Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections and the Office of the Secretary of State shall establish an automatic voter registration program pursuant to an interagency contract and jointly-adopted rules. Provides that an application for a driver's license, other than a temporary visitor's driver's license or a State identification card, shall also serve as an application to register to vote; allow an update to registration; and perform other specified functions. Requires specified agencies to provide certain information regarding registration. Establishes designated automatic voter registration agencies, and requires the establishment of dual-purpose applications to register to vote. Sets forth provisions and requirements for the State Board of Elections regarding the program. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt certain information. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Direct Pay Permit Implementation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the direct pay permit pilot program.

Amends the Foster Parent Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that, with exceptions, the court may, upon request by a petitioner for an order of protection, order a wireless telephone service provider to transfer to the petitioner the right to continue to use a telephone number or numbers indicated by the petitioner and the financial responsibility associated with the number or numbers. Provides that the petitioner may request transfer of each telephone number that the petitioner, or a minor child in his or her custody, uses. Provides that the order shall contain specified terms. Provides that a wireless telephone service provider may apply to the petitioner its routine and customary requirements for establishing an account or transferring a number, including requiring the petitioner to provide proof of identification, financial information, and customer preferences. Provides that a wireless telephone service provider is immune from civil liability for its actions taken in compliance with a court order issued under the new provisions.

Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In a provision that requires the classification of all reports in the central register, provides that prior to classifying a report, the person making the classification shall determine whether the child named in the report is the subject of a juvenile delinquency action under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 with an open placement or intact family services case with the Department of Children and Family Services or the subject of an abuse, neglect, or dependent minor action under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. With regard to a report that the Department intends to classify as indicated, requires the Department to transmit a copy of the report with a written notice of the Department's intent to the child's attorney or appointed guardian ad litem within 45 days of the classification of the report. Sets forth similar notice requirements with regard to unfounded reports. Permits a person appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 as the guardian ad litem of a minor who has an open placement or intact family services case and who is the subject of a report or records made pursuant to the Act to have access to certain records concerning reports of child abuse and neglect. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a guardian ad litem appointed under the Act for a minor with an open placement or intact family services case with the Department is entitled to receive copies of any and all classified reports of child abuse or neglect made pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.

Designates February 7, 2017 as National African-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in the State of Illinois.

Recognizes May 19, 2017 as a day to honor police officers and firefighters who have lost their lives and suffer from PTSD, depression, and other mental health issues.

Creates the Statewide Task Force on Developing Opportunities for Youth and Young Adults Who Are Jobless and Out-of-School in order to examine and develop programs to address the growing numbers of out-of-school and jobless youth in Illinois, including those without a high school diploma, who are neither working nor in school, and low-attending jobless high school students.

Mourns the death of Steven Ross Sr.