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ILSB2247PassAmends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that any entity may make contributions to an ABLE account. Makes changes concerning privacy of ABLE account information. Provides that the ABLE Account Program may also be referred to as the Senator Scott Benn...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0256
ILSB2374PassAmends 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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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0264
ILHB3932PassAmends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 through 12, the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction, study, and discussion on ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0212
ILHB3414PassAmends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the judge shall enter an order permitting prosecution under the criminal laws of Illinois unless the judge makes a finding based on clear and convincing evidence that the minor would be amenable to...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0191
ILSB1741PassAmends the Security Deposit Return Act. Removes language that requires a lessor of residential real property who is restricted from withholding any part of a security deposit from a lessee without furnishing an itemized statement to the lessee to be ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0224
ILHB3322PassCreates the Law Enforcement Gang Database Information Act. Defines terms. Provides requirements for the use of gang databases and shared gang databases. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in all criminal cases, evidence whic...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0185
ILHB2820PassAmends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the definition of "birthing facility", adds birth centers as defined in the Birth Center Licensing Act. Provides that the written policy and...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0169
ILHB2776PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the duty to electronically post information concerning progress made toward the replacement of lead service lines begins in 2023. Describes the specific data to ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0167
ILHB2562PassAmends the Common Interest Community Association Act, the Condominium Property Act, and the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that when a common interest community building, condominium building, or residential rental property has a cooling system or...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0161
ILSB1817PassAmends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation, because of immigration status, to: refuse to engage in a real estate transaction or otherwise make unavailable or deny real property; alter the terms, conditions, or ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0232
ILHB3140PassCreates the End Youth Solitary Confinement Act. Provides that the use of room confinement at a juvenile or correctional facility for discipline, punishment, retaliation, or any reason other than as a temporary response to a juvenile's behavior that p...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0178
ILHB3224PassAmends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, as part of transition planning, a school district shall provide a student and the parent or guardian of the student (instead of just the student) with information about ...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0181
ILHB0579PassAmends the Department of Insurance Law. Sets forth provisions concerning the Marketplace Director of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Sets forth provisions concerning an exemption regarding any procurements...
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2023-06-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0103
ILHB1364PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Changes the short title of the Act to the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Workgroup Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health, shall co...
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2023-06-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0105
ILHB2296PassAmends the Department of Insurance Law. Provides that beginning before or on May 1, 2026, and each May 1 thereafter, the Department of Insurance shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on health insurance coverage, affordability, and co...
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2023-06-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0106
ILSB0209Intro
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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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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2348Intro
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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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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2044Intro
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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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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2241Intro
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Makes various appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for family and community services and related distributive purposes. Effective July 1, 2023.
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2038Intro
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Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that an employer or employment agency shall disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage or salary, or the wage or salary range, an...
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2023-06-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2041Intro
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Creates the Freelance Worker Protection Act. Provides that freelance workers must be compensated by hiring parties for their services in a timely manner. Provides that whenever a hiring party retains the services of a freelance worker, the contract b...
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2023-06-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2350PassAmends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning pap tests and prostate cancer screenings, provides that required coverage includes an annual cervical smear or Pap smear test for all (rather than female)...
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2023-06-12
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
ILSB0293Intro
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Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, from July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, the allowance for gratuities to which an employer is entitled for an employee engaged in an occupation in which gratuities have been recognized as part of the re...
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2023-06-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2789PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: changes references to "public library or library system" to "library or library system"; provides that an alternative to the development of a written statement (rather than p...
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2023-06-12
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0100
ILSB1484PassAmends the State Finance Act. Creates the Cooperative Housing Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Directs the Illinois Housing Development Authority to use appropriated moneys from the Fund to award grants to various organizations for coope...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0089
ILHB1596PassAmends various Acts concerning children by: replacing certain pronouns with the nouns to which the pronouns refer; replacing certain instances of the word "biological"; changing the Independent Juvenile Ombudsman to the Independent Juvenile Ombudsper...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0022
ILHB3116PassReinserts the introduced bill and adds an August 20, 2024 effective date.
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0041
ILHB1591PassAmends 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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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0021
ILHB3425PassReinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Makes a change concerning professional development and youth programming. Provides that the data required to be submitted must regard verified allegat...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0047
ILSB0049PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes the provisions concerning definitions. Makes changes concerning the specified conditions in which an institution of higher education must provide an official transcri...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0054
ILSB0686PassAmends the Counties Code. Provides that, except in a county with a population over 3,000,000, fees for a certified copy of a transcript of sworn testimony of a coroner's inquest made by written request declaring the request is for research or genealo...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0073
ILSB0328PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: 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, where suc...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0070
ILSB0855PassProvides that the Act may be referred to as the Residential Facility Safety and Support Act. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. In provisions concerning investigative reports issued by the Department of Human Services' Inspector General tha...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0076
ILHB1496PassAmends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the master record file of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice of each person committed to the respective Department shall contain ethnic and racial background data...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0018
ILSB1623PassCreates the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force Act. Creates the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall develop a statewide plan to connect existing local projects and new projects to create a cohesive state...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0097
ILHB3062PassAmends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that, if an action is brought against the State or any of its officers, employees, or agents acting in an official capacity on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act seeking declaratory or injun...
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2023-06-06
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0005
ILSB1737Intro
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Creates the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit Act. Provides that owners of qualified low-income housing developments are eligible for credits against the taxes imposed by the Illinois Income Tax Act or taxes, penalties, fees, charges, and payments impo...
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2023-05-24
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
ILSB1911Intro
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Creates the Substance Use Disorder Residential and Detox Rate Equity Act. Requires the General Assembly to appropriate sufficient funds to the Department of Human Services, for State Fiscal Year 2024 and for each State fiscal year thereafter, to ensu...
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2023-05-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2560Intro
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Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for grants to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics for expenses of free and charitable clinics. Provides that the funds shall be used to provi...
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2023-05-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2217Intro
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Creates the Paid Family Leave Insurance Program Act. Requires the Department of Employment Security to establish and administer a Family Leave Insurance Program that provides family leave insurance benefits to eligible employees. Sets forth eligibili...
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2023-05-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2026Intro
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after Januar...
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2023-05-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0167Intro
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Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning the School Code, provides that halal and kosher lunch options shall be available as lunch options as part of a school board's lunch program to a studen...
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2023-05-11
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
ILSB1832Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the research and development credit applies for taxable years ending prior to January 1, 2037 (currently, January 1, 2027). Provides that, in the case of qualifying quantum information science expendi...
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2023-05-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1360Engross
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Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall conduct an access to nutritious food program to establish and operate projects and strategies within food deserts...
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2023-05-09
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
ILSB0122Intro
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Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Healthy Illinois for All Law. Provides that by July 1, 2023, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide me...
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2023-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1830Intro
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Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that a petitioner may file a petition to vacate and expunge certain felony possession violations under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act...
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2023-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
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