Bill Title: Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Requires each applicant seeking licensure or certification by an interscholastic athletic organization to be a game official and each person renewing such licensure or certification on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history records check to determine whether the person has committed a disqualifying offense. Sets forth the records check procedure. Requires the interscholastic athletic organization to further check the person's information against the Statewide Sex Offender Database and the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database. Prohibits an interscholastic athletic organization from licensing or certifying a person as a game official or renewing a game official's license or certificate if that person has not undergone a criminal history records check or has committed an offense requiring the person to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act or as a violent offender against youth under the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0256 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Daniel Beiser [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-111	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Olsen [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-081	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jerry Costello [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-116	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Silvana Tabares [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Martin Moylan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-055	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephanie Kifowit [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-084	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Katie Stuart [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-112	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Emanuel Welch [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-007	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Manley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Connor [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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