Illinois Representative Harry Benton [D] | Engrossed

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ILHB4412Engross
50%
Provides that a child care facility may authorize the Department of Children and Family Services or a third-party vendor to collect fingerprints for the criminal background investigation. Defines "third-party vendor".
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2024-06-29
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4439Engross
50%
Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that the soybean is designated as the official State bean of the State of Illinois.
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2024-06-29
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0681Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that any registered victim, including a person who has had a final, plenary, or non-emergency protective order g...
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2024-06-29
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2547Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes that include the following. Removes a provision establishing a civil penalty for failing to disclose a quota. Provides that each employer shall establish, maintain, and preserve for 3 years...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4237Engross
50%
Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4171Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4928Engross
50%
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4209Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In the Department of Natural Resources Act concerning the power of the Department of Natural Resources to lease land or property over which the Department has jurisdiction, a...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5367Engross
50%
Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board may waive the requirement that a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed ve...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4645Engross
50%
Amends the State Designations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4742Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, for a part-time employee using leave to serve as an organ donor, the employer shall calculate the daily average pay the part-time employee received during his ...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5089Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. In the definition of "supervisor", as used in the Act, provides that the term "supervisor" includes only those individuals who devote a preponderance of their employment time to exercising that authorit...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5024Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Makes changes regarding what information shall be reported by the Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity. In provisions concerning the membership...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2277Engross
50%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the interest penalty for the delinquent payment of taxes shall be waived if the county treasurer determines that: (i) the delinquency occurred because the subject tax bill was mailed to an incorrect address...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0457Engross
50%
Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, including funding for any administrative costs reasonably incurred by the State Board of Education, upon the execution of one or more required statewide master contracts entered by the ...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHJR0053Engross
50%
Designates Route 25 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "SFC Ogden N. Thompson Memorial Highway".
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2024-05-23
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHJR0055Engross
50%
Designates Route 31 in Batavia from Main Street south to Mooseheart Road as the "SSG Robert D. Herreid Memorial Highway".
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2024-05-23
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3765Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the State Employee Article of the Code, provides that, with regard to persons subject to the Tier 2 provisions, an investigator for the Department of the Lottery is entitled to an annuity calculated under the alte...
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2024-05-23
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB0587Engross
50%
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no administrator, agent, or employee of a hospital affiliate may abuse a patient in a facility operated by a hospital affiliate. Defines "hospital affiliate". Makes conforming changes.
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2024-05-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5653Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Reenacts a provision concerning the Veterans' Service-Related Ailments Task Force repealed by Public Act 102-417. Changes the name of the Veterans' Service-Related Ailments Task Force to the Veterans' S...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5444Engross
50%
Amends the Co-Responder Pilot Program Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Adds the McHenry County Sheriff's Office to the offices to which the Division is applicable, including that the Office shall establish, subject to appropriation, a co-resp...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4476Engross
50%
Amends the Mold Remediation Registration Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish a public awareness campaign to assist the public in understanding the threat and importance of removing mold from indoor environments. Provide...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4502Engross
50%
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys in the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund may not be appropriated, assigned, or transferred to another State...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3286Engross
50%
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a grant program to reimburse school districts for providing stipends for classroom Ca...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHJR0054Engross
50%
Designates Route 31 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "PFC Wayne W. Hill Jr. Memorial Highway".
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHJR0056Engross
50%
Designates Route 59 in West Chicago from Route 38 to Route 64 as the "SFC Theodore A. Katsoolias Memorial Highway".
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4207Engross
50%
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to ensure that State agencies comply with the National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Requires all State agencies to obtain a special flood hazard area dev...
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2024-04-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4321Engross
50%
Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Establishes a presumption that a firefighter or police officer who becomes disabled as a result of exposure to and contraction of COVID-19 was injured in the...
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2024-04-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2995Engross
50%
Amends the Foster Parent Law. Provides that foster parents have a right to receive an initial payment of $480 per child to be made within 24 hours of a permanent placement. Provides that if the final monthly payment for a child amounts to $480 or mor...
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2024-04-25
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2132Engross
50%
Creates the Illinois Rust Belt to Green Belt Pilot Program Act. Creates the Illinois Rust Belt to Green Belt Fund as a special fund in the State treasury and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Provides that the Fund shall be used by ...
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2024-04-25
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2093Engross
50%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits sexual assault by deception if the person commits an act of sexual penetration and the victim submits under the belief that the person committing the act is someone known to the victim ...
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2024-04-24
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4743Engross
50%
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Christopher James Act. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall establish a Safety Committee comprised of bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit Departm...
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2024-04-24
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4955Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 2 with the following changes. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the State Board of Education may not mandate or require the use of funding for any ...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2458Engross
50%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the statute of limitations for grooming to provide that when the victim is under 17 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution for grooming may be commenced within 10 years after the victim or the...
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2024-04-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2315Engross
50%
Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section granting a homestead exemption to veterans with disabilities, provides that property that is used as a qualified residence by a veteran who was a member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II ...
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2024-03-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0160Engross
50%
Amends the Telephone Solicitations Act. Provides that a person, business, or organization may not spoof a caller's information or otherwise misrepresent the origin of a telemarketing call unless the person, business, or organization has the right to ...
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2024-03-06
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2947Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Secretary of State may only issue one set of Defense Superior Service plates to eligible individuals without payment of any registration or registration ren...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3588Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill but transfers functions in the Act from the Illinois State Police to the University of Illinois. Provides that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall contract with a not-for-profit co...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2840Engross
50%
Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that the black walnut is designated as the official State nut of the State of Illinois.
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2023-12-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4148Engross
50%
Creates the Legislative Employee Labor Relations Act. Authorizes legislative employees to bargain collectively through the representatives of their choosing on questions of wages, hours, and other conditions of employment. Specifies that the General ...
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2023-10-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3566Engross
50%
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the minimum standards for child care licensing include regulations to allow for staffing flexibility of qualified early childhood assistants to enable the early childhood assistants to supervise a clas...
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2023-09-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHJR0007Engross
50%
Creates the College Insurance Program Task Force to study the College Insurance Program and present policy and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly to ensure the program remains a viable and healthy benefit.
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2023-05-04
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB0995Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Requires each institution of higher education to adopt a policy regarding its awarding of academic credit or a non-credit alternative (instead of just academic credit) for elec...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB1293Engross
50%
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Redefines the term "children" to include persons under the age of 23 (rather than 21) who were committed to the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB1397Engross
50%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the Sex Offenses Article of the Code, defines "coercive control" as direct or implied threat of danger, or retribution sufficient to coerce a reasonable person of ordinary susceptibilities to perform an act that o...
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2023-04-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3218Engross
50%
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the month of April of each year is designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month to be observed throughout the State to promote the awareness and prevention of child abuse in the State.
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2023-04-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
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