Creates the Feminine Hygiene Products For The Homeless Act. Provides that feminine hygiene products, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons, and panty liners, shall be available free of charge at all homeless shelters that provide temporary housing assistance to women or youth.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create a Clean Water Workforce Pipeline Program to provide grants and other financial assistance to prepare and support individuals for careers in water infrastructure. Provides specified groups that may be provided with grants and other financial assistance on a competitive annual basis. Directs the Department to coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Finance Authority, and other State agencies that provide financial support for water infrastructure projects. Provides that the Department may select a Program Administrator. Provides that recipients of grants or other financial assistance under the Program shall report annually to the Department. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Clean Water Workforce Development Fund. State Mandates Fiscal Note (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not create a State mandate. Fiscal Note (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) HB 3349 requires DCEO to award grants designed to encourage and facilitate employment in water infrastructure careers. Competitive awards shall be made for various activities including: identification of individuals for job training in the water sector; counseling, preparation, skills training, and other support to increase a candidate's likelihood of success in a job training program and career; and several others. While HB 3349 requires DCEO to make the grants, the legislation does not specify a funding source for the program. Without a funding source, the legislation represents a potential unfunded mandate on the agency. Without additional information on available funding and the number of grants required to be awarded, the Department lacks the ability to determine program scope and ongoing implementation costs. As a result, we are unable to determine the fiscal impact of this legislation.
Amends the Personal Information Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 815 ILCS 530/1 Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Data Transparency and Privacy Act. Finds that individuals have a right to privacy in information pertaining to the individual. Provides that an entity that collects through the Internet personal information about individual consumers must make disclosures to the individual regarding the collection of the information. Establishes that a consumer has a right to opt out of the sale of the consumer's information. Provides for enforcement by the Attorney General. Effective April 1, 2020. Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Office of the Attorney General) The proposed legislation, HB 3358 (H-AM 2) may require our Consumer Bureau to hire up to three additional privacy attorneys to undertake the additional privacy enforcement that may be required by the bill. Privacy enforcement is a specialized area for which attorneys must be knowledgeable in data security, which can get very technical and requires additional training and certifications, such as the Certified Information Privacy Professional designation issued by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Because of the specialized nature of this work and the demand for attorneys with this expertise, we anticipate the salary of each attorney hired to perform the work required by this bill to be $86,500 each. Additional costs related to retirement contributions, social security , and group insurance would total $77,578 for each attorney. Because of the uncertainty in the additional level of work this bill may require of our Consumer Bureau, we estimate the costs to our office to range from $164,078, for one attorney, up to $494,234 for three attorneys. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates a Data Transparency and Privacy Act different than that contained in House Amendment No. 2. Finds that individuals have a right to privacy and a personal property interest in information pertaining to the individual. Provides that an entity that collects through the Internet personal information about individual consumers must make disclosures to the individual regarding the collection of the information. Exempts from the protections information collected while a natural person is acting in an employment context. Establishes that a consumer has a right to opt out of the sale of the consumer's information. Creates exemptions for certain retail transactions, credit arrangements, and government program utilization. Provides for enforcement by the Attorney General. Provides that there is no private right of action to enforce the Act. Effective April 1, 2020. State Mandates Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not create a State mandate. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 3 (Office of the Attorney General) The proposed legislation, HB 3358, as amended by House Amendment #3, may require our Consumer Bureau to hire up to three additional privacy attorneys to undertake the additional privacy enforcement that may be required by the bill. Privacy enforcement is a specialized area for which attorneys must be knowledgeable in data security, which can get very technical and requires additional training and certifications, such as the Certified Information Privacy Professional designation issued by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Because of the specialized nature of this work and the demand for attorneys with this expertise, we anticipate the salary of each attorney hired to perform the work required by this bill to be $86,500 each. Additional costs related to retirement contributions, social security, and group insurance would total $77,578 for each attorney. Because of the uncertainty in the additional level of work this bill may require of our Consumer Bureau, we estimate the costs to our office to range from $164,078, for one attorney, up to $494,234 for three attorneys. Fiscal impact: Uncertain Judicial Note, House Floor Amendment No. 3 (Admin Office of the Illinois Courts) This bill would neither increase nor decrease the number of judges needed in the State of Illinois.
Urges an investment of $1 billion by the State for affordable housing to be included in the next capital budget.
Declares February 2019 as Black Nurses Month in Illinois.
Directs the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Financial & Professional Regulation to conduct a disparity study on whether minority-owned businesses face any barriers that prevent the equitable participation in the business of cultivating, manufacturing, delivering, distributing, testing, transporting, and other avenues within the business of legalized cannabis in Illinois.
Directs the Department of Agriculture to conduct a disparity study on whether minority and women-owned businesses face any barriers that prevent the equitable participation in the business of cultivating, manufacturing, delivering, distributing, testing, transporting, and other avenues within the business of legalized cannabis in Illinois.
Urges Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education to withdraw the proposed rule and instead pursue policies that reflect the concerns raised by law enforcement, create a safe environment for victims to report instances, aggressively address the problem of campus sexual assault and harassment, and broadly address all instances of sexual harassment affecting college students.
Creates the Return Illinois To Prosperity Commission. Provides that the Commission shall review and evaluate the creation of an Illinois State Bank, and specifies the criteria to be used by the Commission. Provides for the membership of the Commission, and that members shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Commission shall report its findings to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before December 31, 2019.
Urges the reinstatement of the DHS program for indigent burial funds.
