Rep. Mary Edly-Allen

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that whenever the appearance in person in court, in either a civil or criminal proceeding, is required of anyone held in a place of custody or confinement operated by the State or any of its political subdivisions, including counties and municipalities, the chief judge of the circuit by rule may permit the personal appearance to be made by means of two-way audio-visual communication, including closed circuit television and computerized video conference at a sentencing hearing for a defendant who: (i) at the time of the proceeding was serving a sentence of imprisonment for another offense; and (ii) has agreed to enter a negotiated plea. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 725 ILCS 5/106D-1 Adds reference to: 50 ILCS 705/10.23 new 720 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 38, par. 3-6 720 ILCS 5/10-9 735 ILCS 5/13-225 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that all law enforcement officers must take human trafficking training. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is 18 years of age or over at the time of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons and related offenses may be commenced within 25 years (rather than 3 years) after the commission of the offense. Provides that a company commits trafficking in persons when the company benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an action under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act must be commenced within 25 (rather than 10) years of the date the limitation period begins to run or within 25 (rather than 10) years of the date the plaintiff discovers or through the use of reasonable diligence should discover both (1) that the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or human trafficking act occurred, and (2) that the defendant caused, was responsible for, or profited from the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or human trafficking act. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adds reference to: New Act 20 ILCS 2605/2605-99 new 50 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 85, par. 507 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1.Creates the Lodging Establishment Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Requires hotels and motels to train employees in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. Provides that the Department of Labor shall develop the curriculum for the training. Provides that beginning June 1, 2020, a lodging establishment shall provide its employees with training in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. Provides that the Department shall develop and publish the human trafficking recognition training program by July 1, 2020. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of State Police shall conduct or approve a training program in the detection and investigation of all forms of human trafficking, including, but not limited to "involuntary servitude", "involuntary sexual servitude of a minor", and "trafficking in persons" and that the program shall be made available to all cadets and state police officers. In the amendatory changes to the Illinois Police Training Act, provides that the curriculum of police training schools shall include training in the detection and investigation of all forms of human trafficking. In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012, provides that a company is criminally liable for trafficking in persons when the company knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. Makes other changes. Some provisions effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Illinois Property Tax Relief Fund. Provides that moneys in the Illinois Property Tax Relief Fund shall be used to pay rebates to residential property taxpayers in the State. Provides that the Fund may accept moneys from any lawful source. Provides that the State Comptroller shall calculate a property tax rebate amount for the applicable property tax year by dividing the total amount appropriated from the Illinois Property Tax Relief Fund by the total number of homestead exemptions granted for homestead property in the State. Provides that the property tax bills of non-delinquent taxpayers who received a general homestead exemption under the Property Tax Code shall be reduced by the property tax rebate amount. Effective immediately.

Declares June 10, 2019 as a day to celebrate women's right to vote and the important role Illinois played in achieving that right in the United States.

Urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to consider the serious concerns of the residents of Lake County over the recent ethylene oxide emissions due to the environmental and public health threats it poses to the people of Illinois. Urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct ambient air monitoring and testing in and around the two known facilities emitting or discharging ethylene oxide in Lake County. Urges the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to take whatever actions possible to assist in the ambient air monitoring and protection of the public in regards to the environmental and health risks posed by ethylene oxide emissions in Lake County.

Creates the Addiction Prevention Task Force to study chronic and binge drinking in Illinois and suggest recommendations to the General Assembly on strengthening and expanding the statewide addiction prevention system.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, Department of Children and Family Services employee: (1) performing his or her official duties; (2) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (3) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties. Provides that a violation is a Class 1 felony. Provides that a person also commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, Department of Children and Family Services employee: (1) performing his or her official duties; (2) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (3) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Defines "Department of Children and Family Services employee".

Declares November 2019 as "Lung Cancer Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois.

Declares October 13, 2019 as "Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day" in the State of Illinois and urges citizens of Illinois to become informed and aware of metastatic breast cancer, and to support funding for programs to reduce barriers to breast cancer screening, detection, and treatment for underserved women.

Declares August 2019 as "Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois.