Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1418 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1418 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 411/5-20 Amends the Cemetery Oversight Act. Provides that a cemetery with an all-volunteer board and an annual budget of less than $100,000 shall be partially exempt from the requirements of this Act. Provides that a cemetery that falls under this category shall make available and periodically update maps of the cemetery property that include locations of the graves of individuals in the cemetery; post signs in English and Spanish in each cemetery office that contain the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's consumer hotline number, but does not need certain other signs; and post the hours and rules of the cemetery. Effective immediately. LRB104 07625 AAS 17669 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1418 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 411/5-20 225 ILCS 411/5-20 Amends the Cemetery Oversight Act. Provides that a cemetery with an all-volunteer board and an annual budget of less than $100,000 shall be partially exempt from the requirements of this Act. Provides that a cemetery that falls under this category shall make available and periodically update maps of the cemetery property that include locations of the graves of individuals in the cemetery; post signs in English and Spanish in each cemetery office that contain the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's consumer hotline number, but does not need certain other signs; and post the hours and rules of the cemetery. Effective immediately. LRB104 07625 AAS 17669 b LRB104 07625 AAS 17669 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1418 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Cemetery Oversight Act. Provides that a cemetery with an all-volunteer board and an annual budget of less than $100,000 shall be partially exempt from the requirements of this Act. Provides that a cemetery that falls under this category shall make available and periodically update maps of the cemetery property that include locations of the graves of individuals in the cemetery; post signs in English and Spanish in each cemetery office that contain the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's consumer hotline number, but does not need certain other signs; and post the hours and rules of the cemetery. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Cemetery Oversight Act is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 5-20 as follows:
16	16	6 (225 ILCS 411/5-20)
17	17	7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
18	18	8 Sec. 5-20. Exemptions.
19	19	9 (a) Full exemption. Except as provided in this subsection,
20	20	10 this Act does not apply to (1) any cemetery authority
21	21	11 operating as a family burying ground or religious burying
22	22	12 ground, (2) any cemetery authority that has not engaged in an
23	23	13 interment, inurnment, or entombment of human remains within
24	24	14 the last 10 years, or (3) any cemetery authority that is less
25	25	15 than 3 acres. For purposes of determining the applicability of
26	26	16 this subsection, the number of interments, inurnments, and
27	27	17 entombments shall be aggregated for each calendar year. A
28	28	18 cemetery authority claiming a full exemption shall apply for
29	29	19 exempt status as provided for in Section 10-20 of this Act. A
30	30	20 cemetery authority claiming a full exemption shall be subject
31	31	21 to Sections 10-40, 10-55, and 10-60 of this Act. A cemetery
32	32	22 authority that performs activities that would disqualify it
33	33	23 from a full exemption is required to apply for licensure
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1418 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Cemetery Oversight Act. Provides that a cemetery with an all-volunteer board and an annual budget of less than $100,000 shall be partially exempt from the requirements of this Act. Provides that a cemetery that falls under this category shall make available and periodically update maps of the cemetery property that include locations of the graves of individuals in the cemetery; post signs in English and Spanish in each cemetery office that contain the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's consumer hotline number, but does not need certain other signs; and post the hours and rules of the cemetery. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 within one year following the date on which its activities
69	69	2 would disqualify it for a full exemption. A cemetery authority
70	70	3 that previously qualified for and maintained a full exemption
71	71	4 that fails to timely apply for licensure shall be deemed to
72	72	5 have engaged in unlicensed practice and shall be subject to
73	73	6 discipline in accordance with Article 25 of this Act.
74	74	7 (b) Partial exemption. If a cemetery authority does not
75	75	8 qualify for a full exemption and (1) engages in 25 or fewer
76	76	9 interments, inurnments, or entombments of human remains for
77	77	10 each of the preceding 2 calendar years, (2) operates as a
78	78	11 public cemetery, or (3) operates as a religious cemetery, then
79	79	12 the cemetery authority is partially exempt from this Act but
80	80	13 shall be required to comply with Sections 10-23, 10-40, 10-55,
81	81	14 10-60, subsections (a), (b), (b-5), (c), (d), (f), (g), and
82	82	15 (h) of Section 20-5, Sections 20-6, 20-8, 20-10, 20-12, 20-30,
83	83	16 20-35, 20-40, 25-3, and 25-120, and Article 35 of this Act.
84	84	17 Cemetery authorities claiming a partial exemption shall apply
85	85	18 for the partial exemption as provided in Section 10-20 of this
86	86	19 Act. A cemetery authority that changes to a status that would
87	87	20 disqualify it from a partial exemption is required to apply
88	88	21 for licensure within one year following the date on which it
89	89	22 changes its status. A cemetery authority that maintains a
90	90	23 partial exemption that fails to timely apply for licensure
91	91	24 shall be deemed to have engaged in unlicensed practice and
92	92	25 shall be subject to discipline in accordance with Article 25
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104	104	1 (b-5) A cemetery with an all-volunteer board and an annual
105	105	2 budget of less than $100,000 shall be partially exempt from
106	106	3 the requirements of this Act. A cemetery that falls under this
107	107	4 category shall:
108	108	5 (1) make available and periodically update maps of the
109	109	6 cemetery property that include locations of the graves of
110	110	7 individuals in the cemetery;
111	111	8 (2) post signs in English and Spanish in each cemetery
112	112	9 office that contain the Department's consumer hotline
113	113	10 number, but does not need the other signage requirements
114	114	11 under Section 20-30; and
115	115	12 (3) post the hours and rules of the cemetery.
116	116	13 (c) Nothing in this Act applies to the City of Chicago in
117	117	14 its exercise of its powers under the O'Hare Modernization Act
118	118	15 or limits the authority of the City of Chicago to acquire
119	119	16 property or otherwise exercise its powers under the O'Hare
120	120	17 Modernization Act, or requires the City of Chicago, or any
121	121	18 person acting on behalf of the City of Chicago, to comply with
122	122	19 the licensing, regulation, or investigation requirements of
123	123	20 this Act in exercising its powers under the O'Hare
124	124	21 Modernization Act.
125	125	22 (d) A cemetery manager and customer service employee
126	126	23 license may be in active status only during the period that
127	127	24 such a licensee is employed by a cemetery authority that is
128	128	25 licensed under this Act. In the event that a cemetery manager
129	129	26 or customer service employee commences work for a cemetery
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140	140	1 granted an exemption under this Section, it shall be a duty of
141	141	2 both the cemetery authority and the individual licensee to
142	142	3 immediately notify the Department so that the license may be
143	143	4 placed on inactive status. During the period that a license is
144	144	5 in inactive status, the involved person may not hold himself
145	145	6 or herself out as licensed. Upon returning to employment by a
146	146	7 cemetery licensed under this Act, such a cemetery manager or
147	147	8 customer service employee may reinstate the license to active
148	148	9 status simply by notifying the Department and paying the
149	149	10 applicable fee.
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