Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for services provided under the Family Caregiver Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that the definition of "employee" includes specified workers employed in agriculture. In provisions requiring the payment of overtime, removes the exclusion of employers of agricultural labor with respect to agricultural employment.
Creates the College Insurance Program Task Force to study the College Insurance Program and present policy and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly to ensure the program remains a viable and healthy benefit.
Creates the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit Act. Provides that owners of qualified low-income housing developments are eligible for credits against the taxes imposed by the Illinois Income Tax Act or taxes, penalties, fees, charges, and payments imposed by the Illinois Insurance Code. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Insurance Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. Provides that the Commission on Equity and Inclusion shall conduct a disparity study on whether Middle Eastern or Northern African populations should be added to the definition of "Minority Person" in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. The findings of this study should be reported to the General Assembly by July 1, 2024. Effective immediately.
Congratulates the City of Countryside for its Municipal Complex being named a certified net zero energy building, the first municipal building in Illinois to achieve this designation.
Appropriates $5,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for YouthBuild Illinois. Effective July 1, 2023.
Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Election Code. Allows the State Board of Elections to receive voter registration information provided by applicants using electronic voter registration portals (rather than the Board's website). Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration held in abeyance by the appropriate election authority until that individual attains the required age to vote. Requires preregistration to be completed using the online voter registration system or an electronic voter registration portal. Provides that for the purposes of the Code, an individual who is 16 years of age or older (rather than who is 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general or consolidated election) shall be deemed competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms.
Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall contract with an existing multistate chemical data collection entity that is used by other states and jurisdictions to implement, by January 1, 2026, a publicly accessible data collection interface that manufacturers shall use to report certain data about products that contain intentionally added PFAS. Provides that the Agency may adopt rules necessary to implement these provisions. Provides that the Agency may provide technical assistance to manufacturers in complying with these provisions. Provides that, on or before July 1, 2026, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, a manufacturer of PFAS or a product or product component containing intentionally added PFAS that, during the prior calendar year, is sold, offered for sale, distributed, or offered for promotional purposes in, or imported into the State shall register the PFAS or the product or product component containing intentionally added PFAS on the publicly accessible data collection interface, along with specified information. Provides that a violation of these provisions is subject to a civil penalty. Provides product exemptions for these provisions.
