Rep. Joyce Mason

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 Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the propagation and stocking of mammals and birds. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 520 ILCS 5/1.6 Adds reference to: 510 ILCS 68/1-5 510 ILCS 68/1-15 510 ILCS 68/5-5 510 ILCS 68/5-10 510 ILCS 68/5-15 510 ILCS 68/5-20 510 ILCS 68/5-30 510 ILCS 68/5-35 510 ILCS 68/10-40 510 ILCS 68/15-5 510 ILCS 68/20-30 510 ILCS 68/25-5 510 ILCS 68/25-30 510 ILCS 68/30-10 510 ILCS 68/35-5 510 ILCS 68/40-5 510 ILCS 68/40-10 510 ILCS 68/45-5 510 ILCS 68/50-5 510 ILCS 68/50-10 510 ILCS 68/55-5 510 ILCS 68/55-10 510 ILCS 68/55-15 new 510 ILCS 68/60-5 510 ILCS 68/65-5 510 ILCS 68/70-5 510 ILCS 68/80-5 510 ILCS 68/Art. 87 heading new 510 ILCS 68/87-5 new 510 ILCS 68/87-10 new 510 ILCS 68/90-5 510 ILCS 68/90-10 new 510 ILCS 68/95-5 510 ILCS 68/95-10 510 ILCS 68/100-5 510 ILCS 68/100-10 510 ILCS 68/100-15 510 ILCS 68/105-10 510 ILCS 68/105-30 510 ILCS 68/105-35 510 ILCS 68/105-40 510 ILCS 68/105-55 510 ILCS 68/105-60 510 ILCS 68/105-65 510 ILCS 68/105-75 510 ILCS 68/105-80 510 ILCS 68/105-90 510 ILCS 68/105-95 510 ILCS 68/110-5 520 ILCS 10/3 from Ch. 8, par. 333 520 ILCS 10/4 from Ch. 8, par. 334 520 ILCS 10/5 from Ch. 8, par. 335 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Herptiles-Herps Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to regulate the protection, control, possession, and propagation of herptiles in this State. Reinserts the definition of "herpetoculture" and inserts the definitions "hybrid", "intergrade", "morphological variation", and "propagation" into the Act. Modifies other definitions. Replaces the term "reptile or amphibian life" with "herptile" throughout the Act. Modifies the possession limits of herptiles. Sets forth provisions relating to the propagation of herptiles and the issuance of a Herptile Endangered and Threatened Species Propagation permit. Modifies other provisions relating to permits. Makes changes to provisions regarding the taking of turtles or bullfrogs. Modifies provisions concerning alligator snapping turtles, crocodilians, monitor lizards, and certain toad species. Inserts a new Article relating to herptile diseases into the Act. Prohibits the possession of herptiles for commercial purposes unless otherwise authorized under the Act. Modifies liability provisions relating to the possession of a herptile. Changes provisions relating to violations, penalties, and enforcement of the Act. Inserts civil and criminal accountability provisions regarding a person who aids or contributes to a violation of the Act or administrative rule. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Endangered Species Act. Removes language in the Act referring to certain permitting provisions for endangered and threatened amphibians and reptiles in the Herptiles-Herps Act.

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 Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act. Provides that "amusement ride" includes any trampoline court. Defines "trampoline court". House Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that "amusement ride" means, among other things, any dry slide, alpine slide, or toboggan slide that a person must pay to gain access to, but not a slide at a private residence, public or nonpublic school, daycare, or public park (rather than any dry slide, alpine slide, or toboggan slide). Provides that "trampoline court" does not include a gymnastic training facility that derives all (rather than a majority) of its revenue from supervised instruction in the teaching of gymnastic skills (rather than gymnastic skills and basics). House Floor Amendment No. 2 Makes changes to the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 to provide that "amusement ride" includes any dry slide, alpine slide, or toboggan slide except (1) any slide that is placed in a playground and that does not normally require the supervision or services of a person responsible for its operation; or (2) any slide that is not open to the general public and for which admission is monitored and strictly controlled by invitation, company or group identification, or other means of identification (rather than providing that "amusement ride" includes any dry slide, alpine slide, or toboggan slide that a person must pay to gain access to, but not a slide at a private residence, public or nonpublic school, daycare, or public park). Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the definition of "trampoline court" does not include a gymnastic training facility that only utilizes trampolines during the supervised instruction of gymnastic skills (currently, a gymnastic training facility that derives all of its revenue from supervised instruction in the teaching of gymnastic skills).

Amends the School Code. Makes changes to provisions regarding youth suicide awareness and prevention. Sets forth some of the characteristics of students at an increased risk of suicide. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Changes the effective date of the Act to July 1, 2022 (rather than effective immediately).

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that within 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Pollution Control Board shall adopt amendments to the rules adopted under specified provisions to require groundwater monitoring at all clean construction or demolition debris fill operations and all uncontaminated soil fill operations. Provides that the groundwater monitoring requirements adopted under specified provisions shall be designed to detect and prevent any exceedance of the Board's Class I groundwater quality standards and meet specified requirements. Provides that groundwater monitoring shall be required for all clean construction or demolition debris fill operations and all uncontaminated soil fill operations unless, before the effective date of the amendatory Act, the owner or operator has completed post-closure maintenance and, for clean construction or demolition debris fill operations, received specified notice from the Environmental Protection Agency, or, for uncontaminated soil fill operations, submitted specified information to the Agency. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 415 ILCS 5/22.51 415 ILCS 5/22.51a Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 5/22.51b Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In provisions regarding fees for permitted facilities accepting clean construction or demolition debris or uncontaminated soils, changes specified fees in specified amounts. Provides that all fees, taxes, and surcharges collected under the provisions shall be used for, among other things, environmental safety purposes.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Relocates a provision regarding special immigrant minors from the Abused, Neglected, or Dependent Minors Article to the General Provisions Article. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a petition for guardianship of the person of a minor who is 18 years of age or older, but who has not yet attained 21 years of age, may be filed by a parent, relative, or nonrelative person over the age of 21. Provides that a court making determinations concerning such a petition shall consider the best interest of the minor. Provides that an appointed guardian shall have responsibility for the custody, nurture, and tuition of the minor, and shall have the right to determine the minor's residence based on the minor's best interest. Provides that a minor who is the subject of a petition for guardianship or for extension of guardianship may be referred for psychological, educational, medical, or social services under certain circumstances. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 755 ILCS 5/11-5.6 new Adds reference to: 755 ILCS 5/11-5.5 Relocates the changes to the Probate Act of 1975 into a Section related to special immigrant minor findings. Provides that with the consent of the minor, the court shall appoint the petitioner as the guardian (rather than "shall appoint a guardian") of the person for a minor who is 18 years of age or older, but who has not yet attained 21 years of age, in connection with a motion for special findings.

Amends the Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act. Makes the Act's requirements applicable to victims of human trafficking. Deletes language providing that: a program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may apply to vote under the Election Code; the program participant shall automatically receive absentee ballots for all elections in the jurisdictions for which that individual resides; and the election authority shall transmit the absentee ballot to the program participant at the address designated by the participant in his or her application. Provides instead that a program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may register to vote by submitting an Illinois Address Confidentiality Program Voter Registration Application created by the State Board of Elections to the appropriate election authority. Provides that the State Board of Elections (rather than the Attorney General) shall adopt rules to ensure the integrity of the voting process and the confidentiality of the program participant. In a provision regarding when disclosure of an address is prohibited, removes the exception requirement that a certification has been canceled. Exempts a program participant's address and phone number on file with the Attorney General from being disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act. Makes corresponding changes in the Freedom of Information Act and the Election Code. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4 Makes an additional corresponding change in the Election Code.

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to make feminine hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in the bathrooms of facilities or portions of facilities that (i) are owned or leased by the board or over which the board has care, custody, and control and (ii) are used for student instruction or administrative purposes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill, but replaces the term "feminine hygiene products" with the term "menstrual hygiene products". Effective immediately.