Illinois Senator Michael Halpin [D]

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ILSB2665Engross
50%
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that, if a quorum of the members of the public body is physically present, a majority of the public body may allow a member of that body to attend the meeting by other means if the member is prevented from physi...
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2024-04-15
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2690Engross
50%
Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall pay on behalf of a refugee or reimburse a refugee for payment of any transcript evaluation fees that are required by the public institution of hig...
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2024-04-15
To House Higher Education Committee
ILSB3265Engross
50%
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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2024-04-15
To House Agriculture & Conservation Committee
ILSB0290Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to b...
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2024-04-12
To Senate Elections Committee
ILSB1364Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of county commissioners of a county with a population of less than 100,000 may, by ordinance or resolution, dissolve a municipal board of election commissioners within that county and ...
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2024-04-12
To Senate Elections Committee
ILSB2793Intro
25%
Amends the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. Provides that the definition of "employee" does not include a worker who is not provided with a regular work schedule by an employer and is directly contracted with the employer to work on an as-needed basis...
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2024-04-12
To Senate Paid Leave Committee
ILSB2794Intro
25%
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it is unlawful for any person who is within 300 yards of an inhabited dwelling, to hunt with gun or dog, allow a dog to hunt, or discharge a firearm without first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant o...
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2024-04-12
To Senate Firearms Committee
ILSB2879Engross
50%
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Changes the requirement for competitive bidding for fire protection district contracts to contracts over $30,000 (currently, over $20,000).
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2024-04-12
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3156Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Makes changes concerning the data on teacher experience and education for a teacher who teaches a combination of courses. Makes changes to provisions concerning school couns...
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2024-04-12
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3608Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Adds provisions providing that Capital Development Board shall coordinate with local utilities regarding utility connection requirements and procedures applicable to State facilities. Provides that the...
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2024-04-12
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3231Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Creates a special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of the Lyme Disease Innovation Program, which helps to further education and awareness of Lyme disease in Illinois. Provides that the game shall commence on J...
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2024-04-12
To Senate Gaming, Wagering, and Racing Committee
ILSB2674Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the certification of service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and veteran-owned small businesses is an exclusive power and function of the State. Denies home rule powers. Effective immediatel...
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2024-04-12
To Senate Procurement 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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2024-04-12
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2751Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced with the following changes. Requires a veteran or caregiver to provide proof of veteran status and attest to the fact that the improvements to the residence are required to accommodate the veteran's disabili...
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2024-04-12
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2850Engross
50%
Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that a member of a board may not receive more than $6,000 per annum (instead of $3,000 per annum). Provides that at its discretion, a board may adjust the compensation amounts for inflation as dete...
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2024-04-11
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3530Intro
25%
Appropriates $8,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to State Board of Education for a grant to YouthBuild Illinois. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-04-11
To Senate Appropriations Education Committee
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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2024-04-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1373Intro
25%
Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Removes language providing for the compensation of Clerks of the Circuit Court. Provides instead that the salary of a clerk of the circuit court elected or appointed after the effective date of the amendatory Act shal...
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2024-04-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0796Intro
25%
Declares the week of October 20 through October 26, 2024 as Invisible Disabilities Week in Illinois. Urges State Facilities to adopt the Sunflower Project, including making Sunflower decals visible upon entry, making Sunflower lanyards, wristbands, a...
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2024-04-10
Placed on Calendar Order of Secretary's Desk Resolutions April 11, 2024
ILSB2683Engross
50%
Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act. Defines a course of conduct to include using any electronic tracking system or acquiring tracking information to determine a targeted person's location, moment, or travel patterns. Requires an order under thi...
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2024-04-10
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3699Intro
25%
Amends the State Finance Act. In provisions concerning the State Aviation Program Fund, provides that grant moneys in excess of $30,000,000 shall be distributed by the Department of Transportation to airports for capital development purposes for proj...
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2024-04-10
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILSB3459Intro
25%
Appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to the governing board of each public university for personal services and the related costs of increasing the wage rates of university personnel employed in positions covered under the State Universit...
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2024-04-09
To Senate Appropriations Education Committee
ILSR0893Intro
25%
Congratulates Clarence R. Wyatt, Ph.D. on his retirement as president of Monmouth College. Wishes him the best in his future endeavors.
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2024-04-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1923Intro
25%
Amends the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Provides that the Division of Probation Services shall reimburse the county or counties for 100% of the salary for all probation officer and supervisor positions approved for reimbursement by the divis...
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2024-04-05
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
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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2024-04-05
To Senate Appropriations Committee
ILSB2553Intro
25%
Amends the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act. Creates an exemption for gross rental receipts received by a hotel operator when renting, leasing, or letting rooms to an entity that (i) is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILSB2792Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to develop a caregiver program to provide direct payments to care...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB2922Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides a tax credit for certain developers of single-family residences that incur development costs and that sell or rent qualified residences to individuals who meet certain income thresholds. Sets forth the amo...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILSB3607Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for developers that invest in a qualified project redeveloping a brownfield or grayfield. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retail...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILSB3458Intro
25%
Creates the Resilient Illinois Revolving Loan Fund Act. Establishes the Resilient Illinois Revolving Loan Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used to provide low-interest or no-interest loans to cou...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Appropriations Committee
ILSB2791Intro
25%
Creates the Small Business Economic Incentive Act. Provides that at least 50% of the dollar value of all economic incentives awarded to businesses by the State or by any State agency on or after January 1, 2025 shall be awarded to businesses with 50 ...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Appropriations Committee
ILSB3685Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure program. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide grants to petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any other companies that th...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Appropriations - Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee
ILSB2700Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, provides that the exemption applies to all real property that is the primary residence of a veteran with a disability (currently, property ...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILSB3711Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Establishes the role of HIV Treatment Innovation Coordinator to be housed within the Department. Provides that the Department shall create and fill the Coordinator role within 6 months after the effective d...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB2030Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable year 2023, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is (i) $75,000 for qualified property in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabi...
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2024-04-05
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
ILSB2236Engross
50%
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Removes the repeal date for the short-term substitute teacher training program. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning short-term substitute teacher lice...
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2024-04-02
To House Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School Committee
ILSB3464Intro
25%
Creates the Work Without Fear Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to engage in, or to direct another person to engage in, immigration-related retaliation against any person or his or her family member or household member for the purpose ...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2686Intro
25%
Appropriates $26,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to reimburse public universities and community colleges for costs associated with the Illinois Veteran grant program and the Illinois National Guard ...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Appropriations Education Committee
ILSB3329Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child tax credit in an amount equal to the product of a specified credit amount multiplied by the number of qualifying children of the taxpayer. Effective immediately.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3509Intro
25%
Amends the Whistleblower Act. Changes the definitions of "employer" and "employee". Defines "adverse employment action", "public body", "retaliatory action", and "supervisor". Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against an emplo...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1391Intro
25%
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Modifies factors used by a municipality to determine if an area is a blighted area or a conservation area to be included in the area of a redevelopment project area...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3814Intro
25%
Appropriates $3,100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs associated with the Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative to provide incentives for at least 500,000 acres of eligible land. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-03-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2213Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Defines "online booking platform". Provides that the purchase price shall not include any charges added to the purchase price by an operator to comp...
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2024-03-20
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
ILSB3704Intro
25%
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quit claim deed to Shabbonna Lake State Park in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Effective immediately.
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2024-03-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2921Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Makes certain changes concerning estates that contain qualified farm property. Provides that, for the purposes of calculating the State Death Tax Credit, those estates are subject t...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2184Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that court security officers are exempt from provisions barring the carrying and possession of weapons in a vehicle, concealed upon one's person, or upon public streets, alleys, or other public lands within ...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0038Intro
25%
Urges the United States Congress to enact federal legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C.
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2024-03-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1501Intro
25%
Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that in its annual report filed with the Secretary of State, a domestic or foreign corporation shall include the aggregated demographic information of its directors and officers, inc...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1890Intro
25%
Amends the Herptiles-Herps Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any administrative rule to the contrary, snapping turtles may be taken by trap.
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1444Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for dependents of the taxpayer. Provides that the maximum amount of the credit is $700 per qualified dependent of the taxpayer. Provides that the maximum amount shall be reduced by $24 ...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
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