Sen. Kwame Raoul

Creates the Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund Act. Creates the Workers' Compensation Insurance State Fund as an independent body corporate and politic for the purpose of insuring employers against liability for compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that the Fund shall be administered by the Department of Insurance without liability on the part of the State.

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2012, policemen who do not receive 3% annual increases may irrevocably elect to receive annual increases at that rate by contributing an additional 1% of salary to the fund. Makes changes concerning annual increases to the monthly annuities of persons who first become policemen on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Deletes repetitive language concerning annual increases in survivor's annuities for new hires. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Creates the Protecting Our Student Athletes Act. Provides that the Act applies to all schools and park districts within this State that operate or sponsor athletic programs or extracurricular activities. Requires the State Board of Education and park districts to develop and disseminate guidelines on policies to inform and educate coaches and athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussions, criteria for removal from and return to play, and the risks of not reporting the injury and continuing to play. Requires each school and park district to develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the guidelines, as well as the identification and handling of suspected concussions in athletes. Sets forth what the policies must require. Contains provisions concerning liability and records of compliance. Effective July 1, 2011.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning waivers of School Code mandates.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning extended statutes of limitations.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that when foreign nationals are arrested or detained, they must be advised of their right to have their consular officials notified, and if an individual chooses to exercise that right, a law enforcement official is required to notify the consulate. Provides that neither the fact that a foreign national is identified as such, nor that he or she invokes the right to consular notification shall provide any law enforcement official with reason to believe that the person is unlawfully present in the United States or reason to otherwise inquire about that person's immigrant status in the United States. Provides that at the initial appearance of a defendant in any criminal proceeding, the court must advise the defendant in open court that any foreign national who is arrested or detained has the right to have notice of the arrest or detention given to his or her country's consular representatives and the right to communicate with those consular representatives if such notice has not already been provided. Provides that the court must make a written record of so advising the defendant. Provides that if consular notification is not provided to a defendant before his or her first appearance in court, the court shall grant any reasonable request for a continuance of the proceedings to allow contact with the defendant's consulate. Provides that if consular notice is not provided before conviction and sentencing, the Appellate Court shall remand the case to the trial court if the defendant can show that he or she suffered prejudice as a result of the lack of consular notice.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to re-enact certain provisions of Public Act 94-677, which was declared to be unconstitutional. Includes explanatory, validation, and severability provisions. Includes revisory changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation to refuse to sell, rent, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, or to alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental, of a housing accommodation or dwelling to any buyer or renter due to the fact of an arrest or criminal history record information ordered expunged, sealed, or impounded under the Criminal Identification Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of force in defense of a person.

Amends the Quasi-criminal and Misdemeanor Bail Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning guilty pleas.