Sen. Laura Ellman

Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Provides that until January 1, 2022 (currently, January 1, 2020), the General Assembly shall not enact any law creating any new unit of local government. Repeals the Section on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 25 ILCS 5/3.2 Adds reference to: 25 ILCS 5/3 from Ch. 63, par. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the deposit of books, bills, documents, and papers with the Secretary of State.

Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that members of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for terms commencing on or after January 1, 2021, unless otherwise approved by law. Effective immediately.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall create and maintain an online database and resource page on its website. Provides that the database and resource page shall contain mental health resources specifically geared toward post-secondary social workers, counselors, parents, faculty, graduate assistants, school administrators, graduate and undergraduate students, and support personnel with the goal of connecting those people with mental health resources related to crisis services, wellness, sexual health, survivor support, gender-based violence, nutrition, stress reduction, anxiety, depression, violence prevention, suicide prevention, and substance use and encouraging information sharing among educational administrators, security personnel, resource officers, faculty, students, and all other employees of a university or college. Effective immediately.

Creates the Clean Energy Jobs Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Limits a person's service in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House, or Minority Leader of the Senate to ten years in any one office. Effective upon being declared adopted and applies to service on or after the second Wednesday in January, 2021.

Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that an institution may not collect fees from a high school student enrolled in a dual credit course in excess of what the institution needs, per student, to administer a dual credit program. Provides that any fees collected from the high school student may not be used for any purpose other than administering the dual credit program. Effective immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a person who has been granted a senior citizens homestead exemption need not reapply for the exemption. Effective immediately.

Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that any member of the General Assembly who is appointed to the House of Representatives or Senate after May 31 of an even-numbered year may not receive additional salary for service as a chairman or minority spokesman. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that any member of the General Assembly who is appointed to the House of Representatives or Senate after May 31 of an even-numbered year may not receive additional salary for service as a chairperson or minority spokesperson (currently, chairman or minority spokesman), and specifies that the additional salary may not be received for the remainder of the General Assembly in which the member is appointed. Makes conforming changes concerning references to chairman and spokesman. Effective immediately.

Makes appropriations to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the 2020 federal decennial census of population.

Creates the Tenants Radon Protection Act. Provides that before a lease is signed, a landlord shall provide to each tenant in a dwelling unit any records or reports pertaining to radon concentrations within the dwelling unit that indicate a radon hazard. Provides that if a tenant performs a radon test, the tenant shall provide to the landlord the test result within 10 days after receiving the result. Provides that before a lease is signed a landlord shall furnish each prospective tenant with a prescribed radon hazard disclosure form. Provides that nothing implies an obligation on a landlord or tenant to conduct any radon testing. Provides that a lease may be terminated under specified circumstances involving radon hazards. Provides that this is a limitation on home rule powers. Amends the Illinois Radon Awareness Act. Repeals a provision requiring landlords to give certain disclosures to tenants. Effective January 1, 2020. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that manufactured homes and mobile homes are "dwelling units". Defines "manufactured home" and "mobile home".