Illinois Senator Laura Ellman [D]

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ILSB3680Intro
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Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Repeals provisions prohibiting ordinances penalizing tenants who contact the police or other emergency services. Adds provisions prohibiting a county or municipality from enacting a program, o...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3141Engross
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Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall establish a maximum acceptable Global Warming Potential (GWP) standard for State purchases of vehicles, applianc...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2984Intro
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Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for continued funding to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5421Engross
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Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning investigations by the Department of Natural Resources.
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3737Intro
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Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Internet-based system for determining the validity of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall include a written notice, in both English and Spanish, of a firearm owner's obligat...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2211Intro
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Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Provides that, beginning 18 months after the amendatory Act's effective date, (1) no store or food service business shall provide or sell a single-use plastic carryout bag to a customer and (2) no gr...
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2024-06-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2376Engross
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a retail establishment may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene ...
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2024-06-12
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ILSB1996PassAmends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides for increases in the rate of the annual Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides for increases in the rate of the Illinois Workers...
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2024-06-05
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ILSB2234Engross
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Creates the Small Business Financing Transparency Act. Sets forth provisions concerning registration requirements for persons providing commercial financing; additional registration information; registration expiration; functions, power, and duties; ...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2277Engross
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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
ILSB2878Engross
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Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the senior citizens homestead exemption, permanently removes the requirement to reapply for the exemption in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants (currently, that requirement was eliminate...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3552Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, as modified by Senate Amendment No. 2, with the following changes in the Illinois Police Training Act. In provisions requiring specified training to be completed before a full-time or part-time law enf...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0867Engross
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Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, subject to specified conditions. Adds legal descriptions for Shabbona Lak...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSR0844PassRecognizes the First Women's Bank during Women's History Month for their advocacy for women and dedication to supporting women and minority-owned business.
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2024-05-26
Resolution Adopted
ILSB3645Intro
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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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2024-05-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR1035PassCongratulates Brian W. Caputo, Ph.D. on the occasion of his retirement as president of College of DuPage. Wishes him the best in all his future endeavors.
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2024-05-26
Resolution Adopted
ILSB3948Intro
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Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Removes a provision allowing a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or a DNA reference sample created from family members' DNA samples for submission before 30...
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2024-05-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4652Engross
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Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "salary" includes stipends paid to an eligible cooperating teacher und...
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2024-05-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3956Intro
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Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall administer a program to award use and occup...
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2024-05-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3399Intro
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in residential and day programs and servic...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3511Intro
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Creates the Let America Read Act. Provides that an entity or an entity's staff with oversight over the books, instructional materials, or curriculum used in a public school may not refuse to approve or prohibit the use of books, instructional materia...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3669Intro
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Creates the Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Act to restore protections for wetlands and small streams that were formerly protected from pollution and destruction by the Clean Water Act. Provides provisions concerning: exemptions; wetlands delin...
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2024-05-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1800Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to promote the use of electric trucks by fleet owners by offering a voucher of $200,000 per electric Class 6 ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3670Intro
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Creates the Uniform Money Transmission Modernization Act. Provides that the provisions supersede the Transmitters of Money Act. Sets forth provisions concerning money transmission licenses; acquisition of control; reporting and records; authorized de...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2040Intro
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Provides that any money appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for scholarship awards for a particular acade...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3765Intro
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If and only if Senate Bill 3666 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, amends the Digital Assets Regulation Act. Provides that an operator shall not accept or dispense more than $1,000 or equivalent monetary value in a day from or to a customer v...
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2024-05-03
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ILSB3369Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the State-funded Watershed Grant Program. Allows a person who has applied for a grant that is financed under a specified provision of the federal Water Pollution Control Act to obtain financial assista...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3667Intro
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Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that the governing board of each public institution of higher education shall provide free date rape drug testing kits to students. Provides that the governing board of each public institution of highe...
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2024-05-03
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ILSB3561Intro
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Expands the categories of families eligible for child care assistance to include families with a parent or guardian who is employed as a mental health care worker, teacher, or health care provider and has income b...
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2024-05-03
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ILSB3666Intro
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Creates the Digital Assets Regulation Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall regulate digital asset business activity in the State. Sets forth provisions concerning: applicability; the powers and duties of th...
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2024-05-03
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ILSB3588Intro
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Amends the Electric Vehicle Rebate Act. Provides that the term "electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is exclusively powered by and refueled by electricity, is plugged in to charge, and is legally permitted to drive on all public roadways, including...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3395Intro
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Creates the Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may award credits to qualified music companies. Creates the Music Education Scholarship Act. Provides that the Board of Higher ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4651Engross
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the filing fees for specified petitions shall be $250 (rather than $75).
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2024-05-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3352Intro
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, in exercising its zoning powers, a municipality may regulate the storage of hazardous materials that are to be transported in compliance with the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. Prov...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3325Intro
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Amends the Right of Publicity Act. Grants additional enforcement rights and remedies to recording artists. Provides for the liability of any person who materially contributes to, induces, or otherwise facilitates a violation of a specified provision ...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0705PassDeclares April 21 through April 27, 2024 as Green Infrastructure Week in the State of Illinois. Encourages individuals, businesses, and local and state governments to pursue Green Infrastructure initiatives.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0933PassMourns the death of Ann Lord.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0932PassMourns the death of Aleksas Beiga of Naperville.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0727PassSupports the accreditation of the University of Illinois Cancer Center (UICC) as an additional NCI-designated cancer center in Illinois, which will be focused and driven to characterize and eliminate disparities in cancer outcomes.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSB3929Intro
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Appropriates $210,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for administration of the Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Task Force. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-04-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1391Intro
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Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Modifies factors used by a municipality to determine if an area is a blighted area or a conservation area to be included in the area of a redevelopment project area...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3360Intro
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Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to participate in a safe chemical clearinghouse and to cooperate with the clearinghouse to take specified actions. Directs manufacturers of PFAS or products or product comp...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2810Intro
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Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop and post on its Internet website a document that provides information to students and residents of a school district on how to pe...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3644Intro
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Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, every public high school shall include instruction on climate change and the impacts and causes of climate change in grades 9 through 12 ...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3562Intro
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Creates the Including Families in Mental Health Recovery Act. Provides that no later than one year after the effective date of the Act, the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules clarifying the circumstances under which, consistent with the s...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3668Intro
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides for the re-designation of trauma centers to include Level III Trauma Centers and for designation of Acute Injury Stabilization Centers. Sets forth minimum standard requirements for tra...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3502Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-02-09
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ILSB3503Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3504Intro
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Amends the Electric Vehicle Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3505Intro
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the warrant of arrest or summons shall command that the person against whom the complaint was made to be arrested and brought before the court issuing the warrant at a certain day, time, an...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
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