Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that final approval for placement of a child with a prospective foster or adoptive parent shall not be granted if a criminal records background check reveals the prospective foster or adoptive parent has a felony conviction for human trafficking or sex trafficking. Effective immediately.
Mourns the passing of Jennifer A. Blaszczak of Morris.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for custodians of qualifying pupils for eligible education expenses related to online learning, including computers, printers, internet access, textbooks, tutors, and educational facilitators. Provides for an additional credit if the custodian is also an eligible teacher. Creates an income tax credit for employers of custodians of qualifying pupils for eligible expenditures paid by the employer on behalf of the custodian. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Jeff Maierhofer on his retirement and thanks him for his 34 years of service as an educator at Seneca High School and for the invaluable impact he has made on the lives of his students, his community, and the industry of agriculture.
Congratulates the Morris Theatre Guild, Inc. on its 50th anniversary. Commends the organization's perseverance and commitment to the performing arts. Encourages the guild to continue enriching the lives of its community and the State with its dedication to the beauty and wonder that is the theater.
Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that a local government may submit a request to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit to be exempt from certain audit requirements if the local government is unable to meet the audit requirements due to circumstances beyond the local government's control, including, but not limited to, a natural disaster in which financial records of the local government are destroyed or alleged employee misconduct involving the destruction or withholding of financial records. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Deletes language that provides that no construction shall commence on any new nuclear power plant to be located within the State, and no certificate of public convenience and necessity or other authorization shall be issued therefor by the Illinois Commerce Commission, until the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency finds that the United States Government, through its authorized agency, has identified and approved a demonstrable technology or means for the disposal of high level nuclear waste, or until such construction has been specifically approved by a statute enacted by the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Creates the Protection of All Property from Warrantless Searches Act. Prohibits a government agent from entering a home or private land without a search warrant except: (1) after receiving the permission of the property owner, lessee, or occupant; (2) to respond to a life-threatening emergency or another immediate threat to public safety that was either reported to the government agent or the government agent personally observed; (3) to prevent the imminent unlawful killing of wildlife or the destruction of evidence of such unlawful killing where the government agent has probable cause to believe either is about to occur; (4) to dispatch crippled or distressed wildlife the government agent has personally observed; or (5) to apprehend a fleeing subject that the government agent has probable cause to believe is on the property. Provides that any evidence obtained pursuant to a search and seizure conducted in violation of the Act is inadmissible in any administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding. Provides that any arrest made pursuant to a search or seizure conducted in violation of the Act is invalid. Allows a person who believes the person's rights have been violated under the Act to bring an action for actual damages. Allows a prevailing plaintiff in such an action to recover declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, nominal damages, and attorney's fees.
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that child care facilities, within the facilities' discretion, may accept a sincerely held religious exemption to a specific vaccination from an employee if the employee presents to the employer a signed statement of objection, detailing the grounds for the sincerely held objection. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a zoning ordinance or other zoning regulation may not (1) prohibit a home-based business from serving clients by appointment, (2) prohibit 2 or fewer nonresident employees from working at a home-based business, (3) prohibit or require structural modifications for a home-based business, (4) restrict the amount of floor space a home-based business may use, or (5) restrict storage or the use of equipment that does not produce effects outside the home or accessory structure. Defines terms. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately.
