Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 585)
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1745
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Engrossed
3/30/23
Refer
4/11/23
Refer
4/18/23
Report Pass
4/25/23
Enrolled
5/9/23
Chaptered
6/30/23
Passed
6/30/23
Amends the Wildlife Code. Repeals provisions authorizing, under certain conditions, drainage districts to control beaver populations. Provides that a drainage district, road district or similar body, landowner, tenant, or the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant shall be exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance raccoons, opossums, muskrats, skunks, coyotes, or beavers if all applicable provisions for licenses are complied with and any trap types and sizes used are in compliance with the Act, including marking or identification. Provides that landowners, tenants, or their designees may remove cottontail rabbits or grey or fox squirrels from their property, but only by means of a live trap, if the cottontail rabbits and grey or fox squirrels are released alive and unharmed in suitable habitat that is not within any city or town and not within any park. Provides that the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant must have a signed and dated written authorization from the drainage district, landowner, or tenant in possession at all times when conducting animal control activities. Provides that the exemption from obtaining a permit shall be valid only upon property owned, leased, or controlled by the drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1746
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
3/15/24
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of Jo Daviess County may impose up to a 1% additional hotel tax in the county if the tax is approved by referendum initiated by a petition or by ordinance of the corporate authorities of the county. Prohibits taxes from being imposed on gross rental receipts of permanent residents of a hotel, motel, or resort. Provides that the additional hotel tax shall be used by the county for the costs associated with providing infrastructure in support of tourism and conventions within the county and emergency services in support of tourism and conventions within the county. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1747
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In provisions concerning the directory of new hires, provides that the definition of "newly hired employee" includes an individual under an independent contractor arrangement. Effective January 1, 2024.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1748
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Engrossed
3/24/23
Refer
3/24/23
Refer
4/11/23
Report Pass
4/19/23
Enrolled
5/19/23
Chaptered
7/28/23
Passed
7/28/23
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a plaintiff has the right to designate an additional person to be present and video record an examination conducted as part of discovery. Provides that, in the case of a wrongful death action, a surviving spouse or next of kin who has reached the age of 67 years (rather than 70 years) shall, upon motion by the administrator of the estate of the deceased person or special administrator, be entitled to preference in setting for trial. Provides that the trial shall occur within one year of the hearing on the motion. Provides that the changes apply to actions commenced or pending on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1749
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Authorizes the Director of Central Management Services to determine that it is in the interests of the participants in the program of health benefits for TRS benefit recipients and TRS dependent beneficiaries to be offered dental and vision coverage. Deletes a provision which stated that the program of health benefits for TRS benefit recipients and TRS dependent beneficiaries could be amended by the State and was not intended to be a pension or retirement benefit subject to protection under Article XIII, Section 5 of the Illinois Constitution. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1750
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Engrossed
3/29/23
Refer
3/30/23
Refer
4/18/23
Report Pass
4/27/23
Enrolled
5/9/23
Chaptered
6/30/23
Passed
6/30/23
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a fire protection district must, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, reimburse the mandatory training expenses of an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic employed by or under contract with the fire protection district. Effective January 1, 2024.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1751
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after March 15, 2020 (rather than beginning on or after March 15, 2020, and before September 4, 2021 (including any week of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and on or before June 25, 2021)) benefits shall be payable to an individual on the basis of wages for employment in other than an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity performed for an educational institution or an educational service agency under specified circumstances, as long as the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1752
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that by June 30, 2023, the Department of Human Services shall reduce the number of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities on the Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services (PUNS) database by no fewer than 800 persons. Provides that the number of persons listed shall be reduced each year by the following amounts: no fewer than 1,000 persons between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025; and no fewer than 1,200 persons beginning July 1, 2025, and every July 1 thereafter, until the list of persons on the PUNS database awaiting State services is exhausted. Requires the Department to apply for all available federal funding options to increase services and supports for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Provides that for future applicants, the Department shall provide adequate funding for the required services and supports for each individual listed in the seeking services category on the PUNS database within 90 calendar days after the individual is placed on the PUNS database after completing an enrollment form with a Department pre-admission screener. Provides that for future applicants, the Department shall identify the required services and supports for each individual listed in the planning for services category on the PUNS database within 180 calendar days after that individual is placed on the PUNS database after completing an enrollment form with a Department pre-admission screener. Requires the Department to annually report to the General Assembly, beginning September 30, 2024 and every September 30 thereafter, on the progress made in implementing the provisions of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1753
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Report Pass
3/10/23
Refer
3/31/23
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that in a county having a population of 3,000,000 or more, the county sheriff shall establish with other law enforcement agencies a vehicle theft hotline to facilitate the location of stolen vehicles via their installed existing global positioning systems, collaborate with vehicle manufacturers and dealers to provide information and assistance to law enforcement officers in the investigation of vehicle theft, and ensure that consumers are provided with information concerning the hotline and any new or used vehicle manufactured with a global positioning system by publishing the information in a conspicuous location on the county sheriff's website. Provides that the manufacturer of any vehicle sold in this State shall establish a hotline available to State, county, and local law enforcement agencies exclusively for the purposes of law enforcement information sharing and the electronic tracking of vehicles stolen in vehicular hijacking incidents or that have been used in the commission of kidnapping, aggravated battery with a firearm, attempted homicide, or homicide. Provides that the manufacturer's hotline shall relay vehicle location information, including real-time vehicle location information whenever possible, to the 9-1-1 call center or designated dispatch center for the responding agency, to the best of the manufacturer's technical capability. Requires State, county, and local law enforcement agencies to use their respective 9-1-1 system call centers or designated dispatch centers for the purpose of verification of law enforcement officers' identities and bona fide incident report numbers related to incidents. Requires manufacturers to prepare written statements detailing tracking and disabling system capabilities and make them available to State, county, and local law enforcement agencies upon request. Requires that, if a vehicle is not subscribed to the manufacturer's tracking service, the manufacturer of any vehicle sold in this State shall waive all fees associated with initiating, renewing, reestablishing, or maintaining the location, disabling, or alert service with which the vehicle is equipped during a law enforcement response or investigation of specified offenses.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1754
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Report Pass
3/10/23
Engrossed
3/29/23
Refer
3/30/23
Refer
4/18/23
Report Pass
4/27/23
Enrolled
5/19/23
Chaptered
7/28/23
Passed
7/28/23
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that a waiver for specified training requirements for appointment as a full-time or part-time law enforcement or county corrections officer may be granted by reason of prior law enforcement or county corrections experience (rather than extensive prior law enforcement or county corrections experience), and adds that the experience may be obtained in Illinois, in any other state, or with an agency of the federal government. Adds requirements for agencies seeking a reciprocity waiver for training completed outside of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall adopt uniform rules providing for a waiver process for a person previously employed and qualified as a law enforcement or county corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other state or who has completed a basic law enforcement officer or correctional officer academy who would be qualified to be employed as a law enforcement officer or correctional officer by the federal government or any other state, including that the person shall successfully complete the following prior to the approval of a waiver: (1) a training program or set of coursework approved by the Board on the laws of the State relevant to the duties and training requirements of law enforcement and county correctional officers; (2) firearms training; and (3) successful passage of the equivalency certification examination. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board emergency rulemaking authority to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1755
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the New Markets Development Program Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall limit the monetary amount of qualified equity investments at no more than $20,000,000 of tax credits for the primary allocation and no more than $12,000,000 of tax credits for the targeted allocation. Provides that, on or after January 1, 2024, but not more than 120 days after the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund of the United States Department of the Treasury announces allocation awards under a Notice of Funding Availability that was published in the Federal Register on November 22, 2022, $250,000,000 of qualified equity investments for the primary allocation and $150,000,000 of qualified equity investments for the targeted allocation shall be allocated by the Department. Makes other changes. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1756
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer that provides coverage for prescription insulin drugs pursuant to the terms of a health coverage plan the insurer offers shall limit the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a 30-day supply of covered prescription insulin drugs at an amount not to exceed $35 (rather than $100). Provides that on January 1 of each year, the limit on the amount that an insured is required to pay for a 30-day supply of a covered prescription insulin drug may increase to an amount that shall not exceed the maximum cost-sharing amount for covered insulin products of a plan subject to regulation under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (rather than shall increase by a percentage equal to the percentage change from the preceding year in the medical care component of the Consumer Price Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor). Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1757
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, in connection with the issuance of certificates of participation or bonds, the governing board of a public institution of higher education may enter into contracts in excess of 10 years but not to exceed 35 years for the purpose of financing or refinancing real or personal property.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1758
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Amends the Election Code and the School Code. Provides for 5 new members of the State Board of Education to be elected at the general election in 2024 and every 4 years thereafter (now, the Board consists of 8 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate). Provides that one member shall be elected from each judicial district. Provides that the 5 members shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis. Provides that a petition for nomination of a candidate for member of the Board shall be signed by at least 0.5% of the total number of registered voters in the judicial district. Provides that beginning on the date when the 5 members initially elected take office, a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Makes related changes.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1759
Introduced
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a political committee from making expenditures for taxable compensation to an immediate family member of a public official or candidate. Defines "immediate family member" and "payments". Effective immediately.