Illinois Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]

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ILSB3136Enroll
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Creates the Family Recovery Plans Implementation Task Force Act. Provides that it is the General Assembly's intent to require a coordinated, public health, and service-integrated response by various agencies within the State's health and child welfar...
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2024-05-24
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3081Enroll
75%
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public community college in this State with the uni...
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2024-05-24
Passed Both Houses
ILHB5250Enroll
75%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. In provisions concerning accelerated placement, provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy shall cover a student who exceeds State standards in specified...
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2024-05-24
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB5431Enroll
75%
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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2024-05-24
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
ILSB3201Enroll
75%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall develop or approve a course (rather than in-service training programs) to assist law enforcement off...
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2024-05-24
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
ILSB2625Enroll
75%
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that "alcoholic liquor" includes alcohol-infused products. Defines "alcohol-infused products" and "co-branded alcoholic beverage". Provides that, except for persons issued a license under the Act, no pe...
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2024-05-23
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
ILSB2968Enroll
75%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that reports issued under the provisions shall be issued by October 31 of each year (rather than September 30 of each year). Provides that the Department of Human Se...
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2024-05-23
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3652Enroll
75%
Creates the Summary of Rights for Safer Homes Act. Requires the Department of Human Rights to create a summary form advising tenants who have suffered domestic violence or sexual violence of the rights that they have under Illinois law that provide p...
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2024-05-23
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
ILSB3235Enroll
75%
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 Hum...
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2024-05-23
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3751Enroll
75%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Removes provisions related to data collection requirements. Provides that the Health Outcomes Review Board is tasked with recommending (rather than facilitating adoption of) solutions that...
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2024-05-23
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
ILSB3713Enroll
75%
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to provide that law enforcement agencies may disclose law enforcement reports and records to the Attorney General to comply with the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Defi...
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2024-05-23
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
ILSB3203Enroll
75%
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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2024-05-22
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
ILSB0378Engross
50%
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Sets forth certain protections that must be provided to the parent or guardian of a child at the center of an abuse or neglect investigation whenever the Department of Children and Family Services ...
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2024-05-22
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy L. Grant
ILSB3367Enroll
75%
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Removes a provision making parents monetarily liable for the cost of care and training provided by the Department of Children and Family Services for children placed with the Department under a voluntary p...
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2024-05-20
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
ILHB4846Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Further amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act to define the term "goal". Removes provisions from the introduced bill providing that no Sta...
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2024-05-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0078Intro
25%
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to (i) establish a new intervention license category entitled "OPS Harm Reduction Services", (ii) establish standards for entities to become licensed under the OPS Harm ...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3211Enroll
75%
Amends the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act. Provides that an individual applying for licensure as a licensed marriage and family therapist who has been licensed without discipline at the independent level in another United States jurisdicti...
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2024-05-17
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
ILSB3722Intro
25%
Amends the Public University Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Public University Direct Admission Program Act. Repeals the provisions concerning the uniform admission system pilot program on December 31, 2...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5256Enroll
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Amends the Personnel Code. Provides, in provisions concerning a trainee program for persons with a disability, that "disability" includes a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder by a medical professional. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-17
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
ILHB5094Enroll
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Creates the Workforce Direct Care Act. Establishes the Behavioral Health Administrative Burden Work Group within the Office of the Chief Behavioral Health Officer. Sets forth membership and responsibilities of the Work Group, including to review poli...
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2024-05-17
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
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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2024-05-16
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Non-Concur Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
ILSB2933Enroll
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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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2024-05-16
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
ILSB2745Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that the required sign shall provide the name and phone number of an authorized State alcoholism and substance abuse helpline.
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2024-05-15
Passed Both Houses
ILHB4902Enroll
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Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning State interventions, provides that the support provided by a vendor or learning partner approved to support a school's continuous improvement plan related to Eng...
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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
ILHB3241Enroll
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council shall study and identify discriminatory practices in sentencing across the State and make recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly regar...
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2024-05-15
Passed Both Houses
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
ILSB2606Intro
25%
Amends the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Provides that, beginning no later than the 2026-2027 academic year, the governing body of each public college or university shall adopt a student wellness day policy for each academic term that doe...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2236Engross
50%
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Removes the repeal date for the short-term substitute teacher training program. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning short-term substitute teacher lice...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2589Intro
25%
Amends the Disaster Relief Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may provide State supplemental grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals and households ad...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3553Intro
25%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. In provisions concerning accelerated placement, provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy shall cover a student who exceeds State standards in specified...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3689Intro
25%
Amends the Hospital Services Trust Fund Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, reimbursement rates for inpatient hospital services in effect January 1, 2024 under the All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2535Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Creates the Youth Nonviolent Crimes Resource Program. Provides that the Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide resources to people under the age of 18 who have committed a nonviolent...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3664Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that an employer is responsible for harassment and sexual harassment of its employees by the employer's nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees, nonemployees, and third parties only if the employer be...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2158Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for a child sex offender with the duty to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act to knowingly reside within 250 (rather than 500) feet of a school building or the real property ...
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2024-05-02
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Natalie Toro
ILSB3492Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Adds to the definition of unlawful discrimination to include discrimination of reproductive health decisions. Reproductive health decisions mean any decision by a person affecting the use or intended use of healt...
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2024-05-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3940Intro
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Amends The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, makes changes concerning confidentiality regarding the Office of Executive Inspector General; makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement...
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2024-05-01
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3630Intro
25%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Sets forth certain protections that must be provided to the parent or guardian of a child at the center of an abuse or neglect investigation whenever the Department of Childr...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0919PassMourns the death of Rev. Thomas Phillips.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0918PassMourns the death of Dr. Deenadayal "Deen" Gaddam.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0917PassMourns the death of Georgia Grace Saffo.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0920PassMourns the passing of Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0909PassMourns the passing of Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough.
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2024-04-12
Resolution Adopted
ILSB3805Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Creates the Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment. Provides that the Office shall assist minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned...
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2024-04-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3926Intro
25%
Creates the Hemp Consumer Products Act. Creates a hemp consumer product retailer license and a hemp consumer products processor license. Sets forth provisions concerning definitions; applications; licensure; marketing and sale of hemp consumer produc...
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2024-04-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3922Intro
25%
Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. In the definition of "excluded offense", specifies that the registering Department shall (instead of may) waive the restriction if the person demonstrates to the registering Department's s...
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2024-04-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1294Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that a person is eligible for a diaper allowance in the amount of $70 per month per eligible child if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the person's household income is at or below 100%...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3418Engross
50%
Creates the Securing All Futures through Equitable Reinvestment (SAFER) Communities Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create a program to award grants to Navigators for specified purposes, including wage rei...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1278Intro
25%
Creates the Task Force on Grandparents Raising their Grandchildren to conduct public hearings throughout the State regarding services needed by and available to grandparents raising their grandchildren. Provides that the Task Force shall be comprised...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2421Intro
25%
Creates the Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Protections Act. Defines terms. Provides that (i) title to pore space belongs to and is vested in the surface owner of the overlying surface estate, (ii) a conveyance of title to a surface estate conve...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1578Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that owners and operators of CCR surface impoundments at electric generating plants that are within 4,000 feet of Lake Michigan shall close the CCR surface impoundment by removal and off-site disposal...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
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