Illinois Senator Michael Halpin [D]

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ILSB1115PassAmends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, in lieu of the amount of a disability benefit otherwise provided, for a participant who is employed as a police officer and who incurs a line of duty disability, the d...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0080
ILSB1440PassAmends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Act to knowingly mail or send a postcard or letter to a recipient in the State if the postcard or letter does not disclose or disclaim ...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0087
ILHB3769PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Defines "firefighter". Removes the definition of "fireman" and "firemen". Makes conforming changes.
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0052
ILHB1297PassAmends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a member may establish optional credit for up to 2 years of service as a teacher or administrator employed by a private school recognized by the Illinois State Board of ...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0017
ILHB1629PassAmends the Wildlife Code. Provides that the Eurasian Collared Dove and Ringed Turtle-Dove are excluded from the list of wildlife protected by the Act. Provides that the Virginia Rail, Sora Rail, Wilson's Snipe, Woodcock, Mourning Dove, and White-wing...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0023
ILHB2390PassAmends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision concerning submission to an examination to determine fitness for duty for police officers whose duties have been suspended because of disability, certification that a po...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0033
ILSJR0032PassDesignates Interstate 74 east of US 45 in Champaign-Urbana to the Indiana border as the "Senator Scott M. Bennett Memorial Highway".
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2023-05-31
Adopted Both Houses
ILSR0307PassCongratulates Whitey's Ice Cream on its 90th anniversary.
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2023-05-26
Resolution Adopted
ILSJR0004Engross
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Designates U.S. Route 150 from Galesburg Main Street to the intersection of U.S. Route 150 and Illinois Route 17 in Alpha as the "Deputy Sheriff Nick Weist Memorial Highway".
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2023-05-26
To House Rules Committee
ILSR0331PassCongratulates Tim Wynes, J.D., on his retirement as president of Black Hawk College. Wishes him the best in his future endeavors.
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2023-05-26
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0007PassUrges the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act and for President Joe Biden to sign that legislation into law.
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2023-05-19
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0147PassUrges Governor JB Pritzker and IDOT to make a formal request to the National Surface Transportation Board to compel the Iowa Interstate Railroad to enter into an agreement on the Quad Cities passenger rail project.
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2023-05-19
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0152PassExpresses support for a strong intercity passenger rail network and supports the passage of legislation designed to provide Amtrak with the ability to enforce its preference rights, similar to the previously proposed "Rail Passenger Fairness Act", pr...
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2023-05-19
Resolution Adopted
ILHJR0017PassDesignates Illinois Route 150 from Galesburg Main Street to the intersection of U.S. Route 150 and Illinois Route 17 in Alpha as the "Deputy Sheriff Nick Weist Memorial Highway".
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2023-05-19
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
ILSR0241PassUrges the Illinois Department of Transportation and the High Speed Railroad Commission to move expeditiously in preparing a Statewide Integrated Network Plan, including the identification of desired service points and key transfer stations, the const...
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2023-05-19
Resolution Adopted
ILHJR0022PassDesignates the Illinois Department of Transportation, District 6 Headquarters in Springfield, as the "James L. Easterly Building".
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2023-05-19
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
ILSB2577Intro
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Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, a public school may obtain crisis response mapping data and provide copies of the crisis response mapping data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first respond...
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2023-05-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2572Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that the State shall not expend or invest any public funds in any organization, nonprofit organization, religious organization, or any other entity to be used for conversion thera...
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2023-05-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1980Intro
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Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that rates for homemaker services shall be increased to $29.64 beginning July 1, 2023 to sustain a minimum wage of $18 per hour for direct service workers. Requires rates in subsequent State fiscal years...
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2023-05-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3162PassAmends the Chicago Police and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Establishes a presumption that a fireman or policeman who becomes disabled as a result of exposure to and contraction of COVID-19 was injured in the line of duty...
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2023-05-10
Effective Date May 10, 2023
ILSB2264Engross
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Amends the Cook County Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a contributing employee may elect to purchase creditable service for up to 48 months of active-duty military service, whether or not that service followed service as a county ...
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2023-05-08
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2427Intro
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Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires health care professionals who have continuing education requirements to complete cultural competency training, which shall include information...
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2023-05-08
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2545Intro
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Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for services provided under the Family Caregiver Act. Effective immediately.
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2023-05-05
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHJR0007Engross
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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
ILHB2303Engross
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Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that it may be determined that it is impractical to obtain competition because it is in the best interest of the State to award a contract to a qualified not-for-profit agency for persons with si...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2526Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Grants the Department of Human Services (rather than the Department of Public Health) the power to use moneys in the Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund and to adopt rules necessary to ad...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1470Engross
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Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that before the district superintendent adopts a remote learning plan, the school board must hold a public hearing on the school district's initial proposal for a remo...
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2023-04-27
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0249Intro
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Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act apply to the construction or demolition of public works performed by an employee of a public body engaged in the construction or demolition of public works on behalf of another p...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1236Intro
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Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Provides that the State, school districts, and units of local government may not expend funds at a lodging establishment unless the lodging establishment has been certified by th...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2250Intro
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Amends the Public Community College Act. Adds language to provide that if a resident of a community college district wants to attend the community college maintained by the district of his or her residence, but the student wants to enroll in a progra...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1392Intro
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Creates the Digital Forgeries Act. Provides that an individual depicted in a digital forgery has a cause of action against any person who, without the consent of the depicted individual, knowingly distributes a digital forgery, creates a digital forg...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1356Intro
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Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall compile, on an annual basis, a list of the most in-demand jobs in this State, along with the starting salary, the median salary, and the typical education lev...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2378Intro
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Modifies procedures relating to forfeited properties, including that the procedures relate to forfeiture of tax liens and certificates, rather than forfeiture of property, and that the tax liens and certificates are forf...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1874Intro
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Creates the Illinois Farm to Food Bank Program Act. Establishes the Illinois Farm to Food Bank Program within the Department of Human Services to help expand the availability of nutritious, locally grown, raised, or processed foods for Illinois' emer...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1421Intro
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Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Provides that the Division of Arson Investigation within the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall employ certified youth firesetter interventionists who conduct youth firesetter interventions when local authoritie...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1686Intro
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Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Requires an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competit...
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2023-03-23
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2067Engross
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In provisions concerning intradivisional transfers at the Department of Corrections, provides that a person committed to a Department of Corrections facility may make a request to be transferred to another faci...
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2023-03-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1307Intro
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Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the alternative retirement annuity provisions apply to a Tier 2 State highway maintenance worker. Authorizes a Tier 2 State highway maintenance worker to convert up to 8 ye...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1295Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides for a deduction in an amount equal to the amount paid to the taxpayer during the taxable year for services as a volunteer firefighter. Provides that the credit may not exceed $10,000 in any taxable year. E...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1396Intro
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Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the Department of Revenue shall provide State income tax preparation services free of charge to...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1365Intro
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Creates the Right to Know Act. Provides that an operator of a commercial website or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the Internet about individual customers residing in Illinois who use or visit its commercial ...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1747Intro
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Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In provisions concerning the directory of new hires, provides that the definition of "newly hired employee" includes an individual under an independent contractor arrangement. Effective January 1, 2024.
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1751Intro
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Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after March 15, 2020 (rather than beginning on or after March 15, 2020, and before September 4, 2021 (including any week of unemployment begin...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1899Intro
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Amends the Title Insurance Act. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Title Insurance Reform Act of 2023. Provides that no person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or other legal entity shall act as or hold itself out ...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1519Intro
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue special registration plates designated as United States Submarine Veterans plates to residents of this State who served in the United States Navy as a submariner.
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2416Intro
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Creates the Resilient Illinois Revolving Loan Fund Act. Presents the General Assembly's findings. States the purpose of the Act. Establishes the Illinois Revolving Loan Fund as a special fund in the State treasury and makes a conforming change in the...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2422Intro
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In provisions concerning the Illinois Veteran grant program, provides that, for a specified eligibility requirement, a person can be an Illinois resident within 18 months (instead of 6 months) of en...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2443Intro
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Amends the Balanced Budget Note Act. Specifies that the Pension Stabilization Fund is a general fund for purposes of identifying supplemental appropriation bills. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the monthly reports on State liabilities su...
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2023-03-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1243Intro
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Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if a police officer, as the result of sickness, accident, or injury incurred in or resulting from the performance of an act of duty, is found to be physically or mental...
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2023-03-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0085PassDeclares February 2023 as Career and Technical Education Month to celebrate Career and Technical Education across the State of Illinois.
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2023-02-23
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
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