Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, in consultation with the Illinois Power Agency, shall develop standards and guidelines to prohibit any Illinois ratepayer funds from being used by the Agency for the procurement of solar panels that are not manufactured or assembled by a company located in the United States under the Agency's long-term renewable resources procurement plan.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant may not be released on his or her own recognizance if he or she: (1) is on release on a recognizance bond for another offense; (2) had 2 or more recognizance bonds within the 12-month period preceding his or her application for release on his or her own recognizance; or (3) had 3 or more recognizance bonds within the 24-month period preceding his or her application for release on his or her own recognizance.

Creates the Local Public Safety Consent Decree Act. Provides that a unit of local government, its officers, or its representatives may not enter into or amend a consent decree that may adversely impact public safety for a period longer than 10 years without the approval of the General Assembly through the adoption of a joint resolution by the General Assembly. Prohibits the General Assembly from approving the entering into or amendment of a consent decree that may adversely impact public safety for a period exceeding 15 years beyond the establishment of the consent decree. Limits home rule powers. Provides that a unit of local government or resident of a jurisdiction that is subject to a consent decree with a third party, where the consent decree is unlimited as to time, may challenge the reasonableness of an existing consent decree on specified grounds. Provides that the State may not challenge the applicability of the consent decrees of 1972, 1979, and 1983 in Shakman v. Democratic Organization of Cook County or its authority or governance over State operations, absent approval by a joint resolution of the General Assembly. Allows a suit against the State if the State is ever found by a Court to be outside the scope of the Shakman consent decrees and specifies the relief that may be granted in such a suit. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Public Utility Infrastructure Hardening and Protection Law as a new Article in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall present to the General Assembly, no later than December 31, 2023, an identification of critical infrastructure that is essential to provide public utility services to the people of Illinois and related information.

Amends the Public Water Supply Regulation Act. Provides that, when testing water, public water supplies shall test for endocrine-disrupting chemicals, including androgen and estrogen receptor compounds. Effective immediately.

Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to create a form to be used by an election authority to remove a voter from its roll. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month.

Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Requires an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State to adopt a policy to allow students enrolled in a school that is not in session because employees are on strike to participate in a State series hosted by that association or other entity. Provides that the policy shall allow a school board member, school administrator, or parent volunteer to oversee the students participating in the State series during the strike. Provides that the school district and a school board member, school administrator, or parent volunteer who oversees students participating in a State series shall incur no liability, except for willful or wanton conduct, while the school board member, school administrator, or parent volunteer is overseeing students. Effective immediately.

Creates the Patient-Assisted Hemophilia Medication Administration Act. Provides that emergency personnel may assist a patient with a rare blood disease in emergency situations to administer patient-carried medication if the administration meets specified requirements, irrespective of the age of the patient and without the need to secure separate consent from the patient or the patient's caregiver or a legal guardian if the emergency personnel take steps to deliver the patient to a receiving hospital and the receiving hospital is informed of the pending arrival of the rare blood disease patient, along with the treatment instituted by the emergency personnel. Provides an exemption from civil or professional liability. Allows the Department of Public Health to conduct or approve a training program for emergency personnel to recognize and learn additional treatment protocols for rare blood disorders. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies permanently (currently, the credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2023). Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that if a controlled substance analog is at least 5 times as potent as the controlled substance of which it is an analog, then the weight of the controlled substance analog for purposes of the Act shall be deemed to be the weight of the controlled substance analog multiplied by the increase in potency. Provides that, in addition to any other penalties imposed for the manufacture or delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years shall be imposed for any amount of carfentanil in excess of 150 milligrams that is stored or transmitted as a powder, blotter paper, tablet, patch, or spray if the product fails to include a warning label and an accompanying rescue level of naloxone. Provides that, in addition to any other penalties imposed, with respect to fentanyl or an analog thereof, an additional sentence of 5 years shall be imposed if the fentanyl or analog thereof is in certain forms. Establishes penalties. Contains a severability provision. Makes other changes.