| SB3031 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Township Code. Provides that counties which discontinue township organization will keep their form of government after the discontinuance. Amends the Counties Code making conforming changes. Effective immediately.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2182 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the owner and operator of any landfill that is located above an aquifer designated as a sole source aquifer by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall, upon request, make availabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2441 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the credit for student assistance contributions sunsets on December 30, 2025 (instead of December 30, 2020). Provides that the credit for student-assistance contributions may not exceed $1,000 (curren...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB1858 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Ivory Ban Act. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, offer for sale, purchase, barter, or possess with intent to sell, any ivory, ivory product, rhinoceros horn, or rhinoceros horn product. Establishes penalti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3167 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Egg and Egg Products Act. Defines "lot consolidation" and "registered lot consolidator". Provides that no eggs may be offered for sale for consumer use 45 days or more after candling (rather than after the original 30-day candling...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2591 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act and the State Finance Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may designate a hospital as a STEMI Receiving Center or a STEMI Referring Center. Defines "STEMI" as a ST-elevated myocar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2881 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning the purchase of an alternative retail electric suppliers' receivables, including uncollectible receivables by a purchasing electric utility, provides that the purchasing electric utility shall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3308 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Provides that no trustee of any District, except in a Metro East District, may be an elected village president, mayor, council member, or board member (currently, just elected official) of the municipality ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2405 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. With respect to the Monetary Award Program, removes a provision that requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to determine the eligibility of and make grants to applicants enrolled at qua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3154 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act. Provides that "title or description" means to hold oneself out as a licensed marriage and family therapist or an associate licensed marriage and family therapist to the public by means of stating ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2165 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Public Trust in Funding Responsibility Act. Prohibits a State agency from contracting with or making a grant to an entity that performs abortions or maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed that involves the expendit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3016 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires natural gas utilities that provide gas service to at least 500,000 retail customers in Illinois and an electric utility that services at least 1,000,000 retail customers in Illinois to create seamless move an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2794 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Reinstates an exemption for oil field exploration, drilling, and production equipment for the period beginning on July 1, 2016 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2943 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Division of Banking Act. Defines "Director" to mean the Director of the Division of Banking within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Requires the Director, along with the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3029 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that in addition to other fees accompanying court supervision for a violation of the Code, a person shall also pay an additional fee of $7.50 (rather than $6), if not waived by the court. Provides that if th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2511 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for the purpose of calculating the sales factor when allocating business income of persons other than residents, if the purchaser is the United States government, then the sale is a sale of personal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2275 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may remove members of the school board of any school district (currently, only districts with a population of not more than 500,000), and sets criteria for districts with a p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3145 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Municipal Clerk Training Act. Provides that at least one (currently, one) ex-officio member designated by the governing board of any public college or university shall be on the Municipal Clerk Training Institute Committee. Effective immed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2762 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Deletes provisions regarding investigatory hearings by the Department of Labor regarding new wage classifications. Requires the creation of any new prevailing wage classification to be promulgated by administrative rul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2978 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction in an amount equal to any overtime wages paid to the taxpayer during the taxable year. Effective immediately.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2809 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that, in addition to the other uses specified in the Act, the Illinois Finance Authority and the State Fire Marshal may use moneys in the Fire Truck Revolving Loan Fund to make grants and provide ze...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2895 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Sets forth the criteria for establishing that a person is conclusively presumed to be an independent contractor. Effective immediately.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2953 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for the seizure of a vessel, vehicle or aircraft used with the knowledge and consent of the owner in the commission of home repair fraud or aggravated home repair fraud.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2898 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Condominium and Common Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. Makes numerous technical and substantive changes in provisions concerning: definitions; the Office of the Condominium and Common Interest Community Ombudsperson; the Office's webs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3157 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to report annually to the Governor and the Generally Assembly in its evaluation of the distribution of training grants under the Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2988 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows counties with a population of less than 3,000,000 and municipalities of 1,000,000 or less inhabitants to establish automated speed enforcement systems in safety zones. Defines the term, "safety zone". Provides...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2987 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle or combination of vehicles that uses natural gas or propane gas as a motor fuel may exceed its gross weight limitation by 2,000 pounds on any road except for highways or structures with posted...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2595 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Requires an applicant for a clinical social worker license to hold a license as a social worker when completing the required clinical experience.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2215 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides a process for investigation of violations of the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the process starts with a complaint to be filed within 30 days of the alleged violation. Provides a $5,000 fine for knowingly...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3288 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that public utilities shall offer interim billing agreements to landlords, which shall contain provisions concerning how the public utility will handle billing and service during the period when a rental prop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2919 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that employers may file safety and return to work programs with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. Authorizes the Commission to certify the programs upon review for certain minimum requiremen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2234 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person who commits specified offenses against more than one animal may be charged with a separate offense for each animal that was treated in a manner violating the Act. Effective immediately.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2164 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Religious Freedom Defense Act. Prohibits the State and local governments from taking discriminatory action against a person if the person believes or acts under a religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is only between one man ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3088 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall waive all fees when issuing an Illinois Identification Card to a natural person upon release as a committed person on parole, mandatory supervised release, afterc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3081 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in furtherance of the offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2891 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Provides that nothing in the Act: prohibits employers from adopting workplace policies concerning the consumption, storage, or timekeeping requirements for qualifying patients relate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2942 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that the arbitrator or the Commission may correct a clerical error or error in computation within 21 (instead of 15) days after the date of receipt of an award ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3418 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes various FY16 appropriations, if and only if Senate Bill 2717 of the 99th General Assembly becomes law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2310 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends and re-enacts provisions of the Civil Practice Article of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning actions on account of bodily injury or death or physical damage to property based on negligence or product liability based on strict tort liabilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2507 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Deletes language that exempts from copying and inspection: (i) any and all proprietary information and records related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk management association or self-insurance pool ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2179 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act. Provides that "amusement ride" includes any water slide, as defined by the Swimming Facility Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2834 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Ticket Sale and Resale Act. In the requirements for exemptions from the prohibition against reselling tickets for a price that is more than the price on the face of the ticket and more than the price of the ticket at the box office, requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2513 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Replaces provisions relating to conversion of a mutual property and casualty insurance company to a stock insurance company. Includes provisions governing: the adoption of a plan of conversion; requirements, option...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2786 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2016, tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a new or existing data c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2181 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall create a statewide directory of landfills, active or inactive, located within the State. Provides that the directory shall be posted to the Agency's webs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2986 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Provides that after January 1, 2017, no initial licenses shall be issued under provisions allowing certain individuals to be exempt from the requirements of the Act. In provisions concerning licensi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2528 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that the Director of Insurance may refuse to grant temporary insurance producer licenses to applicants from an insurance company when during a 6-month period more than 25% (currently 50%) of that company's...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3265 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that all State's Attorneys shall enforce the provisions of the Code, including administrative rules adopted under Section 1-125, in their respective counties and shall prosecute all persons charged with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB2598 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that with respect to employers correctly classified within the construction industry, the amount charged to the insured for workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance shall be based upon hour...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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| SB3078 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to (i) annually confer and reach agreement with the Illinois Community College Board, the Department of Employment Security, and the Illinois Career and Technical Administrators Associatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
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