Rep. Ann Williams

Creates the Hotel Jobs Recovery Grant Program Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish the Hotel Jobs Recovery Grant Program for the purpose of providing direct relief to hotels impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall award a one-time grant to the operator of each hotel in the State in an amount equal to $1,500 for each room in the hotel. Sets forth the permitted uses for grant funds awarded under the Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides for emergency rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2022.

Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that as soon as practical after the effective date of this amendatory Act, but no later than January 1, 2023, a corporation that has contracts with the State shall include as part of its annual report submitted to the Secretary of State under this Act a list of its suppliers and a description of the corporation's process for identifying and evaluating suppliers, including whether and, if so, how demographic diversity is considered. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that a corporation that has contracts with the State shall include as part of its annual report submitted to the Secretary of State under this Act a list of its professional services suppliers by category. Provides that the list shall include the percentage of owners and employees in each category that are women or are members of a minority group. Provides that the list shall identify minority groups with specificity. Provides that corporations that submit annual supplier diversity reports to the Illinois Commerce Commission in accordance with the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act are exempt from the reporting requirements. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to long-term care insurance. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/351A-4 Adds reference to: New Act 215 ILCS 5/356z.41 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Access to Affordable Insulin Act. Sets forth provisions concerning an insulin urgent-need program. Provides that by July 1, 2022, each manufacturer shall establish procedures to make insulin available to eligible individuals who are in urgent need of insulin or who are in need of access to an affordable insulin supply. Sets forth provisions concerning insulin urgent-need program exceptions, eligibility, forms, applications, claims and reimbursement, copayments, information sheets, navigators, and penalties. Defines terms. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning cost sharing in prescription insulin drugs, provides that an insurer that provides coverage for prescription insulin drugs under the terms of a health coverage plan the insurer offers shall limit the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a 30-day supply of covered prescription insulin drugs at an amount not to exceed $35 (rather than $100). Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the Department of Human Rights may petition and shall be permitted as a matter of right to intervene as a party in the proceeding if the Commission determines that: (i) the case involves matters of public interest or importance beyond the issues in the case; (ii) the Department has an interest different from one or more of the parties; (iii) the expertise of the Department makes it better suited to articulate a particular point of view; or (iv) the representation of the Department's interest by existing parties is or may be inadequate and the Department will or may be bound by an order or judgment in the action. Provides that the Department, as an intervenor, shall have all of the rights of an original party. Allows the Attorney General to intervene on behalf of the Department in a civil action filed by a complainant in State or federal court if the Department certifies that the case is of general public importance. Makes conforming changes.

Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Makes a technical change in the purpose Section.

Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a definitions Section.

Creates the Clean Jobs, Workforce and Contractor Equity Act. Creates the Equity and Empowerment in Clean Energy Advisory Board to administer the Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Program, the Expanding Clean Energy Entrepreneurship and Contractor Incubator Network Program, the Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program, and the Illinois Clean Energy Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Primes Contractor Accelerator. Creates the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund Act, the Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act, the Energy Community Reinvestment Act, the Clean Energy Empowerment Zone Tax Credit Act, the Coal Severance Fee Act, the Building Energy Performance Standard Act, and the Public Utilities Intervenor Compensation Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to allow for emergency rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Energy Community Reinvestment Fund, the Illinois Commerce Commission Intervenor Compensation Fund, and the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund. Amends the Electric Vehicle Act, the Energy Efficient Building Act, the Illinois Power Agency Act, the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the School Code, the Public Utilities Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act, and the Prevailing Wage Act by making changes to implement certain programs. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Crematory Regulation Act. Provides that "cremation" includes natural organic reduction. Defines "natural organic reduction". Effective immediately.

Amends the Expressway Camera Act. In addition to offenses involving the use of a firearm, adds carjacking and other violent crimes as offenses that a law enforcement agency may investigate using images from an expressway camera. Provides that nothing in the Act shall prohibit the Illinois State Police from using images from an expressway camera to investigate any offense involving a violent crime. Removes the Act repeal date of July 1, 2023.