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ILSB1960Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that a municipality or park district may authorize and regulate the operation of low-speed electric scooters within the unit of local government on any or all highwa...
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2024-05-01
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB2862Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Provides that the list of the most in-demand jobs in this State shall be compiled in collaboration with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Departmen...
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2024-05-01
Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000
ILSJR0050Engross
50%
Declares May 1, 2024 as Illinois Bacon Day.
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2024-05-01
Arrived in House
ILSB2959Engross
50%
Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Sons of the American Legion decals. Provides that the fee for original issuance of the Sons of the American Legion decals shall be $25 with $10 to the Sons of th...
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2024-05-01
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
ILSB3237Engross
50%
Amends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning grant award amounts and required local matches, provides that the required local match and grant award amount are calculated by multiplying the required local match percentage and the grant...
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2024-05-01
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB3513Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Provides that an applicant to renew an appointment as a notary public or as an electronic notary public is not required to complete a course of study or pass an examination if the applicant is a licensed attorne...
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2024-05-01
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILSB2767Engross
50%
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it is unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a bow and arrow or a shotgun of not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than .410 bore (rather than no smaller than 20 gauge with shot size not larger than No. 4...
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2024-05-01
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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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2024-05-01
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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
ILSB2740Engross
50%
Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that the board of managers of a condominium must adopt a policy to reasonably accommodate a unit owner who is a person with a disability. Provides that the board of managers must make reasonable efforts t...
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2024-05-01
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB5184Engross
50%
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning bullying prevention, provides that "policy on bullying" means a bullying prevention policy that is age and developmentally appropriate. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-05-01
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
ILHB4838Engross
50%
Makes changes concerning the powers and duties of the Illinois State Museum. Repeals a provision which specifies that the Board of the Illinois State Museum is the governing board for the State Museum. Replaces the Board of the Illinois State Museum ...
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2024-05-01
To Senate Assignments Committee
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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2024-05-01
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2628Engross
50%
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to ensure that State agencies comply with the National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Requires all State agencies to obtain a special flood hazard area dev...
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2024-05-01
Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000
ILHB4733Engross
50%
Amends the University of Illinois Act. In provisions concerning scholarships for the children of veterans, provides that an honorary scholarship may also be given to the children of persons who served at any time during the invasion of Panama between...
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2024-04-30
To Senate Appropriations Education Committee
ILHB2601Engross
50%
Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Provides that the Director of Agriculture may exempt from inspection animals slaughtered or any meat or meat food products prepared on a custom basis at a Type I licensee only if the Type I licensee: plainl...
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2024-04-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4179Engross
50%
Amends the Rescue Squad Districts Act, which is becoming the Emergency Services District Act on January 1, 2024. Increases the amount of the levy that a district may initially levy upon formation of the district from .20% to .40%. Provides that distr...
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2024-04-30
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILHB5640Engross
50%
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Provides that whenever there is a reference in any Act to "armed forces", "armed forces of the United States", "U.S. Armed Forces", "United States Armed Forces", or "uniformed services", these terms shall be construed ...
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2024-04-30
[Hearing: May 2 @ 9:00 am]
To Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
ILHB4848Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person shall operate or cause to be operated, on a highway, a commercial motor vehicle, with the exception of a highway maintenance vehicle, transporting garbage or refuse unless the tailgate on the ...
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2024-04-30
[Hearing: May 7 @ 4:00 pm]
To Senate Transportation Committee
ILHB4938Engross
50%
Amends the Southern Illinois University Management Act. In provisions concerning the members of the Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board, provides that the Board may be composed of designees of the members. Effective immediately.
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2024-04-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3446Engross
50%
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the school report card, provides that a school district's expenditure of Base Funding Minimum and Evidence-Based Funding received from the State in the level of specificity...
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2024-04-30
[Hearing: May 7 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Education Committee
ILHB4207Engross
50%
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to ensure that State agencies comply with the National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Requires all State agencies to obtain a special flood hazard area dev...
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2024-04-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2658Engross
50%
Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to provide all newborns with screening tests for the presence of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Requires the testing to begin within 6 months following the occurrence ...
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2024-04-24
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILSB3277Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Directs the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with others, to develop mandatory protocols and best practices for providing the necess...
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2024-04-24
[Hearing: May 2 @ 9:00 am]
To House Public Health Committee
ILSB3207Engross
50%
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a day care center may operate for 24 hours or longer and may provide care for a child for a period of up to 12 hours if the parent or guardian of the child is employed in a position that requires regul...
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2024-04-24
[Hearing: May 2 @ 10:00 am]
To House Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee
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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2024-04-24
To House Insurance Committee
ILSB2832Engross
50%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no interest or penalties shall be imposed with respect to property that is included in a decedent's probate estate at the time of a delinquency if the representative of the decedent's estate applies with th...
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2024-04-15
To House Revenue & Finance 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
ILSB0160Engross
50%
Amends the Telephone Solicitations Act. Provides that a person, business, or organization may not spoof a caller's information or otherwise misrepresent the origin of a telemarketing call unless the person, business, or organization has the right to ...
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2024-03-06
To House Rules Committee
ILSB1360Engross
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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2023-05-09
To House Rules Committee
ILHJR0007Engross
50%
Creates the College Insurance Program Task Force to study the College Insurance Program and present policy and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly to ensure the program remains a viable and healthy benefit.
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2023-05-04
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1534Engross
50%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a veteran with a surviving spouse dies while an application for a veteran's homestead exemption is being reviewed, the review of that application shall continue, and any subsequent approval granted to t...
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2023-04-28
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0296Engross
50%
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that, through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a teacher preparation program or other candidate is required to pass a teacher perfor...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1470Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that before the district superintendent adopts a remote learning plan, the school board must hold a public hearing on the school district's initial proposal for a remo...
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2023-04-27
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0994Engross
50%
Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the debt limitations of school districts, provides that, in addition to all other authority to issue bonds, Washington School District 52 may issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed...
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2023-04-20
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3311Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires every applicant for the registration of a motor vehicle to present, at the time of submission of an application for registration, a valid driver's license.
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2023-03-24
To Senate Assignments Committee
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