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D Illinois House · District 8

Rep. La Shawn Ford

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Total votes
19,062
all sessions
Attendance
94%
1,191 missed
Lower than 91% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,138
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
5
assignments
1,138 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,138
Primary
384
Co-sponsor
754
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Co-sponsor SB 212
Signed into law · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor
PB HLTH-SEXUALLY TRANS DISEASE

Amends the Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act. Adds definitions for "health care professional" and "expedited partner therapy". Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide information and technical assistance as appropriate to health care professionals who provide expedited partner therapy services for persons with sexually transmissible diseases. Provides that a health care professional who makes a clinical diagnosis of chlamydia or gonorrhea may prescribe, dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide prescription antibiotic drugs to the infected person's sexual partner or partners without physical examination of the partner or partners, if in the judgment of the health care professional, the partner is unlikely or unable to present for comprehensive health care. Provides that the health care professional shall provide counseling for the patient and written materials to be given by the patient to the partner or partners. Provides that a health care professional providing expedited partner therapy in good faith without fee or compensation and providing counseling and written materials shall not be subject to civil or professional liability, except for willful and wanton misconduct. Makes other changes.

Signed into law Aug 24, 2009 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4327
Signed into law · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
VEH CD-TINTED WINDOW INSTALL

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may not install or repair any sign, poster, window application, reflective material, nonreflective material, or tinted film upon the front windshield, sidewings or side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver. Provides that a first violation is a petty offense with a fine between $50 and $500, and a second or subsequent offense is a Class C misdemeanor with a fine between $100 and $500. Provides that an installer may install window treatment for a person who is legally permitted, due to medical reasons, to drive with window treatment that would otherwise be illegal and provides that the installer must obtain and store a copy of a doctor's certificate or letter from the person with medical condition in the installer's permanent records. Provides that the Secretary of State shall provide a notice of the requirements of a provision prohibiting driving a motor vehicle with any sign, poster, window application, reflective material, nonreflective material, or tinted film upon the front windshield, sidewings or side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver, unless an exception applies, to a new resident applying for vehicle registration.

Signed into law Aug 14, 2009 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 2284
Signed into law · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
IL COMMERCE COMMSSN-WAREHOUSES

Amends the Personal Property Storage Act. Provides for administration of the Act by the Illinois Commerce Commission (instead of the Department of Agriculture). Makes changes concerning applications by limited liability companies, bond or insurance amounts, violation of the Commission's rules, fees set by rule, investigators, civil penalties, license revocation, subpoenas, and oaths. Effective January 1, 2010.

Signed into law Aug 14, 2009 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 3934
Signed into law · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
CRIM CD-THEFT-RENT

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Enhances the penalty for theft by one class higher if the offender falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit from a tenant.

Signed into law Aug 14, 2009 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1412
Signed into law · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor
SCH CD-EARLY CHILDHOOD ED GRNT

Amends the School Code. With respect to the Early Childhood Education Block Grant, provides that not less than 11% (instead of exactly 11%) of the grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. Provides that this percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year 2015, except that if, in a given fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of the grant for existing providers of preschool education programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased. Effective July 1, 2009.

Signed into law Aug 13, 2009 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1769
Signed into law · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor
PESTICIDE APPLICATION-SCHOOLS

Amends the School Code. Requires each school superintendent to create a program to ensure that students attending the schools that he or she manages cannot access those schools' grounds for at least 12 hours after those grounds are treated with a lawn care product. Requires each district superintendent to appoint a Lawn Care Coordinator whose duty it shall be (i) to implement that program, (ii) to supervise the provision of notice under subdivision (f)(2) of Section 3 of the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act, and (3) if the district adopts a pesticide-free turf care program, to supervise that program. Amends the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act. Requires applicators for hire to provide additional types of information to customers. Requires the owners or operators of day care centers to provide parents with one of two types of notice before applying pesticide or having pesticide applied to day center grounds (now, only school districts must provide that notice). Requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to inform school boards and the owners and operators of day care centers about these requirements. Requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to report violations to the Department of Agriculture for enforcement. Effective immediately.

Signed into law Aug 13, 2009 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 155
Signed into law · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
CONDO-REFUSAL RT-BUYR FINANCNG

Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that in the event of a sale of a condominium unit by a unit owner, no condominium association shall exercise any right of refusal, option to purchase, or right to disapprove the sale, on the basis of the type of financing used by the purchaser.

Signed into law Aug 11, 2009 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1957
Signed into law · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor
SCHOOLS-BREAKFAST PROGRAMS

Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act and the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Makes changes concerning the 3 components of the breakfast incentive program, including changing one of the components to a non-traditional breakfast incentive. Provides that in 2010 (instead of 2001) and in each subsequent year, the State Board of Education shall provide to the Governor and the General Assembly, by a date not later than April 1 (instead of March 1), a report concerning schools and free, reduced price, and paid breakfasts and lunches; makes changes with respect to the content of the report. Makes changes concerning the school breakfast program under the Childhood Hunger Relief Act, including when and at which schools the program must be implemented and operated and opting out a school or schools from the school breakfast program requirement. Effective July 1, 2009.

Signed into law Aug 7, 2009 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 153
Signed into law · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
FORECLOSURE-DEEDS-NOTICE

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that any deed executed pursuant to the Mortgage Foreclosure Article or judgment vesting title by a consent foreclosure shall state the grantee's or mortgagee's name (and the name of a contact person), street and mailing addresses, and telephone number. Upon the receipt of a judgment vesting title by a consent foreclosure or deed executed pursuant to the Mortgage Foreclosure Article, the grantee or mortgagee shall post on the property, while the property is vacant, a notice that states the name (and the name of a contact person), street and mailing addresses, and telephone number of the grantee or mortgagee. Effective immediately.

Signed into law Jul 31, 2009 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 612
Signed into law · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor
EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Signed into law Jul 30, 2009 1 co-sponsor
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