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SB2577 - SCH SAFETY-CRISIS MAPPING DATA
Meg Loughran Cappel, Susan Rezin, Adriane Johnson
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, a public school may obtain crisis response mapping data and provide copies of the crisis response mapping data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. Provides that the crisis response mapping data shall be stored and provided in an electronic or digital format to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at the school. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall provide grants to public schools to cover the costs incurred in obtaining crisis response mapping data. Sets forth requirements for the crisis response mapping data. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the crisis response mapping data may be reviewed annually to update the data as necessary. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2630 - ESTATE TAX-EXCLUSION AMOUNT
Jil Walker Tracy, Thomas M. Bennett, Neil Anderson
Last updated 11 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2025, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code as that Section exists on the effective date of the amendatory Act, including the inflation adjustment and including any deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (currently, the exclusion amount for Illinois estate tax purposes is $4,000,000). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0706 - SENATE RULES-AMEND
Thomas M. Bennett, Neil Anderson
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Senate Rules of the 103rd General Assembly. Adds Senate Rule 5-7, which would provide that, if a bill and all of its adopted amendments are collectively 200 or more single-sided pages in length when printed pursuant to Senate Rules, then the bill shall not be voted upon on Third Reading until the fourth session day after the date upon which the bill is either placed on the desks of all members or made available to all members electronically.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2862 - BD HIGHER ED-IN-DEMAND JOBS
Thomas M. Bennett, John F. Curran, Jil Walker Tracy
Last updated 3 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Provides that the list of the most in-demand jobs in this State shall be compiled in collaboration with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Department of Employment Security. Provides that upon request, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Department of Employment Security shall furnish data to the Board of Higher Education.
STATUS
Passed
SB1151 - REVENUE-TECH
Jil Walker Tracy, Erica Conway Harriss, Sally J. Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1469 - SCH CD-EDUC MATERIAL/REVIEW
Thomas M. Bennett, Andrew S. Chesney
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to adopt a policy to ensure that the parent or guardian of a student is provided with an opportunity to review the curricula and learning material used in the student's classroom at any point during the school year if the parent or guardian requests to review the curricula and learning material. Requires the policy to be published in the student handbook and on the school district's Internet website if one is maintained. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1547 - ENERGY-GENERATION TASK FORCE
Jil Walker Tracy, Terri Bryant, Dale Fowler
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Illinois Regional Generation Reliability Task Force Act. Sets forth findings of the General Assembly. Creates the Illinois Regional Generation Reliability Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall monitor the reliability of the Illinois power grid. Contains provisions concerning: the membership of the Task Force; duties of the Task Force; administrative support; and an annual report. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Carbon Capture Infrastructure Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury and shall be administered by the Illinois Power Agency. Provides that $10,000,000 shall be transferred from the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund to the Carbon Capture Infrastructure Fund. Provides that the Agency shall award grants from the fund to carbon producing power plants for the construction of new carbon capture storage systems. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Carbon Capture Infrastructure Fund. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0296 - EDUCATION-TECH
Katie Stuart, Sue Scherer, Eva Dina Delgado
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that, through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a teacher preparation program or other candidate is required to pass a teacher performance assessment. Makes conforming changes. Creates the Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force to evaluate potential teacher performance assessment systems for implementation in this State, with the intention of supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system that is performance-based and has consistency across programs and objectivity. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides that on or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance assessment system in this State, to the State Board of Education. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved upon submission of this report. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1488 - SCH CD-EDUCATOR TESTING
Thomas M. Bennett, Laura M. Murphy, Meg Loughran Cappel
Last updated about 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a teacher preparation program or other candidate is required to pass a teacher performance assessment. Makes conforming changes. Creates the Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force to evaluate potential teacher performance assessment systems for implementation in this State, with the intention of supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system that is performance-based and has consistency across programs and objectivity. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides that on or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance assessment system in this State, to the State Board of Education and General Assembly. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved upon submission of this report. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1534 - PROP TX-VETERANS
Thomas M. Bennett, Susan Rezin, Sally J. Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a veteran with a surviving spouse dies while an application for a veteran's homestead exemption is being reviewed, the review of that application shall continue, and any subsequent approval granted to the veteran shall carry over to the surviving spouse as long as the spouse meets specified requirements. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Illinois district SD-053
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Thomas M. Bennett was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and moved to Colorado in 1973. He has served on the Board of County Commissioners in San Miguel County since 2017. Bennett graduated from Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado. He attended Mesa State College in Grand Junction. Bennett is the owner of San Miguel Engineering and Surveying, Inc. and was president of the Telluride Association of Realtors. He currently resides in Placerville.read less
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