Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez

Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that members of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018. Provides that members of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for terms commencing on or after July 1, 2018, unless otherwise approved by law. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that an inmate may not receive nor possess a photograph of a minor under 18 years of age while incarcerated in an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections if he or she has been convicted of any of the following offenses if the victim of the offense was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense: (1) criminal sexual assault; (2) aggravated criminal sexual assault; (3) predatory criminal sexual assault of a child; (4) criminal sexual abuse; (5) aggravated criminal sexual abuse; (6) a substantially similar offense under the laws of the United States, another state, or foreign jurisdiction; or (7) a predecessor offense to any of these offenses.

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires State agencies to respond promptly in writing to all inquiries and comments of the Procurement Policy Board. Lowers certain notice requirements from 30 days to 14. Increases the small purchase threshold to $100,000. Creates a Special Committee on Procurement Efficiency, Minority, Female, and Veterans Contracting, and Illinois Preference in Purchasing. Sets forth membership and goals of the Special Committee. Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Allows a chief procurement officer to authorize the purchase or lease of personal property, supplies, and services which have been procured through a competitive process by a federal agency or consortium of entities. Requires the filing of certain reports. Effective January 1, 2018.

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that any contractor awarded a contract under the Act shall be required to make periodic reports to the contracting State agency on all expenditures made to achieve compliance with the provisions of the Act. Provides for the required contents of the report. Provides remedies for a contractor's non-compliance with the commitment to businesses owned by minorities, women, or persons with disabilities under the Act. Provides additional terms by which a contracting State agency may terminate a contract under the Act. Allows a contracting State agency to have access to a contractor's books and records for compliance purposes.

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that a person who sells, offers to sell, exchanges, or offers for adoption with or without charge cats that he or she has produced and raised, except for a person who owns, has possession of, or harbors 5 or less females capable of reproduction, is a cat breeder (rather than a kennel operator). Provides that a person who sells, offers to sell, exchanges, or offers for adoption with or without charge dogs that he or she has produced and raised, except for a person who owns, has possession of, or harbors 5 or less females capable of reproduction, is a dog breeder (rather than a kennel operator). Removes the definition of "cattery operator". Defines "day care operator". Makes provisions currently applicable to kennel operators and cattery operators applicable to dog breeders, cat breeders, and day care operators.

Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that of the after-tax profits from a video gaming terminal located in a licensed veterans establishment, 40% shall be paid to the terminal operator and 60% shall be paid to the licensed veterans establishment (rather than 50% shall be paid to the terminal operator and 50% shall be paid to the licensed veterans establishment), notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary. Effective immediately.

Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a license required to engage in the business of making loans of money in a principal amount not exceeding $40,000.

Amends the State Property Control Act. Makes changes to the definition of "surplus real property". Provides that the Administrator shall obtain 2 (rather than 3) appraisals of the value of certain real property, and shall only obtain a third appraisal if the first 2 appraisals differ by more than 15%. Provides that appraisals shall include any known liabilities, including, but not limited to, environmental costs. Allows real property to be conveyed for less than the fair market value if the Administrator makes a written determination that the conveyance is in the best interests of the State. Allows the Executive Ethics Commission to review the determination. Makes changes to the acquisition of surplus real property by other State agencies. Reduces the notice period to State agencies and local governments of the existence of surplus real property from 60 days to a notice period of at least 14 days. Allows the Administrator to engage in negotiations to allow other State agencies and local governments to acquire surplus real property. Allows the Administrator to use electronic auction or sealed bids for the disposal of surplus real property.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides in cases in which the prosecution attempts to introduce evidence of incriminating statements made by the accused to or overheard by an informant, the prosecution shall disclose at least 30 days prior to any relevant evidentiary hearing or trial (rather than timely disclose in discovery): (1) the complete criminal history of the informant; (2) any deal, promise, inducement, or benefit that the offering party has made or will make in the future to the informant; (3) the statements made by the accused; (4) the time and place of the statements, the time and place of their disclosure to law enforcement officials, and the names of all persons who were present when the statements were made; whether at any time the informant recanted that testimony or statement and, if so, the time and place of the recantation, the nature of the recantation, and the names of the persons who were present at the recantation; (6) other cases in which the informant testified, provided that the existence of such testimony can be ascertained through reasonable inquiry and whether the informant received any promise, inducement, or benefit in exchange for or subsequent to that testimony or statement; and (7) any other information relevant to the informant's credibility. Provides that if, at any time, a law enforcement or prosecutorial official has reason to believe that a previous statement or testimony proffered by an individual acting as an in-custody informant may be untruthful or unreliable, this information shall be disclosed through notification to the defendant, his or her attorney of record or the public defender's office, the prosecutor's office, and the court for all cases in which the informant offered statements or testimony. Provides that this provision applies to any criminal proceeding for first degree murder, intentional homicide of an unborn child, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child, involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide, involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide of an unborn child, drug-induced homicide, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or aggravated arson (rather than a capital case). Makes other changes.

Declares domestic violence a public health priority for the State of Illinois and urges the state to make available all necessary resources to combat this epidemic.