Rep. Mark Luft

Amends the Lyme Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Provides that 2 veterinarians, one of whom must be a practicing Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, and one medical entomologist shall be members of the Lyme Disease Task Force. Removes language providing that the Task Force shall consist of members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate. Requires the Task Force to meet not less than 4 (rather than 2) times each year.

Designates the section of Interstate 57 in the City of Benton as the "38th Parallel Korean Veteran Highway".

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that no occupational or professional license issued by any State agency to a business or person may be revoked or suspended based upon a failure to comply with an executive order related to the COVID-19 Pandemic, unless a court order has been obtained to allow such license revocation or suspension. Provides that no State agency or employee of that State agency may enter on to the premises of a business or person for the purpose of effectuating the revocation or suspension of an occupational or professional license based upon a failure to comply with an executive order related to the COVID-19 Pandemic, unless a court order has been obtained to allow the enforcing State agency to enter on to the premises for such purpose and notice has been provided to the relevant State legislators of the district in which the business or person resides. Effective immediately.

Creates the Firearm Crime Charging and Sentencing Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that in a criminal case, if a defendant is charged with an offense involving the illegal use or possession of a firearm and subsequently enters into a plea agreement in which in the charge will be reduced to a lesser offense or a non-weapons offense in exchange for a plea of guilty, at or before the time of sentencing, the State's Attorney shall file with the court a written statement of his or her reasons in support of the plea agreement, which shall specifically state why the offense or offenses of conviction resulting from the plea agreement do not include the originally charged weapons offense. Provides that in a criminal case in which the original charge is or was for an offense involving the illegal use or possession of a firearm, if a defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty of the original charge or lesser offense or a non-weapons offense, in imposing sentence, the judge shall set forth in a written sentencing order his or her reasons for imposing the sentence or accepting the plea agreement. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides for adult prosecution of a minor who was at least 16 years of age at the time of the offense who is charged with armed robbery or aggravated vehicular hijacking while armed with a firearm. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to provide for enhanced penalties for committing various offenses with a firearm. Makes other changes concerning criminal procedure and law enforcement. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes. Effective immediately as to specified provisions.

Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Provides that except in the case of a medical emergency, a health care professional shall not knowingly perform, induce, or attempt to perform an abortion upon a pregnant woman when the probable gestational age of her unborn child has been determined to be at least 20 weeks. Makes conforming changes.

Opposes a graduated income tax law in Illinois. Oppose the reconsideration by the Illinois General Assembly of any constitutional measure intended to yet again reopen the flat-rate income tax language of subsection (a) of Section 3 of Article IX of the Constitution of Illinois.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in order to recover an overpayment by recoupment or offset of future payments, a managed care organization's post-payment audit of any claim submitted by a provider must be completed no later than 2 years after the claim's payment date. Provides that the 2-year time limit does not apply to claims that are (i) submitted fraudulently, (ii) known, or should have been known, by the provider to be a pattern of inappropriate billing according to standard provider billing practices, or (iii) subject to any federal law or regulation that permits post-payment audits beyond 2 years.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a judge may deny bail to a defendant charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, in consultation with the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall revise any guidelines, rules, and standards governing the employment, training, certification, or testing necessary to classify public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical dispatchers as "first responders" and comparable in the State's occupational classification of emergency services personnel and public safety personnel. Amends various laws to include emergency medical dispatchers and public safety telecommunicators in references to first responders.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, if the amount of the credit for residential real property taxes exceeds the taxpayer's liability, that amount shall be refunded if the taxpayer is 65 years or older and has a federal adjusted gross income of not more than $50,000. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.