Urges the State of Illinois to launch a pilot project to establish a transitional shelter village that will support the crisis housing and health needs of people currently experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
Creates the Relieve College Costs Pilot Program Act. Creates a pilot program for a 4-year degree pathway based on texts that served as the core foundational basis for western civilization and the Enlightenment, under which one public high school, one public community college, and one public university shall develop a competency-based baccalaureate degree program for a Fundamental Issues and Texts Humanities Degree. Includes as goals of the program: (1) preparing students with skills relating to critical thinking, problem solving, rational inquiry, and oral and written communication needed for employment or further graduate study; (2) using open educational resources if available; (3) using online course options if available to reduce costs; (4) identifying pathway courses to promote dual credit course enrollment in the participating high school; and (5) having a $20,000 maximum tuition rate for the entirety of the degree pathway. Contains provisions concerning a program director, the curriculum, open educational resources, reporting, and rulemaking. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 In provisions concerning the panel created by the State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, and Board of Higher Education, requires the panel to seek and identify initiatives to support the use of foundational materials and original sources that reside in the public domain or open educational resource materials in support of the degree program (rather than only to seek and identify initiatives to support the use of open educational resource materials). Provides that the panel is dissolved on January 31, 2023. Provides that a public institution, at the request of its board of trustees, must highlight the courses that use low-cost digital or print options for students (rather than courses that may have a lost-cost option for print versions).
Appropriates various amounts from the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department of Public Health for the administration of HIV/AIDS programs, including, but not limited to, the Getting to Zero-Illinois program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the definitions.
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purposes of the Act.
Amends the Workplace Transparency Act. Provides that an employer may not require a prospective, current, or former employee to sign a confidentiality provision of a settlement agreement or termination agreement relating to a claim of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, or sexual assault in the workplace. Provides that a confidentiality provision is permissible when it relates to the monetary amount of a settlement or it prohibits disclosure of facts that could lead to the identification of the employee. Provides for notice requirements. Defines "confidentiality provision". Effective January 1, 2023. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: In provisions concerning settlement or termination agreements, provides that an employee, prospective employee, or former employee and an employer may enter into a valid and enforceable settlement or termination agreement that includes promises of confidentiality related to the monetary amount of the settlement or facts that could lead to the identification of the employee if specified requirements are satisfied. Provides that such an agreement is enforceable if confidentiality is the documented preference of the employee, prospective employee, or former employee (rather than confidentiality is the documented preference of the employee, prospective employee, or former employee and is mutually beneficial to both parties). Adds sexual harassment as a claim covered under the Act. Effective January 1, 2023.
Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Commission on Implementing the Firearms Restraining Order Act shall be appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police or his or her designee within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective June 1, 2022.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense or a person with a disability, a prosecution for grooming may be commenced within 10 years after the discovery of such an offense by a person or agency having the legal duty to report the offense or in the absence of such discovery, within 10 years after the proper prosecuting officer becomes aware of the offense. In the definition provisions of the Sex Offenses Article of the Code, includes "sibling" in the definition of "family member" and includes in the definition of "unconscious of the nature of the act", incapable of resisting because the victim was asleep, unconscious, or surprised such that the victim could not give voluntary, intelligent, and knowing agreement to the sexual act. In the definition of "family member" deletes provision that if the victim is a child under 18 years of age, an accused must have resided in the household with the child continuously for at least 6 months. Provides that a person also commits grooming when he or she knowingly engages in a pattern of conduct that entices, persuades, induces, or coerces a child to engage or participate in criminal sexual activity or is for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the victim, the accused, or another. Increases the penalty for grooming from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Changes references in the Code from "child pornography" to "child sexual abuse images". Defines "pattern" and "sexual activity". Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the court may set any conditions it finds just and appropriate on the taking of testimony of a victim or witness who is under 18 years of age or an intellectually disabled person or a person affected by a developmental disability (rather than a victim who is a child under the age of 18 years or a moderately, severely, or profoundly intellectually disabled person or a person affected by a developmental disability), involving the use of a facility dog in any criminal proceeding (rather than in a prosecution of criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or any violent crime). Makes changes concerning the admissibility of evidence in prosecutions for involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 4026/10 110 ILCS 57/5 225 ILCS 10/3.3 325 ILCS 5/4.5 325 ILCS 5/11.1 from Ch. 23, par. 2061.1 325 ILCS 15/3 from Ch. 23, par. 2083 325 ILCS 40/2 from Ch. 23, par. 2252 325 ILCS 47/10 705 ILCS 135/15-70 705 ILCS 405/3-40 725 ILCS 5/124B-10 725 ILCS 5/124B-100 725 ILCS 5/124B-420 725 ILCS 5/124B-500 725 ILCS 215/2 from Ch. 38, par. 1702 725 ILCS 215/3 from Ch. 38, par. 1703 730 ILCS 5/3-1-2 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-1-2 730 ILCS 5/3-12.5-10 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2 730 ILCS 5/5-8-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1 730 ILCS 5/5-8-4 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-4 730 ILCS 5/5-9-1.7 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-9-1.7 730 ILCS 5/5-9-1.8 730 ILCS 150/2 from Ch. 38, par. 222 740 ILCS 128/10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, except: (1) changes the statute of limitations for grooming to provide that when the victim is under 17 years of age at the time of the offense or is a person with a disability, a prosecution for grooming may be commenced within 10 years after the victim or the person with a disability attains 17 years of age; (2) changes the name of the offenses of child sexual abuse material and aggravated child sexual abuse material to child sexual abuse material and aggravated child sexual abuse material; (3) retains the Class 4 felony penalty for grooming; (4) deletes references to criminal transmission of HIV in various statutes; (5) in the definitions provisions of the Sex Offenses Article of the Criminal Code of 2012, provides that "family member" also means, if the victim is a child under 18 years of age, an accused who has resided in the household with the child continuously for at least 3 (rather than 6) months; (6) provides that a person also commits sexual exploitation of a child if in the presence or virtual presence, or both, of a child and with knowledge that a child or one whom he or she believes to be a child would view his or her acts, that person knowingly entices, coerces, or persuades a child to participate in the production of the recording or memorializing a sexual act of persons ages 18 or older; provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony for a first offense; and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense, or if the person has been previously convicted of a sex offense; and (7) amends various Acts to change references to "child pornography" to "child sexual abuse material".
Creates the General Contractors Licensing Act. Contains only a short title provision. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.38 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the General Contractors Licensing Act. Provides for the licensure of general contractors by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Creates the General Contractor Board. Provides for the membership and powers and duties of the Board. Contains provisions concerning definitions; title; display of license; address of record and email address of record; powers and duties of the Department; application for licensure; license classifications; licensure, renewal, and restoration; inactive status; fees; disposition of funds; advertising; insurance; listing of general contractors; violations, injunctions, and cease and desist orders; grounds for disciplinary action; investigation and notice and hearing; records of proceedings; compelling testimony; hearings and motions for rehearing; appointment of a hearing officer; order or certified copy and prima facie proof; restoration of suspended or revoked license; surrender of license; the Administrative Review Law; confidentiality; and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to repeal the General Contractors Licensing Act on January 1, 2028. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for levy years 2021 and later, the taxing district's aggregate extension base is the greater of (A) the district's last preceding aggregate extension limit or (B) the district's last preceding aggregate extension, subject to certain adjustments. Provides that the term "aggregate extension limit" means the district's last preceding aggregate extension if the taxing district had utilized the maximum limiting rate permitted without referendum for each of the 5 immediately preceding levy years. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 200/18-190.7 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with formatting changes. Makes the following substantive changes. Provides that the provisions apply only to: (1) certain school districts; (2) park districts; (3) library districts; and (4) community college districts. Provides that the taxing district must certify to the county clerk that the taxing district did not extend the maximum amount permitted under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law for a particular levy year. Provides that the aggregate extension for a taxing district that utilizes the recapture provisions of the introduced bill may not exceed the taxing district's last preceding aggregate extension by more than 5% unless the increase is approved by the voters. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the taxing district's certification to the county clerk that it did not extend the maximum amount permitted under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law must be submitted not more than 60 days after the taxing district files its levy ordinance or resolution with the county clerk (rather than not more than 30 days after the taxing district's budget and levy ordinance is adopted for the levy year).
