All Bills - Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2851
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/16/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
3/10/23
Creates the Illinois Regional Generation Reliability Task Force Act. Sets forth findings of the General Assembly Creates the Illinois Regional Generation Reliability Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall monitor the reliability of the Illinois power grid. Contains provisions concerning: the membership of the Task Force; duties of the Task Force; administrative support; and an annual report. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Carbon Capture Infrastructure Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury and shall be administered by the Illinois Power Agency. Provides that $10,000,000 shall be transferred from the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund to the Carbon Capture Infrastructure Fund. Provides that the Agency shall award grants from the fund to carbon producing power plants for the construction of new carbon capture storage systems. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Carbon Capture Infrastructure Fund. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2852
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/16/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Notice by Publication Act. When a unit of local government or school district is required by law to give notice by publication in a newspaper, provides that: if there is no secular newspaper having a general circulation within the unit of local government or school district, the local government or school district may publish the notice on an official government website of a local government or school district, or if there is no official government website of a local government or school district, the local government or school district shall post copies of the printed notice in 5 of the most public places within that local government or school district; and if a local government or school district publishes notices on an official website or posts copies of the printed notice, whom would otherwise would be required by law, order of court, or contract to publish the notice within a newspaper, the local government or school district shall cause such notices to be placed on a statewide website established and maintained as a joint venture of a majority of State newspapers as a repository for such notices. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2853
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/23/23
Refer
2/16/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/23/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the General Provisions and Downstate Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a teacher may establish one additional day of service credit for each day of service credit that was earned between March 16, 2020 and June 30, 2021 in which the teacher provided in-person instruction if he or she pays certain contributions and supplies satisfactory evidence. For a Tier 1 member, provides that the System shall waive the reduction in retirement annuity for persons who retire before age 60 if the member has attained age 59 and earned service credit in the 2020-2021 school. For a Tier 2 member, provides that the reduction in retirement annuity for persons who retire before age 67 shall be waived if the member has attained age 66 and earned service credit in the 2020-2021 school year. For a Tier 1 member who earned service credit in the 2020-2021 school year and has not attained age 59 or a Tier 2 member who earned service credit in the 2020-2021 school year and has not attained age 66, provides that the member shall be deemed to be one year older than his or her actual age for purposes of provisions concerning a reduction in retirement annuity due to a member's age. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2854
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/16/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to publish a notice that the district's annual statement of affairs is available on the State Board of Education's Internet website and in the district's main administrative office (instead of requiring a summary of the statement of affairs to be published). Provides that the notice published by the school board must include the text of the link to the State Board of Education's Internet website where the annual statement of affairs is available. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2855
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/16/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Refer
2/28/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Refer
3/27/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Refer
4/12/23
Refer
3/27/23
Refer
4/12/23
Report Pass
4/19/23
Report Pass
4/19/23
Enrolled
5/11/23
Enrolled
5/11/23
Chaptered
7/28/23
Chaptered
7/28/23
Passed
7/28/23
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. Adds one medical entomologist appointed by the Director of Public Health to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to meet not less than 4 (rather than 2) times each year.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2856
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/23/23
Refer
2/16/23
Report Pass
3/1/23
Refer
2/23/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Report Pass
3/1/23
Refer
3/28/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Refer
4/12/23
Refer
3/28/23
Refer
4/12/23
Report Pass
4/27/23
Report Pass
4/27/23
Enrolled
5/17/23
Enrolled
5/17/23
Chaptered
7/31/23
Chaptered
7/31/23
Passed
7/31/23
Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the death certificate for an individual with a history of military service may include or may be amended to include the branch of the military that the deceased individual served in, the period of time that he or she served in the military, and whether a military service-related injury contributed to the cause of death (rather than may include or may be amended to include the deceased individual's veteran status, the branch of the military that he or she served in, and the period of time that he or she served in the military). Effective January 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2857
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/16/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Changes the definition of "clean energy". Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Changes the definitions of "clean energy", "community renewable generation project", "distributed renewable energy generation device", and "renewable energy resources". Provides that the long-term renewable resources procurement plan shall include the procurement of renewable energy credits from new projects in amounts equal to at least 10,000,000 renewable energy credits delivered annually by the end of the 2021 delivery year, and increasing ratably to reach 45,000,000 renewable energy credits delivered annually from new wind, solar, and other renewable energy resources (rather than just new wind and solar) projects by the end of delivery year 2030 such that the goals are met 75% (rather than entirely) by procurements of renewable energy credits from new wind and photovoltaic projects and 25% by other renewable energy resources such that the State maintains a sufficient, diverse, reliable, and cost effective renewable energy resources mix. Provides that the self-direct credit amount for each renewable energy credit supplied shall be determined annually and is equal to the lower of the volumetric charge collected pursuant to the recovery of costs associated with the provision of delivery and other services to support the renewable portfolio or the average price paid per renewable energy credit divided by 1,000 for all utility-scale renewable energy credits procured by the Illinois Power Agency after June 1, 2017. Removes a provision that provides that the self-direct credit amount does not include costs associated with any contracts entered into before the delivery year in which the customer files the initial compliance report to be eligible for participation in the self-direct program. Amends the Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act. Changes the definition of "renewable energy resources". Amends the Public Utilities Act. Changes the definition of "eligible renewable electrical generating facility". Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Changes the definitions of "clean energy" and "large greenhouse gas-emitting unit". Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2858
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/16/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Refer
2/28/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Refer
3/23/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Refer
5/9/23
Refer
3/23/23
Refer
5/9/23
Report Pass
5/16/23
Report Pass
5/16/23
Enrolled
5/25/23
Enrolled
5/25/23
Chaptered
7/28/23
Chaptered
7/28/23
Passed
7/28/23
Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes: Provides that any person may report information about the suspicious death of an eligible adult to an agency designated to receive such reports or to the Department on Aging. Provides that if a mandated reporter has reason to believe that the death of an eligible adult is the result of abuse or neglect, the matter shall be reported to the agency designated to receive such reports or to the Department for subsequent referral to the appropriate law enforcement agency and coroner or medical examiner. Prohibits employers from discriminating against any employee who makes a good faith oral or written report concerning information about the suspicious death of an eligible adult. Contains provisions concerning the required testimony of a mandated reporter at an administrative hearing concerning the suspicious death of an eligible adult; the referral of evidence to the appropriate law enforcement agency; access to records concerning reports of suspicious deaths due to abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation; and other matters. Makes changes to the definitions of "abuse", "abuser", and "mandated reporter". Defines "insurance advisor".
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2859
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/16/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the credit for wages paid to qualified veterans also extends to wages paid to a qualified veteran's spouse. Provides that active duty members of the United States Armed Forces are also considered "qualified veterans". Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2860
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/16/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Refer
2/28/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Refer
3/23/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Refer
3/23/23
Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Provides that any person may report information about the suspicious death of an eligible adult to an agency designated to receive such reports or to the Department on Aging. Provides that if a mandated reporter has reason to believe that the death of an eligible adult is the result of abuse or neglect, the matter shall be reported to the agency designated to receive such reports or to the Department for subsequent referral to the appropriate law enforcement agency and coroner or medical examiner. Prohibits employers from discriminating against any employee who makes a good faith oral or written report concerning information about the suspicious death of an eligible adult. Contains provisions concerning the required testimony of a mandated reporter at an administrative hearing concerning the suspicious death of an eligible adult; the referral of evidence to the appropriate law enforcement agency; access to records concerning reports of suspicious deaths due to abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation; and other matters. Makes changes to the definitions of "abuse", "abuser", and "mandated reporter". Defines "investment advisor". Effective January 1, 2024.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2861
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/23/23
Refer
2/16/23
Report Pass
3/7/23
Refer
2/23/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Report Pass
3/7/23
Refer
3/23/23
Engrossed
3/22/23
Enrolled
5/11/23
Refer
3/23/23
Chaptered
7/4/23
Enrolled
5/11/23
Chaptered
7/4/23
Passed
7/4/23
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. In the Abused, Neglected, or Dependent Minors Article of the Act, provides that, within 30 (Instead of 35) days after placing a child in its care in a qualified residential treatment program, as defined by the federal Social Security Act, the Department of Children and Family Services shall prepare a written report for filing with the court and send copies of the report to all parties (rather than filing a written report with the court and send copies of the report to all parties). Provides that, within 20 days of the filing of the report, or as soon thereafter as the court's schedule allows but not more than 60 days from the date of placement, the court shall hold a hearing to consider the Department's report and determine whether placement of the child in a qualified residential treatment program provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child in the least restrictive environment and if the placement is consistent with the short-term and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the permanency plan for the child.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2862
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/23/23
Refer
2/16/23
Report Pass
3/1/23
Refer
2/23/23
Engrossed
3/23/23
Report Pass
3/1/23
Refer
3/27/23
Engrossed
3/23/23
Refer
5/4/23
Refer
3/27/23
Refer
5/4/23
Report Pass
5/10/23
Report Pass
5/10/23
Enrolled
5/19/23
Enrolled
5/19/23
Chaptered
8/4/23
Chaptered
8/4/23
Passed
8/4/23
Amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. Provides that no day and temporary labor service agency may send a day or temporary laborer to a place where a strike, a lockout, or other labor trouble exists without providing, at or before the time of dispatch, a statement, in writing and in a language that the day and temporary laborer understands, informing the day or temporary laborer of the labor dispute and the day or temporary laborer's right to refuse the assignment without prejudice to receiving another assignment. Provides that a day or temporary laborer who is assigned to work at a third party client for more than 60 calendar days shall be paid not less than the rate of pay and equivalent benefits as the lowest paid directly hired employee of the third party client with the same level of seniority at the company and performing the same or substantially similar work on jobs the performance of which requires substantially similar skill, effort, and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions. Provides that upon a reasonable belief that a day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client is in violation of any part of the Act, an interested party may initiate a civil action in the county where the alleged offenses occurred or where any party to the action resides. Provides that before the assignment of an employee to a worksite employer, a day and temporary labor service agency must: (i) inquire about the client company's safety and health practices and hazards at the actual workplace where the day or temporary laborer will be working; (ii) provide training to the day or temporary laborer for general awareness safety training for recognized industry hazards the day or temporary laborer may encounter at the client company's worksite; (iii) transmit a general description of the training program; (iv) provide the Department of Labor's hotline number for the employee to call to report safety hazards and concerns as part of the employment materials provided to the day or temporary laborer; and (v) inform the day or temporary laborer who the day or temporary laborer should report safety concerns to at the workplace. Makes changes to the monetary amounts of registration fees and penalties. Defines "interested party". Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2863
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/16/23
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Modifies the definitions of "supervisor" and "unit". In the definition of "supervisor", specifies that the authority to assign is not an indication of supervisory status. In the definition of "unit", prohibits a unit from including (i) employees and managerial employees or (ii) managerial employees only. Provides that no public employee position shall be excluded from a bargaining unit prior to that position being filled. Provides, with respect to bargaining units in existence on the amendatory Act's effective date, that the Illinois Labor Relations Board shall, in describing the unit found appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining, describe the unit in terms of job functions rather than job titles. Provides that, for those units, descriptions may also include the currently existing job titles that perform the job functions. Provides that these existing bargaining units shall also include positions later filled that perform the job functions of a unit and job titles later created that: (i) are successor job titles to the currently existing job titles; (ii) perform the same or substantially similar job functions as the currently existing job titles; or (iii) are logically encompassed within an existing unit.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2864
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/16/23
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Establishes a third-class wine-makers license. Provides that a third-class wine-makers license allows the manufacture of up to 250,000 gallons of wine per year and the storage and sale of such wine to distributors in this State and to persons without the State, as may be permitted by law. Provides that a person who has a third-class wine-maker's license and annually produces less than 250,000 gallons of wine may make application to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission for a self-distribution exemption to allow the sale of not more than 25,000 gallons of the exemption holder's wine to retail licensees per year and to sell cider, mead, or both cider and mead to brewers, class 1 brewers, class 2 brewers, and class 3 brewers that sell beer, cider, mead, or any combination thereof to non-licensees at their breweries. Provides that a wine-maker's premises license shall allow a licensee who concurrently holds a third-class wine-maker's license to sell and offer for sale at retail in the premises specified in such license up to 250,000 gallons of the third-class wine-maker's wine that is made at the third-class wine-maker's licensed premises per year for use or consumption but not for resale in any form. Provides that a wine-maker's premises license shall allow the licensee to sell and offer for sale at up to 3 (instead of 2) additional locations for use and consumption and not for resale. Sets forth licensing fees for a third-class wine-maker and for a fourth location of a wine-maker's premises license.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2865
Introduced
2/16/23
Introduced
2/16/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/16/23
Refer
5/19/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
5/19/23
Amends the School Code. With respect to the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, removes language that provides that the State Board of Education may distribute an amount not to exceed 2% of the moneys appropriated for the Program for the purpose of providing teacher training and re-training in the teaching of reading. Provides that if the appropriation for the Program for a given fiscal year is less than $15,000,000, then the State Board shall limit eligibility to certain school districts and shall impose additional eligibility criteria to limit the number of approved applicants to a cohort sufficient for each selected district to provide adequate training and ongoing coaching support to each teacher of students in grades K through 2 and special education teachers and evidence-based curriculum investments. Removes language that provides that programs provided with grant funds shall not replace quality classroom reading instruction. Provides that Program funds may be used for grades K through 6 to provide both evidence-based, high-quality core literacy curriculum materials that consider the unique needs of English learners for concurrent oral language practice and high-quality screening assessments designed to inform instruction in English language arts and literacy for students (instead of classroom reading materials for students). Sets forth other provisions concerning if the appropriation is less than $15,000,000 or is at least $15,000,000.