| SB1349 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Defines "accident" and "injury." Deletes language allowing rebuttable presumptions for an employee employed as a firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), or paramedic. Deletes language allowing an employe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-14 Third Reading - Lost; 025-006-028 |
| HB0203 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Changes references in the statute on unlawful sale of firearms from "sell" or "give" to "transfer". Prohibits multiple sales of handguns within a 30-day period. Creates the offense of unlawful acquisition of handguns... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-13 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Lost 047-068-000 |
| HB1962 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Adds that notice of an examination for a position with the sanitary district may be given by the director of the sanitary district by posting the information for at least 2 weeks before the exam... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 017-095-001 |
| HB1544 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, beginning in State fiscal year 2012, the General Assembly must make annual contributions to the Fund of an amount equal to 20% of the amount of the annual State contribut... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-11 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Lost 038-073-000 |
| HB1288 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall authorize a water or sewer utility to file a surcharge that adjusts rates and charges to provide for recovery of the costs of any increase in the water or sewer uti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 033-077-000 |
| HB3219 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board to establish an audit committee to examine any plan by a public university to increase tuition from the previous academic year by more than 10%. Provides that the committee shall consist of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-07 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos |
| HB1511 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Jury Commission Act. Provides that counties with a population of at least 200,000 but less than 300,000 may have 4 (rather than 3) jury commissioners. Effective immediately. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-07 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook |
| HB2045 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to the provision concerning a minor under 14 years of age's access to firearms. Provides that this provision concerning the regulation of the storage of firearms is an exclusive power and function of the Stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy |
| HB1292 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Contractor Prompt Payment Act. Provides that under a construction contract, it is unlawful to withhold more than 5% retainage on payments earned by contractors and subcontractors. Effective immediately. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 049-060-001 |
| HB0223 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Health Care Justice Act. Changes the short title to the Health Care Justice Implementation Act of 2011. Provides that the mission goals of the Health Care Justice Implementation Task Force are to monitor the implementation of the federal h... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Lost 042-058-000 |
| HJR0023 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates former United States Senator Alan J. Dixon on the occasion of having the Senator Alan J. Dixon Student Center at Lindenwood University-Belleville named after him and recognizes his innumerable achievements and efforts on behalf of his h... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-31 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook |
| HB3382 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, following notification to and a period of consultation with the appropriate board of control, the Board of Higher Education is authorized to take action on the dissolution or reduce in scope an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-31 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose |
| HB1915 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Provides that the compliance audit may address agency management representations, assertions, and supporting evidence regarding whether the job titles and descriptions for filled management positions duplicate ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-31 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos |
| HB1383 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Industrial Hemp Act. Provides that any person desiring to grow, process, cultivate, harvest, process, possess, sell, or purchase industrial hemp or industrial hemp related products must be licensed by the Department of Agriculture. Provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 028-083-000 |
| HB1072 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an annuitant receiving a retirement annuity other than a disability retirement annuity may, without impairing his or her retirement status, accept employment as a teach... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-31 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos |
| SB0068 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the employment discrimination Article of the Act applies to domestic workers. Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that the overtime provisions of the Law apply to domestic workers. Amends the One ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-30 Third Reading - Lost; 019-035-001 |
| HB3362 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that "public works" does not include gardening-related maintenance projects, including but not limited to watering and pruning. Effective immediately. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-17 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell |
| HB1567 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, medical assistance recipients utilizing emergency rooms for non-emergency services shall be required to pay the maximu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-17 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson |
| HB1092 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In a definition of "uninsured motor vehicle", includes a motor vehicle to which a bodily injury liability bond or policy applies at the time of the accident but the limit of the policy has been reduced by payments ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-17 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson |
| HB0207 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act. Creates a provision that provides that any rulemaking adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act may not take effect until January 1, 2012. Repeals the provision on December 31, 2012. Effe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-17 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson |
| HB3378 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes a public body to hold a closed meeting to discuss correspondence and records (i) that may not be disclosed under a specific portion of the Public Aid Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals conducted a specific p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-16 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 22(g) |
| HB0283 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Consumer Health Insurance Counsel Act. Creates the independent Office of Consumer Health Insurance Counsel for the purpose of representing the interests of health insurance consumers. Sets forth provisions concerning the appointment and q... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-15 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 22(g) |
| SB1283 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the MR/DD Community Care Act to delete the provisions allowing for licensure for a period of 2 years for facilities operating pursuant to the respective Acts. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-14 Tabled By Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans |
| HB3359 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "bus rapid transit vehicle" as a bus specifically authorized by the Department of Transportation to be operated upon highways and shoulders for bus rapid transit. Adds bus rapid transit vehicles to the list o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Al Riley |
| HB2102 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that when a court has before it a petition for the removal of a child to a location outside of Illinois, the court shall consider the economic cost to the noncustodial parent to v... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose |
| HB1481 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Counties Code and the Community Mental Health Act. Provides that in a county (other than Cook County or a county contiguous with Cook County) that has both a county health department and a county community mental health board, the county b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose |
| HB1322 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a non-home rule municipality, without submitting the question of authorization to the electors, may authorize the issuance of bonds. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Al Riley |
| HB1214 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Exempts special purpose extensions made by any taxing district for payment of that district's share of the amounts required to be contributed to any pension fund created under... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Al Riley |
| HB1098 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Authorizes the Secretary of State to issue Boy Scout plates bearing the Eagle Scout badge to the owner of a vehicle whose authorized driver has attained Eagle Scout rank. Authorizes the Secretary of State to issue Gi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose |
| HB1097 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that a subcontractor under contract to a general contractor may elect to be covered under any policy of workers' compensation insurance insuring the contractor upon written agreement of the contractor, b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose |
| HB0191 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the maximum amount of hours a part-time police officer employed by one or more units of local government may work is 1,560 hours per unit per year. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy |
| HB2989 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In a Section concerning base income, provides that deductions from the adjusted gross income shall include, for those individuals who report an adjusted income of less than $100,000, an amount equal to all amounts ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| SB1281 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, and the State Finance Act. Increases the licensure fee to $1500 for ambulatory surgical treatment ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-03 Tabled By Sponsor Sen. William Delgado |
| HB1139 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for criminal sexual abuse that does not involve: (1) an act of sexual conduct by the use of force or threat of force; or (2) a victim who was unab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios |
| HB3092 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds language providing that a law enforcement officer must offer a chemical test to any person who the officer has reason to believe operated a vehicle that was involved in a type A personal injury or fatal motor ve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-02 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks |
| HR0067 | Intro
Sine Die | Affirms the sovereignty of the State of Illinois under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-02 Resolution Lost |
| HB1232 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act. Provides that any crime victim or his or her family, or both, may apply to the Attorney General for financial assistance from moneys collected by the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund. Provides tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-02 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| HR0104 | Intro
Sine Die | Mourns the death of Reverend Lundy Savage of Champaign. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-01 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson |
| HB1137 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a taxpayer may carry forward a tax refund to the following taxable year. Provides that income tax return forms shall contain appropriate explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayer to elect to carr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-01 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson |
| HB1136 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Combat Infantry Badge license plates to persons who have earned the Combat Infantry Badge from the U.S. Army. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $15 for original i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-01 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson |
| HB1135 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Whistleblower Act. Adds to the definition of "employee" any person licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-01 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson |
| HB1696 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Wildlife Code. Repeals the provision concerning the pheasant fund. Makes corresponding changes. Amends the State Finance Act and makes corresponding changes. Effective January 1, 2012. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-24 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| HB0164 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the next registration year after the effective date of this amendatory Act in which the Secretary of State distributes newly designed standard registration plates for motor vehicles, the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-24 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose |
| SB0136 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the School Code. Requires the parents or legal guardians of children attending non-public schools, a defined term, or private or parochial schools to annually register their children with the State Board of Education, in conformance with proce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-17 Tabled By Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney |
| HB0099 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the REAL ID Compliant Identification Cards Act. Provides standards for the issuance of REAL ID compliant identification cards (REAL ID cards). Provides that an individual who possesses an Illinois driver's license or Illinois Disabled Person ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-16 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 24(a) |
| HB0187 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for criminal sexual abuse that does not involve a victim who was unable to understand the nature of the act or who was unable to give knowing cons... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-15 Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard |
| HR0023 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the House Rules. Makes changes concerning a new Petition Calendar on the Standing Order of Business, notice required before hearings of the Rules Committee, hearings of appropriations committees, content and consideration of appropriation bill... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-07 Resolution Lost |