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SB3235 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS-STUDY
Christopher Belt, Karina Villa, William Cunningham
Last updated about 1 month ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act. Requires the Commission on Equity and Inclusion to conduct studies to: (1) identify and delineate geographies in Illinois exhibiting significant disparities by protected classes as identified by the Human Rights Act with respect to access to financial products or services and lending and investments by covered financial institutions; (2) identify policies, procedures, patterns, or practices that have or may have a disparate impact or discriminatory effect; and (3) identify opportunities for establishing and growing Banking Development Districts in geographic locations where there are the greatest underbanked and unbanked populations and opportunities for partnerships between depository institutions and local communities. Authorizes the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to implement the findings and other results from such studies into the examination process through rules adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that any costs incurred by the Commission in conducting such studies shall be subject to appropriation. Directs the Commission to provide reports of its findings and furnish copies of the reports to the General Assembly and the Secretary. Requires the results of every study performed under the Act to be publicly available on the websites of the Commission and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that the Commission may contract with a qualified person or entity to design and conduct the studies. Amends the Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. Provides that the Commission is responsible for completing those studies under the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3312 - GAMING-SELF-EXCLUSION LIST
William Cunningham
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board shall create, by no later than January 1, 2025, a website that allows an individual to place the individual's name on the self-exclusion list maintained by the Board. Directs the Board to adopt rules to implement and administer this requirement.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3314 - CONSUMER LEGAL-REFINANCING
William Cunningham, Curtis J. Tarver, Nabeela Syed
Last updated about 1 month ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Consumer Legal Funding Act. Provides that it shall be grounds for disciplinary action if any fact or condition exists that, if it had existed at the time of the original application for the license, would have warranted the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation in refusing to originally issue the license. Provides that a licensee who is found to have committed any unfair, deceptive, or abusive business practice shall be subject to a fine that shall not exceed $75,000 for each separate count of offense. Provides that an administrative review of specified actions taken by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide for, at a minimum, the appointment of a hearing officer other than a regular employee of the Division of Financial Institutions (rather than an employee of the Department). Makes a change in provisions concerning definitions and the scope of consumer legal funding licenses.
STATUS
Passed
SB3311 - CLIMATE/LANDOWNER PROTECT-TECH
William Cunningham, Susan Rezin, Thomas M. Bennett
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Climate and Landowner Protection Act. Contains only a short title provision.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3315 - DHFS-REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHS
William Cunningham
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning the treatment of autism spectrum disorder through applied behavior analysis, provides that coverage of comprehensive applied behavior analysis and focused applied behavior analysis shall be based on medical necessity (rather than such coverage may be limited to age ranges based on evidence-based best practices). Provides that registered behavior technicians shall not be required to enroll in the medical assistance program as providers of applied behavior analysis services but shall be considered enrolled through their supervising staff qualified to perform applied behavior analysis. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3313 - VIDEO GAMING-LICENSING CONTROL
William Cunningham
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Video Gaming Act. Prohibits a terminal operator from entering into a use agreement or other agreement that purports to control the placement or operation of video gaming terminals with the owner or operator of a video gaming location if a direct or indirect owner or person with significant interest or control of the terminal operator or any affiliated entity is an immediate family member of either (i) a direct or indirect owner of the video gaming location or any affiliated entity or (ii) a person with significant interest or control of the video gaming location or any affiliated entity. Prohibits a terminal operator from entering into a use agreement or other agreement that purports to control the placement or operation of video gaming terminals with an owner or operator of a video gaming location if any or all of the real estate upon which the video gaming location is located is owned entirely or in part by the terminal operator, an affiliated entity of the terminal operator, a person with significant interest or control of the terminal operator, or an immediate family member of any person with significant interest or control of the terminal operator. Provides that no person may solicit from a video gaming location a use agreement or other agreement that purports to control the placement or operation of video gaming terminals on behalf of a terminal operator if that person is an immediate family member of (i) a direct or indirect owner of the video gaming location or (ii) a person with significant interest or control of the video gaming location. Specifies that certain classes of people may not hold multiple classes of licenses. Defines the terms "licensed video gaming establishment", "video gaming location", and "person with significant interest or control". Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3370 - ILETSB APPEAL BOARD
William Cunningham
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Creates the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards Appeal Board in the Illinois State Police. Provides for the powers and duties of the Board, including to consider a request for appeal of a decision of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or staff that is brought by specified individuals. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Replaces appointment requirements for 6 members on the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board with new appointment requirements. Requires vacancies of the Board to be replaced within 90 days. Provides that the Board may not share with a person or organization information concerning the certification of or the decertification of an officer resulting from any process the Board is engaged with until the decision is final and all appeals have been exhausted, including sharing information with a State's Attorney or employer regarding the denial of a training waiver, and provides that an aggrieved officer may seek damages and costs against the Board for a violation. Modifies a definition of "convicted of, found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty to, plea of nolo contendere to" in provisions concerning the officer professional conduct database, and adds a definition of "conviction" in provisions concerning discretionary decertification of full-time and part-time law enforcement officers. Provides that 1.5% of each deposit into the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund shall be transferred to the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards Appeal Fund. Adds provisions relating to continued certification for one year for an officer who departs a department or agency in good standing, provisions relating to denial of certification, and provisions relating to implementation of the federal Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act of 2004. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards Appeal Fund. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2154 - LOCAL-BATTERY-CHARGED FENCES
Natalie A. Manley, Linda Holmes, William Cunningham
Last updated about 1 month ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a county may not require a permit or other approval for the installation, maintenance, placement, replacement, or servicing of a battery-charged fence if the battery-charged fence is located on nonresidential property completely surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is not less than 5 feet in height and does not exceed 10 feet in height or 2 feet higher than the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall, whichever is higher (rather than surrounded by a nonelectric-perimeter fence or wall). Provides that the signs on the fence shall be located not less than 30 feet apart (rather than located on the fence at not more than 50-foot intervals).
STATUS
Passed
SB2822 - DENTAL SEDATION PERMITS
Julie A. Morrison, Dave Syverson, William Cunningham
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Defines the terms "deep sedation", "general anesthesia", and "moderate sedation". Provides for the minimum education requirements for permits to administer deep sedation, general anesthesia, and moderate sedation. Replaces all uses of the term "conscious sedation" with the term "moderate sedation". Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2643 - INTEGRITY IN DEATH CARE ACT
Doris Turner, William Cunningham, Lakesia Collins
Last updated about 1 month ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Defines "chain of custody record" and "uniquely identified". Provides that the examination to qualify as an embalmer or funeral director shall embrace the subject of identification rules and regulation in relation to the handling and storing of human bodies. Provides that when the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation receives a complaint against a licensee regarding violations of the Act, the Department shall inspect the premises of the licensee. Provides that when the Department receives a complaint against a licensee relating to the mishandling of human remains or the misidentification of human remains, the Department shall inspect the premises named in the complaint within 10 calendar days after receipt of the complaint. Makes changes to provisions concerning grounds for discipline. Adds provisions providing criminal penalties for certain violations of the Act. Provides that the Department shall require a funeral establishment to maintain an identification system that ensures that a funeral establishment is able to identify the human remains in its possession through final disposition. Amends the Crematory Regulation Act. Defines "chain of custody record" and "uniquely identified". Provides that a crematory authority shall maintain a chain of custody record, which is an identification system that ensures that a crematory authority is able to identify the human remains in its possession throughout all phases of the cremation process.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Illinois district SD-018
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