Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

Honors the Dallas, Texas area police officers that were killed in a sniper attack on July 7, 2016.

Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue may furnish certain financial information to municipalities and counties (now, only municipalities) if the municipality or county agrees in writing to the Act's confidentiality provisions. Provides that the Department of Revenue is authorized to provide the information to municipalities or counties by electronic means. Provides that the Department may disclose the standard classification number assigned to a business. Provides that only the chief executive officer or chairman of the municipality or county may enter into an information-sharing agreement with the Department. Requires the chief executive officer or chairman to provide the Department with a list of municipal or county employees who may request return information, view return information, or receive related information. Contains provisions concerning the cancellation of the agreement.

Amends the Supreme Court Act. Provides that the Supreme Court may establish a pilot program for the filing of petitions for temporary orders of protection by electronic means and for the issuance of such orders by audio-visual means. Provides that the administrative director of the courts shall maintain an up-to-date and publicly available listing of the sites, if any, at which petitions for ex parte temporary orders of protection may be filed, and at which electronic appearances in support of such petitions may be made. Provides that in developing a pilot program, the administrative director shall strive for a program that is regionally diverse and takes into consideration, among other things, the availability of public transportation, population density, and the availability of facilities for conducting the program. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Defines terms and provides substantive and procedural requirements for the pilot program.

Creates the Child Bereavement Leave Act and amends the State Finance Act. Provides that an employee may use specified amounts of bereavement leave to grieve the death of the employee's child, attend services in relation to the death of the employee's child, or make arrangements necessitated by the death of the employee's child. Provides for enforcement by the Department of Labor. Provides for civil penalties. Authorizes the Attorney General to collect penalties. Creates the Child Bereavement Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.

Designates May of 2016 as "Hepatitis C Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois.

Urges the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to make changes to eligibility for health care through the Veterans Health Administration to allow for a better rules process to assist veterans from the Reserve and National Guard receive the proper health care they have earned for serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Commends the generation of new CNEL data as a way for the communities around O'Hare International Airport to better understand the impact of airport noise on their communities and quality of life. Commends the City of Chicago for supporting P.A. 99-202 and calls upon it to continue to take steps to implement the law and generate the data mandated by this Public Act. Calls upon the Federal Aviation Administration to assist the City of Chicago in the implementation of P.A. 99-202, including the siting, re-siting, and re-equipping of noise monitoring stations, and the generation and publication of data generated by these stations in conformity with CNEL professional standards. Re-affirms the noise contour maps that cover areas surrounding O'Hare Airport, and describes that the impacts of noise upon these communities, should be based upon the best and newest possible data and technology. Calls upon the FAA to use new CNEL data to revisit the existing noise contour maps that cover areas surrounding O'Hare Airport, and to promptly redraw these maps as new airport noise data is submitted.

Designates the week of February 21 to February 27 of 2016 as "Eating Disorder Awareness Week" in the State of Illinois.

Welcomes His Holiness Moran Mar Baselius Mar Thoma Paulose II to the State of Illinois.

Honors and thanks Mayor Arlene Jezierny for her years of dedicated and skilled service as Mayor of the Village of Harwood Heights and her many charitable and community-based endeavors.