Illinois Senator Cristina Castro [D]

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ILSB2933Engross
50%
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act for a consumer reporting agency: (1) to make, create, or furnish any consumer report or credit report containing, i...
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2024-04-23
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3764Intro
25%
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that, for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the r...
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2024-04-23
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB3273Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction for an amount equal to the amount included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income that is attributable to student loan repayment assistance received by the taxpayer during the taxable y...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3496Intro
25%
Amends the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that re-renters of hotel rooms who meet certain criteria related to gross receipts or number of transactions are required to collect and remit the tax under the Act. Effective immediately.
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2024-04-19
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
ILSB2626Engross
50%
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that, in anticipation of the successful completion of a diversion program, a petitioner may file a petition for expungement at least 61 days before the anticipated dismissal of the case. Provides that,...
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2024-04-19
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
ILSB2623Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in the State after June 1, 2024 to provide coverage for expenses for standard fertility preservation se...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Insurance Committee
ILSB3136Engross
50%
Creates the Family Recovery Plans Implementation Task Force Act. Provides that it is the General Assembly's intent to require a coordinated, public health, and service-integrated response by various agencies within the State's health and child welfar...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0807Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-19
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
ILSB0771Intro
25%
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
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2024-04-19
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
ILSB1556Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, to the extent allowed by federal law, the Environmental Protection Agency shall propose, within 12 months after the amendatory Act's effective date, and the Pollution Control Board shall adopt, ...
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2024-04-19
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
ILSB3412Intro
25%
Creates the Uniform Money Transmission Modernization Act. Provides that the provisions supersede the Transmitters of Money Act. Provides that a person may not engage in the business of money transmission or advertise, solicit, or hold oneself out as ...
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2024-04-19
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
ILSB3732Intro
25%
Amends the Prior Authorization Reform Act. Provides that the Act applies to the program of group health benefits under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that a health insurance issuer shall not require prior authorization: whe...
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2024-04-19
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
ILSB3739Intro
25%
Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Adds definitions. Provides that the minimum ratio for each provider type shall be no less than any such ratio established for qualified health plans in Federally-Facilitated Exchanges by federal law o...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4910Engross
50%
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the month of October of each year is designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Month to be observed throughout the State as a month set apart to promote awareness of domestic violence and to sup...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0001Engross
50%
Creates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government....
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3436Intro
25%
Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the General Assembly finds it necessary to take measures to increase the amount of cash assistance provided to qualifying Illinoisans under the Aid t...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB3630Intro
25%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Sets forth certain protections that must be provided to the parent or guardian of a child at the center of an abuse or neglect investigation whenever the Department of Childr...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2535Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Creates the Youth Nonviolent Crimes Resource Program. Provides that the Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide resources to people under the age of 18 who have committed a nonviolent...
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2024-04-19
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
ILSB2653Intro
25%
Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2026 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides ...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0378Engross
50%
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Sets forth certain protections that must be provided to the parent or guardian of a child at the center of an abuse or neglect investigation whenever the Department of Children and Family Services ...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5020Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, out-of-state dual credit contracts, and standards concerning dual cr...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5511Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. In a provision concerning bid preferences for Illinois businesses, makes changes to the definition of "Illinois business". Provides that the chief procurement officer shall require at the time of submission of a ...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0103Intro
25%
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Modifies the conditions by which an open or closed meeting may be conducted by audio or video conference without the physical presence of a quorum of the members. Provides that a meeting may be held without the physical ...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3157Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the State Treasurer may establish an electronic payment processing program to supplement and enhance secure electronic payment options otherwise available to not...
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2024-04-18
To House State Government Administration Committee
ILSB2764Engross
50%
Amends the Automatic Contract Renewal Act. Provides that any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation that sells or offers to sell any products or services to a consumer pursuant to a contract that includes a free gift or a trial period...
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2024-04-18
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3203Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or before December 31, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs m...
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2024-04-18
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3323Engross
50%
Creates the Accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Station Act. Requires the Department of Transportation to ensure that charging stations in the State are sufficiently accessible to allow independent use by drivers with disabilities, including people ...
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2024-04-18
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0773Engross
50%
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that provisions concerning infertility coverage apply only to coverage provided on or after January 1, 2024 and before July 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no...
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2024-04-18
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3762Engross
50%
Creates the Language Equity and Access Act. Requires the Governor's Office of New Americans, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, to: prepare a Language Needs Assessment Report that identifies the languages spoken throughout the Stat...
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2024-04-18
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3081Engross
50%
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public community college in this State with the uni...
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2024-04-18
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3473Engross
50%
Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education, in coordination with the Department of Public Health, shall develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for parents and guardians of students. Provides that the informational mat...
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2024-04-18
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2697Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Removes language concerning coverage for any cancer risk management strategy, as recommended by a health care professional. Requires, for individu...
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2024-04-18
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3387Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Expands the categories of families and individuals eligible for child care assistance to include: early childhood assistants or aides, qualified assistants, early childhood teachers, and school-age workers who wor...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILHB5313Engross
50%
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 documenta...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2232Engross
50%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a claim for a refund resulting from a final order of the Property Tax Appeal Board shall not be allowed unless the claim is filed within 20 years from the date the right to a refund arose; provided, however...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3301Intro
25%
Appropriates $ 10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1,2024.
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2024-04-17
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
ILSB3695Intro
25%
Creates the Compassionate Use and Research of Entheogens Act. Establishes the Illinois Psilocybin Advisory Board within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for the purpose of advising and making recommendations to the Department r...
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2024-04-17
To Senate Executive Committee
ILSB0466Intro
25%
Amends the Farm Fresh Schools Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-17
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education
ILHB4451Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Establishes that a municipality that operates an automated speed enforcement system shall set aside 10% of the net proceeds from each system that generates more than $500,000 in revenue for the respective school dist...
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2024-04-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4737Engross
50%
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a governmental unit may purchase a supply or service that is available on contracts from multiple contractors if the governmental unit determines that the selected contract best meets the go...
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2024-04-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5087Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that physical therapy through telehealth services may be used to address access issues to care, enhance care delivery, or increase the physical therapist's ability to assess and direct the patient's ...
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2024-04-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3727Intro
25%
Creates the Patient Access to Pharmacy Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that no person, including a pharmaceutical manufacturer, may deny, restrict, prohibit, condition, or otherwise interfere with, either directly or indirectly, the acquisiti...
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2024-04-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4772Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires that each construction agency shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1 (rather than September 1) of each year that identifies the Illinois businesses procured by the c...
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2024-04-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3753Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1. Makes technical changes. In the amendatory changes to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, provides that a service provider that has received a sanction may ...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
ILSR0868Intro
25%
Encourages the utilization of small, diverse, and veteran-owned firms, as M/WBE and DBE programs have demonstrated success in promoting economic opportunity, equity and access. Supports federal DBE standards and programs to ensure the success of the ...
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2024-04-16
To Senate Transportation Committee
ILSB0467Intro
25%
Amends the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-16
Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Cristina Castro
ILSB2639Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, for a group policy of accident and health insurance that provides pregnancy related benefits (rather than providing coverage for more than 25 employees that pr...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2654Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that personal medicine and health care devices, including hearing instruments; social security cards; passbooks; and higher education textbooks and study materials shall not be subject to a lien. Provides th...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3353Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1. Provides that the Community-Based Corrections Task Force shall study and develop innovative ways to introduce community-based corrections and rehabilitation into the State's c...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3775Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a vehicle that is in any manner involved in any of the following types of crashes within the State shall, if no police officer is present, give notice of the crash by the fastest available...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
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