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HB2727 - MOBILE HOME-RENT NOTICE
Anna Moeller, Carol Ammons, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Mobile Home Park Act. Provides that, when a mobile home park owner notifies the manufactured home owners in the park of a rent or fee increase and the increase is in excess of 3% above the current rent, the mobile home park owner shall provide a written justification for the increase and make available to any resident, by request, documentation that show the costs and commencement of work that justify the rent increase, as applicable. Provides that in order for an increase in costs to justify a rent increase above 3%, for costs incurred for ordinary maintenance, including preventative maintenance, repair of the roads, infrastructure, or other community property or services, the mobile home park owner must demonstrate that the work performed was necessary to meet the mobile home park owner's warranty of habitability obligations, and demonstrate that the rent increase imposed was no more than was necessary to cover the actual and reasonable cost of the work performed.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2310 - EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKFORCE
Will Guzzardi, Edgar Gonzalez, Maurice A. West
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Early Childhood Workforce Act. Creates the Early Childhood Workforce Standards Board (Board). Provides that Board members must be appointed within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Sets forth the Board's membership. Provides that for State Fiscal Year 2025, and for each state fiscal year thereafter, the Board shall: (1) determine an hourly wage floor, and salaried equivalent, for workers in State-funded early childhood programs which the Board believes will serve to recruit and retain early childhood workers; and (2) determine minimum increments above the wage floor as may be necessary to retain workers in State-funded early childhood programs such as for years of experience or job title. Provides that subject to appropriation, beginning in State Fiscal Year 2025 the Department of Human Services shall implement and administer a program making grants to early childhood worker training programs that value experience, inclusion, equity, and racial justice; and center worker voices and needs such as mentorship, apprenticeships, and peer-led learning. Amends the School Code. Provides that in order to ensure the quality and continuity of services, within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, all grant agreements shall require each child care center to (i) comply with the wage floor and compensation policies set forth in the Early Childhood Workforce Act, (ii) report quarterly up-to-date contact information for staff to the Department to allow the State Board of Education to communicate with the workers about their rights and supports available to them, (iii) supply the State Board of Education with current copies of its wage scales for classroom and support staff and other matters, and (iv) reconcile expenses quarterly and annually submit a year-end comprehensive financial report in a form prescribed by the State Board of Education. Imposes similar requirements on child care centers in a purchase of service contract with the Department of Human Services under its Child Care Assistance Program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3038 - SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE
Will Guzzardi, Justin D. Slaughter, Mary E. Flowers
Last updated over 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act. Requires each law enforcement entity that seizes, forfeits, or receives property under the Act to report specified information about the seizure and forfeiture of that property no later than 60 days after December 31 of the year in which the property is seized or forfeited. Provides that neither a law enforcement entity nor the Illinois State Police shall report the seizure, forfeiture, or receipt of property subject to reporting under federal law through equitable sharing agreements with the federal government. Provides that if a law enforcement entity does not seize, forfeit, or receive forfeiture funds during the reporting period, it shall file a null report. Makes changes concerning the information required in reports filed with the Illinois State Police under the Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall post annually on its website certain data. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall, within 120 days after the end of the calendar year, submit to the General Assembly, Attorney General, and Governor a written report summarizing activity in the State for the preceding year. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the Director's designee may sell or dispose of forfeited property. Amends the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. Provides that the Director's designee may dispose of forfeited property.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3055 - PRISONER RELIGIOUS RIGHTS
Theresa Mah, Maurice A. West, Carol Ammons
Last updated about 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. In the Faith Behind Bars Act, changes definitions of "chaplaincy services" and "undue burden". Provides that a committed person has a right (rather than a constitutional right) to practice his or her faith group in a correctional institution or facility absent or without undue burden to the State's correctional system. Provides that absent harm or undue burden a correctional institution or facility shall provide reading materials for diverse faith groups. Provides in determining whether an action would result in an undue burden, warden or chief administrative officer of the correctional institution or facility shall consider security requirements that are necessary.
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
HB2464 - VEH CD-PEDESTRIAN BEACONS
Kelly M. Cassidy, Will Guzzardi, Carol Ammons
Last updated about 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the provision requiring the driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic-control signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is illuminated to stop before entering the intersection does not apply to the driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon. Defines "pedestrian hybrid beacon" as a traffic-control device used to warn and control traffic, at locations that are otherwise without a traffic-control signal, to assist pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked crosswalk.
STATUS
Passed
HB2872 - SCH CD-STATE LITERACY PLAN
Rita Mayfield, Joe C. Sosnowski, Joyce Mason
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the content of the bill, but changes the date for the State Board of Education to develop and adopt a comprehensive literacy plan from on or before October 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3036 - INS-PROSTHETIC DEVICE COVERAGE
Will Guzzardi, Robyn Gabel
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that with respect to an enrollee at any age, in addition to coverage of a prosthetic or custom orthotic device, benefits shall be provided for a prosthetic or custom orthotic device determined by the enrollee's provider to be the most appropriate model that is medically necessary for the enrollee to perform physical activities, as applicable, such as running, biking, swimming, and lifting weights, and to maximize the enrollee's whole body health and strengthen the lower and upper limb function. Provides that the requirements of the provisions do not constitute an addition to the State's essential health benefits that requires defrayal of costs by the State pursuant to specified federal law.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3595 - EPA-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Theresa Mah, Aaron M. Ortiz, Ann M. Williams
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, before an owner or operator may initiate demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion, the owner or operator must satisfy specified notification requirements and obtain an Agency-approved air quality plan. Provides that, at least 30 days after providing notice, an owner or operator must hold at least one public meeting within the municipality in which the site is located to discuss the proposed demolition. Contains requirements for the public meeting and the air quality plan. Requires the air quality plan to include a dust mitigation plan, contingency plan, and site cleanup plan with specified requirements. Contains other provisions. Repeals a provision regarding the notice of power plant demolition. In provisions regarding civil penalties, provides that any person who engages in demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion in violation of the Act shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for the first violation and up to $250,000 for a second or subsequent violation. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3811 - ABLE ACCOUNT PROGRAM
Kelly M. Burke, Mary Beth Canty, Michael T. Marron
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Illinois district HD-039
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Illinois House
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ABOUT
Will Guzzardi is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing District 39. He was first elected to the chamber in 2014. Guzzardi serves on the Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education and Workforce Development, as well as the Appropriations-General Service and Appropriations-Higher Education Committees. Guzzardi was raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He earned a B.A. in comparative literature from Brown University in 2009. His professional experience includes working as a reporter for the Huffington Post.read less
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