Rep. Anne Stava

Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that Illinois State Police officers, including the Director of the Illinois State Police, deputy Directors, and Illinois State Police officers on administrative duties, shall receive at least 2 hours every month in de-escalation skills training. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that law enforcement officers, including chiefs of police and law enforcement officers on administrative duties, shall receive at least 2 hours every month in de-escalation skills training. Repeals provisions 10 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services in coordination with the various Departments of State government shall review the application procedures by which State services are provided in an effort to streamline procedures, improve efficiency, and eliminate unnecessary forms and paperwork from the application process by 2022. Provides for the adoption of rules. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person, other than a corporation or licensed real estate broker displaying residential real estate to potential buyers, is not criminally liable for eavesdropping if he or she has the consent of one party to the private conversation or private electronic communication that he or she overheard, transmitted, transcribed, intercepted, used, disclosed, or recorded.

Creates the Emergency Solutions Grant Program Act. Provides that no landlord, mortgage company, rental property owner, or other vendor shall charge an administrative or processing fee on any application for housing submitted by an applicant for assistance provided under the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (formerly the Emergency Shelter Grant Program) established under the federal Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act. Provides that a violation of the Act constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a conforming change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Effective immediately.

Creates the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act. Provides that a public institution of higher education may not require applicants to submit standardized college admissions test scores to the institution as a part of the admissions process. Provides that the submission of standardized test scores to the institution shall be at the option of the applicant. Requires the adoption of a policy. Effective immediately.

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. In a municipality's annual reporting for each redevelopment project area, provides that the municipality shall report the percentage of the amounts of expenditures from the special tax allocation fund on redevelopment project costs compared to the amounts deposited into the special tax allocation fund during the fiscal year. Provides that a redevelopment project area is dormant when the percentage of the amounts of expenditures from a special tax allocation fund on redevelopment project costs is 10% or less than the amounts deposited into the special tax allocation fund for 7 consecutive fiscal years of the redevelopment project area. Provides that a municipality shall by ordinance terminate a dormant redevelopment project area no later than 45 days after filing its annual report indicating that a redevelopment project area is dormant. Provides that if a municipality fails to terminate a dormant redevelopment project area as required, the municipality shall be subject to a fine of $1,000 per day until it terminates the dormant redevelopment project area. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a committed person who has attained the age of 60 years and served at least 20 consecutive years of imprisonment or a committed person who has served 30 consecutive years of imprisonment may submit a petition to the Prisoner Review Board seeking parole. Provides for the requirements of the petition. Provides that victims' families shall be notified in a timely manner and provided opportunity to participate at the parole hearing concerning the petitioner's application for parole under this provision in accordance with the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, the Open Parole Hearings Act, and this Code. Provides that Prisoner Review Board hearings under this provision shall be conducted by a panel of at least 8 members of the Board and a majority vote of the panel is required to grant the petition and release the petitioner on parole. Provides that if parole is denied, the petitioner shall be eligible to reapply for parole no later than 3 years after denial.

Amends the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. Provides that an employer that elects to enforce a covenant not to compete under the Act must pay to the employee subject to the covenant full compensation, including all benefits, that the employee would have received had his or her employment not been discontinued for the time specified in the covenant not to compete or until the separated employee is employed full-time at a commensurate rate of pay and benefits in a field of work not subject to the covenant not to compete. Provides that an attempt to enforce a covenant not to compete in a manner that does not comply with the new provisions voids the covenant not to compete. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Visitation Rights Act. Provides that an employer that terminates an employee for absences to attend school conferences is liable in a civil action for damages resulting to the employee. Imposes upon the employer the burden of proof to demonstrate that termination is not related to an employee's absence for attendance at a school conference, behavioral meeting, or academic meeting. Effective August 1, 2020.

Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that when a sanitary district approves a connection of residential property to its system, the sanitary district shall offer the following payment options for any fees or costs required to complete the connection: (1) an upfront cash payment in full; or (2) a payment plan with a duration of not less than 10 years with no more than an annual noncompounded interest rate of 2% if payment in full is not made. Provides that, if the payment options are not offered to the property owner after approval of a connection of residential property to a sanitary district's system, the property owner or representative of the property owner may notify the sanitary district in writing of its noncompliance. Provides that if the payment options are not offered to the property owner within 10 days after the sanitary district's receipt of the written notice, the term or employment of the person acting as the sanitary district's chief administrative officer, if any, is terminated on the 11th day after the sanitary district's receipt of the written notice and the office of chief administrative officer in that sanitary district is vacant. Effective immediately.