Illinois Representative Robert Rita [D]

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ILHB0299Engross
50%
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning bullying and cyber-bullying, provides that bullying includes posting or distributing sexually explicit images. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, t...
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2024-05-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4112Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no group policy of accident and health insurance providing coverage for more than 25 employees that provides pregnancy related benefits may be issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this State on o...
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2024-05-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5848Intro
25%
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning bullying and cyber-bullying, provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the term "cyber-bullying" includes bullying through the distribution by electronic ...
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2024-05-15
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3286Engross
50%
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a grant program to reimburse school districts for providing stipends for classroom Ca...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5832Intro
25%
Creates the Family Amusement Wagering Prohibition Act. Prohibits a family amusement establishment from facilitating wagering on amusement games. Prohibits a family amusement establishment from engaging in advertising that promotes wagering on amuseme...
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2024-05-13
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0506PassUrges the passage of important policies to better support family caregivers, particularly by enacting policies that: (1) provide increased funding for Illinois' Community Care Program, Home Delivered Meals, the Illinois Family Caregiver Act, Illinois...
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2024-05-03
Resolution Adopted
ILHB5011Engross
50%
Amends the Governmental Account Audit Act. Modifies the audit procedures for governmental units under the Act for the governmental units fiscal years 2026 and after, including: (1) modifying the definitions of "audit report" and "report"; (2) requiri...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB1241Intro
25%
Creates the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall award income tax credits to taxpayers who provide an endowment gift to a permanent endowment fund during the taxable year and receive a certificate of receipt fo...
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2024-05-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5386Intro
25%
Creates the Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Act to restore protections for wetlands and small streams that were formerly protected from pollution and destruction by the Clean Water Act. Includes provisions concerning: exemptions; wetlands delin...
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2024-05-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5809Intro
25%
Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. In the definition of "excluded offense", specifies that the registering Department shall (instead of may) waive the restriction if the person demonstrates to the registering Department's s...
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2024-05-01
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5819Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Demonstrations Law. Replaces all references to the principal law enforcement officer for the area with references to the sheriff of the county where the march, assembly, meeting, parade, or gathering on roadways originates....
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2024-04-26
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2908Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that before June 29, 2023, the additional organization license, issued by the Illinois Racing Board for standardbred racing to a racetrack located in specified townships of Cook County, shall not...
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2024-04-24
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2093Engross
50%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits sexual assault by deception if the person commits an act of sexual penetration and the victim submits under the belief that the person committing the act is someone known to the victim ...
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2024-04-24
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5432Intro
25%
Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not adopt, enforce, or implement an ordinance, resolution, policy, program, or other regulation affecting a tenancy that (1) imposes or threatens to impo...
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2024-04-24
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4562Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Defines terms. Provides that a group policy of accident and health insurance that provides coverage for hospital or medical treatment or services for illness on an expense-incurred basis and that is amended, delive...
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2024-04-24
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5445Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the notice of the transfer of property that is exempt for orphanage, school, or religious purposes shall be filed with the county clerk (currently, the county recorder).
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0569Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1879Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4917Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child tax credit in an amount equal to the product of a specified credit amount multiplied by the number of qualifying children of the taxpayer. Effective immediately.
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5542Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning charitable exemptions granted to limited liability companies, removes a requirement that the limited liability company must be a disregarded entity for federal and Illinois income tax purposes.
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5069Intro
25%
Amends the Preventing Youth Vaping Act. Provides that any distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer who sells, offers for sale, or distributes electronic cigarettes shall (i) obtain certification by the manufacturer stating that the electronic ...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4045Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that an individual who is not a citizen but is legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law is authorized to apply for the position of firefighter,...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5451Intro
25%
Creates 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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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4872Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality shall receive a waiver from paying a required match to a State grant of State moneys if the municipality meets all the other requirements needed for approval of the grant and submits do...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5452Intro
25%
Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Provides that all higher education institutions shall include in the comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, information about h...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4504Intro
25%
Amends 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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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4093Intro
25%
Creates the Protect Health Data Privacy Act. Provides that a regulated entity shall disclose and maintain a health data privacy policy that clearly and conspicuously discloses specified information. Sets forth provisions concerning health data privac...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5609Intro
25%
Amends the Charter Schools Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning contract contents, provides that for a charter granted or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a local school board, administrative fees withhe...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5467Engross
50%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons and related offenses may ...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5234Intro
25%
Creates the Transmission Efficiency and Cooperation Law within the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an incumbent electric transmission owner has the right to construct, own, and maintain an electric transmission line approved in a transmission pla...
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2024-04-15
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5812Intro
25%
Amends the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund and the Firefighters' Investment Fund Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that meetings of committees of the board may be conducted by audio or video conference, without the physical pre...
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2024-04-12
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5766Intro
25%
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that are approved...
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2024-04-12
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0690PassMourns the death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough.
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2024-04-11
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
ILHB2683Intro
25%
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1288Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, taxpayers of income-producing property shall submit income and expense data annually to the chief county assessment officer on or before July 1 of each year....
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3678Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for individual taxpayers who participate in an apprenticeship program during the taxable year. Provides that the credit is equal to the unreimbursed expenses incurred by the taxpayer to...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3164Intro
25%
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that an elected or appointed member of a public body of a township may satisfy specified training requirements of the Act by participating in a course of training sponsored or conducted by an organization that r...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4211Intro
25%
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides for the licensure of consolidated transport centers. Specifies requirements for consolidated transport centers, including operating documents, security plans, facility requirements, plant monitorin...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5286Intro
25%
Amends the Electric Vehicle Rebate Act. Provides that the term "electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is exclusively powered by and refueled by electricity, is plugged in to charge, and is legally permitted to drive on all public roadways, including...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4644Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person shall not distribute, or enter into an agreement with another person to distribute, materially deceptive media if: (1) the person knows the media falsely represents a depicted individual; (2) the distr...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2315Engross
50%
Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section granting a homestead exemption to veterans with disabilities, provides that property that is used as a qualified residence by a veteran who was a member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II ...
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2024-03-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5779Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes language providing that no employee of the Illinois Racing Board, within a period of one year immediately preceding employment, shall have been employed or received compensation or fees for servic...
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2024-03-14
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1054Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024 that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall require that a cove...
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2024-02-09
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5068Intro
25%
Creates the Low Carbon Fuel Standards Program Act. Establishes the Low Carbon Standards Program to be administered by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Provides that the Program shall establish declining carbon intensity standards, expres...
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2024-02-08
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1116Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately.
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2024-01-26
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
ILHB3257Engross
50%
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that no person may sell, offer for sale, barter, or give away as a pet or novelty any hermit crab or goldfish that has been dyed, colored, or otherwise treated to impart an artificial color. Provides t...
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2024-01-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0584PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that, upon request by an owners licensee and upon a showing of good cause by the owners licensee, the Illinois Gaming Board shall ex...
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2023-12-08
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0574
ILHB2473PassAmends the Public Utilities Act. Makes changes concerning the circumstances under which construction may commence on nuclear power plants and nuclear power reactors. Removes the definition of "high-level nuclear waste". Amends the Nuclear Safety Law ...
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2023-12-08
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0569
ILSB0690PassAmends the Property Tax Code, the Community Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, the Counties Code, and the Community Mental Health Act. In provisions validating certain tax levies for community mental health boards, makes such provi...
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2023-11-17
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0565
ILHR0497Intro
25%
Recognizes the week of November 13-19, 2023 as National Apprenticeship Week.
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2023-11-09
To House Rules Committee
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