Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 654)
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2780
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning supervisors of assessments to include references to county executives. Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning community mental health boards to include references to county executives.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2781
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
1/31/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Engrossed
4/11/24
Refer
4/12/24
Refer
4/24/24
Report Pass
4/30/24
Enrolled
5/22/24
Chaptered
8/9/24
Passed
8/9/24
Creates the Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant plan for the preservation and enhancement of forests, prairies, and wetlands in Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources, pursuant to the comprehensive plan and subject to appropriation, shall establish and administer a Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant Program to restore degraded forest lands and native prairies, and to promote the growth of native vegetation that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and help to mitigate the impact of climate change. Provides that units of local government are eligible to submit a grant proposal in a format and at a time prescribed by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that grants may be used by units of local government to fund: (1) local projects restoring or expanding forests, wetlands, prairies, or other natural landscapes demonstrated to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; (2) education and marketing regarding local projects or steps community members may take to promote the growth of native vegetation that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; and (3) any other purpose approved by the Department of Natural Resources that advances the State goal that there be no overall net loss of the State's existing forest, prairie, or wetland acres or their functional value due to State-supported activities. Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act and the State Finance Act to make conforming changes.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2782
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
1/31/24
Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2024.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2783
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes a provision that it is an aggravating factor in sentencing that the sentence is necessary to deter others from committing the same crime.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2784
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
5/3/24
Refer
5/3/24
Refer
5/3/24
Creates the Cargo Transportation Fee Act. Provides that a fee is imposed upon each entity that is an interstate carrier or an intrastate carrier and that (i) transports by common carrier tangible personal property into the State, (ii) transports that tangible personal property for the purpose of selling that tangible personal property at retail, and (iii) receives tangible personal property directly from an intermodal facility that is located in the State and is located on more than 3,500 acres. Sets forth the amount of the fee. Provides that 95% of the proceeds from the fee shall be deposited into the Cargo Transportation Fee Fund and 5% of the proceeds shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Cargo Transportation Fee Fund and sets forth the uses for that Fund.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2785
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning notices of increased assessments, provides that the county assessor shall continue to accept appeals from the taxpayer for a period of not less than 30 days (currently, 30 business days) from the date the assessment notice is mailed or the date the notice is published on the assessor's website, whichever is later. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2786
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Creates the Digital Forgeries Act. Provides that an individual depicted in a digital forgery has a cause of action against any person who, without the consent of the depicted individual, knowingly distributes a digital forgery, creates a digital forgery with intent to distribute, or solicits the creation of a digital forgery with the intent to distribute: (i) in order to harass, extort, threaten, or cause physical, emotional, reputational, or economic harm to an individual falsely depicted; (ii) with reckless disregard for whether such a creation, distribution, reproduction, or manipulation will cause physical, emotional, reputational, or economic harm to an individual falsely depicted; or (iii) in order to incite violence or interfere with an official proceeding. Provides that the Act does not apply to a digital forgery that is clearly and conspicuously identified to make clear to a reasonable person that the audiovisual material was created through the use of artificial intelligence, or is not an authentic record of an act, a statement, or the conduct, absence, or presence of an individual, such as parody or satire, unless the material appears to be a sexual image as defined in the Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act. Provides that a depicted individual's consent to the creation of a digital forgery shall not alone establish consent to the distribution of that digital forgery, nor shall consent to previous disclosure of a digital forgery alone establish that the depicted individual consented to subsequent disclosures. Allows a prevailing plaintiff to be awarded damages, costs, and additional relief. Allows the court to grant injunctive relief maintaining the confidentiality of a plaintiff using a pseudonym.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2787
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Illinois Local Library Act and the Public Library District Act of 1991. Requires competitive bidding for contracts in excess of $35,000 (rather than $25,000) for specified improvements and equipment purchases.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2788
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
1/31/24
Report Pass
4/10/24
Engrossed
4/12/24
Refer
4/15/24
Refer
4/24/24
Report Pass
4/30/24
Enrolled
5/15/24
Chaptered
7/1/24
Passed
7/1/24
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes all amendatory changes requiring the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Instead provides that the Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy of its final finding report to the school that the child, who is the indicated victim of child abuse (rather than the indicated victim of the report), attends. Requires the report to be sent during the summer to the last school that the child attended. Provides that the final finding report shall provide the date of expungement from the central register and the school shall purge the final finding report from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2789
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
3/15/24
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no individual or group policy of accident and health insurance shall amend, deliver, issue, or renew a policy in a way that changes an insured's eligibility or coverage during a contract period. During a contract period, an insured shall have the protection and continuity of his or her providers, his or her medication, his or her covered benefits, and the formulary during the contract period.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2790
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not enter into a contract with a managed care organization that relies on a pharmacy benefit manager that does not do the following: (i) utilize a pharmacy reimbursement methodology of the lesser of national average drug acquisition cost plus a professional dispensing fee as determined by the Department, the wholesale acquisition cost plus a professional dispensing fee as determined by the Department, or the usual and customary charge by the pharmacy; (ii) reimburse for a legally valid claim at a rate not less than the rate in effect at the time the original claim adjudication was submitted at the point of sale; (iii) agree to move to a transparent pass-through pricing model, in which the pharmacy benefit manager discloses the administrative fee as a percentage of the professional dispensing costs to the Department; (iv) agree to not create new pharmacy administration fees and to not increase current fees more than the rate of inflation; and (v) agree to not terminate an existing contract with a pharmacy licensed under the Pharmacy Practice Act for the sole reason of the additional professional dispensing fee authorized under item (i). Requires each pharmacy benefit manager that receives reimbursement for medical services, either directly or through a Medicaid managed care health plan, to submit by January 15, 2026, and each January 15 thereafter, certain data and information to the Department for the previous fiscal year, including: (1) the total number of prescriptions that were dispensed; (2) the aggregate wholesale acquisition cost for each drug on its formulary; (3) the aggregate amount of rebates, discounts, and price concessions that the pharmacy benefit manager received for each drug on its formulary; (4) the aggregate amount of administrative fees that the pharmacy benefit manager received from all pharmaceutical manufacturers; and (5) any other information considered necessary by the Department. Requires the Department to submit such data and information to the General Assembly and to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. Provides that such information is confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2791
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
5/17/24
Creates the Small Business Economic Incentive Act. Provides that at least 50% of the dollar value of all economic incentives awarded to businesses by the State or by any State agency on or after January 1, 2025 shall be awarded to businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees. Effective January 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2792
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
5/3/24
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to develop a caregiver program to provide direct payments to caregivers of individuals enrolled in the medical assistance program who are disabled for less than 12 months as a result of a diagnosed illness or related treatment. Sets forth the components of the caregiver program, including, but not limited to: (i) criteria applicable to a caregiver, which shall include, but not be limited to, a limitation on the total hours of a caregiver's outside employment plus hours of providing care to the enrollee to ensure that the complete plan of care is delivered; (ii) payment of caregiver services at the personal assistant level of care and pay rate; (iii) limitations on the number of reimbursable hours of personal services; and (iv) utilization of the determination of need evaluation and other comprehensive assessment tools as criteria for determining eligibility and developing service plans under the caregiver program. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply, by January 1, 2025, for any waivers or State Plan amendments necessary for implementation of the caregiver program. Permits the Department of Human services to adopt any rules necessary to implement and administer the caregiver program. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2793
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amends the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. Provides that the definition of "employee" does not include a worker who is not provided with a regular work schedule by an employer and is directly contracted with the employer to work on an as-needed basis for the express purpose of covering the shifts of full-time employees who are taking leave for vacations, illness, or for any other unforeseen reason.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2794
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it is unlawful for any person who is within 300 yards of an inhabited dwelling, to hunt with gun or dog, allow a dog to hunt, or discharge a firearm without first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant of the dwelling, except that a 100-yard restriction, rather than a 300-yard restriction, shall apply (i) while on the land of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, (ii) while trapping, hunting with dog and shotgun using shot shells only, hunting with shotgun using shot shells only, or providing outfitting services under a waterfowl outfitter permit, or (iii) while on licensed game breeding and hunting preserve areas, federally owned and managed lands, or Department owned, managed, leased, or controlled lands.