Urges the members of the Illinois General Assembly, state agencies, and Governor JB Pritzker and his administration to partner with and support the work of the FBRK Brands team, including FBRK Impact House and TRECC.
Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Urges the Office of the Attorney General to establish a task force to examine the creation of a statewide conviction integrity unit within its office.
Creates the Recovery and Mental Health Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish and administer a recovery tax credit program to provide tax incentives to qualified employers who employ eligible individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder or mental illness in part-time and full-time positions within Illinois. Creates the Advisory Council on Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder Impacts on Employment Opportunities within Minority Communities. Sets forth the membership of the Council. Provides that the Council shall advise the Department of Human Services regarding employment of persons with mental illnesses and substance use disorders in minority communities. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Requires the Department of Human Services to maintain an electronic listing of the tax credit certificates it issues under the recovery tax credit program so that the Department of Revenue may confirm the eligibility of qualified employers for the tax credit. Provides that the tax credit authorized under the Act may not be carried forward. Contains provisions concerning tax credits for partners, shareholders of S corporations, and owners of limited liability companies. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a taxpayer who has been awarded a credit under the Recovery and Mental Health Tax Credit Act is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed under specified provisions of the Illinois Income Tax Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes: Requires the Department of Human Services to maintain an electronic listing of the certificates of tax credit issued by which the Department of Revenue may verify tax credit certificates issued to qualifying employers. Provides that the tax credit authorized under the Act may not be carried forward. Provides that a taxpayer who is a qualified employer who has received a certificate of tax credit from the Department shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal to the amount shown on such certificate of tax credit. Provides that if the taxpayer is a partnership or Subchapter S corporation the credit shall be allowed to the partners or shareholders in accordance with the determination of income and distributive share of income as provided under specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, a taxpayer who has been awarded a credit under the Recovery and Mental Health Tax Credit Act is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed under specified provisions of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the assessor in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall include compulsory sales when revising assessments. Provides that the board of review in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall include compulsory sales in reviewing and correcting assessments and shall consider whether the compulsory sale would otherwise be considered an arm's length transaction. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. In a provision concerning abandonment of service, provides for the procedure through which a Small Electing Provider may choose to cease offering or providing a telecommunications service. Defines "Small Electing Provider" as an incumbent local exchange carrier that is an electing provider, and that, together with all of its incumbent local exchange carrier affiliates offering telecommunications services within the State of Illinois, has fewer than 40,000 subscriber access lines as of January 1, 2020. Extends the repeal dates of the Telecommunications Article and the Cable and Video Competition Article from December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2026. Provides that any cable service or video service authorization issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission will expire on December 31, 2029 (rather than December 31, 2024). Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning exemptions from the Act.
Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Provides that the State Fire Marshal has the power and duty to conduct a study, to be completed on or before December 31, 2021, to examine and detail the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on building safety. Effective immediately.
Creates the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that the intent of the Act is for the requirements of the Act to apply equally to the governing board of each public institution of higher education in this State. Defines "governing board of each public institution of higher education" and "public institution of higher education". Requires that, beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, all documents and forms, including applications for admission, issued by a public institution of higher education offer a student the option to select "non-binary" if the document or form asks the student to identify the student's gender or biological sex. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Changes the starting date for non-binary options to be included on documents and forms from the 2022-2023 academic year to the 2023-2024 academic year. Pension Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Government Forecasting & Accountability) HB 4265, as amended by HA 2, will not impact any public pension fund or retirement system in Illinois. State Debt Impact Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Government Forecasting & Accountability) HB 4265, as amended by House Amendment 2, would not change the amount of authorization for any type of State-issued bond, and, therefore, would not affect the level of State indebtedness. Balanced Budget Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Office of Management and Budget) Please be advised that the Balanced Budget Note Act does not apply to HB 4265 (H-AM1) as it is not a supplemental appropriation that increases or decreases appropriations. Under the Act, a balanced budget note must be prepared only for bills that change a general funds appropriation for the fiscal yeai· in which the new bill is enacted. State Mandates Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not create a State mandate. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Northeastern Illinois University) House Bill 4265 (H-AM 2) would require up to120 hours of staff time to identify, redesign update and replace electronic and paper forms that request this information, and would require replacement and reprinting of form made obsolete due to this change.The total one-time cost of compliance would be up to $10,000. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Illinois State University) As required by House Bill 4265, HA-2, the application for admission to Illinois State University currently contains a non-binary gender choice; therefore, it is expected that the fiscal impact on the University will be nominal. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Western Illinois University) House Bill 4265, as amended by House Amendment 2, will have nominal costs for Western Illinois University due to programming costs of electronic documents and update and replacement of certain paper forms. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Governors State University) Governors State University estimates that compliance with this proposed amendment would cost approximately $10,000 to identify, redesign, update and replace electronic and paper forms that request this information, and would require replacement and reprinting of forms made obsolete due to this change. estimates that compliance with this proposed amendment would cost approximately $10,000 to identify, redesign, update and replace electronic and paper forms that request this information, and would require replacement and reprinting of forms made obsolete due to this change. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Eastern Illinois University) The total cost is estimated to be between (100 hours x $50,00 per hour) $5,000.00 and (250 hours x $50.00 per hour) $12,500.00 depending on the amount of work required. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Southern Illinois University) Compliance with HB 4265 (H-AM-2) would require staff time to identify, redesign and update web-based and paper-based forms and reports. As these would all be internally made changes, we estimate those costs to be nominal. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (University of Illinois) Compliance with HB 4265 (H-AM 2) would cost the University of Illinois System approximately $10,000 to add gender neutral responses to student documents currently in use across the U of I System. This will cover the costs to reprogram the existing electronic student record systems. Additional expenses for paper copies, etc. are considered negligible.
