Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Requires an aggrieved person to commence an action for a violation of the Act within one year of (i) the date of the violation or (ii) the date on which the aggrieved person discovers the violation.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the State, including the Illinois State Police, shall not establish or maintain a registry that contains information about the purchase of a firearm or the purchaser's personal identifying information. Repeals amendatory provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012 that beginning January 1, 2024, make it is unlawful for any person within the State to knowingly possess an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge, with exemptions, and provides penalties and repeals provisions that make it unlawful for any person within the State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, or purchased a large capacity ammunition feeding device, with specified exemptions, and which provide penalties for those actions. Repeals amendatory provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012 that prohibits the manufacture, possession, sale, or offers to sell, purchase, manufacture, import, transfer, or use any device, part, kit, tool, accessory, or combination of parts that is designed to and functions to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts. Repeals amendatory provisions of the Freedom of Information Act that exempt from disclosure under the Act certain information concerning assault weapons endorsements received by the Illinois State Police. Effective immediately.
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the transfer of responsibility for licensure under this Act from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall begin on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt any rules and execute any intergovernmental agreements necessary to assume responsibility for the transfer.
Affirms it is the position of the House that the time is long past for systemic changes to be made to the Department of Children and Family Services so that it can fulfill its mission to protect children and prevent the ongoing tragedy of child abuse and neglect that confronts us every year.
Honors and thanks State Representative Frances Ann Hurley for her years of dedicated service. Wishes her the best on her future success.
Recognizes the 25th anniversary of the ratification of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Encourages all men, women, and children of all ethnic origins to become Irish for one day on the 17th of March during the annual celebration of the feast of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and to celebrate with Irish Americans this year for the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Recognizes the governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland and their ongoing support and implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, as it is the irrevocable foundation of the peace process regardless of the United Kingdom's status regarding the European Union.
Creates the Public Duty Rule Codification Act. Contains legislative findings and a statement of legislative purpose. Provides that a local governmental entity and its employees owe a duty of care to the public at large, therefore it does not owe a duty of care to individual members of the public to provide governmental services.
Amends the Use Tax Act and the Service Use Tax Act. Provides that, for the purpose of the multistate exemption, use in this State does not include the return of the property of a lessor or purchaser to this State for storage, repair, or refurbishment so long as the property is not used by a lessee or purchaser in this State.
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the commission shall identify programs enacted in statute that are subject to appropriation, but did not receive a subsequent appropriation in the current fiscal year, and annually report those findings on the commission's website by January 1 of the next year.
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, in consultation with the Illinois Power Agency, shall develop standards and guidelines to prohibit any State ratepayer funds from being used by the Agency for the procurement of solar panels that are not manufactured or assembled by a company located in the United States under the Agency's long-term renewable resources procurement plan.
