Illinois Senator Rachel Ventura [D]

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ILSB2357Intro
25%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Deletes provisions that the Department of Natural Resources shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant plan for the preservation and enhancement of forests...
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1428Intro
25%
Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to implement Public Act 102-522 and provide grants to local school districts and community organizations for comprehensive personal health and safety education...
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
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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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1430Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that persons shall not be determined ineligible for cash assistance provided under the General Assistance Article of the Code based upon a conviction for any drug-related felony under State or federal law...
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0664Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2429Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Sustainable Investing Act. Provides that, effective January 1, 2024, every investment manager shall comply with annual disclosure requirements that will require the investment manager to provide a description of the process throug...
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1720Intro
25%
Appropriates $15,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for costs associated with the Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Effective July 1, 2023.
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2038Intro
25%
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
ILSB2042Intro
25%
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Establishes procedures for determining whether a child is fit to stand trial. Provides that the procedures apply to a child under the age of 21, regardless of whether the person is subject to the Act or prosecut...
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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
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
ILSB1653PassAmends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation, local authorities, or any responsible entity to erect and maintain hazard bars for all viaducts and underpasses with a clearance of less than 15 feet. Provides that the haza...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0099
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
ILSB1468PassAmends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that through June 30, 2026 (instead of June 30, 2023), an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status if that employment is no...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0088
ILSB0099PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill but makes the following changes. Changes the name of the Act to the Removing Barriers to Higher Education Success Act. Makes changes concerning the types of documentation that can be provided to establi...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0058
ILSB0203PassAmends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Sets forth penalty assessments for any person found by the Department of Agriculture to have committed a use inconsistent with the label that results in human exposure to a pesticide. Effective immediately.
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0062
ILSB0216PassAmends the Guardianship and Advocacy Act. Provides that the guardianship training program shall include content regarding Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Requires a public guardian to complete a one-hour course on Al...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0064
ILSB0040PassCreates the Electric Vehicle Charging Act. Provides that the Act applies to new single-family homes and newly constructed or renovated multi-unit residential buildings that have parking spaces and are constructed or renovated after the effective date...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0053
ILSB0057PassAmends the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Provides that the grant amount awarded may not exceed (i) $40,000 per year (instead of $35,000 per year) for a psychiatrist, (ii) $20,000 per year (instead of $15,00...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0056
ILHB0217PassAmends the Eminent Domain Act. Provides that quick-take powers may be used for a period of no more than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act by Will County for the acquisition of certain described property for the purpose of road co...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0010
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
ILSB0422PassAmends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the master record file shall contain the last known address provided by the person committed and all medical and dental records of the committed person. Subject to appropriation, provides for the ...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0071
ILSB1563PassAmends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, by March 1, 2024, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall make publicly available on its website the following information: (1) a description of microplastics and their effects on aqu...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0093
ILHB3762PassAmends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes technical changes in the first degree murder statute. Eliminates references to imposition of the death penalty for first degree murder. Repeals provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 that refer to...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0051
ILHB2389PassAmends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no motor vehicle, or driver or passenger of a motor vehicle, shall be stopped or searched by any law enforcement officer solely on the basis of a violation or suspected violation of driving a motor vehi...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0032
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
ILSB1826Engross
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Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Provides that any person may report information about the suspicious death of an eligible adult to an agency designated to receive such reports or to the Department on Aging. Provides that if a mandated repor...
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2023-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB1402Engross
50%
Amends the Early Mental Health and Addictions Treatment Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to implement a 2-year pilot program to provide FDA-approved 8-milligram naloxone nasal spray kits to licensed community substance use providers and...
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2023-05-31
To House Rules Committee
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
ILHB2875Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Makes changes to legislative findings. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall initiate a proceeding within 6 months (rather than 3 months) after the effective d...
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2023-05-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0172PassUrges all institutions and facilities of the Department of Corrections to provide every committed person with access to bathing facilities once per day. Urges, in the case of a lockdown, access to bathing facilities to be restricted for the first two...
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2023-05-25
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
ILSB1737Intro
25%
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
ILSR0064PassDeclares that local governments in Illinois should abide by IDA's guidelines and lighting principles to help mitigate the effects of light pollution produced by outdoor lighting.
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2023-05-19
Resolution Adopted
ILHJR0020PassUrges the Administration of President Biden to publish and certify without delay the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Urges Congress to pass a joint resolution affirming the Equal Rights Amendment as the...
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2023-05-19
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
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
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
ILSB1407Intro
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Amends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify 2 additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zones, including one in the City of Joliet and one in the City of Kankakee. Makes ...
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2023-05-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0213Intro
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Declares March 14, 2023 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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2023-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3740Engross
50%
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In the definitions of "institution of higher learning", "qualified institution", and "institution", provides that the exclusion of academic programs for incarcerated students does not apply to the m...
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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
ILSB0281Intro
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Amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. Provides that a day and temporary labor service agency must provide an application receipt to applicants who seek a work assignment. Provides that a day or temporary laborer has the right to refuse an ...
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2023-05-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2397Intro
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Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Changes the term "non-compliant identification card" to "standard identification card". Changes the definition of "limited term REAL ID compliant identification card" to inclu...
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2023-05-11
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
ILSR0292PassMourns the passing of Lawrence "Larry" Lottino of Joliet.
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2023-05-11
Resolution Adopted
ILSB1600Intro
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in residential and day programs and servic...
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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
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
ILHB2542Engross
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that emergency medical (EMS) personnel may provide preveterinary emergency care to a dog or cat to the extent the EMS personnel have received commensurate training and are authorized b...
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2023-05-05
To Senate Assignments Committee
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