Illinois Representative LaShawn Ford [D]

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ILHB5758Intro
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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
ILSB2315Engross
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Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section granting a homestead exemption to veterans with disabilities, provides that property that is used as a qualified residence by a veteran who was a member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II ...
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2024-03-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHR0651PassCongratulates Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc. on 49 years of advocating for economic inclusion and working to close the racial wealth gap through homeownership, and wishes them many more successful years.
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2024-03-12
Resolution Adopted
ILSB0064Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the definition of "sign" means any outdoor sign, display, device, notice, figure painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing, which i...
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2024-03-07
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Held in Executive
ILHR0633PassCongratulates Marco E. Jacome on the occasion of his retirement as CEO of Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc. (H.A.S.). Wishes him success in his future endeavors.
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2024-03-05
Resolution Adopted
ILHB0793Intro
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Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in partnership with other specified State agencies, to eliminate on July 1, 2027 the use of active or pending 14(c) certificates authorized under the federal Fair...
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2024-03-04
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5309Intro
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Amends the Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that a civil or administrative proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the parentage of a child and allocate parent responsibilities under this Act. Provides that nothing in the presumption of parentage S...
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2024-02-09
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4729Intro
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure of educators.
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2024-02-06
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2947Engross
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Secretary of State may only issue one set of Defense Superior Service plates to eligible individuals without payment of any registration or registration ren...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4544Intro
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Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-01-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB1015Engross
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a petition for a certificate of innocence shall state facts in sufficient detail to permit the court to find that the petitioner is likely to succeed at trial in proving that the petitioner is innocen...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3154Intro
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Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that whenever a municipality is required to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by law, order of court, or contract, the municipality may publish the notice on an official municipal website inst...
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2024-01-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4193Intro
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Creates the Prevention of Use of Hemp Cannabinoid Products Intended for Human Consumption by Ingestion or Inhalation by Persons Under 21 Years of Age Act. Permits the sale and possession of hemp cannabinoids by persons 21 years of age or over. Provid...
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2023-12-20
To House Rules Committee
ILSB1559PassAmends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that from January 1, 2023 through January 1, 2027, the Department of Agriculture shall not make the application available for transporting organization licenses. Provides that entities awarded a tr...
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2023-12-08
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0578
ILHB1404Intro
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Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that if a respondent to an order of protection is subject to remedies prohibiting firearm possession, the order of protection shall also include an order to surrender firearms. Sets forth re...
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2023-11-28
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0676Engross
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Amends the Counties Code. In the provision that the county board of any county may, by ordinance, regulate or prohibit within unincorporated areas the discharge of firearms in any residential area where such discharge is likely to subject residents o...
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2023-10-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4161Intro
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Amends the Industrial Hemp Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Hemp Act. Permits the wholesale and retail sale of cannabinoids, hemp concentrate, or any other intermediate hemp cannabinoid products. Provides that no person shall offer or s...
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2023-10-26
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0368Intro
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Declares October 13, 2023 as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day and recognizes the METAvivor #LightUpMBC national campaign.
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2023-10-25
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0395PassRecognizes and celebrates the birthdate of the late Gene "Coach Ping" Pingatore on October 25, 2023. Remembers the legacy he created and the many lives he touched during his lifetime.
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2023-10-25
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
ILHR0342Intro
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Declares June 2, 2023 as Gun Violence Awareness Day. Encourages all citizens to support their communities' efforts to prevent the tragic effects of gun violence and to honor and value human lives.
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2023-10-24
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0352PassCongratulates the Parliament of the World's Religions on its 130th anniversary and celebrates its return to the State of Illinois. Recognizes the Parliament of the World's Religions' focus on defending freedom and human rights, the power of diversity...
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2023-10-24
Resolution Adopted
ILHB4124Intro
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Appropriates $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for supplemental disaster relief grants. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2023-10-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4116Intro
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Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates July 25 of each year as Emmett Till Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day in honor and remembrance of Emmett Till.
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2023-10-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4102Intro
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Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Defines "security purpose" as a purpose to ensure that (i) a person accessing an online product or service is who they person claims to be or (ii) a person identified as a safety concern or as a person vi...
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2023-10-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4164Intro
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Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that by January 1, 2024, the Department of Agriculture shall adopt emergency rules and begin accepting applications for the conversion of transporting organization licenses to third-party transport...
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2023-10-18
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2718Intro
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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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2023-10-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0850PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate an area as a food desert even if the area does not meet the qualifications set forth in the engrossed bill as...
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2023-08-18
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0561
ILHB2222PassAmends the Illinois Antitrust Act. Provides that documentary material, transcripts of oral testimony, or answers to interrogatories obtained in an investigation of a violation of the Act may be used by the Attorney General in any administrative or ju...
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2023-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0526
ILHB1497PassAmends the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax Act. Amends various definitions to exempt car-sharing from the tax imposed under the Act if tax due on the automobile under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or Use Tax Act was paid upon the purcha...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0520
ILHB2898PassAmends the Private College Act. Provides that, if a for-profit, post-secondary educational institution that received monetary award program funds at a time the institution was found to have been using an unfair, misleading, or deceptive practice and ...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0536
ILHB2847PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Creates the Mental Health and Wellness Act (rather than the Mental Health Equity Access and Prevention Act). In provisions concerning coverage of no-cost mental health preven...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0535
ILHB3648PassCreates the Higher Education in Prison Act. Provides that on or before September 1 of the year following the effective date of the Act and each subsequent September 1, the Department of Corrections shall release a report, to be published on the Depar...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0541
ILSB1352PassReinserts the contents of the engrossed bill but specifies that the amendatory provisions apply to the termination of service by a teacher (instead of the termination of contractual continued service by a teacher).
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0549
ILHB0219PassAmends the Wrongful Death Act. Provides that an action under the Act may be filed to recover punitive damages. Provides that punitive damages are not available in actions against the State or an employee of the State in his or her official capacity. ...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0514
ILSB0761PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. In provisions concerning scope of practice, provides that an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, PHRN, PHAPRN, or PH...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0547
ILHB0301PassAmends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the AIM HIGH Grant Pilot Program. Removes language referring to the program as a pilot program. Requires each participating public university to indicate that grants under the program...
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2023-08-11
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0516
ILSB2195PassAmends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that with respect to an enrollee at any age, in addition to coverage of a prosthetic or custom orthotic device, benefits shall be provided for a prosthetic or custom orth...
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2023-08-07
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0512
ILHB3570PassReinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the State Board of Education shall report (instead of analyze and assess) teacher evaluation data from each school in the State. Makes changes to what data is incl...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0452
ILHB3516PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Removes provisions concerning the donation of bone marrow.
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0450
ILHB2365PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning examination alternatives, provides that the examination alternative shall consist of at least 3,000 hours of supervised professional experience that ...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0433
ILHB3639PassAmends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer that provides coverage for medically necessary epinephrine injectors shall limit the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a twin-pack of me...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0454
ILHB2039PassReinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that each disclosing State department or agency (rather than only department) shall execute a single master data use agreement that include...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0423
ILHB3631PassAmends the Pharmacy Benefit Managers Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a pharmacy benefit manager may not retaliate against a pharmacist or pharmacy for disclosing information in a court, in an administrative hearing, before a leg...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0453
ILHB1633PassReinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. In the provisions concerning the State Education Equity Committee, provides that as part of its report, by no later than December 15, 2024, the Committee shall provide recommen...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0422
ILSB2123PassAmends the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act. Provides that at least 2 months before the next election of members of the General Assembly, following the passage of a proposed amendment, the Secretary of State shall publish the amendment in a spec...
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2023-08-04
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0467
ILHB2396PassReinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year (instead of the 2023-2024 school year), each school board must establish a kindergarten with full-day attendance. Provid...
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2023-08-02
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0410
ILHB1268PassReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following change. Provides that a person who has been convicted of a felony is qualified to act as an executor if, among other criteria, the person was not previously convicted of financial expl...
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2023-08-01
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0280
ILSB1072PassAmends the Flag Display Act. Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the symbol of the State's concern for and commitment to honoring and remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed forces who have lost their lives while serving...
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2023-07-31
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0409
ILHB3203PassAmends the Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Act. Provides that a pharmacist may sell fentanyl test strips over-the-counter to the public to test for the presence of fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, or a drug adulterant within a controlled substan...
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2023-07-28
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0336
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