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ILHB0793Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Further amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to eliminate on December 31, 2029 (rather than July 1, 2027) the use of activ...
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2024-05-23
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled
ILHB4276Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Clarifies that the pre-sale disclosure requirements apply only to life care contracts that are subject to refund. Provides that, upon request, current residents, former res...
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2024-05-23
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
ILHB5395Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes that include the following. Requires the issuer of a network plan to submit a self-audit of its provider directory and a summary to the Department of Insurance, which the Department shall ma...
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2024-05-23
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
ILHB5086Enroll
75%
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that when a health care facility is found liable for an injury to a patient or resident because of a negligent act performed by a nurse or certified nurse aide employed, assigned, or referred by the nurse agenc...
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2024-05-23
Passed Both Houses
ILHB5561Engross
50%
Amends the Whistleblower Act. Changes the definitions of "employer" and "employee". Defines "adverse employment action", "public body", "retaliatory action", and "supervisor". Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against an emplo...
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2024-05-23
Third Reading - Passed; 044-015-000
ILHB4623Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child is ineligible to receive a school bus driver permit. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "child pornography" includes the ...
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2024-05-23
Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
ILHB4426Enroll
75%
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides that the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984 is repealed on January 1, 2030 (rather than January 1, 2025). Amends the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Provides that all appl...
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2024-05-23
Passed Both Houses
ILHB5371Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that an employer is responsible for harassment and sexual harassment of its employees by the employer's nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees, nonemployees, and third parties only if the employer be...
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2024-05-23
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
ILHB5142Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with changes. Further amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that coverage for abortion care may not impose any deductible, coinsurance, waiting period, or other cost-shar...
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2024-05-23
Third Reading - Passed; 040-019-000
ILHB5239Enroll
75%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to prohibit disclosure of information protected by the Lawful Health Care Activity Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Allows a mi...
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2024-05-23
Passed Both Houses
ILHB0581Engross
50%
Amends the Hospital Emergency Service Act. Provides that "applicant" includes any person who presents at the hospital. Provides that hospitals shall furnish hospital emergency services in accordance with the procedures required by the federal Emergen...
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2024-05-23
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
ILHB4718Intro
25%
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB4567Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Provides that the rules and regulations established by the State Librarian for the administration of the Act shall be designed to promote security measures that provide safe and accessible library access. Provi...
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2024-05-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB1605Intro
25%
Amends the Gender Violence Act. Provides that "gender-related violence" includes sexual contact between a sexual organ of one person and an intimate part of another person in which a "sexually protective device" has been intentionally removed by the ...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5796Intro
25%
Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center for the purpose of constructing a new building on the Chicago Children’s Advocacy ...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0305Engross
50%
Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district that forms a part of a Class II county school unit may, by a resolution adopted by at least two-thirds of the me...
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2024-05-22
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 007-000-000
ILHB0303Engross
50%
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 apply to the...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2024
ILHB3908Engross
50%
Creates the Firefighter Paid Family Leave Act. Provides that a firefighter shall receive 6 weeks of paid family leave that may be used: (1) for the birth of a child in order to care for the child; (2) to care for a newly adopted child under 18 years ...
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2024-05-22
To Senate Paid Leave Committee
ILHB5841Intro
25%
Amends the Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. Requires the Commission to prepare and submit a report to the General Assembly evaluating whether the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority has met the equity goals of the Commission and Authority. Am...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5574Enroll
75%
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that, if DuPage County 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 accrued interest, in th...
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2024-05-21
Passed Both Houses
ILHB4875Engross
50%
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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2024-05-21
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-000-000
ILHB0587Engross
50%
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no administrator, agent, or employee of a hospital affiliate may abuse a patient in a facility operated by a hospital affiliate. Defines "hospital affiliate". Makes conforming changes.
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2024-05-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4475Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Provides that for all group or individual policies of accident and health insurance or managed care plans that are amended, delivered, issued, or r...
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2024-05-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3158Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, with the changes proposed in House Amendment No. 1 and House Amendment No. 2, and the following additional changes. Requires the vessels used for natural organic reduction to be made of stainless steel...
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2024-05-20
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
ILHB4806Intro
25%
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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2024-05-20
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHB5020Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, out-of-state dual credit contracts, and standards concerning dual cr...
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2024-05-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2376Engross
50%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a retail establishment may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene ...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4737Engross
50%
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a governmental unit may purchase a supply or service that is available on contracts from multiple contractors if the governmental unit determines that the selected contract best meets the go...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB3141Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall establish a maximum acceptable Global Warming Potential (GWP) standard for State purchases of vehicles, applianc...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB4677Engross
50%
Creates the Illinois Caregiver Assistance and Resource Portal Act. Requires the Department on Aging, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to b...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5313Engross
50%
Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that a network plan shall, at least annually, audit (instead of audit periodically) at least 25% of its provider directories for accuracy, make any corrections necessary, and retain documenta...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5417Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Deletes references to the role of HIV Treatment Innovation Coordinator. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5060Intro
25%
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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2024-05-16
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHB5047Enroll
75%
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that the privilege to practice as a license-pending practical nurse shall terminate once 6 months (rather than 3 months) have passed since the official date of passing the licensure exam as inscribed on the for...
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2024-05-16
Passed Both Houses
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
ILHB3301PassAmends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In provisions concerning the directory of new hires, provides that the definition of "newly hired employee" includes an individual under an independent contractor arrangement. Effective January 1, 2024.
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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
ILHB4758Enroll
75%
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to submit annual reports to the General Assembly regarding youth in care waiting for placement or psychiatric hospitalization, expands...
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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB4189Intro
25%
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that a local government that has submitted a distressed location project as defined by Department of Natural Resources rule shall be eligible for assistance up to 100% for the acqu...
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2024-05-15
To House Appropriations-General Service Committee
ILHB4962Intro
25%
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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2024-05-15
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services 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
ILHB4601Intro
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, 2024.
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2024-05-06
To House Appropriations-Higher Education Committee
ILHB3991Intro
25%
Appropriates $35,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the New Arrival Student Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2023.
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2024-05-03
To House Approp-Elementary & Secondary Education 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. Provides provisions concerning: exemptions; wetlands delin...
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2024-05-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4486Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a reimbursement code for music therapy services provided by licensed music therapists. Provides that, to be ...
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2024-04-30
To House Medicaid & Managed Care Committee
ILHB4823Intro
25%
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-04-29
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHB3721Intro
25%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Replaces references to "naturopathic physician" with "naturopathic doctor". Authorizes licensees under the Act to only use certain titles. Adds a provision requiring naturopa...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4449Intro
25%
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In a provision concerning law enforcement assistance for child protective investigators when responding to a high-risk report of child abuse or neglect, provides that when assistance is not availab...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4884Intro
25%
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that if guardianship is necessary and the petition for guardianship is filed by a person, corporation, nonprofit organization, or other entity with no legally recognized relationship to the alleged person with...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4249Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In provisions concerning the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, expands the definition of "access" to means the right to inspect and copy the clinical and other records of a participant or resident, regardless of ...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4855Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administration Code of Illinois. Requires (instead of allows) the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to accept payment by credit card for any fee, fine, or other charg...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
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