Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawful restrictive covenant may be filed by: (1) the holder of an ownership interest in property that is subject to the unlawful restrictive covenant; or (2) a common interest community association, a condominium association, a unit owners' association, or a master association of a parcel of property subject to the association's declaration and the parcel is subject to an unlawful restrictive covenant. Includes requirements for a restrictive covenant modification and the petition to modify. Provides that, on receipt of a restrictive covenant modification, the recorder shall submit the restrictive covenant modification together with a copy of the original instrument referenced in the restrictive covenant modification to the State's Attorney. Once submitted to the State's Attorney, the State's Attorney shall make a determination within 30 days if the original document contains an unlawful restrictive covenant. Provides that the recorder may not record the modification unless the State's Attorney determines an unlawful restrictive covenant exists and shall record the modification if the State's Attorney finds an unlawful restrictive covenant. Limits liability of the county for unauthorized modifications. Defines terms. Contains other provisions. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: modifies the type of association or cooperative that may execute and file a restrictive covenant modification; provides that, when a parcel of property subject to an unlawful restrictive covenant is in a common interest community association, condominium association, unit owners' association, residential housing cooperative, or master association, only the board, acting through a majority vote, may execute and file a restrictive covenant modification under the Section; provides that removal of an unlawful restrictive covenant will not require approval of the owners or members of such association or cooperative, notwithstanding any provision of the governing documents to the contrary; provides that, if the board receives a written request by an owner or member of the association or cooperative that the board exercise its authority to execute and file a restrictive covenant modification under the Section, the board shall, within 90 days, investigate any claim of an unlawful restrictive covenant and, if determined to be an unlawful restrictive covenant, shall file a restrictive covenant modification as provided under the Section; provides for a cause of action against the association or cooperative by an owner or member for failure to file a restrictive covenant modification after a request to do so and for attorneys' fees and costs if the owner or member prevails; and requires the board to give notice and a copy of the of the restrictive covenant modification to owners and members. Provides that the recorder may impose a fee for filing a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawful restrictive covenant in an amount not to exceed $10.
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a company authorized to transact life insurance in this State may not: (1) cancel, terminate, or refuse to renew an individual's life insurance policy because of that individual's participation in a substance use disorder treatment or recovery support program; (2) charge an individual a different rate for life insurance coverage because of that individual's participation in a substance use disorder treatment or recovery support program; (3) deny a claim by a beneficiary because of an individual's participation in a substance use disorder treatment or recovery support program; or (4) ask an insured whether he or she is participating or has participated in a substance use disorder treatment or recovery support program. Contains provisions regarding confidentiality. Provides that the new provisions do not prohibit a company authorized to transact life insurance in this State from: (1) refusing to insure, refusing to continue to insure, limiting the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charging a different rate for the same coverage on the basis of that individual's physical or mental condition regardless of the underlying cause of such condition; or (2) inquiring about a physical or mental condition, even if that condition was caused by or is related in any manner to a substance use disorder. Contains provisions regarding liability. Provides that the new provisions do not require a company authorized to transact life insurance to issue a life insurance policy to an applicant. Provides that the new provisions do not apply to a life insurance policy issued to an individual who is abusing drugs, is not seeking any form of treatment, and is not taking part in a substance use disorder treatment or recovery support program. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/155.22c Adds reference to: 215 ILCS 5/155.47 new 215 ILCS 5/155.48 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a company authorized to transact life insurance in the State may not, based solely on whether an individual has participated in a substance use treatment or recovery support program no less than 5 years before application or whether an individual has been prescribed or has obtained through a standing order an opioid antagonist, deny coverage to an individual; limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to the individual; or charge the individual or a group to which the individual belongs a rate that is different from the rate charged to other individuals or groups for the same coverage unless the charge is based on sound underwriting or actuarial principles reasonably related to actual or anticipated loss experience for a particular risk.
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the primary powers of banks. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 5/3 from Ch. 17, par. 309 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-45 from Ch. 127, par. 1005-45 410 ILCS 130/55 410 ILCS 130/100 410 ILCS 130/115 410 ILCS 130/115.5 new 410 ILCS 130/130 410 ILCS 130/145 410 ILCS 130/162 new 410 ILCS 705/1-10 410 ILCS 705/5-45 410 ILCS 705/7-30 410 ILCS 705/10-25 410 ILCS 705/10-40 410 ILCS 705/15-15 410 ILCS 705/15-25 410 ILCS 705/15-30 410 ILCS 705/15-30.20 new 410 ILCS 705/15-35 410 ILCS 705/15-35.10 new 410 ILCS 705/15-35.20 new 410 ILCS 705/15-40 410 ILCS 705/15-70 410 ILCS 705/15-85 410 ILCS 705/15-135 410 ILCS 705/20-30 410 ILCS 705/20-55 new 410 ILCS 705/25-5 410 ILCS 705/25-30 410 ILCS 705/25-35 410 ILCS 705/30-5 410 ILCS 705/30-30 410 ILCS 705/30-55 new 410 ILCS 705/35-5 410 ILCS 705/35-25 410 ILCS 705/35-30 410 ILCS 705/35-45 new 410 ILCS 705/40-25 410 ILCS 705/40-30 410 ILCS 705/40-45 new 410 ILCS 705/55-21 410 ILCS 705/55-28 410 ILCS 705/55-30 625 ILCS 5/11-502.1 625 ILCS 5/11-502.15 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides that, for any dispensing organization registered on or after January 1, 2021 (rather than July 1, 2019), the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules to create a registration process for Social Equity Justice Involved Applicants and Qualifying Applicants, a streamlined application, and a Social Equity Justice Involved Medical Lottery under to issue the remaining available 5 dispensing organization registrations for operation (rather than award not less than 20% of all available points to applicants that qualify as Social Equity Applicants). Defines "Social Equity Justice Involved Medical Lottery". Contains other provisions. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that specified entities are subject to random inspections as provided by rule. Provides that the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer serves a coordinating role among State agencies regarding the Act and the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides that failure of a cannabis business establishment to respond to the request of the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer to complete the form regarding the extent of diversity in the medical and adult use cannabis industry, report, and any other request for information may be grounds for disciplinary action by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the Department of Agriculture. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue up to 110 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses by lot. Contains requirements for Dispensary Applicants, distribution of licenses, and drawing available licenses by lot. Provides an application process for requirements for specified Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses. Requires the Department to issue at least 50 additional Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses on or before December 21, 2022. Makes changes to cannabis packaging requirements during sale. Provides that, upon the completion of the disparity and availability study pertaining to infusers by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer, the Department of Agriculture may modify or change specified licensing application processes to reduce or eliminate barriers and remedy evidence of discrimination identified in the study. Provides that agent applicants may begin employment at a cultivation center, a dispensing organization, a Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program, an infuser organization, or a transporting organization while the agent applicant's identification card application is pending. Provides that, upon approval, the approving State entity shall issue the agent's identification card to the agent. Provides that, if denied, the cultivation center, dispensing organization, Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program, infuser organization, or transporting organization and the agent applicant shall be notified and the agent applicant must cease all activity at the cultivation center, dispensing organization, Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program, infuser organization, or transporting organization immediately. Contains provisions regarding the disclosure of ownership and control of cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, and transporting organizations. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes changes to cannabis containment requirements within a motor vehicle. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 6 Adds reference to: 410 ILCS 705/10-35 In provisions amending the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, makes changes to the definition of "Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant". Requires cannabis in a vehicle to be in a reasonably secured, sealed or resealable (rather than a reasonable secured, sealed) container. In provisions amending the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, makes the following changes. Removes language providing that any person 21 years of age or older in possession of cannabis shall not be required to possess cannabis in a container that meets specified requirements. Provides an exception for breaching the confidentiality of information obtained under the Act. Provides that an Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization's application to relocate its license under specified provisions shall be deemed approved 30 days (rather than within 30 days) following the submission of a complete application to relocate. Provides that specified applicants may not be located within 1,500 of a dispensing organization licensed under provisions regarding Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses or Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License secondary sites (rather than within 1,500 of a dispensing organization), unless specified requirements are met. Provides that if awarding a license in a Tied Applicant Lottery would result in a Tied Applicant possessing more than 10 specified licenses, or any combination of the specified licenses, (rather than only the specified licenses) the Tied Applicant must choose which license to abandon. Restores language requiring any product containing cannabis to be sold in a container that, among other things, must be odor-proof.
Amends the State's Attorney Division of the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county with less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the State's Attorney may give an opinion, without fee or reward, upon any question of law relating to a County Veterans Assistance Commission. Provides that a County Veterans Assistance Commission may make such a request of the State's Attorney, and the State's Attorney, in the State's Attorney's sole discretion, may grant or decline such a request by a County Veterans Assistance Commission. Makes all provisions of the Division gender neutral. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 330 ILCS 45/10 from Ch. 23, par. 3090 Provides that, in a county with less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, and only upon receipt of a written request by the superintendent of the county Veterans Assistance Commission for the county in which the State's Attorney is located, the State's Attorney shall have the discretionary authority to render an opinion, without fee or reward, upon any question of law relating to a matter in which the county Veterans Assistance Commission may be concerned. Provides that the State's Attorney shall have the discretion to grant or decline such a request. Corrects two gender-neutral changes. Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act making a conforming change.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax checkoff for donations to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Provides that moneys deposited into the Fund shall be used to make grants to Ronald McDonald House Charities for services in Illinois. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that the moneys in the Ronald McDonald House Charities Fund created in the introduced bill may be used subject to appropriation.
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian American history; contains provisions governing this instruction. Provides that the teaching of history of the United States shall include the study of the wrongful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and the heroic service of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army during World War II. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/27-21 Removes the provisions relating to the history of the United States.
Urges the State of Illinois to fully fund the Guidehouse final rate recommendations in FY 22.
Declares May 2021 as Save Your Tooth Month, recognizes the endodontists who are dedicated to saving patients' natural teeth, and encourages citizens of Illinois to practice good oral hygiene to save their natural teeth.
Commits to passing meaningful legislation that will prevent people filled with hate from obtaining the means by which to end innocent lives.
Urges the Illinois Congressional Delegation to join efforts to deliver fair and equitable SALT reform to Illinois.