Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the Chicago Police Department shall equip patrol vehicles with water rescue equipment in each district that contains a public body of water. Limits home rule powers. Defines "water rescue equipment" as instrumentality needed to rescue a person in danger of drowning, including life jackets, life rings, throw bags, rafts, rescue poles, and rescue tubes.
Creates the Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act. Requires private educational lenders to obtain from the relevant institution of higher education at which the borrower will use the loan proceeds certifications regarding cost, enrollment status of the borrower, and financial assistance available to the borrower. Provides that private educational lenders must file reports with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Student Loan Ombudsman. Provides that loan statements must be provided not less frequently than quarterly. Requires institutions of higher education to certify compliance with provisions of the Act to the Board of Higher Education or Illinois Community College Board as a condition to operate. Defines terms. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Revises a cross-reference to certain certifications required under the Act to be made by an institution of higher education.
States the belief that the Illinois Income Tax Act should not be amended to permit taxing retirement income.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that sentence credit may be awarded to a prisoner for credit earned for good conduct, certain program participation, and educational credit, but that the award of credits may not reduce the sentence of the prisoner more than 5 years. Provides that a person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may not earn sentencing credit.
Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In provisions concerning mandated reporter training, requires mandated reporters to complete training that includes a section on the consequences and results of hotline calls and investigations conducted by the Department of Children and Family Services. Provides that the section on the consequences and results of hotline calls and Department investigations shall be in-person or web-based, and shall include, at a minimum, information on the following topics: (i) the procedural process after a hotline call is made; (ii) actions the Department is authorized to take during the investigative process; (iii) data from the last 5 annual Disproportionality and Disparity reports, published by the Children and Family Research Center, that detail the racial disproportionality present at each key decision point of system involvement; (iv) the trauma caused to children and families by family separation, even for 48 hours or less; and (v) how records of indicated, unfounded, and undetermined investigations are retained and used by the Department and other public entities. Provides that the section on the consequences and results of hotline calls and Department investigations, shall be provided through the Department, through a licensed entity authorized to provide continuing education for professionals. Provides that beginning January 1, 2023, any additions or updates to the mandated reporting training shall be reflected in all manuals or guides for mandated reporters about their duty to report.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that when a minor of the age of at least 13 years is adjudged delinquent for: (1) attempted first degree murder or (2) any offense involving the use or discharge of a firearm upon school grounds or any part of a building or grounds used for school purposes, including any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport students to or from school or a school related activity that results in bodily injury or death to any person (in addition to first degree murder), the court shall declare the minor a ward of the court and order the minor committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice until the minor's 21st birthday, without the possibility of aftercare release, furlough, or non-emergency authorized absence for a period of 5 years from the date the minor was committed to the Department, except that the time that a minor spent in custody for the instant offense before being committed to the Department shall be considered as time credited towards that 5-year period. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for enhanced sentencing for: (1) aggravated vehicular hijacking; (2) unlawful use or possession of weapons by felons or persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections facilities; (3) aggravated discharge of a firearm; (4) being an armed habitual criminal; and (5) use of a stolen or illegally acquired firearm in the commission of an offense. Adds additional protected classes of persons for which the offense of aggravated discharge of a firearm applies. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
States opposition to any additional excise taxes on Illinois businesses that produce beer, wine, or liquor or their related industries.
Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning in 2021, and for each year thereafter, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by June 30 of each year, the compensation to be paid to members of the General Assembly, including the additional sums payable to officers of the General Assembly, shall be withheld until a balanced budget is passed. Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Removes the salary of members of the General Assembly from continuing appropriations provisions. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for its FY 22 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning expenses of conducting a primary election.
Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits an employer from making employee contributions on behalf of an employee, except for the sole purpose of allowing an employee to make pre-tax contributions. Provides that employment contracts or collective bargaining agreements in effect on the effective date of the amendatory Act are not subject to the prohibition, but any such contract or collective bargaining agreement that is subsequently modified, amended, or renewed or that is in effect 3 or more years after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be subject to the prohibition. Effective immediately.
