Illinois Representative Dave Vella [D]

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ILHB1189Intro
25%
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the definition of "public works" includes all federal construction projects administered or controlled by a public body if the prevailing rate of wages is equal to or greater than the prevailing wage dete...
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2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 26 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Labor & Commerce Committee
ILHB3717Intro
25%
Amends the Public Community College Act. Allows the board of trustees of a community college district to establish and offer a baccalaureate degree program and confer a bachelor's degree if the board of trustees and the program meet specified conditi...
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2025-02-21
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2586Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Reorganizes and expands the training overseen by the Division of the Academy and Training. Provides that functions of the Division of Forensic Services include issuing...
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2025-02-21
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3339Intro
25%
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts images from cameras under the Expressway Camera Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR) information used and collected by the Illinois State Police from inspection and copying. Amends the Expre...
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2025-02-21
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3604Intro
25%
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Removes provisions prohibiting the construction of new nuclear power reactors with a nameplate capacity of more than 300 megawatts of electricity to be located within the State until the Illinois Emergency Management ...
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2025-02-20
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1634Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for each individual who (i) serves as a first responder for at least 10 months during the taxable year and (ii) incurs unreimbursed qualified wellness expenses during the taxable year. ...
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2025-02-20
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 8:00 am]
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
ILHB3438Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall develop and implement a life-cycle costs analysis for each new construction, reconstruction, or replacement...
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2025-02-20
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1226Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires every applicant for the renewal of a driver's license who is 79 years or older to renew in person. Requires every applicant for the renewal of a driver's license who is 87 years of age or or who is 75 years ...
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2025-02-19
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILHR0108Intro
25%
Reaffirms the commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Illinois and Taiwan, the Republic of China (ROC). Reaffirms support for the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and supports Illinois businesses referring to T...
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2025-02-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1420Intro
25%
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county may consider public comment concerning commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities.
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2025-02-18
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 10:00 am]
To House Counties & Townships Committee
ILHB1567Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that the Illinois Finance Authority and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board may jointly administer a squad car revolving loan program. Creates the Squad Car Revolving Loan Fund...
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2025-02-18
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 8:00 am]
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
ILHB1579Intro
25%
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 create and administer a bid credit program to provide economic incent...
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2025-02-18
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 8:00 am]
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
ILHB1569Intro
25%
Creates the Access to Medically Necessary Vaccinations Act. Provides that any health care provider in this State must provide a vaccination to a patient if: the patient has requested the specific vaccination to be administered; the health care provid...
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2025-02-18
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 4:00 pm]
To House Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
ILHB3176Intro
25%
If and only if Senate Bill 867 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, amends the State Parks Act. Provides that the land management agreement with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and other necessary parties for the purpose of managing, maintai...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3173Intro
25%
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for any third-party hotel booking service to facilitate the reservation or booking of a physical accommodation in the State without providing spe...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3363Intro
25%
Creates the State Public Defender Act. Creates the Office of State Public Defender as an agency of State government. Provides that the Office of State Public Defender shall be an independent agency within the judicial branch of government and the Off...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3603Intro
25%
Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions regarding a certificate of public convenience and necessity, makes changes to the limitations on the construction of a nuclear power reactor. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, construction may co...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3365Intro
25%
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. In the Abused, Neglected, or Dependent Minors Article of the Act, provides that an environment is injurious to the minor's welfare if conditions in the child's environment create a real, significant and imminent...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3520Intro
25%
Appropriates $1,000,000,000 from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for construction and maintenance of State owned, leased, and managed recreation sites and $500,000,000 from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Depar...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3510Intro
25%
Amends the Energy Efficient Building Act. Makes changes to adoption dates for the stretch energy codes with site energy index standards.
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3184Intro
25%
Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Authorizes an authorized representative to sign the disclosure required under the Act before any contract relating to the ownership or use of real property is entered into by the State or a unit of...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1776Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that an individual who is legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law is authorized to apply for the position of firefighter, subject to all requi...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3137Intro
25%
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for construction contracts procured by the Department of Transportation, a requirement that a contract, a contract renewal, an order against a master contract, or an amendment to an existing contract requi...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3177Intro
25%
Amends the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may use the design-build project delivery method for transportation facilities if the capital co...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3442Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "leader-follower work zone vehicle" as a motor vehicle used in combination with another motor vehicle in a highway construction or maintenance zone that is: (1) equipped with an automated driving system; and ...
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2025-02-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1246Intro
25%
Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the annual employer contribution shall include an amount sufficient to bring the total assets of the pension fund up to 90% of the total actuar...
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2025-02-11
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 10:00 am]
To House Personnel & Pensions Committee
ILHB1247Intro
25%
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the definition of "public works" includes sewer inspection projects that utilize a closed-circuit television to identify issues in a sewer system, such as cracks in pipes, root intrusion, blockages, or ot...
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2025-02-11
[Hearing: Feb 26 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Labor & Commerce Committee
ILHB1251Intro
25%
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Creates a manufacturer child care center incentive pilot program in this State. Provides that an applicant shall follow staffing, medication, background checks, and liability insurance requirements as contained in a...
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2025-02-11
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 10:00 am]
To House Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Committee
ILHB1250Intro
25%
Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Provides that each school board may provide free transportation for any pupil residing within a one-half mile (rather than one and one-half miles) from the school attended where conditions are suc...
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2025-02-11
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Approp-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
ILHB1248Intro
25%
Amends the Government Zero-Emission Vehicle Act. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2030, all passenger vehicles, except for law enforcement vehicles, purchased or leased by a governmental unit must be manufactured in the United States by a compa...
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2025-02-11
To House State Government Administration Committee
ILHB1290Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, each corporation that increases its average employee head count in the State by more than 10% over the corporation's average employee head cou...
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2025-02-11
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 8:00 am]
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
ILHB1291Intro
25%
Creates the Electric Vehicle Motor Fuel Tax Replacement Fee Act. Provides that, for State fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2025, each person that is an owner of an electric vehicle registered with the Secretary of State as of July 1 of that...
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2025-02-11
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 8:00 am]
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
ILHB1644Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who, in committing a domestic battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, knows the individual battered to be a person 60 years of age or older commits aggravated domestic battery.
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2025-02-11
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2336Intro
25%
Amends the Fire Protection District Act and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities and fire protection districts may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from an individual, an assisted living facility, or a nursing home facili...
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2025-02-11
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1578Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of domestic assault. Provides that a person commits the offense when, without lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct that places any family or household member in reasonable appr...
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2025-02-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1455Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of domestic assault. Provides that a person commits the offense when, without lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct that places any family or household member in reasonable appr...
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2025-02-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0118PassCondemns President Donald Trump's inexcusable pardons of his coconspirators and criminals convicted of attacking police officers, attacking our Capitol, and attacking our democracy.
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2025-02-06
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
ILHB2657Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the costs and benefits of the construction of the South Suburban Airport. Prohi...
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2025-02-06
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2983Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Secretary of State to include information advising drivers of the laws and best practices for safely sharing the roadway with bicyclists and pedestrians in the Illinois Rules of the Road Publication. Pro...
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2025-02-06
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1713Intro
25%
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that any appointments to the Chicago Board of Education made by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall be made with the advice and consent of the Chicago City Council. Effective ...
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2025-02-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0119PassCalls upon President Donald Trump to abandon his reckless tariff plans that would raise costs on Illinois families and businesses.
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2025-02-05
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
ILHR0116PassCondemns President Donald Trump's cruel and lawless efforts to block lifesaving services that help people access healthcare, put food on the table, afford housing, and more. Urges the United States Congress to take clear and unequivocal action to che...
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2025-02-05
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
ILHB1061Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that redemption payments may be made by credit card.
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2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 8:00 am]
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
ILHB1054Intro
25%
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that any contractor or subcontractor and any officer, employee, or agent of the contractor or subcontractor whose duty it is to file a certified payroll who willfully fails to file the certified payroll on or ...
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2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 26 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Labor & Commerce Committee
ILHB1051Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Water Well Construction Code. Provides that the minimum lateral setback distance between a closed-loop well and a storm sewer, sanitary sewer, combined sewer, or any other potential source of contamination is 5 feet. Specifies tha...
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2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 4:00 pm]
To House Energy & Environment Committee
ILHB1053Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the chief procurement officer may not award a contract to a vendor if more than 10% of the services contracted, based on the cost of services, are to be performed outside of the United States.
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2025-02-04
To House State Government Administration Committee
ILHB1063Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Works Jobs Program Act. Provides that, for the purpose of the Illinois Works Apprenticeship Initiative, apprenticeship programs must provide to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity evidence that the apprenticeship p...
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2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 26 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Labor & Commerce Committee
ILHB1052Intro
25%
Creates the Food Truck Freedom Act. Provides that a municipality, county, or township may create a license or permitting scheme for a food truck to operate within its jurisdiction. Provides that a food truck license or permit obtained from a municipa...
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2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 8:00 am]
To House Public Health Committee
ILHB1059Intro
25%
Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Defines "veteran" to mean any person who (i) served on active duty in the armed forces for at least 90 days and whose last discharge or release was under conditions other than dishonorable; or (ii) served ...
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2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 4:00 pm]
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee
ILHB1058Intro
25%
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that all penalties imposed shall be remitted to the Department of Labor and shall be used for the administration and enforcement of the Act.
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2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 26 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Labor & Commerce Committee
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