Amends the Election Code. Provides for the election of the Chicago Board of Education for the 2023 and 2027 consolidated primary elections only. Provides that no later than June 30, 2029, the General Assembly must review and revise the election of members of the Chicago Board of Education and if the General Assembly has not reauthorized the election of members of the Chicago Board of Education by June 30, 2029, then, on May 13, 2031, the terms of all members elected in 2027 shall end, and a new Chicago Board of Education consisting of 7 members shall be appointed by the Mayor. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that a person shall be a U.S. citizen and registered voter and shall have been a resident of the city and the electoral district for at least one year immediately preceding his or her election. Sets forth provisions concerning nominating petitions and ballots. Sets forth provisions providing that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 electoral districts by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago Board of Education. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34-4.2 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.68 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.69 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Election Code to provide for the election of the Chicago Board of Education in accordance with specified procedures. Amends the School Code. Provides, on January 15, 2025, for the abolition of the terms of all members of the Chicago Board of Education appointed under specified provisions. Provides for a combination of appointed and elected members and the eventual election of all members. Provides for qualifications of members. Changes eligibility requirements for membership. Specifies the form of nominating petitions for candidates for membership. Changes provisions regarding the appointment of the Inspector General. Adds provisions regarding the creation of districts for election of members and redistricting. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education shall commission an independent review and report of the district's finances. Creates the Chicago Board of Education Diversity Advisory Board and the Chicago Board of Education Non-Citizen Advisory Board. Prohibits the Chicago Board of Education from approving any school closings, consolidations, or phase-outs prior to January 15, 2025. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education may adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that the terms of specified appointed members end on January 14, 2027 (currently, 2025).
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Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides continuing education requirements for persons registered to install, service, recondition, or repair a weighing or measuring device used in trade or commerce. Provides for a phase-in process to apply continuing education requirements for persons currently registered to install, service, recondition, or repair a weighing or measuring device used in trade or commerce. Provides that applications and reports shall be filed in a manner prescribed by the Director of Agriculture (currently, in writing). Defines "continuing education course". Makes other changes. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 470/8.1 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 470/1 from Ch. 147, par. 101 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Makes a technical change to the Section containing the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 470/1 Adds reference to: New Act 20 ILCS 3805/7.28 20 ILCS 3805/22 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 322 30 ILCS 500/1-10 35 ILCS 5/214 35 ILCS 200/10-260 35 ILCS 200/15-178 new 310 ILCS 67/15 310 ILCS 67/25 310 ILCS 67/50 310 ILCS 67/70 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the COVID-19 Affordable Housing Grant Program Act. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall establish an affordable housing grant program to encourage the construction and rehabilitation of affordable multifamily rental housing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Contains provisions concerning financing. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code does not apply to certain contracts entered into by the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Makes changes concerning bonds and notes issued by the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall not have outstanding at any one time bonds and notes for any of its corporate purposes in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $7,200,000,000 (rather than $3,600,000,000), excluding bonds and notes issued to refund outstanding bonds and notes. Provides that of the authorized aggregate principal amount of $7,200,000,000 (rather than $3,600,000,000), the amount of $150,000,000 shall be used for the specified purposes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Extends the tax credit for affordable housing donations until December 31, 2026. Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that the amount of tax credits reserved by the administrative housing agency for an approved project under the affordable housing tax donation credit program is limited to $32,850,352 in State fiscal years 2022 and 2023 and shall be increased by 5% in each fiscal year thereafter. Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning the valuation of low-income housing projects that qualify for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. Provides for a reduction in assessed value for affordable rental housing construction or rehabilitation. Amends the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act. Provides that, for the purposes of the Act, rent includes any required costs for parking, maintenance, or landlord-imposed fees. Provides that an affordable housing plan, or any revision thereof, shall not be adopted by a nonexempt local government until notice and opportunity for public hearing have first been afforded. Provides that any vacancies in the Housing Appeals Board shall be filled within 90 days of the vacancy. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Makes a technical correction concerning a cross-reference.
Amends the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act. In provisions requiring fire fighters to complete training relating to the history of the fire service labor movement, provides that "fire fighter" includes fire fighters hired by the Chicago Fire Department.
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative purpose. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 210 ILCS 9/5 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 1405/1405-40 new 215 ILCS 105/1.1 from Ch. 73, par. 1301.1 215 ILCS 105/3 from Ch. 73, par. 1303 215 ILCS 105/15 215 ILCS 105/16 new 215 ILCS 105/17 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act to provide that the Plan shall discontinue as the alternative market for health insurance for certain Illinois residents and discontinue as the alternative mechanism not later than January 1, 2022. Provides that not later than 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board shall develop a plan of rehabilitation or liquidation and dissolution to wind down the affairs of the Plan. Provides that upon the Director of Insurance's approval of the plan of rehabilitation or liquidation and dissolution, the Director shall thereafter report to the Attorney General, whose duty it shall be to file a complaint for rehabilitation or liquidation of the Plan. Provides that upon entry of a final Order of Rehabilitation or Liquidation and the appointment of the Director as statutory rehabilitator or liquidator, the Director shall begin to administer and oversee the wind-down and dissolution of the Plan. Provides that new enrollment and policy renewals in the Plan are discontinued on December 31, 2021. Sets forth provisions concerning cessation of operations of the Plan. Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, upon entry of an Order of Rehabilitation or Liquidation against the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan, all powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities of the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan and the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board under the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act shall be transferred to and vested in the Director of Insurance as rehabilitator or liquidator. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, in applying the regional wage adjuster component of the RUG-IV 48 reimbursement methodology, no adjuster shall be lower than 0.95. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, but with the following change: provides that, in applying the regional wage adjuster component of the RUG-IV 48 reimbursement methodology, no adjuster shall be lower than 1.0 (rather than 0.95). Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that any fireman receiving a retirement annuity shall be entitled to an occupational disease disability benefit if the fireman (1) has not reached the age of compulsory retirement, (2) has not been receiving a retirement annuity for more than 5 years, and (3) has a condition that would have qualified the fireman for an occupational disease disability benefit if he or she was an active fireman. Provides that a fireman who receives an occupational disease disability benefit in accordance with the amendatory Act may not receive a retirement annuity during the period in which he or she receives an occupational disease disability benefit. Provides that the occupational disease disability benefit shall terminate upon the fireman reaching compulsory retirement age. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian American history; contains provisions governing this instruction. Provides that the teaching of history of the United States shall include the study of the wrongful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and the heroic service of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army during World War II. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/27-21 Removes the provisions relating to the history of the United States.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any contract for procurements entered into under the Quincy Veterans' Home Rehabilitation and Rebuilding Act and executed prior to the repeal of that Act shall continue in full force and effect after the repeal of that Act and until as otherwise dictated by the terms of the contract. Extends the repeal of a Section concerning the application of the Code to the Quincy Veterans' Home. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 3960/3.6 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. Adds provision amending the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that any construction, modification, establishment, or change in categories of service of a health care facility funded through an appropriation from the General Assembly and maintained or operated by a State agency is not subject to the requirements of the Act. Provides that a State agency is subject to the Act when that State agency discontinues a health care facility or category of service. Provides that a State agency must notify the Health Facilities and Services Review Board in writing of any appropriation by the General Assembly for the construction, modification, establishment or change in categories of service, excluding discontinuations of a health care facility or categories of service, maintained or operated by the State. Provides further requirements concerning the written notice. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that any construction, modification, establishment, or change in categories of service of a health care facility funded through an appropriation from the General Assembly and maintained or operated by the Department of Veterans' Affairs is not subject to the requirements of the Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs is subject to the Act when that Department discontinues a health care facility or category of service. Provides that the Department must notify the Health Facilities and Services Review Board in writing of any appropriation by the General Assembly for the construction, modification, establishment or change in categories of service, excluding discontinuations of a health care facility or categories of service, maintained or operated by the State. Provides further requirements concerning the written notice. Repeals provision 5 years after its effective date. Defines "Department".
Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois by transferring all powers, duties, rights, responsibilities, personnel, books, records, papers, documents, property (real and personal), contracts, causes of action, and pending business of the Insurance Compliance Division within the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission to the Department of Insurance. Provides that, when reports or notices are to be made or given or papers or documents furnished or served by any person to or upon the Insurance Compliance Division, they shall be made, given, furnished, or served in the same manner to or upon the Department of Insurance. Provides that the amendatory Act does not affect any act done, ratified, or canceled, any right occurring or established, or any action or proceeding had or commenced in an administrative, civil, or criminal cause by the Insurance Compliance Division before the amendatory Act takes effect. Makes other changes. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Replaces references to the Insurance Compliance Division with references to the Department of Insurance. In provisions concerning Department of Insurance oversight, changes the date before which insurers licensed to write workers compensation coverage in the State must record and report specified information concerning claims from March 1 to June 1 of each year. Deletes a provision stating that the fraud and insurance non-compliance unit shall procure and implement a system using advanced analytics for the detection and prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse. Effective July 1, 2021.
Urges the General Assembly and the Governor's Administration to invest our transportation and infrastructure dollars as promised under Rebuild Illinois to make good on our collective commitment to fix our roads, bridges, and schools while creating jobs and opportunities for all residents of Illinois.