Encourages Congress to pass a long-term reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank before its charter expires on September 30, 2019
Rep. Dan Ugaste
Sponsored bills
Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Establishes the fiscal year 2020 mileage reimbursement rate and allowance for lodging and meals. Amends the Compensation Review Act. Prohibits cost-of-living adjustments for or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 for State government legislative and executive elected officers and appointees in positions for which the Compensation Review Board previously recommended or determined compensation. Effective immediately.
Declares June 10, 2019 as a day to celebrate women's right to vote and the important role Illinois played in achieving that right in the United States.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, Department of Children and Family Services employee: (1) performing his or her official duties; (2) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (3) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties. Provides that a violation is a Class 1 felony. Provides that a person also commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, Department of Children and Family Services employee: (1) performing his or her official duties; (2) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (3) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Defines "Department of Children and Family Services employee".
Designates the interchange at Interstate 90 and Illinois Route 23 as the "Deputy Jacob Keltner Memorial Interchange".
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission's annual report to the Governor. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 820 ILCS 305/15 Adds reference to: 820 ILCS 205/8 from Ch. 48, par. 31.8 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Child Labor Law. Provides that a parent of a home-schooled student under the age of 16 shall be authorized to issue an employment certificate for his or her child for any occupation other than specified occupations in which no minor under the age of 16 may be employed.
Recognizes the 50th anniversary of Priesthood for Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on October 19, 2019.
Designates the section of Illinois Route 20 between Plank Road and Switzer Road as the "Trooper April C. Styburski Memorial Highway".
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility for a person who knowingly damages, destroys, vandalizes, defaces, or tampers with equipment in a critical infrastructure facility. Provides the penalty is a Class 1 felony punishable by a fine of $100,000, imprisonment, or both. Expands the offense of criminal trespass to a nuclear facility to include other critical infrastructure facilities. Provides the penalty is a Class 4 felony punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000, imprisonment, or both. Creates the offense of aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility for a person who commits a criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility with the intent to damage, destroy, vandalize, deface, or tamper with equipment of the facility, or impede or inhibit operations of the facility. Provides the penalty is a Class 3 felony punishable by a fine of not less than $10,000, imprisonment, or both. Provides if a business, corporation, or organization is convicted of conspiracy to commit any of the offenses the entity shall, in addition to any other applicable penalty, be sentenced to a fine of not less than 10 times the minimum fine authorized for the offense. Provides a person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage to personal or real property of the facility resulting from any of the offenses, and that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Provides for exemptions. Defines "critical infrastructure facility". House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Adds coal mines and any mining operation, including any processing equipment, batching operation, or support facility for that mining operation to the definition of "critical infrastructure facility". Provides that a business, corporation, or organization may be liable for conspiracy to commit criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility, criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility, or aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility if the business, corporation, or organization sponsors, funds, or pays for an individual who causes substantial harm through the commission of any of those offenses. Provides that criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 1 felony). Provides exemptions. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Adds coal mines and any mining operation, including any processing equipment, batching operation, or support facility for that mining operation to the definition of "critical infrastructure facility". Provides that a business, corporation, or organization may be liable for conspiracy to commit criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility, criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility, or aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility if the business, corporation, or organization intentionally sponsors, funds, or pays for an individual who causes substantial harm through the commission of any of those offenses. Provides that criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 1 felony). Provides exemptions. Makes other changes. Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Office of the Attorney General) The proposed legislation, HB 1633 (H-AM 1) would not have a significant fiscal impact on our Office as the new offenses established by this bill would primarily be handled by local county State's Attorney Offices. Fiscal impact: Minimal Judicial Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Admin Office of the Illinois Courts) This legislation would neither increase nor decrease the number of judges needed in the State of Illinois. Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Illinois State Police) If House Bill 1633 (H-AM 1) were to become law, there would be no additional fiscal impact to the Illinois State Police. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 5/8-2 Deletes language that provides that a business, corporation, or organization convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility, criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility, or aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility shall, in addition to any other applicable penalty, be sentenced to a fine of not less than 10 times the minimum fine authorized for the offense. Deletes language that provides that a business, corporation, or organization may be liable for conspiracy to commit criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility, criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility, or aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility if the business, corporation, or organization intentionally sponsors, funds, or pays for an individual who causes substantial harm through the commission of any of those offenses. Correctional Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Dept of Corrections) The total impact of House Bill 1633, as amended, would result in an increase of 1 offender, with additional marginal costs of $96,200 over the first ten years after enactment. These calculations are based on limited accessible data and estimates may vary depending on how cases are prosecuted and plea bargained. Home Rule Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not pre-empt home rule authority.
Urges the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives to create a joint legislative cancer caucus, to be known as the Illinois Legislative Cancer Caucus, to provide a forum for discussing and evaluating public policies affecting cancer research, treatment, education, and prevention efforts.