Amends the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. Deletes provision that when the property seized for forfeiture is a vehicle, the law enforcement agency seizing the property shall immediately notify the Secretary of State that forfeiture proceedings are pending regarding the vehicle.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, and the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the procedures, actions, and remedies in the amended Acts shall not be exclusive, but shall be available in addition to other actions and remedies of support, including remedies provided in specific other Acts. Provides that actions and remedies shall be cumulative and used in conjunction with one another. Provides that actions and remedies shall not require a custody/allocation of parental rights or visitation determination as a prerequisite to a determination of a support obligation. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that, with respect to firefighters and emergency medical technicians, a contagious staph infection, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is rebuttably presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. Effective immediately.
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that "health care employer" includes the Department of Corrections or a third-party vendor employing certified nursing assistants working with the Department of Corrections. Effective immediately.
Repeals the Aquaculture Development Act. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Illinois Pesticide Act, the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act, the County Cooperative Extension Law, the Fish and Aquatic Life Code, and the Unemployment Insurance Act making conforming changes.
Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Provides that victims and family members of victims of crimes of violence (in addition to victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, and gender violence) are subject to the provisions of the Act regarding unpaid leave and prohibited discriminatory acts. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that victims of crimes of violence shall not be barred from collecting voluntary leave benefits. Defines terms. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 820 ILCS 405/601 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions identical to the bill as introduced except: (1) includes as a family or household member any individual whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship rather than a person whose close relationship with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship and (2) deletes provisions amending the Unemployment Insurance Act. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 820 ILCS 180/35 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with contents of the engrossed bill, but deletes provisions authorizing an employee to file a civil action.
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Adds e-cigarettes and other vapor devices as one of the educational areas the Comprehensive Health Education Program must include. Effective immediately.
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that through June 30, 2023 (instead of June 30, 2021), an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status if that employment is not within the school year during which service was terminated and does not exceed 120 paid days or 600 paid hours in each school year. Makes a conforming change. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Experimental Aircraft Association Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to allow for the issuance of aviation enthusiast decals for Universal special license plates by the Illinois chapters of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Provides fees for the issuance of the decals. Provides that money in the Experimental Aircraft Association Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and distribution by the Secretary of State, as grants to promote recreational aviation. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that the committee of agriculturalists established to represent the various and diverse areas of the agricultural industry in Illinois shall, among other duties, advise the State Board of Education on the administration of the agricultural education line item appropriation and agency rulemaking that affects agricultural education educators. Sets forth changes in the composition of the committee's membership.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for a violation of child pornography when the person possesses any film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer of any child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or to be a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability engaged in sexual activity if the victim is a household or family member of the defendant.
Amends the University of Illinois Act. Provides that the water rates report for the Lake Michigan service area of northeastern Illinois must be issued no later than December 1, 2022 (instead of December 1, 2020). Provides that the water rates report for the remainder of Illinois must be issued no later than December 1, 2023 (instead of December 1, 2021). Changes the repeal date of the water rates report provisions to January 1, 2024 (instead of January 1, 2022). Effective immediately.
