Illinois Representative Yolanda Morris [D]

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ILHB5849Intro
25%
Appropriates $100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to Lawndale Community Daycare. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-05-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5850Intro
25%
Appropriates $75,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to Young Doctors Club Inc. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-05-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5820Intro
25%
Appropriates $4,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for a grant to an organization that manages a state-wide coordinated strategy that includes, but is not limited to, the following services: data analytics, multi-c...
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2024-05-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4476Engross
50%
Amends the Mold Remediation Registration Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish a public awareness campaign to assist the public in understanding the threat and importance of removing mold from indoor environments. Provide...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5829Intro
25%
Creates the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act, and establishes the Metropolitan Mobility Authority. Provides that the Chicago Transit Authority, the Commuter Rail Division and the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, and ...
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2024-05-14
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5814Intro
25%
Creates the Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Protections Act. Defines terms. Provides that (i) title to pore space belongs to and is vested in the surface owner of the overlying surface estate, (ii) a conveyance of title to a surface estate conve...
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2024-05-13
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5835Intro
25%
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a gas utility may cease providing service if the Illinois Commerce Commission determines that adequate substitute service is available at a reasonable cost to support the existing end uses of the affecte...
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2024-05-13
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5033Intro
25%
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the executive director of the District, with the advice and consent of the board of commissioners, may appoint a director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, may create t...
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2024-05-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5064Intro
25%
Amends the State Comptroller Act. Provides an exception for vendors to receive payment by non-electronic means. Provides that outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from appropriations which have otherwise expired and interest penalties payab...
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2024-05-09
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0496Intro
25%
Urges Portillo's to honor the wishes of its food distribution workers who have voted to join a union and bargain collectively for the betterment of themselves and their families. Urges all State elected officials to stand with Portillo's food distrib...
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2024-05-06
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
ILHR0703PassCommends Deputy John Forlenza and Police K9 Dax for their honorable service and dedication to their community, the State as a whole, and the nation.
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2024-05-02
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
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
ILHB5827Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, if a taxpayer is awarded a credit by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in connection with a qualifying Illinois data center located in a qualified area or a data center developed by...
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2024-05-01
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4753Intro
25%
Creates the Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act. Provides for the review of the case file of open unresolved murders. Defines "open unresolved murder" as any criminal activity in which death occurred more than 3 years prior to the date of the appl...
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2024-05-01
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0606PassDeclares March 12, 2024 as "Equal Pay Day". Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
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2024-04-30
Resolution Adopted 078-027-000
ILHB5506Intro
25%
Creates the Senior Home Preservation Program Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to implement and administer the Senior Home Preservation Program to provide grants to agencies to provide minor rehabilitation services to legacy resident low...
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2024-04-24
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4726Intro
25%
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Repeals a provision excluding certain minors accused of committing specified crimes from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Effective immediately.
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2024-04-24
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3338Intro
25%
Creates the Safe Patient Limits Act. Provides the maximum number of patients that may be assigned to a registered nurse in specified situations. Provides that nothing shall preclude a facility from assigning fewer patients to a registered nurse than ...
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2024-04-24
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
ILHB4178Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for a Home and Community-Based Services State Plan amendment and any federal waiver necessary to reimburse legal...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5345Intro
25%
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2025, an employer shall not be entitled to an allowance for gratuities and shall pay each employee no less than the applicable minimum wage rate, including any minimum wage rate high...
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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
ILHB0545Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Medical Assistance Article.
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5542Intro
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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
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
ILHB4596Intro
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that an employee covered by federal regulations concerning airline flight crew employees shall be deemed to work 40 hours in each work week for the purpose of the ac...
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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
ILHB5083Engross
50%
Amends the Public Employee Disability Act, the Line of Duty Compensation Act, and the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Includes mental health professionals within the scope of the Acts. Defines "mental health professional" as any person employed ...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4835Intro
25%
Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Establishes a temporary statewide moratorium on construction of carbon dioxide pipelines until the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has adopted revised federal safet...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4611Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer shall not, with regard to any motor vehicle liability insurance practice, (i) unfairly discriminate based on age, race, color, national or ethnic origin, immigration or citizenship status, ...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4139Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Changes references from "medical professional" to "health care professional". Provides that "health care professional" means a person currently licensed as a physician, advan...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Assignments 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
ILHB5789Intro
25%
Appropriates the amount of $709,500 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for the administration and operation of Greencorps Chicago and Forest ...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5320Intro
25%
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that "hospital worker" means any person who receives an hourly wage directly or indirectly via a subcontractor by a hospital licensed under the Act. Replaces references to "nurse" with "hospital worker". Pr...
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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
ILHB5350Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the maximum income limitation under the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption shall be adjusted each year by the annual cost of living increase, if any, in Social Security and Sup...
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2024-04-11
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0453PassUrges support for the Family Roots Genealogy Pilot Program as it provides African American descendants of enslaved individuals the opportunity to trace their roots back to their ancestral homelands, to reconnect with their ancestral heritage, and to ...
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2024-04-10
Resolution Adopted
ILHB3791Intro
25%
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a forest preserve district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an aquatic center, boat lau...
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2024-04-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5046Intro
25%
Amends the Psychiatry Practice Incentive Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish a Collaborative Care Demonstration Grant program and set criteria for the program. Provides that the Director of Public Health may establish a...
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2024-04-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4576Intro
25%
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt a rule, in consultation with a librarian who has a minimum of a Master's degree or has a Ph.D. in Library Science or Library and Information Science from ...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4937Intro
25%
Creates the Teacher Admission at Local Public Museums Act. Defines "Illinois teacher" and "local public museum". Provides that a local public museum shall provide free admission to an Illinois teacher. Allows the local public museum to require that a...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5221Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall establish and administer a program that provides parents or guardians of children enrolled in a qualifying day care facility r...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4637Intro
25%
Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a physician assistant may prescribe, dispense, order, administer, and procure drugs and medical devices without delegation of authority by a physician. Provides that a physician assis...
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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
ILHB5758Intro
25%
Appropriates $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for the Statewide Railway Program for salaries and other expenses related to adding the professional staff in the rail division of the Office of Intermodal Proj...
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2024-04-04
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5799Intro
25%
Appropriates $90,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to Resource Nurse Staffing for operational expenses. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-04-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5800Intro
25%
Appropriates $ 50,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the Alfonzo McKinnie Project. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-04-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5780Intro
25%
Appropriates $550,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for a grant to True Star Media to support True Star Media's educational programs. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-03-14
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5774Intro
25%
Appropriates $12,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts to construct a sports complex. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-03-13
To House Rules Committee
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