibitions on geofencing; a private right of action; enforcement by the Attorney General; and conflicts with other laws. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0457 - CONGRATS-PAUL W. FRIEDRICHS
Terra Costa Howard
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates Paul W. Friedrichs on his retirement as executive director of the Lombard Park District. Thanks him for his decades of service to the Lombard Park District, the Village of Lombard, and the parks and recreation profession.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB3425 - SCH CD-BULLYING NOTIFICATION
Margaret Noble Croke, Kelly M. Cassidy, Janet Yang Yang Rohr
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Makes a change concerning professional development and youth programming. Provides that the data required to be submitted must regard verified allegations (rather than allegations and founded instances) of bullying. Provides that reporting is required though the 2030-2031 school year. Requires the posting of a template for a model bullying prevention policy by January 1, 2024; removes the rulemaking provision. Adds an immediate effective date.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-042
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Terra Costa Howard is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 12A. She assumed office in January 2019. Howard earned her B.A. in Political Science from Goucher College in 2003 and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2009. Her professional experience includes working as an attorney.read less
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