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ILSB2656Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for certain small businesses in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 10% of the property taxes paid by the qualified small business during the taxable year for eligible real property or (ii) $1,500...
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2024-09-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
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
ILSB2697PassReinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Removes language concerning coverage for any cancer risk management strategy, as recommended by a health care professional. Requires, for individu...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0914
ILSB3455PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that the Department of Revenue may determine the scope of the historical data necessary to complete the study, but in no event shall the scope or time period be less than the 10 most recent ta...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1002
ILSB2959PassAmends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Sons of the American Legion decals. Provides that the fee for original issuance of the Sons of the American Legion decals shall be $25 with $10 to the Sons of th...
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2024-08-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0933
ILSB3573Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable year 2024, the maximum income limitation for the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption is $75,000. Provides that, for taxable year 2025 and subsequent taxable years, ...
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2024-07-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSJRCA0014Intro
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Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that every United States citizen who has attained the age of 18 or any other voting age required by the United States for voting (currently voting in State el...
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2024-07-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3489Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction for amounts that are disallowed as a deduction on the taxpayer's federal income tax return because of the $10,000 limitation under the federal Internal Revenue Code on deductions for certain Sta...
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2024-07-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1807Intro
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 4 felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor and that a third or subsequent violation is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class 4 felony. Provides tha...
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2024-07-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2647Intro
25%
Appropriates the sum of $1,250,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the City of Wheaton. Effective immediately.
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3327Intro
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Amends the Counties Code. Removes a provision limiting a special investigator appointed by a State's Attorney to carrying a firearm only in the performance of the special investigator's assigned duties (currently, a special investigator shall not car...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2817Intro
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that a lobbyist or lobbying entity may not promise anything of value to an official, State employee, or a candidate for a State executive or State legislative office for the person's support, action, or ...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1175Intro
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Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the civil administrative agencies.
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2944Intro
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Appropriates $5,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for a grant to Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, USA for program and operating expenses for youth-development based sports initiatives. Effe...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2984Intro
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Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for continued funding to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3947Intro
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that notwithstanding the pretrial release and denial of pretrial release provisions of the Code, if the defendant is charged with any of the following offenses, then the burden is on the defenda...
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2024-06-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2597Engross
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Amends the Electric Vehicle Charging Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act shall not apply to any non-profit organization described in specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or to any other developer, association, or entity ...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2832Engross
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no interest or penalties shall be imposed with respect to property that is included in a decedent's probate estate at the time of a delinquency if the representative of the decedent's estate applies with th...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2878Engross
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Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the senior citizens homestead exemption, permanently removes the requirement to reapply for the exemption in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants (currently, that requirement was eliminate...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3764Intro
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that, for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the r...
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2024-05-23
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2648Intro
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Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Vehicle Use Tax Article of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the taxes under those Acts do not apply to a motor vehicle...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0911PassCongratulates Rita K. Fletcher on her retirement from the Bartlett Park District. Wishes her the very best in all of her future endeavors.
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2024-05-17
Resolution Adopted
ILSB1863Intro
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if the defendant committed the offense in or on the grounds of a hospital, ambulatory surgical treatment center, physician's office, or other medical facility that treats patients and the offense ...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2075Intro
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Amends Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a legacy tax credit for businesses that are headquartered in the State. Creates an employee tax credit and a collective bargaining employee tax credit. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3265Engross
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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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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2639Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, for a group policy of accident and health insurance that provides pregnancy related benefits (rather than providing coverage for more than 25 employees that pr...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2809Intro
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment for first degree murder if the defendant, at the time of the commission of the murder, had attained the age of 18, and...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3325Intro
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Amends the Right of Publicity Act. Grants additional enforcement rights and remedies to recording artists. Provides for the liability of any person who materially contributes to, induces, or otherwise facilitates a violation of a specified provision ...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0964Intro
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1350Intro
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a mega project. Provides that a "mega project" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a...
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2024-04-15
Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
ILSB2823Intro
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the conviction of certain offenses as grounds for disqualification for licensure or suspension or revocation of a license, includes the sex offense of abuse by an educ...
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2024-04-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3752Intro
25%
Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that the tax imposed on receivers of motor fuel applies until January 1, 2040 (currently, January 1, 2025). Amends the Environmental Impact Fee Law. Extends the repeal of the Environmental Impact Fee Law until ...
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2024-04-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3725Intro
25%
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2024, certain food, drugs, and medical appliances that were taxed at the rate of 1% shall be e...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1976Intro
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of domestic assault. Provides that a person commits the offense when, without lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct that places any family or household member in reasonable appr...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1974Intro
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who, in committing a domestic battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, knows the individual battered to be a person 60 years of age or older commits aggravated domestic battery.
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0660PassCongratulates the St. Francis High School girls volleyball team, the Spartans, on winning the 2023 Class 3A State Championship.
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2024-03-07
Resolution Adopted
ILSB3170Intro
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Creates the Noncitizen Population Spending Transparency Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with relevant State agencies, shall prepare an annual report identifying all State spending on services and resources for no...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2630Intro
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Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2025, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Cod...
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2024-02-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3328Intro
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that violation of an order of protection is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction violation of a civil no contact order, violation of a stalking no contact order, or any prior conviction...
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2024-02-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0718PassDeclares February 3 through February 10, 2024 as Court Reporting and Captioning Week in the State of Illinois.
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2024-02-07
Resolution Adopted
ILSB3269Intro
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Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that if a unit of local government that has adopted and implemented a road improvement impact fee by ordinance or resolution and repeals the ordinance or resolution, the collected fees, along with any accrue...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3270Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "year".
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2024-02-06
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2993Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-02-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0717Intro
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Declares the month of October 2024 as Hindu American Heritage Month in the State of Illinois.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0713Intro
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Declares March 24 through March 30, 2024 as Civilian Law Enforcement Personnel Week in the State of Illinois.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2742Intro
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Amends the State Designations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0346PassCongratulates Jim Reuter on his retirement as executive director of the Carol Stream Park District. Expresses gratitude for his exceptional service, leadership, and contributions to the parks and recreation industry and the community of Carol Stream....
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2023-11-09
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0345PassCongratulates the St. Francis High School (SFHS) vocal music program on achieving first place at the 2023 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class A Vocal Solo & Ensemble Contest, marking its fourth consecutive first place finish.
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2023-11-09
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0531PassCongratulates St. Francis High School, located in Wheaton, on being named a 2023 Exemplary High-Performing National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. Recognizes its teachers and staff for their continued dedication and service t...
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2023-11-09
Resolution Adopted
ILSB0076VetoAmends the Public Utilities Act. Deletes language that provides that no construction shall commence on any new nuclear power plant to be located within the State, and no certificate of public convenience and necessity or other authorization shall be ...
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2023-11-08
Total Veto Stands
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