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ILSB2234Engross
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Creates the Small Business Financing Transparency Act. Sets forth provisions concerning registration requirements for persons providing commercial financing; additional registration information; registration expiration; functions, power, and duties; ...
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2024-05-13
To House Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee
ILSB2743Engross
50%
Creates the Water Plan Task Force Act. Establishes the State Water Plan Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be chaired by the Director of the Office of Water Resources of the Department of Natural Resources and composed of the directors, o...
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2024-05-13
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3349Engross
50%
Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning State Global Scholar Certification, provides that 6 units of credit shall be required to achieve State Global Scholar Certification (instead of not specifying how many units of credit are required). Pr...
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2024-05-13
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
ILSB3350Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that specified hospitals and other organizations deemed eligible by the Department of Public Health shall be enrolled to receive fentanyl test strips from the Depart...
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2024-05-13
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy L. Grant
ILSB3467Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning the educational requirements for licensure as a speech-language pathology assistant. Effective January 1, 2025.
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2024-05-13
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
ILSB2876Engross
50%
Reinsert the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Excludes from the definition of "event facility" school stadiums and hotels (rather than only school stadiums). Makes technical and other changes.
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2024-05-13
[Hearing: May 14 @ 3:00 pm]

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
ILSB3471Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue a new set of license plates to an owner of a vehicle whose plates were stolen. Provides that the new set of plates shall be issued without a fee. Requires the Secretary to assig...
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2024-05-13
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3592Engross
50%
Creates the Strengthening Community Media Act. Provides that a local news organization shall not be sold to a company without giving written notice 120 days before the sales occurs to specified individuals and organizations. Amends the Higher Educati...
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2024-05-13
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:00 pm]

House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
ILSB3412Engross
50%
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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2024-05-13
To House Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee
ILSB3646Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that a park district, not-for-profit youth club, or municipal parks and recreation department may allow a minor 14 years of age or older to...
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2024-05-13
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:00 pm]

House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce 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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2024-05-13
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
ILSB3686Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Creates the Portable and Medium-Format Battery Stewardship Act (rather than the Portable Battery Stewardship Act). Requires those who sell, offer for sale, or distribute (rat...
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2024-05-13
[Hearing: May 14 @ 3:00 pm]

House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
ILSB3701Intro
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Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that each prescriber or his or her designee shall document an attempt to access patient information in the Prescription Monitoring Program to assess patient access to controlled substances when ...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0771Intro
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
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2024-05-10
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 17, 2024
ILSB3680Intro
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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2024-05-10
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 17, 2024
ILSB3552Engross
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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
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
ILSB2682Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Changes the Act name to the Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Working Group Act (rather than the Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Task Force Ac...
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2024-05-09
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
ILSB2573Enroll
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Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual plan of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Ac...
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2024-05-09
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
ILSB3506Engross
50%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Deletes a provision that requires a Clean Air Act Permit Program (CAAPP) permit to contain a provision which creates an emergency-related affirmative defense if certain requirements are met.
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2024-05-08
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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
ILSR0844Intro
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Recognizes the First Women's Bank during Women's History Month for their advocacy for women and dedication to supporting women and minority-owned business.
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2024-05-08
Placed on Calendar Order of Secretary's Desk Resolutions May 9, 2024
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
ILSB3501Engross
50%
Creates the Responsible Outdoor Lighting Control Act. Includes legislative findings. Defines terms. Provides that all new, renovated, or retrofitted luminaires purchased with State funds after the effective date of the Act or installed after the effe...
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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
ILSB2781Engross
50%
Creates the Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant plan for the preservation and enhancement of forests, prairies, and we...
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2024-05-08
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
ILSB3479Engross
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Amends provisions of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act concerning deceptive practices targeting veterans and military members. Changes the definition of "veteran or military benefits services" to any services offered or provided...
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2024-05-08
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3737Intro
25%
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Internet-based system for determining the validity of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall include a written notice, in both English and Spanish, of a firearm owner's obligat...
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2024-05-08
To Senate Firearms Committee
ILSB3351Engross
50%
Amends the Subsidized Housing Joint Occupancy Act. Provides that an elderly parent with an adult child with disabilities of the opposite sex shall not be required to occupy subsidized housing with only one bedroom. Provides that exceptions to the lar...
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2024-05-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3548Engross
50%
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides for the re-designation of trauma centers to include Level III Trauma Centers and for designation of Acute Injury Stabilization Centers. Sets forth minimum standard requirements for tra...
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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
ILSB3399Intro
25%
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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2024-05-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2960Engross
50%
Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, hotels with 50 rooms or more and, beginning January 1, 2026, hotels with less than 50 rooms may not provide small single-use plastic bottles containing personal c...
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2024-05-06
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
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
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
ILSB2040Intro
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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
ILSB3670Intro
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Creates the Uniform Money Transmission Modernization Act. Provides that the provisions supersede the Transmitters of Money Act. Sets forth provisions concerning money transmission licenses; acquisition of control; reporting and records; authorized de...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2878Engross
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Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the senior citizens homestead exemption, permanently removes the requirement to reapply for the exemption in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants (currently, that requirement was eliminate...
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2024-05-03
[Hearing: May 14 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
ILSB3765Intro
25%
If and only if Senate Bill 3666 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, amends the Digital Assets Regulation Act. Provides that an operator shall not accept or dispense more than $1,000 or equivalent monetary value in a day from or to a customer v...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3369Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the State-funded Watershed Grant Program. Allows a person who has applied for a grant that is financed under a specified provision of the federal Water Pollution Control Act to obtain financial assista...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3561Intro
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Expands the categories of families eligible for child care assistance to include families with a parent or guardian who is employed as a mental health care worker, teacher, or health care provider and has income b...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3667Intro
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Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that the governing board of each public institution of higher education shall provide free date rape drug testing kits to students. Provides that the governing board of each public institution of highe...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3666Intro
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Creates the Digital Assets Regulation Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall regulate digital asset business activity in the State. Sets forth provisions concerning: applicability; the powers and duties of th...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3588Intro
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Amends the Electric Vehicle Rebate Act. Provides that the term "electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is exclusively powered by and refueled by electricity, is plugged in to charge, and is legally permitted to drive on all public roadways, including...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0536Engross
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Amends the Public Funds Investment Act. Provides that a public agency may adopt an ordinance or resolution to allow for investment of public funds in instruments that are not specifically listed as authorized investments if those investments comply w...
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2024-05-03
[Hearing: May 15 @ 10:00 am]
To House Executive Committee
ILSB3499Intro
25%
Creates the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Authorizes a qualified patient with a terminal disease to request that a physician prescribe aid-in-dying medication that will allow the patient to end the patient's life in a peaceful ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate End of Life Issues Committee
ILSB3395Intro
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Creates the Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may award credits to qualified music companies. Creates the Music Education Scholarship Act. Provides that the Board of Higher ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2633Intro
25%
Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act to include in the definition of "petitioner" an intimate partner. Amends the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedures of 1963 and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that,...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Firearms Committee
ILSB2984Intro
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Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for continued funding to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-05-02
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB3631Engross
50%
Creates the Illinois Coordinate System Act of 2024. Creates the Illinois Coordinate System Committee. Provides that the Committee shall create, review, and revise the Guide to the Illinois Coordinate System. Requires the Committee to meet at the call...
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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