Creates the Inflation Reduction Act. Provides that the General Assembly shall reduce all discretionary spending appropriations to State agencies during fiscal year 2025 by 5% of the estimated expenditures in fiscal year 2024. Effective immediately.
Repeals the Illinois Sustainable Investing Act. Amends the Public Funds Investment Act and the Illinois Pension Code to make conforming changes, including removal of sustainability factors from investment policies.
Creates the Protect Illinois Manufacturing and Energy from Foreign Adversaries Act. Provides that a disqualified foreign adversary may not receive certain State incentives. Provides that a disqualified foreign adversary that operates in Illinois is subject to specified taxes and fees. Defines "disqualified foreign adversary" as individuals or entities that are associated with a foreign adversary and that establish, invest in, or operate an advanced manufacturing and energy business. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Use Tax Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Removes language providing that, for State fiscal year 2024, transfers among line item appropriations to a State agency from the same State treasury fund may be made for operational or lump sum expenses only, provided that the sum of such transfers for a State agency in State fiscal year 2024 shall not exceed 8% of the aggregate amount appropriated to that State agency for operational or lump sum expenses for State fiscal year 2024.
Repeals the Reproductive Health Act. Creates the Illinois Abortion Law of 2024 containing the provisions of the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 before its repeal by Public Act 101-13, as well as provisions defining "viability" to include when, in the medical judgment of the attending physician based on the particular facts of the case before the attending physician, the unborn child has a fetal heartbeat, and defining "fetal heartbeat" as the cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac. Creates the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act of 2024 and the Abortion Performance Refusal Act of 2024 containing the provisions of the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act and the Abortion Performance Refusal Act before their repeal by Public Act 101-13. Amends various Acts by restoring the language that existed before the amendment of those Acts by Public Act 101-13. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Creates the Restoring Faith in Job Training Program. Requires a forensic audit of all job training programs administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board shall establish a database that contains the following variables: the population of each municipality and unincorporated county area in which video gaming has not been prohibited; the number of licensed establishments within each municipality and unincorporated county area that has been listed by population in the database; and the ratio, as measured in licensed establishments per 1,000 residents, within each municipality and unincorporated county area listed by population in the database. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no new license shall be issued to an applicant for licensure as a licensed establishment if the applicant is located within a municipality or unincorporated county area in which there is more than one licensed establishment per 1,000 residents; and when a municipality or unincorporated county area exists with more than one licensed establishment per 1,000 residents, the Board shall deny a licensed establishment's application to renew its license until the number of licensed establishments within the political subdivision has dropped to a ratio that is equal to, or less than, one licensed establishment per 1,000 residents. Specifies that the provisions shall not infringe upon the right of a licensed establishment to continue to enjoy licensure as a licensed establishment for the duration of the license that has been awarded to the establishment before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Condemns the attacks on the State of Israel and its people and strongly implores the government of Israel to bring the terrorist organization, Hamas, to an end. Reaffirms Illinois' support and unwavering commitment to the welfare, security, and survival of the State of Israel. Recognizes Israel's right to act decisively and unilaterally in self-defense to protect its citizens. Expresses Illinois' support for Israel's right to pursue without interference or condemnation the elimination of Hamas until Hamas is permanently neutralized and public safety is assured. Conveys Illinois' most heartfelt condolences to all Israeli victims as well as their families and communities. Calls upon Illinois law enforcement to remain vigilant in protecting Israeli Americans, Jewish Americans, and all supporters of Israel from acts of crime and unlawful discrimination that tend to manifest at such times. Encourages all other American states to likewise condemn Hamas as well as any official body that refuses to recognize Israel's right to act decisively in self-defense to protect its citizens. Calls upon the United States to provide assistance to support Israel in its defense against Hamas and all other terrorist organizations that threaten its sovereignty.
Directs the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of the State spending on asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants. Urges the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, and any other entity having information relevant to the audit to cooperate fully and promptly with the Office of the Auditor General in the conduct of this audit.
Congratulates the Taylorville FFA of Illinois on being named the 2023 Premier National Chapter in Strengthening Agriculture.
