Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that if a student has a personal support worker through the Home-Based Support Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities under the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act, the governing board of the public university or community college district must permit the personal support worker to attend class with the student but is not responsible for providing or paying for the personal support worker. Provides that if the personal support worker's attendance in class is solely to provide personal support services to the student, the governing board may not charge the personal support worker tuition and fees for such attendance. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning enterprise risk filings, describes insurance holding company systems that are required to file an annual group capital calculation and those that are exempt from filing a group capital calculation. Provides that the ultimate controlling person of every insurer subject to registration and scoped into the NAIC Liquidity Stress Test Framework shall file the results of a specific year's liquidity stress test. Sets forth restrictions on insurer publishing. In provisions concerning credit allowed for domestic ceding insurers, provides terms by which credit is allowed for reinsurance. Provides that credit shall be allowed when reinsurance is ceded to an assuming insurer that meets specified conditions. Provides that the Director shall timely create and publish a list of reciprocal jurisdictions. Provides that the Director shall timely create and publish a list of assuming insurers that have satisfied specified conditions and to which cessions shall be granted. Provides that the Director may revoke or suspend the eligibility of the assuming insurer. Provides that the ceding insurer or its representative may seek and obtain an order requiring that the assuming insurer post security for all outstanding ceded liabilities under specified conditions. Provides that credit may be taken only for reinsurance agreements entered into, amended, or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and only for losses incurred and reported on or after specified dates. Provides that the amendatory Act shall not limit or in any way alter the capacity of parties to a reinsurance agreement to agree on requirements for security or other terms in that reinsurance agreement except as expressly prohibited by applicable law or regulation, shall not authorize an assuming insurer to withdraw or reduce the security provided under any reinsurance agreement except as permitted by the terms of the agreement, and shall not limit or in any way alter the capacity of parties to any reinsurance agreement to renegotiate the agreement. Defines "group capital calculation instructions", "NAIC Liquidity Stress Test Framework", and "scope criteria". Makes other changes. Effective December 31, 2022. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 In provisions of the Insurance Holding Company Systems Article of the Illinois Insurance Code concerning confidential treatment of documents, materials, or other information, makes changes concerning the information reported or provided to the Department of Insurance that is recognized by the State as being proprietary and to contain trade secrets, and is confidential by law and privileged, not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, not subject to subpoena, and not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private civil action.
Creates the Preventing Youth Vaping Act. Provides that it is unlawful for a person to sell or distribute specified electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette packaging. Contains advertising and manufacturing requirements. Provides civil and criminal penalties. Provides that the Department of Agriculture, Department of Revenue, Department of Public Health, and Illinois State Police shall have equal and joint authority to administer and enforce the Act, may adopt rules, and may inspect any business that manufactures, transports, or distributes electronic cigarettes to ensure compliance with the Act. Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Removes language providing that an "electronic cigarette" does not include a tobacco product and that a "tobacco product" does not include an electronic cigarette. Provides prohibitions regarding the sale of electronic cigarettes and allows specified peace officers to seize any tobacco products or electronic cigarettes involved in a specified violation. Makes other changes. Amends the Prevention of Cigarette Sales to Persons under 21 Years of Age Act. Changes the Act's title to the Prevention of Cigarette and Electronic Cigarette Sales to Persons under 21 Years of Age Act. Defines "electronic cigarette" and refers to electronic cigarettes in conjunction with cigarettes. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 678/9 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions of the Preventing Youth Vaping Act regarding prohibitions, removes language providing that it is unlawful to sell in any one transaction more than 2 electronic cigarettes, 4 prepackaged cartridges of electronic cigarette solution, or 100 milliliters of electronic cigarette solution to a consumer. Provides that "electronic cigarette" does not include any device that meets the definition of cannabis paraphernalia under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that electronic cigarettes first sold prior to August 8, 2016 and for which a premarket tobacco product application was submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by September 9, 2020 shall not be deemed to be in violation of specified provisions. Removes language requiring manufacturers to annually submit specified reports and lists of ingredients to the Attorney General. In provisions amending the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act, provides that no person shall honor or accept any discount, coupon, or other benefit or reduction in price that is inconsistent with specified provisions, subsequent United States Food and Drug Administration industry guidance, or any rules adopted under the specified federal provisions (instead of specified prohibitions). Makes other changes. In provisions amending the Prevention of Cigarette Sales to Persons under 21 Years of Age Act, removes changes to provisions concerning statements for delivery sales. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 3 In provisions creating the Preventing Youth Vaping Act, provides that the Department of Revenue may adopt rules that are reasonable, necessary, and related to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the Act (rather than providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Revenue, the Department of Public Health, and the Illinois State Police shall have equal and joint authority to administer and enforce the Act and may adopt rules for the purpose of administering and enforcing the Act). Provides that the Department of Revenue, the Department of Public Health, a local public health department, the Department of Human Services, the Illinois State Police, a county sheriff, and a municipal police department (rather than the Department of Agriculture, Department of Revenue, Department of Public Health, and Illinois State Police) may inspect any business that sells, manufactures, transports, or distributes electronic cigarettes in the State to ensure compliance with the Act. Requires any violation of the Act to be reported to the Department of Revenue within 7 business days. In provisions amending the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act, removes language providing that no person under 21 years of age shall buy any tobacco product, electronic cigarette, or alternative nicotine product. Provides that any peace officer or duly authorized member of the Illinois State Police, a county sheriff's department, a municipal police department, the Department of Revenue, the Department of Public Health, a local health department, or the Department of Human Services (rather than any peace officer or duly authorized member of the Department of Revenue or the Department of Public Health) may seize specified products. Provides that after the Department of Revenue has seized any tobacco product, nicotine product, or electronic cigarette under the amendatory provisions and a person having any property interest in the seized property has not been charged with an offense under specified provisions, the Department of Revenue must hold a hearing and determine specified information. Removes language providing an immediate effective date. Makes other changes.
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, before a fire protection district may close a fire station or dissolve the district, a response-time study must be conducted that shows, at a minimum, estimated response times to the territory currently served by the fire station or district and estimated response times to that territory after closure of the fire station or district. Requires a response-time study before any territory may be involuntarily disconnected or consolidated with another fire protection district or municipal fire department.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Reenacts the Restore Illinois Collaborative Commission within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to monitor actions taken by the Office of the Governor with regard to the Restore Illinois plan and to keep members of the General Assembly informed of those actions and any need for further legislative action. Repeals provisions on January 1, 2023. Effective immediately.
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Permits the Department of Human Services to conduct compliance checks of tobacco and vape retailers to investigate whether such retailers are selling tobacco products, electronic nicotine products, alternative nicotine products, or e-cigarettes to persons under 21 years of age in violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Provides that the Department may expand the use of existing tobacco compliance check programs to include vape shops. Provides that compliance checks may be conducted by underage individuals under the supervision of local law enforcement. Provides that underage individuals who purchase tobacco products, electronic nicotine devices, alternative nicotine products, or e-cigarettes while conducting supervised compliance checks shall not be in violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that compliance checks may be conducted by underage individuals under the supervision of the Illinois State Police. Requires the Illinois State Police to communicate with local police departments and sheriff departments to ensure coordination and collaboration and to ensure its efforts do not duplicate any local compliance check activities. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Permits the Department of Human Services to conduct compliance checks of retailers as defined in the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995 to investigate whether such retailers are selling tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or e-cigarettes to persons under 21 years of age in violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Provides that compliance checks may be conducted by underage individuals under the supervision of local law enforcement and the Illinois State Police. Provides that underage individuals who purchase tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or e-cigarettes while conducting supervised compliance checks shall not be in violation of any local or State laws pertaining to underage tobacco purchase or possession.
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish and implement a transportation performance program for all transportation facilities under its jurisdiction. Provides that the Department shall develop a risk-based, statewide highway system asset management plan to preserve and improve the conditions of highway and bridge assets and enhance the performance of the system while minimizing life-cycle cost. Provides that the asset management plan shall include, at a minimum, strategies leading to a program of projects that would make progress toward achievement of targets for asset condition and performance of the State highway system. Provides that the asset management plan shall be made publicly available on the Department's website. Provides that the Department shall develop a needs-based asset management plan for State-supported public transportation assets, including vehicles, facilities, equipment, and other infrastructure. Limits the plan to certain transit services. Provides that the Department shall develop a performance-based project selection process to prioritize taxpayer investment in transportation assets that go above and beyond maintaining the existing system in a state of good repair and to evaluate projects that add capacity. Adds various requirements regarding the new asset management plan and performance-based programming. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 70 ILCS 3615/2.39 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Requires the Department of Transportation to develop and publish a statewide multi-modal transportation improvement program for all transportation facilities under its jurisdiction and outlines the methods for developing the program. Requires the Department to develop a needs-based transit asset management plan for State-supported public transportation assets and make the plan publicly available on the Department's website. Requires the Department to develop a performance-based project selection process to prioritize taxpayer investment in State-owned transportation assets that add capacity, with input from specified stakeholders. Requires a summary of the project evaluation process, measures, program, and scores for all candidate projects to be published on the Department website in a timely manner. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Requires the Regional Transportation Authority to develop a transparent prioritization process for Northeastern Illinois transit projects receiving State capital funding. Requires a summary of the project evaluation process, measures, program, and scores or prioritization criteria for all candidate projects to be published on the Authority's website in a timely manner. Provides that, starting April 1, 2022, no project shall be included in the 5-year capital program, or amendments to that program, without being evaluated under the selection process. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 10/1 Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Commission on Equitable Public University Funding Act. Creates the Commission on Equitable Public University Funding for the purpose of recommending specific data-driven criteria and approaches to the General Assembly to adequately, equitably, and stably fund public universities in this State and to evaluate existing funding methods. Sets forth the membership of the Commission. Sets forth the recommendations the Commission must include in the report to the General Assembly. Contains provisions concerning administrative support, compensation, meetings, reporting, and compliance. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds the chairperson of the Higher Education Working Group to the membership of the Commission. Provides that the recommendations made by the Commission may be informed by the data-driven findings and recommendations established by the Chicago State University Equity Working Group and other groups (rather than by the Chicago State University Equity Working Group or other groups). House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with changes. Adds to the membership of the Commission on Equitable Public University Funding. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adds the Minority Spokesperson of the Higher Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the Minority Spokesperson of the Higher Education Committee of the Senate to the membership of the Commission.
Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Capital Development Board shall each accept the use of electronic signatures in transactions between those State agencies and other persons or entities, unless all parties to the transaction waive the right to use electronic signatures. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 175/25-101 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides an exception to the use of electronic signatures for transactions involving technical submissions. Defines "technical submissions". Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 815 ILCS 505/2WWW new New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Educational Planning Services Consumer Protection Act to protect consumers who enter into agreements with educational planning service providers and to regulate educational planning service providers. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person or entity to act as an educational planning service provider except as authorized by the Act. Prohibits an educational planning service provider from providing educational planning services to a consumer for a fee without a written contract signed and dated by both the consumer and the educational planning service provider; sets forth contract requirements. Prohibits an educational planning service provider from charging or receiving from a consumer any enrollment fee, set up fee, up-front fee of any kind, or maintenance fee, and provides that a consumer shall pay only for the educational planning services provided. Sets forth other requirements and prohibitions. Contains provisions concerning required disclosures, the cancellation of a contract and refunds, noncompliance, civil remedies and an injunction, notice, and rules. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to provide that any person who violates the Educational Planning Services Consumer Protection Act commits an unlawful practice.
Creates the Local Journalism Task Force Act. Establishes the Local Journalism Task Force, consisting of one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, one member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one member appointed by the Governor, and one representative of each of the following entities: the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University; the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois at Springfield; the School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale; the Illinois Press Association; the Illinois Broadcasters Association; the Illinois Legislative Correspondents Association; the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council; and the Illinois Municipal League. Directs the Task Force to study communities underserved by local journalism and review all aspects of local journalism. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide administrative support. Provides that the Task Force shall report its findings and recommendations for legislation to the Governor and General Assembly. Provides that the Act is repealed 2 years after the effective date. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Expands the membership of the Local Journalism Task Force Act to include one representative of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and one representative of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides that all weighing or measuring devices must be placed into service and sealed before they are first used in trade by a serviceperson, service agency, or special sealer registered by the Director or by an inspector. Provides that on any device whose sole method of sealing is an audit trail, event counter, or similar system, a tamper evident label shall be affixed to the device that includes the sealer's registration number as issued by the Director and the most recent count or counts listed in the audit trail, event counter, or similar system. Provides that these counts shall also be entered on all placed in-service reports and any test reports where calibration counts were changed from the beginning of testing. Moves provisions and makes other changes concerning sealing and resealing. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 470/42 225 ILCS 470/42.5 new Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 470/1 from Ch. 147, par. 101 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Makes a technical change to the Section containing the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 470/1 Adds reference to: 235 ILCS 5/1-3.03 from Ch. 43, par. 95.03 235 ILCS 5/1-3.43 new 235 ILCS 5/1-3.44 new 235 ILCS 5/3-12 235 ILCS 5/5-1 from Ch. 43, par. 115 235 ILCS 5/5-3 from Ch. 43, par. 118 235 ILCS 5/6-4 from Ch. 43, par. 121 235 ILCS 5/6-5 from Ch. 43, par. 122 235 ILCS 5/6-6.1 new 235 ILCS 5/6-9.1 235 ILCS 5/6-9.5 new 235 ILCS 5/6-9.10 new 235 ILCS 5/6-9.15 new 235 ILCS 5/6-17.5 new 235 ILCS 5/6-37 new 235 ILCS 5/6-38 new 235 ILCS 5/8-10.5 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, provides that the Commission shall approve self-distribution exemptions if the applicant is not a member of any affiliated group that produces directly or indirectly more than a specified amount of gallons of wine, beer, and spirits per annum, and will not annually produce for sale more than the specified amount of gallons of wine, beer, and spirits per annum. Provides that the Commission may fine, suspend, or revoke a self-distribution exemption after a hearing if it finds that the exemption holder has exceeded production of a specified amount of gallons of wine, beer, or spirits in any calendar year. Sets forth provisions concerning requirements for class 3 brewer licensees. Provides that the Commission may adopt rules governing self-distribution examples. Authorizes a distributor licensee to sell mead to brewers, class 1 brewers, and class 2 brewers that sell beer, cider, or mead to non-licensees at their breweries. Provides that a self-distribution exemption for certain wine manufacturers shall allow the sale of cider, mead, or both cider and mead to brewers, class 1 brewers, class 2 brewers, and class 3 brewers that sell beer, cider, mead, or any combination thereof to non-licensees at their breweries. Sets forth provisions concerning requirements for first class and second class wine-manufacturers that manufacture beer or spirits, class 1 and class 2 craft distillers that manufacture beer, and class 1 and class 2 brewers that manufacture spirits or wine. Provides that a brewer, class 1 brewer, or class 2 brewer may sell mead for on-premises or off-premises consumption. Provides that a first class wine-maker that concurrently holds a class 1 brewer license or a class 1 craft distiller license shall not be eligible to hold a wine-maker's premises license. Provides that the Commission may issue beer showcase permit licenses. Sets forth provisions concerning beer showcase permit licenses. Changes fees for first-class wine manufacturer and first-class wine-maker licenses and establishes fees for class 3 brewer and beer showcase permit licenses. Sets forth provisions concerning stocking, rotation, resetting, and pricing services; cooperative purchase agreements; quantity discounting programs; transfer of wine or spirits by a retail licensee with multiple licenses; one-time inventory transfer of wine or spirits by a retail licensee with multiple licenses; and beer production quantity reporting. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 In provisions concerning quantity discounting terms for wine or spirits cooperative purchase agreements, provides that nothing in the provisions shall be construed to prohibit, limit, or interfere with quantity discount, credit, or rebate programs (instead of quantity discount programs) offered for any product fermented with malt or any substitute for malt. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Provides that provisions concerning a written list of delinquent retail licensees that shall be developed, administered, and maintained by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission take effect January 1, 2022 (rather than immediately).
