Appropriates certain amounts from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for family and community services and related distributive purposes, including federal funds that are made available for grants and expenses associated with Parents Too Soon and the Healthy Families Program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that any renewal of a certified charter must include a union neutrality clause. Requires a union neutrality clause to be included in a charter school proposal. Defines "union neutrality clause". Effective immediately.
Creates the Candy Packaged to Resemble Cigarettes Prohibition Act. Prohibits a person from selling at retail or distributing for retail sale in this State candy packaged to resemble cigarettes. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to the transportation of such candy through this State or the storage of such candy in a warehouse or distribution center in this State that is closed to the public for retail sales. Provides that a violation of the prohibition is a petty offense for which a fine not to exceed $500 for each offense may be imposed. Provides that a person who is employed as a clerk by a retail establishment shall not be in violation of the prohibition unless he or she sells candy packaged to resemble cigarettes with the intent to violate the Act. Provides that the Act may be enforced by the office of the Department of Public Health, by a State, county, or municipal law enforcement officer, or by a municipal code enforcement officer. Effective immediately.
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that by December 31, 2021, a publicly held domestic corporation or foreign corporation whose principal executive office is located in Illinois to have a specified minimum number of female directors. Contains provisions regarding reports, fines, and other matters. Provides for regulation by the Secretary of State. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Prohibits a school district employee or volunteer or an independent contractor of a school district from placing a student in seclusion; defines seclusion. Provides that this prohibition does not apply to the use of seclusion in a court-ordered placement, other than a placement in an educational program of a school district, or in a placement or facility to which other laws or rules apply. Requires State Board of Education rulemaking. Effective immediately.
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Prohibits a carnival from offering, awarding, or giving away any live animal in a game, contest, or tournament involving skill or chance. Provides that the carnival may offer a coupon, certificate, or voucher to obtain the live animal from a licensed pet store as the prize. Defines "carnival".
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides for the awarding of bilingual education teacher scholarships to persons meeting specified requirements. Requires the principal, or his or her designee, of an approved high school to certify to the Commission, for students who are Illinois residents and are completing an application for the scholarship, that the student ranked scholastically in the upper one-half of their graduating class at the end of the sixth semester. Provides teacher education program enrollment requirements. Provides post-scholarship teaching requirements and exemptions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice assuming the duties of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15 Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 5/5-8A-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that electronic monitoring may not be used for persons on mandatory supervised release or parole, except for certain sex offenders or under the domestic violence surveillance program. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that applications for electronic monitoring or home detention may include parole or mandatory supervised release, but only for individuals who: (1) are subject to mandatory electronic monitoring; (2) were convicted for an offense before January 1, 2007 that would have otherwise qualified the accused as a sexual predator under the Sex Offender Registration Act, but only if expressly ordered by the Prisoner Review Board; (3) were convicted for an offense, committed before August 11, 2009, of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or ritualized abuse of a child when the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense and the defendant used force or the threat of force in the commission of the offense, but only if expressly ordered by the Prisoner Review Board; or (4) are ordered to be placed on electronic monitoring as part of a graduated sanctions program when all other less restrictive alternative sanctions have been exhausted. Makes other changes.
Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. Provides that a public school student shall be granted up to 5 days of excused absences in any school year for the reason of the mental or behavioral health of the student. Requires that a student whose absence is excused for this reason be provided the opportunity to make up any school work missed during the absence.
Declares March 31, 2020 as Pay Equity Day.
