Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides fines for legislators who engage in specified restricted activities and for violations of legislator rules of conduct. Provides that any person who willfully files a false or incomplete statement of economic interests under the Act may be subject to a fine not to exceed, for each offense, $150,000. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides fines for intentional failure to complete ethics training and sexual harassment training. Modifies a Section concerning penalties under the Act to provide fines for specified violations. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that any person who, in the course of business, fraudulently obtains public moneys reserved for, or allocated or available to, minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, or veteran-owned small businesses may be subject to a fine not to exceed, for each offense, $115,000. Provides that a fine of up to $1,000,000 may be imposed for bribery. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Requires registration under the Act for persons lobbying units of local government and school districts (rather than only persons lobbying State government). Provides that the changes made by this amendatory Act do not restrict the authority of units of local government and school districts to regulate lobbying. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Health Center Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 129/1 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.11d 105 ILCS 5/14-9.01 from Ch. 122, par. 14-9.01 105 ILCS 5/21B-15 105 ILCS 5/21B-20 105 ILCS 5/21B-25 105 ILCS 5/21B-35 105 ILCS 5/21B-50 105 ILCS 5/21B-55 105 ILCS 5/21B-30 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Repeals a Section requiring a system of examinations for the issuance of educator licenses. Provides that a candidate in a teacher preparation program must receive a letter grade of at least a "C", or its equivalent, in his or her student teaching program to obtain the license. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2020. House Floor Amendment No. 5 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/21B-15 105 ILCS 5/21B-25 105 ILCS 5/21B-30 rep. Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/21B-30 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill as amended by House Amendment No.1 with the following changes. Restores provisions requiring the completion of a teacher performance assessment and a test of content area knowledge for the issuance of certain educator licenses. Makes the provisions removing the requirement of passage of a test of basic skills applicable until June 30, 2025. Provides that, on or before July 1, 2025, the State Board of Education must reevaluate the method it uses to score a content area knowledge test and may adopt rules to make any changes to those methods. Removes the provision requiring a candidate in a teacher preparation program to receive a letter grade of at least a "C", or its equivalent, in his or her student teaching program to obtain the license. Makes conforming changes. Adds an immediate effective date (rather than a July 1, 2020 effective date).
Urges all stakeholders to work together in a cooperative fashion to not only resolve the current production issues effecting vincristine but also to further examine strategies to combat critical drug shortages.
Declares November 2019 as Food Pantry Donation Month to raise a greater awareness of food insecurity and the impact food insecurity has on the residents of Illinois.
Mourns the death of Jerome "Jerry" Joyce of Reddick.
Amends the Illinois Gaming Act. Includes the Village of Peotone among the municipalities to receive a percentage of adjusted gross receipts generated by a specified casino and standardbred racetrack in Cook County.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Defines "communication" and "restorative justice practice". Provides that communications received by a party in preparation for, during, or after a restorative justice practice are inadmissible in court unless the privilege is: waived by the party or parties about whom the communication concerns; subject to certain exemptions; or used in furtherance of a criminal act.
Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that a petition to expand a conservancy district may include a new name of the expanded district. Creates referendum language when territory to be added to a conservation district encompasses an entire county or counties. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that territory that may be added to a river conservancy district includes a part of a county or an entire county or counties. Requires notice of a public hearing regarding the addition of territory in each county in which the additional territory is located. Provides that a petition to expand a conservancy district may include a new name of the expanded district. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Removes provisions stating that territory that may be added to a river conservancy district includes a part of a county or an entire county or counties and requiring notice of a public hearing regarding the addition of territory in each county in which the additional territory is located.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person who fails to yield a right-of-way and causes an accident causing great bodily harm to or the death of any person shall have his or her driver's license suspended for a period of one year. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/11-909 new 625 ILCS 5/11-1002 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1002 625 ILCS 5/11-1002.5 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/6-206 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person convicted of a violation of the provisions of the Code governing the right-of-way at crosswalks and in school zones that resulted in a Type A injury to or death of another shall have his or her driving privileges suspended for 12 months. Provides that the Act may referred to as Mason's Law. Effective July 1, 2020. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/11-909 new 625 ILCS 5/11-1002 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1002 625 ILCS 5/11-1002.5 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/6-206 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person convicted of a violation of the provisions of the Code governing the right-of-way at crosswalks and in school zones that resulted in a Type A injury to another shall have his or her driving privileges suspended for 12 months. Provides that the Act may referred to as Mason's Law. Effective July 1, 2020. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes language authorizing the Secretary of State to suspend for 12 months the driving privileges of a person who has been convicted of a violation of provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code governing right-of-way that resulted in a Type A injury to another.