Urges President-elect Barack Obama to visit Springfield and address the people of the State of Illinois on issues regarding health care.
Mourns the death of Mother Della Louis of North Lawndale.
Amends the Counties Code, if and only if House Bill 656 of the 95th General Assembly becomes law. Provides that the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties must report annually to the General Assembly and the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability certain information regarding moneys received from a retailers' occupation tax and a service occupation tax imposed by the Regional Transportation Authority. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant is accused of child pornography or aggravated child pornography or the defendant is accused of first degree murder or second degree murder when the commission of the offense involves sexual penetration or sexual conduct, evidence of the defendant's commission of another such offense or evidence to rebut that proof or an inference from that proof, may be admissible (if that evidence is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence) and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant. Provides that (1) testimony by the victim of an out of court statement made by the victim that he or she complained of such act to another; and (2) testimony of an out of court statement made by the victim describing any complaint of such act or matter or detail pertaining to any act which is an element of an offense which is the subject of a prosecution for a sexual or physical act against that victim are admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule in prosecutions for any sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Congratulates the people involved in the Urban Health Program (UHP) on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of UHP.
Mourns the death of Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, more famously known as the comedian Bernie Mac.
Congratulates Paula Allen-Meares on her selection as the next chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
Mourns the passing of Donald Woods.
Mourns the death of Cornelius Lindy Allen of Chicago.
Mourns the death of Bill Anderson.
