Rep. Litesa E. Wallace

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide child care services to all children who are eligible for assistance and are: (A) under age 13; or (B) under age 19 and (i) are under court supervision or (ii) have physical or mental incapacities as documented by a statement from a local health provider or other health professional. Effective July 1, 2017.

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides for the implementation of a sexual harassment training program to be completed by specified State officials and employees, and to be conducted by the appropriate State agency of those State officials and employees. Provides additional requirements for operation of the program, and for reporting and completion of sexual harassment training under the program. Authorizes the Legislative Ethics Commission to make rulings, issue recommendations, and impose administrative fines in connection with findings of sexual harassment. Authorizes the Legislative Inspector General to receive and investigate allegations of sexual harassment. Requires ethics officers to provide guidance to officers and employees in registering complaints about sexual harassment with the Legislative Inspector General. Provides for sexual harassment complaint procedures. Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Requires the Secretary of State to receive and investigate allegations of sexual harassment, and to immediately transmit those allegations to the Secretary of State Inspector General. Provides that each natural person required to register as a lobbyist under the Act must complete a program of sexual harassment training no later than 30 days after registration or renewal of registration under the Act. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Amends the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning in State fiscal year 2018, the specified threshold must be no less than 300% of the then current federal poverty level for each family size (rather than through and including fiscal year 2007, the specified threshold must be no less than 50% of the then current State median income for each family size; and beginning in fiscal year 2008, the specified threshold must be no less than 185% of the then current federal poverty level for each family size). Effective immediately.

Amends the State Finance Act. Authorizes transfers from designated funds into the Commitment to Human Services Fund for the sole purpose of providing funding for domestic violence programs funded by the Department of Human Services through the end of fiscal year 2017. Effective immediately.

Amends the Employment of Strikebreakers Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the School Code. Provides that State funds may not be used to fund a non-profit teacher training program that has (i) a 2-year residency requirement for a corps member of Teach for America and (ii) no requirements for formal teacher training prior to admitting an individual into the program. Effective July 1, 2018.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides the circuit court clerk shall retain an additional 10% of the fine in a sexual assault case and shall remit it within one month after receipt to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State Crime Laboratory Fund to pay for the costs of processing and analyzing the Illinois State Police Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits under the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act to assist in reduction of the number of un-analyzed and unprocessed Kits.

Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Law Enforcement Criminal Sexual Assault Investigation Act. Provides that upon receipt of an allegation or complaint of an officer-involved criminal sexual assault against a law enforcement officer employed by a municipality with a population over 1,000,000, the municipality shall promptly notify the Department of State Police (rather than promptly notify an independent agency, created by ordinance of the municipality, tasked with investigating incidents of police misconduct). Provides that the Department of State Police shall investigate incidents of officer-involved criminal sexual assault by a law enforcement officer employed with a municipality with a population over 1,000,000. Provides that upon receipt of an allegation or complaint of an officer-involved criminal sexual assault against a law enforcement officer employed by the Department of State Police, the Department of State Police shall promptly notify the State's Attorney of the county in which the alleged offense occurred. Provides that the State's Attorney in the county in which the alleged officer-involved criminal sexual assault occurred shall investigate incidents of officer-involved criminal sexual assault by a law enforcement officer employed with the Department of State Police (rather than investigated by an officer who is not assigned to the same division or unit as the accused officer). Effective immediately.