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ILHB2878PassAmends the Illinois Procurement Code. Creates a bid preference for firms that employ former coal mine employees. Makes changes in provisions concerning single prime procurement methods; the Illinois business bid preference; the veteran bid preference...
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2023-12-08
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0570
ILHR0497Intro
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Recognizes the week of November 13-19, 2023 as National Apprenticeship Week.
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2023-11-09
To House Rules Committee
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
ILHR0456PassMourns the passing of Captain William "Bill" Pinkney of Chicago.
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2023-10-25
Resolution Adopted
ILHB2051Intro
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Creates the Hydrogen Fuel Replacement Tax Credit Act. Creates an income tax credit for eligible taxpayers in an amount equal to $1 per kilogram of eligible zero-carbon hydrogen used by the eligible taxpayer during the tax year for which a credit is s...
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2023-10-04
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3743PassAuthorizes the Director of Central Management Services to execute and deliver to the Tinley Park - Park District a quit claim deed, quit claim bill of sale, and any ancillary documents, for $1, to specified real property, subject to specified conditi...
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2023-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0544
ILHB1595PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that an individual interviewed or investigated by an EMS Director or the Department of Public Health shall have the right to a union representative or legal counsel ...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0521
ILHB2509PassAmends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that an applicant who graduates from a professional nursing program in the State on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and does not take the licensure examination within 180 days after his or her...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0533
ILHB2898PassAmends the Private College Act. Provides that, if a for-profit, post-secondary educational institution that received monetary award program funds at a time the institution was found to have been using an unfair, misleading, or deceptive practice and ...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0536
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
ILHB2396PassReinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year (instead of the 2023-2024 school year), each school board must establish a kindergarten with full-day attendance. Provid...
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2023-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0410
ILHB2719PassAmends the Community Benefits Act. Provides that information made available to the public shall include the number of uninsured patients who have declined or failed to respond to the screening described specified provisions and the 5 most frequent re...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0323
ILHB2531PassAmends the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act. Defines cargo-oriented development as the development of places that are both multimodal nodes of freight transportation and centers of employment in logistics and manufacturing...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0317
ILHB3400PassAmends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the Department of Labor shall report quarterly (rather than annually) to the General Assembly and the Governor the number of people employed on public works in the State during the preceding 3 months (rat...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0347
ILHB3856PassAmends the Children and Family Services Act. Authorizes funds that are deposited into the Employment and Training Fund to be used to establish a demonstration project to train individuals to become home child care providers. Repeals a provision that ...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0363
ILHB1291PassAmends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program, provides that the annual incentive shall be $2,250 (instead of $1,500) and that 45 hours of mentoring shall be required (inst...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0122
ILHB2584PassAmends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the issuance of Lyme disease research decals by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that $10 of each original issuance and $23 of each renewal shall be deposited into the Tick Research, Education, an...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0163
ILHB1153PassAmends the Officers and Employees Article of the Counties Code. Decreases the minimum number of inhabitants that must reside in a county for the county to be required to create the office of county auditor from 75,000 inhabitants to 70,000 inhabitant...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0117
ILHB1628PassAmends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a landlord shall not require a tenant or prospective tenant to remit any amount due to the landlord under a residential lease, renewal, or extension agreement by means of an electronic funds transfer,...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0132
ILHB2097PassAuthorizes the Director of Corrections to execute and deliver a quit claim deed for specified real property located in Will County to the City of Crest Hill upon the payment of $1, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0141
ILHB2332PassAmends the Counties Code. Provides that the fee for a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate a human body is $100 (rather than $50). Effective July 1, 2023.
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0029
ILHB1541PassAmends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that if gas or electricity is used as the only source of space cooling or to control or operate the only space cooling equipment at a residence, then a utility may not terminate gas or electric utility servic...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0019
ILHB2087Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the following amounts shall be deposited into the Local Government Distributive Fund as the revenue is realized from the specified taxes: (i) 8% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed under ...
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2023-05-24
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0292PassDeclares the State of Illinois should take the lead on issues of Pan-Africanism, citizenship in Africa, and reparatory justice, and the State should champion the Eighth Pan-African Congress Part 1 (8PAC1) and its agenda to develop a continental-wide ...
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2023-05-24
Resolution Adopted
ILHB1210Intro
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Creates the Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act. Provides for the review of the case file of a first degree or second degree murder committed more than 3 years prior to the date of the application, for which all probative investigative leads have ...
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2023-05-17
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1611Intro
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Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act. Requires the Department of Innovation and Technology to develop, manage, and make available to any law enforcement agency a digital repository for the collection, storage, retention, and retriev...
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2023-05-11
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1519Engross
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Amends the Student Loan Servicing Rights Act. Creates the Educational Income Share Agreements Article of the Student Loan Servicing Rights Act. Defines terms. Regarding income share agreements, sets forth provisions concerning monthly payment afforda...
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2023-05-05
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHR0254PassMourns the passing of Edward George Gardner of Chicago.
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2023-05-04
Resolution Adopted
ILHR0061PassDeclares May 20 through May 26, 2023 as Safe Boating Week in the State of Illinois. Urges all those who boat to practice safe boating habits and wear a life jacket at all times while boating.
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2023-05-02
Resolution Adopted
ILHB1409Engross
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Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that all goals established concerning the awarding of State contracts apply to architectural, engineering, and land surveying contracts under the Archit...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3798Engross
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Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, all internships for school social workers must be paid internships. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of E...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3988Intro
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Appropriates $5,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for YouthBuild Illinois. Effective July 1, 2023.
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2023-04-17
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2722Engross
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Amends the State Property Control Act. Provides that the moneys in the State Police Vehicle Fund shall also be used by the Illinois State Police for the equipment of vehicles for the Illinois State Police. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning ...
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2023-03-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2260Intro
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Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2023-03-29
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0062PassUrges the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to support the state goal of increasing the number and diversity of Illinois' educator workforce by collaborating with the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), the Illinois Community College Bo...
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2023-03-28
Resolution Adopted
ILHB3102Engross
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Amends the Cemetery Care Act. Defines "average fair market value", "total return percentage", and "net income". Provides that a trustee may apply to the Comptroller to establish a master trust fund in which deposits are made. Allows a cemetery author...
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2023-03-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB1110Intro
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "digitized driver's license" and provides that a person may drive a motor vehicle if in possession of a digitized driver's license. Provides that a person shall not be issued a citation for driving a motor ve...
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2023-03-27
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1245Intro
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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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2023-03-27
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0277Engross
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, whenever a person fails to appear in court and the court continues the case, if the clerk of the court elects to establish a system to send text, email, and telephone notifications, the clerk of the co...
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2023-03-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2172Intro
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the utilities shall implement energy efficiency measures targeted at low-income households and the amount of expenditures in the utilities' annual energy efficiency program budget to implement these targ...
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2023-03-24
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0120PassMourns the death of Oscar Lawton Wilkerson Jr. of Markham.
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2023-03-23
Resolution Adopted by Voice Vote
ILHB1238Intro
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each county treasurer in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall operate an installment payment program to allow delinquent property taxes due from current and prior years to be paid in monthly in...
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2023-03-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2146Intro
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Creates the Community-Based Foster Care Organization Safety Net Act. Provides that it is the purpose of the Act to provide community-based foster care organizations with a financial safety net for liabilities incurred in excess of $2,000,000 for tort...
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2023-03-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1382Intro
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Creates the Public Empowerment and Community Act and provides that the Act may be referred to as the PEACE Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer the PEACE Grant Pilot Program, subject to appropriation. Requires th...
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2023-03-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1535Intro
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Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education shall (rather than may), by majority vote, appoint a general superintendent of schools to serve pursuant to a performance-based contract for a...
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2023-03-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1244Intro
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Amends the Election Code. Creates the Rights of Voters Article. Prohibits the imposition or application of a voting qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure by the State or any locality in a manner that results in a denial or abr...
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2023-03-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2398Intro
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2023 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $72,000 for all qualified property. Effective immediately.
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2023-03-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1579Intro
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county boards of Kankakee County and Tazewell County (currently, Kane County, Kendall County, and Will County) may also, by ordinance, impose a judicial facilities fee to be used for the building of new jud...
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2023-03-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0101PassHonors and thanks State Representative Frances Ann Hurley for her years of dedicated service. Wishes her the best on her future success.
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2023-02-28
Resolution Adopted
ILHB2034Intro
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Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. In provisions concerning notification of the status of classes, provides that each governing board must notify an adjunct professor and a nonten...
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2023-02-23
To House Rules Committee
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