Illinois Representative LaShawn Ford [D] | House

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ILHB4754Intro
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Amends the Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall publish monthly on its website, and submit to the Illinois State Police in a form, manner, and frequency as required by the Illinois State Police, the following info...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4872Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality shall receive a waiver from paying a required match to a State grant of State moneys if the municipality meets all the other requirements needed for approval of the grant and submits do...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5451Intro
25%
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
ILHB0305Engross
50%
Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that within 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, all remaining Class II county school units shall, by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and authori...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5011Engross
50%
Amends the Governmental Account Audit Act. Modifies the audit procedures for governmental units under the Act for the governmental units fiscal years 2026 and after, including: (1) modifying the definitions of "audit report" and "report"; (2) requiri...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4611Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer shall not, with regard to any motor vehicle liability insurance practice, (i) unfairly discriminate based on age, race, color, national or ethnic origin, immigration or citizenship status, ...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3538Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a veteran may submit an application for the homestead exemptions for veterans with disabilities to the chief county assessment officer with respect to a specific property before the veteran purchases the pr...
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2024-04-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1287Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that owners of income-producing properties shall file physical descriptions of their properties with the chief county assessor in the form and format determined by the chief county assessor. Effective immediatel...
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2024-04-18
To House Property Tax Committee
ILHB5602Engross
50%
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the twenty-first day of February of each year as John Lewis Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day to remember the accomplishments of the civil rights icon and to honor his legacy and de...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5450Engross
50%
Amends the State Universities Retirement System Article of the Illinois Pension Code. With respect to a Section concerning reports on cost reduction, removes provisions requiring that on or before November 15th of each year, the Board of Higher Educa...
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2024-04-18
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2024
ILHB2504Intro
25%
Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund for deposit into the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Fund. Effective July 1, 2023.
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2024-04-18
To House Appropriations-Higher Education Committee
ILHB5467Engross
50%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons and related offenses may ...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHR0665Intro
25%
Declares April 14 through April 20, 2024 as Harm Reduction Solidarity Week in the State of Illinois in order to raise awareness about the principles and practices of harm reduction, emphasizing its vital role in public health and safety. Encourages c...
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2024-04-18
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
ILHB4919Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision requiring the Department on Aging to require an annual audit from all personal assistant and home care aide vendors contracting with the Department, provides that the annual audit shall assure that...
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2024-04-18
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHB4806Intro
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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2024-04-17
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHB5789Intro
25%
Appropriates the amount of $709,500 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for the administration and operation of Greencorps Chicago and Forest ...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHJR0055Intro
25%
Designates Route 31 in Batavia from Main Street south to Mooseheart Road as the "SSG Robert D. Herreid Memorial Highway".
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2024-04-16
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
ILHJR0054Intro
25%
Designates Route 31 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "PFC Wayne W. Hill Jr. Memorial Highway".
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2024-04-16
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
ILHJR0056Intro
25%
Designates Route 59 in West Chicago from Route 38 to Route 64 as the "SFC Theodore A. Katsoolias Memorial Highway".
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2024-04-16
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
ILHJR0053Intro
25%
Designates Route 25 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "SFC Ogden N. Thompson Memorial Highway".
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2024-04-16
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
ILHB5270Intro
25%
Creates the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact Act. Provides that the State of Illinois ratifies and approves the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Provides that the purpose of the Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Occupationa...
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2024-04-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1241Intro
25%
Creates the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall award income tax credits to taxpayers who provide an endowment gift to a permanent endowment fund during the taxable year and receive a certificate of receipt fo...
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2024-04-11
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4123Intro
25%
Amends the Disaster Relief Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may provide State supplemental grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals and households ad...
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2024-04-11
To House Violence Reduction & Prevention Committee
ILHR0690PassMourns the death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough.
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2024-04-11
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
ILHR0453PassUrges support for the Family Roots Genealogy Pilot Program as it provides African American descendants of enslaved individuals the opportunity to trace their roots back to their ancestral homelands, to reconnect with their ancestral heritage, and to ...
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2024-04-10
Resolution Adopted
ILHB5046Intro
25%
Amends the Psychiatry Practice Incentive Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish a Collaborative Care Demonstration Grant program and set criteria for the program. Provides that the Director of Public Health may establish a...
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2024-04-10
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0041Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Deletes language providing that nothing in the Act requires that each parent be allocated decision-making responsibilities. Provides that it is presumed that fit parents act in the best in...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0028Intro
25%
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections relating to certificates of expungement for Class 3 and 4 felonies. Eliminates the requirement that a certificate of expungement may only be issued to a person who has served in the United States Armed Forces or...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0039Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Further amends the Election Code and amends the Unified Code...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0044Intro
25%
Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. Changes a requirement that each petition for a nomination for mayor, city clerk, or city treasurer in the City of Chicago must be signed by at least 12,500 legal voters of the City of Chicago to a r...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1468Intro
25%
Creates the Family Care Plans for Infants and Families Act. Requires the Department of Public Health, in consultation with specified agencies and entities, to develop guidelines for hospitals, birthing centers, medical providers, Medicaid managed car...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1467Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Includes in the offense of mob action, (1) the knowing or reckless steering of a motor vehicle so that it makes a controlled skid sideways through a turn with the front wheels pointed in a direction opposite to that ...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2401Intro
25%
Amends the Instructional Materials Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district (including a charter school) shall require that books that are included as a part of any course, material, instruction, reading assignment, or other school...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3232Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning the child care assistance program administered by the Department of Human Services, removes language authorizing the Department to raise parent co-payments. Provides instead that beginning...
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2024-04-05
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHB4339Intro
25%
Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency that encrypts police scanner transmissions must provide, by license or otherwise, real-time access to those transmissions to broadcast stations, broadcasting stations, radio broadca...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4706Intro
25%
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that substance abuse programs and mental health or developmental disabilities facilities operating in the State shall provide verbal notice to t...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5154Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning the child care assistance program, provides that notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Human Servi...
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2024-04-05
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHB5153Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to execute and deliver an easement for maintenance purposes of specified land in Cook County to the Village of Forest Park for $1. Effective immediately.
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4752Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Allows the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to grant a community water supply an initial extension of the lead service line replacement timeline for a period of a time that is equal to not more than 30...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4173Intro
25%
Amends the School Code. Allows a METT Educator District License for teaching a course in manufacturing, engineering, technology, or a trade (METT) to be issued to an applicant who has at least 10,000 working hours in a trade. Provides that a METT Edu...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4975Intro
25%
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a public education program regarding gambling disorders, requires the program to (i) promote public awareness to create a gambling informed S...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5305Intro
25%
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to provide that illegal possession of land during a 7-year period may not be used for a claim of adverse possession. Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act to provide that no person has a right to occupy or remain on or...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5499Intro
25%
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that gambling and gambling addiction shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5316Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue a State Voter Identification Card to any natural person who is a registered voter in the State of Illinois and who applies for the card or the renewal of th...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5314Intro
25%
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Repeals provisions prohibiting ordinances penalizing tenants who contact the police or other emergency services. Adds provisions prohibiting a county or municipality from enacting a program, o...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5478Intro
25%
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall require, in a manner and method determined by the State Board, that each school district report the number of student referrals to law en...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4637Intro
25%
Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a physician assistant may prescribe, dispense, order, administer, and procure drugs and medical devices without delegation of authority by a physician. Provides that a physician assis...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4704Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Transportation Division of the Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish a statewide database in which any licensed tow operator may enter information regarding vehicles towed for safety or reloc...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5758Intro
25%
Appropriates $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for the Statewide Railway Program for salaries and other expenses related to adding the professional staff in the rail division of the Office of Intermodal Proj...
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2024-04-04
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0355Intro
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Declares an immediate Black student enrollment crisis in the State of Illinois until enrollment at its flagship University of Illinois and all other Illinois higher education institutions reach a suitable number of Black enrolled students. Urges all ...
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2024-03-20
[Hearing: May 1 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Higher Education Committee
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