Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

Urges the Illinois Department of Corrections to put in place processes and measures to implement the recommendations of the November 2018 Summary Report of the Second Court Appointed Expert filed in the District Court for the Northern District Court of Illinois and to provide this General Assembly with a written report of its initiatives and impact by the end of the 2019 Legislative session.

Expresses support for the Affordable Care Act and the Medicaid program.

Expresses support for the State of Illinois becoming a racially, ethnically, and inclusive entity that will employ a racial, ethnic, and inclusion (REI) lens in all policies, programs, employment practices, staff and leadership professional development, and operations.

Declares June 7, 2019 as "Gun Violence Awareness Day".

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if a licensee has a civil monetary penalty imposed (rather than having paid a civil monetary penalty that has been imposed) pursuant to the Medicare and Medicaid Certification Program for the equivalent federal violation giving rise to a fine under specified provisions of the Act, the Department of Public Health shall offset the fine by the amount of the civil monetary penalty. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 210 ILCS 45/3-305 Adds reference to: New Act 20 ILCS 605/605-870 new 220 ILCS 5/8-306 415 ILCS 5/17.12 new 415 ILCS 5/17.11 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act. Requires the owner or operator of each community water supply to: develop and submit a material inventory to the Environmental Protection Agency by April 15, 2020; update and submit it to the Agency by April 15, 2021, and each April 15 thereafter, until the owner or operator has substantially completed an inventory of all service lines in its system; and, after the Agency has initially reviewed and approved the community water supply's substantially complete inventory, update its inventory and submit it to the Agency by April 15 of every third year after the Agency's initial review and approval. Requires the Agency to review each material inventory submitted to it. Specifies what each material inventory shall identify. Requires the owner or operator of each community water supply to maintain records of persons who refuse to grant access to the interior of a building for purposes of identifying the materials of construction of a service line. Provides that if a community water supply identifies a lead service line connected to a building, the owner or operator of the community water supply shall notify interested persons of the existence of the lead service line within 15 days after identifying the lead service line, or as soon as is reasonably possible thereafter. Provides that an owner or operator of a community water supply has no duty to include in the material inventory information about service lines that are physically disconnected from a water main in its distribution system. Requires every owner or operator of a community water supply that has suspected lead service lines to create a plan with specified information, electronically submit its replacement plan to the Agency for approval, and post on its website a copy of the plan most recently approved by the Agency or request that the Agency post a copy of that plan on the Agency's website. Requires the Agency to determine if substantial progress or substantial completion of material inventories has been made. Requires each plan to include specified information. Requires the Agency to review each plan submitted to it and to approve the plan if specified criteria are met. Requires the giving of construction notice when replacing a lead service line or repairing or replacing water mains with lead service lines or partial lead service lines attached to them. Contains other provisions. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish a low-income water assistance policy and program. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Removes references to unaccounted-for water and replaces them with references to non-revenue water. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may allow or direct a water utility to establish a customer assistance program. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires specified entities to provide information related to the cost of providing water service to the Agency by December 31, 2022, and again by December 31, 2024. Requires the Agency to publish the information on its website. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2025. Repeals a provision regarding lead in drinking water notifications and inventories. Effective immediately.

Directs the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Board of Higher Education to establish a joint advisory council to study how Illinois can maximize the number of students completing credit-bearing certificate programs and two-year or four-year degree programs and enter into high-skill, high-wage occupations and to develop a plan to increase those numbers. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything. Replaces it with similar language directing the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Board of Higher Education to establish a joint advisory council to study how Illinois can maximize the number of students completing credit-bearing certificate programs and two-year or four-year degree programs and enter into high-skill, high-wage occupations and to develop a plan to increase those numbers. Changes the original membership of the advisory council. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything. Replaces it with similar language directing the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Board of Higher Education to establish a joint advisory council to study how Illinois can maximize the number of students completing credit-bearing certificate programs and two-year or four-year degree programs and enter into high-skill, high-wage occupations and to develop a plan to increase those numbers. Changes the membership of the advisory council.

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Cigarette Tax Act, the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act, the Motor Fuel Tax Law, the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act, and the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the vendor discount amount under those Acts shall be 1.75%. Provides that the vendor discount may not exceed $1,000 per vendor in any calendar year. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides for a water's edge apportionment election for certain members of a unitary business group. Provides that, with respect to foreign corporations that make a water's edge election, the deduction for dividends is limited to 75%.

Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes a provision that provides that a tax on income shall be measured at a non-graduated rate. Provides that there may be one tax on the income of individuals and corporations (currently, there may be no more than one income tax imposed on individuals and one income tax imposed on corporations, and the rate of tax imposed upon corporations shall not exceed the rate imposed on individuals by more than a ratio of 8 to 5). Provides that the income tax may be a fair tax where lower rates apply to lower income levels and higher rates apply to higher income levels. Provides that no government other than the State may impose a tax on or measured by income. Effective upon being declared adopted. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the resolved clause. Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes a provision that provides that a tax on income shall be measured at a non-graduated rate. Provides that the General Assembly shall provide by law for the rate or rates of any tax on or measured by income imposed by the State. Provides that the highest rate imposed on corporations may not exceed the highest rate imposed on individuals by more than a ratio of 8 to 5. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Creates the Sexual Harassment No Contact Order Act. Adds provisions relating to: purpose; definitions; persons protected; commencement of action and filing fees; pleading and nondisclosure of address; application of rules of civil procedure and victim advocates; appointment of counsel; trial by jury; subject matter jurisdiction; jurisdiction over persons; venue; process; service of notice of hearings; hearings; continuances; sexual harassment no contact orders and remedies; mutual orders prohibited; accountability for actions of others; emergency sexual harassment no contact order; plenary sexual harassment no contact order; duration and extension of orders; contents of orders; notice of orders; short form notification; modification and reopening of orders; violation; arrest without warrant; and data maintenance by law enforcement. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to create the offense of violation of a sexual harassment no contact order. Makes conforming changes in the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Changes the definition of "sexual harassment". Provides that victim advocates include, but are not limited to, rape crisis center advocates. Provides that a petition for relief under the Sexual Harassment No Contact Order Act made in good faith is protected by the anti-retaliation provisions of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Deletes language providing that a petition for a sexual harassment no contact order may be filed at any time, regardless of whether any criminal charges are ever filed.