Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not hold an animal in the person's lap while operating a motor vehicle. Provides that a person who holds an animal in the person's lap while operating a motor vehicle is guilty of a petty offense and is subject to a fine of $50. Provides that a law enforcement officer shall not search or inspect a motor vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely because the driver holds an animal on the lap or is suspected of doing so. Makes a corresponding change in the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Insurance to conduct a study to better understand the gaps in health insurance coverage for uninsured residents, including the reasons why individuals are uninsured and whether insured individuals are insured through an employer-sponsored plan or through the Illinois health insurance marketplace. Requires the Department to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act shall provide health insurance coverage to all of their workforce.
Nominates Cynthia Santos to serve as a Member of the Pollution Control Board.
Nominates Dorothy Abreu as Director and Chair of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
Amends the Expressway Camera Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Illinois Employer Innovation Fund Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the State Finance Act to create the Trauma Response Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to develop a trauma response protocol that shall be implemented in response to a traumatic event at a school, including, but not limited to, a shooting at the school. Sets forth various requirements for the protocol, including response by hospitals, trauma intervention services, and community engagement. Provides that all moneys in the Trauma Response Fund shall be paid as grants to school districts to implement the trauma response protocol. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Use Tax Act, Service Use Tax Act, Service Occupation Tax Act, and Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Imposes a 1% surcharge on firearm ammunition, which shall be deposited into the Trauma Response Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Provides that any person who performs a notarial act concerning election nominating papers, petitions of objections to nominating papers, or certificates of withdrawal of candidacy, and is not otherwise authorized to perform notarial acts, shall, in addition to any penalties which may be imposed under the Act, also be in violation of the Election Code. Amends the Election Code. Provides that any person who performs unauthorized notarial acts concerning election nominating papers, petitions of objections to nominating papers, or certificates of withdrawal of candidacy in violation of the Illinois Notary Public Act, is also in violation of the Code, and shall be subject to a specified penalty.
Amends the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that appointments to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, other than the ex officio members, shall be made by the Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from a list of nominees selected by a majority of votes of the President of the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, the President of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the President of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council and the President of the Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge 7 (rather than the Governor).
Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
