Illinois Senator Thomas Bennett [R] | Senate | Introduced

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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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2024-04-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0941Intro
25%
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-17
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
ILSB3658Intro
25%
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to provide that illegal possession of land during a 7-year period may not be used for a claim of adverse possession. Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that no person shall have a right or legal standing t...
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2024-04-17
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
ILSB1655Intro
25%
Creates the Counseling Compact Act. Provides that the State of Illinois enters into the Counseling Compact. Specifies that the Compact's purpose is to facilitate interstate practice of licensed professional counselors with the goal of improving publi...
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2024-04-12
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
ILSB3120Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that in addition to any other penalties provided by law, a person unlawfully selling or dispensing any scheduled drug containing a detectable amount of fentanyl is guilty of a Class X felony and...
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2024-04-12
To Senate CLEAR Compliance Committee
ILSB1216Intro
25%
Amends the Railroad Incorporation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1132Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0290Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to b...
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2024-04-12
To Senate Elections Committee
ILSB0172Intro
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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2024-04-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSJR0050Intro
25%
Declares May 1, 2024 as Illinois Bacon Day.
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2024-04-11
Placed on Calendar Order of Secretary's Desk Resolutions April 12, 2024
ILSB3311Intro
25%
Creates the Climate and Landowner Protection Act. Contains only a short title provision.
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2024-04-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0799Intro
25%
Declares July 16, 2024 as Atomic Veterans Day in the State of Illinois.
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2024-04-10
Placed on Calendar Order of Secretary's Desk Resolutions April 11, 2024
ILSB3333Intro
25%
Amends the Invest in Illinois Act. Provides that certain notices under the Act shall also be sent to the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Provides that the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Mi...
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2024-04-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2265Intro
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Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a teacher recruitment and retention program, which shall encourage both new and experienced teachers to seek employment with qualifying public schools by providing for...
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2024-04-09
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
ILSB2590Intro
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Creates the Adult Content Age Verification Act. Defines terms. Provides that a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the Internet from a website that contains a substantial portion o...
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2024-04-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3634Intro
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning Substitute Teaching Licenses, requires an applicant who is enrolled in an approved educator preparation program to have either earned at least 75 credit hours or compl...
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2024-04-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1487Intro
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a specialized educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who is employed in a teaching position at an accredited institution of h...
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2024-04-09
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
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
ILSB2717Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who are the custodians of one or more children who attend an eligible preschool program in the State during the taxable year. Provides that the amount of the credit shall ...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILSB3104Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child care credit in an amount equal to 25% of the federal tax credit for each qualifying child. Effective immediately.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILSB3725Intro
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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
ILSB3814Intro
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Appropriates $3,100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs associated with the Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative to provide incentives for at least 500,000 acres of eligible land. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-03-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3087Intro
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor or trafficking in persons if the victim is under 18 years of age shall not be permitted to plead down to lesser offenses. Provides that no p...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2921Intro
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Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Makes certain changes concerning estates that contain qualified farm property. Provides that, for the purposes of calculating the State Death Tax Credit, those estates are subject t...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2772Intro
25%
Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires school boards to report, on their school district's website, a list of the learning materials and activities to be used for student instruction during the school year. Require...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2972Intro
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Amends the Illinois Prescribed Burning Act. Establishes the procedures required before conducting a prescribed burning. Provides that no landowner, agent of the landowner, or certified prescribed burn manager shall be liable for damage, injury, or lo...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0222Intro
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that upon commencement of services, or as soon thereafter as the condition of the recipient permits, every adult recipient, as well as the recipient's guardian or substitute decis...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1355Intro
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Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that upon payment of an annual administrative fee not exceeding $100, during the first 3 calendar quarters an employer may pay its quarterly contributions due for wages in equal installments. Establishe...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1583Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to 10% of the stipend or salary paid by the taxpayer to up to (i) 5 qualified college interns or (ii) 5 qualified high school interns during the taxable year. Provides that no ta...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1532Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for Illinois licensed wine manufacturers and craft brewers in an amount equal to 50% of the qualified costs incurred by a qualified taxpayer during the taxable year. Prohibits a taxpaye...
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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
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
ILSB3083Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered to be a health care worker (rather than a nurse) while in...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2996Intro
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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...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0102Intro
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall establish and administer a workforce industry needs scholarship program to provide scholarships to qualified...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3261Intro
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, at least once every 2 years, a school board shall conduct in-service training for all school district employees on how to identify trafficking in persons under the Crimi...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0632Intro
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Urges the creation of a coordinating council under the Illinois Lieutenant Governor's office to bring together a relevant staff of agencies and non-governmental organizations to develop a strategy for implementation of the 30 by 30 concept.
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2024-03-07
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Conservation; 009-000-000
ILSB3170Intro
25%
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
ILSB2132Intro
25%
Amends the Pupils Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding compulsory school age, provides that a student absent from a school in which the student is regularly enrolled shall be considered as being in attendance if the reason for such abs...
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2024-03-06
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0824Intro
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Urges consumers to take steps to educate themselves on the resources currently available to help identify and eliminate unwanted calls. Further urges consumers to take the appropriate actions that have been developed and recommended by these agencies...
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2024-03-06
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0819Intro
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Acknowledges the need to fund the School Construction Grant Program to bolster the school infrastructure of Illinois while also providing for schools most in need and ensuring our State's students and school personnel are able to learn and work in sa...
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2024-03-05
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
ILSR0800Intro
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Calls upon the Department Of Corrections to provide a long-term plan for the Pontiac Correctional Center.
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2024-02-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3243Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies permanently (currently, the credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2024). Effective immediately.
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2024-02-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3084Intro
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Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the expiration date of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must be boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the ca...
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2024-02-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3251Intro
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Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides a statutory form for a petition for adjudication of wardship. Deletes language prohibiting the court from ordering specific placements, specific services, or the use of specific service providers.
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2024-02-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0706Intro
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Amends the Senate Rules of the 103rd General Assembly. Adds Senate Rule 5-7, which would provide that, if a bill and all of its adopted amendments are collectively 200 or more single-sided pages in length when printed pursuant to Senate Rules, then t...
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2024-02-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3697Intro
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to coordinate the services of multidisciplinary child protection investigation teams to respond to child sexual abuse and sex trafficking reports mad...
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2024-02-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2581Intro
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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...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3533Intro
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Amends the Transitional Bilingual Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a program in transitional bilingual education shall include a unit of instruction that teaches English learners about Ame...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
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