Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval if required, a household that includes an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such household is at or below 200% of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2); and a household that does not include an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such household is at or below 165% of those nonfarm income poverty guidelines. Effective January 1, 2016.
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows civilian employees of the United States Armed Services or of the United States Department of Defense, serving outside of the State of Illinois, to secure vehicle registration up to 45 days after returning to this State. Provides that Illinois driver's license requirements shall not apply to civilian employees of the United States Armed Services or of the United States Department of Defense, serving outside of the continental United States, for a period of 120 days following their return to the continental limits of the United States. Allows the Secretary of State to defer the expiration of a driver's license belonging to a civilian employee of the United States Armed Forces or of the United States Department of Defense, serving outside of the State of Illinois, and 120 days thereafter, upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
Designates the bridge at Illinois Route 38 and Illinois Route 53 as the "Jerome F. "JR" McBride, Jr. Memorial Bridge".
Extends the reporting date for the Task Force on Veterans' Suicide, created by House Joint Resolution 91 in the 98th General Assembly, to December 31, 2016.
Designates July 13, 2015 as Ansar Shriners of Springfield Day in the State of Illinois.
Mourns the death of Fannie Mae Brisco-Melvin Rayford.
Mourns the death of Cpl. Sara Medina.
Mourns the death of Jesus Baldemar Vazquez of Montgomery.
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 Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption, provides that in all counties (now, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants), the county board may by resolution provide that if a person has been granted a senior citizens homestead exemption, the person qualifying need not reapply for the exemption. Effective immediately.