Illinois Senator Mike Simmons [D]

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ILSB1282Intro
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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 the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide c...
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2023-03-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 23, 2023
ILSB1486Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a household that does not include an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits if the gross income of the ho...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2013Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Affordable Housing Act. Requires all housing financed under the Illinois Affordable Housing Program to meet a minimum standard of living requirement. Provides that in order for a program applicant to be eligible to receive funding...
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2023-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
ILSB2014Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to develop a policy which ensures the safety of pedestrians and cyclists on roadways within the State. Establishes tha...
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2023-03-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 23, 2023
ILSB2175Intro
25%
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that during the first 180 days following a person's release from a penal institution, a court shall not order the person to pay any outstanding fines, taxes, or costs arising from a criminal pro...
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2023-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
ILSB2278Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose limitations as the ...
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2023-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
ILSB1478Intro
25%
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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2023-03-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 23, 2023
ILSB1367Intro
25%
Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Requires every housing authority organized under the Act to collect data on (i) the number of vacant rental units within each housing project operated by the housing authority and (ii) information on whether each w...
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2023-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
ILSB1931Intro
25%
Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall reimburse not less than the actual cost to school boards for each free lunch or breakfast supplied by them (instead of reimbursing school boards $0.15...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1772Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2024, no person shall spray a pesticide at a school serving students grades kindergarten through 8th grade on areas of the property where children may be present during normal school ...
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2023-03-22
[Hearing: Mar 23 @ 8:30 am]

Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
ILHB2464Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the provision requiring the driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic-control signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is illuminated to stop before entering the intersection does not apply t...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2297Engross
50%
Amends the State Employment Records Act. Provides that State agencies when collecting and reporting data on employment records must include specified data on persons who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming. Effective July 1, 2025.
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2023-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2348Intro
25%
Amends the School Code. Provides that all school districts shall provide instruction on relaxation activities such as yoga or meditation for at least one half-period of the school day to enhance both mental and physical health of students.
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2023-03-22
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
ILSB2260Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not legally accountable for the conduct of another, unless the statute defining the offense provides otherwise, if he or she was subjected to specified and credible coercion, compulsion, or ...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
ILSB1803Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall coordinate with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, and me...
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2023-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
ILSB1895Intro
25%
Amends the University of Illinois Act, the Southern Illinois University Management Act, the Chicago State University Law, the Eastern Illinois University Law, the Governors State University Law, the Illinois State University Law, the Northeastern Ill...
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2023-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
ILSB2044Intro
25%
Creates the Tickborne Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Presents legislative findings. Requires the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the medical entomology lab of the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey a...
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2023-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
ILSB2135Intro
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Amends the Credit Services Organizations Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Credit Repair Organizations Act. Provides that the Director of Financial and Professional Regulation shall oversee the activities of credit repair organizations and comp...
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2023-03-22
Sponsor Removed Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
ILSB1463Intro
25%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that if the minor or the minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian is unable to cover the cost of a condition of the minor's continuance under supervision, the court shall not preclude the ...
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2023-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
ILSB2374Intro
25%
Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish a competitive grant program to support the development or enhancement of computer science programs in the K-12 schools. Provides that eligib...
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2023-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
ILSB0090Intro
25%
Amends the School Code. Provides that each school district must create, implement, and maintain an age-appropriate policy on race-related harassment and discrimination. In provisions concerning bullying prevention, provides that the required policy o...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee
ILSB2427Intro
25%
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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2023-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1812Intro
25%
Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a public officer, employee, board, or representative of a governmental unit may not ban or otherwise prohibit a book from being available for reading or circulation by members of the ...
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2023-03-21
To Senate Executive Committee
ILSB1515Intro
25%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Removes a provision prohibiting an employer from voluntarily enrolling in the E-Verify program or a similar Electronic Emplo...
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2023-03-21
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2023
ILSB0075Intro
25%
Creates the Second Chance Public Health and Safety Act and amends the Freedom of Information Act, the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Contains declarations and findings. Creates the Department of Returning ...
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2023-03-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1707Intro
25%
Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Modifies the definition of "affected department" for purposes of the Act to include a fire department operated by a municipality with a population over 1,000,000.
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2023-03-21
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
ILSB2037Intro
25%
Creates the Community Land Trust Task Force Act. Establishes the Community Land Trust Task Force to collect data regarding the current use of community land trusts in Illinois and opportunities for expansion statewide, in addition to other specified ...
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2023-03-21
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2023
ILSB1392Intro
25%
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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2023-03-21
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
ILHB1591Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act by repealing all of the following provisions: (i) no marriage shall be contracted in this State by a party residing and intending to continue to reside in another state or jurisdiction if t...
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2023-03-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0100Intro
25%
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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2023-03-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1559Intro
25%
Creates the Access to Affordable Insulin Act. Sets forth provisions concerning an insulin urgent-need program. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish procedures and applications for the insulin urgent-need program. Sets forth p...
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2023-03-17
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
ILSB1276Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act. In the definition of "claim of torture": provides that it also means a third party was tortured into implicating a person for the crime for which the person was convicted; provides that i...
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2023-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1796Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning the child care assistance program, provides that beginning in State Fiscal Year 2024, the specified income threshold shall be no less than 250% of the then-current federal poverty level f...
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2023-03-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0209Intro
25%
Provides legislative findings. Appropriates specified amounts to the Department of Public Health for grants, expenses, and administrative costs of programs relating to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus; the Getting t...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB0207Intro
25%
Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Provides that newsletters and printed material printed on behalf of a member of the General Assembly may include autobiographical or biographical information about a member as long as the ...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1284Intro
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county board may designate a geographic area within the county as a flood zone. Provides that homestead property that is located within a flood zone is entitled to a reduction of $5,000 from the propert...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1444Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for dependents of the taxpayer. Provides that the maximum amount of the credit is $700 per qualified dependent of the taxpayer. Provides that the maximum amount shall be reduced by $24 ...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1234Intro
25%
Creates the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act. Requires the Department of Employment Security to establish and administer a Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program that provides family and medical leave insurance benefits to eligible ...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1481Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Allows the State Board of Elections to receive voter registration information provided by applicants using electronic voter registration portals (rather than the Board's website). Provides that, notwithstanding any other pro...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1483Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person convicted of a felony or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution shall have his or her right to vote restored and shall be eligible to vote not later than 14 days following his or her co...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2015Intro
25%
Amends the Electric Vehicle Rebate Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, and continuing as long as funds are available, a person may apply for a rebate in specified amounts following the purchase of an electric bicycle in Illinois. Prohibits th...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1892Intro
25%
Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that public transportation benefits provided to a person with a disability by the Regional Transportation Authority or the Service Boards shall automatically renew unless discontinued by the ...
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2023-03-10
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
ILSB1893Intro
25%
Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a municipality must compile and maintain a list of each contract it enters into for $5,000,000 or more for public infrastructure projects. Provides that the list shall be available for public inspection or ...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1482Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning on January 1, 2025, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall raise the income eligibility standard for all of its medical assistance programs...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1709Intro
25%
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Resources shall partner with the State Board of Education to provide technical assistance for the provision of mental health care during...
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2023-03-10
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
ILSB1864Intro
25%
Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that, after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a Service Board may not enter into a contract or contract amendment to purchase a bus that is not a zero-emission bus for the purpose of ...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Transportation Committee
ILSB2176Intro
25%
Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in this State on...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1811Intro
25%
Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to comply with the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) and submit a State plan to the U.S. Department of Agric...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1708Intro
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Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act th...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1294Intro
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Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that a person is eligible for a diaper allowance in the amount of $70 per month per eligible child if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the person's household income is at or below 100%...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
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