Rep. Jen Gong-Gershowitz

Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that "public works" includes all projects that are located in a redevelopment project area as defined in the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act or an economic development project area as defined in the County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act and entail a business enterprise receiving a direct financial benefit from loans, grants, subsidies, incentives, or other direct benefit made available pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act or the County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act. Excludes other types of projects from inclusion under "public works". Makes corresponding changes in the Freedom of Information Act. Effective January 1, 2020.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2020 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 (currently, $65,000) for all qualified property.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that issuers of all long-term care policies issued, amended, renewed, or delivered after the effective date of the amendatory Act must submit all proposed rate changes to the Director of Insurance for approval. Provides that the Director shall disapprove of rate increases he or she does not find to be reasonable in relation to benefits under the policy and that all rates are subject to all minimum loss ratio requirements under the Illinois Administrative Code. Requires the Department of Insurance to accept comments on specified rates and, on and after January 1, 2021, to submit an annual report regarding long-term rate changes in the Illinois market to the General Assembly. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the License to Work Act. Deletes language providing that all notices sent to a person involved in an administrative proceeding shall state that failure to satisfy any fine or penalty shall result in the Secretary of State suspending his or her driving privileges, vehicle registration, or both. Provides that the Secretary is authorized to cancel any license or permit if the holder failed to pay any fees owed to the Secretary for the license or permit (rather than failure to pay any fees, civil penalties owed to the Illinois Commerce Commission, or taxes due upon reasonable notice and demand). Provides that a person whose driver's license was canceled, suspended, or revoked under certain circumstances shall have his or her driving privileges reinstated. Deletes language providing that the reporting requirements for public officials shall apply to a truant minor in need of supervision, an addicted minor, or a delinquent minor whose driver's license has been suspended. Provides for the immediate revocation of the license, permit, or driving privileges of any driver if the driver was convicted of a misdemeanor relating to a motor vehicle if the person exercised actual physical control over the vehicle during the commission of the offense. Provides that the Secretary is authorized to suspend or revoke the driving privileges of any person without a preliminary hearing if the person has been convicted of criminal trespass to vehicle if the person exercised actual physical control over the vehicle during the commission of the offense. Provides that in order to be subject to suspension or revocation for violation of specific provisions of the Liquor Control Act of 1934, a person must also be an occupant of a motor vehicle at the time of the violation. Deletes language authorizing the Secretary to suspend or revoke the driving privileges of a person without a preliminary hearing for specific adjudications or violations. Deletes language providing that the owner of a registered vehicle that has failed to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 10 or more violations shall have his or her driving privileges suspended. Repeals Sections concerning the suspension of a driver's license for theft of motor fuel and suspension of driving privileges for failure to satisfy fines or penalties for toll violations or evasions. Effective July 1, 2020.

Creates the Flavored Tobacco Ban Act. Prohibits the sale or distribution by an establishment of any flavored tobacco product. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall enforce the Act and may adopt rules or guidelines for the implementation and enforcement of the Act. Amends the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995. Permits the Department of Revenue to suspend the license of any distributor that violates the Flavored Tobacco Ban Act.

Amends the Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce for Children and Families Act. Increases the membership of the Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce for Children and Families to include 2 persons who each serve as a chief executive officer or chief administrator of a private sector child welfare provider. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services (rather than the Children and Family Research Center of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) to provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Requires the Department to engage the services of the Children and Family Research Center to aid in the collection, cataloguing, and analysis of child welfare data. Extends the deadline date by which the Task Force must submit certain reports to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the State's child welfare workforce. Changes the date the Task Force is dissolved from January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2022. Changes the date the Act is repealed from January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2022. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 325 ILCS 70/10 325 ILCS 70/15 Adds reference to: P.A. 101-121, Sec. 99 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends Public Act 101-121 by adding an immediate effective date. Effective immediately.

Congratulates Marilyn D. Glazer of Skokie on her retirement as Niles Township Supervisor.

Condemns President Donald J. Trump's Migrant Protection Protocols denying entry to refugees at the Southern border and calls on him to immediately rescind this abhorrent policy that is placing vulnerable people at further risk of harm, and calls on the U.S. Congress to put an end to the Migrant Protection Protocols by defunding the program in its upcoming budget vote before the end of this calendar year. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Corrects a date.

Calls upon the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health to expeditiously participate in legislative public hearings, as well as hearings within the communities so affected, in order to provide expert and public testimony concerning the amelioration of this disturbing and reversible public health threat. Urges additional appropriations in State funding, along with any available federal dollars, to provide necessary preventative diagnostic and treatment services to mitigate the harmful effects of HIV among at-risk African American and Latinx populations.

Mourns the death of Sharon Judith Beck.