Illinois Senator Mike Simmons [D]

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ILSR0294PassDeclares May 2023 as "Liver Disease Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois.
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2023-05-31
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILSR0322PassThanks Alderperson Harry Osterman of the Chicago City Council for his dedicated service to the constituents of the 48th Ward and for his significant contributions to the City of Chicago and State of Illinois.
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2023-05-26
Resolution Adopted
ILSB1737Intro
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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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2023-05-24
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0304PassDeclares Labor Day weekend 2023 as "Puerto Rican Cultural Center Weekend".
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2023-05-24
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
ILHB2572Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that the State shall not expend or invest any public funds in any organization, nonprofit organization, religious organization, or any other entity to be used for conversion thera...
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2023-05-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1911Intro
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Creates the Substance Use Disorder Residential and Detox Rate Equity Act. Requires the General Assembly to appropriate sufficient funds to the Department of Human Services, for State Fiscal Year 2024 and for each State fiscal year thereafter, to ensu...
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2023-05-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2560Intro
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Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for grants to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics for expenses of free and charitable clinics. Provides that the funds shall be used to provi...
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2023-05-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2217Intro
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Creates the Paid Family Leave Insurance Program Act. Requires the Department of Employment Security to establish and administer a Family Leave Insurance Program that provides family leave insurance benefits to eligible employees. Sets forth eligibili...
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2023-05-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2026Intro
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after Januar...
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2023-05-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0167Intro
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Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning the School Code, provides that halal and kosher lunch options shall be available as lunch options as part of a school board's lunch program to a studen...
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2023-05-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1980Intro
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Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that rates for homemaker services shall be increased to $29.64 beginning July 1, 2023 to sustain a minimum wage of $18 per hour for direct service workers. Requires rates in subsequent State fiscal years...
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2023-05-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1832Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the research and development credit applies for taxable years ending prior to January 1, 2037 (currently, January 1, 2027). Provides that, in the case of qualifying quantum information science expendi...
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2023-05-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1360Engross
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Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall conduct an access to nutritious food program to establish and operate projects and strategies within food deserts...
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2023-05-09
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2427Intro
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Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires health care professionals who have continuing education requirements to complete cultural competency training, which shall include information...
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2023-05-08
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2545Intro
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Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for services provided under the Family Caregiver Act. Effective immediately.
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2023-05-05
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0122Intro
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Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Healthy Illinois for All Law. Provides that by July 1, 2023, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide me...
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2023-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1830Intro
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Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that a petitioner may file a petition to vacate and expunge certain felony possession violations under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act...
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2023-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0016Engross
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Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop a school district-level Children's Adversity Index to measure community childhood trauma exposure for children by December 30, 2024. Requires teachers institutes to prov...
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2023-05-01
To House Rules Committee
ILSB1230Engross
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Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that the definition of "dog dealer" does not include a person who sells dogs at retail to the public. Provides that a person who sells dogs at retail to the public, shall not be considered an animal shelter und...
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2023-04-28
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2426Engross
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Defines "dependent". Provides that beginning no later than the 2024-2025 academic year, if an exonerated person has been found by the Commission to qualify for a grant under this Section, and that p...
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2023-04-28
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1293Engross
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Redefines the term "children" to include persons under the age of 23 (rather than 21) who were committed to the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1403Intro
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Creates the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Task Force Act. Provides that the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Task Force shall be composed of 12 appointed members and the State's Chief Behavioral Health Officer, or the Officer's representative. P...
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2023-04-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1888Intro
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Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, and each State fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall increase the Prospective Payment System rates for f...
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2023-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2432Intro
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Creates the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall develop and administer an annual Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program to enhance local food processing, aggregation, and distribution within the Sta...
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2023-04-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1812Intro
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Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a public officer, employee, board, or representative of a governmental unit may not ban or otherwise prohibit a book from being available for reading or circulation by members of the ...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1864Intro
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Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that, after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a Service Board may not enter into a contract or contract amendment to purchase a bus that is not a zero-emission bus for the purpose of ...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1895Intro
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Amends the University of Illinois Act, the Southern Illinois University Management Act, the Chicago State University Law, the Eastern Illinois University Law, the Governors State University Law, the Illinois State University Law, the Northeastern Ill...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1392Intro
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Creates the Digital Forgeries Act. Provides that an individual depicted in a digital forgery has a cause of action against any person who, without the consent of the depicted individual, knowingly distributes a digital forgery, creates a digital forg...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1831Intro
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Amends the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. In a provision concerning Medicaid funding for community mental health services, sets forth rate increases, to begin on and after January 1, 2024, for the following rates and services: the Mobi...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1929Intro
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Creates the Tenants Radon Protection Act. Provides that, before a lease is signed, a landlord shall provide each tenant in a dwelling unit with any records or reports that pertain to radon concentrations within the dwelling unit and that indicate a r...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0072Intro
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Amends the Solicitation for Charity Act. Defines "reviewed financial statements". Provides that every charitable organization that receives in any 12-month period ending upon its established fiscal or calendar year contributions in excess of $500,000...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0149Intro
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Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that the Department of the Lottery shall offer a special instant scratch-off game titled "Epilepsy Quality of Life". Provides that the game commences on January 1, 2024 and shall be discontinued on December 3...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0100Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a retail establishment may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene ...
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2023-03-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0126Intro
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Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any multiple-occupancy restroom may be identified as an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom and designated for use by any person of any gender. Requires...
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2023-03-23
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1486Intro
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a household that does not include an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits if the gross income of the ho...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1931Intro
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Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall reimburse not less than the actual cost to school boards for each free lunch or breakfast supplied by them (instead of reimbursing school boards $0.15...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1276Intro
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Amends the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act. In the definition of "claim of torture": provides that it also means a third party was tortured into implicating a person for the crime for which the person was convicted; provides that i...
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2023-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1234Intro
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Creates the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act. Requires the Department of Employment Security to establish and administer a Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program that provides family and medical leave insurance benefits to eligible ...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1483Intro
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person convicted of a felony or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution shall have his or her right to vote restored and shall be eligible to vote not later than 14 days following his or her co...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1482Intro
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning on January 1, 2025, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall raise the income eligibility standard for all of its medical assistance programs...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2176Intro
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Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in this State on...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1811Intro
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Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to comply with the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) and submit a State plan to the U.S. Department of Agric...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1708Intro
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Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act th...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1579Intro
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Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of pre-Columbian...
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2023-03-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0037PassDeclares February 28, 2023 as Black Women's History Day in the State of Illinois to honor the accomplishments, power, beauty, courage, intelligence, ingenuity, stewardship, and leadership of Black women. Encourages all Illinoisans and their families ...
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2023-02-28
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
ILSB0095Intro
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits a legislator from engaging in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of Illinois, or an of...
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2023-02-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1865Intro
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Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall develop a program of technical assistance in support of regional manu...
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2023-02-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0048PassMourns the death of Raymond Nihlean.
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2023-02-08
Resolution Adopted
ILSB1283Intro
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Creates the Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act. Restricts the State from: (1) applying a law of another state that authorizes civil or criminal penalties against any person for providing, authorizing, aiding, assisting, receiving, or otherwi...
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2023-02-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
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