Rep. Marcus Evans

Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2022, any fixed route public transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts of, the Chicago Transit Board shall be provided without charge to high school students that are eligible for free or reduced price meals and free milk under specified federal programs on days when school is in session. Provides that Chicago School District shall reimburse the Chicago Transit Board for the regular fare for each free fare provided to a student and the State shall, subject to appropriation, reimburse the Chicago School District any moneys the District paid to the Board. Effective immediately.

Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Requires a school district to include African language courses as part of its foreign language curriculum. Effective immediately.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Eliminates provision that permits a guilty minor to be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice for an offense that is a Class 3 or Class 4 felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act if the commitment occurs upon a third or subsequent judicial finding of a violation of probation for substantial noncompliance with court-ordered treatment or programming. Effective immediately.

Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2021, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, and breast pump kits are exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective immediately.

Declares April 28, 2022 as Workers Memorial Day in the State of Illinois. Recognizes the need to support stronger workplace safety and health laws in the State and country. Urges the Illinois Congressional Delegation and President Joe Biden to continue to revise, revamp, and strengthen federal workplace safety laws and to properly fund OSHA programs and staff. Offers sympathy and understanding to workers who have been injured on the job and their families.

Amends the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction in an amount equal to the deductions and credits that were disallowed under Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year. Amends the Civic Center Code, the Flood Prevention District Act, the Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, the Local Mass Transit District Act, and the Water Commission Act of 1985 to provide that those special districts may not levy a tax upon the cultivation and processing of adult use cannabis. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act making conforming changes.

Amends the Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a financial oversight panel's powers. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/1B-22 Adds reference to: 115 ILCS 5/13 from Ch. 48, par. 1713 115 ILCS 5/4.10 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. In provisions concerning strikes, removes language that provides that for educational employees employed in the Chicago school district, at least three-fourths of all bargaining unit employees who are members of the exclusive bargaining representative must affirmatively vote to authorize a strike. Repeals a provision allowing collective bargaining between the Chicago school district and an exclusive representative of its employees to include decisions to determine the length of the work and school day and the length of the work and school year. Effective immediately.