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D Illinois House · District 50 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Barbara Hernandez

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Total votes
7,052
all sessions
Attendance
89%
636 missed
Higher than 86% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 89% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 90% of chamber peers
Sponsored
986
bills & resolutions
Higher than 88% of chamber peers
Committees
7
assignments
986 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
986
Primary
95
Co-sponsor
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Co-sponsor HB 4490
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
PROBATE-EXECUTOR-FELONS

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Removes language providing that a person who has been convicted of a felony is not qualified to act as an executor or an administrator.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 3738
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
YOUTH SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

Creates the End Youth Solitary Confinement Act. Provides that the use of room confinement of a person under 21 years of age at a juvenile or correctional facility for discipline, punishment, retaliation, or any reason other than as a temporary response to a juvenile's behavior that poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to any individual, including the juvenile, is prohibited. Provides that if a covered juvenile poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to any individual, including the juvenile, before a staff member of the facility places a covered juvenile in room confinement, the staff member shall attempt to use other less restrictive options, unless attempting those options poses a threat to the safety or security of any minor or staff. Establishes procedures for placing a covered juvenile in room confinement because the covered juvenile poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to himself or herself, or to others. Provides that each facility detaining covered juveniles shall report the use of each incident of room confinement to the Attorney General each month. Defines "covered juvenile". House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes a reference to the Department of Corrections. Provides that the reporting agency for certain provisions shall be an independent ombudsperson for the Department of Juvenile Justice, rather than the Attorney General. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that "confinement" does not include medical isolation or quarantine. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Defines "administrative hold", "behavioral hold", "chief administrative officer", "confinement", and "investigative status". Provides that a covered juvenile may be placed on an administrative hold and confined when temporarily being housed in a particular covered juvenile center or for administrative or security purposes as personally determined by the chief administrative officer. Provides that placement on administrative hold shall be subject to the following time limitations: (1) when the covered juvenile is awaiting transfer to the Department of Corrections or a more secure setting, the administrative hold may not exceed 3 business days; and (2) the administrative hold may not exceed 7 calendar days when the covered juvenile is temporarily transferred to a different facility for the purposes of placement interviews, court appearances, or medical treatment. Provides that whenever a covered juvenile is on an administrative hold, the Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Corrections, or county or municipality holding the covered juvenile shall provide the covered juvenile with access to the same programs and services received by covered juveniles in the general population. Provides that any restrictions on movement or access to programs and services shall be documented and justified by the chief administrative officer. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Defines "covered juvenile" as any person under 18 (rather than 21) years of age incarcerated in a correctional facility, jail, or detention facility of any kind operated by the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a county, or a municipality. House Floor Amendment No. 5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, as amended by House Amendments Nos. 1, 3, and 4. Specifies that "confinement" does not include medical isolation or quarantine.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 85
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
WAGE INSURANCE ACT

Creates the Wage Insurance Act. Requires the Department of Employment Security to establish a Wage Insurance Program. Provides that an individual is eligible for wage insurance benefits if the individual is a claimant under the Unemployment Insurance Act at the time the individual obtains reemployment and is not employed by the employer from which the individual was last separated. Provides that benefits shall be paid in an amount sufficient to pay the difference between the wage received by the individual at the time of separation and the wages received by the individual from reemployment. Imposes a 0.4% payroll tax on employees beginning January 1, 2022. Provides that claims for wage insurance benefits may be filed beginning June 1, 2022. Contains provisions concerning the recovery of erroneous payments; hearings; civil penalties; unpaid taxes; rules; and other matters. Creates the Wage Insurance Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the State Finance Act to include the Wage Insurance Fund. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying information that is exempt from disclosure under the Wage Insurance Act.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 3303
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
SEXUAL ASSAULT BY DECEPTION

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits sexual assault by deception if the person commits an act of sexual penetration and the person submits under the belief that the person committing the act is someone known to the victim other than the accused, and this belief is induced by pretense or concealment by the accused with the intent to induce that belief. Sexual assault by deception is a Class 3 felony.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 16
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
MEDICAID-AUTISM TREATMENT

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the treatment of autism spectrum disorder through applied behavior analysis shall be covered under the medical assistance program for children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder when ordered by a certified, registered, or licensed health care professional with expertise in treating the effects of autism spectrum disorders when the care is determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Provides that certain treatment shall be covered, including, but not limited to, psychiatric, psychological, rehabilitative, and therapeutic care. Effective July 1, 2021.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4704
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
IMDMA-NO MARRIAGE UNDER AGE 18

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires proof that each party to the marriage has attained the age of 18 years in order to obtain a license to marry and a marriage certificate from the county clerk. Deletes language allowing proof that each party to the marriage will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained the age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval. Makes corresponding changes. Repeals a provision regarding judicial approval of underage marriages. Effective immediately, except that specified provisions take effect 2 years after the Act becomes law.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 3067
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
EPA-POLYSTYRENE FOAM BAN

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2022, a store may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules to implement the amendatory Act's provisions. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 415 ILCS 5/52.10 new Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 5/52.11 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the prohibition regarding polystyrene foam food service containers shall not apply to specified entities until one year after the amendatory Act's effective date. Removes language requiring the Agency to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4264
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
$IDPH-HIV/AIDS

Appropriates various amounts from the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department of Public Health for the administration of HIV/AIDS programs, including, but not limited to, the Getting to Zero-Illinois program. Effective immediately.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 294
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
PROPERTY TAX-WIND ENERGY

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that provisions concerning the assessment of wind energy devices apply through assessment year 2035 (currently, 2021). Effective immediately.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 619
Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
CANNABIS-LICENSE-RELOCATION

Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any restrictions on relocation otherwise set forth in the Act, an Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License holder shall be permitted, upon application to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, to relocate within the same medical district as its existing location under specified circumstances. Effective immediately.

Failed Jan 10, 2023 1 co-sponsor
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