Illinois Senator Thomas Bennett [R]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
IL	SB2581	Intro 25%	Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2024, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Cod... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-20 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB2149	Intro 25%	Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies on a permanent basis. Removes a limitation that the credit may not be taken for any qualified contribution for which the taxpayer claims a federal income tax deduction. Am... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-20 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	HB3814	Pass	Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the daily pupil attendance calculation, provides that participation in a Supervised Career Development Experience or any work-based learning experience in which student par... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0560
IL	SB0076	Veto	Amends 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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-11 Governor Vetoed
IL	HB1131	Pass	Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill as modified by Senate Amendment No. 1 and makes the following changes. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Requires persons serving as Executive Director or otherwise involved with directing the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0517
IL	HB0301	Pass	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the AIM HIGH Grant Pilot Program. Removes language referring to the program as a pilot program. Requires each participating public university to indicate that grants under the program... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0516
IL	SB1488	Pass	Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a teacher preparation program or... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0488
IL	SB1701	Pass	Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes the following changes in the provisions regarding the Partners for Conservation Fund and the Partners for Conservation Projects Fund in the State Finance Act: provides ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0494
IL	HB3172	Pass	Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Removes a provision prohibiting a person from being accepted for residency to an assisted living establishment if the person requires sliding scale insulin administration unless self-performed or adm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0444
IL	SB1072	Pass	Amends the Flag Display Act. Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the symbol of the State's concern for and commitment to honoring and remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed forces who have lost their lives while serving... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-31 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0409
IL	HB2855	Pass	Amends provisions of the Lyme Disease Prevention and Protection Act concerning the Lyme Disease Task Force. Provides that one veterinarian appointed to the Task Force by the Director of Public Health must be a practicing Doctor of Veterinary Medicine... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0328
IL	SB2340	Pass	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person convicted of violating provisions related to approaching, overtaking, or passing a school bus, or similar provisions of a local ordinance, shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 (rather... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0404
IL	HB3277	Pass	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that incidental sales of finished compost do not need to be applied to agronomic rates in determining whether a person needs a permit to conduct a landscape waste composting operation at specified sit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0342
IL	HB3203	Pass	Amends the Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Act. Provides that a pharmacist may sell fentanyl test strips over-the-counter to the public to test for the presence of fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, or a drug adulterant within a controlled substan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-28 Effective Date January 1, 2024
IL	HB3436	Pass	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the issuance of the Thank a Line Worker license plate decal by the Illinois Department of Education. Creates the Thank a Line Worker Scholarship Fund. Provides that $10 of each original issuance and $23 of eac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0349
IL	HB2245	Pass	Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In the Illinois Vehicle Code: Provides that a manufacturer or its vehicle location vendor shall relay vehicle location information to the best of their technical capabilities ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0300
IL	SB2325	Pass	Amends the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act. Provides that a soil and water conservation district may request that the Department of Transportation install a sign related to the district on an existing or new Department sign post or pole in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0262
IL	HB2582	Pass	Amends Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the testing requirement for motorcycle operators who are under the age of 18. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0162
IL	SB2247	Pass	Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that any entity may make contributions to an ABLE account. Makes changes concerning privacy of ABLE account information. Provides that the ABLE Account Program may also be referred to as the Senator Scott Benn... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0256
IL	HB3613	Pass	Amends the General Provisions Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning medical prescriptions for schools, Provides that the school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school may maintain a supply of undesignated oxygen t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0196
IL	SB0046	Pass	Creates the Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act. Provides that the Illinois Waterway Ports Commission is created and shall exercise jurisdiction with respect to the duties and powers delegated to it under the Act within the following port district... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0214
IL	SR0058	Intro 25%	Declares May 3, 2023 as "Illinois Bacon Day". [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-26 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB2200	Intro 25%	Appropriates the sum of $200,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to reimburse an eligible electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers. Effective July ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-26 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB1150	Intro 25%	Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-26 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB1073	Intro 25%	Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-26 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB1468	Pass	Amends 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0088
IL	SB1115	Pass	Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, in lieu of the amount of a disability benefit otherwise provided, for a participant who is employed as a police officer and who incurs a line of duty disability, the d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0080
IL	HB1273	Pass	Amends the School Code. Provides that Constitution Day (September 17) shall also be a commemorative holiday. Effective July 1, 2023. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0015
IL	HB1629	Pass	Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that the Eurasian Collared Dove and Ringed Turtle-Dove are excluded from the list of wildlife protected by the Act. Provides that the Virginia Rail, Sora Rail, Wilson's Snipe, Woodcock, Mourning Dove, and White-wing... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0023
IL	SJR0032	Engross 50%	Designates Interstate 74 east of US 45 in Champaign-Urbana to the Indiana border as the "Senator Scott M. Bennett Memorial Highway". [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-31 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
IL	SJR0023	Intro 25%	Designates Interstate 55 as it travels around the city of Chenoa as the "Cpl. Donald C. Taylor Memorial Highway". [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-19 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SR0066	Pass	Declares July 16, 2023 as Atomic Veterans Day in the State of Illinois. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-19 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
IL	SR0129	Pass	Declares the third week of September 2023 as "Prairie Week". [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-19 Resolution Adopted
IL	SR0241	Pass	Urges the Illinois Department of Transportation and the High Speed Railroad Commission to move expeditiously in preparing a Statewide Integrated Network Plan, including the identification of desired service points and key transfer stations, the const... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-19 Resolution Adopted
IL	SB2577	Intro 25%	Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, a public school may obtain crisis response mapping data and provide copies of the crisis response mapping data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first respond... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-19 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SJR0022	Pass	Declares May 3, 2023 as "Illinois Bacon Day". [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-18 Adopted Both Houses
IL	SB1588	Intro 25%	Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Adds to the definition of "brownfield site photovoltaic project", photovoltaics that meet the criteria that the project is interconnected to an electric utility, a municipal utility, a public utility as defined i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-16 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB0172	Intro 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-16 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB1968	Intro 25%	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction of a child care institution or day care center building or proper... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-16 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB1976	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-16 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB1086	Intro 25%	Amends the Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-16 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB1974	Intro 25%	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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-16 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB2253	Intro 25%	Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, each individual who serves as a volunteer emergency worker for at least 9 months during the taxable year and does not receive compensation for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-11 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SR0267	Intro 25%	Recognizes Mother's Day and all of the contributions Illinois mothers have made and continue to make. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-11 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	HB3162	Pass	Amends 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-10 Effective Date May 10, 2023
IL	SB1360	Engross 50%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-09 To House Rules Committee
IL	SJR0035	Intro 25%	Designates U.S. Route 24 as it travels through Fairbury the "SSG Wilbur E. Troehler Memorial Highway". [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-09 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	HJR0007	Engross 50%	Creates the College Insurance Program Task Force to study the College Insurance Program and present policy and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly to ensure the program remains a viable and healthy benefit. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-04 To Senate Assignments Committee
IL	SB1534	Engross 50%	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a veteran with a surviving spouse dies while an application for a veteran's homestead exemption is being reviewed, the review of that application shall continue, and any subsequent approval granted to t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-28 To House Rules Committee
IL	SB1960	Engross 50%	Reinserts 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-28 To House Rules Committee