Rep. Barbara Wheeler

Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that the operator of any watercraft that is towing a person or persons shall display a bright or brilliant orange flag at least 18 inches above the highest point of the area surrounding the boat's helm (rather than displayed at the highest point of the area surrounding the boat's helm). Effective immediately.

Creates the Illinois Girls Adolescent Domestic Battery Task Force to address the problem of the detention of adolescent girls for domestic battery across the State.

Amends the School Code. Removes a provision allowing the corporate authorities of a school district to issue refunding bonds without submitting the question to the electors of the school district for approval. Instead, sets forth provisions requiring elector approval before issuance.

Creates the Criminal History in College Applications Act. Provides that a public college may not inquire about or consider an applicant's criminal history information at any time during the admission decision-making process, except as required by State or federal law. Allows public colleges to continue using a multi-institution application, even if the application inquires about criminal history, but requires the public college to disregard the information for the admissions process. Allows public colleges to inquire about criminal history for certain purposes after the admission decision-making process, but forbids public colleges from rescinding an admissions offer based on the information. Authorizes public colleges to provide certain information. Effective immediately.

Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act. Provides that stalking behavior includes sending unwanted messages via social media. Changes the definition of "course of conduct", "conduct", "petitioner", and "stalking". Adds the following to the list of persons who may bring a petition under the Act: an authorizing agent of a workplace; an authorizing agent of a place of worship; and an authorizing agent of a school. Provides that a stalking no contact order may require a respondent to submit to a mental health evaluation or wear an electronic monitoring device.

Creates the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act. Provides that it is unlawful to make available a device that makes content accessible on the Internet unless the product contains digital blocking capability that renders obscene material inaccessible. Permits the blocking capability to be deactivated. Provides a remedy if non-obscene material is blocked. Imposes a fee upon devices for which blocking capability is disabled. Permits the collection of opt-in fees for products that make Internet content available. Authorizes the Attorney General or a consumer to seek damages. Provides that fees shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue. Specifies the purposes for which, subject to appropriation, the fees may be used. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to include this Act within the list of Acts subject to the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.

Amends the Personal Information Protection Act. Provides that a private entity data collector that owns or licenses personal information concerning an Illinois resident must notify the resident of any security breach of the system data within 14 days after discovery of the breach (rather than requiring notification in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay).

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits aggravated criminal sexual assault if that person is 17 years of age or over and commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who is at least 13 years of age but under 17 years of age and the person uses force or threat of force to commit the act. Provides that the penalty is a Class X felony.

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that no medical provider shall be reimbursed for a supply of prescriptions filled outside of a licensed pharmacy except when there exists no licensed pharmacy within 5 miles of the prescribing physician's practice. Provides that, if there exists no licensed pharmacy within 5 miles of the prescribing physician's practice, no medical provider shall be reimbursed for a prescription, the supply of which lasts for longer than 72 hours from the date of injury or 24 hours from the date of first referral to the medical service provider, whichever is greater, filled and dispensed outside of a licensed pharmacy. Provides that the limitations on filling and dispensing prescriptions do not apply if there exists a pre-arranged agreement between the medical provider and a preferred provider program regarding the filling of prescriptions outside a licensed pharmacy.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the provisions of the Act prohibiting the possession and consumption of alcoholic liquor by a person under 21 years of age and dispensing of alcoholic liquor to a person under 21 years of age do not apply if the person under 21 years of age (1) is on premises where a restaurant is operated and the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal business carried out on those premises and (2) is under the direct supervision and approval of his or her parents or parent or those persons standing in loco parentis of the person under 21 years of age.