Creates the High-Speed Railway Commission Act. Prescribes the membership of the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall create a statewide plan for a high-speed rail line and feeder network connecting St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago, Illinois that includes current existing Amtrak and Metra services, connects the cities of Rockford, Moline, Peoria, and Decatur, and uses inter-city bus service to coordinate with the rail line. Provides that the Commission shall conduct a ridership study and shall make findings and recommendations concerning a governance structure, the frequency of service, and implementation of the plan. Provides that the Commission shall report to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than December 31 of each year. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall provide administrative support to the Commission. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2027. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds language including representatives from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (rather than the Municipal Planning Organization), the Region 1 Planning Council, the McLean County Regional Planning Commission, and the East-West Gateway Council of Governments as members of the High-Speed Railway Commission.
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, with respect to the supporting documentation required to obtain a plate for a veteran with a disability, the Secretary of State shall allow an applicant to redact information on the documentation that pertains to the nature of the applicant's health issue. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the contents of the introduced bill, and makes the following change: provides that the Secretary of State may require an applicant to disclose information necessary to confirm that the applicant's disability is service-connected or to establish the degree of the applicant's service-connected disability. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. With respect to school districts with more than 275,000 inhabitants, requires a school to provide written notification to (i) the parent or guardian of any student who commits an act or acts of misconduct and (ii) the parent or guardian of any student who is the victim of that act of misconduct. Requires a copy of any statement made by the student who committed the act of misconduct to be provided to the student's or guardian within 24 hours after the statement has been made. Sets forth the information that must be included in the disciplinary report. Requires that a copy of the disciplinary report be provided to the parent or guardian of the disciplined student. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 10-20.73 new Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Requires a school to provide written notification to the parent or guardian of a student who commits an act of misconduct involving offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the use of violence. Provides that if a student makes a written statement to a school employee relating to an act of misconduct, the school shall provide the written statement to the student's parent or guardian, upon request. Provides that if the parent or guardian of a student involved in an act or acts of misconduct requests a synopsis of any statement made by the parent's or guardian's child, the school shall provide any existing records responsive to that request. Provides that a school shall make reasonable attempts to provide a copy of any disciplinary report resulting from an investigation into a student's act of misconduct to the student's parent or guardian within 2 school days after the completion of the report. Sets forth the information that must be included in the disciplinary report. Effective July 1, 2021. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill, but removes the provisions amending the School Boards Article of the School Code. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that if the board of directors is authorized to determine the place of a meeting of shareholders, the board of directors may determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication. Provides that a corporation may allow shareholders to participate in and act at any meeting of the shareholders through the use of remote connection; however, the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide the shareholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders. Provides that the corporation may implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and entitled to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a shareholder. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 805 ILCS 5/11.39 805 ILCS 5/14.13 new 805 ILCS 5/15.10 from Ch. 32, par. 15.10 805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35 805 ILCS 5/15.97 from Ch. 32, par. 15.97 805 ILCS 40/1.10 805 ILCS 40/2.01 805 ILCS 180/35-22 new 805 ILCS 180/45-70 new 805 ILCS 215/1308 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Authorizes shareholder meetings to be held by means of remote communication. Provides for the combination of corporations and limited liability entities rather than limited liability companies and partnerships. Provides for reports of interim changes of corporations. Accelerates the repeal of provisions relating to franchise taxes from 2025 to 2024. Delays repeal of the corporate franchise tax refund fund from 2022 to 2024. Amends the Benefit Corporation Act to provide that a benefit corporation may be organized under the laws of another state. Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Provides that a limited liability company may revoke its termination within 90 days after the effective date of the termination, or longer if the limited liability company pays a penalty, if it has not begun to distribute its assets. Requires the limited liability company to file articles of revocation of termination. Sets forth the contents of the articles of termination. Provides that after filing the articles of revocation, the limited liability company may resume business as if the termination had never occurred. Provides that a limited liability company may be reinstated following its termination. Requires the filing of an application for reinstatement, the payment of fees, and the filing of reports. Provides that upon reinstatement the existence of the limited liability company shall be deemed to have continued without interruption. Amends the Uniform Limited Partnership Act to provide that a request submitted by electronics means may not be considered a request for expedited service.
Amends the State Property Control Act. Provides that "surplus real property" means property that is vacant and determined by the head of the owning agency to no longer be required for the State agency's needs and responsibilities and has no foreseeable use by the owning agency (currently, vacant, unoccupied or unused and having no foreseeable use by the owning agency). Makes changes concerning transfers of surplus real property to State agencies. Provides that surplus real property may be conveyed by the Administrator for less than fair market value if the Administrator makes a written determination that it is in the best interests of the State to establish a different value. Provides that the determination shall be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin and filed with the Executive Ethics Commission. Makes other changes concerning the sale and acquisition of surplus real property. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that in no event shall the Administrator sell surplus real property for less than 75% of fair market value and before such property has been offered to an interested unit of local government or made available at public auction. Provides for a notice period of 30 days (rather than 14 days) in which a State agency or governing body may notify the Administrator of its interest in acquiring surplus real property. Makes conforming changes. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/18-4.4 from Ch. 122, par. 18-4.4 Amends the School Code. Provides that when any State institution is located in a school district in which the State owns 40% (currently, 45%) or more of the total land area of the district, the State Superintendent of Education shall annually direct the State Comptroller to pay the amount of specified tax-equivalent grants, and the State Comptroller shall draw his or her warrant upon the State Treasurer for the payment of the grants. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Allows tax-equivalent grants to be awarded to school districts in which the State owns 40% or more of the total land area of the district.
Creates the Wipes Labeling Act. Presents the findings of the General Assembly. Provides that a covered entity must clearly and conspicuously label a covered product as "do not flush" in accordance with specified requirements. Provides that, upon a request by a municipality or county, a covered entity must submit to the requesting entity, within 90 days after the request, nonconfidential business information and documentation demonstrating compliance with the Act in a format that is easy to understand. Provides that municipalities and counties have the authority to enforce the Act and to collect civil penalties for violations of the Act and may impose a civil penalty in the amount of up to $2,000 for the first violation of the Act, up to $5,000 for the second violation, and up to $10,000 for the third and any subsequent violation. Provides that a municipality or county shall send a written notice of an alleged violation and a copy of the requirements of the Act to a noncompliant covered entity, which will have 90 days to become compliant. Provides that covered products required to be registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act must only comply with the Act on and after July 1, 2023. Limits home rule powers to regulate the labeling of covered products. Contains a severability provision. Effective July 1, 2022. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Replaces references to municipalities and counties with references to jurisdictional wastewater authorities. Replaces the labeling requirements of the introduced bill with provisions requiring that, subject to specified exceptions, a covered product manufactured on or after July 1, 2022 shall be labeled clearly and conspicuously in adherence to specified labeling requirements. Provides that a covered entity may include on a covered product words or phrases in addition to those required for label notice if the words or phrases are consistent with the purposes of the provisions. Provides that jurisdictional wastewater authorities have the concurrent and exclusive authority (rather than municipalities and counties have the authority) to enforce the Act and collect civil penalties for violations of the Act. Removes provisions regarding covered products registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Defines "jurisdictional wastewater authority". Makes other changes. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Defines high contrast as (1) provided by either a light symbol on a solid dark background or a dark symbol on a solid light background; and (2) having at least 70% contrast between the symbol artwork and background using the formula [(B1 - B2) / B1] * 100, where B1 is the light reflectance value of the relatively lighter area and B2 is the light reflectance value of the relatively darker area.
Amends the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act. Adds student loan borrowers to the definition of "consumer". Adds to the definition of "debt settlement provider" any person or entity engaging in, or holding itself out as engaging in, or any person who solicits for or acts on behalf of such person or entity engaging in or holding itself out as engaging in, the business of student loan debt relief services in exchange for any fee or compensation assessed against or charged to a consumer. Excludes institutions of higher education from the definition of "debt settlement provider". Defines other terms. Requires a specified notice and disclosure to student loan borrowers to be included in advertising and marketing communications concerning student loan debt relief services. Requires providers of student loan debt relief services to provide a specified notice and disclosure before a student loan borrower signs a contract. Provides that any fees charged to a student loan borrower in exchange for student loan debt relief shall comply with a provision concerning fees. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 429/145 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that "debt settlement service" does not include the services of any other originator, guarantor, or servicer of federal education loans or private education loans (rather than federal education loans). Provides that "student loan borrower" includes a parent, grandparent, or other family member who has received or agreed to pay a student loan for a family member receiving the education or any co-signer who has agreed to share responsibility for repaying a student loan with the person receiving the education. Further amends the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act. Provides that a debt settlement provider shall not advise or represent, expressly or by implication, that consumers should stop communicating with their creditors, lenders, loan servicers, loan guarantors, or attorneys or government entities (rather than creditors). Provides that a debt settlement provider shall not advise or represent, expressly or by implication, that consumers should stop making payments to their creditors, lenders, loan servicers, loan guarantors, or attorneys or government entities (rather than creditors). Provides that a debt settlement provider shall not access or obtain a consumer's or student loan borrower's federal student aid information in violation of federal law. Effective immediately.
Amends the Radon Industry Licensing Act. Provides that all electronic radon detection devices sold in this State to individuals licensed in accordance with the Act (currently, those sold to anyone) must be calibrated to ensure the accuracy and precision of their measurements of radon and radon progeny. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Radon Industry Licensing Act. Provides that no person shall sell a device in this State to a radon contractor for use in licensed activities (rather than sell a device in this State) to detect the presence of radon or radon progeny in the indoor atmosphere without prior approval of the device from the Environmental Protection Agency. Provides that all electronic radon detection devices sold to radon contractors for use in a licensed activity (rather than all electronic radon detection devices sold) in this State must be calibrated to ensure the accuracy and precision of their measurements of radon and radon progeny. Effective immediately.
Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals to require an intern, resident, or physician who provides medical services at the hospital to have proper credentials and any required certificates for ongoing training at the time the intern, resident, or physician renews his or her license. Amends the Hospital Report Card Act. Requires hospitals to include in their quarterly reports the number of female patients who have died within the reporting period, the number of female patients who have died of a preventable cause within the reporting period and the number of those preventable deaths that the hospital has otherwise reported within the reporting period, and the number of physicians who were required by the hospital to undergo any amount or type of retraining during the reporting period. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 110 ILCS 330/11 new 210 ILCS 85/10.12 new Adds reference to: 210 ILCS 85/10.4 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 151.4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that any hospital licensed under the Act or any hospital organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act shall, prior to the granting of any medical staff privileges to an applicant, or renewing a current medical staff member's privileges, request of the Director of Professional Regulation information concerning the proper credentials and required certificates of the applicant. Amends the Hospital Report Card Act. Provides that the quarterly report prepared by individual hospitals shall include (1) the number of female patients who have died within the reporting period and (2) the number of female patients admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of COVID-19 and at least one known underlying condition identified by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a condition that increases the risk of mortality from COVID-19 who subsequently died at the hospital within the reporting period. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 210 ILCS 85/10.4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following change: Removes provisions amending the Hospital Licensing Act.
Amends the Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 405 ILCS 22/1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 375/6.11 55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3 65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f 215 ILCS 5/356z.43 new 215 ILCS 125/5-3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2 215 ILCS 130/4003 from Ch. 73, par. 1504-3 215 ILCS 165/10 from Ch. 32, par. 604 305 ILCS 5/5-16.8 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022 shall provide coverage for medically necessary pancreatic cancer screening. Makes conforming changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code.