Illinois Representative Harry Benton [D] | Introduced

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ILHB5882Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle or combination of vehicles that uses alternative fuel as a motor fuel or is operated by an engine fueled wholly or partially by an electric battery or hydrogen fuel cell electric fueling syste...
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2024-09-25
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton
ILHB4431Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language providing that the examination of an applicant for a driver's license or permit who is 75 years of age or older or, if the Secretary of State adopts rules to raise the age requirement for actual demo...
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2024-09-11
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4823Intro
25%
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-08-28
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5865Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall require that a cove...
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2024-07-19
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton
ILHR0520Intro
25%
Urges the United States Congress to pass H.R. 4052 to create a new national infrastructure bank to finance urgently needed infrastructure projects.
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2024-06-29
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0735Intro
25%
Expresses respect and value for the law enforcement officers of Illinois and the United States and greatly appreciates all that those officers do to protect and serve their communities. Remembers and honors law enforcement officers who have experienc...
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2024-06-29
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5860Intro
25%
Amends the Flag Display Act. Provides that a government official who, in the course of the official's duties, knowingly displays or knowingly causes to be displayed the United States national flag with the union down on government property, except as...
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2024-06-11
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton
ILHB5861Intro
25%
Amends the Flag Display Act. Provides that a government official who, in the course of the official's duties, knowingly displays or knowingly causes to be displayed the United States national flag with the union down on government property, except as...
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2024-06-11
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton
ILHB4432Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning the child care assistance program, provides that beginning in State fiscal year 2025, the specified income threshold shall be no less than 400% of the then current federal poverty level f...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4760Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision listing the categories of families and individuals eligible for child care assistance, expands the list to include families whose children are enrolled in a Head Start program. Provides that any fam...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5249Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, within 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, nutrition care services and medical nutrition therapy provided by a reg...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5008Intro
25%
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that a local school council shall have and exercise the power and duty to contract with the Chicago Police Department to have police officers or school resource officers on schoo...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4189Intro
25%
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that a local government that has submitted a distressed location project as defined by Department of Natural Resources rule shall be eligible for assistance up to 100% for the acqu...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4806Intro
25%
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that, for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the r...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4919Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision requiring the Department on Aging to require an annual audit from all personal assistant and home care aide vendors contracting with the Department, provides that the annual audit shall assure that...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4600Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Makes certain changes concerning estates that contain qualified farm property. Provides that, for the purposes of calculating the State Death Tax Credit, those estates are subject t...
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2024-05-23
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0001Intro
25%
Creates the Compassionate Use and Research of Entheogens Act. Establishes the Illinois Psilocybin Advisory Board within the Department of Public Health for the purpose of advising and making recommendations to the Department regarding the provision o...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4736Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction for an amount equal to the amount included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income that is attributable to student loan repayment assistance received by the taxpayer during the taxable y...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5226Intro
25%
Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning radon testing, provides that every school building of a school district that is occupied or will be occupied shall be tested by January 1, 2028 and shall be tested every 5 years thereafter for radon (i...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1605Intro
25%
Amends the Gender Violence Act. Provides that "gender-related violence" includes sexual contact between a sexual organ of one person and an intimate part of another person in which a "sexually protective device" has been intentionally removed by the ...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5841Intro
25%
Amends the Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. Requires the Commission to prepare and submit a report to the General Assembly evaluating whether the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority has met the equity goals of the Commission and Authority. Am...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4266Intro
25%
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Directs the Secretary of State to grant a waiver of the lobbyist registration fee for any not-for-profit entity with an annual budget of less than $5,000,000 that is classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(...
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2024-05-17
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4112Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no group policy of accident and health insurance providing coverage for more than 25 employees that provides pregnancy related benefits may be issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this State on o...
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2024-05-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5832Intro
25%
Creates the Family Amusement Wagering Prohibition Act. Prohibits a family amusement establishment from facilitating wagering on amusement games. Prohibits a family amusement establishment from engaging in advertising that promotes wagering on amuseme...
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2024-05-13
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5033Intro
25%
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the executive director of the District, with the advice and consent of the board of commissioners, may appoint a director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, may create t...
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2024-05-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0496Intro
25%
Urges Portillo's to honor the wishes of its food distribution workers who have voted to join a union and bargain collectively for the betterment of themselves and their families. Urges all State elected officials to stand with Portillo's food distrib...
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2024-05-06
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1241Intro
25%
Creates the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall award income tax credits to taxpayers who provide an endowment gift to a permanent endowment fund during the taxable year and receive a certificate of receipt fo...
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2024-05-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2838Intro
25%
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, the Department of Human Services shall establish and administer the Behavioral Health Scholarship Program for the p...
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2024-04-30
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3861Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires insurance policies to be written in language easily readable and understandable by a person of average intelligence and education. Provides the factors the Director of Insurance shall consider in making th...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4619Intro
25%
Amends the Homeowners' Energy Policy Statement Act. Prohibits a homeowners' association, common interest community association, or condominium unit owners' association from adopting a bylaw or exercising any power that prohibits the installation of a...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4620Intro
25%
Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act. Deletes language governing procedures for the ratification of a budget if the adopted budget or any separate assessment adopted by the board would result in the sum of all regular and separate ass...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5364Intro
25%
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district shall allow a dependent of United States military personnel who is housed in temporary housing located outside of a school district, but will be living within the di...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5365Intro
25%
Amends the University of Illinois Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, not later than June 30, 2025, the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in coordination with an intergovernmental advisory committe...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4917Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child tax credit in an amount equal to the product of a specified credit amount multiplied by the number of qualifying children of the taxpayer. Effective immediately.
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5451Intro
25%
Creates 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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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4596Intro
25%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that an employee covered by federal regulations concerning airline flight crew employees shall be deemed to work 40 hours in each work week for the purpose of the ac...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1879Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4504Intro
25%
Amends 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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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5455Intro
25%
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board may allow one member representing the Board of Higher Education and one member representing the Illinois Community College Boar...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5069Intro
25%
Amends the Preventing Youth Vaping Act. Provides that any distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer who sells, offers for sale, or distributes electronic cigarettes shall (i) obtain certification by the manufacturer stating that the electronic ...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5270Intro
25%
Creates the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact Act. Provides that the State of Illinois ratifies and approves the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Provides that the purpose of the Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Occupationa...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4933Intro
25%
Creates the Digital Forgeries in Politics Act. Provides that an individual depicted in a digital forgery who is an Illinois resident and a candidate for office in this State has a cause of action against any person who knowingly distributes, or enter...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3683Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the registration fee paid by any vehicle owner 65 years of age or older, or a spouse of such person, shall be $10 instead of the fee otherwise provided in the Code for specified vehicles.
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3678Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for individual taxpayers who participate in an apprenticeship program during the taxable year. Provides that the credit is equal to the unreimbursed expenses incurred by the taxpayer to...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1137Intro
25%
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Requires a health care facility or health care practitioner to notify the patient in writing when the health care facility or health care practitioner alters the patient's record within 3 business days of the alter...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3164Intro
25%
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that an elected or appointed member of a public body of a township may satisfy specified training requirements of the Act by participating in a course of training sponsored or conducted by an organization that r...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4088Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction for the full amount of union dues paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year if the taxpayer was not allowed a federal deduction under the Internal Revenue Code. Provides that, if any amount o...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4618Intro
25%
Amends the Boundary Changes Article of the School Code. With respect to a petition to change school district boundaries, provides that the length of time for signatures to be valid, before the filing of the petition, shall not exceed one year (rather...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4750Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the property tax bill shall include information notifying taxpayers of each exemption that is available to a specific category of taxpayer and the deadlines for applying for those exemptions. Provides that ...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4927Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Public Health Power and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility of implementation of electronic birth certificates...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
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