Illinois Representative LaShawn Ford [D]

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ILHB4951Engross
50%
Amends the Chicago Park District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the Chicago Park District.
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2024
ILHB0793Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in partnership with other specified State agencies, to eliminate on July 1, 2027 the use of active or pending 14(c) certificates authorized under the federal Fair...
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2024-05-15
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
ILHB2900Engross
50%
Amends the Wildlife Code. Prohibits contests or competitions with the objective of taking any fur-bearing mammal. Provides an exception for field trials. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor and subject to a fine of no less than $500 an...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB1287Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that owners of income-producing properties shall file physical descriptions of their properties with the chief county assessor in the form and format determined by the chief county assessor. Effective immediatel...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 16 @ 10:00 am]
[Hearing: May 16 @ 10:01 am]

Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
ILHB5602Engross
50%
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2024
ILHB4910Engross
50%
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2024
ILHB4189Intro
25%
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that a local government that has submitted a distressed location project as defined by Department of Natural Resources rule shall be eligible for assistance up to 100% for the acqu...
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2024-05-15
To House Appropriations-General Service Committee
ILHB4171Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2024
ILHB4108Enroll
75%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue Air Force Combat Action Medal license plates to a resident who was awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal. Makes other conforming changes.
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2024-05-15
Passed Both Houses
ILHB4813Engross
50%
Amends the Information Technology Accessibility Act. Provides that the Department of Innovation and Technology (currently, the Department of Human Services) shall review certain accessibility standards. Removes a specific reference to the Department ...
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
ILHB4412Engross
50%
Provides that a child care facility may authorize the Department of Children and Family Services or a third-party vendor to collect fingerprints for the criminal background investigation. Defines "third-party vendor".
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2024
ILHB4219Engross
50%
Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Removes provisions concerning fentanyl education from the School Code. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include disaster pre...
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
ILHB4491Engross
50%
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that either a qualified child care director or a qualified early childhood teacher with a minimum of 2,880 hours of experience as an early childhood teacher, must be present for the first and last hour of t...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5450Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. With respect to the Section concerning reports on cost reduction in the Illinois Pension Code, provides that, on and after December 31, 2026, the provisions concerning the repo...
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
ILHJR0069Intro
25%
Urges the President of the United States to authorize the DHS Secretary to establish a program to evaluate parole and work authorization on a case-by-case basis for long-term immigrant workers who are undocumented and residing in Illinois to address ...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 16 @ 10:00 am]
[Hearing: May 20 @ 3:00 pm]

Recommends Be Adopted as Amended Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-010-000
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
ILHB0681Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-05-15
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
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
ILHB4757Enroll
75%
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans Affairs shall create, and the Department of Labor shall make available, at no cost, a veterans and service members' benefits, services, and protections poster. R...
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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
ILHB0305Engross
50%
Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district that forms a part of a Class II county school unit may, by a resolution adopted by at least two-thirds of the me...
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2024
ILHB5495Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation shall cooperate and liaise wit...
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2024-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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
ILSB3713Engross
50%
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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2024-05-15
Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-General Services Committee; 013-000-000
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
ILSB1779Engross
50%
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Changes the name of the Medication Aide Pilot Program to the Medication Aide Program. Makes conforming changes. Provides that to be approved as a qualified facility under the program (instead of for the duration of the ...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: May 20 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Human Services Committee
ILHB5556Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of trafficking in persons when the person knowingly: (1) maintains by any means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, advertise or maintain by...
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2024-05-15
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5355Engross
50%
Creates the Nonopioid Alternatives for Pain Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to develop and publish an educational pamphlet regarding the use of nonopioid alternatives for pain treatment. Provides that a health care practitioner shall ex...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHJR0055Engross
50%
Designates Route 31 in Batavia from Main Street south to Mooseheart Road as the "SSG Robert D. Herreid Memorial Highway".
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHJR0054Engross
50%
Designates Route 31 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "PFC Wayne W. Hill Jr. Memorial Highway".
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHJR0056Engross
50%
Designates Route 59 in West Chicago from Route 38 to Route 64 as the "SFC Theodore A. Katsoolias Memorial Highway".
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHJR0053Engross
50%
Designates Route 25 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "SFC Ogden N. Thompson Memorial Highway".
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4834Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Identification Act concerning records eligible for sealing. Provides that records of arrests or charges not initiated by arrest resulting in orders of supervision, including orders of supervision for municipal ordinance violations...
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2024-05-14
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
ILSB3414Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, with the following changes. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed ...
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2024-05-14
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Insurance Committee; 013-000-000
ILHB5417Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Deletes references to the role of HIV Treatment Innovation Coordinator. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILHB5395Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with changes that include the following. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Health Care Protection Act. In the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act, p...
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 21 @ 4:30 pm]
To Senate Insurance 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
ILHB5057Engross
50%
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall make available a content area test for applicants seeking a State license to teach in any of grades one through 6. Provides that the test shall...
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 21 @ 1:30 pm]
To Senate Education Committee
ILHB4677Engross
50%
Creates the Illinois Caregiver Assistance and Resource Portal Act. Requires the Department on Aging, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to b...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILHB4934Engross
50%
Amends the Cemetery Protection Act. Defines "veteran" and "veterans' organization". Provides that if a veterans' organization has identified human remains of a veteran that are more than 100 years old and wishes to have a marker placed to designate t...
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 16 @ 9:00 am]

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Veterans Affairs
ILSB0998Engross
50%
Amends the School Code. Provides that provisions requiring the filing of a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, an application for State financial aid, or a waiver do not apply for the 2023-2024 school year. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-13
[Hearing: May 20 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School Committee
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
ILSB0726Engross
50%
Amends various Acts concerning children's mental health. Amends the School Code. Provides that on or before October 1, 2024, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team, the Office of the Go...
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2024-05-13
[Hearing: May 20 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Mental Health & Addiction Committee
ILHB5653Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Reenacts a provision concerning the Veterans' Service-Related Ailments Task Force repealed by Public Act 102-417. Changes the name of the Veterans' Service-Related Ailments Task Force to the Veterans' S...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
ILHB5527Engross
50%
Amends the County Department of Corrections Division of the Counties Code, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act. Provides that, upon the release of a prisoner or committed person from a county correctional institution, county jail...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
ILHB5537Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Removes an exception for skilled and intermediate long-term care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act from providing a Safety Net Impact Statement as part of its general review criter...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
ILHB5367Engross
50%
Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board may waive the requirement that a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed ve...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB0001Intro
25%
Creates the Compassionate Use and Research of Entheogens Act. Establishes the Illinois Psilocybin Advisory Board within the Department of Public Health for the purpose of advising and making recommendations to the Department regarding the provision o...
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2024-05-09
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0355Intro
25%
Declares an immediate Black student enrollment crisis in the State of Illinois until enrollment at its flagship University of Illinois and all other Illinois higher education institutions reach a suitable number of Black enrolled students. Urges all ...
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2024-05-09
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5008Intro
25%
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that a local school council shall have and exercise the power and duty to contract with the Chicago Police Department to have police officers or school resource officers on schoo...
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2024-05-09
Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 24, 2024
ILSB2573Enroll
75%
Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual plan of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Ac...
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2024-05-09
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
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