Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides for a credit against the withholding tax liability of an employer with fewer than 15 full-time employees in an amount equal to $2,000 for each employee who is moved from part-time to full-time employment status and who maintains that full-time employment status for a period of 12 consecutive calendar months. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the use of red, blue, and white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights on tow trucks.

Creates the Illinois New Business Owner Act. Provides that no application for a license for any State or local department, agency, board, or commission shall be denied or acted on adversely because the applicant has been previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses or because of a finding of lack of good moral character, unless certain determinations are made. Sets forth factors to be considered concerning a previous criminal conviction. Effective immediately.

Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to any annuity, pension, or benefit funds held in a fiduciary capacity by a retirement system. Provides that property assumed abandoned in an annuity, pension, or benefit fund held in a fiduciary capacity by a retirement system shall be reported by the retirement system to the administrator. Provides that no retirement system shall pay or deliver any annuity, pension, or benefit funds held in a fiduciary capacity to the administrator. Provides, with exceptions, that the provisions are retroactive to January 1, 2018.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for taxpayers who (i) own residential rental property in the State and (ii) enter into or renew a lease agreement with a qualified renter during the taxable year. Provides that the credit shall be equal to 15% of the annual rent paid to the taxpayer by that qualified renter. Provides that the term "qualified renter" means any person who has been convicted of a crime in this State or any other jurisdiction. Effective immediately.

Amends the Law Enforcement Criminal Sexual Assault Investigation Act. Provides that no investigator involved in an officer-involved criminal sexual assault investigation may be employed by the law enforcement agency that employs the officer involved in the officer-involved criminal sexual assault, regardless of whether the investigator is employed by the Department of State Police or a municipality with a with a population over 1,000,000. Provides that upon receipt of an allegation or complaint of an officer-involved criminal sexual assault against a law enforcement officer employed by a municipality with a population over 1,000,000, the municipality shall promptly notify the Department of State Police, and the Department of State Police shall investigate. Provides that upon receipt of an allegation or complaint of an officer-involved criminal sexual assault against a law enforcement officer employed by the Department of State Police, the Department of State Police shall promptly notify the State's Attorney of the county in which the alleged offense occurred, and that State's Attorney shall investigate. Provides that upon completion of the investigation of an alleged officer-involved criminal sexual assault, the investigating officer shall, regardless of whether or not consensual sexual relations has been raised as a defense to the allegation or complaint, submit the report on the investigation to the State's Attorney of the county where the alleged sexual assault took place. Effective immediately.

Creates the Employee Targeted Tax Credit Act. Provides provisions regarding: powers of the Department of Employment Security; a pilot program; a certificate of eligibility for tax credit; the tax credit, which shall not be less than $10,000 and shall not exceed $15,000; the determination of the amount of the credit; the maximum amount of credits allowed; the application for award of tax credit and a tax credit certificate; submission of tax credit certificate to the Department of Revenue; noncompliance; rules; the elimination of mandatory minimums in sentencing; and applicability. Defines terms. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes changes regarding: appropriate dispositions; terms for Class X, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, and Class 4 felonies; felony fines; misdemeanor sentences; and habitual criminals. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, when a contract entered into by any State agency (currently, the Department of Transportation only) provides for mobilization payments and the contractor is using the services of a subcontractor, the subcontract shall include terms requiring mobilization payments be made to the subcontractor. Effective immediately.

Amends the Consent by Illinois Minors to Health Care Services Act. Provides that minors 12 years or older who may (rather than may have) come into contact with any sexually transmitted disease may give consent to the furnishing of health care services or counseling related to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment (rather than only the diagnosis or treatment) of the disease. Provides that anyone involved in the furnishing of health care services or counseling (rather than only health care services) to the minor shall, upon the minor's consent, make reasonable efforts to involve the family of the minor in his or her treatment if the person furnishing treatment believes that the involvement of the family will not be detrimental to the progress and care of the minor.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a vendor to decide on the basis of unlawful discrimination which candidates are required to take a test required for application or consideration of the government job. Provides that if a vendor violates the Act, then the vendor is subject to a $1,000,000 civil penalty for each violation. Provides that any government contract with a vendor that violates the Act shall be terminated. Provides that a government entity shall not contract with a vendor for one year after a determination that the vendor has violated the new provisions. Effective immediately.