Urges the Governor and the Department of Corrections to discourage prosecutors from recommending and judges from sentencing low level drug offenders to the county jail or the Department of Corrections.
Urges the Department of Human Services and Cook County to enter into all Redeploy Illinois agreements allowable pursuant to P.A. 98-0060.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who knowingly places, posts, or reproduces on the Internet a photograph, video, or digital image of a person in a state of nudity, in a state of sexual excitement, or engaged in any act of sexual conduct or sexual penetration, without the knowledge and consent of that person, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for any person engaged in placing, posting, publishing, reproducing, or maintaining an Internet site to solicit or accept the payment of a fee or other consideration for removal of a person's private material or identifying information, which has been placed, posted, published, reproduced, or maintained on an Internet site without knowledge and consent of that person.
Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that the annual report of capital expenditures submitted to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board by certain health care facilities shall include (i) whether the health care facility administered an affirmative action program for minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises and (ii) the percentage of the annual capital expenditure that was actually spent on minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises, respectively. Provides that the Board shall not consider that information when reviewing an application for a permit or exemption under the Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the first $100 of child support collected on behalf of a family in a month for one child and the first $200 of child support collected on behalf of a family in a month for 2 or more children shall be passed through to the family and disregarded in determining the amount of the assistance grant provided to the family. Provides that any amount of child support that would be disregarded in determining the amount of the assistance grant shall be disregarded in determining eligibility for cash assistance. Effective immediately.
Creates the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Act. Establishes a retirement savings program in the form of an automatic enrollment payroll deduction IRA with the intent of promoting greater retirement savings for private-sector employees in a convenient, low-cost, and portable manner. Creates the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Fund consisting of moneys received from enrollees and participating employers. Sets forth the composition of the Board, the Board's duties, and provisions governing risk management, investment firms, and investment options. Provides for employee and employer information packets, as well as program implementation and enrollment. Provides that the State shall have no duty or liability to any party for the payment of any retirement savings benefits accrued by any individual under the Program. Requires annual reports and audits of the Program. Sets forth penalties. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Fund. Effective immediately.
Provides that the purpose of the Act is to ensure that children and youth who are parents, expectant parents, or the victims of domestic or sexual violence are identified by schools in a manner respectful of their privacy and safety; treated with dignity and regard; and provided the protection, instruction, and related support services necessary to enable them to meet State educational standards and successfully attain a high school diploma. Amends the School Code and the Illinois School Student Records Act to make changes concerning definitions, the transfer of students, the suspension or expulsion of pupils, home instruction, the review and revision of policies, confidentiality, ombudspersons, accommodations and services, alternative public schools, compulsory school attendance, charter schools, and the right to inspect and copy school student permanent and temporary records. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. In Sections concerning the eviction of tenants for criminal activities, provides that evidence upon which a judgment for possession under this Section may be based includes, but is not limited to, police reports, photos, and affidavits of neighbors and other tenants. Provides that it is not required that a defendant be formally charged with a crime before a plaintiff may be granted relief.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person renting a motor vehicle to another must provide a full tank of fuel or else the renter may not be charged for refueling the vehicle upon its return. Requires the renter and the person renting the vehicle, or their agent, to indicate the fuel level at the time of rental on the rental agreement. Provides that the rental agreement must include a notice that the renter may not be charged for refueling unless the vehicle had a full tank of gas at the time of the rental.
