Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In a provision stating that the privileged quality of communication between a professional person required to report suspected child abuse or neglect and his or her patient or client shall not apply to situations involving abused or neglected children and shall not constitute grounds for failure to report as required by the Act or constitute grounds for failure to share information or documents with the Department of Children and Family Services during the course of a child abuse or neglect investigation, creates an exception for privileged communication between an attorney and his or her client. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Dan Edward Bluthardt of Chatham.

Amends the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Provides that in a county with a population exceeding 2,000,000, the Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board may authorize the Department of Human Services to enter into an agreement with that county to reduce the number of commitments by the same percentage as is required by this Section of other counties, and with all of the same requirements of the Act, including reporting and evaluation, except that the agreement may encompass a clearly identifiable geographical subdivision of that county. Provides that the geographical subdivision may include, but is not limited to, a police district or group of police districts, a geographical area making up a court calendar or group of court calendars, a municipal district or group of municipal districts, or a municipality or group of municipalities.

Mourns the death of Joseph F. Girgis.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that no person licensed as a manufacturer of beer by any licensing authority, or any partnership, corporation, subsidiary, limited liability company, trust, agent, affiliate, or other form of business enterprise thereof, shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in a holder of a distributor's license or importing distributor's license. Provides that the Illinois Liquor Control Commission shall notify all persons licensed by the State Commission as a manufacturer of beer, brewer, or non-resident dealer of the required written disclosures prescribed by the Commission. Provides a process for revocation of licenses for violation of these provisions. Defines "person" for the purposes of the Act. Effective immediately.

Creates the Task Force on Language Access to Government Services.

Authorizes the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to expand the Illinois toll highway system, under a project to be known as the Elgin-O'Hare Western Access (EOWA), to include an O'Hare Airport Bypass with Extension, general access to O'Hare Airport primarily from the West and South, with the Bypass to be constructed generally along the western edge of the O'Hare Airport between I-90 (Northwest Tollway) near Elmhurst Road and I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) near Grand Avenue, and with the Extension to be constructed in a generally East-West direction between the Bypass at the East and the western terminus of the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway at U.S. 20 to the West; including, but not limited to, any necessary access ramps and bridges.

Mourns the death of Suzanne Cooke of Naperville.

Mourns the death of Jack Allen Tosh of Elmhurst.

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum established by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall include training in techniques designed to promote effective communication with crime victims and ways to comprehensively explain to victims and witnesses their rights under the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Violent Crime Victim's Assistance Act. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Creates the Office of the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer. Provides that the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of at least 3 persons, prepared and submitted by the Violent Crimes Advisory Commission, to serve a 3-year term at the pleasure of the Governor. Establishes the duties of the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer. Provides that any person who willfully or maliciously commits a violation of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000. Provides that such action may only be pursued by the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer. Provides that if after the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer receives and investigates a complaint of a violation of the Act and concludes that a willful and malicious violation has occurred, he or she shall generate a report detailing his or her findings of fact, conclusions as to the specific legal violations, and recommended sanctions. Establishes court procedures for pursuing the sanctions.