Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 310)
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4636
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
3/22/24
Refer
2/14/24
Engrossed
4/16/24
Report Pass
3/22/24
Refer
4/17/24
Engrossed
4/16/24
Refer
4/24/24
Refer
4/17/24
Report Pass
5/1/24
Refer
4/24/24
Report Pass
5/1/24
Enrolled
11/20/24
Chaptered
12/20/24
Passed
12/20/24
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In provisions concerning the credit for wages paid to returning citizens, provides that the total credit allowed to a taxpayer with respect to each qualified returning citizen may not exceed $1,500 for taxable years ending before December 31, 2025 (currently, December 31, 2024). Provides that the requirement that the returning citizen must be hired by the taxpayer within 5 years after being released from an Illinois adult correctional center (instead of 3 years) applies for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Amends the Live Theater Production Tax Credit Act. Makes changes concerning the aggregate amount of credits that may be awarded to non-profit theater productions based on the annual operating budget of the production. Provides that provisions requiring the theater organization to show that the production would not occur in Illinois if not for the tax credit award do not apply to non-profit theaters. Amends the Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act. Deletes provisions requiring the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to approve base production-related investment in State-certified productions within 180 days or to report to specified legislative committees regarding why it has failed to do so. Authorizes a business that meets the criteria for certification as a qualified music company to apply for the credit established under the Act. Makes changes to criteria for the review of applications for qualified music company certificates. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall determine the amount of the tax award to be provided under the Act (rather than may award tax credit awards to qualified music companies). Deletes a provision requiring the Department's qualified music program tax credit award evaluation to include: (1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the program in creating and retaining new jobs in Illinois; (2) an assessment of the revenue impact of the program; (3) in the discretion of the Department, a review of the practices and experiences of other states or nations with similar programs; and (4) an assessment of the overall success of the program. Deletes a provision authorizing the Department to make a recommendation to extend, modify, or not extend the tax credit program based on the evaluation. Amends the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, with respect to the lease of trailers, lessors shall file returns in addition to and separate from transaction reporting returns. Provides that lessors shall file those lease returns and make payment to the Department of Revenue by electronic means on or before the 20th day of each month following the month, quarter, or year, in which lease receipts were received. Makes changes concerning prepaid calling arrangements. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a non-home rule municipality may use the proceeds of the municipal retailers' occupation tax or the municipal service occupation tax for municipal operations in addition to or in lieu of any expenditure on public infrastructure or for property tax relief. Amends the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995. Provides that licenses issued by the Department of Revenue under the Act shall be valid for a period not to exceed one year after issuance unless sooner revoked, canceled, or suspended. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4637
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/5/24
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 assistant may practice without a written collaborative agreement. Provides that a physician assistant who files with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation a notarized attestation of completion of at least 250 hours of continuing education or training and at least 2,000 hours of clinical experience after first attaining national certification shall not require a written collaborative agreement. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions; physician assistant title; collaboration requirements; written collaborative agreements, prescriptive authority, and physician assistants in hospitals, hospital affiliates, or ambulatory surgical treatment centers; inactive status; limitations; and grounds for disciplinary action. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act to make corresponding changes.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4638
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Creates the Local Parking Regulation Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, a unit of local government may not impose or enforce any minimum automobile parking requirements on a development project if the project is located within one-half mile of a public transportation hub. In addition to other listed exceptions and limitations, allows a unit of local government to impose or enforce minimum automobile parking requirements in a development project that is located within one-half mile of a public transportation hub if the unit makes written findings that not imposing or enforcing any minimum automobile parking requirements on the development project would have a substantially negative impact, supported by a preponderance of the evidence in the record, on any of the following circumstances: (1) the region's ability to meet its housing needs for low-income households and very low-income households; (2) the region's ability to meet its needs for elderly housing or housing for persons with disabilities; or (3) problems with existing residential parking or commercial parking within one-half mile of the development project. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Defines terms. Effective June 1, 2024.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4639
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, hotels with 50 rooms or more and, beginning January 1, 2026, hotels with less than 50 rooms may not provide small single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products to either (i) a customer of the establishment who is staying in a sleeping room accommodation or any space within the sleeping room accommodation or (ii) a customer of the establishment who is using a bathroom shared by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Defines terms.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4640
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
6/29/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
6/29/24
Appropriates $5,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for a grant to Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, USA for program and operating expenses for youth-development based sports initiatives. Effective July 1, 2024.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4641
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4642
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
4/5/24
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 public access to professional counseling services. Sets out provisions concerning the privilege to practice, obtaining a new home state license, active duty military personnel, telehealth, adverse actions, Counseling Compact Commission, data systems, rulemaking, oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement. Contains other provisions concerning the Commission, the Compact, and the procedures governing participating in and construction of the Compact. Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act. Requires the Professional Counselor Licensing and Disciplinary Board to submit a report to the General Assembly with recommendations of any statutory changes and budgetary changes needed to comply with the requirements of the Counseling Compact. Requires the Board and Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to modify, if needed, Board and Department rules to comply with the requirements of the Counseling Compact. Provides that the changes to the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act are effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4643
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/19/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. In a provision requiring the Department of Human Service' Division of Mental Health to implement a direct support professional credential pilot program, delays the pilot program's start date to Fiscal Year 2025 (rather than Fiscal Year 2024). Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning with the 2026-2027 school year (rather than the 2025-2026 school year) and continuing for not less than 2 years, the State Board of Education shall make available a model program of study that incorporates the training and experience necessary to serve as a direct support professional. Provides that by July 1, 2025 (rather than by July 1, 2023) the Department of Human Service must submit recommendations to the State Board of Education for the training that would be required in order to complete the model program of study. Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that by July 1, 2026 (rather than by July 1, 2025), the Illinois Community College Board shall submit recommendations for a model program of study, for credit, that incorporates the training and experience necessary to serve as a direct support professional to the Department of Human Services. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4644
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
4/5/24
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 distribution occurs within 90 days before an election; (3) the person intends the distribution to harm the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate in an election and the distribution is reasonably likely to cause that result; and (4) the person intends the distribution to change the voting behavior of electors in an election by deceiving the electors into incorrectly believing that the depicted individual in fact engaged in the speech or conduct depicted, and the distribution is reasonably likely to cause that result. Sets forth exceptions to the provision and penalties for violations of the provision. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4645
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Refer
3/5/24
Engrossed
4/16/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Refer
4/17/24
Engrossed
4/16/24
Refer
5/1/24
Refer
4/17/24
Report Pass
5/15/24
Refer
5/1/24
Report Pass
5/15/24
Amends the State Designations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4646
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Amends the Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act. Creates a second set of incentive periods beginning on July 1, 2024 and ending on June 30, 2030. Provides that the basic wage for the second set of incentive periods is $15 per hour. Provides that the credit may not exceed $2,500 per new employee hired, except that, if the new employee is a returning citizen, then the credit for that employee may not exceed $3,500. Provides that the term "returning citizen" means an individual who (i) is a resident of Illinois, (ii) was formerly incarcerated in a federal, State, or local correctional institution, and (iii) is a new employee. Provides that the aggregate amount of credits that may be awarded under the Act is (i) $50,000,000 for new employees other than returning citizens and (ii) $5,000,000 for returning citizens. Adds provisions concerning recapture of the credit if the employee is terminated by the taxpayer within one year after the credit is awarded. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4647
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall adopt a policy that allows for a student to participate in interscholastic athletics immediately upon completing a transfer from one school to another school and enrolling in that other school. Provides that the policy may prohibit the student from participating in interscholastic athletics at that other school before the school transfer process is complete and the transfer has been accepted by the principal of the school from which the student is transferring and the principal of the school to which the student is transferring. Effective July 1, 2024.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4648
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/5/24
Creates the Prohibition on Taxpayer Funding of Guaranteed Income Act. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2024, no unit of government may use taxpayer money to fund a guaranteed income program. Preempts the exercise of home rule powers. Effective July 1, 2024.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4649
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4650
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
4/19/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Regional Superintendent of Schools Article of the School Code. Makes changes concerning high school equivalency testing. Amends the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. Removes provisions concerning funding transitional mathematics instruction. Amends the Student Parent Data Collection Act to make changes regarding the date that public universities shall report collected data. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall submit to the Board of Higher Education by December 15 (instead of November 15) of each year its budget proposal for the operation and capital needs of the institutions under its governance or supervision for the ensuing fiscal year. Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes changes concerning standing advisory organizations recognized by the Illinois Community College Board, the Board's powers and duties, spending local funds after the dissolution or reorganization of a community college district, the academic term, the bond a treasurer shall execute, contract bidding, the report on administrator and faculty salaries and benefits, and building program participation. Repeals a Section concerning the building program's plan approval. Amends the Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act. Repeals a Section concerning annual certification and maintenance of approval.