Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 355)
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5311
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/5/24
Creates the Illinois Receivership Act. Creates a process in which a person is appointed by the court as the court's agent under the court's direction to take possession of, manage and, if authorized by the Act or court order, transfer, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of receivership property. Requires the court to provide notice and opportunity for a hearing as appropriate before the court can issue an order under the Act. Applies to real property and any personal property related to or used in operating the real property and personal property and fixtures. Exempts an interest in real property improved by one to four dwelling units with some exceptions. Provides that the Act does not apply to a receiver appointed under the Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5312
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that an early childhood teacher must meet one of the following qualifications: (1) complete 60 semester hours from an accredited college or university with either 6 semester hours in early childhood education or complete the Gateways Early Childhood Education Credential Level 1 training; (2) complete 1,560 clock hours of child development experience and 30 semester hours from an accredited college or university with either 6 semester hours in early childhood education or Gateways Early Childhood Education Credential Level 1 training; (3) complete 2,080 clock hours of child development experience as a teacher assistant in a day care center, complete the Gateways Early Childhood Education Credential Level 1 training, and provide proof of enrollment from an accredited college or university until 30 semester hours are attained or proof of enrollment in an early childhood teacher credentialing program, either of which must be completed in no more than 5 years from the date of initial enrollment; or (4) complete a credentialing program approved by the Department of Children and Family Services in accordance with administrative rule.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5313
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Refer
2/28/24
Engrossed
4/17/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Refer
4/18/24
Engrossed
4/17/24
Refer
4/24/24
Refer
4/18/24
Refer
5/17/24
Refer
4/24/24
Refer
5/17/24
Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that a network plan shall, at least annually, audit (instead of audit periodically) at least 25% of its provider directories for accuracy, make any corrections necessary, and retain documentation of the audit. Provides that the network plan shall submit the audit to the Department of Insurance (instead of to the Director of Insurance upon request). Provides that the Department shall make the audit publicly available. Provides that a network plan shall include in the print format provider directory (i) a detailed description of the process to dispute charges for out-of-network providers or facilities that were incorrectly listed as in-network prior to the provision of care and (ii) a telephone number and email address to dispute those charges. Makes changes to the information that must be provided in a network plan's electronic and print directory. Requires the Director to conduct random audits of the accuracy of provider directories for at least 10% of plans each year. Provides that a consumer who incurs a cost for inappropriate out-of-network charges for a provider, facility, or hospital that was listed as in-network prior to the provision of services may file a verified complaint with the Department, and the Department shall conduct an investigation of the verified complaint and determine whether the complaint is sufficient. Provides that, upon a finding of sufficiency, the Director shall have the authority to levy a fine for not less than the cost incurred by the consumer for inappropriate out-of-network charges for a provider, facility, or hospital that was listed in-network. Provides that the fines collected by the Director shall be remitted to the consumer.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5314
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Repeals provisions prohibiting ordinances penalizing tenants who contact the police or other emergency services. Adds provisions prohibiting a county or municipality from enacting a program, ordinance, resolution, or other regulation that: (1) penalizes landlords or tenants, guests, or others for contact with a law enforcement agency; (2) requires or encourages landlords to evict or penalize tenants or household members for contact with a law enforcement agency, a criminal conviction, or alleged unlawful conduct, including through cooperating agreements with law enforcement agencies; (3) requires or promotes the use of criminal background checks of prospective and current tenants; (4) defines nuisance behavior to include contact with a law enforcement agency; (5) requires tenants to secure certificates of occupancy as a condition of leasing rental housing or turning on utilities; (6) creates or promotes the use of a registry of individual tenants for the purpose of discouraging landlords from renting to those tenants or otherwise excluding such individuals from rental housing within the subject jurisdiction; (7) penalizes tenants, guests, or others for contact made to police or other emergency services; or (8) requires or promotes the use of a lease addendum that penalizes tenants, guests or others for any of the above-listed conditions or is contrary to or inconsistent with requirements under federal law. Provides that a program, ordinance, resolution, or other regulation that violates the provisions is void and must be repealed no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Allows for legal action to enforce the provisions. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Housing Authorities Act to make similar changes for housing authorities. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5315
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
4/2/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/19/24
Report Pass
4/2/24
Refer
4/19/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code to prohibit a county or municipality from adopting any ordinance or resolution that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of a solar energy system or low voltage solar powered device. A "low voltage solar powered device" means a piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose, including, but not limited to, doorbells, security systems, and illumination equipment, powered by a solar collector operating at less than 50 volts and located: (1) entirely within the lot or parcel owned by the property owner; or (2) within a common area without being permanently attached to common property. A "solar energy system" means: (1) a solar storage mechanism that uses solar energy for generating electricity or for heating or cooling gases, solids, liquids, or other materials; and (2) a supplemental conventional energy system designed or constructed to interface with a solar energy system. Provides that in any litigation arising under this Act or involving the application of this Act, the prevailing party shall be entitled to costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Exempts any building that: (1) is greater than 60 feet in height; or (2) has a shared roof and is subject to a homeowners' association, common interest community association, or condominium unit owners' association. Provides that it may apply to a shared roof if: (1) the solar energy system is located entirely within that portion of the shared roof owned and maintained by the property owner; and (2) if all property owners sharing the shared roof are in agreement to install a solar energy system. Amends the Homeowners' Energy Policy Statement Act to make the same changes. Amends the Public Utilities Act to provide that municipal utility systems and rural electric cooperatives must have a shared policy governing self-generation of renewable energy. A shared policy must be developed by the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, the Illinois Municipal Utilities Association, and the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives and reviewed for compliance with this Section by the Illinois Commerce Commission. The initial shared policy must be drafted and received by the Illinois Commerce Commission within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides what must be in the shared policy. Provides for civil penalties if a municipal electric utility system or electric cooperative violates or fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any order by the Illinois Commerce Commission issued under this Act. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5316
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue a State Voter Identification Card to any natural person who is a registered voter in the State of Illinois and who applies for the card or the renewal of the card. Sets forth the requirements of the State Voter Identification Card. Provides that the State Voter Identification Card may be used for identification purposes in any lawful situation only by the person to whom it was issued. Provides that the State Voter Identification Card shall be provided free of charge. Provides that, no later than January 1, 2025, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public application forms for the State Voter Identification Card. Provides that the Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the provision. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5317
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/12/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
3/20/24
Refer
3/12/24
Engrossed
4/19/24
Report Pass
3/20/24
Refer
4/24/24
Engrossed
4/19/24
Refer
4/30/24
Refer
4/24/24
Refer
4/30/24
Report Pass
5/8/24
Report Pass
5/8/24
Enrolled
5/16/24
Enrolled
5/16/24
Chaptered
7/19/24
Chaptered
7/19/24
Passed
7/19/24
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following change. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026 (rather than January 1, 2027), no dental plan carrier is required to accept from a dental care provider eligibility for a dental plan transaction or dental care claims or equivalent encounter information transaction. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5318
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/19/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning alternative procedures for teacher evaluation, remediation, and removal for cause after remediation, provides that if after the alternative evaluation procedures are determined by the State Board of Education, in a specified report of the State Board of Education, to have clear racial, ethnic, socio-economic, or geographic disparities for the educators evaluated under the alternative evaluation procedures, then the Chicago Board of Education and the exclusive representative of the district's teachers shall enter into negotiations to create a new evaluation system, to be implemented no later than August 15, 2025, that maintains the requirements for the alternative evaluation procedures and remedies the determined racial, ethnic, socio-economic, or geographic disparities. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5319
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Creates the Microstamping-Enabled Pistols Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois State Police or the Director's designee shall: (1) within 180 days after the effective date of the Act, engage in and complete an investigation to certify the technological viability of microstamping-enabled pistols. Provides that this investigation shall include live-fire testing evidence; and (2) within 180 days after the effective date of the Act, certify or decline to certify that microstamping-enabled pistols are technologically viable. Establishes procedures that the Illinois State Police must follow after a certification by the Illinois State Police that microstamping-enabled pistols are technologically viable. Provides that it is unlawful for any dealer in firearms licensed under the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act to sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer or deliver any semiautomatic pistol unless such pistol has been verified as a microstamping-enabled pistol. Provides that a dealer who violates this provision is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Provides that the penalty provisions are operative either 4 years after certification that microstamping-enabled pistols are technologically viable by the Director of the Illinois State Police or the Director's designee, or one year after a person association, partnership, corporation, or other entity has been licensed to engage in the business of servicing firearms and their components to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Act, whichever is earlier. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5320
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
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". Provides for additional staffing transparency and reporting requirements. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act must employ and schedule enough hospital workers to provide quality patient care and ensure patient safety. Provides that hospitals must make available, at the beginning of each calendar year and upon request, all staffing matrices and other staffing metrics, if any, used to assess and maintain safe staffing levels for hospital workers in each unit. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall produce an annual report based on staffing disclosures. Provides that the Department shall make recommendations for minimum staffing standards for hospital workers in each hospital unit. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act shall conduct, within the first month of employment and at no cost, a competency validation for each hospital worker hired. Provides that a hospital must submit documentation of each hospital worker's competency validation to the Department within 4 weeks after the worker's start date. Provides that hospitals shall conduct ongoing verification for each hospital worker employed during a given calendar year to determine each worker's continued competency to perform the worker's job and shall submit documentation of each worker's ongoing verification to the Department within 2 weeks of completion. Provides that hospitals shall submit a list of all competent employees currently employed at the end of each calendar year. Provides for a public registry of all competent employees to be maintained by the Department. Provides for the imposition of civil penalties for specified violations of the Act. Describes an assignment despite objection resolution process to be implemented by each hospital that is licensed under the Act. Provides for a Hospital Safety Advocate role to be created within the Department.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5321
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/12/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/12/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that each generative artificial intelligence system and artificial intelligence system that, using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce, produces image, video, audio, or multimedia AI-generated content shall include on the AI-generated content a clear and conspicuous disclosure that satisfies specified criteria. Provides that any entity that develops a generative artificial intelligence system and third-party licensee of a generative artificial intelligence system shall implement reasonable procedures to prevent downstream use of the system without the required disclosures. Provides that a violation of the provisions constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5322
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/12/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/12/24
Refer
4/5/24
Creates the Illinois Commercial Algorithmic Impact Assessments Act. Defines "algorithmic discrimination", "artificial intelligence", "consequential decision", "deployer", "developer" and other terms. Requires that by January 1, 2026 and annually thereafter, a deployer of an automated decision tool must complete and document an assessment that summarizes the nature and extent of that tool, how it is used, and assessment of its risks among other things. Requires on or after January 1, 2026 and annually thereafter, developers of an automated decision tool must complete and document a similar assessment. Provides that upon the request of the Attorney General, a developer or deployer must provide that Office any impact assessment performed that is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. Requires that a developer must provide a deployer with a statement regarding the intended uses of the automated decision tool and documentation regarding all of the following: (i) the known limitations of the automated decision tool, including any reasonably foreseeable risks of algorithmic discrimination arising from its intended use; (ii) a description of the types of data used to program or train the automated decision tool; and (iii) a description of how the automated decision tool was evaluated for validity and the ability to be explained before sale or licensing. Exempts a deployer with fewer than 50 employees unless, as of the end of the prior calendar year, the deployer deployed an automated decision tool that affected more than 999 people per year.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5323
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides, in a provision concerning the regulation of greenhouse gases, that a specific greenhouse gas emission limit does not apply to black start facilities. Prohibits any gas turbine located at a black start facility from exceeding more than 3,200 hours of operation a year. Defines "black start facility".
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5324
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/19/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Engrossed
5/16/24
Refer
4/19/24
Refer
5/17/24
Engrossed
5/16/24
Refer
5/20/24
Refer
5/17/24
Refer
5/20/24
Report Pass
5/22/24
Report Pass
5/22/24
Enrolled
5/23/24
Enrolled
5/23/24
Chaptered
8/9/24
Chaptered
8/9/24
Passed
8/9/24
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Specifies the annual reporting requirements of the Illinois Labor Relations Board and Illinois Educational and Labor Relations Board. Provides that the Board shall maintain the following schedule upon the filing of unfair labor practice charges filed under this Act: (i) complete the investigation and issue a complaint, dismissal or deferral within 30 days of the charges being filed; (ii) if a complaint is issued, a hearing shall be scheduled to begin within 30 days of its issuance; (iii) post-hearing briefs shall be issued within 30 days of the close of the hearing; and (iv) recommended decisions and orders shall be issued within 45 days of the submission of post-hearing briefs.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB5325
Introduced
2/9/24
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Refer
3/5/24
Engrossed
4/17/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Refer
4/18/24
Engrossed
4/17/24
Refer
4/24/24
Refer
4/18/24
Refer
4/24/24
Report Pass
5/1/24
Report Pass
5/1/24
Enrolled
5/16/24
Enrolled
5/16/24
Chaptered
7/19/24
Chaptered
7/19/24
Passed
7/19/24
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires registration stickers issued as evidence of renewed registration issued by the Secretary of State to be displayed on the upper right corner of the rear registration plate or in a manner otherwise provided by the Secretary. Provides that registration stickers issued to truck-tractors shall be displayed on the upper right corner of the front registration plate or in a manner otherwise provided by the Secretary. Makes changes to other provisions concerning the definitions of "low-speed gas bicycle" and "pedestrian", the removal or towing of motor vehicles, antique vehicles and expanded-use antique vehicles, spot lamps and auxiliary driving lamps, stop and yield signs, crash notifications, police reporting of motor vehicle crash investigations, signal lamps and signal devices, use of head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps, when lighted lamps or required, street racing, duty to give information and render aid, operation of motorcycle and similar vehicles, fees for furnishing copies, overtaking on the right, and police escort fees.