Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Prohibits persons who fail to report to the Department of Public Health individuals who commit certain violations from being involved in direct care for clients, patients, or residents, or access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records of clients, patients, or residents unless they have been issued a waiver under the Act. Provides that reports of violations shall be made no later than 5 days after the incident constituting the violation. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits aggravated battery when the person battered, other than by the discharge of a firearm, is known to be a patient at a Department of Human Services facility and the person who commits the battery is an employee of the Department of Human Services; and a recipient at a community-integrated living arrangement, as defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, who is battered by an employee of the community-integrated living arrangement. Provides that the offense is a Class 2 felony.
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Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Restricts a person from opening, conducting, or maintaining a facility in which mobile abortions services are performed. Defines "mobile abortion services" as any abortion-related services provided in a moveable vehicle or nonpermanent clinic.
Repeals the Reproductive Health Act. Creates the Illinois Abortion Law of 2022 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 2022 and the Abortion Performance Refusal Act of 2022 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.
Creates the Ultrasound Opportunity Act. Sets forth legislative findings and definitions. Provides that at any facility where abortions are performed, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or another qualified person working in conjunction with either physician shall offer any woman seeking an abortion after 8 weeks of gestation an opportunity to receive and view an active ultrasound of her unborn child by someone qualified to perform ultrasounds at the facility, or at a facility listed in a listing of local ultrasound providers provided by the facility, prior to the woman having any part of an abortion performed or induced and prior to the administration of any anesthesia or medication in preparation for the abortion. Provides that the requirements of the Act shall not apply when, in the medical judgment of the physician performing or inducing the abortion, there exists a medical emergency. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities, provides that, if the person with a disability is eligible to receive disability benefits under the federal Social Security Act, then the property is exempt from taxation under this Code. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if a person commits a misdemeanor while armed with a firearm, the person shall be sentenced for a Class 4 felony. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for a conviction for a felony committed while armed with a firearm. Provides that if a person is convicted of an offense while armed with a firearm and causes death or great bodily harm to another person with the firearm, the court shall impose an additional 15-year sentence upon the person, in addition to the sentence imposed for the offense.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a State's Attorney may petition the court to impound a vehicle that has been used in the commission of the following offenses under the Criminal Code of 2012: (1) first degree murder; (2) aggravated discharge of a firearm; (3) aggravated battery involving the use of a firearm; (4) reckless discharge of a firearm; or (5) any other offense involving a vehicle in which a firearm was used in the commission of the offense. Provides that if the vehicle was not owned by the defendant, the State's Attorney may petition the court to impound the vehicle if the owner of the vehicle knew or should have known that the vehicle was being used in the commission of the offense. Provides that if the court has probable cause to believe that a vehicle was used in the commission of any of the offenses described in this provision, the court may order the impoundment of the vehicle for a maximum of 90 days.
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Provides that a live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law. Removes language regarding interpretation of specified provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a written notice of a violation that was recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system must be sent via certified (rather than regular) mail to the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator. Provides that no violation issued due to it being recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system shall be actionable after one year.
Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that if an in-State retailer or serviceman bids on a purchase order or contract to provide materials, equipment, or supplies to a municipality with a population under 1,000,000, and that purchase order or contract involves an amount in excess of $25,000, then the municipality may apply to the Department of Revenue for a certificate of exemption from the taxes imposed under specified local provisions of the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act for the in-State retailer or serviceman, or a third-party supplier of the retailer or serviceman, with respect to the materials, equipment, or supplies covered by the bid if: at least one other bid is received from an out-of-State retailer or serviceman; the in-State retailer or serviceman demonstrates the necessity of the exemption in order to submit the lowest responsible bid, including substantive proof furnished by the retailer or serviceman to the municipality or the Department of Revenue; and the in-State retailer provides an itemized estimate of cost to the corporate authorities of the municipality. Defines terms. Makes confirming changes in the following Acts and Codes: the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Salem Civic Center Law of 1997 of the Civic Center Code, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act, the Flood Prevention District Act, the Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, the Local Mass Transit District Act, the Regional Transportation Authority Act, and the Water Commission Act of 1985. Effective immediately.