Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In provisions concerning criminal damage to property and criminal defacement of property, expands existing penalty enhancements to include damage or defacement to historic monuments, displays, statues, properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and properties designated as having landmark status by any county, township, or municipality.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a taxpayer who notifies the Department of Revenue that the taxpayer would face financial hardship in the payment of estimated taxes shall be granted a hardship waiver and shall not be subject to a penalty for failing to pay estimated tax. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $1,100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the Transitional Shelter Village Pilot Program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that a veteran is entitled to admission to an Illinois Veterans Home if he or she has served in the National Guard or Reserve Forces of the United States and completed 20 years of satisfactory service, is otherwise eligible to receive reserve or active duty retirement benefits, and has been an Illinois resident for at least one year before applying for admission for purposes of eligibility for domiciliary care or nursing home care (currently, only domiciliary care). Effective immediately.
Declares April 22, 2021 as Webb Eastham Day in the State of Illinois. Further acknowledges Wilbert "Webb" Eastham's accomplishments and his years of service and wishes him all the best in retirement.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall create and maintain a database that a person can voluntarily apply to in order to be barred from purchasing a firearm. Provides that the application shall be notarized and submitted to the Illinois State Police in a form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. Provides that the form shall not require the applicant to provide the Illinois State Police with a reason for the application. Provides that a person shall remain on the database until he or she submits a notarized withdrawal application. Provides that the withdrawal application shall automatically be approved and become effective 7 days after receipt by the Illinois State Police. Provides that the Illinois State Police has authority to deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under the Act only if the Illinois State Police finds that the applicant or the person to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance a person who voluntarily registers on the Illinois State Police's voluntary do not sell to database. Provides that under no circumstances shall an application under this provision or any information contained in the application be used: (1) to deny an application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card or a license to carry a concealed firearm; (2) to confiscate any firearms which the applicant may possess; (3) to require the applicant to relinquish any firearms which the applicant may possess; or (4) for any other purpose other than the administration of this provision.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In a provision permitting the Department of Children and Family Services to provide or refer a child or family to services available from other agencies, provides that if a family chooses to receive family preservation services and there are children under the age of 6 living in the household, those children shall be enrolled in appropriate early childhood education services. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Information Security Improvement Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Health and Wellness Impact Note Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to prepare health and wellness impact notes on bills introduced in the General Assembly.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Labor Relations Board for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that an insurance policy amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in the State after the effective date of the amendatory Act that offers business interruption insurance shall be construed to include, among the covered perils of that policy, coverage for loss of use and occupancy of a business and business interruption, including lost income, resulting from a forced closure of businesses during a period of a declared emergency by law or order of a federal or State government or governmental officer or agency. Defines "business interruption insurance". Effective immediately.
