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ILSB3592PassCreates the Strengthening Community Media Act. Provides that a local news organization shall not be sold to a company without giving written notice 120 days before the sales occurs to specified individuals and organizations. Amends the Higher Educati...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1021
ILSB3318PassAmends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Requires the State Employees Group Insurance Program to provide coverage for all FDA-approved treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's Disease or another relat...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0975
ILSB3571PassReinserts the contents of the bill as introduced, but provides that a school district shall require all attendance centers to have present during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity on school grounds at least one aut...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1019
ILSB3407PassAmends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a p...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0990
ILSB3538PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the mental health counseling shall be included in the health insurance coverage for employees on and after June 1, 2025. Provides that the first responders eligi...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1011
ILSB2737PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the enforcement of a covenant not to compete or covenant not to solicit described in the amendatory Act shall not be enforceable if it is likely to result in an ...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0915
ILSB3136PassCreates the Family Recovery Plans Implementation Task Force Act. Provides that it is the General Assembly's intent to require a coordinated, public health, and service-integrated response by various agencies within the State's health and child welfar...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0941
ILSB2643PassAmends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Defines "chain of custody record" and "uniquely identified". Provides that the examination to qualify as an embalmer or funeral director shall embrace the subject of identification rules and ...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0907
ILSB2764PassAmends the Automatic Contract Renewal Act. Provides that any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation that sells or offers to sell any products or services to a consumer pursuant to a contract that includes a free gift or a trial period...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0919
ILSB3237PassAmends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning grant award amounts and required local matches, provides that the required local match and grant award amount are calculated by multiplying the required local match percentage and the grant...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0960
ILSB3203PassAmends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or before December 31, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs m...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0951
ILSB2770PassAmends the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. Provides that a covenant not to compete or a covenant not to solicit is void and illegal with respect to individuals employed in construction, regardless of whether an individual is covered by a collective bar...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0921
ILSB1089PassSpecifies that the amendatory Act may be referred to as Sami's Law. Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that the owner or operator of each State-owned building shall install and maintain in that building at least one adult changing station. ...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0894
ILSB3201PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall develop or approve a course (rather than in-service training programs) to assist law enforcement off...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0949
ILSB1779PassAmends the Nursing Home Care Act. Creates a permanent certified medication aide program. Defines "certified medication aide" and "qualified employer". Provides that the Department of Public Health shall administer and enforce a certified medication a...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0898
ILSB2573PassAmends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual plan of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Ac...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0753
ILSB3133PassAmends the State Treasurer Act. In provisions concerning the College Savings Pool, provides that an account may be rolled over into a Roth IRA account, to the extent permitted by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. In provisions concerning the ...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0778
ILSB0331PassReinserts the contents of the introduced bill but removes provisions requiring the governing board of each public university and community college district to pay contractors their daily, regular rate of pay and benefits if a campus is closed due to ...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0749
ILSB0773PassAmends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that provisions concerning infertility coverage apply only to coverage provided on or after January 1, 2024 and before July 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0751
ILSB2702PassAmends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Provides that "fire sprinkler inspector" means an individual who is qualified to perform routine inspection or testing of fire sprinkler systems and who is exclusively employed by a single fire spri...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0761
ILSB2654PassAmends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that personal medicine and health care devices, including hearing instruments; social security cards; passbooks; and higher education textbooks and study materials shall not be subject to a lien. Provides th...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0756
ILSB3077PassCreates the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Act. Requires the Department of Agriculture to develop and administer a Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program to enhance local food processing, aggregation, and distribution within the State through the a...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0772
ILSB3649PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an employer or its agent, representative, or designee from requiring its employees to attend any training intended to foster a civil...
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2024-07-31
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0722
ILSB2767PassAmends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it is unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a bow and arrow or a shotgun of not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than .410 bore (rather than no smaller than 20 gauge with shot size not larger than No. 4...
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2024-07-01
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0622
ILSB2879PassAmends the Fire Protection District Act. Changes the requirement for competitive bidding for fire protection district contracts to contracts over $30,000 (currently, over $20,000).
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2024-07-01
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0634
ILSB3414PassReinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, with the following changes. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed ...
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2024-07-01
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0639
ILSB3606PassAmends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the term "special educational facilities and services" includes private special schools (instead of special schools) and separate public special education day schools. Pr...
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2024-07-01
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0644
ILSB0001PassCreates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government....
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2024-06-25
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0594
ILSB1956PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes a change in a provision concerning eligibility for receiving an initial increase in retirement annuity for persons who have not received an initial increase. Removes pr...
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2023-12-08
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0582
ILSB0690PassAmends the Property Tax Code, the Community Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, the Counties Code, and the Community Mental Health Act. In provisions validating certain tax levies for community mental health boards, makes such provi...
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2023-11-17
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0565
ILSB0850PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate an area as a food desert even if the area does not meet the qualifications set forth in the engrossed bill as...
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2023-08-18
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0561
ILSB1235PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning September 1, 2024, a provision excluding specified earnings in the determin...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0548
ILSB0724PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act, removes a provision requiring the behavioral health interagency agreement to require the contracting State agenci...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0546
ILSB2195PassAmends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that with respect to an enrollee at any age, in addition to coverage of a prosthetic or custom orthotic device, benefits shall be provided for a prosthetic or custom orth...
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2023-08-07
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0512
ILSB2039PassAmends the School Code. In provisions concerning the Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services database, makes changes to the findings, and changes references from "Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services" to "PUNS". Provides that the Sta...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0504
ILSB1907PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Defines "wellness kiosk". Replaces references to "vending machine" with "wellness kiosk". Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0465
ILSB2368PassAmends the Capital Development Board Act. In provisions about occupying a newly constructed commercial building in a non-building code jurisdiction, modifies the standards by which a qualified inspector must file a certification of inspection with a ...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0510
ILSB1794PassAmends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a home visiting program to support communities in providing intensive home visiting programs to pregnant persons and families with children from birth...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0498
ILSB2034PassCreates the Child Extended Bereavement Leave Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Zachary's Parent Protection Act. Provides that an employee of a large employer that employs 250 or more full-time employees is entitled to use a maximum of ...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0466
ILSB0090PassAmends the School Code. Reinserts the contents of Senate Amendment No. 2 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning the data collection requirements required by the amendatory provisions of the School Code. Makes changes to certain referenc...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0472
ILSB1705PassAmends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Creates an exemption for property that is sold to an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States who presents vali...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0384
ILSB0896PassAmends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that auxiliary lighting on a motorcycle may not emit blue (rather than red or blue) lights. Provides that a motorcycle may be equipped with 2 forward facing electric turn signals mounted on or near the handl...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0374
ILSB2243PassAmends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt and make available to school districts, by July 1, 2024, a rubric by which districts may evaluate curricula and select and implement evidence-based, culturally inclusive c...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0402
ILSB0424PassAmends the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates the repeal date of the provisions creating the First Time Weapon Offender Program. Changes the name of the Program to the First Time Weapon Offense Program. Deletes a provision that a defendant is no...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0370
ILSB1543PassAmends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates under the authority of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board the Statewide PTSD Mental Health Coordinator, appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, f...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0382
ILSB1909PassAmends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Prohibits a limited services pregnancy center from engaging in unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices: (1) to interfere with or prevent an individual from...
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2023-07-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0270
ILSB2005PassAmends the Housing Authorities Act. Requires housing authorities to develop and implement policies granting housing preferences to veterans who are homeless. Provides that such preferences shall be cumulative with any other preference allowed by a ho...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0247
ILSB1715PassAmends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring that for each drinking fountain in any construction where a drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing Code, there sha...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0223
ILSB1913PassAmends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and any managed care plans under contract with the Department for the medical assistance program shall provide for c...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0243
ILSB1750PassAmends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a fire protection district must, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, reimburse the mandatory training expenses of an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic employe...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0226
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