Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Repeals provisions concerning exemption from bargaining unit membership. Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. With respect to an educational employer of the Chicago school district, provides that (i) a supervisor shall be considered an "educational employee" unless the supervisor is also a managerial employee and (ii) a "managerial employee" means an individual who has a significant role in the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements or who formulates and determines employer-wide management policies and practices, including a general superintendent of schools (rather than an individual who is engaged predominantly in executive and management functions and is charged with the responsibility of directing the effectuation of such management policies and practices). In provisions concerning strikes, prohibits educational supervisors employed in the Chicago school district whose position requires an administrative license from engaging in a strike. Effective January 1, 2023.
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Amends the Governor Succession Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the line of succession for the office of Governor. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 15 ILCS 5/1 Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Warehouse Safety Standards Task Force Act to study warehouse safety standards. Provides for membership of the Task Force. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Department of Labor shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force must provide quarterly updates of its findings, discussions, and decisions to the Governor and the General Assembly and shall submit a final report of its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2025. Dissolves the Task Force and repeals the Act on January 1, 2026. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that the Task Force shall have one member who is a representative of an entity representing retail merchants (rather than retail marketers). Adds one representative of a worker advocacy organization representing warehouse workers, appointed by the Governor, to the Task Force. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: New Act Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 5/5-200 was 20 ILCS 5/7.11 20 ILCS 105/7.01 from Ch. 23, par. 6107.01 20 ILCS 405/405-413 20 ILCS 2310/2310-347 20 ILCS 3930/4 from Ch. 38, par. 210-4 20 ILCS 4116/10 20 ILCS 4116/15 20 ILCS 4116/25 20 ILCS 4116/30 20 ILCS 4118/10 20 ILCS 4120/1 20 ILCS 4120/5 20 ILCS 4120/10 20 ILCS 4120/15 20 ILCS 4120/20 20 ILCS 4120/25 20 ILCS 4122/95 20 ILCS 5086/5 20 ILCS 5110/20 70 ILCS 210/14 from Ch. 85, par. 1234 70 ILCS 1801/95 70 ILCS 1801/100 70 ILCS 1801/115 230 ILCS 10/5 from Ch. 120, par. 2405 415 ILCS 155/10 430 ILCS 65/10 from Ch. 38, par. 83-10 430 ILCS 66/20 615 ILCS 60/Act rep. 775 ILCS 5/8-101 from Ch. 68, par. 8-101 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency shall be appointed for a 6-year term (rather than a 2-year term). Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Specifies that the Director of Aging may be an individual who has experience in providing services to senior citizens. Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Specifies that members of the Council on Aging may include individuals who have actual experience in providing services to senior citizens (rather than only senior citizens). Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes changes concerning the hiring process for employees with a disability. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a provision limiting the number of terms that may be served by members of the Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure Board. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Authorizes designees to serve in place of members on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Amends the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure and Policy Act. Provides that: (i) members shall be appointed to the Commission by January 31, 2023 (rather than May 31, 2022); (ii) the Commission shall hold its first meeting by February 15, 2023 (rather than within 2 months from the Act's effective date); (iii) the Commission shall report a summary of its activities and produce a final report to the General Assembly by September 15, 2023 (rather than January 31, 2023); and (iv) the Commission is dissolved, and the Act is repealed, on September 30, 2023 (rather than February 1, 2023). Amends the Renewable Energy Component Recycling Task Force Act. Deletes provisions requiring the legislative leaders' appointees to the Renewable Energy Component Recycling Task Force to be representatives of solid waste disposal and renewable energy organizations. Amends the Illinois Indian American Advisory Council Act. Changes the Act's short title to the Illinois South Asian American Advisory Council Act. Replaces references to "Indian" with "South Asian" throughout the Act. Amends the Hydrogen Economy Act. Extends the Act's repeal date from June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2026. Adds 8 legislative appointees to the membership of the Task Force. Amends the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. Adds a gubernatorial appointee and a mayoral appointee to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board. Amends the Alexander-Cairo Port District Act. Adds 2 gubernatorial appointees to the Board of the District and requires one to have wetlands mitigation experience and one to have economic development experience. Requires 5 members of the Board (rather than 4 members of the Board) for a quorum for the transaction of business. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Removes a provision requiring the appointment to the Illinois Gaming Board of a board member who is a certified public accountant. Amends the Environmental Justice Act. Specifies that members appointed on or after the effective date are to serve 4-year terms (rather than 2-year terms). Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes the experiential requirements for members of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Review Board. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Changes the experiential requirements for members of the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board. Repeals the Des Plaines and Illinois Rivers Act. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Authorizes the appointment to the Human Rights Commission of board members having 4 years of professional experience working for community organizations or community affairs organizations. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Amends the Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Energy Transition Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning official acts of the Authority, meetings of the Authority and the Advisory Councils, and audits by the Auditor General.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that the definition of "health care professional" includes athletic trainers. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 150/5 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 430/20-5 20 ILCS 5/5-222 20 ILCS 605/1105 new 20 ILCS 730/5-5 20 ILCS 730/5-40 20 ILCS 3855/1-70 55 ILCS 5/5-12020 220 ILCS 5/8-402.2 220 ILCS 5/16-107.7 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Director of the Executive Ethics Commission shall be appointed for a term of 2 years for appointments made before the effective date of the amendatory Act and for a term of 4 years for appointments made on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency must have at least 10 years (rather than 15 years) of combined experience in the electric industry. Provides that the Director must have experience with the renewable energy industry and an understanding of the programs established by Public Act 102-662 intended to promote equity in the renewable energy industry. Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the definition of "community-based organizations" means an organization that, among other requirements, utilizes at least one training facility in the community or region it serves (rather than having at least one main operating office in the community or region it serves). Provides that, in provisions concerning the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, an eligible organization may serve as the designated Climate Works Hub for all 5 regions of the Climate Works Hub. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that for terms beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of the Illinois Power Agency shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency's annual salary (rather than $100,000). Amends the Counties Code. Provides that there shall be at least one public hearing during which public comment shall be taken regarding the application for siting approval or a special use permit for a commercial wind energy facility or commercial solar energy facility. Provides that the public hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings Act and shall be held not more than 45 days after the filing of an application for siting approval or a special use permit for a commercial wind energy facility or commercial solar energy facility. Provides that the county shall make its decision not more than 30 days after the conclusion of the public hearing. Removes a provision that allows any part of a county zoning ordinance pertaining to wind farms that was in effect before August 16, 2007 to continue in effect notwithstanding the provision. Provides that a county with an existing zoning ordinance in conflict with the provisions shall amend such zoning ordinance to be in compliance within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Specifies setback requirements, restrictions on blade tip height, sound limitations, and other restrictions on and regulations for commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities. Includes other provisions limiting a county's ability to regulate commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities, and grants counties certain other powers in the regulation of commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that each utility's Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment program shall include the following requirements: each utility shall retain a copy of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment report; the Illinois Power Agency shall promptly make the results of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment available for public inspection on its website; and utilities shall prioritize the completion of Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessments for schools located within environmental justice communities or schools that are categorized as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school based on the lasts annual evidence-based funding distribution process by the State Board of Education. Effective immediately. Provides that an electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers shall notify the Illinois Commerce Commission of the same and provide the results of the calculations set forth in the provisions concerning assisting qualifying customers through a power price mitigation rebate. Provides that any electric utility that provides notice to the commission of qualification under the provisions concerning the power price mitigation rebate shall concurrently file a tariff with the Commission that provides for a monthly rebate credit to be given to all residential and small commercial customers. Provides that the tariff shall provide that the total funds appropriated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall be divided equally and issued to all of its active residential and small commercial customers. Provides that the Commission shall have 5 days from the date an electric utility files the tariff to review the tariff for compliance, and the tariff shall go into effect no later than 7 days from the original tariff filing date or one day from the date of any compliance filing. Provides that upon receipt of notice from the Commission, the Department shall transfer $200,000,000 to the eligible electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers. Provides that each electric utility providing a monthly rebate credit to its customers shall include a statement as part of a bill insert reflecting a monthly rebate credit to customers. Provides that an electric utility with a tariff shall be entitled to recover the reasonable and prudent expenses incurred and shall have an obligation to provide monthly rebate credits to customers only to the extent there are funds available to the utility to provide monthly rebate credits. Makes a conforming change in the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Removes the changes to the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act by removing language providing that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency shall be appointed by a majority of the commissioners of the Executive Ethics commission, subject to Senate confirmation, for a term of 2 years for appointments made before the effective date of the amendatory Act and for a term of 4 years for appointments made on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. In the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law, provides that subject to appropriation from such funds made available (rather than just subject to appropriation), the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall transfer $200,000,000 to an eligible electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers pursuant to provisions concerning the power price mitigation rebate. In the Energy Transition Act: removes changes to the definition of "community-based organizations"; and removes language providing that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall initially select a community-based provider in each region and shall subsequently select a community-based provider in each region every 3 years. In the Public Utilities Act: removes language providing that each utility must retain a copy of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment report; provides that the results of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment shall be memorialized by the utility or by a third party acting on behalf of the utility in a usable report form that includes recommendations and redacts all confidential information and shall be provided to the applicable public school; provides that each utility shall be required to retain a copy of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment report and to provide copies of each usable report to the Agency and the Illinois Capital Development Board within 3 months of its completion; in provisions concerning the power price mitigation, provides that the tariff shall provide that the monthly rebate credit will be reflected on customer bills beginning at the start of a monthly billing period and continue through the October (instead of the May) 2023 billing period; and deletes language providing that, upon receipt of notice from the Commission, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall transfer $200,000,000 to the eligible electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers.
Resolves that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has organized by the election of a President and other permanent officers and is ready to proceed with business of session.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of deceptive sale of pipeline components. Provides that a person commits the offense, when he or she sells, purchases, or trades a knowingly falsely labeled pipeline component that does not meet or exceed the industry safety standards adopted by the Illinois Commerce Commission, under the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act, for the pipeline component. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that if the violation results in death or great bodily harm to another person, deceptive sale of pipeline components is a Class 4 felony. Defines "component".