Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 630)
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2420
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Illinois Works Job Program Act. Provides that contractors or subcontractors may be eligible to earn bid credits for employing apprentices who have completed the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program (previously bid credits were available for public works contracted by the State). Provides that contractors and subcontractors can use bid credits toward future bids for public works projects contracted or funded by the State or an agency of the State in order to increase the likelihood that the contractor and the subcontractors are selected as the contractor for the public works project. Provides that, for contracts and grant agreements executed after the effective date of the amendatory Act, of a specified goal at least half of the labor hours of each prevailing wage classification performed by apprentices shall be performed by graduates of the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may grant a reduction or waiver upon a determination that the contractor or subcontractor has demonstrated that insufficient graduates of the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program are available to meet the requirements. Provides that contractors and subcontractors must submit a certification to the Department and the agency that is administering the contract, or the grant agreement funding the contract, demonstrating that the contractor or subcontractor has not complied with the labor hour goals and did not receive a reduction or waiver. Provides the penalties for failing to comply with the Illinois Works Apprenticeship Initiative. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2421
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/31/23
Refer
3/15/24
Refer
3/15/24
Creates the Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Protections Act. Defines terms. Provides that (i) title to pore space belongs to and is vested in the surface owner of the overlying surface estate, (ii) a conveyance of title to a surface estate conveys title to the pore space in all strata underlying the surface estate, and (iii) title to pore space may not be severed from title to the surface estate. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prohibits the amalgamation of pore space under the Eminent Domain Act. Contains requirements for valid amalgamation. Requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to determine a fee for carbon sequestration by rule. Creates the Carbon Transportation and Sequestration Readiness Fund and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Public Health to conduct training with specified requirements. Contains other provisions. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes changes to the definition of "sequester". Removes language requiring specified facilities to be clean coal facilities. Makes other changes. Amends the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. Contains requirements for receiving a certificate of authority. Makes other changes. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires any person seeking to sequester carbon dioxide in Illinois to first obtain a carbon sequestration permit from the Agency. Contains other provisions and makes other changes. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2422
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In provisions concerning the Illinois Veteran grant program, provides that, for a specified eligibility requirement, a person can be an Illinois resident within 18 months (instead of 6 months) of entering federal active duty service. Provides that a person is also eligible if the person returned to this State within 18 months (instead of 6 months) after leaving federal active duty; makes a related change. Provides that a person who was stationed in Illinois at the time the person was discharged or retired from federal active duty service also meets the requirements for the grant program.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2423
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall cover immunosuppressive drugs and related services associated with post-kidney transplant care (rather than post-kidney transplant management) for noncitizens who are not eligible for comprehensive medical benefits but meet certain residency and financial eligibility requirements under the Code.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2424
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Engrossed
3/23/23
Refer
3/24/23
Refer
4/11/23
Report Pass
4/19/23
Enrolled
5/11/23
Chaptered
8/4/23
Passed
8/4/23
Provides that the definition of "project" includes any land acquisition that is conducted by either the Department of Transportation or Illinois Toll Highway Authority and that requires architectural, engineering, or land surveying services.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2425
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a forest preserve district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an aquatic center, boat launch, boating center, athletic venue, picnic grove, nature center, grounds of a nature center, pavilion, grounds of a pavilion, golf course, parking lot, driving range, adventure course, grounds of an adventure course, zipline building, grounds of a zipline, equestrian center, grounds of an equestrian center, exercise venue, grounds of an exercise venue, any Illinois nature preserve, land and water reserve, or any public or private gathering or special event conducted on property that requires the issuance of a permit. Defines "grounds".
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2426
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Engrossed
3/24/23
Refer
3/24/23
Refer
4/11/23
Refer
4/28/23
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Defines "dependent". Provides that beginning no later than the 2024-2025 academic year, if an exonerated person has been found by the Commission to qualify for a grant under this Section, and that person has not yet exhausted his or her eligibility for assistance, the exonerated person may designate one or more dependents to use any unexpended portion of the exonerated person's eligibility, up to the total benefit for which the exonerated person is eligible. Provides that the combined benefits used by the exonerated person and any designated dependents may not exceed the total benefit for which the exonerated person is eligible. Provides that if funding is insufficient to serve all applicants, the Commission may prioritize applicants who have been exonerated over applicants who are dependents of exonerated individuals.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2427
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires health care professionals who have continuing education requirements to complete cultural competency training, which shall include information on sensitivity relating to and best practices for providing affirming care to people in the person's preferred language, people with disabilities, documented or undocumented immigrants, people who are intersex, people living with HIV, and people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Provides that for every license or registration renewal occurring on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a health care professional who has continuing education requirements must complete at least 5 hours in cultural competency training. Provides that for every license or registration renewal occurring on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person licensed or registered by the Department under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and who has continuing education requirements must complete at least 10 hours in cultural competency training. Provides that these continuing education hours may count toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing education. Provides for rulemaking. Effective January 1, 2024.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2428
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that the Director of Central Management Services may establish a special pay supplement for those positions of employment that require, pursuant to the Department of Central Management Services's official classification specification, that a person employed in that position speak and understand (rather than speak or write) a language other than English. Provides that the certification of language proficiency from an Illinois community college must be that the applicant for the special pay supplement be proficient in speaking and understanding a language other than English (rather than reading, writing, and speaking).
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2429
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Refer
3/31/23
Amends the Illinois Sustainable Investing Act. Provides that, effective January 1, 2024, every investment manager shall comply with annual disclosure requirements that will require the investment manager to provide a description of the process through which the manager will prudently integrate sustainability factors into its investment decision-making, investment analysis, portfolio construction, due diligence, and investment ownership in order to maximize anticipated financial returns, identify and minimize projected risk, and execute its fiduciary duties more effectively. Provides that the investment manager shall provide the annual disclosure to each public agency, pension fund, retirement system, or governmental unit for whom the investment manager is acting as a fiduciary or seeking selection as a fiduciary prior to acting in this capacity and at least annually thereafter. Provides that annual disclosures shall be submitted by January 31st of every year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines "investment manager".
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2430
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/31/23
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that the Illinois Labor Relations Board shall determine whether refusing to bargain collectively in good faith with a labor organization that is the exclusive representative of public employees in an appropriate unit, including, but not limited to, the discussing of grievances with the exclusive representative, was of a serious enough nature that it may undermined or significantly impact the collective bargaining process such that other traditional remedies may not remedy the violation if the Board is unable to order a make-whole remedy. Sets forth standards to make the determination and the option to order impasse arbitration. Provides that parties continue to have a duty to engage in good faith bargaining during the pendency of impasse arbitration procedures. Provides that the Board shall have authority to order make-whole relief, including, but not limited to, consequential damages and front pay for injuries suffered by employees or a labor organization as a result of an unfair labor practice. Provides that violators may also be subject to liquidated damages in an amount equal to any monetary make-whole relief ordered by the Board unless the employer can show it acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to believe it was acting in compliance.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2431
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning electronic monitoring and home detention.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2432
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/10/23
Creates the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall develop and administer an annual Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program to enhance local food processing, aggregation, and distribution within the State. Establishes eligibility requirements for the grants. Provides that all grant funding must be used for the purchasing, leasing to own, renting, building, or installation of infrastructure that will increase market access of Illinois communities to Illinois agricultural products. Provides that the Department shall create an independent Local Food Infrastructure Steering Committee to guide the implementation and evaluation of the grant. Provides that the committee shall be selected by the Director. Provides that the committee shall include, but is not limited to, at least 3 farmers, including one specialty crop farmer, one livestock farmer, and one farmer of color; one representative from the local food processing industry, one representative from a non-profit organization serving farmers of color, one representative from a non-profit organization serving farmers at large, and one representative from the Department. Provides that the Director must file with the Governor and General Assembly, and publish publicly on or before March 1 of each year, a written report detailing the impact of the Local Food Infrastructure Grant for the previous calendar year. The report must include a complete list of (1) all applications for grants under the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program during the previous calendar year; (2) all persons that were awarded the Local Food Infrastructure Grant and the nature and amount of their awards in the previous calendar year; and (3) the economic impact of the grant from the previous calendar year, which may include jobs created, local food sales increases, and communities served. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2433
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/31/23
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes changes in the definition of "alcopop". Prohibits the display of any alcopop beverage in premises licensed to sell alcoholic liquor at retail adjacent to soft drinks, fruit juices, bottled water, candy, or snack foods portraying cartoons or youth-orientated photos. Adds parents or subsidiaries of certain licensees to provisions concerning non-alcoholic merchandise. Provides that the bona fide producer or vendor of non-alcoholic merchandise shall not provide something of value to a retailer for sale of non-alcoholic merchandise if the of-value item or items are a subterfuge for providing something of value for the sale of alcoholic liquor. Provides that the Illinois Liquor Control Commission shall have the authority to examine records of a manufacturer class license holder, non-resident dealer, foreign importer, importing distributor, or distributor, or any parent or subsidiary thereof, for the purpose of examining all of-value transactions between such entity and a retailer.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2434
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/10/23
Refer
3/31/23
Amends the Cook County Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Excludes certain temporary election work from the definition of "in service". Provides that if an employee annuitant re-enters service as an election worker and provides services for a scheduled federal, State, or local election for a period of 60 days or less during a calendar year, that employee annuitant's annuity shall not be suspended and such employee annuitant shall not be considered to be in service and is not entitled to benefits for employees in service. Provides that if an employee annuitant re-enters service for a period longer than 60 days during a calendar year, the annuity shall be suspended or cancelled retroactive to the initial date of re-entry.