Rep. Sonya Harper

Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to develop and implement a plan to provide additional instructional services, support, or special accommodations to students who suffer from trauma related to experiencing the death of a sibling, parent, guardian, or household member by suicide or homicide or suffer from trauma caused by domestic violence or abuse and whom the school has determined require additional instructional services, support, or special accommodations but do not qualify for an individualized education program or for services under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Sets forth what the plan may include. Provides that the plan shall remain in place until the student (i) is no longer enrolled in the district or (ii) has made such significant and sustained academic progress that the student no longer requires the plan. In provisions relating to children with disabilities, provides that beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the notice that a school board provides concerning who qualifies for services under Section 504 shall include that a child may qualify for those services if the child is a student who is at least 3 years old or older and under 22 years and who (i) has experienced the death of a sibling, parent, guardian, or household member by suicide or homicide or (ii) suffers from trauma caused by domestic violence or abuse. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.82 new 105 ILCS 5/14-6.01 105 ILCS 5/34-18.77 new Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Elimination of Racially Derogatory Language Act. Provides that no public body may display any racially derogatory language, including racial slurs, within its building, on its property, or at a public meeting at any time. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds a provision excluding uses of racially derogatory language in literature, for educational purposes, or as an essential component of the work performed by the public body.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that all CCR generated by the electric generating industry located in a municipality bordering Lake Michigan with greater than 75,000 inhabitants but fewer than 150,000 inhabitants shall be removed from the site. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amendatory provisions do not impact any financial obligation arising before their effective date. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 5/22.59 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that owners and operators of CCR surface impoundments at electric generating plants that are within 4,000 feet of Lake Michigan shall close the CCR surface impoundment by removal and off-site disposal, pursuant to specified provisions and requirements. In additional provisions, requires an owner or operator of an electric generating plant located within 4,000 feet of Lake Michigan that generates or has generated CCR that is not disposed of, treated, stored, or abandoned in a CCR surface impoundment to remove from the owner's or operator's site, for off-site disposal, all CCR generated by the facility and remediate all soil and groundwater impacted by the CCR, in accordance with specified requirements. Requires owners or operators to submit specified plans and reports to the Environmental Protection Agency. Provides that an owner or operator shall post with the Agency a performance bond or other security for the purpose of ensuring removal and remediation in accordance with the provisions. Provides that the Agency may enter into such contracts and agreements as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the provisions. Provides that neither the State, nor the Director of the Agency, nor any State employee shall be liable for any damages or injuries arising out of or resulting from any action taken under the provisions. Contains other provisions. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Makes changes to findings. In provisions concerning Great Lakes CCR protection, provides that an owner or operator of a facility shall remove from the owner's or operator's site, for off-site disposal, all CCR generated by the facility that is not disposed of, treated, stored, or abandoned in a CCR surface impoundment (rather than all CCR generated by the facility). Effective immediately. Land Conveyance Appraisal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Dept. of Transportation) No land conveyances are included in Senate Bill 3073 House Amendment #2; therefore, there are no appraisals to be filed. Pension Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Government Forecasting & Accountability) SB 3073, as amended by HA 2, will not impact any public pension fund or retirement system in the State of Illinois. State Debt Impact Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Government Forecasting & Accountability) SB 3073, as amended by House Amendment 2, would not change the amount of authorization for any type of State-issued bond, and, therefore, would not affect the level of State indebtedness. Housing Affordability Impact Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Housing Development Authority) This bill will have no effect on the cost of constructing, purchasing, owning, or selling a single-family residence. Correctional Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Dept of Corrections) This amendment has no fiscal impact or population impact on the department. Balanced Budget Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Office of Management and Budget) Please be advised that the Balanced Budget Note Act does not apply to Senate Bill 3073, [as amended by House Amendment 2 as it is not a supplemental appropriation that increases or decreases appropriations. Under the Act, a balanced budget note must be prepared only for bills that change a general funds appropriation for the fiscal year in which the new bill is enacted. Judicial Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Admin Office of the Illinois Courts) The legislation will not increase or decrease the number of judges needed in the state of Illinois. Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 2 (Illinois Environmental Protection Agency) House Amendment #2 imposes no additional fiscal impact on the Illinois EPA.

Creates the Illinois Good Food Purchasing Policy Task Force to study the current procurement of food within the State and explore how Good Food Purchasing can be implemented to maximize the procurement of healthy foods that are sustainably, locally, and equitably sourced.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who open and operate a supermarket or grocery store in a food desert community designated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that the credit shall be in an amount equal to the total amount the taxpayer is assessed in property taxes for the location at which the supermarket or grocery store is located during the full taxable year that the supermarket or grocery store is open for business to the public. Effective immediately.

Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Removes references to the Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer and replaces them with references to the Office of Cannabis Regulation and Oversight. Makes conforming changes throughout the Act. Removes language providing that the Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer is within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that the Director of the Office of Cannabis Regulation and Oversight shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers all powers, duties, rights, responsibilities, personnel, and property of the Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer to the Office of Cannabis Regulation and Oversight.

Creates the Heirs' Property Study Task Force to examine current and prospective methods to address heirs' property issues in Illinois.

Creates the Community Improvement Land Bank Act. Provides for the creation of community improvement land banks by a county, municipality, or township, or any combination of those units, for the main purposes of advancing, encouraging, and promoting the industrial, economic, commercial, and civic development of a community or area and facilitating the reclamation, rehabilitation, and reutilization of vacant, abandoned, tax-foreclosed, or other real property within the county, municipality, or township for whose benefit the land bank is being organized. Provides procedures for creating the community improvement land banks, the powers of a land bank (including to purchase and sell tax delinquent properties), and the creation and composition of the board of directors of land banks. Limits the liability of the community improvement land banks. Allows the county, municipality, or township to have the land bank create a land reutilization program to facilitate the effective reutilization of nonproductive land situated within its boundaries and contains requirements of such a program. Defines terms. Amends various Acts and Codes making conforming changes. Effective Immediately.

Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, dispensing organizations and cultivation centers must have at least 40% of ancillary services required for their operation, including accounting, janitorial, and printing services, provided under contract with at least one business that has received certification under the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Department on Aging under the Act, requires the Department to work with workforce development providers through the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish and implement an affirmative action employment plan for the recruitment, hiring, training, and retraining of persons 60 or more years old for jobs for which their employment would not be precluded by law (rather than requiring the Department to make a grant to an institution of higher learning to study the feasibility of establishing and implementing an affirmative action employment plan for the recruitment, hiring, training, and retraining of persons 60 or more years old for jobs for which their employment would not be precluded by law). Requires the Department to conduct demonstration projects to identify additional ways to assist aging and minority senior citizens throughout the State (rather than requiring the Department to conduct a study of the feasibility of implementing the Senior Companion Program throughout the State). In a provision requiring the Department on Aging and the Department of Human Services to file a joint report with the Governor and the General Assembly, removes the requirement that the report be filed on or before September 30 of each year. Requires the Department on Aging and other specified agencies to submit an annual report on programs and services for minority senior citizens in the State to be filed with the Governor and the General Assembly within 12 months of the closing of the lapse period for the fiscal year included in the report.

Creates the General Contractors Licensing Act. Contains only a short title provision. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.38 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the General Contractors Licensing Act. Provides for the licensure of general contractors by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Creates the General Contractor Board. Provides for the membership and powers and duties of the Board. Contains provisions concerning definitions; title; display of license; address of record and email address of record; powers and duties of the Department; application for licensure; license classifications; licensure, renewal, and restoration; inactive status; fees; disposition of funds; advertising; insurance; listing of general contractors; violations, injunctions, and cease and desist orders; grounds for disciplinary action; investigation and notice and hearing; records of proceedings; compelling testimony; hearings and motions for rehearing; appointment of a hearing officer; order or certified copy and prima facie proof; restoration of suspended or revoked license; surrender of license; the Administrative Review Law; confidentiality; and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to repeal the General Contractors Licensing Act on January 1, 2028. Effective immediately.