Rep. Allen Skillicorn

Amends the School Code. With regard to regular and special school board meetings, provides that if a school district maintains a website, the school district must post a board packet on the website for each scheduled regular or special meeting of the board no less than 24 hours prior to the meeting. Provides that if a school district does not maintain a website, the school district must post a board packet in the school district's administrative office for each scheduled regular or special meeting of the board no less than 24 hours prior to the meeting. Defines "board packet".

Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the actual employer to contribute an amount equal to the full employer's normal cost of the benefits earned under the System that result from employment by that employer, to be paid to the System on a payroll-by-payroll basis, using the percentage of earnings determined on a System-wide basis and certified by the System to all employers for use in the applicable fiscal year. Requires immediate and annual certification of the applicable percentage rate. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Excludes tissue and products from an abortion from the definition of "potentially infectious medical waste". Requires (currently, allows) tissue and products from an abortion or a miscarriage to be buried, entombed, or cremated.

Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the 2021 levy year and thereafter, for certain school districts, "extension limitation" means 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Provides that all school districts in the State are subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. Provides that qualified school districts may be granted an exemption from the amendatory Act by an affirmative vote of the State Board of Education. Sets forth the qualifications for those school districts. Effective immediately.

Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Removes language making it a violation of the Act to: (i) use the Employment Eligibility Verification System to verify the employment eligibility of job applicants prior to hiring or to otherwise use the Employment Eligibility Verification System to screen individuals prior to hiring and prior to the completion of a Form I-9; or (ii) terminate an employee or take any other adverse employment action against an individual prior to receiving a final nonconfirmation notice from the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security. Removes language permitting any claim that an employer refused to hire or acted with respect to hiring, renewal of employment, or selection for training or apprenticeship without following the procedures of the Employment Eligibility Verification System, including the Basic Pilot and E-Verify programs, to be brought under the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes conforming changes to the Illinois Human Rights Act.

Amends the Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act. Provides that a short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage policy must have an expiration date that is less than 3 years (rather than 181 days) and may be renewed or extended (rather than prohibiting a policy to be renewable or extendable within a period of 365 days after the individual's coverage under the policy ends). Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Creates a uniform statement of economic interest form that must be completed by all persons who are required to file that form under the Act. Changes the nature of the required disclosures that must be made. Requires candidates filing for Supreme Court Judge, appellate court judge, circuit court judge, or judicial retention to file his or her statement of economic interests in written or printed form. Repeals a provision that established a separate form for persons required to file a statement of economic interests with county clerks. Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Modifies the lobbyist registration and disclosure requirements. Requires the Secretary of State to create a publicly accessible and searchable database bringing together disclosures by registered lobbyists, contributions by registered lobbyists, and statements of economic interests required to be filed by State officials and employees. Defines terms. Adds applicability clause. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no legislator shall receive any income derived from his or her ownership of any gaming-related interest, or otherwise receive compensation for services provided to or on behalf of any gaming-related interest. Requires any legislator holding ownership in a gaming-related interest from which he or she may derive income to divest himself or herself of that interest.

Amends the Regulation of Public Pension Funds Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires an actuary who prepares actuarial statements for a pension fund to post a bond in the amount of $2,000,000,000.

Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that members of the General Assembly may at any time elect not to receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for or during any given fiscal year. Provides that upon electing not to receive a cost of living adjustment, the amount by which a member's compensation would have increased but for the election not to receive such funds shall be paid into the State Pensions Fund. Provides that once a member of the General Assembly elects not to receive a cost of living adjustment, he or she shall not be eligible to receive a cost of living adjustment for the remainder of the fiscal year in which the election was made. Provides that any increase in compensation received as a cost of living adjustment by a member of the General Assembly prior to the election not to receive such funds shall be repaid to the State and deposited into the State Pensions Fund.