Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that Juneteenth National Freedom Day shall be observed on June 19 of each year as a holiday throughout the State (currently, not a holiday and is observed on the third Saturday of June of each year). Provides that when June 19 falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be held and considered the holiday. Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act to include Juneteenth National Freedom Day as a holiday. Effective immediately. Fiscal Note (Dept. of Central Management Services) Senate Bill 1965 will not require additional resources. Salaries will be paid, whether on holiday or at work. What is lost is productivity. If that equates to the cost of salaries, then CMS Bureau of Personnel's estimate is $11.3M statewide.
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Amends the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983. Requires the Comptroller (rather than the Governor) to perform specified duties concerning the designation of organizations qualified to receive payroll deductions and the creation of an Advisory Committee under the Act. Amends the State Comptroller Act. Removes a provision requiring the Department of Central Management Services to transmit to the Comptroller a certified copy of all reports it may issue concerning State property. Amends the State Finance Act. Makes changes concerning fiscal year limitations. Repeals provisions concerning contracts signed by State agencies with procurement authority. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes changes concerning the filing of contracts with the Comptroller. Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Requires specified information under the Vendor Payment Program to be disclosed on August 1 of each year (currently, July 1 of each year) for the previous fiscal year. Amends the Property Tax Code. Requires the State Comptroller to make available on the Comptroller's website a Fiscal Responsibility Report Card (currently, submit to the General Assembly and the clerk of each county a Fiscal Responsibility Report Card). Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 15 ILCS 405/19.5 15 ILCS 405/28 new 20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c 30 ILCS 540/8 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983. Requires the Comptroller (rather than the Governor) to perform specified duties concerning the designation of organizations qualified to receive payroll deductions and the creation of an Advisory Committee under the Act. Amends the State Comptroller Act. Removes a provision requiring the Department of Central Management Services to transmit to the Comptroller a certified copy of all reports it may issue concerning State property. Provides for Comptroller recess appointments. Amends the State Finance Act. Makes changes concerning fiscal year limitations. Repeals provisions concerning contracts signed by State agencies with procurement authority. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes changes concerning the filing of contracts with the Comptroller. Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Requires specified information under the Vendor Payment Program to be disclosed on August 1 of each year (currently, July 1 of each year) for the previous fiscal year. Amends the Property Tax Code. Requires the State Comptroller to make available on the Comptroller's website a Fiscal Responsibility Report Card (currently, submit to the General Assembly and the clerk of each county a Fiscal Responsibility Report Card). Makes other changes. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.32 5 ILCS 80/4.34 Adds provision amending the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Crematory Regulation Act from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2024. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Removes provisions concerning extensions of the lapse period.
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is the public policy of the State to prevent discrimination based on the specific status or term of status that accompanies a legal work authorization. Defines "work authorization status" as the status of being a person born outside of the United States, and not a U.S. citizen, who is authorized by the federal government to work in the United States. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for: (1) any employer to refuse to hire, to segregate, to engage in harassment, or to act with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment on the basis of work authorization status; (2) any employment agency to fail or refuse to classify properly, accept applications and register for employment referral or apprenticeship referral, refer for employment, or refer for apprenticeship on the basis of work authorization status; (3) any labor organization to limit, segregate, or classify its membership, or to limit employment opportunities, selection and training for apprenticeship in any trade or craft, or otherwise to take or fail to take, any action which affects adversely any person's status as an employee or as an applicant for employment or as an apprentice, or as an applicant for apprenticeships, or wages, tenure, hours of employment, or apprenticeship conditions on the basis of work authorization status; and (4) any employer to refuse to honor work authorization based upon the specific status or term of status that accompanies the authorization to work. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a person, or for 2 or more persons, to conspire to retaliate against a person because he or she has opposed that which he or she reasonably and in good faith believes to be discrimination based on work authorization status. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 775 ILCS 5/2-104 from Ch. 68, par. 2-104 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following change: Provides that nothing contained in the Act shall require an employer to sponsor any applicant or employee to obtain or modify work authorization status, unless otherwise required by federal law. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois TRUST Act. Modifies the definitions of "immigration detainer" and "non-judicial immigration warrant" for purposes of the Act. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 805/5 5 ILCS 805/15 5 ILCS 805/25 new 5 ILCS 805/30 new 5 ILCS 825/10 5 ILCS 825/11 new 5 ILCS 825/20 new 5 ILCS 825/25 new 5 ILCS 825/30 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Illinois Way Forward Act. Amends the Illinois TRUST Act. In a provision concerning prohibition on enforcing federal civil immigration laws, provides that a law enforcement agency or law enforcement official may not inquire about or investigate the citizenship or immigration status or place of birth of any individual in the agency or official's custody or who has otherwise been stopped or detained by the agency or official. Provides that a certain provision shall not be construed to limit the ability of a law enforcement agency or law enforcement official to notify a person in the law enforcement agency's custody about that person's right to communicate with consular officers from that person's country of nationality, or facilitate such communication, in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations or other bilateral agreements. Provides that a specified provision shall not be construed to limit the ability of law enforcement agencies or officials to request evidence of citizenship or immigration status for specified purposes. Provides that unless otherwise limited by federal law, a law enforcement agency or law enforcement official may not deny services, benefits, privileges, or opportunities to an individual in custody or under probation status, including but not limited to eligibility or placement in a lower custody classification, educational, rehabilitative, or diversionary programs, on the basis of the individual's citizenship or immigration status, the issuance of an immigration detainer or civil immigration warrant against the individual, or the individual being in immigration removal proceedings. Provides that unless presented with a federal criminal warrant, or otherwise required by federal law, a law enforcement agency or official may not perform specified actions. Provides that law enforcement agencies shall submit a report annually to the Attorney General to ensure compliance with the Illinois TRUST Act. Provides that the Attorney General has enforcement powers to ensure compliance with the Illinois TRUST Act. Amends the Voices of Immigrant Communities Empowering Survivors (VOICES) Act. Makes similar changes. Provides for training officials to ensure compliance with this Act. Makes other changes. Defines terms. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Further amends the Illinois TRUST Act. In a provision concerning legislative purpose, provides that the changes made to the definitions of immigration detainer and civil immigration warrant (formerly "non-judicial immigration warrant") by a specified provision of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly are declarative of existing law. Provides that nothing in this Act shall prevent a law enforcement officer from contacting another law enforcement agency for the purposes of clarifying or confirming the civil or criminal nature of notifications or other records provided by the National Crime Information Center, or the Law Enforcement Agencies Data Administrative System. Adds to definitions of "law enforcement official" and "immigration detainer". Deletes the definition of "non-judicial immigration warrant". Defines "citizenship or immigration status", "civil immigration warrant", "contact information", and "immigration agent".
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that public corporations must report the self-identified sexual orientation and self-identified gender identity of its directors. Effective January 1, 2022.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 Adds reference to: 410 ILCS 305/9 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7309 410 ILCS 325/5.5 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7405.5 625 ILCS 5/6-106.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106.1 625 ILCS 5/6-508 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-508 720 ILCS 5/11-9.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-9.1 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3 720 ILCS 5/12-5.01 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Repeals the statute creating the offense of criminal transmission of HIV. Makes conforming changes in the AIDS Confidentiality Act, the Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act, the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Criminal Code of 2012, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Effective immediately.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that an oral, written, or sign language statement of a minor, who at the time of the commission of the offense was under 18 years of age, made as a result of a custodial interrogation conducted at a police station or other place of detention on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be presumed to be inadmissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding or a juvenile court proceeding for an act that if committed by an adult would be a misdemeanor offense under the Sex Offenses Article of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a felony offense under the Criminal Code of 2012 if, during the custodial interrogation, a law enforcement officer, juvenile officer, or other public official or employee, knowingly engages in deception. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, except: (1) limits the presumed inadmissibility to a confession made by the minor during the custodial interrogation (rather than statements) in which the law enforcement officer or juvenile officer (rather than a law enforcement officer, juvenile officer, or other public official or employee) knowingly engaged in deception; (2) provides that the presumption of inadmissibility of the confession may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence (rather than clear and convincing evidence); and (3) in the definition of "deception" changes false statements regarding leniency to unauthorized statements regarding leniency. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, except: (1) limits the presumed inadmissibility to a confession made by the minor during the custodial interrogation (rather than statements) in which the law enforcement officer or juvenile officer (rather than a law enforcement officer, juvenile officer, or other public official or employee) knowingly engaged in deception; (2) provides that the presumption of inadmissibility of the confession may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence (rather than clear and convincing evidence); and (3) in the definition of "deception" changes false statements regarding leniency to unauthorized statements regarding leniency. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Further amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. In a provision concerning the prohibition of deceptive tactics, provides that the presumption of inadmissibility of a confession of a minor, who at the time of the commission of the offense was under 18 years of age (rather than by a suspect), at a custodial interrogation at a police station or other place of detention, when such confession is procured through the knowing use of deception, may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence that the confession was voluntarily given, based on the totality of the circumstances. Further amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to make a conforming change.
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the primary powers of banks. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 5/3 from Ch. 17, par. 309 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-45 from Ch. 127, par. 1005-45 410 ILCS 130/55 410 ILCS 130/100 410 ILCS 130/115 410 ILCS 130/115.5 new 410 ILCS 130/130 410 ILCS 130/145 410 ILCS 130/162 new 410 ILCS 705/1-10 410 ILCS 705/5-45 410 ILCS 705/7-30 410 ILCS 705/10-25 410 ILCS 705/10-40 410 ILCS 705/15-15 410 ILCS 705/15-25 410 ILCS 705/15-30 410 ILCS 705/15-30.20 new 410 ILCS 705/15-35 410 ILCS 705/15-35.10 new 410 ILCS 705/15-35.20 new 410 ILCS 705/15-40 410 ILCS 705/15-70 410 ILCS 705/15-85 410 ILCS 705/15-135 410 ILCS 705/20-30 410 ILCS 705/20-55 new 410 ILCS 705/25-5 410 ILCS 705/25-30 410 ILCS 705/25-35 410 ILCS 705/30-5 410 ILCS 705/30-30 410 ILCS 705/30-55 new 410 ILCS 705/35-5 410 ILCS 705/35-25 410 ILCS 705/35-30 410 ILCS 705/35-45 new 410 ILCS 705/40-25 410 ILCS 705/40-30 410 ILCS 705/40-45 new 410 ILCS 705/55-21 410 ILCS 705/55-28 410 ILCS 705/55-30 625 ILCS 5/11-502.1 625 ILCS 5/11-502.15 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides that, for any dispensing organization registered on or after January 1, 2021 (rather than July 1, 2019), the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules to create a registration process for Social Equity Justice Involved Applicants and Qualifying Applicants, a streamlined application, and a Social Equity Justice Involved Medical Lottery under to issue the remaining available 5 dispensing organization registrations for operation (rather than award not less than 20% of all available points to applicants that qualify as Social Equity Applicants). Defines "Social Equity Justice Involved Medical Lottery". Contains other provisions. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that specified entities are subject to random inspections as provided by rule. Provides that the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer serves a coordinating role among State agencies regarding the Act and the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides that failure of a cannabis business establishment to respond to the request of the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer to complete the form regarding the extent of diversity in the medical and adult use cannabis industry, report, and any other request for information may be grounds for disciplinary action by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the Department of Agriculture. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue up to 110 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses by lot. Contains requirements for Dispensary Applicants, distribution of licenses, and drawing available licenses by lot. Provides an application process for requirements for specified Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses. Requires the Department to issue at least 50 additional Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses on or before December 21, 2022. Makes changes to cannabis packaging requirements during sale. Provides that, upon the completion of the disparity and availability study pertaining to infusers by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer, the Department of Agriculture may modify or change specified licensing application processes to reduce or eliminate barriers and remedy evidence of discrimination identified in the study. Provides that agent applicants may begin employment at a cultivation center, a dispensing organization, a Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program, an infuser organization, or a transporting organization while the agent applicant's identification card application is pending. Provides that, upon approval, the approving State entity shall issue the agent's identification card to the agent. Provides that, if denied, the cultivation center, dispensing organization, Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program, infuser organization, or transporting organization and the agent applicant shall be notified and the agent applicant must cease all activity at the cultivation center, dispensing organization, Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program, infuser organization, or transporting organization immediately. Contains provisions regarding the disclosure of ownership and control of cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, and transporting organizations. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes changes to cannabis containment requirements within a motor vehicle. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 6 Adds reference to: 410 ILCS 705/10-35 In provisions amending the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, makes changes to the definition of "Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant". Requires cannabis in a vehicle to be in a reasonably secured, sealed or resealable (rather than a reasonable secured, sealed) container. In provisions amending the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, makes the following changes. Removes language providing that any person 21 years of age or older in possession of cannabis shall not be required to possess cannabis in a container that meets specified requirements. Provides an exception for breaching the confidentiality of information obtained under the Act. Provides that an Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization's application to relocate its license under specified provisions shall be deemed approved 30 days (rather than within 30 days) following the submission of a complete application to relocate. Provides that specified applicants may not be located within 1,500 of a dispensing organization licensed under provisions regarding Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses or Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License secondary sites (rather than within 1,500 of a dispensing organization), unless specified requirements are met. Provides that if awarding a license in a Tied Applicant Lottery would result in a Tied Applicant possessing more than 10 specified licenses, or any combination of the specified licenses, (rather than only the specified licenses) the Tied Applicant must choose which license to abandon. Restores language requiring any product containing cannabis to be sold in a container that, among other things, must be odor-proof.
Amends the Chicago Municipal Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that all contracts for investment services shall be awarded by the board of trustees using a competitive process that is substantially similar to the process required for the procurement of professional and artistic services under the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that an exception shall be allowed for contracts for investment services with an emerging investment manager provided through a qualified manager of emerging investment managers services. Provides that based upon a written recommendation from an investment adviser providing qualified manager of emerging investment managers services for the selection or appointment of an emerging investment manager that has been providing investment services in the multimanager portfolio for at least 24 months, the board may select or appoint such emerging investment manager. Provides that all exceptions must be published on the Fund's website, which shall name the person authorizing the procurement and shall include a brief explanation of the reason for the exception. Defines terms. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 40 ILCS 5/8-201.2 new Adds reference to: 40 ILCS 5/1-113.24 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Moves and changes the applicability of the provisions from the Chicago Municipal Article to the General Provisions Article. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian American history; contains provisions governing this instruction. Provides that the teaching of history of the United States shall include the study of the wrongful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and the heroic service of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army during World War II. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/27-21 Removes the provisions relating to the history of the United States.