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ILSB2626Enroll
75%
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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2024-05-10
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
ILSB2209Intro
25%
Amends the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award grants of up to $5,000 per school site on a competitive basis to eligible school districts, regional superintendents of schools,...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0001Enroll
75%
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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2024-05-10
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
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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2024-05-10
To House Rules 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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2024-05-10
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 17, 2024
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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2024-05-10
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
ILSB3552Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, as modified by Senate Amendment No. 2, with the following changes in the Illinois Police Training Act. In provisions requiring specified training to be completed before a full-time or part-time law enf...
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2024-05-10
To House Rules 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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2024-05-10
[Hearing: May 14 @ 2:00 pm]

Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
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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2024-05-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3930Intro
25%
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 conve...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1779Engross
50%
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Changes the name of the Medication Aide Pilot Program to the Medication Aide Program. Makes conforming changes. Provides that to be approved as a qualified facility under the program (instead of for the duration of the ...
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2024-05-09
To House Rules 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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2024-05-09
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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2024-05-09
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
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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2024-05-09
To Senate Assignments 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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2024-05-09
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee
ILSR0896PassDeclares May 10, 2024 as Provider Appreciation Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages all residents of Illinois to recognize child care providers, the importance of their work, and the immeasurable value they bring to communities.
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2024-05-09
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
ILSR0708PassDeclares the week of May 12 through May 18, 2024 as Home Fire Sprinkler Week in the State of Illinois.
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2024-05-08
Resolution Adopted
ILSB3180Engross
50%
Amends the Child Labor Law. Provides for the amount of time a child performer who works in a television, motion picture, or related entertainment production may be permitted to be at the place of employment within a 24-hour time period, based on the ...
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2024-05-08
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 015-007-000
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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2024-05-08
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
ILSB3362Engross
50%
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that a retailer that makes retail sales of tangible personal property to Illinois customers from a location or locations outside of Illinois is engaged in the occupation of selling at retail in Illin...
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2024-05-08
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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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2024-05-08
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3274Intro
25%
Appropriates $2,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the Illinois Farm to Food Bank Program. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-05-08
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services 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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2024-05-08
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
ILSB3137Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendments numbers 1 and 2 with the following change, in the amendatory changes to the Substance Use Disorder Act, provides that the notice shall be provided for persons whose death occurred ...
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2024-05-08
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3645Intro
25%
Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning radon testing, provides that every school building of a school district that is occupied or will be occupied shall be tested by January 1, 2028 and shall be tested every 5 years thereafter for radon (i...
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2024-05-08
To Senate Assignments 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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2024-05-08
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 008-004-000
ILSB3527Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to store or leave a firearm outside of that person's immediate possession or control unless the firearm is unloaded and secured in a lock box or container in a manner that ...
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2024-05-08
To Senate Firearms Committee
ILSB2834Engross
50%
Prohibits a park from evicting a tenant on the grounds of non-payment of rent if the park has not applied for its license or its license renewal and failed to submit all fees due and payable under the Mobile Home Park Act. Provides that non-payment o...
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2024-05-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3669Intro
25%
Creates the Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Act to restore protections for wetlands and small streams that were formerly protected from pollution and destruction by the Clean Water Act. Provides provisions concerning: exemptions; wetlands delin...
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2024-05-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
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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2024-05-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB2943Intro
25%
Appropriates $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for grants to community learning centers under the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-07
To Senate Appropriations Education 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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2024-05-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3470Intro
25%
Creates the Pretrial Success Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services has grant making, operational, and procurement authority to distribute funds to local government health and human services agencies, community-based organizations, and o...
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2024-05-07
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
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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2024-05-06
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
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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2024-05-06
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3233Intro
25%
Creates the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit Act. Provides that owners of qualified low-income housing developments are eligible for credits against the taxes imposed by the Illinois Income Tax Act or taxes, penalties, fees, charges, and payments impo...
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2024-05-06
To Senate Assignments 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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2024-05-06
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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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2024-05-06
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB1656Intro
25%
Creates the Internet Gaming Act. Authorizes an Internet gaming operator to offer Internet gaming in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Provides that Internet gaming shall only be offered by an Internet gaming license or an Internet management...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Gaming, Wagering, and Racing Committee
ILSB2370Intro
25%
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall reimburse any county probation department for the costs of placement of any youth in care, whether the youth in care is in the custody of a coun...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2040Intro
25%
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Provides that any money appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for scholarship awards for a particular acade...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1800Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to promote the use of electric trucks by fleet owners by offering a voucher of $200,000 per electric Class 6 ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2703Engross
50%
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Historic Residence Assessment Freeze Law, provides that the fair cash value of the property shall be based on the final determination by the assessment officer, board of review, Property Tax ...
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2024-05-03
[Hearing: May 14 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
ILSB2704Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that, if a taxpayer is a volunteer member of a county or municipal emergency services and disaster agency, then the taxpayer must serve as a volunteer emergency worker for at least 100 hours d...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3159Intro
25%
Creates the Zero Emissions School Bus Funding Program Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall administer a Zero Emissions School Bus Funding Program for public schools to acquire funding to transition their school bus fleets to z...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2635Intro
25%
Amends the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. Provides that the definition of "employee" does not include: (1) an employee who is employed by an institution of higher education (i) for less than 2 consecutive calendar quarters during a calendar year and...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Paid Leave Committee
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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2024-05-03
To Senate Insurance Committee
ILSB3361Intro
25%
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a governmental unit may award contracts based on its own ranking of the offerors without regard to whether or not a cooperative purchasing program has ranked the offerors. Effective immediat...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Procurement Committee
ILSB3245Intro
25%
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that any person licensed as a brewer, class 1 brewer, or class 2 brewer shall be permitted to sell on the licensed premises to non-licensees for on-premises or off-premises consumption (instead of for o...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Liquor Committee
ILSB3731Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a construction business with annual sales and receipts in excess of $45,000,000 but not over $67,500,000.00 is a mid-size business. Provides that each chief procurement officer has authority to desi...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Procurement Committee
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