Rep. Joyce Mason

Amends the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. Provides that any 2 or more school districts may, by intergovernmental agreement, establish a mutually beneficial technology exchange program to provide for the sharing of education resources, including computers, tablets, electronic readers, and other technology. Provides that a school district that participates in a technology exchange program shall biennially report to the State Board of Education on the results of the technology exchange program, including the benefits to students and challenges related to the school district's participation in the technology exchange program.

Creates the No Representation Without Population Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall collect and maintain an electronic record of the legal residence, outside of any correctional facility, and other demographic data for each person entering its custody after January 1, 2019. Provides for the minimum records that the Department shall maintain. Requires the Department to provide certain information to the Secretary of State after the decennial census. Requires the Secretary of State to request similar information from agencies that operate federal incarceration facilities. Requires the Secretary of State to prepare redistricting data to reflect the incarcerated persons at their residential address, rather than the address of the facility in which the person is incarcerated. Provides that for persons for whom a legal residence is unknown or not in the State, and for all persons reported in the census as residing in a federal correctional facility for whom a report was not provided, the Secretary of State to allocate the person to a State unit not tied to a specific determined geographic location, as other residents with unknown addresses are allocated. Requires the data collected to only be used as a basis for determining Legislative and Representative Districts. Prohibits the use of the data for the distribution of State or federal aid. Contains severability provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires a landfill located within 1000 feet of the right of way of a township or county road or State or interstate highway to have its operations screened from view by a barrier no less than 8 feet in height. Provides that no part of a landfill may be located closer than 1000 feet from specified buildings unless the owner of the building provides written permission. Preempts home rule. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Provides that within 7 days after receiving information that a public school employee is charged with a sex offense, the school board shall notify, in writing, the parents or guardians of the school's students. Effective immediately.

Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Provides that the Architect of the Capitol, in conjunction with the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol and the Secretary of State, shall designate parking spaces in the parking areas serving the buildings and facilities of the legislative complex to be reserved for and used by pregnant women, parents expecting the birth of a child, and parents of newborn children. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Prohibits a school district from withholding a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because of an unpaid balance on the student's school account. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Fertilizer Act of 1961. Requires the Department of Agriculture to develop and implement a grower training program for the safe handling of anhydrous ammonia. Provides that a grower must complete the training program before using anhydrous ammonia. Provides that upon completion of the training program, a grower shall be designated a certified competent attendant and provided with documentation attesting to his or her completion of the training program. Allows growers to complete equivalent training programs that have been approved by the Department. Requires anhydrous ammonia training every 3 years. Provides for the adoption of rules. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that Lake County may regulate animal husbandry on any size parcel of land when such purposes constitute the principal activity on the land. Provides that such regulations include, but are not limited to: eliminating uses, buildings, or structures; requiring permits for land used for animal husbandry; regulating the erection, maintenance, repair, alteration, remodeling, or extension of buildings or structures used or to be used for animal husbandry purposes; requiring buildings or structures for animal husbandry purposes to conform to building or setback lines; and establishing a minimum lot size for residences on land used for animal husbandry. Effective immediately.

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that emergency medical (EMS) personnel may provide preveterinary emergency care to a dog or cat to the extent the EMS personnel has received commensurate training and is authorized by his or her employer to provide care. Provides that requirements governing the circumstances under which EMS personnel may provide preveterinary emergency care to dogs and cats may be specified in the employer's policies governing the provision of care. Contains language stating that nothing in the Act imposes upon EMS personnel any obligation to provide care to a dog or cat or to provide care to a dog or cat before a person. Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Provides that nothing in that Act shall apply to EMS personnel who provide preveterinary emergency care to a dog or cat under the amended provisions of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that rates and minimum mandated wage increases for homemaker services shall be, at minimum, a rate of $23.40 per hour beginning July 1, 2020 to sustain a minimum wage of $14 per hour, and a rate of $24.96 per hour beginning July 1, 2021 to sustain a minimum wage of $15 per hour. Provides that rates in State fiscal year 2023 and every State fiscal year thereafter shall be no lower than the rates in effect on July 1, 2021. Requires providers of in-home services to certify to the Department on Aging that they remain in compliance with the mandated wage increase for direct service workers. Provides that fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, paid time off and payment for training, health insurance, travel, or transportation shall not be reduced in relation to the rate increases described in the amendatory Act. Effective July 1, 2020.