Rep. Julie Hamos

Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding airports.

Amends the Environmental Barriers Act. Provides that new housing subject to regulation under the Act shall be constructed in compliance with specified accessibility guidelines.

Urges the United States Congress and the President of the United States to renew and strengthen the federal ban on military-style assault weapons and to ban the import of large capacity ammunition magazines.

Amends the Local Planning Technical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the annual report.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the reading of meters.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the definitions of "Director" and "Department".

Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change concerning valuation of land encumbered by conservation rights.

Creates the Nursing Facility Bed Moratorium and Modernization Act. Provides that, except as specifically provided, the Health Facilities Planning Board shall deny any request for a permit or exemption for a new nursing facility bed if that license would result in an increase in the medical assistance reimbursement amount for the purposes of the medical assistance program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Provides that any nursing facility that has, for the previous 3 years, provided services to at least 50% of its resident population under the medical assistance program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act is eligible to apply for a Nursing Facility Modernization Grant. Provides that Nursing Facility Modernization Grants shall be available from the Nursing Facility Modernization Fund for capital or one-time capital expenditures, for a maximum of $1,000,000 per nursing facility; provided that grantees shall be required to provide 20% as match toward the total cost of the capital project. Requires the Director of Public Health, in coordination with the Director of Public Aid and the Director of Aging, to submit a report containing analysis of the effect of the nursing facility moratorium and Nursing Facility Modernization Program to the Governor and the General Assembly on January 1, 2006 and on January 1 of each year thereafter. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act to provide that no person shall establish, construct, or modify a long term care nursing facility except as authorized under the Nursing Facility Bed Moratorium and Modernization Act. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Nursing Facility Modernization Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934 and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that each local liquor commissioner has the duty to notify the Secretary of State of any finding, rendered in an administrative proceeding, of a violation of certain ordinances concerning minors and alcoholic liquor. Authorizes the Secretary of State to suspend or revoke the driving privileges of any person, without a preliminary hearing, upon a showing of the person's records or other sufficient evidence that the person has been found, in an administrative hearing, to be in violation of certain ordinances concerning minors and alcoholic liquor.