Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful sale of public conveyance travel tickets to a minor. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 5/10-8 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 140/7.5 20 ILCS 3930/7.10 new 605 ILCS 140/5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall establish a pilot program to award $100 to any individual who supplies video or audio footage from the individual's residential security camera that materially contributes to a criminal conviction. Provides that the Authority shall distribute the award to the law enforcement agency investigating or the State's Attorney investigating the crime, who shall pay the individual directly. Provides that, to be eligible for an award under the pilot program, the State's Attorney that prosecuted the offender must certify to the Office of the Attorney General that (i) the individual supplied video or audio footage from the individual's residential security camera and (ii) the video or audio footage supplied by the individual contributed to the criminal conviction of an offender. Provides that the pilot program shall terminate after a total of $1,000,000 has been awarded under the pilot program. Amends the Expressway Camera Act. Adds the State highway system in the counties of Boone, Bureau, Champaign, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Henry, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Macon, Madison, McHenry, Morgan, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, Will, and Winnebago to the Act. Provides that images from the cameras may also be used in the investigation of any forcible felony, to detect highway conditions, and to facilitate highway safety and incident management. Provides that images from the cameras may be used by any law enforcement agency conducting an active law enforcement investigation. Provides that images from the cameras are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that all images and footage from the cameras must be deleted within 180 days, unless the images or footage is relevant to an ongoing investigation or pending criminal trial. Provides that cameras shall not be used to monitor individuals or groups in a discriminatory manner contrary to applicable State or federal law. Provides that each law enforcement agency shall report statistics to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and that no later than June 30, 2023, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall issue a report concerning the instances in which camera-captured information lead to a successful conviction. Makes changes concerning funding for the program. Authorizes the Attorney General or local State's Attorney to prosecute certain offenses. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Universities Civil Service System for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $1,114,700.
Creates the Relieve College Costs Pilot Program Act. Creates a pilot program for a 4-year degree pathway based on texts that served as the core foundational basis for western civilization and the Enlightenment, under which one public high school, one public community college, and one public university shall develop a competency-based baccalaureate degree program for a Fundamental Issues and Texts Humanities Degree. Includes as goals of the program: (1) preparing students with skills relating to critical thinking, problem solving, rational inquiry, and oral and written communication needed for employment or further graduate study; (2) using open educational resources if available; (3) using online course options if available to reduce costs; (4) identifying pathway courses to promote dual credit course enrollment in the participating high school; and (5) having a $20,000 maximum tuition rate for the entirety of the degree pathway. Contains provisions concerning a program director, the curriculum, open educational resources, reporting, and rulemaking. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 In provisions concerning the panel created by the State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, and Board of Higher Education, requires the panel to seek and identify initiatives to support the use of foundational materials and original sources that reside in the public domain or open educational resource materials in support of the degree program (rather than only to seek and identify initiatives to support the use of open educational resource materials). Provides that the panel is dissolved on January 31, 2023. Provides that a public institution, at the request of its board of trustees, must highlight the courses that use low-cost digital or print options for students (rather than courses that may have a lost-cost option for print versions).
Appropriates $5,000,000 from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for a grant to the City Colleges of Chicago for all costs associated with the construction and renovation of the City of Chicago Career and Technical Education Center. Effective immediately.
Urges the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois to work with the owners of the Chicago Bears in order to reach an agreement that both parties see as equitable and beneficial to keep the team in Chicago.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that a first-party claimant who has had a property and casualty claim denied in whole or in part and has obtained a payment in excess of the initial offer of the insurer shall be entitled to reimbursement of their reasonable costs incurred to substantiate the claim.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police and all law enforcement agencies within the State shall automatically expunge all criminal history records of an arrest or charge not initiated by arrest for driving under a suspended license for failure to pay support or to comply with a visitation order committed prior to January 1, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 100-1004) if: (1) one year or more has elapsed since the date of the arrest or law enforcement interaction documented in the records; and (2) no criminal charges were filed relating to the arrest or law enforcement interaction or criminal charges were filed and subsequently dismissed or vacated or the arrestee was acquitted. Establishes time periods in which the records shall be expunged. Establishes procedures in which the State's Attorney may file objections to the expungement of felony violations of the offense.
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that a local school council shall be established for each public small school, contract school, and military school within the school district. Provides that in each attendance center enrolling students in 7th or 8th grade, one full-time student member shall be appointed, although no attendance center shall have more than one student member. Requires a supermajority of 8 votes by the local school council to veto any action proposed or approved regarding certain schools placed on probation and intervention actions by the Chicago Schools Academic Accountability Council. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34-8.4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that a local school council shall be established for each public small school within the school district. Provides that in each attendance center enrolling students in 7th or 8th grade, one full-time student member shall be appointed, although no attendance center shall have more than one student member. With respect to the appointment of teacher members to local schools councils by the Chicago Board of Education, requires the Board to make public the vetting process of teacher candidates. Allows any member of the school community to make an inquiry to the Board to determine if the Board may challenge a teacher's candidacy. Provides for binding elections (rather than non-binding, advisory polls) for the appointment of student members to local school councils. Allows the Board to establish criteria for students to be considered eligible to serve as a student member. Makes changes concerning limitations upon applicability and remediation and probation of attendance centers. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Requires the Chicago Board of Education to make public the vetting process of staff member candidates (rather than teacher candidates). Allows any member of the school community to inquire if the Board may challenge a staff member's (rather than a teacher's) candidacy; requires an inquiry to be made in writing in accordance with Board rules. Specifies that a local school council retains the right to reject or modify any school improvement plan or implementation thereof, as long as the rejection or modification of the school improvement plan or implementation thereof is consistent with State and federal requirements.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.