Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Abolishes monetary bail, except under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Provides that the court may employ the use of a validated risk assessment tool in certain instances at pre-trial release hearings. Amends the Clerks of Court Act. Provides that on the first day of each month, the clerk of the court shall prepare and file with the Supreme Court a report of the pre-trial release hearings completed within the previous month. This report shall include for each arrestee ordered released and detained the following: the offense for which the was arrestee was charged, and the judge issuing the pre-trial decision. Provides that the clerk of court shall compile a quarterly report to be published for the public on the website of the Supreme Court and each circuit court's website, or if the circuit court does not have a website, on the website of the county. The quarterly report is to include, but is not limited to, the number of arrests by county, the number of cases prosecuted in the circuit court, an analysis of the percentage of arrestees detained by offense type, an analysis of the types of pre-trial release conditions by offense type, the rate of willful failure to appear, and the percentage of arrestees found to have committed violent felonies on release. Amends the Pretrial Services Act. Provides that pretrial service agencies shall provide reminders to defendants of upcoming court dates via phone or messaging and offer transportation assistance for indigent defendants. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes.
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Creates the Task Force on Charter Public School Facilities to examine charter public school facilities issues.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning tax credits for providing child care for employees.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require any person committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections who is eligible for medical assistance to pay a fee as a co-payment for services.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person shall drive or operate a motorcycle with a noise level intensity at a distance of 50 feet from the centerline of the lane of travel that exceeds: (1) 80 decibels on a highway with a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less; (2) 82 decibels when driving or operating a motorcycle on a grade exceeding 3% on a highway with a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less; or (3) 86 decibels on a highway with a speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. Establishes penalties. Reinforces that the audible signal intensity of a siren on an ambulance or a rescue vehicle shall not exceed 100 decibels at a distance of 50 feet from the siren. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning promoting students to the next higher grade level.
Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Proposes to amend the Education Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a fundamental right (rather than goal) of the People of the State is the educational development of all persons to the limits of their capacities. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.