Illinois Representative Stephanie Kifowit [D]

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ILHB4241Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012: (1) changes definitions of "authority figure", "educator", and "school"; (2) adds a definition of "student"; and (3) provides that a person commi...
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2024-05-08
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3136Engross
50%
Creates the Family Recovery Plans Implementation Task Force Act. Provides that it is the General Assembly's intent to require a coordinated, public health, and service-integrated response by various agencies within the State's health and child welfar...
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2024-05-08
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
ILSB3649Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that an employer shall be assessed a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation of the Act. Provides that, upon a reasonable belief that an employer covered by the A...
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2024-05-08
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4966Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue specialty plates to motorcycles. Makes corresponding changes.
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2024-05-07
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
ILSB3275Engross
50%
Amends the Real Estate Transfer Tax Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that paper revenue stamps shall be phased out by December 31, 2025. Requires counties to issue electronic revenue stamps or alternative indicia thereafter. Effective immediate...
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2024-05-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3151Engross
50%
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning safety education and driver education courses, provides that the course instruction on special hazards existing at and required safety and driving precautions that must ...
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2024-05-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB0275Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning no later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of State shall offer to qualified applicants the option to be issued an 8-year driver's license at a cost of $60. Provides that the Secretary shal...
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2024-05-07
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
ILHB5450Engross
50%
Amends the State Universities Retirement System Article of the Illinois Pension Code. With respect to a Section concerning reports on cost reduction, removes provisions requiring that on or before November 15th of each year, the Board of Higher Educa...
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2024-05-07
[Hearing: May 14 @ 5:30 pm]
To Senate Higher Education Committee
ILHB4919Intro
25%
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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2024-05-07
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHR0752Intro
25%
Commends the women in trades who are breaking down barriers, demonstrating exceptional skill and dedication, and serving as role models for others. Encourages ongoing efforts to support tradeswomen, including future events, educational programs, and ...
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2024-05-07
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0496Intro
25%
Urges Portillo's to honor the wishes of its food distribution workers who have voted to join a union and bargain collectively for the betterment of themselves and their families. Urges all State elected officials to stand with Portillo's food distrib...
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2024-05-06
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0773Engross
50%
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that provisions concerning infertility coverage apply only to coverage provided on or after January 1, 2024 and before July 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no...
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2024-05-06
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB2778Engross
50%
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a deputy sheriff applicant who is a veteran and who was discharged honorably or generally under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before applying may request examination to occur before the next sched...
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2024-05-06
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILHR0630PassDeclares March 3 through March 9, 2024 as Illinois Soil Health Week in the State of Illinois. Encourages the celebration of Soil Health Week and its related activities to increase the awareness of Illinois farmers, eaters, and those involved in agrib...
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2024-05-03
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
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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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0628PassDeclares June 9, 2024 as Race Amity Day. Invites communities across the United States of America to join in introspection and reflection on the beauty and richness of the diverse peoples of this great nation while reaching out with a spirit of amity ...
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2024-05-03
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
ILHB4623Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child is ineligible to receive a school bus driver permit. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "child pornography" includes the ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHR0506PassUrges the passage of important policies to better support family caregivers, particularly by enacting policies that: (1) provide increased funding for Illinois' Community Care Program, Home Delivered Meals, the Illinois Family Caregiver Act, Illinois...
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2024-05-03
Resolution Adopted
ILSB2639Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, for a group policy of accident and health insurance that provides pregnancy related benefits (rather than providing coverage for more than 25 employees that pr...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4108Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue Air Force Combat Action Medal license plates to a resident who was awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal. Makes other conforming changes.
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
ILHB2900Intro
25%
Amends the Wildlife Code. Prohibits contests or competitions with the objective of taking any fur-bearing mammal. Provides an exception for field trials. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor and subject to a fine of no less than $500 an...
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2024-05-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5266Engross
50%
Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a policeman who applies for disability benefits under the Article and has been denied reinstatement as a policeman by his or her employer because of a physical or mental in...
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2024-05-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5256Engross
50%
Amends the Personnel Code. Provides, in provisions concerning a trainee program for persons with a disability, that "disability" includes a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder by a medical professional. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
ILHB5550Engross
50%
Creates the Summary of Rights for Safer Homes Act. Requires the Department of Human Rights to create a summary form advising tenants who have suffered domestic violence or sexual violence of the rights that they have under Illinois law that provide p...
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2024-05-02
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:30 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB3556Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Deletes provisions creating the Black Farmer Restoration Program. Provides that fee title acquisition grants to private landowners, socially disadvantaged farmers, and limite...
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2024-05-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4417Engross
50%
Amends the Course of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that all public high schools, including charter schools, shall designate and annually observe a week known as "Workplace Readiness Week". Provides that students shall be provided informa...
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
ILHB4365Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue special registration plates designated as Defense Superior Service plates or Defense Distinguished Service plates to residents of the State.
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
ILHB5386Intro
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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2024-05-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5282Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Changes the effective date to January 1, 2026 (instead of January 1, 2025).
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
ILHB5369Engross
50%
Amends the Career and Workforce Transition Act. Provides that a public community college district shall accept up to 30 credit hours transferred from an institution approved by the Illinois Community College Board if a student has completed a masonry...
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
ILSB3514Engross
50%
Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that the mushroom calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the "giant puffball", is designated the official State mushroom of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB5547Intro
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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2024-05-02
To House Appropriations-Higher Education Committee
ILHB5295Engross
50%
Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall provide coverage for medically necessary hormonal and non-hormonal the...
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
ILHB4175Engross
50%
Amends the School Code. Provides that school personnel of any school district, charter school, or nonpublic elementary or secondary school may not engage in corporal punishment of a student, inflict corporal punishment upon a student, or cause corpor...
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2024-05-02
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
ILHB4592Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue a mobile Illinois Identification Card or mobile driver's license to an individual who is otherwise eligible to hold a physical credentia...
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2024-05-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4171Engross
50%
Creates the United States Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Memorial Highway Act. Designates the portion of Interstate 80 that is located in the State of Illinois as the United States Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Memorial Highway.
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2024-05-01
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:30 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB4718Intro
25%
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-01
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3448Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Requires State agencies to verify addresses of locations of Tier II chemicals before providing Tier II chemical address information to local agencies.
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2024-05-01
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB4928Engross
50%
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the twenty-seventh day of June of each year as National PTSD Awareness Day to be observed throughout the State as a day of awareness and recognition of how post-traumatic stress disorder affects th...
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2024-05-01
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:30 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB5005Engross
50%
Amends the State Treasurer Act. In provisions concerning the College Savings Pool, provides that an account may be rolled over into a Roth IRA account, to the extent permitted by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. In provisions concerning the ...
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2024-05-01
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:30 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB4910Engross
50%
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the month of October of each year is designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Month to be observed throughout the State as a month set apart to promote awareness of domestic violence and to sup...
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2024-05-01
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:30 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
ILSB2597Engross
50%
Amends the Electric Vehicle Charging Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act shall not apply to any non-profit organization described in specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or to any other developer, association, or entity ...
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2024-05-01
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB4293Engross
50%
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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2024-05-01
[Hearing: May 15 @ 2:30 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB5294Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the State of Illinois is considered an employer under the provisions of the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act. Provides that an employee of an employer w...
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2024-05-01
To Senate Paid Leave Committee
ILHR0443PassDeclares December 26, 2023 and December 26, 2024 as Cold War Veterans Recognition Day in honor of the contributions and sacrifices made by members of the Armed Forces during the Cold War.
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2024-04-30
Resolution Adopted 114-000-000
ILHB5653Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Reenacts a provision concerning the Veterans' Service-Related Ailments Task Force repealed by Public Act 102-417. Changes the name of the Veterans' Service-Related Ailments Task Force to the Veterans' S...
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2024-04-30
To Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
ILHR0606PassDeclares March 12, 2024 as "Equal Pay Day". Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
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2024-04-30
Resolution Adopted 078-027-000
ILHR0595PassDeclares the month of February 2024 as Career and Technical Education Month in the State of Illinois.
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2024-04-30
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
ILSB1996Engross
50%
Amends the Child Labor Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-04-30
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Re-assigned to Rules Committee
ILHB0612Engross
50%
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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2024-04-30
To Senate Revenue Committee
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