| SB2760 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that upon payment of an annual administrative fee not exceeding $100, during the first 3 calendar quarters an employer may pay its quarterly contributions due for wages in equal installments. Establishe...
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| SB2996 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to amend the Illinois Administrative Code to improve the efficiency in oversight and licensing of group homes. Requires the rules to align with existing proced...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2529 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Includes in the findings Section of the Act that one of the purposes of the Act is to protect patients with debilitating medical conditions, as well as their physicians and providers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3296 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In a Section concerning withholding taxes, provides that the Department may require any withholding tax return and any W-2 Form that is required to be submitted to the Department to be submitted on magnetic media o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3276 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes units of local government to provide alternative retirement plans in lieu of or in addition to the existing plan under the applicable Article. Provides that the alternative retirement plan may include a de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3165 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Illinois Trust Code. Provides that the Code applies to express trusts, charitable or noncharitable, and trusts created pursuant to a statute, judgment, or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2369 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. With respect to establishing certain types of service credit in the Fund, provides that application and payment must be received by the Board while the applica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2888 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for any officer or employee of the State, or any political subdivision, or any federal firearms dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. 923 to enforce any act, law, statute, rule, or regulation o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2914 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the Solid Waste Site Operator Certification Law. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Removes references to the Solid Waste Site Operator Certification Law. Provides that until October 1, 2018, no person shall cause or allow the operation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2274 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the School Code with respect to the debt limitations of school districts. Allows Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 to issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $34,500,000 if, among other conditions, (i) the voters ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3033 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In a provision that prohibits a parent or guardian from knowingly permitting his or her residence or certain other property to be used by an invitee under the age of 21 who is in possession of or consuming alcoh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3144 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Township Code. Provides that by-laws, rules, and regulations shall also be posted on the township's Internet website if there is such a website in addition to being published in a newspaper. Effective immediately.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2510 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the State Tax Preparer Oversight Act. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, the Department of Revenue shall require any income tax return preparer to include his or her PTIN on any tax return prepared by the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3155 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Respite Program Act. In a provision requiring the Director of the Department on Aging to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly detailing the progress of the respite care services provided under the Act, provides ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2152 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Prohibits public employees and labor organizations from collectively bargaining on certain specified matters. Provides that governing authorities of units of local government, school districts, and comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3260 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. Provides that for purposes of the Section, "traffic and motor vehicle laws" include, but are not limited to, the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Criminal Code of 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2206 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the School Code. Removes language that provides that the Block Grants Article does not apply to the Chicago school district. Repeals the Block Grants for Chicago Article. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2509 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a claim for punitive damages survives in an action that survives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3043 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that employers have the right to select medical providers. Authorizes employers to establish a network of providers and require employees to select providers from the network. Eliminates the employee's a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3132 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision relating to purchasing service credit for certain military service, deletes the requirement of paying an additional amount representing the employer's normal cost of the b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3300 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Credit for Prior Learning Act. Requires each public university to submit its policies and procedures for students to earn credit for prior learning to the Board of Higher Education for review and approval and each community college to sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2740 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on August 31, 2014, graphic arts machinery and equipment is included in the manufacturing and assembling ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3075 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Changes the penalty for motor vehicle theft and conversion from a Class 2 to a Class 3 felony. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the penalty for burglary to a watercraft, aircraft, motor vehicle, railroad car...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2801 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Insured's Independent Counsel Act. Provides that if an insurer has a duty to defend an insured under a policy of insurance and a significant and actual conflict of interest arises that imposes a duty on the insurer to provide independent ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3146 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act. Provides that students may participate in certain activities that are not discouraged in any manner by the school or any school employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2401 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that no applicant, other than a non-traditional student, is eligible for monetary award program consideration after receiving assistance for 4 academic years or, if a particular academic pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2253 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Defines "compensatory damages" and "actual damages" as the sum of economic and non-economic damages. Provides that any individual, contractor, or subcontractor who has been aggrieved by a filed false complaint may inst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2377 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Medical Practice Act of 1987 from December 31, 2016 to January 1, 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2146 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Illinois College Promise Program Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall administer the Program for Illinois residents seeking an associate's degree, certificate, or diploma from an eligible community college. Sets f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2763 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Defines the term "public utility company". Provides that a lessee or operating agent operating a publicly owned utility is also a public utility company.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3269 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the First Informer Broadcasters Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency may by rule establish protocols to facilitate first informer access to affected areas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3150 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Pawnbroker Regulation Act. Provides that every partnership which lends money on the deposit or pledge of physically delivered personal property, other than property the ownership of which is subject to a legal dispute, securities, printed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2169 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that an owners licensee that conducted gambling operations prior to January 1, 2015 shall receive a dollar-for-dollar credit against the taxes imposed by the Act for any money paid to a local government or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2194 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the issuance of an identification card or a driver's license with a veteran designation to a member of the armed forces, including a member of any reserve component or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2198 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. In the Section concerning advertisement of adoption services, provides that "advertise" includes communication by any computerized communication system, including by electronic mail, Internet site, Internet account,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3014 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility serving more than 1,000,000 customers shall make available at no cost to an alternative retail electric supplier a list of customer names and addresses of residential and small commer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2735 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Uniform Collaborative Law Act. Defines terms. Provides that the provisions of the Act are applicable to collaborative law participation agreements that meet the requirements of the Act signed on or after the effective date of the Act. Con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2751 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the angel investment credit applies for taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2021 (instead of December 31, 2016). Makes changes concerning the annual report submitted by the Department of Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3328 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that agreements with the Department of Transportation may include any number and combination of municipalities, counties, townships, or road districts.
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| SB3083 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that a borrowing employer that has entered into an agreement with a loaning employer may not avail itself of the exclusive remedy protection under the Act. Provides that any agreement between a loaning e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2203 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that each owner shall provide for each of his or her animals adequate shelter and adequate space. Defines "adequate shelter" and "adequate space".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3118 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Tuition Reduction Act. Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, requires each public university located in this State to reimburse its full-time resident undergraduate students a portion of the tuition charged in the form of a grant ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2339 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that a craft distiller license allows the manufacture of up to 100,000 gallons (instead of 35,000 gallons) of spirits by distillation per year and the storage of those spirits. Provides that a craft dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3307 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Creates an exemption for trees or tree seedlings purchased for planting as part of a conservation project funded and directed by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2193 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Fantasy Contests Act. Establishes certain requirements for policies and procedures for the operation of fantasy contests. Provides that any person, firm, corporation, association, agent, or employee who violates any provision of the Act s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2402 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that the definition of "employee" includes persons who otherwise meet that definition but are ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement System because they received...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3143 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Neutral Site Custody Exchange Funding Act. Provides that records kept by not-for-profit organizations receiving a grant under the act shall be made available for inspection by personnel employed by the office of the Presiding or Chief Judg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2775 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Downstate Police and Fire Articles of the Illinois Pension Code in relation to employer contributions. Changes the funding formula by: (1) reducing the target funding ratio from 90% to 85%; (2) extending the amortization period to 2055; (3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3306 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that park districts, and local recreation departments of any municipality, county, or township that operates a public recreation dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3015 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates a provision that provides that corporate authorities of a municipality or county board of a county may adopt an ordinance under which it may aggregate residential customers and small commercial customer natura...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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