Rep. Marty Moylan

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to the amount paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the purpose of purchasing acoustical materials, other materials, labor, and professional services to soundproof a residential home located at an eligible address against aircraft noise generated by an airport governed by the provisions of the Permanent Noise Monitoring Act. Provides that the credit may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero; however, the credit may be carried forward. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a veteran who is certified by the Department of Veterans' Affairs to be at least 10% disabled with service related disabilities or who is in receipt of total disability pension may trap, as permitted by the Code, without procuring a trapping license. Provides further that a military member returning from mobilization and service outside the United States who is an Illinois resident may trap, as permitted by the Code, without paying any fees required to obtain a trapping license, if he or she applies for the license within 2 years after returning from service abroad or after mobilization. Adds trapping licenses to the terminally ill hunter licensing program. Provides that persons on active duty in the Armed Forces or Illinois residents with a Type 1 or Type 4, Class 2 disability as defined in the Illinois Identification Card Act may trap, as permitted by the Code, without procuring a trapping license. Adds definitions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Reduces the trailer flat weight tax for maximum loads of 3,000 pounds and less from $118 to $18. Effective immediately.

Appropriates $250,000 from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the State Board of Education for a grant to or a contract with the Illinois Association of School Nurses to complete a study for school nursing capacity in this State. Effective July 1, 2022.

Designates South Side Drive in Decatur from Route 51 to Route 48 as the "Officer Chris Oberheim Memorial Highway".

Appropriates $100,000 from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the City of Chicago for graffiti abatement along the I-90 Corridor. Effective July 1, 2021.

Amends “An Act concerning appropriations”, Public Act 101-637. Changes the amount of funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services for grants to provide assistance to Sexual Assault Victims and Sexual Assault Prevention Activities from $7,659,700 to $12,659,700. Effective immediately.

States opposition to any additional excise taxes on Illinois businesses that produce beer, wine, or liquor or their related industries.

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Expands the definition of "essential services employees" to include additional employees employed by a public employer who engage in specified duties. Includes essential services employees in provisions concerning mediation services and requirements. Makes conforming changes.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall issue income tax credits, with certification, to qualified professional design firms in Illinois that hire qualified employees. Provides that the tax credit amount shall be (i) 10% of the qualified compensation paid to each qualified employee who graduated from an accredited institution of higher learning in the State and (ii) 5% of the qualified compensation paid to each qualified employee who graduated from an accredited institution of higher learning outside of the State. Provides that "qualified employee" means an employee working in the State for a qualified professional design firm as an architect, an architectural associate, a structural engineer, a structural engineer intern, a design professional, or an engineer intern who graduated from an accredited institution of higher learning with a Bachelor's degree within the 2 years immediately preceding the year in which the credit is taken. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.