Rep. Dan Didech

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.

Amends the Township Code, Illinois Municipal Code, Downstate Forest Preserve District Act, Park District Code, Illinois Local Library Act, Public Library District Act of 1991, School Code, and Illinois Highway Code. Provides that specified contracts may be let to the lowest responsible bidder or the best value bidder (rather than to the lowest responsible bidder). Provides that "best value" means the result determined by a procurement method that considers price and other criteria reflecting an objective and quantifiable analysis. Includes examples of such analysis. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 805/3-27.1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Includes requirements for the resolution to include the identity of an officer or director of the bidder who is a family member of a board member, is a person with whom a board member maintains a close economic association, or is a person with whom a board member maintains a close political association. Defines terms. In the Township Code, Illinois Municipal Code, and the Illinois Highway Code, provides that, if an entity is eligible to be paid for or reimbursed, in whole or in part, with federal-aid funds, grants, or loans, and the provisions would result in the loss of those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans, then the contract is exempt from the requirements of the provisions in order to remain eligible for those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans. In the School Code provisions, adds language providing that a school board that awards a competitively bid contract in excess of $25,000 to a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit member may only award such a contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Amends the Public Community College Act making similar changes made to the other Acts in the bill. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Provides that, if an entity is eligible to be paid for or reimbursed, in whole or in part, with federal-aid funds, grants, or loans, and the letting of a contract to the best value bidder under the provisions would result in the loss of those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans, then the contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder (rather than the contract is exempt from the provisions).

Creates the Clean Jobs, Workforce and Contractor Equity Act. Creates the Equity and Empowerment in Clean Energy Advisory Board to administer the Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Program, the Expanding Clean Energy Entrepreneurship and Contractor Incubator Network Program, the Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program, and the Illinois Clean Energy Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Primes Contractor Accelerator. Creates the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund Act, the Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act, the Energy Community Reinvestment Act, the Clean Energy Empowerment Zone Tax Credit Act, the Coal Severance Fee Act, the Building Energy Performance Standard Act, and the Public Utilities Intervenor Compensation Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to allow for emergency rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Energy Community Reinvestment Fund, the Illinois Commerce Commission Intervenor Compensation Fund, and the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund. Amends the Electric Vehicle Act, the Energy Efficient Building Act, the Illinois Power Agency Act, the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the School Code, the Public Utilities Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act, and the Prevailing Wage Act by making changes to implement certain programs. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not accountable for the conduct of another if he or she was subjected to specific and credible coercion, compulsion, duress, or threats. Provides that no offense is excepted from the provision that a person is not guilty of an offense by reason of conduct that he or she performs under the compulsion of threat or menace of the imminent infliction of death or great bodily harm, if he or she reasonably believes death or great bodily harm will be inflicted upon him or her, or upon his or her spouse or child, if he or she does not perform that conduct. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. In a provision concerning relief from judgments, changes the allegations a movant must establish when presenting a meritorious claim to: (1) the movant was convicted of a forcible felony; (2) the movant's participation in the offense was related to experiencing or the effects of gender-based violence; and (3) no substantial evidence or incomplete evidence of gender-based violence against the movant was presented at the movant's sentencing hearing. Changes the term "domestic violence" to "gender-based violence". Removes the definition of "intimate partner". Makes corresponding changes. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following changes: In the Criminal Code of 2012, removes language providing that no offense is excepted from the provision that a person is not guilty of an offense by reason of conduct that he or she performs under the compulsion of threat or menace of the imminent infliction of death or great bodily harm, if he or she reasonably believes death or great bodily harm will be inflicted upon him or her, or upon his or her spouse or child, if he or she does not perform that conduct. In the Code of Civil Procedure, restores language providing that a movant may present a meritorious claim if the allegations in the petition establish that the evidence of domestic violence or gender-based violence against the movant is material and noncumulative to other evidence offered at the sentencing hearing, and is of such a conclusive character that it would likely change the sentence imposed by the original trial court. Restores the term "domestic violence". Defines "gender-based" violence. Restores the definition of "intimate partner". Makes other changes.

Amends the Sports Wagering Act and the State Finance Act. Provides that 6% of the moneys in the Sports Wagering Fund that are attributable to sports wagering on collegiate sport or athletic events shall be transferred to the Collegiate Sport Services Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for distribution of the moneys in the Fund to NCAA Division I institutions of higher education according to the classification of their conferences and the sports played by those institutions. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used for support services in relation to collegiate athlete mental health, monitoring of sport wagering activities and compliance services, and the establishment and maintenance of a line of communication for athletic departments of Division I institutions of higher education to report issues to the Gaming Board. Provides that each Division I institution of higher education may provide a list of names of collegiate athletes and staff members to the Gaming Board if the Gaming Board deems it appropriate to prohibit those persons from engaging in sports wagering under this Act, and that the Gaming Board shall require master sports wagering licensees to: prohibit each of the collegiate athletes and staff members named by the institution from establishing a sports wagering account under this Act; and close any accounts that were opened by the collegiate athletes and staff members before their names were provided to the Board. Provides that each Division I institution of higher education may add to or remove names from its list from time to time by notifying the Board.

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that the definition of "public health setting" includes a mobile dental van.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, instead of a distinctive electric vehicle registration plate, the Secretary may require an electric vehicle decal to be displayed on any registration plate otherwise available for motor vehicles of the same class as the electric vehicle.

Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a vacancy in nomination occurring on or after a caucus held under the Township Code but before the certification of candidates must be filled before the date of certification.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the foster parent of an applicant for a driver's license may provide the: (i) written consent required to accompany an application for a driver's license or permit by a person under the age of 18 years; and (ii) certification that the applicant has had a minimum of 50 hours behind-the-wheel practice time in order for an applicant under 18 years of age to be issued a driver's license.