Illinois Senator Mark Walker [D]

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ILSB3704Intro
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Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quit claim deed to Shabbonna Lake State Park in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2769Engross
50%
Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall create a Veteran Internship Pilot Program for the purpose of providing internships for honorably discharged ...
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2024-05-10
To House Rules 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
ILHB4908Intro
25%
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that the State Treasurer may establish and administer a non-profit investment pool to supplement and enhance investment opportunities otherwise available to not-for-profit corporations in the State. Provides t...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4855Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administration Code of Illinois. Requires (instead of allows) the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to accept payment by credit card for any fee, fine, or other charg...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5538Intro
25%
Amends the Financial Institutions Code. Changes the name of the Code to the Financial Institutions Act. Makes conforming changes, including in the Collection Agency Act. Provides that the Division of Financial Institutions may receive and investigate...
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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
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
ILHB5452Intro
25%
Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Provides that all higher education institutions shall include in the comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, information about h...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5143Engross
50%
Amends the State Officials and Employees Money Disposition Act. Provides that examiners of unclaimed property that is reported and remitted to the State Treasurer and custodians contracted by the State of Illinois to hold presumptively abandoned secu...
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2024-04-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1478Engross
50%
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Creates the Due Process for Youth Oversight Commission (Commission) to oversee the creation and implementation of a youth's statutory right to counsel in abuse and neglect proceedings conducted in accordan...
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2024-04-15
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0690PassMourns the death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough.
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2024-04-11
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
ILHB3791Intro
25%
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a forest preserve district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an aquatic center, boat lau...
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2024-04-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1288Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, taxpayers of income-producing property shall submit income and expense data annually to the chief county assessment officer on or before July 1 of each year....
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0039Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Further amends the Election Code and amends the Unified Code...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3645Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the School District Extension Freeze Law. Provides that, if at the end of any levy year, a school district has reserves of 50% or more of its operating budget, then the school district's extension for all purpose...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4098Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes to Tier 2 benefits for members or participants under the 5 State-funded retirement systems and the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund, including changes to automatic annual increases, age and service require...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4766Intro
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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 award income tax credits in an amount equal to 13% of the qualifying ...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4802Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Retitles the Act and adds provisions regarding the newly renamed Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS). Adds responsibilities for IEMA-OHS with respect to ...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4858Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a qualified taxpayer who has annual student loan repayment expenses is eligible for an income tax credit equal to the taxpayer's student loan repayment expenses for the taxable year, but not to exceed...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5015Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a megaproject. Provides that a "megaproject" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a s...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5463Intro
25%
Amends the State Parks Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with representatives of federally recognized indigenous tribes, shall create land acknowledgments for each of the State parks. Provides that these land ack...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5382Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 shall provide coverage for continuous gl...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5065Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the Public Act may be referred to as the Safe Firearm Storage Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to store or leave a firearm outside of that person's immediate possession or control (rathe...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4128Intro
25%
Creates the Veterans Day Paid Leave Act. On and after January 1, 2025, requires each employer to provide each employee who is a veteran with a paid day off on Veterans Day if the employee would otherwise be required to work on that day. Provides that...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4559Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning notices of increased assessments, provides that the county assessor shall continue to accept appeals from the taxpayer for a period of not less than 30 days (currently, 30 business days) from the...
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2024-01-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2104PassReinserts the contents of the introduced bill, but provides that the water safety instruction must incorporate evidence-based water safety instructional materials and resources (instead of the water safety instructional materials and resources develo...
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2023-12-08
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0567
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
ILHB2473PassAmends the Public Utilities Act. Makes changes concerning the circumstances under which construction may commence on nuclear power plants and nuclear power reactors. Removes the definition of "high-level nuclear waste". Amends the Nuclear Safety Law ...
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2023-12-08
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0569
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
ILSB0076VetoAmends the Public Utilities Act. Deletes language that provides that no construction shall commence on any new nuclear power plant to be located within the State, and no certificate of public convenience and necessity or other authorization shall be ...
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2023-11-08
Total Veto Stands
ILHB3643VetoAmends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation and additional requirements, each school board shall provide religious dietary food options as part of the school lunch program. Provides further requirements concerning the provision of...
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2023-11-08
Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
ILHB3222Engross
50%
Creates the Language Equity and Access Act. Creates the Division of Language Equity and Access (DLEA) within the Governor’s Office of New Americans to lead implementation of language equity and access policy and ensure meaningful access to informat...
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2023-10-26
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
ILHB4107Intro
25%
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quit claim deed to Shabbona Lake State Park in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Effective immediately.
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2023-10-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2367Intro
25%
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for the election (rather than appointment) of the board of trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago beginning with the 2025 consolidated election. Provides that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided...
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2023-09-25
To House Rules Committee
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
ILHB0218PassAmends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act for any firearm industry member, through the sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing of a firearm-related prod...
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2023-08-14
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0559
ILHB1286PassAmends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any multiple-occupancy restroom may be identified as an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom and designated for use by any person of any gender. Requires...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0518
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
ILSB1675PassAmends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning interest penalties due on delinquent amounts in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants beginning in tax year 2023. Specifies that counties shall be the designated holders of all tax liens an...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0555
ILHB3129PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Provides that if an employer engages a third party to announce, post, publish, or otherwise make known a job posting, the employer shall provide the pay scale and benefits, or...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0539
ILHB3413PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes and additions. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Department of Natural Resources emergency rulemaking authority concerning discovery of human remains...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0446
ILHB3677PassAmends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall by administrative rule provide for the automatic renewal of a fishing license upon the request of the applicant. Provides that, except as otherwise provide...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0456
ILHB2189PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Creates the Access to Affordable Insulin Act. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall offer a discount program that allows participants to purchase insulin at a discou...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0429
ILSB2123PassAmends the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act. Provides that at least 2 months before the next election of members of the General Assembly, following the passage of a proposed amendment, the Secretary of State shall publish the amendment in a spec...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0467
ILSB2260PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill but deletes the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012. Also, provides that the movant's participation in the offense was related to him or her previously having been a victim of domestic viole...
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2023-07-31
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0403
ILSB1072PassAmends the Flag Display Act. Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the symbol of the State's concern for and commitment to honoring and remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed forces who have lost their lives while serving...
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2023-07-31
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0409
ILHB2068PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In provisions concerning the transportation benefits program, removes a provision that allows employees to use pre-tax dollars for the purchase of qualified parking. Provides ...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0291
ILHB3370PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Provides that the definition of "public works" includes power washing projects by a public body or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds (rather than power washing pr...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0346
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