| HB4645 | Pass | Amends the Illinois Conservation Foundation Act. Ends the terms of the members of the Illinois Conservation Foundation Board of Directors on the date upon which members of the new 12-member board have been appointed and can begin to take action as a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0916 |
| HB5897 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Military Affairs to convey described real estate in Cass County. Effective immediately.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-20
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0913 |
| HB4633 | Pass | Creates the Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to require all authorized insurers regulated by the Department of Insurance to undertake good faith efforts, as specified in the Act, to locate and pay benefic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-26
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0893 |
| HB4334 | Pass | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if, prior to expiration of registration, the Secretary of State has not provided the registered owner of a vehicle with notice that his or her registration is about to expire, the vehicle owner shall ha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-25
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0887 |
| HB6303 | Pass | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of firearms trafficking. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she has not been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and knowingly brings, or causes to be b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-23
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0885 |
| HB6324 | Pass | Amends the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act. Provides that the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council will provide analysis and research to assist in the administration of criminal laws. Effective immediately.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0880 |
| HB6328 | Pass | Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Permits the sealing of all felony convictions, except Class X felonies and except certain excluded offenses. Provides that the expungement of records that resulted in a successful completion of the supervision ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0881 |
| HB6037 | Pass | Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the following ground shall be accorded weight in favor of withholding or minimizing a sentence of imprisonment that at the time of the offense, the defendant was suffering from a serious mental il...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0877 |
| HB6291 | Pass | Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the period of probation or conditional discharge of a juvenile shall be a period of at least 5 years, or until the minor has attained the age of 21, whichever is less, only if the juvenile is found...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0879 |
| HB6200 | Pass | Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any commissions or revenues for the provision of pay telephones in institutions and facilities of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice for those incarcerated are pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0878 |
| HB5788 | Pass | Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Adds catfish to the list of aquatic life that may be taken by pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, including a sling shot bow, spear, or gig. Provides that specified fish shall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0867 |
| HB5973 | Pass | Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code, the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act, the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985, the Illinois Public Accounting Act, and the Real Estate Licens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0876 |
| HB5771 | Pass | Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Corrects a cross reference in the provision concerning sentencing of persons who were under the age of 18 at the time of the commission of an offense. Provides that certain mandatory natural life sentencing pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0875 |
| HB5572 | Pass | Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Sex Offenses and Sex Offender Registration Task Force to ensure that law enforcement and communities are able to identify and monitor high-risk sex of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0873 |
| HB5613 | Pass | Creates the Law Enforcement Information Technology Task Force Act. Creates the Law Enforcement Information Technology Task Force to analyze, study, and make recommendations regarding the criminal discovery process, information sharing by law enforcem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0874 |
| HB4604 | Pass | Amends the Wildlife Code. Changes the name of the fee from "Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants" to "Public Hunting Grounds for Game Birds". Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may permit hunters to take bobwhite quail, chukar partridg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0866 |
| HB4515 | Pass | Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to make the Health Care Worker Registry that includes background check and training information accessible by health care employers. Allows the Department to maintain a public...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0872 |
| HB4315 | Pass | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that Illinois Route 66 license plates can be affixed to motorcycles having an engine over 150cc. Requires the Secretary of State to issue a version of the Route 66 license plates in a form appropriate for mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0865 |
| HB2822 | Pass | Creates the Human Trafficking Task Force Act. Provides requirements regarding the composition and duties of the task force. Provides that the task force shall provide a report containing specified information to the General Assembly and Governor no l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0864 |
| HB2569 | Pass | Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if the defendant pleads guilty the plea shall not be accepted until the court shall have fully explained to the defendant the following: (1) the maximum and minimum penalty provided by law ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0871 |
| HB6333 | Pass | Amends the School Code. Annually requires each school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school to request an asthma action plan from the parents or guardians of a pupil with asthma; sets forth provisions concerning the asthma acti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0843 |
| HB6302 | Pass | Amends the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act. Changes the definition of "eligible institution" to mean an eligible educational institution as defined in Section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any regulations thereunder (instead of an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0842 |
| HB6162 | Pass | Creates the Employee Sick Leave Act. Provides that employees may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an illness, injury, or medical appointment of the employee's child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0841 |
| HB5918 | Pass | Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that a charter shall be granted for a period of 5 school years (instead of may be granted for a period not less than 5 and not more than 10 school years) and may be renewed in incremental pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0840 |
| HB5665 | Pass | Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that each child who comes into the care and custody of the Department of Children and Family Services is fully entitled to participate in appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and soc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0839 |
| HB5656 | Pass | Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to make reasonable efforts and accommodations to grant visitation privileges to a non-custodial grandparent or great-grandparent of a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0838 |
| HB5610 | Pass | Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that no fire protection district will be required to assume responsibly for the fire protection of any municipality which discontinues its fire department unless the fire protection district's Board o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0837 |
| HB5551 | Pass | Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Expands the definition of "fictive kin" to include any individual, unrelated by birth or marriage, who is the foster parent of a child in the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Famil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0836 |
| HB5017 | Pass | Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that whenever a person has been arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for an incident occurring before his or her 18th birthday that if committed by an adult would be an offense, the person may p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0835 |
| HB4935 | Pass | Amends the Hearing Screening for Newborns Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0834 |
| HB4641 | Pass | Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Adds requirements for approval of adoption-only homes by licensed child welfare agencies. Requires that, in approving an adoption-only home, if an adult resident has an arrest or conviction record, the licensed chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0833 |
| HB4590 | Pass | Amends the Adoption Act. To a list of disclosures required to be made to the adoptive parents, adds facts and circumstances relating to the nature and cause of the adoption, information regarding how adoptive parents were identified, and whether a re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0832 |
| HB4365 | Pass | Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, requires an association or other entity that has, as one of its purposes, promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholasti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0831 |
| HB4259 | Pass | Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article, provides that the definition of "employee" does not include a person who on or after the effective date becomes an employee of the following participating ins...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0830 |
| HB4257 | Pass | Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to issue upon the request of a person medically diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, or the guardian or custodian of the person, an Autism Spectrum Disorder wa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-19
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0829 |
| HB5790 | Pass | Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture may designate "Bicentennial Farms". Effective immediately.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-16
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0824 |
| HB4318 | Pass | Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture may sell at cost, to qualified applicants, signs designating an agribusiness that has been operated for 100 years or mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-16
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0823 |
| HB6149 | Pass | Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to allow for the issuance of decals by Illinois Veterans' Homes. Provides for the original fee, renewal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0814 |
| HB5938 | Pass | Amends the Veterans' Home Nurses' Loan Repayment Act. Renames the Act as the Veterans' Home Medical Providers' Loan Repayment Act. Renames the Nurse Loan Repayment Program as the Medical Providers Loan Repayment Program. Requires that the program pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0813 |
| HB5924 | Pass | Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that upon petition by an adult child, the court may order the guardian to permit visitation between the ward and the adult child if the court finds that the visitation is in the ward's best interests. Provides...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0821 |
| HB5805 | Pass | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for theft of property (rather than involving real property) exceeding $100,000 in value or financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be commenced within...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0820 |
| HB5649 | Pass | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial license plates may be affixed to motorcycles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0812 |
| HB5538 | Pass | Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that in developing arrest procedure policies in domestic violence situations, each law enforcement agency shall (instead of "is encouraged to") con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0810 |
| HB5611 | Pass | Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a fire chief has authority to enforce the provisions of any rules adopted and promulgated by the State Fire Marshal under the provisions of the Fire Investigation Act or to carry out the duties i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0811 |
| HB5402 | Pass | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0809 |
| HB5018 | Pass | Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the second full week of April of each year as National Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week, as a week to honor the dedicated men and women who answer calls for help at 911 centers across the coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0808 |
| HB5003 | Pass | Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that the Chief Judge of each judicial circuit shall (rather than may) establish a Veterans and Servicemembers Court program including a format under which it operates under the Act....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0807 |
| HB4627 | Pass | Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university to establish an admissions process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an application...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0806 |
| HB4433 | Pass | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the spouse of a deceased military service member who was issued military oriented special plates to retain the plates so long as that spouse is a resident of Illinois and transfers the registration to his or h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0805 |
| HB4432 | Pass | Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. Allows a child in any of grades 6 through 12 to be absent from a public school on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day for the purpose of sounding "Taps" at a military ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0804 |
