Rep. Lance Yednock

Urges the Federal government to increase the national minimum wage.

Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Provides that the State Treasurer may allow an eligible financial institution (rather than a bank or savings and loan association) to become a State depository. Provides that State depositories may submit proposals or applications that may be approved or rejected by the State Treasurer. Provides that the State Treasurer may accept a proposal from an eligible financial institution which provides for a reduced rate of interest provided that the financial institution documents the use of deposited funds for specified economic development projects (currently, economic community development projects). Modifies provisions concerning proposals from an eligible financial institution that provides for interest earnings on deposits of State moneys to be held by the financial institution in a separate account that the State Treasurer may use to secure up to 10% of any specified home loan to Illinois citizens. Removes provisions concerning proposals for a reduced rate of interest with moneys to be expended for specified purposes. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of misrepresenting an animal as a service animal. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly misrepresents an animal that is not a service animal as a service animal for the purpose of obtaining accommodation of the animal in a place of public accommodation that prohibits non-service animals or for the purpose of transportation of the animal on a public conveyance that prohibits non-service animals. Defines "place of public accommodation" and "service animal". Provides that a violation is a petty offense for which the court shall impose a fine of $250 for a first offense, $500 for a second offense, and $750 for a third or subsequent offense. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 relating to the offense of disorderly conduct at a funeral or memorial service. Increases the time that a specified place can be considered a "funeral site" from 30 minutes before and after a funeral to one hour before and after. Increases the distance from which the conduct at the funeral or memorial service is prohibited from 300 feet to 1,000 feet of any ingress or egress of the funeral site. Effective immediately.

Repeals the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act. Creates the Joliet Bridge Act. Provides that the Illinois Department of Transportation on behalf of the State, pursuant to a competitive request for proposals process governed by the Illinois Procurement Code and rules adopted under that Code and the new Act, may enter into one or more public-private agreements with one or more contractors to develop, finance, construct, manage, or operate the Joliet Bridge on behalf of the State, and further pursuant to which the contractors may receive certain revenues including user fees in consideration of the payment of money to the State for that right. Contains provisions concerning: procurement; prequalification; provisions of the agreement; interim agreements; termination; proceeds; the creation of the Joliet Bridge Proceeds Fund as a special fund in the State treasury; user fees; selection of design firms; other contracts; planning; reporting; publication; tolls; audits; property acquisition; standards; finance; labor; law enforcement; preemption of home rule; and severability. Makes corresponding changes in the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; the Illinois Finance Authority Act; the State Finance Act; the Public Construction Bond Act; the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act; the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act; the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; the Property Tax Code; the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act; the Eminent Domain Act; and the Prevailing Wage Act.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act if and only if Senate Bill 1 of the 101st General Assembly becomes law. Provides that a withholding tax credit for full-time equivalent employees created in Senate Bill 1 applies for reporting periods that begin on or after January 1, 2020 (in the bill, reporting periods that begin on or after January 1, 2020 and end on or before December 31, 2027). Provides that the maximum credit is determined by the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan area of the State that is the base of operations of the employee, as those areas are determined as of May 2017. Makes changes concerning the amount of the credit based on the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan area of the State. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits a hate crime if the person commits specified crimes by reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace officer of another individual, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors.

Amends the Department of Natural Resources Law. Provides that the Department has the power to enter into contracts with union apprentice trade programs across the State for the purpose of providing maintenance and repairs to State parks. Allows each Regional Office of the Department to contract with such programs in its respective region. Provides that funds from the Park and Conservation Fund may be used by the Department to enter into contracts with union apprentice trade programs. Effective immediately.

Designates the section of Route 6 in the City of Marseilles that runs from the intersections of Route 6 and Oakdale Street to Route 6 and Main Street as the "SPEC Norman Treest Memorial Highway".

Designates the section of Route 6 in the City of Marseilles that runs from the intersections of Route 6 and Jefferson Street to Route 6 and Main Street as the "SGT Michael J. Vangelisti Memorial Highway".