Illinois Senator Ram Villivalam [D] | Senate

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ILSB2626Intro
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Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that, in anticipation of the successful completion of a diversion program, a petitioner may file a petition for expungement at least 61 days before the anticipated dismissal of the case. Provides that,...
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2024-03-27
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
ILSB1431Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Pipeline Program to recruit, support, and train individuals to work ...
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2024-03-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2024
ILSB1391Intro
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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
ILSB2702Intro
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Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Provides that "fire sprinkler inspector" means an individual who is qualified to perform routine inspection or testing of fire sprinkler systems and who is exclusively employed by a single fire spri...
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2024-03-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 9, 2024
ILSB2943Intro
25%
Appropriates $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for grants to community learning centers under the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. Effective immediately.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Appropriations Education Committee
ILSB2633Intro
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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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2024-03-22
To Senate Firearms Committee
ILSB2944Intro
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Appropriates $5,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for a grant to Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, USA for program and operating expenses for youth-development based sports initiatives. Effe...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Appropriations - Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee
ILSB3389Intro
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that concurrence of four-fifths of the Board members of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning in office is necessary for the Board to take any action, except ...
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2024-03-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2024
ILSB3329Intro
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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
ILSB0001Intro
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Creates the Early Childhood Education Act. Contains only a short title provision.
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2024-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
ILSB2822Intro
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Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Defines the terms "deep sedation", "general anesthesia", and "moderate sedation". Provides for the minimum education requirements for permits to administer deep sedation, general anesthesia, and moderate sedat...
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2024-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
ILSB2791Intro
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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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2024-03-22
To Senate Appropriations Committee
ILSB2653Intro
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Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2026 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides ...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Licensed Activities Committee
ILSB3436Intro
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Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the General Assembly finds it necessary to take measures to increase the amount of cash assistance provided to qualifying Illinoisans under the Aid t...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB3332Intro
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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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2024-03-22
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB3457Intro
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Amends the State Comptroller Act. Provides an exception for vendors to receive payment by non-electronic means. Provides that outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from appropriations which have otherwise expired and interest penalties payab...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3509Intro
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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
ILSB3441Intro
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Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Establishes a temporary statewide moratorium on construction of carbon dioxide pipelines until certain studies at the federal and State levels are conducted. Details requirements for the ...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2660Intro
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Amends the Massage Licensing Act. Requires a prosecuting attorney to provide notice to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of the licensed massage therapist's name, address, practice address, and license number and a copy of the c...
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2024-03-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
ILSB2675Intro
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Amends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning early childhood construction grants, removes a provision that specifies that grants made in fiscal year 2024 may be made only to public school districts. Provides that a not-for-profit earl...
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2024-03-21
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
ILSB3467Intro
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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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2024-03-21
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
ILSB2689Intro
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. By June 1, 2025, requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, to establish, by rule, a Montessori education endorsement to be...
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2024-03-21
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
ILSB2819Intro
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Amends the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. Removes the 5-year cap an applicant has to successfully complete all examinations required by rule of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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2024-03-21
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
ILSB2644Intro
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Requires the Secretary of State to establish the Advance Directive Registry by January 1, 2027 (rather than January 1, 2026). Directs the...
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2024-03-21
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
ILSB2729Intro
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Creates the Government Contract Retainage Act. Defines terms, including that "retainage" means a portion of money withheld from the payment of a contract for a specified period of time to ensure that a contractor or subcontractor finishes a construct...
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2024-03-21
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
ILSR0868Intro
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Encourages the utilization of small, diverse, and veteran-owned firms, as M/WBE and DBE programs have demonstrated success in promoting economic opportunity, equity and access. Supports federal DBE standards and programs to ensure the success of the ...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3649Intro
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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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2024-03-21
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
ILSB3669Intro
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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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2024-03-21
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
ILSB3538Intro
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Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if a municipality or county, including a home rule municipality or county, is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the insurance...
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2024-03-21
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
ILSB2404Intro
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Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that, in determining whether an individual is an Illinois resident, if the individual enrolls or attains credits at a public or private...
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2024-03-20
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8 (b-1), the following amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.
ILSB3462Intro
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Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Illinois Guaranteed Income Law. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Establishes the Guaranteed Income Implementation Board within the Department of Human Services to: (i) evaluate th...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB3775Intro
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a vehicle that is in any manner involved in any of the following types of crashes within the State shall, if no police officer is present, give notice of the crash by the fastest available...
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2024-03-20
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
ILSB3695Intro
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Creates the Compassionate Use and Research of Entheogens Act. Establishes the Illinois Psilocybin Advisory Board within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for the purpose of advising and making recommendations to the Department r...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2930Intro
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the aggregated demographic information of the corporation's directors and officers shall be accessible on the corporation's publicly available website for at le...
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2024-03-18
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILSB2023Intro
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Amends the Election Code. For specified applications, change of address forms, or recertifications of a driver's license or State identification card, provides that the application, form, or recertification shall serve as a dual-purpose application w...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Elections Committee
ILSB0172Intro
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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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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1796Intro
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning the child care assistance program, provides that beginning in State Fiscal Year 2024, the specified income threshold shall be no less than 250% of the then-current federal poverty level f...
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2024-03-15
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
ILSB2421Intro
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Creates the Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Protections Act. Defines terms. Provides that (i) title to pore space belongs to and is vested in the surface owner of the overlying surface estate, (ii) a conveyance of title to a surface estate conve...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1578Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that owners and operators of CCR surface impoundments at electric generating plants that are within 4,000 feet of Lake Michigan shall close the CCR surface impoundment by removal and off-site disposal...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2800Intro
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2025, renal dialysis services provided within a skilled nursing facility by a certified home dialysis provider shall receive a per-claim add-on ...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB3358Intro
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Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Creates the distillery shipper's license. Provides that a distillery shipper's license shall allow a person with an Illinois distiller license, a craft distiller license, a class 1 craft distiller license, or cl...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Liquor Committee
ILSB3386Intro
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Amends the Swimming Facility Act. Provides that rules adopted by the Department of Public Health under the Act must include unique design criteria and general standards for above-ground pools.
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2035Intro
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Creates the Ensuring Essential Services Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to ensure the State meets its obligation to provide certain essential services for individuals with developmental disabilities at consistent quality levels in accord...
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2024-03-15
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
ILSB3465Intro
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Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a facility that has received a notice of violation for a violation of minimum staffing requirements is not required to display a notice concerning the violation if staffing was at 90% of the minimum sta...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3556Intro
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Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may make grants to small businesses for eligible security improvements that assist the small business in preve...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2925Intro
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person who is qualified to register to vote, who currently holds an authentic Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued by the Secretary of State, and who is not making any application for...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Elections Committee
ILSB3093Intro
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Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that, if any licensee authorized to sell alcoholic liquor at retail has had the renewal of his or her certificate of registration denied by the Department of Revenu...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Liquor Committee
ILSB3092Intro
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Amends the School Code. Makes stylistic changes in provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops. In provisions concerning inservice training programs, removes the requirement that the training regarding health conditions of studen...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3772Intro
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Creates the Progressive Design-Build Pilot Program Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board may elect to use the progressive design-build delivery method. Provides that "progressive design-build delivery method" means a project delivery proce...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Procurement Committee
ILSB3620Intro
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Amends the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. Deletes the definition of "transportation agency". Modifies the definition of "proposer". Provides that a responsible public entity may not receive unsolicited proposals for a project. De...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Procurement Committee
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