Amends Public Act 103-589. Appropriates $25,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for the Home Delivered Meals Program. Changes the amount appropriated to the Department of Human Services for Illinois Welcoming Centers to $114,400,000 (rather than $139,400,000). Effective immediately.
Creates the Classification by Biological Sex Act. Sets forth findings. Provides that any public school or school district and any State or local agency, department, or office that collects vital statistics for the purpose of complying with antidiscrimination laws or for the purpose of gathering public health, crime, economic, or other data shall classify each individual who is part of the collected data set as either male or female at birth. Amends the Statute on Statutes. Sets forth the meaning of the following terms as used in any statute or any rule or regulation: sex; female and male; woman and girl; man and boy; and mother and father.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that 90 days before the scheduled discharge of a person committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections, the Department shall provide the State's Attorney of the committing county with the sentence calculation conducted by the Department, including documentation of completed programs or services that earned the person sentence credit for successful completion of those programs or services while the person was in custody of the Department. Provides that the State's Attorney may challenge the calculation and request that the Department recalculate the sentence. Provides that upon recalculating the sentence, the State's Attorney may request the Prisoner Review Board to review and approve the calculation.
Amends Public Act 103-0589. Increases the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriation to the Department of Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for ordinary and contingent administrative expenses from $4,500,000 to $8,500,000. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the election authority shall reject any application for registration that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship. Specifies the documents that provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship. Provides that any person who is registered in the State on the effective date of the amendatory Act is deemed to have provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship and shall not be required to resubmit evidence of citizenship unless the person is changing voter registration from one county to another. Sets forth additional requirements.
Declares October 13, 2024 as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day in the State of Illinois. Recognizes the METAvivor #LightUpMBC national campaign. Encourages citizens to join the national effort towards awareness of metastatic breast cancer during October through METAvivor.
Recognizes the brave men from Galesburg who joined the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment to help bring victory and, ultimately, the destruction of slavery throughout the country.
Declares the week of September 17 through 23, 2024 as Constitution Week. Urges our citizens to reaffirm the ideals the framers of the Constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties.
Urges a moratorium on the enrollment of new beneficiaries for Medicaid services under the program for undocumented immigrants and a moratorium on the expansion of Medicaid services and coverage for any new population of undocumented immigrants not already covered; and urges the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit as soon as reasonably possible, and annually thereafter, to assess the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' administration of the program of Medicaid services and coverage provided to undocumented immigrants.
Expresses unlimited, unwavering support for the civilians, soldiers, defenders, and government of the Republic of Israel. Rejects any attempt to compromise, undermine, or "both sides" this fundamental moral issue of human good and evil. Extends sincere condolences to the families who have lost loved ones in this brutal assault, including the families of the 27 American citizens who lost their lives.
