Rep. Joe Sosnowski

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Vehicle Use Tax Article of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the taxes under those Acts do not apply to a motor vehicle that is registered in the State to an Illinois resident who acquired the vehicle while the Illinois resident was stationed outside of this State as an active duty member of the military.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Creates a vintage distilled spirits license that allows a vintage distilled spirits licensee to purchase vintage distilled spirits from a vintage distilled spirits seller and sell vintage distilled spirits. Sets forth provisions concerning definitions, license fees, monthly reporting requirements, labeling requirements, and limits on the purchase and sale of vintage distilled spirits. Provides that a vintage distilled spirits seller shall not sell more than 24 vintage distilled spirits packages to any single or combination of vintage distilled spirits licensees in any given 12-month period. Sets forth a fine for a vintage distilled spirits seller who violates that limit.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the amount of the general homestead exemption is the sum of: (i) $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, $8,000 in counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, and $6,000 in all other counties; plus (ii) the difference between the equalized assessed value for the property in the current taxable year and the equalized assessed value for the property in the base year. Effective immediately.

Amends the Time Standardization Act. Provides that daylight saving time shall be the year-round standard time of the entire State. Makes other changes.

Maddy summaryHR 427, the "EDUCATIONAL CHOICE ACT," is a resolution that urges Governor JB Pritzker to opt Illinois into the provisions of the federal "Educational Choice for Children Act." If the Governor were to act on this urging, it would enable Illinois to participate in a program related to educational choices for children.

Amends the Decennial Committees on Local Government Efficiency Act. Provides that the term "governmental unit" does not include a fire protection districts established under the Fire Protection District Act.

Creates the Digital Age Assurance Act. Provides that an operating system provider shall: (1) provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder to indicate the birth date or age of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user's age bracket to applications available in a covered application store; and (2) provide a developer who has requested a signal with respect to a particular user with a digital signal by a reasonably consistent real-time application programming interface that identifies, at a minimum, which age bracket pertains to the user. Provides that a developer that receives a signal in accordance with the Act shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of the age range of the user to whom that signal pertains across all platforms of the application and points of access of the application. Limits the use of data collected under the Act. Provides that a person that violates the Act shall be subject to an injunction and a specified civil penalty. Sets forth provisions concerning nondiscrimination and the scope of the Act. Effective January 1, 2027.

Creates the Prohibition on Gender Reassignment Procedures Act. Sets forth findings. Defines terms. Provides that a health care provider shall not perform or offer to perform on a minor, or administer or offer to administer to a minor, a medical procedure if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of: (1) enabling the minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex; or (2) treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity. Provides for a private right of action for a minor or a parent of a minor that was injured as a result of the Act and a right of action for the Attorney General. Provides that a violation constitutes a potential threat to public health, safety, and welfare and emergency action shall be taken by an alleged violator's appropriate regulatory authority. Provides that a minor upon whom a medical procedure is performed or administered must not be held liable for violating the Act. Makes other changes.

Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of Governor for terms totalling more than 8 years. Provides that service prior to the date of the adoption of the amendment shall be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that any person holding the office of Governor at the time of the adoption of the proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution who meets the specified term limitation shall be allowed to complete his or her term of office. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits threatening another person when that person knowingly delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly, to another person by any means, whether verbal, written, or through social media, a communication containing: (1) a threat that would place another person or a member of his or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, death, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint; or (2) a threat that would place another person or a member of his or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension that damage will occur to property in the custody, care, or control of the person or his or her immediate family. Provides that threatening another person is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Defines "immediate family" and "social media".