Illinois Senator David Koehler [D]

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ILSB1960Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that a municipality or park district may authorize and regulate the operation of low-speed electric scooters within the unit of local government on any or all highwa...
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2024-05-15
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 007-004-000
ILHB3301PassAmends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In provisions concerning the directory of new hires, provides that the definition of "newly hired employee" includes an individual under an independent contractor arrangement. Effective January 1, 2024.
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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
ILSB1373Intro
25%
Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Removes language providing for the compensation of Clerks of the Circuit Court. Provides instead that the salary of a clerk of the circuit court elected or appointed after the effective date of the amendatory Act shal...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3233Intro
25%
Creates the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit Act. Provides that owners of qualified low-income housing developments are eligible for credits against the taxes imposed by the Illinois Income Tax Act or taxes, penalties, fees, charges, and payments impo...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2628Engross
50%
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to ensure that State agencies comply with the National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Requires all State agencies to obtain a special flood hazard area dev...
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2024-05-15
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000
ILSB3592Engross
50%
Creates the Strengthening Community Media Act. Provides that a local news organization shall not be sold to a company without giving written notice 120 days before the sales occurs to specified individuals and organizations. Amends the Higher Educati...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 16 @ 10:00 am]
[Hearing: May 20 @ 3:00 pm]

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 019-010-000
ILSB3077Engross
50%
Creates the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Act. Requires the Department of Agriculture to develop and administer a Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program to enhance local food processing, aggregation, and distribution within the State through the a...
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2024-05-15
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
ILSB3165Engross
50%
Amends the Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Act. Requires the competitive solicitation issued by the Environmental Protection Agency for the statewide needs assessment, as well as the contract executed for that purpose by the Agency and the consu...
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2024-05-15
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
ILSB3686Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Creates the Portable and Medium-Format Battery Stewardship Act (rather than the Portable Battery Stewardship Act). Requires those who sell, offer for sale, or distribute (rat...
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2024-05-15
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
ILSB3241Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes changes concerning the powers and duties of the Illinois State Museum. Repeals a provision which specifies that the Board of the Illinois State Museum is the governing board for the State Museum. ...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2960Engross
50%
Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, hotels with 50 rooms or more and, beginning January 1, 2026, hotels with less than 50 rooms may not provide small single-use plastic bottles containing personal c...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 16 @ 9:30 am]

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
ILSB3157Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the State Treasurer may establish an electronic payment processing program to supplement and enhance secure electronic payment options otherwise available to not...
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2024-05-15
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 005-003-000
ILSB2933Engross
50%
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act for a consumer reporting agency: (1) to make, create, or furnish any consumer report or credit report containing, i...
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2024-05-15
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
ILSB3646Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that a park district, not-for-profit youth club, or municipal parks and recreation department may allow a minor 14 years of age or older to...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 16 @ 10:00 am]
[Hearing: May 20 @ 3:00 pm]

House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 019-010-000
ILSB2876Engross
50%
Reinsert the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Excludes from the definition of "event facility" school stadiums and hotels (rather than only school stadiums). Makes technical and other changes.
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 16 @ 9:30 am]

Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Natalie Toro
ILHB4055Enroll
75%
Amends the Prior Authorization Reform Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health insurance issuer or a contracted utilization review organization may not require a prior authorization for drug therapies approved by the U....
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2024-05-15
Passed Both Houses
ILHB4838Engross
50%
Makes changes concerning the powers and duties of the Illinois State Museum. Repeals a provision which specifies that the Board of the Illinois State Museum is the governing board for the State Museum. Replaces the Board of the Illinois State Museum ...
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2024-05-15
To Senate State Government Committee
ILSB0001Enroll
75%
Creates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government....
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2024-05-15
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
ILSR0965Intro
25%
Congratulates the Peoria Rivermen hockey team on winning the 2023 - 2024 SPHL championship.
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2024-05-15
Referred to Congratulatory Consent Calendar
ILSB3538Engross
50%
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if a municipality or county, including a home rule municipality or county, is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the insurance...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 16 @ 9:30 am]

House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Insurance Committee
ILSB3665Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that insurers shall cover all services for pregnancy, postpartum, and newborn care that are rendered by perinatal doulas or licensed certified professional midwives, including home births, home visits, and...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5507Engross
50%
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Creates a process that an Illinois resident may use to seek an Illinois judicial order making findings of fact to change a birth certificate issued in another state or country so the Illinois resident may petition ...
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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
ILSB3203Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or before December 31, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs m...
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2024-05-15
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
ILSB3501Engross
50%
Creates the Responsible Outdoor Lighting Control Act. Includes legislative findings. Defines terms. Provides that all new, renovated, or retrofitted luminaires purchased with State funds after the effective date of the Act or installed after the effe...
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2024-05-15
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
ILSB2234Engross
50%
Creates the Small Business Financing Transparency Act. Sets forth provisions concerning registration requirements for persons providing commercial financing; additional registration information; registration expiration; functions, power, and duties; ...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 20 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee
ILHB1375Engross
50%
Amends the School Code. Provides that pupils in the public schools in grades 9 through 12 shall be taught and be required to study courses which include instruction in the area of financial literacy and consumer education in alignment with the Illino...
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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
ILHB5431Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the County Department of Corrections Law, the Health Care Violence Prevention Act, and the County Jail Act to replace use of "prisoner" with "committed person"...
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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
ILHB5142Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with changes. Further amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that coverage for abortion care may not impose any deductible, coinsurance, waiting period, or other cost-shar...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 21 @ 4:30 pm]
To Senate Insurance Committee
ILHB4652Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "salary" includes stipends paid to an eligible cooperating teacher und...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0773Enroll
75%
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that provisions concerning infertility coverage apply only to coverage provided on or after January 1, 2024 and before July 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no...
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2024-05-15
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
ILHB3556Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Deletes provisions creating the Black Farmer Restoration Program. Provides that fee title acquisition grants to private landowners, socially disadvantaged farmers, and limite...
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2024-05-14
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-assigned to Appropriations
ILSB2936Engross
50%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the abatement for property located in an area of urban decay also applies to newly remodeled single-family or duplex residential dwelling units (currently, only newly constructed single-family or duplex dwe...
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2024-05-14
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB0331Enroll
75%
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill but removes provisions requiring the governing board of each public university and community college district to pay contractors their daily, regular rate of pay and benefits if a campus is closed due to ...
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2024-05-14
Passed Both Houses
ILSB2930Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the aggregated demographic information of the corporation's directors and officers shall be accessible on the corporation's publicly available website for at le...
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2024-05-14
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
ILSB2984Intro
25%
Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for continued funding to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-05-14
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB1349Intro
25%
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Directs the Secretary of State to grant a waiver of the lobbyist registration fee for any not-for-profit entity with an annual budget of less than $5,000,000 that is classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Ethics Committee
ILSR0988Intro
25%
Mourns the death of James R. "Jim" Sullivan of Peoria.
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2024-05-14
Referred to Resolutions Consent Calendar
ILSB3762Engross
50%
Creates the Language Equity and Access Act. Requires the Governor's Office of New Americans, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, to: prepare a Language Needs Assessment Report that identifies the languages spoken throughout the Stat...
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2024-05-14
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
ILSB2643Engross
50%
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 ...
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2024-05-14
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
ILHB4959Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Adds members to the task force. Sets forth additional requirements for the strategic plan prepared by the task force. Provides that the task force shall submit its findings a...
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2024-05-14
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
ILHB4209Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources has the power to lease, from time to time, any land or property, with or without appurtenances, of which the Department has jurisdiction, and which are ...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Procurement Committee
ILHB5164Engross
50%
Amends the Clerks of the Court Act. Provides that filing fees for a petition for change name may not exceed $25, and the court may waive this fee for good cause shown. Amends Name Change Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Deletes the requirement...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4895Engross
50%
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, every public school shall provide instruction on climate change, which shall include, but not be limited to, identifying the environmenta...
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2024-05-14
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
ILSB3174Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force Act. Requires the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before December 31, 2024 (rather than July 1, 2024).
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2024-05-13
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3727Intro
25%
Creates the Patient Access to Pharmacy Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that no person, including a pharmaceutical manufacturer, may deny, restrict, prohibit, condition, or otherwise interfere with, either directly or indirectly, the acquisiti...
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2024-05-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3739Intro
25%
Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Adds definitions. Provides that the minimum ratio for each provider type shall be no less than any such ratio established for qualified health plans in Federally-Facilitated Exchanges by federal law o...
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2024-05-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0693Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act. Provides that each chairperson of the Seneca Regional Port District, the Ottawa Port District, the Illinois Valley Regional Port District, the Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, and the Havana...
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2024-05-13
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
ILSB2697Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Removes language concerning coverage for any cancer risk management strategy, as recommended by a health care professional. Requires, for individu...
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2024-05-13
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
ILSB3332Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision requiring the Department on Aging to require an annual audit from all personal assistant and home care aide vendors contracting with the Department, provides that the annual audit shall assure that...
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2024-05-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2743Engross
50%
Creates the Water Plan Task Force Act. Establishes the State Water Plan Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be chaired by the Director of the Office of Water Resources of the Department of Natural Resources and composed of the directors, o...
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2024-05-13
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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