Illinois Senator Mike Simmons [D]

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ILHB1342PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following additions. Further amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, the Local Mass Transit District Act, and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Adds limits to suspension of ridin...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0281
ILHB0476PassAmends the Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974. Provides that Board of Commissioners of the Metro-East Sanitary District may, by ordinance, arrange to provide employees and commissioners of the Sanitary District group, life, health, accident, ho...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0275
ILHB3592PassAmends the Employment of Teachers and Chicago School District Articles of the School code. In provisions concerning dismissal due to sexual abuse, changes the requirements to for any charges involving any witness who is or was at the time of the alle...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0354
ILHB3903PassAmends the Election Code. Prohibits any contractor that provides equipment and services for automated law enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties, as well as any...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0364
ILSB1909PassAmends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Prohibits a limited services pregnancy center from engaging in unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices: (1) to interfere with or prevent an individual from...
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2023-07-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0270
ILSB1979Engross
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a retail mercantile establishment selling or offering to sell goods or services to the public that employs an individual to accept in-person payments at a physical location...
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2023-07-12
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2391PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a community school may also be a nonpublic school. Restores provisions describing what a community school is in the legislative findings. Restores certain grant...
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2023-07-05
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0265
ILSB2013PassAmends the Illinois Affordable Housing Act. Requires all housing financed under the Illinois Affordable Housing Program to meet a minimum standard of living requirement. Provides that in order for a program applicant to be eligible to receive funding...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0248
ILSB1892PassAmends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. In provisions concerning free services for seniors and persons with disabilities, provides that, after an initial eligibility determination is made, an individual's eligibility for free services shall au...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0241
ILSB1709PassAmends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Resources shall partner with the State Board of Education to provide technical assistance for the provision of mental health care during...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0222
ILSB2175PassAmends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that during the first 180 days following a person's release from a penal institution, a court shall not order the person to pay any outstanding fines, taxes, or costs arising from a criminal pro...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0254
ILSB2278PassAmends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the State or any unit of local government shall not be required to design or construct a new non-designated highway to accommodate truck tractor-semitrailer combinations. Provides that each unit of loca...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0258
ILSB1367PassAmends the Housing Authorities Act. Requires every housing authority organized under the Act to collect data on (i) the number of vacant rental units within each housing project operated by the housing authority and (ii) information on whether each w...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0215
ILSB2037PassCreates the Community Land Trust Task Force Act. Establishes the Community Land Trust Task Force to collect data regarding the current use of community land trusts in Illinois and opportunities for expansion statewide, in addition to other specified ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0250
ILHB2464PassAmends 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 t...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0158
ILSB2247PassAmends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that any entity may make contributions to an ABLE account. Makes changes concerning privacy of ABLE account information. Provides that the ABLE Account Program may also be referred to as the Senator Scott Benn...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0256
ILSB2374PassAmends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish a competitive grant program to support the development or enhancement of computer science programs in the K-12 schools. Provides that eligib...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0264
ILHB3932PassAmends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 through 12, the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction, study, and discussion on ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0212
ILHB3414PassAmends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the judge shall enter an order permitting prosecution under the criminal laws of Illinois unless the judge makes a finding based on clear and convincing evidence that the minor would be amenable to...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0191
ILSB1741PassAmends the Security Deposit Return Act. Removes language that requires a lessor of residential real property who is restricted from withholding any part of a security deposit from a lessee without furnishing an itemized statement to the lessee to be ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0224
ILHB3322PassCreates the Law Enforcement Gang Database Information Act. Defines terms. Provides requirements for the use of gang databases and shared gang databases. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in all criminal cases, evidence whic...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0185
ILHB2820PassAmends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the definition of "birthing facility", adds birth centers as defined in the Birth Center Licensing Act. Provides that the written policy and...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0169
ILHB2776PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the duty to electronically post information concerning progress made toward the replacement of lead service lines begins in 2023. Describes the specific data to ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0167
ILHB2562PassAmends the Common Interest Community Association Act, the Condominium Property Act, and the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that when a common interest community building, condominium building, or residential rental property has a cooling system or...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0161
ILSB1817PassAmends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation, because of immigration status, to: refuse to engage in a real estate transaction or otherwise make unavailable or deny real property; alter the terms, conditions, or ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0232
ILHB3140PassCreates the End Youth Solitary Confinement Act. Provides that the use of room confinement at a juvenile or correctional facility for discipline, punishment, retaliation, or any reason other than as a temporary response to a juvenile's behavior that p...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0178
ILHB3224PassAmends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, as part of transition planning, a school district shall provide a student and the parent or guardian of the student (instead of just the student) with information about ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0181
ILHB0579PassAmends the Department of Insurance Law. Sets forth provisions concerning the Marketplace Director of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Sets forth provisions concerning an exemption regarding any procurements...
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2023-06-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0103
ILHB1364PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Changes the short title of the Act to the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Workgroup Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health, shall co...
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2023-06-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0105
ILHB2296PassAmends the Department of Insurance Law. Provides that beginning before or on May 1, 2026, and each May 1 thereafter, the Department of Insurance shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on health insurance coverage, affordability, and co...
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2023-06-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0106
ILSB0209Intro
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Provides legislative findings. Appropriates specified amounts to the Department of Public Health for grants, expenses, and administrative costs of programs relating to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus; the Getting t...
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2044Intro
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Creates the Tickborne Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Presents legislative findings. Requires the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the medical entomology lab of the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey a...
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2348Intro
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Amends the School Code. Provides that all school districts shall provide instruction on relaxation activities such as yoga or meditation for at least one half-period of the school day to enhance both mental and physical health of students.
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2241Intro
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Makes various appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for family and community services and related distributive purposes. Effective July 1, 2023.
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2038Intro
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Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that an employer or employment agency shall disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage or salary, or the wage or salary range, an...
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2023-06-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2041Intro
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Creates the Freelance Worker Protection Act. Provides that freelance workers must be compensated by hiring parties for their services in a timely manner. Provides that whenever a hiring party retains the services of a freelance worker, the contract b...
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2023-06-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2350PassAmends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning pap tests and prostate cancer screenings, provides that required coverage includes an annual cervical smear or Pap smear test for all (rather than female)...
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2023-06-12
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
ILSB0293Intro
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Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, from July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, the allowance for gratuities to which an employer is entitled for an employee engaged in an occupation in which gratuities have been recognized as part of the re...
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2023-06-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2789PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: changes references to "public library or library system" to "library or library system"; provides that an alternative to the development of a written statement (rather than p...
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2023-06-12
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0100
ILSB1484PassAmends the State Finance Act. Creates the Cooperative Housing Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Directs the Illinois Housing Development Authority to use appropriated moneys from the Fund to award grants to various organizations for coope...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0089
ILHB1596PassAmends various Acts concerning children by: replacing certain pronouns with the nouns to which the pronouns refer; replacing certain instances of the word "biological"; changing the Independent Juvenile Ombudsman to the Independent Juvenile Ombudsper...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0022
ILHB3116PassReinserts the introduced bill and adds an August 20, 2024 effective date.
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0041
ILHB1591PassAmends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act by repealing all of the following provisions: (i) no marriage shall be contracted in this State by a party residing and intending to continue to reside in another state or jurisdiction if t...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0021
ILHB3425PassReinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Makes a change concerning professional development and youth programming. Provides that the data required to be submitted must regard verified allegat...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0047
ILSB0049PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes the provisions concerning definitions. Makes changes concerning the specified conditions in which an institution of higher education must provide an official transcri...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0054
ILSB0686PassAmends the Counties Code. Provides that, except in a county with a population over 3,000,000, fees for a certified copy of a transcript of sworn testimony of a coroner's inquest made by written request declaring the request is for research or genealo...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0073
ILSB0328PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation that sells or offers to sell any products or services to a consumer pursuant to a contract, where suc...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0070
ILSB0855PassProvides that the Act may be referred to as the Residential Facility Safety and Support Act. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. In provisions concerning investigative reports issued by the Department of Human Services' Inspector General tha...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0076
ILHB1496PassAmends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the master record file of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice of each person committed to the respective Department shall contain ethnic and racial background data...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0018
ILSB1623PassCreates the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force Act. Creates the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall develop a statewide plan to connect existing local projects and new projects to create a cohesive state...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0097
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