Amends the State Comptroller Act. Creates the Illinois Bank On Initiative to increase the use of Certified Financial Products and reduce reliance on alternative financial products. Provides that the Illinois Bank On Initiative shall be administered by the Comptroller, and the Comptroller shall be responsible for specified ongoing activities of the Initiative. Creates the Illinois Bank On Initiative Commission and provides for membership of the Commission. Provides for requirements and duties of the Commission. Requires the Comptroller and the Commission to annually prepare and make available on the Controller's website a report concerning the progress of the Illinois Bank On Initiative. Provides that the Comptroller may adopt rules necessary to implement provisions concerning the Illinois Bank On Initiative and Commission. Defines terms. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Modifies the membership requirements of the Illinois Bank On Initiative Commission. Modifies the definition of "Certified Financial Product" and defines "financial institution".
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Creates the Asian American Family Commission Act. Creates the Asian American Family Commission. Provides for the appointment of members to the Commission and terms of membership. Provides that members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for Commission-related expenses. Provides for the appointment of liaisons from specified State agencies to serve as ex officio members of the Commission. Provides that the Office of the Governor, in cooperation with the State agencies appointing liaisons to the Commission, shall provide administrative support to the Commission. Provides for funding to the Commission. Requires the Commission to annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 550/2 Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 130/3.1 from Ch. 75, par. 32.1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act. Provides that if the disciplinary board sustains charges of assault or battery on a peace officer or public indecency, the warden may revoke up to 90 days of accumulated pre-trial custody credit or good behavior allowance and up to 365 days may be revoked for any second or subsequent sustained charges of these offenses. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 130/3.1 Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a defendant being found guilty of an administrative infraction related to an act or acts of public indecency or sexual misconduct in a penal institution shall be considered a factor in aggravation in sentencing.
Amends the School Code to create the Office of School Safety within the State Board of Education. Provides for the Office's duties. Requires the Office to create a grant program for expenditures related to improving school safety. Provides that grant funds must be used for school security improvements, including training and safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment (including metal detectors and x-ray machines), and facilities. Specifies the grant application requirements. Effective January 1, 2020. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation or private donations, the State Board of Education shall award grants to school districts to support school safety and security. Provides that grant funds may be used for school security improvements, including professional development, safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment, including metal detectors and x-ray machines, and facilities, including school-based health centers. Requires the State Board to prioritize the distribution of grants to school districts designated as Tier 1 or Tier 2 under the evidence-based funding formula.
Amends the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act. Provides that an active drycleaning facility that has previously received or is currently receiving reimbursement for the costs of a remedial action shall maintain continuous financial assurance for environmental liability coverage in the amount of at least $500,000 until the earlier of (i) January 1, 2030 (currently, January 1, 2020) or (ii) the date the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council determines the drycleaning facility is an inactive drycleaning facility. Extends the repeal date for specified fee and tax provisions of the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act to January 1, 2030 (currently, January 1, 2020). Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 5/22.57 415 ILCS 135/5 415 ILCS 135/10 415 ILCS 135/25 415 ILCS 135/40 415 ILCS 135/50 415 ILCS 135/55 415 ILCS 135/60 415 ILCS 135/65 415 ILCS 135/69 415 ILCS 135/69.5 new 415 ILCS 135/77 new 415 ILCS 135/12 new 415 ILCS 135/31 new 415 ILCS 135/45 415 ILCS 135/85 415 ILCS 135/15 rep. 415 ILCS 135/20 rep. 415 ILCS 135/30 rep. 415 ILCS 135/75 rep. 415 ILCS 135/80 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act. Provides for the transfer of the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities of the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council to the Environmental Protection Agency. Makes corresponding changes. Makes corresponding changes, including providing that an owner or operator of a drycleaning facility may purchase specified insurance under the Act through the effective date of the amendatory Act (currently, there is no end date) and providing that financial assurance shall be offered for claims arising before July 1, 2020 (currently, there is no end date). Provides that during any fiscal year, no more than $600,000 shall be appropriated to the Agency from the Fund for administrative expenses, except for (i) any costs of complying with Title XVII of the Environmental Protection Act or (ii) any costs incurred by the Agency in performing investigative or remedial actions. Makes changes to provisions concerning the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund, powers and duties of the Council, remedial action accounts, drycleaning facility licenses and license fees, a drycleaning solvent tax, civil penalties, and audits and reports. Adds provisions concerning termination of contract with the Fund Administrator, criminal penalties, and review of final Council decisions. Changes the repeal date for specified fee and tax provisions from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030. Repeals provisions concerning creation of the Council, Council rules, audits and reports, and the adjustment of fees and taxes. Makes other changes. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning training requirements for a person who operates a perchloroethylene drycleaning machine. Effective July 1, 2020, except that the language in the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act concerning transfer of Council functions to the Agency, termination of contract with the Fund administrator, the insurance account, the eventual repeal of specified fee and tax provisions, and the repeal of provisions regarding the adjustment of fees and taxes take effect immediately.
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Operations shall enforce all laws regulating the production, sale, prescribing, manufacturing, administering, transporting, having in possession, dispensing, delivering, distributing, or use of methamphetamine. Provides that the Division of Administration (rather than the Division of Forensic Services) shall exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department of State Police by the Criminal Identification Act. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 2605/2605-35 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 2605/2605-25 was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Office of the Director of State Police (rather than the Division of Administration) shall: (1) exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department of State Police by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act; (2) exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by the Personnel Code; and (3) exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act. Changes the Division of Administration to the Division of Justice Services. Provides that the Division of Justice Services (rather than the Division of Forensic Services) shall exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that covered vehicle service provider personnel who treat and either release or transport to a health care facility an individual experiencing a suspected or an actual opioid overdose shall document in the patient's care report the date and time of the overdose, the location in latitude and longitude where the overdose victim was initially encountered, whether one or more doses of an opioid overdose reversal drug was administered, and whether the overdose was fatal or nonfatal when the overdose victim was initially encountered and during the transportation of the victim to a health care facility. Provides that a covered vehicle service provider shall also provide the information to a specified mapping application. Provides that the information documented by a covered vehicle service provider shall not be used in an opioid use-related criminal investigation or prosecution of the individual treated by the covered vehicle service provider personnel. Exempts from civil or criminal liability all covered vehicle service providers and covered vehicle service provider personnel who report the information in good faith. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the University of Illinois Trustees Act. Provides that in order to determine residency status of a potential or current student trustee, the student must provide evidence of the student's Illinois domicile for at least the previous 6 months and either (i) evidence of the student's current, valid Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card or (ii) evidence of the student's valid Illinois voter registration (instead of having evidence of the student's Illinois domicile, Illinois driver's license, and Illinois voter registration positively demonstrate residency). Effective January 1, 2020.
Amends the Jury Act. Provides that except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, no person who is qualified and able to serve as a juror may be excluded from jury service in any court of this State on the basis of, among other things, sexual orientation.
Creates the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Provides for intent, legislative findings, purposes of the Act, and definitions. Provides that to raise mental health awareness on college campuses, each public college or university in this State must complete specified tasks. Provides that the board of trustees of each public college or university must designate an expert panel to develop and implement policies and procedures that (i) advise students, faculty, and staff on the proper procedures for identifying and addressing the needs of students exhibiting symptoms of mental health conditions, (ii) promote understanding of the rules of Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to increase knowledge and understanding of student protections under the law, and (iii) provide training if appropriate. Provides that because peer support programs may be beneficial in improving the emotional well-being of the student population, each public college or university must develop and implement a peer support program utilizing student peers to support individuals living with mental health conditions on campus; specifies best practices for the peer support programs. Provides that each public college or university must form strategic partnerships with local mental health service providers to improve overall campus mental wellness and augment on-campus capacity; specifies what the partnerships must include. Requires the Board of Higher Education to develop a Technical Assistance Center; specifies the duties of the Center. Requires each public college or university to evaluate the required programs under the Act using specified criteria. Effective July 1, 2020. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that 2 years after the effective date of the Act, and once every 5 years thereafter, the Technical Assistance Center must propose to the General Assembly an updated ratio of clinical, non-student staff members to students based on actual ratios in this State and any new information related to appropriate benchmarks for clinician-to-student ratios. Provides that the updated benchmark must represent a ratio of no less than one clinical, non-student staff member to 1,250 students. Removes a provision providing that 5 years after the effective date of the Act, each public college or university must maintain a ratio of one clinical, non-student staff member to 1,000 students. Provides that the monitoring measures of local partnership programs must include the ratio of clinical, non-student staff to student population and the number of linkage agreements and contracts in place based on student population (rather than only the number of linkage agreements and contracts in place based on student population). Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, in conjunction with the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education, must make recommendations to the General Assembly on the amounts necessary to implement the Act. Provides that the initial recommendation must be provided by the Commission no later than December 31, 2019 and any appropriation provided in advance of this recommendation may be used for planning purposes. Provides that no provision of the Act may be funded by student fees created on or after July 1, 2020 (rather than new student fees). Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2020, except that certain provisions are effective immediately.