Urges the State of Illinois to launch a pilot project to establish a transitional shelter village that will support the crisis housing and health needs of people currently experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
Appropriates various amounts from the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department of Public Health for the administration of HIV/AIDS programs, including, but not limited to, the Getting to Zero-Illinois program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a minor who causes or attempts to cause physical self-harm or harm to another is subject to the denial of an application for or the revocation and seizure of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Provides that until the age of 24 years, such a person is presumed to be a person whose mental condition is of such a nature that it poses a clear and present danger. Provides that a physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner, law enforcement official, school administrator, or other person who has observed a minor causing or attempting to cause physical self-harm or harm to another shall report the incident to the Department of Human Services. Effective immediately.
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.
Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that notwithstanding any provisions of the Act to the contrary, the law enforcement agency: (1) shall within 5 business days after an officer-involved death or the officer's use of force likely to cause death or great bodily harm, publicly release the names and officer-worn body camera recordings of all officers who committed the officer-involved death or force likely to cause death or great bodily harm; and (2) shall publicly release the names and officer-worn body camera recordings of all officers who have committed an officer-involved death since January 1, 2014; and (3) may, on a case-by-case basis in matters of significant public interest and after consultation with the chief of police of the law enforcement agency whose officer's recorded the officer-worn body camera recordings and the Attorney General, publicly release any other officer-worn body camera recordings that may not otherwise be releasable under a Freedom of Information Act request. Provides that the law enforcement agency shall not release an officer-worn body camera recording under if the following persons inform the chief of police, orally or in writing, that they do not consent to its release: (1) for an officer-worn body camera recording of an officer-involved death, the decedent's next of kin; and (2) for an officer-worn body camera recording of the officer's use of force likely to cause death or great bodily harm, the individual against whom the force likely to cause death or great bodily harm was used, or if the individual is a minor or unable to consent, the individual's next of kin.
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 payment requirements voids the covenant not to compete. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense or a person with a disability, a prosecution for grooming may be commenced within 10 years after the discovery of such an offense by a person or agency having the legal duty to report the offense or in the absence of such discovery, within 10 years after the proper prosecuting officer becomes aware of the offense. In the definition provisions of the Sex Offenses Article of the Code, includes "sibling" in the definition of "family member" and includes in the definition of "unconscious of the nature of the act", incapable of resisting because the victim was asleep, unconscious, or surprised such that the victim could not give voluntary, intelligent, and knowing agreement to the sexual act. In the definition of "family member" deletes provision that if the victim is a child under 18 years of age, an accused must have resided in the household with the child continuously for at least 6 months. Provides that a person also commits grooming when he or she knowingly engages in a pattern of conduct that entices, persuades, induces, or coerces a child to engage or participate in criminal sexual activity or is for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the victim, the accused, or another. Increases the penalty for grooming from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Changes references in the Code from "child pornography" to "child sexual abuse images". Defines "pattern" and "sexual activity". Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the court may set any conditions it finds just and appropriate on the taking of testimony of a victim or witness who is under 18 years of age or an intellectually disabled person or a person affected by a developmental disability (rather than a victim who is a child under the age of 18 years or a moderately, severely, or profoundly intellectually disabled person or a person affected by a developmental disability), involving the use of a facility dog in any criminal proceeding (rather than in a prosecution of criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or any violent crime). Makes changes concerning the admissibility of evidence in prosecutions for involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 4026/10 110 ILCS 57/5 225 ILCS 10/3.3 325 ILCS 5/4.5 325 ILCS 5/11.1 from Ch. 23, par. 2061.1 325 ILCS 15/3 from Ch. 23, par. 2083 325 ILCS 40/2 from Ch. 23, par. 2252 325 ILCS 47/10 705 ILCS 135/15-70 705 ILCS 405/3-40 725 ILCS 5/124B-10 725 ILCS 5/124B-100 725 ILCS 5/124B-420 725 ILCS 5/124B-500 725 ILCS 215/2 from Ch. 38, par. 1702 725 ILCS 215/3 from Ch. 38, par. 1703 730 ILCS 5/3-1-2 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-1-2 730 ILCS 5/3-12.5-10 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2 730 ILCS 5/5-8-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1 730 ILCS 5/5-8-4 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-4 730 ILCS 5/5-9-1.7 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-9-1.7 730 ILCS 5/5-9-1.8 730 ILCS 150/2 from Ch. 38, par. 222 740 ILCS 128/10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, except: (1) changes the statute of limitations for grooming to provide that when the victim is under 17 years of age at the time of the offense or is a person with a disability, a prosecution for grooming may be commenced within 10 years after the victim or the person with a disability attains 17 years of age; (2) changes the name of the offenses of child sexual abuse material and aggravated child sexual abuse material to child sexual abuse material and aggravated child sexual abuse material; (3) retains the Class 4 felony penalty for grooming; (4) deletes references to criminal transmission of HIV in various statutes; (5) in the definitions provisions of the Sex Offenses Article of the Criminal Code of 2012, provides that "family member" also means, if the victim is a child under 18 years of age, an accused who has resided in the household with the child continuously for at least 3 (rather than 6) months; (6) provides that a person also commits sexual exploitation of a child if in the presence or virtual presence, or both, of a child and with knowledge that a child or one whom he or she believes to be a child would view his or her acts, that person knowingly entices, coerces, or persuades a child to participate in the production of the recording or memorializing a sexual act of persons ages 18 or older; provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony for a first offense; and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense, or if the person has been previously convicted of a sex offense; and (7) amends various Acts to change references to "child pornography" to "child sexual abuse material".
Amends the Counties Code. Changes definitions of "population" to be the total number of inhabitants according to the last preceding federal decennial census (rather than number of inhabitants or number of persons). Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Adds a definition of "population" in the general definition Section. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 55 ILCS 5/2-3001 from Ch. 34, par. 2-3001 55 ILCS 5/6-31002 from Ch. 34, par. 6-31002 65 ILCS 5/1-1-2 from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2 Adds reference to: 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3.5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Extends the estimated dates of completion of redevelopment projects and the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs for various ordinances adopted by the City of Chicago, the Village of Elkhart, the City of Robinson, the Village of Valmeyer, and the City of McHenry. Creates tax increment allocation financing extensions to the 47th year (currently, the 35th year) for ordinances adopted by the City of Pontiac if the City of Pontiac adopts a specified ordinance and provides notice to the taxing bodies that would otherwise constitute the joint review board of each redevelopment project area. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. With regard to local school council members, provides that the school district shall perform a check of the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website, the Statewide Sex Offender Database, and the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database upon the election or appointment of a local school council member. Provides that if the general superintendent determines at any time that a local school council member or member-elect appears on the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website or the Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, the general superintendent must notify the local school council member or member-elect of such determination and the local school council member or member-elect must be removed from the local school council by the board of education. Provides that a local school council member must comply with all applicable board rules and policies regarding employees or volunteers. Removes provisions regarding ineligibility for election or appointment of a local school council member based upon certain criminal convictions.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for levy years 2021 and later, the taxing district's aggregate extension base is the greater of (A) the district's last preceding aggregate extension limit or (B) the district's last preceding aggregate extension, subject to certain adjustments. Provides that the term "aggregate extension limit" means the district's last preceding aggregate extension if the taxing district had utilized the maximum limiting rate permitted without referendum for each of the 5 immediately preceding levy years. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 200/18-190.7 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with formatting changes. Makes the following substantive changes. Provides that the provisions apply only to: (1) certain school districts; (2) park districts; (3) library districts; and (4) community college districts. Provides that the taxing district must certify to the county clerk that the taxing district did not extend the maximum amount permitted under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law for a particular levy year. Provides that the aggregate extension for a taxing district that utilizes the recapture provisions of the introduced bill may not exceed the taxing district's last preceding aggregate extension by more than 5% unless the increase is approved by the voters. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the taxing district's certification to the county clerk that it did not extend the maximum amount permitted under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law must be submitted not more than 60 days after the taxing district files its levy ordinance or resolution with the county clerk (rather than not more than 30 days after the taxing district's budget and levy ordinance is adopted for the levy year).
