Rep. Edward J. Acevedo

Urges Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

Creates the General Assembly's Advisory Committee on Education Funding to conduct a thorough review of the existing distribution methods and expenditures of education funding and make recommendations to implement an education funding system.

States our intent to comprehensively review State policies and support current State programs that address the needs of older adults and their caregivers and shows support for the dedicated work of family caregivers throughout the State. Urges the Department on Aging to create a special workgroup that focuses on recruiting, retaining, and supporting family and paid caregivers and strongly encourage the Department to create additional innovative and creative means to support family caregivers to continue to provide needed in-home support for older adults.

Honors De La Salle High School's Ricardo Ramirez on his athletic and academic accomplishments.

Honors Mujeres Latinas en Accion on 40 years of service.

Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act to authorize the Illinois Housing Authority to establish and administer a foreclosure prevention counseling program using moneys in the Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Fund, appropriated for that purpose, to make grants to HUD-certified housing counseling agencies to support pre-purchase and post-purchase home ownership education and foreclosure prevention counseling. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Fund. Provides that 75% of the moneys in this Fund shall be used for housing counseling outside Chicago and 25% of the moneys shall be used for such counseling in Chicago. Effective immediately.

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police may revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under the Act of a person who fails to report the loss or theft of a handgun a second time to the local law enforcement agency within 72 hours after obtaining knowledge of the second loss or theft. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that if a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and who possesses or acquires a handgun thereafter loses or misplaces the handgun, or if the handgun is stolen from the person, the person must report the loss or theft to the local law enforcement agency within 72 hours after obtaining knowledge of the loss or theft. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning obstructing justice and in a Section concerning communicating with jurors and witnesses.

Amends the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987, the High Risk Home Loan Act, and the Interest Act. Limits the imposition of prepayment penalties in connection with high risk home loans. Limits the size of balloon payments in connection with high risk home loans. Limits the imposition of late fees. Effective January 1, 2013.

Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides that beginning January 1, 2013, the amount that a rental company may charge for a collision damage waiver shall increase on the first day of the year and every year thereafter by the lesser of: (i) the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the previous calendar year as determined by the United States Department of Labor; or (ii) 5%. Effective immediately.