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ILSB3514PassAmends the State Designations Act. Provides that the mushroom calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the "giant puffball", is designated the official State mushroom of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.
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2024-08-12
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1052
ILSB0381PassAmends the State Property Control Act. Requires the Director of Central Management Services, as Administrator, to assess surplus real property held by the State and determine whether such property is unsellable in its current assessed condition. Prov...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0874
ILSB3661PassAmends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Changes the definition of a health care employer to include a Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center certified by the Department of Human Services.
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1032
ILSB3592PassCreates the Strengthening Community Media Act. Provides that a local news organization shall not be sold to a company without giving written notice 120 days before the sales occurs to specified individuals and organizations. Amends the Higher Educati...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1021
ILSB2628PassAmends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to ensure that State agencies comply with the National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Requires all State agencies to obtain a special flood hazard area dev...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0905
ILSB2781PassCreates the Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant plan for the preservation and enhancement of forests, prairies, and we...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0923
ILSB3237PassAmends 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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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0960
ILSB3182PassAmends 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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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0948
ILSB3597PassCreates the Climate Bank Loan Financing Act. Allows a governmental unit (i) to own, construct, equip, manage, control, erect, improve, extend, maintain, and operate new or existing clean energy infrastructure projects, to purchase real estate and any...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1023
ILSB3538PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the mental health counseling shall be included in the health insurance coverage for employees on and after June 1, 2025. Provides that the first responders eligi...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1011
ILSB2743PassCreates the Water Plan Task Force Act. Establishes the State Water Plan Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be chaired by the Director of the Office of Water Resources of the Department of Natural Resources and composed of the directors, o...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0917
ILSB3471PassAmends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue a new set of license plates to an owner of a vehicle whose plates were stolen. Provides that the new set of plates shall be issued without a fee. Requires the Secretary to assig...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1005
ILSB2876PassReinsert the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Excludes from the definition of "event facility" school stadiums and hotels (rather than only school stadiums). Makes technical and other changes.
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0927
ILSB3203PassAmends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or before December 31, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs m...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0951
ILSB3501PassCreates the Responsible Outdoor Lighting Control Act. Includes legislative findings. Defines terms. Provides that all new, renovated, or retrofitted luminaires purchased with State funds after the effective date of the Act or installed after the effe...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1007
ILSB2690PassAmends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall pay on behalf of a refugee or reimburse a refugee for payment of any transcript evaluation fees that are required by the public institution of hig...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0913
ILSB2764PassAmends 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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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0919
ILSB3481PassAmends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that battery storage sites at which 5,000 kilograms or more of used batteries are stored must register with the Environmental Protection Agency prior to February 2026 or prior to commencing operation ...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1006
ILSB3138PassAmends the Children and Family Services Act. In a provision providing that post-secondary education scholarships and fee waivers awarded to eligible students by the Department of Children and Family Services shall be available to students for at leas...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0943
ILSB2643PassAmends 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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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0907
ILSB3235PassAmends the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act. Requires the Commission on Equity and Inclusion to conduct studies to: (1) identify and delineate geographies in Illinois exhibiting significant disparities by protected classes as identified by the Hum...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0959
ILSB2442PassAmends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that a hospital may not bill an uninsured patient that requires health care services if it determines, through its financial assistance screening process, that the patient has a household income that qual...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0901
ILSB3201PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall develop or approve a course (rather than in-service training programs) to assist law enforcement off...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0949
ILSB1960PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that a municipality or park district may authorize and regulate the operation of low-speed electric scooters within the unit of local government on any or all highwa...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0899
ILSB2803PassAmends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Sets forth procedures for the Secretary of State to issue a standard Illinois Identification Card to a person committed to the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a Federal Burea...
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2024-08-06
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0782
ILSB3479PassAmends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. In provisions concerning deceptive practices targeting veterans and military members, changes the definition of "veteran or military benefits services" to any services offered or provide...
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2024-08-06
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0783
ILSB2872PassAmends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that each school district shall provide to students, in addition to and not substituting recess, at least once a week, relaxation activities to enhance the mental and physical health of...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0764
ILSB2626PassAmends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that, in anticipation of the successful completion of a diversion program, a petitioner may file a petition for expungement at least 61 days before the anticipated dismissal of the case. Provides that,...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0755
ILSB3091PassAuthorizes the Director of Natural Resources to convey the described parcel in Will County to the Forest Preserve District of Will County. Effective immediately.
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0773
ILSB3762PassCreates the Language Equity and Access Act. Requires the Governor's Office of New Americans, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, to: prepare a Language Needs Assessment Report that identifies the languages spoken throughout the Stat...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0723
ILSB2573PassAmends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual plan of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Ac...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0753
ILSB0773PassAmends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that provisions concerning infertility coverage apply only to coverage provided on or after January 1, 2024 and before July 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no...
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2024-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0751
ILSB3646PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides for the amount of time a child performer who works in a television, motion picture, or related entertainment production may be permitted to be at the place of employm...
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2024-07-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0721
ILSB2930PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the aggregated demographic information of the corporation's directors and officers shall be accessible on the corporation's publicly available website for at le...
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2024-07-01
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0635
ILSB3175PassAmends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, on or before July 1, 2025, the Department of Transportation may, subject to appropriation, create and implement a Type II Noise Suppression Progr...
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2024-07-01
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0638
ILSB0001PassCreates 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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2024-06-25
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0594
ILSB1996PassAmends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides for increases in the rate of the annual Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides for increases in the rate of the Illinois Workers...
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2024-06-05
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0590
ILSR0590PassUrges support for the Family Roots Genealogy Pilot Program as it provides African American descendants of enslaved individuals the opportunity to trace their roots back to their ancestral homelands, to reconnect with their ancestral heritage, and to ...
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2024-05-26
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
ILSR0733PassUrges the Illinois Supreme Court and relevant authorities to require, as a consistent part of continuing education, LGBTQ+ and HIV cultural competency education for all attorneys, judges, and courtroom staff in the State of Illinois.
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2024-05-26
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0770PassDeclares June 9, 2024 as Race Amity Day.
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2024-05-25
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0632PassUrges the creation of a coordinating council under the Illinois Lieutenant Governor's office to bring together a relevant staff of agencies and non-governmental organizations to develop a strategy for implementation of the 30 by 30 concept.
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2024-05-25
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
ILSR0957PassDeclares July 2024 as Parks and Recreation Month.
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2024-05-25
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
ILSR0896PassDeclares May 10, 2024 as Provider Appreciation Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages all residents of Illinois to recognize child care providers, the importance of their work, and the immeasurable value they bring to communities.
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2024-05-09
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
ILSR0882PassDeclares May 17, 2024 as Take Break from Social Media Day in the State of Illinois.
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2024-05-09
Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Sen. Willie Preston
ILSR0895PassDeclares April 26, 2024 as Workers' Memorial Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages all employers to reaffirm their efforts towards improving workplace safety, seeking stronger health standard enforcement, and treating workers with dignity as const...
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0929PassMourns the death of James J. "Jim" Louch Sr.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0884PassMourns the death of David R. Marco.
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2024-04-12
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0885PassMourns the passing of Mary Babich of Joliet.
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2024-04-12
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0774PassDeclares March 12, 2024 as "Equal Pay Day". Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
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2024-03-12
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0642PassMourns the death of MaryAnn Wojtowicz Whitney of Joliet.
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2024-01-17
Resolution Adopted
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