Rep. Steve Reick

Amends the Downstate Teacher and Chicago Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that none of the benefits provided for in either Article shall be paid to a person if the person first becomes a member on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and a board, after an administrative hearing, determines that the person sexually abused a student. Provides that an employer must notify a board if a retiring member has been accused of sexually abusing a student. Provides that a board may, through an administrative hearing, review the claim of sexual abuse and may order that benefits be forfeited. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act shall not operate to impair any contract or vested right acquired before the effective date of the amendatory Act nor to preclude the right to a refund. Provides that all teachers entering service on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of the amendatory Act as a condition of membership. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the debt limitations of school districts, provides that, in addition to all other authority to issue bonds, Alden-Hebron School District 19 may issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,930,000 if specified conditions are met. Provides that the debt incurred on the bonds shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory debt limitation and that the bonds must mature within not to exceed 25 years from their date, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Adds Clonazolam as a Schedule IV controlled substance.

Amends the Solicitation for Charity Act. Provides that every charitable organization registered as a charitable organization, who solicits or intends to solicit contributions from persons in the State, which shall receive in any 12-month period ending upon its established fiscal or calendar year contributions in excess of $750,000 (instead of $300,000), shall file a written report with the Attorney General upon forms prescribed by him within specified time periods. Provides that every charitable organization which shall receive in any 12-month period ending upon its established fiscal or calendar year of any year contributions in excess of $25,000, but not in excess of $750,000 (instead of $300,000) if it is not required to submit a report under provisions concerning contributions in excess of $750,000, shall also file a written report with the Attorney General within specified time periods.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies permanently (currently, the credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2023). Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that if a controlled substance analog is at least 5 times as potent as the controlled substance of which it is an analog, then the weight of the controlled substance analog for purposes of the Act shall be deemed to be the weight of the controlled substance analog multiplied by the increase in potency. Provides that, in addition to any other penalties imposed for the manufacture or delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years shall be imposed for any amount of carfentanil in excess of 150 milligrams that is stored or transmitted as a powder, blotter paper, tablet, patch, or spray if the product fails to include a warning label and an accompanying rescue level of naloxone. Provides that, in addition to any other penalties imposed, with respect to fentanyl or an analog thereof, an additional sentence of 5 years shall be imposed if the fentanyl or analog thereof is in certain forms. Establishes penalties. Contains a severability provision. Makes other changes.

Directs the Auditor General to conduct an audit of the Department of Children and Family Services to determine the number of incidents involving investigators in the field who are hurt while on duty.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Enhances the penalties for unlawful use or possession of weapons by felons, unlawful possession of a firearm by a street gang member, and unlawful sale or delivery of firearms when the violation involves a machine gun or a firearm with a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Defines "large capacity ammunition feeding device" and "machine gun", and "streetgang member". Provides that a person also commits unlawful sale or delivery of firearms when the person knowingly: (1) sells or gives a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony or who is a streetgang member or (2) sells or gives a firearm that has been purchased or acquired out of state to a person who has been convicted of a felony or who is a streetgang member. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for a second or subsequent conviction for unlawful sale or delivery of firearms when the offense involved a person knowingly: (1) selling or giving a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony or who is a streetgang member or (2) selling or giving a firearm that has been purchased or acquired out of state to a person who has been convicted of a felony or who is a streetgang member.

Creates the McHenry County Children and Family Services Agency Division in the Counties Code (which may be referred to as AJ's Law). Establishes a county children and family services agency in McHenry County for a 5-year period to replace the operations of the Department of Children and Family Services within that county. Provides that the McHenry County children and family services agency shall have all powers and duties of the Department under the Children and Family Services Act and the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides for the appointment of an executive director and employment of employees. Provides for requirements for operation of the county children and family services agency, including unit-based multidisciplinary teams. Provides for State funding of the agency after submission of a budget to the Department each year. Provides for transfer of power and duties back to the Department should the county children and family services agency cease operators after the initial 5-year period. Effective immediately.

Creates the Education Savings Account Act. Requires the State Board of Education to create the Education Savings Account Program. Provides that a parent of an eligible student (defined as any elementary or secondary student who was eligible to attend a public school in this State in the preceding semester or is starting school in this State for the first time and who is a member of a household whose total annual income does not exceed an amount equal to 2.5 times the income standard used to qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch under the national free or reduced-price lunch program) shall qualify for the State Board to make a grant to his or her child's Education Savings Account by signing an agreement. Requires the State Board to deposit into an Education Savings Account some or all of the State aid under the State aid formula provisions of the School Code that would otherwise have been provided to the resident school district for the eligible student had the student enrolled in the resident school district. Provides that parents participating in the Program shall agree to use the funds deposited in their eligible students' accounts for certain qualifying expenses to educate the eligible student. Sets forth provisions concerning the calculation of grant amounts and other basic elements of the Program, administration of the Program, accountability standards for participating schools, and the responsibilities of the State Board and resident school districts.