Illinois Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]

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ILHB3751PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill and adds that an individual against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process is a...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0357
ILHB3924PassAmends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, provides that in every State-required health course for grades 9 through 12, a school district shall provide ins...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0365
ILSB2223PassAmends the School Code. Provides that by July 1, 2024, the State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services shall work in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including the Illinois Opioid Crisis Response Advisory Council, to develop...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0399
ILHB3957PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Sets forth legislative findings. Provides that the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or Director of Central Management Services shall (rather than may) notify the At...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0367
ILHB2245PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In the Illinois Vehicle Code: Provides that a manufacturer or its vehicle location vendor shall relay vehicle location information to the best of their technical capabilities ...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0300
ILSB1754PassAmends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that a waiver for specified training requirements for appointment as a full-time or part-time law enforcement or county corrections officer may be granted by reason of prior law enforcement or county ...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0389
ILSB1875PassAmends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. In provisions concerning general, emergency, and peremptory rulemaking, specifies that State agencies shall accept submissions in writing, including submissions by email, and may, in their discretion,...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0390
ILHB3903PassAmends the Election Code. Prohibits any contractor that provides equipment and services for automated law enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties, as well as any...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0364
ILHB2300PassAmends 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 availabl...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0305
ILSB1909PassAmends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Prohibits a limited services pregnancy center from engaging in unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices: (1) to interfere with or prevent an individual from...
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2023-07-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0270
ILSB2374PassAmends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish a competitive grant program to support the development or enhancement of computer science programs in the K-12 schools. Provides that eligib...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0264
ILHB1291PassAmends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program, provides that the annual incentive shall be $2,250 (instead of $1,500) and that 45 hours of mentoring shall be required (inst...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0122
ILHB3442PassReinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a district may continue to employ that same substitute teacher in that same vacant position for 90 calendar days or until the end of the semester, whichever is gr...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0193
ILSB1611PassCreates the Firefighter Training Leave of Absence Act. Defines terms. Provides that a State employee shall be granted leave from his or her State employment for firefighter training as follows: (1) on one occasion, for up to 200 hours, to participate...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0220
ILHB3414PassAmends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the judge shall enter an order permitting prosecution under the criminal laws of Illinois unless the judge makes a finding based on clear and convincing evidence that the minor would be amenable to...
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2023-06-30
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0191
ILSB2228PassReinserts provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall make available, on its website or the equivalent, information regarding all exempt positions in State service and information s...
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2023-06-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0108
ILHB0579PassAmends the Department of Insurance Law. Sets forth provisions concerning the Marketplace Director of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Sets forth provisions concerning an exemption regarding any procurements...
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2023-06-27
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0103
ILSB0289Intro
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Makes an appropriation of $717,765,720 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for early childhood education. Makes various appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for early intervention,...
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0209Intro
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Provides legislative findings. Appropriates specified amounts to the Department of Public Health for grants, expenses, and administrative costs of programs relating to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus; the Getting t...
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2354Engross
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Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill but changes the name of the Science in Elementary Schools Working Group to the Science in Elementary Schools Task Force. Effective immediately.
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2348Intro
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Amends the School Code. Provides that all school districts shall provide instruction on relaxation activities such as yoga or meditation for at least one half-period of the school day to enhance both mental and physical health of students.
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0376Intro
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Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0504Intro
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Amends the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0245Intro
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Declares May 3, 2023 as Delta Day 2023 at the State Capitol in recognition of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and the 2023 theme of "Effectuating Change: Impact through Accountability, Empowerment and Action".
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2023-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2042Intro
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Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Establishes procedures for determining whether a child is fit to stand trial. Provides that the procedures apply to a child under the age of 21, regardless of whether the person is subject to the Act or prosecut...
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2023-06-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB2350PassAmends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning pap tests and prostate cancer screenings, provides that required coverage includes an annual cervical smear or Pap smear test for all (rather than female)...
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2023-06-12
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
ILSB1351PassReinserts the contents of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that teachers who are due to be evaluated in the last year before (instead of the year) they are set to retire shall be offered the opportunity to waive their evaluation and retain ...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0085
ILHB2332PassAmends the Counties Code. Provides that the fee for a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate a human body is $100 (rather than $50). Effective July 1, 2023.
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0029
ILHB3116PassReinserts the introduced bill and adds an August 20, 2024 effective date.
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0041
ILHB3425PassReinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Makes a change concerning professional development and youth programming. Provides that the data required to be submitted must regard verified allegat...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0047
ILHB1496PassAmends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the master record file of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice of each person committed to the respective Department shall contain ethnic and racial background data...
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2023-06-09
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0018
ILHB1375Engross
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Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Instead of requiring consumer education to be taught and studied, provides that beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2024-2025 school year, pupils in the public schools in grade 1...
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2023-05-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSJR0041Engross
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RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Friday, May 19, 2023, the Senate stands adjourned until the call of the Pr...
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2023-05-24
To House Rules Committee
ILSJR0024Engross
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Creates the SASS Program Task Force to evaluate the SASS program by county and to analyze whether the current funding is sufficient to meet the needs of the program.
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2023-05-23
To House Rules Committee
ILSB1872Enroll
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Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the amendatory changes regarding probationary periods only apply to any teacher who is first employed as a full-time teacher in a school district or program on or ...
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2023-05-19
Passed Both Houses
ILSR0303PassMourns the death of Melvin Leon "Trés" Lightford III.
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2023-05-19
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0306PassMourns the passing of Annie Katherine (Griffin) Betts.
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2023-05-19
Resolution Adopted
ILHJR0020PassUrges the Administration of President Biden to publish and certify without delay the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Urges Congress to pass a joint resolution affirming the Equal Rights Amendment as the...
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2023-05-19
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
ILSB0125Engross
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no driver or passenger, who is a medical cannabis cardholder, a medical cannabis designated caregiver, medical cannabis cultivation center agent, or dispensing organization agent may possess medical can...
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2023-05-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2572Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that the State shall not expend or invest any public funds in any organization, nonprofit organization, religious organization, or any other entity to be used for conversion thera...
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2023-05-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0213Intro
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Declares March 14, 2023 as "Equal Pay Day". Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
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2023-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3740Engross
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In the definitions of "institution of higher learning", "qualified institution", and "institution", provides that the exclusion of academic programs for incarcerated students does not apply to the m...
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2023-05-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1588Intro
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Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Adds to the definition of "brownfield site photovoltaic project", photovoltaics that meet the criteria that the project is interconnected to an electric utility, a municipal utility, a public utility as defined i...
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2023-05-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2388Intro
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Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish a Future Through Employment for Young Adults Program to awa...
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2023-05-16
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1569Intro
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Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that if an employing board determines to dismiss any teacher who currently holds a summative evaluation rating of "Proficient" or "Excellent" during the probationary period (inste...
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2023-05-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1980Intro
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Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that rates for homemaker services shall be increased to $29.64 beginning July 1, 2023 to sustain a minimum wage of $18 per hour for direct service workers. Requires rates in subsequent State fiscal years...
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2023-05-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1600Intro
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in residential and day programs and servic...
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2023-05-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2397Intro
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Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Changes the term "non-compliant identification card" to "standard identification card". Changes the definition of "limited term REAL ID compliant identification card" to inclu...
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2023-05-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1360Engross
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Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall conduct an access to nutritious food program to establish and operate projects and strategies within food deserts...
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2023-05-09
To House Rules Committee
ILSB1912Intro
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Amends the Department of Insurance Law. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall establish the Office of the Healthcare Advocate. Provides that the Office shall be administered by the Chief Health Care Advocate, who shall report to the Directo...
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2023-05-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
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