Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Adds an Article to the Act to provide for the ratification and validation of defective corporate actions. Authorizes corporations to correct actions taken without proper documentation or the overissuance of shares. Provides that such actions are not void if ratified as provided. Defines terms. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Makes references to "election or designation" of initial directors, "defective corporate action", and "statement of correction" uniform throughout the new Article. Corrects a typographical error. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Removes provisions concerning the overissuance of shares.

Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that beginning on and after July 1, 2021, any natural person (i) whose immediate previous employer was the State of Illinois, or any State official office contained therein, and (ii) whose position was policy-making or policy-oriented in nature shall, prior to receiving an initial registration for the purposes of lobbying by the Secretary of State, be charged an additional surcharge in the amount of no more than $1,000 or 10% of the salary or other form of compensation earned by that natural person being hired by a client or clients to lobby, whichever is less. Provides that the surcharge shall be imposed on a one-time basis per natural person. Provides that the surcharge requirement only applies to persons registering as lobbyists after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to identify at least 2 hospitals that have had over the last 5 years similar reported levels of patients with one or more types of hospital-acquired infections and to solicit proposals from at least one such hospital to conduct a pilot program to install in common hospital touch surfaces antimicrobial metallic material in the rooms of patients likely to be at high risk of hospital-acquired infections. Provides that installation costs for the pilot program shall be classified as capital infrastructure improvements and eligible for capital development grants. Contains specified requirements for the Department regarding the pilot program.

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires specified disclosures for an officer or employee of the executive or legislative branch or a candidate for an executive or legislative branch office if he or she is an attorney presently licensed to practice law in any state, and that individual or his or her law firm seeks to appear on behalf of a client before any specified Illinois board or State agency. Provides further requirements concerning the disclosure, conflicts of interest, and political contributions. Amends the Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act. Provides for the forfeiture of political contributions for a violation of specified provisions of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides for statements of economic interests for certain officers, employees, or candidates for office of the executive or legislative branch.

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that it is not the purpose of the Act or the policy of the State that the Act be used to combat the spread of any or every new disease. Provides that to the extent the Act is used to combat disease, the State has the burden to show that the disease in question is: (1) a bioweapon associated with domestic insurrection or a foreign agent, power or state; or whether local health departments and infrastructure have been destroyed or rendered incapacitated such that massive loss of life (at least 5% of a given population) is imminent within the next 30 days. Provides that any action or inaction by or on behalf of the State, the Governor, or any executive officer or agency and for which the State, the Governor, or executive officer or agency invokes the Act under the auspices of combatting disease in any generalized way, if under review by a court, shall have certain specified rules of statutory construction applied by the court. Provides that no injunction shall be issued against an individual or entity without the following: (1) the court must make specific findings that an injunction, as applied to the specific individual or entity is in the public interest and for the benefit of the public as a whole; and (2) the State posting a bond to protect the individual or entity from damages. Provides that if harm to the individual or entity involves the free exercise of speech, religion, assembly, education, or the right to earn a living, damages shall in no event be set less than $500 per individual or entity impacted, per occurrence, per day. Provides that the amount shall be indexed to inflation beginning in 2021. Effective immediately.

Amends the State's Attorney Division of the Counties Code. Provides that, beginning on December 1, 2024, the Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County will include 5 elected Deputy State's Attorneys and one elected, at large, State's Attorney. Provides that each Deputy State's Attorney will represent a district, consisting of 3 Cook County judicial subcircuit districts, and have all powers and duties of the State's Attorney within that district, except that the State's Attorney will retain powers relating to: (i) the defense of Cook County; (ii) internal operations; (iii) performing the duties of a vacant office of a Deputy State's Attorney; and (iv) arbitration of disputes between Deputy State's Attorneys and approval of shared operations between the two or more jurisdictions. Contains other provisions about the election of Deputy State's Attorneys and vacancies in the office of a Deputy State's Attorney. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to prohibit an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan from imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on coverage of diagnostic testing for a pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder if such diagnostic testing is ordered by a physician. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan is not required to cover diagnostic testing for a pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder if a physician indicates that such diagnostic testing is requested by a guardian, authorized representative, or parent of a minor patient. Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a physician may not refuse a request of a guardian, authorized representative, or parent of a minor patient for minimally invasive diagnostic testing for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.

Amends the Election Code. Prohibits the results from an election being announced to the public until 100% of the ballots have been counted.

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university to ensure the existence of a tenure track for a defined percentage, to be set by board policy, of undergraduate faculty in which the criteria for securing tenure shall be predominantly devoted to (1) excellence in teaching, (2) demonstrated fluency with and competency in the foundational texts within the field being taught and the ability to convey them to students, (3) an instructional style that adapts readily to student needs, interests, and problems, and (4) the demonstration of a constant improvement mindset. Provides that the board shall have ultimate authority over the substantive decision of whether a specific individual should, or should not, secure tenure.

Amends the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act. Provides that a wireless provider may be required to provide the following additional information when seeking a permit to collocate small wireless facilities: (i) a written affidavit signed by a radio frequency engineer with specified certifications; (ii) a written report that analyzes acoustic levels for the small wireless facility and all associated equipment; (iii) information showing the small wireless facility has received any required review by the FCC under the National Environmental Policy Act; and (iv) a certified copy of the original easement documents and other supporting documentation demonstrating that the applicant has the right to install, mount, maintain, and remove a small wireless facility and associated equipment in specified circumstances. Provides that an authority may propose that the small wireless facility be collocated on an existing utility pole or existing wireless support structure within 200 feet (rather than 100 feet) of the proposed collocation. In provisions prohibiting an authority from requiring an application, approval, or permit or requiring any fees or other charges from a communications service provider authorized to occupy the rights-of-way for the replacement of wireless facilities with wireless facilities that are substantially similar, clarifies when changes are not "substantially similar". Provides that an authority may adopt reasonable rules requiring providers to place above-ground small wireless facilities and associated equipment and to replace larger, more visually intrusive small wireless facilities with smaller, less visually intrusive facilities. Adds provisions concerning radio frequency compliance. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.