All Bills - Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3541
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the senior citizens homestead school levy exemption for property that is improved with a permanent structure that is occupied as a primary residence by an applicant who (i) is 65 years of age or older during the taxable year, (ii) has a household income that does not exceed the maximum income limitation, (iii) is liable for paying real property taxes on the property, (iv) is an owner of record of the property or has a legal or equitable interest in the property as evidenced by a written instrument, if no individual residing at the real property is or will be enrolled in a public school. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3542
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Amends the Election Code. Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot electronically or by mail no less than 60 days before an election (rather than 5 days). Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot in person no less than 60 days before an election (rather than one day). Makes conforming changes.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3543
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Amends the Election Code. Requires that the envelope of a vote by mail ballot is also endorsed by a resident of the voter's address of registration to verify the voter's identity and residence. Provides that alternatively, if no other person resides at the voter's address of registration or is available to endorse the envelope, a resident of the voter's precinct may endorse the envelope or the voter may provide with the ballot the voter's utility bill or lease to verify identity and residency.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3544
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for custodians of qualifying pupils for eligible education expenses related to online learning, including computers, printers, internet access, textbooks, tutors, and educational facilitators. Provides for an additional credit if the custodian is also an eligible teacher. Creates an income tax credit for employers of custodians of qualifying pupils for eligible expenditures paid by the employer on behalf of the custodian. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3545
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/17/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Prohibits persons who fail to report to the Department of Public Health individuals who commit certain violations from being involved in direct care for clients, patients, or residents, or access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records of clients, patients, or residents unless they have been issued a waiver under the Act. Provides that reports of violations shall be made no later than 5 days after the incident constituting the violation. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits aggravated battery when the person battered, other than by the discharge of a firearm, is known to be a patient at a Department of Human Services facility and the person who commits the battery is an employee of the Department of Human Services; and a recipient at a community-integrated living arrangement, as defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, who is battered by an employee of the community-integrated living arrangement. Provides that the offense is a Class 2 felony.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3546
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/17/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/29/24
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/29/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that a waiver shall be deemed granted if the Business Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities does not make a determination on the waiver within 30 business days after the initial request for a waiver by the contractor. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3547
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Illinois Public Aid Code, and the Problem Pregnancy Health Services and Care Act. Restores language that existed before the amendment of those Acts by Public Act 100-538.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3548
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/17/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the operation of a non-highway vehicle is authorized if it is operated only on streets where the posted speed limit is 55 (rather than 35) miles per hour or less and the use of the non-highway vehicle is permitted by the unit of local government. Provides that a non-highway vehicle may cross a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of more than 55 (rather than 35) miles per hour. Provides that a county board located in a county that permits the use of a non-highway vehicle on its roadways shall not be deemed liable for crashes involving the use of a non-highway vehicle on its roadways.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3549
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Amends the Historic Preservation Act. Creates the State Historic Preservation Board. Provides for appointment of members of the Board and the powers and duties of the Board. Provides that the Board may: (1) adopt rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for the administration and execution of the powers granted under the Act after consultation with and written approval by the Department of Natural Resources; (2) list, delist, create specific list designations, create designation definitions, create property assessment criteria, or change the listing designation of State Historic Sites. Provides that such actions shall be undertaken by administrative rule; and (3) advise the Department on methods of assistance, protection, conservation, and management of State Historic Sites, which are all subject to Department approval and available appropriations to implement those recommendations. Provides that the listing, delisting, creation of specific list designations or designation definitions, or change of listing designation by the Board shall only be done with the written approval of the Director of Natural Resources. Deletes the statutory listing of specific State Historic Sites, State Memorials, and Miscellaneous Properties. Provides that State Historic Sites shall be designated by administrative rule. Provides that the Department shall submit an annual report, on or before June 30, to the General Assembly containing a full list of the State Historic Sites and the site designations, as recommended by the Board and which received the approval of the Department. Defines "State Historic Site" as a property that has been deemed by the Board and the Department to have a State, national, or international level of historic significance. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3550
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/17/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, when procuring construction or construction-related projects with a total value over the small purchase maximum, the construction agency shall provide a bid preference to a responsive and responsible bidder that is an Illinois business (previously just responsible). Provides that the construction agency shall allocate to the lowest bid by an Illinois business that is responsible and responsive. Provides that this only applies to projects where a bid has been submitted by a business that is not an Illinois business. Defines "Illinois business".
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3551
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Refer
2/28/23
Engrossed
3/23/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Refer
3/24/23
Engrossed
3/23/23
Refer
4/18/23
Refer
3/24/23
Refer
4/28/23
Refer
4/18/23
Refer
4/28/23
Report Pass
5/10/23
Report Pass
5/10/23
Enrolled
5/27/23
Enrolled
5/27/23
Chaptered
6/7/23
Chaptered
6/7/23
Passed
6/7/23
Establishes the Bond Authorization Act of 2023. Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Increases the total amount that the State of Illinois is authorized to issue in general obligation bonds from $79,256,839,969 to $79,440,839,969. Increases the amount of bond proceeds authorized to be used for various capital purposes. Increases the amount of bond proceeds authorized to be used by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for grants or loans to units of local government for planning, financing, and constructing sewage treatment works and solid waste disposal facilities. Decreases the amount of bond proceeds authorized to be used for specified coal and energy development purposes. Specifies that refunding bonds shall mature within the term of the bonds being refunded. Amends the Build Illinois Bond Act. Increases the total amount that the State of Illinois is authorized to issue in Build Illinois Act bonds from $9,484,681,100 to $10,019,681,100. Increases the amount of Build Illinois Act bond proceeds that may be used for various purposes. Provides that costs for advertising, printing, bond rating, travel of outside vendors, security, delivery, and legal and financial advisory services, initial fees of trustees, registrars, paying agents and other fiduciaries, initial costs of credit or liquidity enhancement arrangements, initial fees of indexing and remarketing agents, and initial costs of interest rate swaps, guarantees or arrangements to limit interest rate risk, as determined in the related Bond Sale Order, may be paid as reasonable costs of issuance and sale from the proceeds of each Bond sale. Allows 1% (rather than 0.5%) of the proceeds of bond sales to be used for specified costs. Requires the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to supply summaries of costs to the legislative leaders and the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. Makes changes in provisions concerning the selection of bond counsel, the sale of bonds, and the maturing of refunding bonds. Makes other technical changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3552
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3553
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/27/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Engrossed
4/17/24
Refer
3/27/23
Refer
4/24/24
Engrossed
4/17/24
Refer
4/24/24
Creates the Civil Liability for Unsolicited Intimate Images Act. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who knowingly and intentionally transmits obscene material by computer or other electronic means to the computer or electronic communication device of another person 18 years of age or older commits a trespass and is liable to the recipient of the obscene material for actual damages or $500, whichever is greater, in addition to reasonable attorney's fees and costs, if the person who receives the obscene material has not consented to the receipt of the obscene material or has expressly forbidden the receipt of the obscene material and if a reasonable person who receives the obscene material would suffer emotional distress as a result of the receipt of the obscene material. Authorizes the court to enjoin and restrain the defendant from committing such further acts. "Obscene material" means material, including, but not limited to, images depicting a person engaging in an act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, sexual penetration, or masturbation, or depicting the exposed genitals or anus of any person, taken as a whole, that to the average person, applying contemporary statewide standards, appeals to the prurient interest, that, taken as a whole, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and that, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Provides that the Act does not apply to (i) any Internet service provider, mobile data provider, or operator of an online or mobile application, to the extent that such entity is transmitting, routing, or providing connections for electronic communications initiated by or at the direction of another, (ii) any service that transmits material, including an on-demand, subscription, or advertising-supported service, (iii) a health care provider that transmits material for a legitimate medical purpose, or (iv) any transmission of commercial email. Provides that venue for an action under the Act may lie in the jurisdiction where the obscene material is transmitted from or where the obscene material is received or possessed by the plaintiff.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3554
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/17/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall award grants to special access food providers in the State.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB3555
Introduced
2/17/23
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
2/17/23
Refer
5/19/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
5/19/23
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall administer the School International Trips Program from the funds appropriated from the School International Trips Program Fund for the purpose of making international school trips available to low-income students in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Sets forth who will be able to receive grants and provisions concerning rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change.