| HB293 | REVENUE-TECH (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sunset of exemptions, credits, and deductions. |
| | Current Status: | 1/3/2017 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB581 | SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACT NOTICE ACT (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Social Services Contract Notice Act. Provides that a grant agreement, service agreement, or contract between a State agency and an authorized service provider for the provision of social services may be terminated by either party to the agreement, contract, or grant for any or no reason upon 30 days' prior written notice to the other party. Provides that, unless the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act provides otherwise, a suspension or reduction in the estimated amount of the grant agreement, service agreement, or contract is subject to 30 days' prior written notice to the other party. Requires a written notice issued by a State agency to include the date upon which the authorized service provider must submit its final invoice to the State agency for payment for services rendered. Permits a State agency, upon written notice, to immediately terminate a grant agreement, service agreement, or contract for social services if the authorized service provider has made material misrepresentations or material omissions explicitly prohibited under the designated agreement or contract. Permits an authorized service provider, upon written notice, to immediately terminate or suspend a grant, contract, or agreement if the State agency owes the provider funds under the grant agreement, service agreement, or contract that are over 90 days past due. Provides that these provisions concerning the termination of the contract or agreement (i) do not affect the parties' ability to immediately terminate a grant agreement, service agreement, or contract for breach of contract and (ii) apply to agreements or contracts executed on or after the effective date of the Act. Requires a State agency to notify the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate in writing of its intent to suspend, terminate, or reduce the amount of a grant agreement, service agreement, or contract for a particular social services program due to the failure of appropriation or a reduction in the amount of available funds to support the program. Provides that such notice shall be provided no less than 120 days before the State agency suspends, terminates, or reduces the grant agreement, service agreement, or contract and must include the level of appropriations required to prevent the suspension, termination, or reduction. Provides that the provisions concerning notifications apply to agreements and contracts entered before, on, or after the effective date of the Act and that the requirements of the Act may not be waived by agreement. Provides that the failure of a State agency to submit notice to the General Assembly as required shall not prevent termination of a contract or agreement entered into prior to the effective date of the Act. Defines terms. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1, with the following change: Removes language permitting an authorized service provider to, upon written notice, immediately terminate or suspend a grant, contract, or agreement if the State agency owes the provider funds under the grant agreement, service agreement, or contract that are over 90 days past due. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | HB581 |
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| HB1052 | TRANSPORTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a residential neighborhood within the unincorporated boundaries of a township road district whose private roadways are maintained by a neighborhood organization may draft and vote on a resolution to turn authority and control over its roadways to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Provides that authority and control over the roadways shall be transferred to the Department 21 days after the approved resolution is filed with the highway commissioner and the county clerk. Provides that roads to be turned over to the Department in this manner must meet the following criteria: (1) be located within the boundaries of a county whose population is no less than 500,000 people; (2) lie within a neighborhood where the majority of the neighborhood was platted before 1970; (3) the neighborhood organization must consist of more than 20 residential units; (4) the roadways cannot be part of a gated community, have a guard post, or have any physical obstructions that prevent ongoing and regular access by the general public; (5) the neighborhood must abut an inland body of water with at least 100 acres of surface area, but no more than 250 acres of surface area; and (6) the neighborhood must be located within 6 miles of a tollway. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides for the transfer of all authority and control over certain specified roads to the highway commissioner of a township road district (rather than the Department of Transportation). |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1052 |
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| HB1380 | PUBLIC LABOR-ATTORNEY FEES (REP. BRANDON PHELPS) Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that, unless mutually agreed otherwise, any party to a collective bargaining agreement who fails to timely comply with an arbitration award or who, after timely demand, fails to submit a grievance dispute concerning the administration or interpretation of an agreement to arbitration shall pay to the prevailing party all reasonable costs of the proceeding in the trial and reviewing courts, including reasonable attorneys' fees. Provides that a charging party or person who, pursuant to an application for judicial review of an order of the Board issued in relation to an unfair labor practice proceeding, obtains a stay of the Board's order pending judicial review shall pay all reasonable costs of the proceedings in the reviewing courts, including reasonable attorneys' fees, as determined by the court, in the event the final unappealable decision of the reviewing courts is adverse to the party obtaining the stay. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Removes language providing that a charging party or person who obtains a stay of an Illinois Labor Relations Board's order pending judicial review shall pay all reasonable costs of the proceedings in the reviewing court, including reasonable attorneys' fees, as determined by the court, in the event the final unappealable decision of the reviewing court is adverse to the party obtaining the stay. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as engrossed, and provides that unless mutually agreed otherwise, any party (rather than any public employer) to a collective bargaining agreement who obtains a stay of an award issued by an arbitration panel or single arbitrator, or any mutually agreed procedures, shall pay all reasonable costs of the proceedings in the reviewing courts, including reasonable attorneys' fees, as determined by the court, in the event the final, unappealable decision of the reviewing courts is adverse to that party (rather than the public employer). |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1380 |
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| HB3262 | PROCUREMENT-EMERGENCY PURCHASE (REP. BARBARA CURRIE) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. Provides that no transfers shall be made from the General Revenue Fund to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund after the transfer has been made with respect to the 2023 fiscal year. Increases the bonding authorization for the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Increases the amount to be paid into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Makes other changes. Effective immediately |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3262 |
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| HB3333 | BROKER MARKET ANALYSIS (REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. In provisions regarding a statement that must be contained in a broker price opinion or comparative market analysis, provides that the broker price opinion or comparative market analysis was prepared by a licensed real estate broker or managing broker who was not acting as a State certified real estate appraiser (rather than a licensed real estate broker or managing broker, not by a State certified real estate appraiser). Effective immediately.
- Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the engrossed bill with the following changes: Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Appraisal Management Company Recovery Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Appraisal Management Company Registration Act. Provides that the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, upon recommendation of the Real Estate Appraisal Administration and Disciplinary Board, may charge a fee not to exceed $500 to be paid at the time of submission of an original or renewal application to register as an appraisal management company. Provides that the fee shall be deposited in the Appraisal Management Company Recovery Fund. Provides that the Fund shall be used to provide restitution to each State-certified general real estate or residential real estate appraiser who has suffered pecuniary loss, and to award to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation expenses, fines, or fees that have gone unpaid to the Department in certain circumstances. Establishes when payouts from the Fund may be made. Repeals provisions concerning bonds of registrants and makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3333 |
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| HB4167 | $DEPT JUVENILE JUSTICE-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes an appropriation to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for grant awards to students eligible for the Monetary Award Program and agency administrative and operational costs. Provides that the appropriation authority granted in the Act is valid for costs incurred before September 1, 2016. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4167 |
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| HB4326 | CD CORR-HARDIN CTY WORK CAMP (REP. BRANDON PHELPS) Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall operate the Hardin County Work Camp located in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4326 |
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| HB4351 | AGING-DHS-DHFS-DON ASSESSMENT (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging, the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Regarding services provided under the Community Care Program, the Home Services Program, the supportive living facilities program, and the nursing home prescreening project, provides that individuals with a score of 29 or higher based on the determination of need assessment tool are eligible to receive institutional and home and community-based long term care services until the State receives federal approval and implements an updated assessment tool. Requires the Department on Aging, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to promulgate rules regarding the updated assessment tool, but prohibits those Departments from promulgating emergency rules regarding the updated assessment tool. Provides that the State shall not implement an updated assessment tool that causes more than 1% of then-current recipients to lose eligibility; and that anyone determined to be ineligible for services due to the updated assessment tool shall continue to be eligible for services for at least one year following that determination and must be reassessed no earlier than 11 months after that determination. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code by deleting a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to, subject to federal approval, on and after July 1, 2012, effectuate an increase in the determination of need scores from 29 to 37 for applicants for institutional and home and community-based long term care. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that no individual receiving care in an institutional setting shall be involuntarily discharged as the result of the updated assessment tool until a transition plan has been developed by the Department on Aging or its designee and all care identified in the transition plan is available to the resident immediately upon discharge. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Further amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Removes a provision requiring the Department on Aging to establish eligibility standards for services provided under the Community Care Program and instead sets forth the criteria individuals must meet to have equal access to services under the Community Care Program. Makes changes to provisions added to the Act concerning the eligibility of individuals with a determination of need score of 29 or higher for institutional and home and community-based long term care services until the State receives federal approval and implements an updated assessment tool; and adds a provision requiring service cost maximums to be set at levels no lower than the service cost maximums that were in effect as of January 1, 2016 and to be increased accordingly to reflect any rate increases. Makes changes to provisions added to the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code concerning the eligibility of individuals with a determination of need score of 29 or higher for institutional and home and community-based long term care services until the State receives federal approval and implements an updated assessment tool. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code by providing that no individual receiving care in an institutional setting shall be involuntarily discharged as the result of the updated assessment tool until a transition plan has been developed by the Department on Aging or its designee and all care identified in the transition plan is available to the resident immediately upon discharge. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4351 |
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| HB4477 | FINANCE-TECH (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that all contracts under the Code entered into by the Department of Transportation shall provide for mobilization payments unless explicitly rejected by a contractor. Provides that when a contract under this Code entered into by the Department of Transportation provides for mobilization payments and the contractor is using the services of a subcontractor, the subcontract shall include terms requiring mobilization payments be made to the subcontractor. Provides for a schedule of mobilization payments based on the total value of the subcontract. Defines "mobilization payment". - House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes: Provides that the provisions concerning mobilization payments only apply to contracts entered into by the Department of Transportation. Relocates the provisions to the Article of the Illinois Procurement Code concerning construction and construction-related professional services. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4477 |
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| HB5025 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. ELAINE NEKRITZ) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regional Superintendent of Schools Article of the School Code with respect to the Section concerning salaries. Removes certain provisions concerning the abolition of the office of regional superintendent of schools in educational services regions containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants. Provides that references to "regional superintendent" shall also include a chief administrative officer of certain educational service centers. Provides that references to "assistant regional superintendent" shall include one assistant appointed by a chief administrative officer. Provides that for the purposes of calculating regional superintendent and assistant regional superintendent salaries for educational service centers, populations shall be established by subtracting from the total county population the population of a city with 500,000 or more inhabitants, divided by the number of educational service centers in the county. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5025 |
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| HB5104 | STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Corrections may not let bids for contracts that would have the effect of reducing the number of Department employees, whose employment is related to the provision of medical or mental health services, lower than the number of Department employees on January 1, 2016 whose employment is related to the provision of medical or mental health services. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5104 |
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| HB5539 | POWER AGENCY-ANNUAL REPORTS (REP. ELAINE NEKRITZ) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning payments to vendors, provides that, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not seek recovery of overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due that are over 6 years old unless such overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due were made pursuant to a vendor's criminal activity. Effective immediately. -
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In a provision concerning payments to vendors, provides that, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not seek recovery of overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due that are more than 6 years old, except in the following circumstances: (i) there is an active investigation initiated by the Department of State Police or any other State or federal law enforcement agency during the 6-year period, in which case the 6-year limitation for the recovery of overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due is tolled for the period of time the matter is under investigation or prosecution; or (ii) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services attempts to recover federal financial participation moneys from the Department resulting from an overpayment more than 6 years old and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determines that the overpayment is not discharged or uncollectible pursuant to Section 1903(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (rather than providing that notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not seek recovery of overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due that are over 6 years old unless such overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due were made pursuant to a vendor's criminal activity). |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5539 |
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| HB5764 | HOMEMAKER SRVCS-WAGE INCREASES (REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision concerning the Community Care Program, establishes the following rate increases for the purpose of increasing the wages paid by vendors to their employees who provide homemaker services: on July 1, 2016, rates shall be increased to $19.23 per hour, for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1.25 per hour; on July 1, 2017, rates shall be increased to $21.32 per hour, for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1.25 per hour; on July 1, 2018, rates shall be increased to $23.41 per hour, for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1.25 per hour; and on July 1, 2019, rates shall be increased to $25.08 per hour, for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour. Requires the Department to pay an enhanced rate under the Community Care Program to those in-home service provider agencies that offer health insurance coverage as a benefit to their direct service worker employees consistent with the mandates of Public Act 95-713; and that for State fiscal year 2017, the enhanced rate shall be $1.77 per hour and shall be adjusted using actuarial analysis based on the cost of care, but shall not be set below $1.77 per hour. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5764 |
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| HB5785 | WEATHERIZATION-FED COMPLIANCE (REP. ARTHUR TURNER) Amends the Urban Weatherization Initiative Act. Provides that the efforts of the Urban Weatherization Initiative shall be coordinated with federal weatherization programs. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to administer the Initiative so as to qualify for federal grant or matching programs. Provides the salary of employees hired under the Initiative in accordance with the hourly wages associated with the federal prevailing wage rates for weatherization workers. Provides that the maximum per unit expenditure is limited to $10,000 (currently $6,500) and that a grant recipient may not be awarded grants totaling more than $2,000,000 (currently $500,000) per fiscal year. Provides that 2 voting members of the Weatherization Initiative Board must have experience in residential weatherization or energy efficiency and that one voting member must have experience in workforce development. Requires the Board's annual report to be filed by May 31 (instead of December 31). |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5785 |
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| HB5931 | DEV DISABLED-DSP-WAGES (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish reimbursement rates which build toward livable wages for front line personnel in residential and day programs serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including but not limited to intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities, community integrated living arrangements, developmental training programs, employment, and other residential and day programs for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities supported by State funds or funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act. Provides that the Department shall increase rates and reimbursements so that direct support persons earn a base wage of not less than $15 per hour and so that other front line personnel earn a commensurate wage. Defines "front line personnel". Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5931 |
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| HB5958 | IDOT & DNR LAND CONVEYANCES (REP. DWIGHT KAY) Authorizes the Department of Transportation to convey certain parcels of land in the counties of Grundy and Madison. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to convey, for so long as the property is used for public purposes, certain parcels of land in the counties of Bureau and Stephenson. Effective immediately. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that upon the payment of $95,834 (instead of $95,384), the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to convey certain land in Madison County. Corrects a typographical error. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| HB6027 | HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD INCENTIVES (REP. MICHAEL TRYON) Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Healthy Local Food Incentives Program to double the purchasing power of Illinois residents with limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Creates the Healthy Local Food Incentives Fund as a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose of implementing the Program. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall make an annual grant of $1,000,000 from the Fund to a qualified Illinois non-profit organization or agency, which shall be distributed to participating Illinois farmers markets for the purpose of providing matching dollar incentives (up to a specified amount) for the dollar value of SNAP benefits spent on FINI eligible fruits and vegetables at participating Illinois farmers markets and producer-to-consumer venues. Provides that the qualified non-profit organization shall have a demonstrated track record of (i) building a statewide network; (ii) designing and implementing successful healthy food incentive programs that connect SNAP recipients with local producers; and (iii) other requirements. Provides that at least 60% of the moneys deposited into the Fund shall be distributed to participating Illinois farmers markets for healthy local food incentives; and that a maximum of 40% of the moneys deposited into the Fund shall be used for State and local level program development and other purposes. Requires the non-profit organization or agency to submit a progress report to the Department with certain information. Provides that no later than December 31, 2016, the Department shall adopt rules to implement the new provisions. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
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| | State Bill Page: | HB6027 |
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| HB6299 | SCH CD-ED SUPPORT PERSONNEL (REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.) Amends the School Code. Provides that if an educational support personnel employee is removed or dismissed as a result of a decision of the school board to decrease the number of educational support personnel employed by the board or to discontinue some particular type of educational support service and he or she accepts the tender of a vacancy within one calendar year from the beginning of the following school term, then that employee shall maintain any rights accrued during his or her previous service with the school district. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | State Bill Page: | HB6299 |
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| SB250 | GOVT AGENCY VOTER REGISTRATION (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Election Code. Provides that whenever a designated government agency serves a member of the public, the agency shall inform the individual of the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois and provide an opportunity to attest to meeting those qualifications. Provides that the employee of the agency shall notify the individual that his or her personal information shall be transferred to the State Board of Elections and the appropriate election authority for the purpose of creating an electronic voter registration application, and that the individual will only be registered to vote if he or she meets the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois. Requires the agency to transfer the personal information, including all records of documents relating to identity, address, or citizenship, for every applicant regardless of whether the individual executed an attestation. Establishes procedures for the Board to process the voter registration information provided. Provides for what notices shall be mailed to the applicant and procedures for the State Board of Elections to process the voter registration data and in cases of accidental or inadvertent registration. Provides that certain information provided by the applicant is confidential. Requires the Board, election authorities that maintain a website, and designated government agencies to provide information concerning the new registration procedures. Requires the State Board of Elections to hold at least one public hearing on implementing the amendatory Act. Provides that certain shall be implemented no later than July 1, 2017 for designated government agencies maintained by the Secretary of State and no later than January 1, 2018 for all other designated government agencies maintained by the State. Requires the State Board of Elections to cross-reference certain information at least 6 times a year. Includes any federal source that agrees to submit personal identification information to the State for voter registration purposes and any other reliable State government source the State Board of Elections may designate in the definition of "designated government agency". Makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Provides that the designated government agency shall inform the individual that the identity of the designated government agency transferring voter registration information is confidential. Requires the Driver Services Department of the Secretary of State to send certain information to the State Board of Elections for every applicant, regardless of whether or not the individual attested to his or her eligibility to register to vote. Provides that all other designated government agencies shall send this information to the State Board only if the individual attested that he or she is eligible to register to vote (instead of the individual did not provide an attestation during the agency transaction, the election authority shall not treat the application as complete or add the individual to the voter registration list until the expiration of a period of time established by rule). Makes changes to the information that must be sent in a notice. Provides that certain applicants must provide identification that complies with the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002. Removes provisions concerning transferring certain information. Provides that certain provisions must be implemented no later than January 1, 2018 for all agencies (rather than July 1, 2017 for all designated government agencies maintained by the Secretary of State and no later than January 1, 2016 for all other designated government agencies). Makes changes to the notice that must be given to persons applying at a driver services facility of the Secretary of State. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 12/1/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB250 |
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| SB440 | PEN CD-CHICAGO FIRE-TIER 2 (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a Section relating to persons who first become firemen on or after January 1, 2011, makes changes to clarify the benefits provided for Tier 2 retirees, surviving spouses, children, and parents. Specifies conditions of eligibility and the manner of calculating and paying benefits. Includes provisions for a minimum surviving spouse's annuity. Makes conforming changes. Includes a statement of legislative findings and intent. Specifies that the changes shall be applied retroactively to January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 96-1495). - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill plus the following additional provisions: Amends the Chicago Police Article to make similar changes. In both the Chicago Police and Fire Articles, specifies the manner of calculating the Tier 2 surviving spouse's annuity for Tier 2 policemen and firemen who die in service with at least 1 1/2 years of service; specifies the manner of computing duty-death benefits for Tier 2 surviving spouses and provides that Tier 2 duty-death benefits are not payable where the death is the result of an intervening cause. Includes provisions for a minimum surviving spouse's annuity based on the federal poverty level. Increases the Tier 1 automatic annual increase in retirement annuity for persons born after December 31, 1954 but before January 1, 1966. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
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| | State Bill Page: | SB440 |
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| SB730 | TANF-CHILD SUPPORT DISREGARDS (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall (rather than to the extent resources permit, the Department shall) provide child care services to specified persons. Expands the list of categories of families and children (rather than families) the Department shall cover to include: (i) families that are not recipients of TANF benefits and that need child care assistance to participate in education and training activities; (ii) children engaged in the State's child welfare system; and (iii) homeless children. Provides that, from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, the specified threshold must be no less than 200% of the then current federal poverty level for each family size; and, beginning July 1, 2017, the specified threshold must be no less than 250% of the then current federal poverty level for each family size (rather than providing that, through and including fiscal year 2007, the specified threshold must be no less than 50% of the then current State median income for each family size; and beginning in fiscal year 2008, the specified threshold must be no less than 185% of the then current federal poverty level for each family size). Requires the Department to provide child care services to all children who are eligible for assistance and are under age 13 or who are under age 19 and under court supervision or have physical or mental incapacities as documented by a statement from a local health provider or other health professional. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| SB777 | PEN CD-SURS-ADMINISTRATIVE (SEN. DANIEL BISS) House Floor Amendment No. 4 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Chicago Police and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. For payment years 2016 through 2020, specifies the amount for the City of Chicago's required annual contribution to each fund. Provides that beginning in payment year 2021, the City's total required contribution to each fund shall be an amount that is equal to the normal cost of the fund, plus an amount sufficient to bring the total assets of the fund up to 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the fund by payment year 2055 (instead of 2040); changes the actuarial cost method to entry age normal. Includes provisions for funding from any proceeds received by the city in relation to the operation of a casino within the city. Provides a mechanism to enforce funding through mandamus. Creates a new minimum retirement annuity provision based on the federal poverty level for certain persons. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/31/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0506
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| | State Bill Page: | SB777 |
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| SB1059 | STATE EMPLOYEE GROUP INSURANCE (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that the definition of "employee" includes persons who otherwise meet that definition but are ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement System because they received a distribution of vested amounts under the self-managed plan established in the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code while eligible to retire under that System. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1059 |
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| SB2038 | $JCAR (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes appropriations and reappropriations to various State agencies for specified purposes. Provides that all appropriation authority granted in the Act shall be used only for costs for services for which spending authority has not been authorized for fiscal year 2016 by any order of any court. Provides that the appropriation authority granted in the Act is valid for costs incurred prior to July 1, 2016. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| SB2043 | $NEIU (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes an appropriation to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for grant awards to students eligible for the Monetary Award Program and for agency administrative and operational costs not to exceed 2% of the total appropriation. Makes appropriations to the Illinois Community College Board for: distribution of base operating and equalization grants to qualifying public community colleges and the City Colleges of Chicago for educational related expenses; career and technical education activities; and adult education and literacy activities. Provides that the appropriation authority is valid only for costs incurred from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2043 |
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| SB2046 | $LPU (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes appropriations and reappropriations to various State agencies and educational institutions for specified purposes. Provides that all appropriation authority granted in the Act shall be used only for costs for services for which spending authority has not been authorized for fiscal year 2016 by any order of any court. Provides that the appropriation authority granted in the Act shall be valid for costs incurred prior to July 1, 2016. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/14/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2046 |
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| SB2204 | U OF I-STUDENT TRUSTEE (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the University of Illinois Trustees Act. With respect to student members of the Board of Trustees, provides that any one of certain factors (instead of all of those factors) shall positively demonstrate residency in this State for the purposes of the residency requirement for student trustees and candidates for student trustee. Effective January 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2204 |
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| SB2439 | PENCD-IMRF-FIREFIGHTER SLEP (SEN. MARTIN SANDOVAL) Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that certain police officers and firefighters who participate in IMRF may be granted Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employee (SLEP) status with the approval of the employing municipality. The approval resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be applied to employment occurring on or after January 1, 2017. Provides that the resolution is irrevocable, but shall automatically terminate upon the establishment of an Article 3 or 4 fund by the municipality. Effective immediately. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be applicable to employment occurring on or after January 1, 2011 (instead of January 1, 2017). |
| | Current Status: | 12/1/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2439 |
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| SB2465 | REPEAL INCARCERATION COST-RIMB (SEN. DANIEL BISS) Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Repeals provision that committed persons shall be responsible to reimburse the Department of Corrections for the expenses incurred by their incarceration at a rate to be determined by the Department. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to make conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - BILL DEAD - Amendatory Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2465 |
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| SB2531 | NON PROFIT ECONOMIC DEV (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that when an economic development council receives public money, its board shall include members of a labor council that represents employees in the construction trades, employees in the public and private sector, and persons from minority groups. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions similar to the introduced bill. Includes women within the scope of the term minority. Removes definition the term "public money". Defines the term "economic development corporation" and makes the bill applicable to those entities rather than to economic development councils. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Defines the term "public money" to include federal, State, or local funds. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2531 |
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| SB2536 | CHILD CARE PROVIDERS-TRAININGS (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires all non-relative providers in the child care assistance program for the first time to participate in comprehensive orientation and pre-service trainings covering health and safety matters appropriate to a home-based setting within 6 months after the non-relative provider begins providing services under the child care assistance program. Provides that non-relative providers shall be paid $15 per hour for their attendance and time spent at mandatory orientation and pre-service trainings and that there shall be no charge for non-relative providers to attend mandatory orientation and pre-service trainings. Provides that relative providers shall be encouraged, but not required, to attend orientation and pre-service trainings, and shall be paid the same amount as non-relative providers. Requires orientations to be offered in person, no less than 6 times per year in each service delivery area; and requires the Department of Human Services to provide orientations and pre-service trainings in reasonably convenient locations and to provide reasonable advance notice. Requires the State to contribute into a Taft-Hartley health fund for the purpose of providing health insurance to qualified home child care providers. Provides that for State fiscal year 2017, the rate shall be $587.69 per enrollee per month; and that for future fiscal years, the rate shall be adjusted as determined by actuarial analysis. Effective July 1, 2016. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Adds provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to provide mandatory annual trainings covering health and safety matters appropriate to a home-based setting for non-relative providers in the child care assistance program. Provides that relative providers shall be encouraged, but not required, to attend mandatory annual trainings; and that both non-relative and relative providers shall be paid $15 per hour for their attendance at such trainings. Adds provisions concerning the locations of the mandatory annual trainings, notice requirements, and online training. |
| | Current Status: | 12/1/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2536 |
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| SB2600 | ECONOMIC DEVELOP PROJECT AREA (SEN. WILLIAM DELGADO) Amends the Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1995. Provides that when a commission is created under the Act and receives any public funds or public monies, the board shall include at least 2 members of a labor council or labor councils and at least 2 members from 2 separate minority groups. Further provides that the labor council and minority group members shall be full commission members and shall not be compensated. Defines terms. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill changing the following: that the board of a commission shall include at least: (i) 2 members from 2 separate minority groups, or (ii) one member who is a woman and one member from a minority group (2 members from 2 separate minority group in the introduced bill); removing "a woman" from the definition of "minority group"; and amends the Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, the County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act, the County Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991, the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act and the Industrial Jobs Recover Law of the Illinois Municipal Code, and the Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1995 making contributing changes. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Reinserts "woman" into the definition of a minority group. Defines "public funds" and "public monies". Provides that no membership fees, dues, or assessments shall be required of any commission member. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2600 |
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| SB2604 | ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME RENEWAL (SEN. DONNE TROTTER) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that, if and only if Senate Bill 2531 becomes law in the form in which it passed the House of Representatives, the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 is amended to provide that: "economic development corporation" means a local not-for-profit, public-private partnership that receives public money to promote the development, establishment, or expansion of industries; "economic development corporation" does not include a trade association, industry trade group, professional association, or business association that is founded and funded by businesses or individuals operating in a specific industry or profession; and "public money" does not include funds received for job training, apprenticeships and federally required education. In provisions concerning the inclusion of members of labor councils on boards of economic development corporations, excludes economic development corporations that do not receive more than $1,500 in public money from a single source. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - In provisions concerning the inclusion of members of labor councils on boards of economic development corporations, excludes economic development corporations that do not receive more than $1,500 annually, rather than cumulatively, in public money from a single source. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2604 |
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| SB2767 | CNTY CD-ENFORCE ORDINANCES (SEN. EMIL JONES, III) Amends the Counties Code. Provides that section concerning enforcement of judgments also applies to any tax or fee, or part of any tax or fee, unpaid after an administrative hearing are also a debt due and owing to the county (currently, only fines, other sanctions, or costs imposed in the administrative hearing). |
| | Current Status: | 12/1/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2767 |
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| SB2819 | PENCD-COOK COUNTY-CONTRIBUTION (SEN. JOHN MULROE) Amends the Cook County Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision concerning contributions to the Fund, authorizes the county to make additional contributions from additional sources to cover administrative expenses, disability benefits, group health benefits, and other annuity costs. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2819 |
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| SB2931 | DHS-HOME SRVCS PGRAM-TRAINING (SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS) Amends the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. In a provision concerning the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program, provides that personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers (rather than personal assistants) shall be paid at a rate negotiated between the State and the (rather than an) exclusive representative of personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers (rather than personal assistants) under a collective bargaining agreement. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2016, the hourly rate paid to personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers shall be no less than $15 per hour. Requires personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers to participate in a comprehensive in-person orientation, including standardized instruction or education as determined by the Department, concerning their obligations as an Individual Provider of Medicaid services, fraud training, and training on independent living philosophies. Requires personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers to attend annual in-person training, including training in preventing fraud and abuse. Provides that personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers shall be paid their regular hourly wage for all orientation and training hours. Requires the State to contribute into a Taft-Hartley health fund for the purpose of providing health insurance to qualified personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers. Provides that for State fiscal year 2017, the rate shall be $1.11 per hour paid to personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers and that for future fiscal years, the rate shall be adjusted as determined by actuarial analysis. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 12/1/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2931 |
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| SB2964 | PREV WAGE BONA FIDE LABOR ORG (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the prevailing wage shall not be less than the rate that prevails for similar work performed under collective bargaining agreements in the locality provided that the agreements cover at least 30% of the workers. Provides that, if bargaining agreements do not exist in the locality, the Department of Labor shall ascertain the prevailing wage to be paid under the Act. Applies to public works performed without a written contract. Requires that the Department publish prevailing wages schedules on its website. |
| | Current Status: | 12/1/2016 - BILL DEAD - Amendatory Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2964 |
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| SB2982 | ROOFING LICENSE EXEMPTIONS (SEN. MICHAEL NOLAND) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act. Defines "roof repair". In provisions concerning the application of the Act, provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to require a person who performs roof repair (rather than roofing) or waterproofing work to his or her employer's property to be licensed as a roofing contractor, where there exists an employer-employee relationship. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - Total Veto Stands
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2982 |
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