Illinois Senator Meg Loughran Cappel [D]

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ILHB1375Engross
50%
Amends the School Code. Provides that pupils in the public schools in grades 9 through 12 shall be taught and be required to study courses which include instruction in the area of financial literacy and consumer education in alignment with the Illino...
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2024-05-09
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
ILSB3098Engross
50%
Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Provides that no person shall cause electronic cigarettes ordered or purchased by mail, through the Internet, or other remote sal...
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2024-05-09
To House Executive Committee
ILSB2987Engross
50%
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that a school board member's required professional development and leadership training (rather than professional development leadership training), shall cover the topic of improving studen...
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2024-05-09
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
ILSB0172Intro
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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2024-05-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3606Engross
50%
Amends 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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2024-05-09
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
ILSB2662Engross
50%
Amends the Preventing Youth Vaping Act. Restricts a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer from advertising, marketing, or promoting an electronic cigarette in a manner that is likely to cause a parent, legal guardian, teacher, or other adult to mist...
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2024-05-09
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
ILSB0001Enroll
75%
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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2024-05-09
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
ILSB2764Engross
50%
Amends 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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2024-05-09
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee
ILHB4590Engross
50%
Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may (rather than shall) waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria.
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2024-05-09
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024
ILHB5601Engross
50%
Amends various Acts concerning various State programs, State funds, and State fund transfers. Deletes obsolete language and makes technical changes. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-09
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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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2024-05-09
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Licensed Activities Committee
ILHB4875Engross
50%
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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2024-05-09
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis
ILHB0478Engross
50%
Authorizes the Adjutant General for Illinois to convey to the City of Chicago the described parcel of land in Cook County upon payment of $1.00, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-09
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:30 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
ILSB3237Engross
50%
Amends 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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2024-05-09
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
ILHB4264Engross
50%
Creates the Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act. Prohibits a person, manufacturer, or distributor from being held liable for damages incurred resulting from any illness or disease contracted by the ultimate user or recipient of an apparently usable...
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2024-05-09
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
ILHB5431Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the County Department of Corrections Law, the Health Care Violence Prevention Act, and the County Jail Act to replace use of "prisoner" with "committed person"...
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2024-05-09
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
ILHB5546Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, all parties submitting alleged violations to the Illinois Commerce Commission shall use the forms provided and shall submit no later...
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2024-05-09
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
ILHB4219Engross
50%
Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Removes provisions concerning fentanyl education from the School Code. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include disaster pre...
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2024-05-09
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
ILSB2683Engross
50%
Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act. Defines a course of conduct to include using any electronic tracking system or acquiring tracking information to determine a targeted person's location, moment, or travel patterns. Requires an order under thi...
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2024-05-08
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
ILSB0914Engross
50%
Amends the Wildlife Code. In a provision regarding special deer, turkey, and combination hunting permits, provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall, upon request, issue to 2 additional family member landowners, who own with other family...
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2024-05-08
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
ILSB0463Engross
50%
Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. With regard to the Section concerning contractual continued service, removes provisions specifying that the probationary periods are only for service in which a teacher holds a Professiona...
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2024-05-08
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
ILSB3479Engross
50%
Amends provisions of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act concerning deceptive practices targeting veterans and military members. Changes the definition of "veteran or military benefits services" to any services offered or provided...
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2024-05-08
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3241Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes changes concerning the powers and duties of the Illinois State Museum. Repeals a provision which specifies that the Board of the Illinois State Museum is the governing board for the State Museum. ...
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2024-05-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0466Intro
25%
Amends the Farm Fresh Schools Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-05-07
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education
ILSB0426Engross
50%
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice may establish and offer emerging adult programs for persons at least 18 years of age and under 22 years of age who are committed to the Department of Corrections...
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2024-05-07
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0331Engross
50%
Reinserts 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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2024-05-06
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
ILSB3538Engross
50%
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if a municipality or county, including a home rule municipality or county, is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the insurance...
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2024-05-06
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
ILSB2697Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Removes language concerning coverage for any cancer risk management strategy, as recommended by a health care professional. Requires, for individu...
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2024-05-06
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3182Engross
50%
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital having custody of a fetus following a spontaneous fetal death occurring during or after a gestation period of at least 20 completed weeks must notify the gestational parent of the parent's r...
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2024-05-06
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
ILSB2236Engross
50%
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Removes the repeal date for the short-term substitute teacher training program. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning short-term substitute teacher lice...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2327Intro
25%
Amends the Children With Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that for individual students with disabilities who attend tier 1 or 2 schools whose program costs exceed 3 times the district's per capita tuition rate, the costs in excess of...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2237Intro
25%
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall distribute grants to early childhood education and care nonprofit organizations that are established as a Sect...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0132Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall waive all application fees and examination fees for active military personn...
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2024-05-03
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 17, 2024
ILSB1800Intro
25%
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
ILSB2029Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Provides that a financial institution shall investigate promptly and determine whether fraud has occurred within 10 business days after receiving a notice of fraud. Provides that the financial institution shall report...
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2024-05-03
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
ILSB2317Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property that has been granted the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities is 100% exempt from taxation under the Code if the veteran has a service connected disability of 60% or more (currently,...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3584Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after January 1, 2025, the rates paid for sedation evaluation and the provision of deep sedation and intravenous sedation for the purpose of dental services s...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2791Intro
25%
Creates the Small Business Economic Incentive Act. Provides that at least 50% of the dollar value of all economic incentives awarded to businesses by the State or by any State agency on or after January 1, 2025 shall be awarded to businesses with 50 ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Appropriations Committee
ILSB2689Engross
50%
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. By June 1, 2025, requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, to establish, by rule, a Montessori education endorsement to be...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2665Engross
50%
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that, if a quorum of the members of the public body is physically present, a majority of the public body may allow a member of that body to attend the meeting by other means if the member is prevented from physi...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3316Intro
25%
Amends various Acts concerning children's mental health. Amends the School Code. Provides that on or before October 1, 2024, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team, the Office of the Go...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2740Engross
50%
Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that the board of managers of a condominium must adopt a policy to reasonably accommodate a unit owner who is a person with a disability. Provides that the board of managers must make reasonable efforts t...
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2024-05-03
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
ILSB2639Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, for a group policy of accident and health insurance that provides pregnancy related benefits (rather than providing coverage for more than 25 employees that pr...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3436Intro
25%
Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the General Assembly finds it necessary to take measures to increase the amount of cash assistance provided to qualifying Illinoisans under the Aid t...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB2643Engross
50%
Amends 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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2024-05-03
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
ILSB3646Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that a park district, not-for-profit youth club, or municipal parks and recreation department may allow a minor 14 years of age or older to...
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2024-05-03
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
ILHB4623Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child is ineligible to receive a school bus driver permit. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "child pornography" includes the ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5256Engross
50%
Amends the Personnel Code. Provides, in provisions concerning a trainee program for persons with a disability, that "disability" includes a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder by a medical professional. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
ILHB4838Engross
50%
Makes changes concerning the powers and duties of the Illinois State Museum. Repeals a provision which specifies that the Board of the Illinois State Museum is the governing board for the State Museum. Replaces the Board of the Illinois State Museum ...
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2024-05-01
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1996Engross
50%
Amends the Child Labor Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-30
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Re-assigned to Rules Committee
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