Amends the State Police Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall pay directly or reimburse, up to a maximum of $20,000 (rather than $10,000) the burial expenses of each State police officer who is killed in the line of duty. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 820 ILCS 315/3.5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Police Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall pay directly or reimburse, up to a maximum of $20,000 (rather than $10,000) the burial expenses of each State police officer who is killed in the line of duty after June 30, 2018. Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that a burial benefit of up to a maximum of $20,000 (rather than $10,000) shall be payable to the surviving spouse or estate of a law enforcement officer or fireman who is killed in the line of duty after June 30, 2018.
Rep. Sonya Harper
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Amends the Pawnbroker Regulation Act. Removes language providing that when a person is found to be the owner of stolen property that has been pawned, the property shall be returned to the owner without payment of money advanced to the pawnbroker or any costs or charges. Provides that stolen property subject to a hold order shall be returned to the owner without the payment. Provides that when a hold order expires, title to the property shall vest in the pawnbroker. Provides that a hold order must specify certain information concerning the criminal investigation and property subject to the hold order. Sets forth the requirements for the contents of the hold order. Provides that a pawnbroker or its representative must sign and date a copy of a hold order as evidence of receipt of the hold order and the beginning of the 90-day hold period. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 510/9 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Inserts the contents of the introduced bill, but deletes the elimination of the requirement that pawned stolen property be returned to its owner without payment of costs or charges imposed by the pawnbroker or money advanced by the pawnbroker. Deletes provisions regarding the ownership of property upon expiration of hold orders. Adds a provision reiterating the obligations of a pawnbroker with respect to the owner of pawned property. Provides for a 120-day, rather than a 90-day, holding period beginning when a hold order is signed. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 510/12 Adds reference to: New Act 5 ILCS 100/5-45 from Ch. 127, par. 1005-45 5 ILCS 140/7.5 20 ILCS 2505/2505-210 was 20 ILCS 2505/39c-1 20 ILCS 2630/5.2 30 ILCS 105/5.891 new 30 ILCS 105/5.892 new 30 ILCS 105/5.893 new 30 ILCS 105/ 5.894 new 30 ILCS 105/6z-107 new 30 ILCS 500/1-10 35 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 120, par. 439.9 35 ILCS 110/9 from Ch. 120, par. 439.39 35 ILCS 115/9 from Ch. 120, par. 439.109 35 ILCS 120/3 from Ch. 120, par. 442 35 ILCS 520/Act rep. 50 ILCS 705/9 from Ch. 85, par. 509 50 ILCS 705/10.12 55 ILCS 5/5-1006.8 new 55 ILCS 5/5-1009 from Ch. 34, par. 5-1009 65 ILCS 5/8-11-6a from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-6a 65 ILCS 5/8-11-22 new 205 ILCS 5/48 205 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 17, par. 4409 410 ILCS 130/210 625 ILCS 5/2-118.2 625 ILCS 5/11-501.2 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501.2 625 ILCS 5/11-501.9 625 ILCS 5/11-501.10 new 625 ILCS 5/11-502.1 625 ILCS 5/11-502.15 new 705 ILCS 405/5-401 720 ILCS 550/4 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 704 720 ILCS 550/5 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 705 720 ILCS 550/5.1 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 705.1 720 ILCS 550/5.3 720 ILCS 550/8 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 708 735 ILCS 5/2-1401 from Ch. 110, par. 2-1401 765 ILCS 605/33 new 820 ILCS 55/5 from Ch. 48, par. 2855 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and amends various Acts. Provides that it is lawful for persons 21 years of age or older to possess, use, and purchase limited amounts of cannabis for personal use in accordance with the Act. Authorizes registered qualifying patients to cultivate limited amounts of cannabis for personal use. Provides for the regulation and licensing of various entities and occupations engaged in cultivation, dispensing, processing, transportation, and other activities regarding cannabis for adult use. Sets forth duties of an Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer, the Department of State Police, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Revenue, the State Treasurer, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, and other governmental entities. Provides for expungement of minor cannabis violations under specified circumstances. Creates a Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program and a Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Board and contains various provisions regarding a low-interest loan program for social equity applicants, investment in communities that have suffered because of drug policies, and the promotion of cannabis business ownership by individuals who have resided in areas of high poverty and high enforcement of cannabis-related laws. Contains provisions regarding health and safety, packaging, advertising, local ordinances, providing financial services to a cannabis-related legitimate business, and other matters. Creates a Cannabis Cultivation Privilege Tax and a Cannabis Purchaser Excise Tax. Authorizes the imposition of a County Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax and a Municipal Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax. Provides for allocation of revenues and creates various funds in the State treasury. Repeals the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tax Act. Contains home rule preemptions. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Private Correctional Facility Moratorium Act. Changes the title of the Act to the For-Profit Corrections Prohibition Act. Defines "non-profit contractor", private company", "private vendor", "private contractor", and "work release center". Provides that the State, any unit of local government, or a county sheriff, shall not contract with a private contractor or private vendor for the provision of services relating to community correctional supervision. Provides that the Act does not apply to State work release centers or juvenile residential facilities that provide separate care or special treatment operated in whole or part by non-profit (rather than private) contractors. Adds to exempted contracts for ancillary services contracts for electronic monitoring services. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 140/1 730 ILCS 140/1.5 new 730 ILCS 140/2 730 ILCS 140/3 Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Private Detention Facility Moratorium Act. Provides that neither the State, nor any unit of local government, any county sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent thereof, shall: (1) enter into an agreement of any kind related to the detention of individuals in a detention facility owned, managed, or operated in whole or in part by a private entity or person; (2) pay, reimburse, subsidize, or defray in any way any costs related to the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation, in whole or in part, of any detention facility by any private entity or person; (3) receive per diem, per detainee, or any other payment related to the detention of individuals in a detention facility owned, managed, or operated, in whole or in part, by any private entity or person; or (4) otherwise give any financial incentive or benefit to any private entity or person in connection with the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of any detention facility. Provides exemptions. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 2 with changes. Provides that neither the State, nor any unit of local government, any county Sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent thereof, shall: (1) enter into an agreement of any kind for the detention of individuals in a detention facility owned, managed, or operated, in whole or in part, by a private entity; (2) pay, reimburse, subsidize, or defray in any way any costs related to the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of a detention facility that is or will be owned, managed, or operated, in whole or in part, by a private entity; (3) receive per diem, per detainee, or any other payment related to the detention of individuals in a detention facility owned, managed, or operated, in whole or in part, by a private entity; or (4) otherwise give any financial incentive or benefit to any private entity or person in connection with the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of a detention facility that is or will be owned, managed, or operated, in whole or in part, by a private entity. Makes other technical changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that whenever the appearance in person in court, in either a civil or criminal proceeding, is required of anyone held in a place of custody or confinement operated by the State or any of its political subdivisions, including counties and municipalities, the chief judge of the circuit by rule may permit the personal appearance to be made by means of two-way audio-visual communication, including closed circuit television and computerized video conference at a sentencing hearing for a defendant who: (i) at the time of the proceeding was serving a sentence of imprisonment for another offense; and (ii) has agreed to enter a negotiated plea. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 725 ILCS 5/106D-1 Adds reference to: 50 ILCS 705/10.23 new 720 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 38, par. 3-6 720 ILCS 5/10-9 735 ILCS 5/13-225 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that all law enforcement officers must take human trafficking training. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is 18 years of age or over at the time of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons and related offenses may be commenced within 25 years (rather than 3 years) after the commission of the offense. Provides that a company commits trafficking in persons when the company benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an action under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act must be commenced within 25 (rather than 10) years of the date the limitation period begins to run or within 25 (rather than 10) years of the date the plaintiff discovers or through the use of reasonable diligence should discover both (1) that the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or human trafficking act occurred, and (2) that the defendant caused, was responsible for, or profited from the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or human trafficking act. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adds reference to: New Act 20 ILCS 2605/2605-99 new 50 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 85, par. 507 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1.Creates the Lodging Establishment Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Requires hotels and motels to train employees in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. Provides that the Department of Labor shall develop the curriculum for the training. Provides that beginning June 1, 2020, a lodging establishment shall provide its employees with training in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. Provides that the Department shall develop and publish the human trafficking recognition training program by July 1, 2020. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of State Police shall conduct or approve a training program in the detection and investigation of all forms of human trafficking, including, but not limited to "involuntary servitude", "involuntary sexual servitude of a minor", and "trafficking in persons" and that the program shall be made available to all cadets and state police officers. In the amendatory changes to the Illinois Police Training Act, provides that the curriculum of police training schools shall include training in the detection and investigation of all forms of human trafficking. In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012, provides that a company is criminally liable for trafficking in persons when the company knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. Makes other changes. Some provisions effective immediately.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that as soon as possible but not later than 24 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after emergency admission of a respondent to a mental health facility on an inpatient basis, the respondent shall be personally examined (rather than examined) by a psychiatrist. Provides that for the purpose of this provision, a personal examination includes an examination performed in real time (synchronous examination) via an Interactive Telecommunication System as defined in the Illinois Administrative Code. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that an examination via an Interactive Telecommunication System may only be used for certification that the respondent is subject to involuntary admission when a psychiatrist is not on-site within the time period set forth in the Code. Provides that if the examination is performed via an Interactive Communication System, that fact shall be noted on the certificate. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 405 ILCS 5/3-610 Adds reference to: New Act 210 ILCS 5/6.1 rep. 410 ILCS 70/9 rep. 720 ILCS 510/Act rep. 720 ILCS 513/Act rep. 735 ILCS 5/11-107.1 rep. 745 ILCS 30/Act rep. 5 ILCS 375/6.11 20 ILCS 505/5 from Ch. 23, par. 5005 5 ILCS 140/7.5 55 ILCS 5/3-3013 from Ch. 34, par. 3-3013 210 ILCS 5/2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 157-8.2 210 ILCS 5/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 157-8.3 215 ILCS 5/356z.4 215 ILCS 5/356z.4a new 215 ILCS 125/5-3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2 215 ILCS 165/10 from Ch. 32, par. 604 225 ILCS 60/22 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22 225 ILCS 60/36 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-36 225 ILCS 65/65-35 was 225 ILCS 65/15-15 225 ILCS 65/65-43 225 ILCS 95/7.5 410 ILCS 535/1 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-1 415 ILCS 5/56.1 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.1 720 ILCS 5/9-1.2 from Ch. 38, par. 9-1.2 720 ILCS 5/9-2.1 from Ch. 38, par. 9-2.1 720 ILCS 5/9-3.2 from Ch. 38, par. 9-3.2 720 ILCS 5/12-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.1 735 ILCS 5/8-802 from Ch. 110, par. 8-802 745 ILCS 70/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5303 750 ILCS 65/15 from Ch. 40, par. 1015 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Reproductive Health Act. Provides that every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about one's own reproductive health. Provides that every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion, and to make autonomous decisions about how to exercise that right. Provides that a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under the law, of this State. Provides prohibited State actions. Provides that a party aggrieved by a violation of the Act may bring a civil lawsuit. Provides that a health care professional shall report each abortion performed to the Department of Public Health. Limits home rule powers. Repeals provisions regarding abortion in the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act, and the Injunction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Repeals the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975, the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act, and the Abortion Performance Refusal Act. Makes corresponding changes in the Children and Family Services Act, the Counties Code, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Vital Records Act, the Criminal Code of 2012, the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, and the Rights of Married Persons Act. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that information and records held by the Department collected under the Reproductive Health Act is exempt from inspection and copying. Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. Provides that that term "ambulatory surgical treatment center" does not include any facility in which the performance of abortion procedures is limited to those performed without general, epidural, or spinal anesthesia. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides insurance requirements for the coverage of abortion. Makes corresponding changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that operative surgery does not include abortions performed without general, epidural, or spinal anesthesia, and other gynecological procedures related to abortions. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that tissue and products from an abortion or miscarriage may be buried, entombed, or cremated. Effective immediately. Balanced Budget Note, House Floor Amendment No. 1 (Office of Management and Budget) The Balanced Budget Note Act does not apply to this bill 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. Land Conveyance Appraisal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 1 (Dept. of Transportation) No land conveyances are included in this bill; therefore, there are no appraisals to be filed. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 1 (IL Environmental Protection Agency) This legislation will have no fiscal impact on the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Correctional Note, House Floor Amendment No. 1 (Dept of Corrections) There is no fiscal or population impact on the Department of Corrections. Pension Note, House Floor Amendment No. 1 (Government Forecasting & Accountability) SB 25, as amended by HA 1 will not impact any public pension fund or retirement system in Illinois. State Debt Impact Note, House Floor Amendment No. 1 (Government Forecasting & Accountability) SB 25, as amended by House Amendment 1, would not change the amount of authorization for any type of State-issued or State-supported bond, and, therefore, would not affect the level of State indebtedness. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 1 (Department of Insurance) This legislation has no projected fiscal impact on the Illinois Department of Insurance. Judicial Note, House Floor Amendment No. 1 (Housing Development Authority) This bill will have no effect on the cost of constructing, purchasing, owning, or selling a single-family residence.
Declares the month of May of 2019 as "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois.
Creates the Commission on the Social Status of Black Males to study the social conditions of black males, develop strategies to remedy or assist in remedying serious adversities, and make recommendations to improve the educational, social, economic, and employment opportunities of black males.
Designates First Avenue in Melrose Park as it travels from its intersection with North Avenue to its intersection with River Road as the "Kiddieland Amusement Park Road".
Declares October 13, 2019 as "Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day" in the State of Illinois and urges citizens of Illinois to become informed and aware of metastatic breast cancer, and to support funding for programs to reduce barriers to breast cancer screening, detection, and treatment for underserved women.
Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes a provision that provides that a tax on income shall be measured at a non-graduated rate. Provides that there may be one tax on the income of individuals and corporations (currently, there may be no more than one income tax imposed on individuals and one income tax imposed on corporations, and the rate of tax imposed upon corporations shall not exceed the rate imposed on individuals by more than a ratio of 8 to 5). Provides that the income tax may be a fair tax where lower rates apply to lower income levels and higher rates apply to higher income levels. Provides that no government other than the State may impose a tax on or measured by income. Effective upon being declared adopted. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the resolved clause. Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes a provision that provides that a tax on income shall be measured at a non-graduated rate. Provides that the General Assembly shall provide by law for the rate or rates of any tax on or measured by income imposed by the State. Provides that the highest rate imposed on corporations may not exceed the highest rate imposed on individuals by more than a ratio of 8 to 5. Effective upon being declared adopted.