Rep. Dan Swanson

Repeals the Statewide Use of Force Standardization Act, the No Representation Without Population Act, the Reporting of Deaths in Custody Act, and the Task Force on Constitutional Rights and Remedies Act. Restores various provisions of specified Acts to the form in which they existed before their amendment by Public Acts 101-652 and 102-28, except for changes made to the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Effective immediately.

Creates the Illinois Renewable Fuel Standards Act. Provides that diesel fuel must contain at least a stated percentage of biodiesel fuel oil by volume on and after a specified date. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes changes concerning incentives for biodiesel to provide that the incentive for 100% biodiesel and biodiesel blends with more than 10% but no more than 99% biodiesel applies through June 30, 2024 (currently, December 31, 2023). Provides that, with respect to 100% biodiesel and biodiesel blends with more than 19% but no more than 99% biodiesel, the tax does not apply to proceeds of sales made on or after July 1, 2024. Effective immediately, except that provisions creating the Illinois Renewable Fuel Standards Act take effect on July 1, 2022.

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of Veterans' Affairs shall be a veteran who was honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces and has experience in either a medical profession, health care, or assisted living facility management.

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the cents per gallon rate established by the Department of Revenue for the prepayment of tax by motor fuel retailers may not exceed $0.18 per gallon for motor fuel and 80% of that amount for gasohol and biodiesel blends. Provides that the rate of tax imposed under the Acts for motor fuel, gasohol, majority blended ethanol fuel, and biodiesel and biodiesel blends may not exceed that prepayment amount set by the Department of Revenue. Effective immediately.

Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that benefit or annuity payments to a member or participant shall be suspended if the member or participant is indicted or charged by information with a felony and the board of the retirement system or pension fund determines that the felony relates to or arises out of or in connection with his or her service as a member or participant of the retirement system or pension fund. Provides that if the member or participant is not convicted of that felony, payment of the benefit or annuity shall resume and the retirement system or pension fund shall pay to the member or participant the amount of the suspended annuity or benefit payments with interest. Provides that if the member or participant is convicted of that felony, the suspended annuity or benefit payments shall not be paid to the member or participant. Provides that the amendatory Act applies without regard to whether the member or participant first became a member or participant of a retirement system or pension fund before the effective date. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Establishes the fiscal year 2023 mileage reimbursement rate and allowance for lodging and meals. Amends the Compensation Review Act. Prohibits cost-of-living adjustments for or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 for State government legislative and executive elected officers and appointees in positions for which the Compensation Review Board previously recommended or determined compensation. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires, within one year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Department of Public Health, to perform an assessment of State parks, including recreational trails, and other outdoor recreation areas and facilities to determine where it is appropriate to install signage to warn visitors of possible Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Provides that the assessment shall include, but shall not be limited to, considerations related to the installation of signage in areas of reported new or increased contact with ticks and an evaluation of any relevant data on tick-borne diseases. Provides that the assessment shall be updated no less than once every 3 years, or more often as deemed necessary by both the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Public Health. Requires that a summary of the assessment be posted by the Department of Natural Resources on its website within 60 days of the completion of the assessment. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall thereafter install and maintain signs at all State-managed parks and outdoor recreation areas and facilities, including, but not limited to, recreational trail entryways, campgrounds, and any other location as defined and determined by the Department as necessary and based on the assessment, warning individuals that ticks may be found in the area and cause Lyme or other tick-borne diseases. Authorizes the Department to use models already in use throughout the State or in another state or any model the Department determines appropriate when determining the design for such signage. Effective immediately.

Affirms trust in the decision Illinoisans made when they rejected the path to taxing retirement income by prohibiting the "Fair Tax" from becoming enacted in the 2020 election.

Urges state agencies to expand comprehensive cardiovascular screening programs to allow for earlier identification of patients at risk of cardiovascular events. Urges state agencies to explore ways to collaborate with federal and national agencies and organizations to establish or expand comprehensive cardiovascular screening programs. Urges an update of the State's cardiovascular plan to accelerate quality improvements in the care rendered to these patients such that screening, treatment, monitoring, and improved health outcomes are achieved. States support for the creation of policies to decrease the rising number of deaths of Americans as a result of ASCVD.

Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. House Floor Amendment No. 5 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-90 Adds reference to: New Act 5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new 10 ILCS 5/1-21 new 15 ILCS 520/22.7 new 20 ILCS 2605/2605-35 was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-3 30 ILCS 235/2.3 new 40 ILCS 5/1-110.16 110 ILCS 205/9.41 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Money Laundering in Real Estate Task Force Act. Establishes the Money Laundering in Real Estate Task Force and directs the Task Force to, among other things, assess the exposure of real estate sectors in Illinois to illicit Russian money. Amends the Election Code. Creates the Illinois Elections and Infrastructure Integrity Task Force to evaluate and make recommendations to prepare for and prevent foreign interference in elections in advance of the 2024 election and all future elections in the State and to prepare for and prevent potential cyberattacks on State infrastructure. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Department of Human Services emergency rulemaking powers with respect to its refugee resettlement program in the case of an imminent, large-scale refugee resettlement event. Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act and the Public Funds Investment Act. Prohibits the investment of State moneys and public funds in certain investments or institutions tied to Russia or Belarus. Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation shall conduct investigations of any property-related crimes, such as money laundering, involving individuals or entities listed on a specified sanctions list. Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the State-funded retirement systems shall not invest moneys in Russian or Belarusian sovereign debt, Russian or Belarusian government-backed securities, any investment instrument issued by an entity that is domiciled or has its principal place of business in Russia or Belarus, or any investment instrument issued by a company that is subject to Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions, and no retirement system shall invest or deposit State moneys in any bank that is domiciled or has its principal place of business in Russia or Belarus. Provides that as soon as practicable after the effective date of the amendatory Act, each State-funded retirement system shall instruct its investment advisors to sell, redeem, divest, or withdraw all direct holdings of Russian or Belarusian sovereign debt and direct holdings of Russian or Belarusian government-backed securities from the retirement system's assets under management in an orderly and fiduciarily responsible manner. Requires the Illinois Investment Policy Board to make its best efforts to identify all companies that are domiciled or have their principal place of business in Russia or Belarus and companies subject to Russian harmful foreign activities sanctions and to include those companies in the list of restricted companies. Makes other changes. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall require a public institution of higher education to disclose to the Board any endowment or other donation given to the institution from a source associated with any individual or entity listed on the sanctions list maintained by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control or any company that is domiciled or has its principal place of business in Russia or Belarus and is on the list of restricted companies developed by the Illinois Investment Policy Board. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new 10 ILCS 5/1-21 new 110 ILCS 205/9.41 new Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new 10 ILCS 5/1-22 new 110 ILCS 205/9.42 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Makes changes to the findings of the General Assembly. Makes changes to the membership of the Money Laundering in Real Estate Task Force and the Illinois Elections and Infrastructure Integrity Task Force. Provides that the Illinois Elections and Infrastructure Integrity Task Force shall submit a report containing its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than January 1, 2024 (rather than 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act). Requires the Illinois Elections and Infrastructure Integrity Task Force to also submit a report evaluating the 2024 election not later than March 1, 2025. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.