Amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide that in the case of sexual assault or sexual abuse by school district personnel, nothing in the Act prohibits a school district from disclosing disciplinary records of school district personnel. Amends the School Code to require a school board to report all credible cases of sexual assault or sexual abuse by a licensed educator to the State Board of Education, to establish a hearing procedure for student victims, and to ensure that a licensed educator under investigation by the State Superintendent of Education is reassigned to non-classroom duty. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the State Board of Education must monitor all fingerprint-based criminal history records checks and any other database checks conducted by a school district or regional superintendent for applicants for employment with a school district. Makes changes concerning educator licensure and allegations of physical or sexual abuse. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to create the criminal offense of sexual conduct or sexual relations with a student by an authority figure. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to require an arresting enforcement agency to share its reports pertaining to the arrest of a licensed educator with the superintendent of any school district that employs the educator (or, in the case of the arrest of a superintendent, with the school board of any school district that employs the superintendent). Amends the Personnel Record Review Act to provide that the Act does not prohibit a school district from divulging internal investigative findings and discipline to another school district. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment if the defendant, at the time of the commission of the murder, had attained the age of 18, and is found guilty of first degree murder as a result of the intentional discharge of a firearm that proximately caused the death of the person. Effective January 1, 2020.
Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of Revenue shall publish a list containing the name of each member of the General Assembly who (i) has been issued a notice of failure to file a return under the Illinois Income Tax Act more than 180 prior to the date the list is published and (ii) has not filed a return as provided in that notice by the date the list is published. Provides that, if a member of the General Assembly whose name appears on the list subsequently brings himself or herself into compliance with the reporting requirements of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or if that member demonstrates that his or her name appeared on the list in error, then the Director shall promptly remove that member's name from the list. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires managed care organizations (MCOs) to publish, at least quarterly for the preceding quarter, on their websites: (1) the total number of claims received by the MCO; (2) the number and monetary amount of claims payments made to a service provider; (3) the dates of services rendered for the claims payments made under item (2); (4) the dates the claims were received by the MCO for the claims payments made under item (2); and (5) the dates on which claims payments under item (2) were released. Effective July 1, 2019.
Creates the Self-Funding Limitation Act. Prohibits a person from expending or contributing more than $5,000,000 to a political committee of which he or she is a beneficiary.
Amends the School Code with respect to school districts other than the Chicago school district. Prohibits any post-retirement educator bonus not required by a valid contract entered into before the effective date of the amendatory Act, and prohibits a school district from entering into a contract on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act that provides for a post-retirement educator bonus or bonuses. Defines "post-retirement educator bonus" as any payment made by a school district to an educator licensed under the School Code who has commenced his or her retirement and is collecting a retirement annuity from the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, other than compensation for current employment with the school district. Requires each school district to annually report to all residents of the school district the status of all contracts requiring the payment of a post-retirement educator bonus and all post-retirement educator bonuses paid during the previous school year. Sets forth what the report must contain. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires the Executive Inspectors General appointed under the Act to establish and maintain an Internet website to which all residents of Illinois shall have free access, including a prominent statement of notification to the public. Requires the Executive Inspectors General appointed under the Act to immediately disclose all detailed findings resulting from investigations entered into under Act, and to post those findings on their respective Internet websites. Effective immediately.
Repeals the State Tax Lien Registration Act and the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Reenacts the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Changes various Acts by restoring language deleted by Public Act 100-22 and deleting language added by Public Act 100-22, including, but not limited to, the following changes: (1) amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to provide that: (A) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019 and beginning prior to January 1, 2025, the income tax rates shall be (i) 3.75% for individuals, trusts, and estates and (ii) 5.25% for corporations; (B) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the income tax rates shall be (i) 3.25% for individuals, trusts, and estates and (ii) 4.8% for corporations; (C) the research and development credit does not apply for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019 (currently, January 1, 2022); (D) provides that the maximum amount of the education expense credit is reduced from $750 to $500 per year; (E) repeals an addition modification for amounts deducted under the Internal Revenue Code for domestic manufacturing and other activities; and (F) repeals provisions disallowing certain exemptions for taxpayers with an income above a certain limit; (2) repeals the State Tax Lien Database; (3) amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act to provide that: (A) the graphic arts machinery exemption sunsets on July 1, 2019 and (B) the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption is no longer permanent. Effective immediately.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of State Police shall annually compile and submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than May 31 of each calendar year on the number of persons reported as posing a clear and present danger to themselves or others by persons required to report that information to the Department of State Police under the Code. Provides that the report shall be based on information submitted by each county, municipality, public elementary or secondary school, private elementary or secondary school, or public or private community college, college, or university of the State without disclosing individual identifying information of the persons who pose the clear and present danger to themselves or others. Provides that if the person who poses the clear and present danger is reported by home address and the person attends a school, college, or university, then the compilation shall only include that individual once in the report for the total annual compilation.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may, by ordinance, assume control over county recorder fees. Provides that, upon the adoption of such an ordinance, the county board may reduce any fee charged by the county recorder of deeds to a figure selected by the county board and transfer all or part of a county recorder of deed's budget surplus to the county general fund. Provides that county board actions under these provisions have precedence over other formulas or fee schedules used to calculate county recorder fees and any other use of a county recorder of deed's budget surplus. Effective immediately.