Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to change the repeal date of the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act from December 31, 2008 to January 1, 2019. Effective immediately.
Amends the Mercury-added Product Prohibition Act. Provides that no person shall distribute or sell any cosmetics, toiletries, or fragrances containing mercury. Provides that any person who knowingly sells or distributes mercury-containing cosmetics, toiletries, or fragrances in this State commits a petty offense and shall be fined up to $500. Provides that a manufacturer that distributes cosmetics, toiletries, or fragrances containing mercury to persons in this State must disclose the level of mercury in its cosmetics, toiletries, or fragrances. A manufacturer who fails to disclose the level of mercury in its cosmetics, toiletries, or fragrances commits a business offense and shall be fined $10,000. Effective January 1, 2009.
Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Allows for the administration of anesthesia under the Acts by a podiatrist with the authority to administer anesthesia under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant is accused of child pornography or aggravated child pornography or the defendant is accused of first degree murder or second degree murder when the commission of the offense involves sexual penetration or sexual conduct, evidence of the defendant's commission of another such offense or evidence to rebut that proof or an inference from that proof, may be admissible (if that evidence is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence) and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant. Provides that (1) testimony by the victim of an out of court statement made by the victim that he or she complained of such act to another; and (2) testimony of an out of court statement made by the victim describing any complaint of such act or matter or detail pertaining to any act which is an element of an offense which is the subject of a prosecution for a sexual or physical act against that victim are admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule in prosecutions for any sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Congratulates the members of the Rosemont Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps on the occasion of their 60th anniversary.
Honors the firefighters from the Franklin Park Fire Department for being honored at the Firefighters Memorial at the Illinois State Capitol.
Congratulates Paul Thomson of the Franklin Park Fire Department on his retirement.
Congratulates Melrose Park Chief of Police Sam Pitassi on being named Man of the Year by the Flowers of Italy Club.
Creates the Illinois Medical Marijuana Act. Provides that when a person has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition, the person and the person's primary caregiver may be issued a registry identification card by the Department of Public Health that permits the person or the person's primary caregiver to legally possess no more than 12 cannabis plants and 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis. Amends the Cannabis Control Act to make conforming changes. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago on the occasion of the organization's 90th anniversary.
