Illinois Representative Lawrence Walsh [D]

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ILHB4415Intro
25%
Amends the Public Community College Act. With respect to the awarding of contracts by boards of trustees of community college districts, deletes the prohibition on electronic bid submissions for construction purposes.
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2024-04-15
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
ILHB4431Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language providing that the examination of an applicant for a driver's license or permit who is 75 years of age or older or, if the Secretary of State adopts rules to raise the age requirement for actual demo...
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2024-04-15
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
ILHB5397Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Petroleum Education and Marketing Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2024, no member of the Illinois Petroleum Resources Board may be appointed to a term which would cause the member to exceed 9 years of total service on the Boa...
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2024-04-15
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 025-000-000
ILHB5020Intro
25%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Provides that a Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework (instead of a Dual Credit Instructor Endorsement Framework) shall be developed through a committee involving c...
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2024-04-15
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
ILHB5234Intro
25%
Creates the Transmission Efficiency and Cooperation Law within the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an incumbent electric transmission owner has the right to construct, own, and maintain an electric transmission line approved in a transmission pla...
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2024-04-15
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5243Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that in competitive procurements conducted by the Agency for utility-scale energy storage resources from owners of existing or retired fossil-fueled power plants, the Agency, in ranking the bids, shall a...
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2024-04-15
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
ILHB0611Intro
25%
Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-15
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
ILHB4224Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Provides that the bond of a library treasurer or custodian of the moneys paid over to a library board shall not be less than 10% (rather than 50%) of the total funds received by the library in the last fiscal ye...
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2024-04-15
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-017-000
ILSB3407Engross
50%
Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a p...
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2024-04-15
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0381Engross
50%
Amends the State Property Control Act. Requires the Director of Central Management Services, as Administrator, to assess surplus real property held by the State and determine whether such property is unsellable in its current assessed condition. Prov...
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2024-04-12
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB5766Intro
25%
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that are approved...
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2024-04-12
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2911Engross
50%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that the tax incentivized development must be established by an intergovernmental agreement to which the taxing district is a party. Effective immediately.
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2024-04-12
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5542Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning charitable exemptions granted to limited liability companies, removes a requirement that the limited liability company must be a disregarded entity for federal and Illinois income tax purposes.
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2024-04-12
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
ILHB5087Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that physical therapy through telehealth services may be used to address access issues to care, enhance care delivery, or increase the physical therapist's ability to assess and direct the patient's ...
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2024-04-11
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB4751Intro
25%
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that "confidential information" means, for purposes of a provision requiring the results of each public school's Carbon-Free Assessment to be memorialized in a non-confidential report that redacts confidentia...
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2024-04-11
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB5017Intro
25%
Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a p...
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2024-04-11
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB5522Intro
25%
Amends the Wildlife Code. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to issue a Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit not only to any person who is providing nuisance wildlife control services for a fee or compensation, but also to any person who soli...
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2024-04-11
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB0569Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-11
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
ILHB5572Intro
25%
Creates the Worker Freedom of Speech Act. Provides that an employer or the employer's agent, representative, or designee may not discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize, threaten to discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize, or take any adver...
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2024-04-11
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
ILHB5543Intro
25%
Amends the Township Code. When the electors in a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is loca...
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2024-04-11
[Hearing: Apr 16 @ 11:30 am]

House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
ILHB4823Intro
25%
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-04-11
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHR0690PassMourns the death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough.
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2024-04-11
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
ILHB5244Intro
25%
Amends the Energy Efficient Building Act. Requires the Board to adopt rules requiring all buildings to be designed and constructed to provide natural gas service and electric power. Species that a unit of local government may not enact or enforce a r...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5054Intro
25%
Amends the Renewable Energy Facilities Agricultural Impact Mitigation Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Agricultural Impact Mitigation Act. Makes conforming changes in the Illinois Power Agency Act and the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes ...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5383Intro
25%
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act. Requires the State Employees Group Insurance Program to provide coverage for all FDA-approved treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's Disease or another related demen...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4569Intro
25%
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the State shall indemnify and hold harmless a board-certified forensic pathologist who has been appointed or designated by a county or a county coroner's office to perform autopsies for all of the pathologist's...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5379Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that each Climate Bank-funded project must include a fully executed project labor agreement for any construction project, pay the prevailing wage to construction workers in accordance with the Preva...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5600Intro
25%
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that Will County may adopt an ordinance regulating and imposing a civil penalty on an owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to comply with gross vehicle weight or axle weight restrictions and that the County...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5544Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes legislative declarations and findings concerning the deployment of energy storage systems. Provides that the Illinois Power Agency has the power to conduct competitive solicitations to procure energy storag...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5323Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides, in a provision concerning the regulation of greenhouse gases, that a specific greenhouse gas emission limit does not apply to black start facilities. Defines "black start facility".
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2529Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption from $65,000 to $75,000.
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3511Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if property qualifies for the senior citizens homestead exemption, but the property owner fails to apply for the exemption during the application period, then the property owner may apply to any or all of ...
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2024-04-05
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5359Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes changes to "brownfield site photovoltaic project" definition. Deletes provision that requires the Agency to develop a method to optimize procurement of the renewable energy credits from proposed utility-sca...
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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
ILHR0647Intro
25%
Recognizes Joliet Junior College on the successful implementation of its 12x12x12 dual credit program. Commends the community college for continuing to inspire learning, transform lives, and strengthen communities. Encourages community colleges to pu...
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2024-04-04
Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions
ILHB4808Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires rules adopted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for purposes of administering the Water Revolving Fund to encourage regionalization and proactive compliance. Effective immediately.
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2024-04-03
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB5546Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Removes references to the State-Wide One-Call Notice System and replaces it with JULIE, Inc. Sets forth additional definitions. Provides that owners or operators of underground...
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2024-04-03
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB5008Intro
25%
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that a local school council shall have and exercise the power and duty to contract with the Chicago Police Department to have police officers or school resource officers on schoo...
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2024-04-03
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
ILHB4017Intro
25%
Appropriates $16,358,900 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for grants to Independent Living Centers. Effective July 1, 2023.
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2024-03-15
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0637PassCongratulates Joseph L. "Joe" Belman on his 100th birthday. Thanks him for his military service to the United States of America. Recognizes his century-long journey and his enduring impact on workers' rights advocacy and mentorship in youth developme...
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2024-03-13
Resolution Adopted
ILSB0064Engross
50%
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
ILHB4632Intro
25%
Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall establish an electronic registry, to be known as the Advance Directive Registry, through which residents of the State of Illinois may deposit, with the Secretary of State, ...
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2024-03-07
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2381Intro
25%
Appropriates $1,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for a comprehensive study of the Kaskaskia River watershed in coordination with the United States Army Corps of Engi...
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2024-02-29
To House Appropriations-Public Safety Committee
ILHB4296Intro
25%
Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Illinois Route 66 Centennial Commission Trust Fund for cost incurred by the Commission in furtherance of the Illinois Route 66 Centennial Commission Act. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-02-28
To House Appropriations-Public Safety Committee
ILHB4659Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that certain reports concerning data centers are due no later than June 15 (currently, May 31) of each year. Effective immediately.
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2024-02-06
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2947Engross
50%
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
ILHB1208Intro
25%
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Provides that for the purpose of making up any deficiency in the appropriation for the payment of claims directed pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act, there is appropriated, on a continuing annual basis in ea...
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2024-02-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3588Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill but transfers functions in the Act from the Illinois State Police to the University of Illinois. Provides that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall contract with a not-for-profit co...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1956PassReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes a change in a provision concerning eligibility for receiving an initial increase in retirement annuity for persons who have not received an initial increase. Removes pr...
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2023-12-08
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0582
ILSB1699PassAmends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Adjustable Block program shall include at least 15% from distributed renewable generation devices or photovoltaic community renewable generation projects installed on public school land (rather ...
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2023-12-08
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0580
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