Creates the Long Term Care Rebalancing Note Act. Provides that every bill, except those bills making a direct appropriation, the purpose or effect of which is (i) to expend any State funds for long term care services or (ii) to expend any State funds for community or home-based alternatives to long term care services, shall have prepared for it prior to second reading in the house of introduction a brief explanatory statement or note which shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated change in State funding or revenues under its provisions. Provides that for purposes of the Act, revenues include, but are not limited to, changes to revenue received from Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP). Contains provisions concerning preparation of the note; confidentiality requirements; and other matters. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. With respect to the Monetary Award Program, provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall, twice a year (instead of each year), receive and consider applications for grant assistance. Provides that the first application period for grants for the next academic year shall be open to all eligible students and the second application period shall occur immediately before commencement of the academic year and shall be open only to non-traditional students and traditional students who missed the first application deadline due to unforeseen circumstances, as defined by the Commission. Requires the Commission to apportion grant funds between persons who applied during the first application period and person who applied during the second application period, in such manner as the Commission shall determine. Effective immediately.
Creates the Urban Flooding Awareness Act. Defines "urban flooding". Provides that, by June 30, 2015, the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, the Department of Insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, the Illinois State Water Survey of the University of Illinois, and other State, regional, and local storm water management agencies, thought leaders, and interested parties, shall submit to the General Assembly and the Governor a report that reviews and evaluates the latest available research, laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and institutional knowledge concerning issues of urban flooding. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, for each even-numbered year that a general election is to be held, each public institution of higher learning shall send an electronic message to each student enrolled in the institution devoted exclusively to information on voter registration. Sets forth requirements concerning the content of the message and when it should be sent. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall issue a notice to each public institution of higher learning regarding the requirements of the electronic message in August of each even-numbered year during which a general election is held. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall include specified information concerning college voter registration on its Internet website. Effective January 1, 2014.
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the House of Representatives adjourns on Friday, May 30, 2014, it stands adjourned until Friday, November 07, 2014, in perfunctory session; and when it adjourns on that day, it stands adjourned until Wednesday, November 19, 2014, or until the call of the Speaker; and when the Senate adjourns on Saturday, May 31, 2014, it stands adjourned until Friday, November 07, 2014, in perfunctory session; and when it adjourns on that day, it stands adjourned until Wednesday, November 19, 2014, or until the call of the President.
With respect to the amendment to the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution proposed by House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 52 (which provides that no person shall be denied the right to register to vote or to cast a ballot in an election based on race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or income), sets forth a brief explanation of the proposed amendment, a brief argument in favor of the amendment, a brief argument against the amendment, and the form in which the amendment will appear on the ballot.
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Thursday, May 01, 2014, the House of Representatives stands adjourned until Tuesday, May 06, 2014 at 12:00 o'clock noon, or until the call of the Speaker; and the Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, May 06, 2014, or until the call of the President.
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Thursday, April 10, 2014, the House of Representatives stands adjourned until Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in perfunctory session; and when it adjourns on that day, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 12:00 o'clock noon, or until the call of the Speaker; and the Senate stands adjourned until Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in perfunctory session; and when it adjourns on that day, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, April 29, 2014, or until the call of the President.
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Thursday, March 27, 2014, the House of Representatives stands adjourned until Tuesday, April 01, 2014 at 12:00 o'clock noon, or until the call of the Speaker; and the Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, April 01, 2014, or until the call of the President.
BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the two Houses shall convene in Joint Session on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at the hour of 12:00 o'clock noon for the purpose of hearing his Excellency Governor Patrick J. Quinn present to the General Assembly his Budget Message for the Fiscal Year 2015, as required by Chapter 15, Section 20/50-5 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes.