Rep. Peter Breen

Amends the Foreign Bank Representative Office Act. Removes from the definition of "foreign bank" a bank, savings association, or trust company which is organized in a state or territory of the United States, including the District of Columbia, outside of the State of Illinois and a national bank having its principal place of business in a state or territory of the United States, including the District of Columbia, other than the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of criminal distribution of a suicide depiction. Defines "person committing suicide" as a person under 18 years of age or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability engaged in any act with the intent to commit suicide and which constitutes a substantial step toward commission of suicide and the act results in the person's suicide. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly: (1) sells, delivers, or provides or offers or agrees to sell, deliver, or provide an audio or video depiction of a person committing suicide; (2) publishes, exhibits, or otherwise makes available an audio or video depiction of a person committing suicide; (3) creates, buys, procures, or possesses an audio or video depiction of a person committing suicide with intent to disseminate it in violation of this provision, or in violation of the penal laws, rules, or regulations of any other jurisdiction; or (4) advertises or otherwise promotes the sale of an audio or video depiction of a person committing suicide. Establishes affirmative defenses. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense.

Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that notice to parties in a contested case under the Act shall be served, among other forms of service, by electronic mail. Provides that parties in a contested case under the Act shall be notified, among other forms of notification, by electronic mail of any decision or order in that case. Provides that an agency may require all attorneys to designate an electronic mail address to which all documents required under certain specified Sections may be transmitted. Provides that if an attorney is required to designate an electronic mail address, he or she must designate one primary electronic mail address, and may designate no more than 2 secondary electronic mail addresses. Provides that an agency may request, but not require, an unrepresented party to designate an electronic mail address to which all documents required under certain specified Sections may be transmitted. Allows an agency to, by rule, make electronic mail the default option for service of documents. Provides that service by electronic mail is complete on the first business day following transmission.

Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that if any contract or amendment to a contract is entered into or purchase or expenditure of funds is made at any time in violation of the Act or other laws, the contract or amendment may be declared void by the chief procurement officer or may be ratified and affirmed, provided the chief procurement officer determines that ratification is in the best interests of the governmental unit. Provides that if a contract is ratified and affirmed, it shall be without prejudice to the governmental unit's right to any appropriate damages.

Amends the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act. Provides that a specified pasteurization requirement shall not be applicable to milk produced, sold, and distributed (currently, to milk produced) in accordance with Department rules (removes language limiting the exemption to milk sold or distributed on the premises of the dairy farm). Effective immediately.

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that all emails that are in connection with the transaction of public business sent or received by an agency or an employee, staff member, contractor, or officer of an agency are public records regardless if the emails are sent or received on a personal or agency-provided email address. Requires an agency that provides an email address to one or more of its staff members, employees, or contractors to provide an email address for all officers of the agency. Provides that staff members, employees, contractors, and officers shall use agency-provided email for all communications in connection with the transaction of public business. Provides that staff members, employees, contractors, and officers shall promptly forward, print, or otherwise provide any email sent or received on his or her personal email address to his or her agency if the email is in connection with the transaction of public business. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Gives non-home rule municipalities the power to exercise all power provided to home rule units under Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, except for the powers to tax, impose fees, and to incur debt. Effective immediately.

Creates the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Provides that neither the State nor any of its subdivisions may authorize the use of, appropriate, or expend funds to pay for an abortion or to cover any part of the costs of a health plan that includes coverage of abortion or to provide or refer for an abortion, unless a woman who suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death if an abortion is not performed. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Excludes from the programs of health benefits and services authorized under those Acts coverage for elective abortions as provided in the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Prohibits a physician who has been found guilty of performing an abortion procedure in a willful and wanton manner upon a woman who was not pregnant when the abortion procedure was performed from participating in the State's Medical Assistance Program. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall require a written statement, including the required opinion of a physician, to accompany a claim for reimbursement for abortions or induced miscarriages or premature births. Makes other changes. Amends the Problem Pregnancy Health Services and Care Act. Permits the Department of Human Services to make grants to nonprofit agencies and organizations that do not use those grants to refer or counsel for, or perform, abortions. Contains provisions regarding applicability and preempts home rule. Effective on the earlier of the effective date of Public Act 100-538 or June 1, 2018.

Congratulates Lydia Krywaruczenko on her retirement as a legislative aide and district director for the Illinois House and Senate Republican Caucuses.

Declares domestic violence a public health priority for the State of Illinois and urges the state to make available all necessary resources to combat this epidemic.