Rep. Robyn Gabel

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning security employees. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 315/14 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 708/77 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that Independent Service Coordination agencies shall be exempt from the provisions of the Act with respect to the grant application and notice of opportunity process. Provides that any award granted under the Act by the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Human Services to an Independent Service Coordination agency prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act is void. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall be construed to prevent the Division from providing grants to Independent Service Coordination agencies. Defines "Independent Service Coordination agency". Effective immediately.

Creates the Minimum Energy and Water Efficiency Standards Act. Provides that the Agency shall adopt rules establishing minimum efficiency standards for the types of new products. Provides that the rules shall provide for specified minimum efficiency standards. Provides specified dates for the implementation of efficiency standards relating to particular products. Provides that the Agency may adopt new rules increasing efficiency standards. Provides protection against repeal of federal standards. Provides penalties for noncompliance with the Act. Provides that the Act's provisions are severable. Fiscal Note (IL Environmental Protection Agency) The Illinois EPA estimates a minimum fiscal impact of $900,000 per year.

Amends the Illinois Oil and Gas Act. Provides that wells with horizontal or directional extensions from a vertical bore hole shall not be classified as confidential. Provides that the length and direction of these wells shall be included in the Department of Natural Resources' weekly permit logs. Provides that all chemicals used during drilling and completion of these wells shall be contained in specified publications. 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.

Declares April 2, 2019 as Pay Equity Day.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall, for eligible individuals, reimburse Children's Community-Based Health Care Centers established in the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act and providing nursing care for the purpose of transitioning children from a hospital to home placement or other appropriate setting and reuniting families for a maximum of up to 120 days on a per diem basis at the lower of the Children's Community-Based Health Care Center's usual and customary charge to the public or at the Department rate of $950. Provides that such payments are exempt from the 2.7% rate reduction required under a specified provision of the Code. Effective immediately.

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses.

Amends the Immunization Data Registry Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions about procedures for a large public utility to acquire a water or sewer utility, provides that if the water or sewer utility being acquired is owned by the State or a political subdivision of the State, a referendum will be required to approve the acquisition of the water or sewer utility by the large public utility (rather than only requiring a public meeting and publication of the terms of acquisition in a newspaper of general circulation in the area that the water or sewer utility operates). Effective immediately.