Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that the increase in the minimum wage scheduled for January 1, 2022 is delayed until January 1, 2023. Provides that the subsequently scheduled annual increases in the minimum wage are delayed by one year culminating in a minimum wage of $15 per hour in 2026 rather than 2025. Makes corresponding delays in the minimum wage increases for persons under 18 years of age who do not work more than 650 hours per year. Contains provisions concerning legislative intent. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority shall include the methods of voting used when providing the State Board of Elections unit-by-unit vote totals within 22 days after each election.
Amends the Citizen Participation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Police and Community Relations Improvement Act. Provides that in the case of a law enforcement officer-involved death, the chief judge of the circuit court of the circuit in which the law enforcement officer-involved death occurred shall appoint a special prosecutor to review the report of the investigators assigned to investigate an officer-involved death and to prosecute the officer involved in the death, if the special prosecutor determines that there is a basis for the prosecution. Amends the Counties Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants to the Illinois Humanities Council for purposes of: (i) providing aid to humanities nonprofit organizations serving traditionally disenfranchised communities through general operating grants, training, and capacity building; and (ii) increasing statewide access to humanities-based education and free public programming for all Illinoisans in the form of college-credit-bearing courses for income eligible adults, exhibits, and public dialogue programs that foster civic engagement. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no fees shall be charged in excess of applicable registration fees for the issuance of special registration plates designated as U.S. Air Force license plates. Makes a corresponding change in the State Finance Act.
Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that members of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021. Provides that members of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for terms commencing on or after July 1, 2021, unless otherwise approved by law. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Southern Illinois Economic Development Authority for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Repeals the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2022, targeted dental services that are provided to adults and children under the medical assistance program shall be established and paid at no less than the rates published by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and effective January 1, 2020 for all local health departments as the fee schedule for children and adult recipients. Sets forth the reimbursement rates for certain anesthesia services.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Delays the implementation of annual minimum wage increases in counties with a population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants. Provides that in those counties the minimum wage will be $11 per hour until December 31, 2024. Provides for an annual increase of $1 per hour in the minimum wage in those counties culminating in a minimum wage of $15 per hour beginning in January 2028.
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows for the issuance of multistate licenses that allow nurses to practice in their home state and other compact states. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws.
