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Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action
Today, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
Bill Number: HB 0042
Description: Allows the Department of Public Health to issue autism awareness decals for license plates.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 0047
Description: Makes changes to the Illinois Insurance Code to clarify the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund can cover cyber security insurance claims when a company goes insolvent.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1117
Description: Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act to increase the number of persons who can be served in a hospice setting.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1121
Description: Allows trained overdose responders within an organization enrolled in the Drug Overdose Prevention Program administered by the Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery, to dispense drug adulterant testing supplies and provides requirements for storge of supplies.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1123
Description: Amends the School Code to better capture students with IEPs graduation requirement completion and completion of their IEP, separately.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1153
Description: Lowers threshold of county population requiring an Office of County Auditor.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1155
Description: Provides that when a person is injured by an impaired minor, the person has a right of action against a person who willfully supplied the minor with drugs or alcohol at their residence.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1156
Description: Requires posting of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program information on all licensed establishment websites.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1190
Description: Requires the owner of any underground natural gas storage facility to collect and test any gases released within a quarter of a mile of the facility when a verified facility release occurs.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1197
Description: Amends the Solicitation for Charity Act by changing reporting requirements for certain charitable organizations specified in the act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1291
Description: Increases the maximum Teaching Excellence Program incentive from $1,500 to $2,250.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1384
Description: Requires insurance plans regulated by the State of Illinois to provide coverage for medically necessary reconstructive services intended to restore physical appearance.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024, companies must be in compliance for plans on or after January 1, 2025
Bill Number: HB 1434
Description: Streamlines the process for Illinois courts when dealing with cases involving abused and neglected children who have medical records from multiple states.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1465
Description: Amends the Illinois Highway Code to raise threshold requiring competitive bidding for certain projects by highway commissioners.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1555
Description: Allows an attorney appointed by the court to serve in proceedings involving support, custody, visitation, allocation of parental responsibilities, education, parentage, property, or general interest of a minor or dependent child as guardian ad litem.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1558
Description: Removes the requirement that the Department of Public Health establish and charge a fee to any facility or program applying to be certified to participate in the Medicare program under Title XVIII or the Medicaid program under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1561
Description: Allows school districts to maintain an on-site trauma kit and requires trauma response training for school employees.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1566
Description: Amends the State Finance Act by providing for the transfer of moneys from specified funds into the Audit Expense Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1581
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to issue special registration plates designated as United States Submarine Veterans plates to each resident of this State who served in the United States Navy as a submariner.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1625
Description: Expands the type of appraisers who can determine the value of surplus real estate before it can be sold by fire protection districts.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1628
Description: Beginning 90 after the effective date, landlords may no longer require a tenant or prospective tenant to remit any amount due to the landlord under a residential lease, renewal, or extension agreement by means of an electronic funds transfer, including, but not limited to, an electronic funds transfer system that automatically transfers funds on a regular, periodic, and recurring basis.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1635
Description: Approves a Lake County Forest Preserve land transfer for a veteran's cemetery.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1740
Description: Allows emergency service districts to charge fees for services outside of the district and employ or contract with rescue squad and/or ambulance personnel.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1865
Description: Allows designated license plates for university police vehicles.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 1920
Description: Authorizes the Department of Military Affairs to convey by quitclaim deed certain real estate to the City of Lawrenceville.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2033
Description: Allows for electronic filing of ordinances levying taxes to pay principal and interest on bonds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2040
Description: Requires highway clerks to have been residents of the district for at least one year prior to being appointed as highway clerk by a county board of trustees.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2076
Description: Requires the Department of Public Health to identify and publish a list of distressed nursing facilities quarterly.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2091
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to raise the minimum age an individual must be to be eligible for a driving test.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2097
Description: Authorizes the City of Crest Hill to buy the land that will be used in the construction of a Lake Michigan water receiving station.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2130
Description: Requires insurers and other entities licensed by the Department of Insurance to develop, implement, and maintain an information security program based on its risk assessment. Gives the Department oversight power for this program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2156
Description: Requires that student identification cards include information for the Safe2Help Illinois helpline.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2023
Bill Number: HB 2160
Description: Removes selected school districts from the authority of the trustee of schools of Northfield and Maine townships and the township treasurer.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2188
Description: Transfers the responsibilities of the Illinois Medicaid Fraud Control Unit from the Illinois State Police to the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.
Action: Signed
Effective: October 1, 2023
Bill Number: HB 2192
Description: Sets the maximum length of contracts for park districts related to the installation, maintenance, and service of solar panels.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2220
Description: Clarifies when hotels can refuse service.
Action: Signed
Effective: 60 days after becoming law.
Bill Number: HB 2224
Description: Amends procedure concerning abandoned property under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2238
Description: Adds Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center to the list of stroke centers in the Emergency Medical Services Systems Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2248
Description: Creates the Civil Rights Remedies Restoration Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2258
Description: Repeals the Furniture Fire Safety Act due to the statute being superseded by federal rulemaking.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2266
Description: Amends the State Treasurer Employment Code to make two administrative clarifications.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2277
Description: Exempts park districts that provide programs to children that have reached the age of 3 for no more than 3.5 hours a day and no more than 25 hours per week from day care licensing requirements.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2289
Description: Creates the First 2023 General Revisory Act. Corrects obsolete cross-references and technical errors.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2308
Description: Requires that a licensed practitioner or an accredited medical or chiropractic radiographer be physically present in the room while a patient is being irradiated.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2325
Description: Provides that mortgage loan originators may work from a remote location.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2442
Description: Allows CPS teachers, as a pilot program, to acquire subsequent teaching endorsements through ISBE-approved professional development opportunities through their school district.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2464
Description: Allows IDOT to deploy pedestrian hybrid beacons and requires drivers to stop before entering an intersection with a pedestrian hybrid beacon.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2503
Description: Extends resident tuition and fees to community college students taking programs offered at any other Illinois community college if the program is not available in their home district.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2519
Description: Requires Hospitals to provide information and instructional material regarding the option to voluntarily donate breast milk to nonprofit milk banks.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2562
Description: Sets heating and cooling standards for buildings that are limited to people 55 years and older.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2582
Description: Removes duplicative license testing requirement for motorcycle drivers under the age of 18.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2584
Description: Creates the Tick Research, Education, and Evaluation (TREE) state special fund to be awarded to the Illinois Lyme Association.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2607
Description: Provides for remote testimony for child victims in criminal proceedings.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2622
Description: Allows forest preserve districts to maintain a landfill expense fund for more than 40 years.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2624
Description: Encourages the establishment of a statewide process to access restricted court files.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2776
Description: Requires the City of Chicago to publicly post annually on its website data describing its progress toward lead service line replacement, including number of lines replaced and average cost, progress meeting contractor diversity requirements, waivers of lead service line replacements, and financing options.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2788
Description: An IEPA initiative to clean up the enforcement process around Compliance Commitment Agreements.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2820
Description: Requires continuing education for providers and staff of obstetric medicine and others who care for pregnant or postpartum women to include addressing airway emergencies experienced during childbirth.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2841
Description: Prohibits fees normally imposed under the Illinois Vital Records Act from being imposed to victims of domestic violence. Requires a certification letter be submitted to obtain the fee waiver.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2861
Description: For children who have entered a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP), requires DCFS to prepare a written report for filling with the court and all parties and shortens the time frame from 35 to 30 days after placing the child into a QRTP.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024.
Bill Number: HB 2901
Description: Streamlines the application and review process for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's services under the Site Remediation Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 2963
Description: Allows the Dixon Park District to install solar panels on park district property.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2972
Description: Allows rescue squad districts to charge reasonable fees.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3071
Description: Makes technical changes to the School Code. This is ISBE's annual technical language cleanup bill to remove unnecessary, duplicative, or obsolete language from statute.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3087
Description: Amends the Illinois Diseased Animals Act. For purposes of prevention of the spread of contagious or infectious disease, permits the Director of Agriculture to limit intrastate movement, exhibition, display, auction, or sales of animals.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3097
Description: Allows the Illinois Department of Labor greater oversight over Amusement Ride and Attraction safety.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3140
Description: Prohibits the use of solitary confinement on young detainees in detention centers for any purpose other than preventing immediate physical harm.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3149
Description: Driver's services omnibus.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3206
Description: Requires IDFPR to supplement all paper-based certificates, licenses, and authorities with a digitally verified electronic credential.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3224
Description: Requires a student with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and their parent, or guardian, to be provided with information about dual credit courses offered by the School District.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3227
Description: Clarifies the unclaimed wages process for the Illinois Department of Labor.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3289
Description: Expands the Illinois state statute that defines cyberstalking to now include "anxiety."
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3304
Description: Allows for the prosecution for any offense based upon fraudulent activity connected to COVID-19-related relief programs.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3322
Description: Creates the Law Enforcement Gang Database Information Act by defining the requirements for use and development of department policies for gang databases systems.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3337
Description: Clarifies the elected and appointed positions in the town of Normal.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3340
Description: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Adds the Illinois Finance Authority to the list of financial institutions from which municipalities may borrow.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3351
Description: Requires that Illinois Solar for All program projects are subject to prevailing wage.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3405
Description: Provides that the Director of the Illinois State Police shall serve as chair of the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor Committee.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3406
Description: Amends Emergency Vehicle Categorization.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3414
Description: Allows for the survivors of human trafficking who commit crimes against their abusers to be tried as a juvenile rather than an adult, if the crime the minor commits is against someone who was convicted of human trafficking or of a sex crime targeting the minor within the last three years.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3424
Description: Ensures general assistance funds can be used when the Governor declares an emergency and that those funds aren't denied to children with parents holding drug convictions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3442
Description: Allows a district to file an extension waiver with their regional office of education (ROE) to continue to employ a substitute teacher in a vacant licensed teacher position for up to 90 days.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3559
Description: Requires schools to establish a plan for local law enforcement to rapidly enter the school building in an emergency.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3578
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to issue two sets of vehicle registration plates of members of the Illinois General Assembly and one set of specialized plates to disabled members of the Illinois General Assembly.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3613
Description: Allows school districts that provide special education facilities to store and maintain oxygen tanks.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3680
Description: Provides that in the development of the individualized education program for a student, if the student needs extra accommodation during emergencies, including natural disasters or an active shooter situation, then that accommodation shall be considered when developing a student's IEP.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3702
Description: Adds additional reporting requirements for the Returning Resident Clean Jobs Training Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3707
Description: Requires posting online all administrative citations issued to tow trucks.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3722
Description: Allows House and Senate Minority Leaders to appoint members to a task force on windows and doors with offensive odors.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3733
Description: Makes several minor changes to existing labor law to allow employees to receive personnel documentation electronically and other related changes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3747
Description: Makes changes to the definition of abandoned vehicles and minor edits to the procedure of obtaining a salvage certificate.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3755
Description: Allows the Illinois Department of Corrections to transfer the custody of a committed person to the sheriff of the county in which the committed person resides.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3759
Description: Allows student profile information collected through the SAT to be available to Illinois public higher education institutions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3760
Description: Expands the Uniform admission system pilot program to now require all institutions to have a program established to admit community college transfer students.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3775
Description: Requires certain notice to be included in retail installment contracts for the purchase of internment, entombment, or inurement rights.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3801
Description: Allows for an annual retention bonus of $4000 per year for National Board certified teachers in hard-to-staff schools.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3849
Description: Requires the Department of Agriculture to publish information to encourage food manufacturers, processors, and retailers to voluntarily use uniform terms on food product labels to communicate quality & safety dates.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3876
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to issue temporary vehicle registration plates to owners of vehicles purchased out of state and non-residents of Illinois under certain conditions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3890
Description: Requires nursing care committees to annually notify hospital nursing staff of their rights concerning nurse staffing.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3932
Description: Requires health classes in the State of Illinois to provide allergen safety education to discuss the prevention of exposure to potential allergens and safe emergency epinephrine administration.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: HB 3955
Description: Prohibits a hospital from delaying medical care and screening in order to inquire about an individual's method of payment or insurance status.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 0046
Description: Creates the Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1367
Description: Provides that unless required by federal law, a housing authority shall not consider convictions occurring more than 180 days prior to the date the applicant's application for housing is reviewed for acceptance.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1495
Description: Provides the Department of Insurance the authority to intervene earlier in situations where a public adjuster contract violates the requirements of the Illinois Insurance Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1526
Description: Requires IDOT to develop a mobile application to provide updated traffic conditions for roads in Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1560
Description: Increases licensing fees and oversight of the timber buying industry.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1590
Description: Include chiropractic medicine in the Medical Student Scholarship Program to receive loan repayment assistance for agreements to work in a Designated Shortage Area.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1611
Description: Creates the Firefighter Training Leave of Absence Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1673
Description: Grants the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago statutory authority to levy civil penalties for violating the Water Management Ordinance.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1709
Description: Requires ISBE and DHS to partner in an endeavor to increase availability and accessibility of mental health resources for students.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1715
Description: Requires any new construction that requires a drinking fountain under the Illinois Plumbing Code to also construct a bottle filling station.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024, rules must be implemented and take effect by July 1, 2026.
Bill Number: SB 1741
Description: Requires that residential property lessor may not withhold security deposit for damages unless statement of damages is provided within 30 days of lessee's right of possession.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1745
Description: Exempts drainage or road districts from the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance muskrats or beavers provided applicable provisions for licenses and traps are complied with.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1750
Description: Requires reimbursement for the mandatory training expenses of EMTs, EMT-Is, A-EMTs or paramedics who are employed by or under contract with state fire protection districts.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1774
Description: Changes definitions in the Cancer Clinical Trial Participation Program Act to apply to non-cancer trials.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1785
Description: Provides that the written collaborative agreement between a physician and an advanced practice registered nurse shall be for services for which the collaborating physician can provide adequate collaboration.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1790
Description: Updates reporting deadlines in the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1804
Description: Creates the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1814
Description: Requires that any refrigerant that is designated as approved by the United State Code cannot be prohibited in the State.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024, initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2025
Bill Number: SB 1817
Description: Adds protections in the Illinois Human Rights Act for housing regarding immigration status protection and discriminatory advertising.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1834
Description: Defines a neglected minor to include any minor under 18 years of age whose parent or other person responsible for the minor leaves the minor without supervision.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1835
Description: Allows ATM providers to provide services at state facilities and dissolves the Treasurer's Rental Fee Fund, transferring all money in it to the Bank Services Trust Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1840
Description: Grants park districts authority to fund and implement public safety measures.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1866
Description: Makes various changes to real estate regulatory acts to reflect current Department practices and ensure language is consistent.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1879
Description: Allows Alternative Retail Energy Suppliers to access usage data for their customers from the utility companies.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1882
Description: Prohibits a testing facility from conducting a canine or feline toxicological experiment in Illinois, except for certain purposes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1883
Description: Provides that it is illegal for any person to allow any member of the public to come into direct contact or unrestricted close proximity with a bear or nonhuman primate.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1889
Description: Allows pharmacy support staff who solely perform clerical work to not be required to be licensed as a registered pharmacy technician. Lays out restrictions and training requirements for these staff.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1892
Description: Allows senior citizens and disabled individuals to automatically renew eligibility for free fixed route public transportation services.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1897
Description: Creates Rock Island Regional Port District.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1913
Description: Requires Medicaid coverage, whether through fee-for-service or managed care, of mental health and substance use disorder treatment or services delivered as behavioral telehealth services. Such services shall be reimbursed on the same basis as in-person encounters.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1935
Description: Adds minority owned and veteran owned small businesses to the list of entities that may receive preference in the disposition of transferable property.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1987
Description: Adds to the Illinois Controlled Substances Act chemical compounds, not approved by the USDA, that are derived from Benzodiazepine or Thienodiazepine.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 1997
Description: Allows smaller counties to set building design and construction requirements to lessen risks to wildlife habitats.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2005
Description: Requires housing authorities to develop and implement policies granting housing preferences for homeless veterans.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2013
Description: Outlines housing quality standards required to be eligible for funding under the Illinois Affordable Housing Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2028
Description: Mandates the Secretary of State publish best practices related to stranded motorists in Rules of the Road publication.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2037
Description: Creates the Community Land Trust Task Force Act and establishes the Community Land Trust Task Force, which will submit a final report to the Illinois General Assembly and Governor. Task force and report requirements are specified within the act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2057
Description: Extends the sunset of the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act to January 1, 2029. Makes modernizing changes to the Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2134
Description: Provides that any licensed child welfare agency that provides post-adoption search assistance may request non-identifying, historical information from the Department of Children and Family Services for private adoption agencies that have closed and whose records are housed in the State Central Storage.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1,2024
Bill Number: SB 2146
Description: Makes changes to the Crematory Regulation Act and extends the sunset of the Crematory Regulation Act from January 1st, 2024, to January 1st, 2029.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2175
Description: Prohibits courts from ordering the payment of outstanding fees, fines, taxes, or any costs arising from criminal proceedings for the first 180 days after a person is released from incarceration.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2226
Description: Prevents Conservation Opportunity Areas from being used by the Illinois Power Agency for use in the Long-Term Renewable Rouses Procurement Plan as the sole basis to withhold or deny permitting, licensure, funding, or regulatory action.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2247
Description: Renames the ABLE Account Program to the Senator Scott Bennett ABLE Program and makes other administrative changes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2271
Description: Allows a professional license for a Home Nursing Agency to be valid for 240 (rather than 120) days. Removes the single license fee for multiple licenses and increases the fee for each single-home health agency license or renewal to $1,500.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2278
Description: Requires units of local government to report to IDOT any restrictions in place for vehicles on municipal roads and stipulates that new highways do not have to accommodate truck tractor-semitrailer combinations.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2293
Description: Permits the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and maintain locally held funds to be individually known as the Youth in Care Support Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2320
Description: Authorizes non-home-rule municipalities to establish an Office of Administrative Adjudications.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2322
Description: Allows a resident in a healthcare facility to designate an individual to serve as an "Essential Support Person" who will have access to that resident despite other visitation restriction imposed on the public. Defines certain conditions, makes other changes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2325
Description: Allows a Soil and Water Conservation District to request that IDOT install a sign identifying the district.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2337
Description: Requires Illinois State Board of Education report cards to include information regarding gifted education or accelerated placement learning programs.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2374
Description: Creates the Computer Science Equity Act to elevate opportunities for Illinois K-12 learners to develop or enhance skills in the area of computer science.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2391
Description: Updates the Community School programing and its associated grant to ensure that we are meeting the needs of the post-pandemic and 21st century needs of schools, students, and communities.
Action: Signed
Effective: June 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2406
Description: Makes various administrative changes to the functioning of the Office of the Comptroller.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2419
Description: Empowers State Librarian and State Library to expand access to e-books and e-audiobooks for libraries across the State.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
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