Amends the Property Tax Code. For the purposes of determining the fair cash value of a supportive living facility using the income capitalization approach, provides that gross potential income must not exceed the maximum individual Supplemental Security Income (SSI) amount, minus a resident's personal allowance, multiplied by the number of apartments authorized by the supportive living facility certification. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 35 ILCS 200/10-390 Adds reference to: New Act 30 ILCS 500/45-100 new 35 ILCS 5/236 new 35 ILCS 5/237 new 35 ILCS 5/704A 35 ILCS 120/5m new 35 ILCS 200/18-184.15 new 35 ILCS 630/2 from Ch. 120, par. 2002 35 ILCS 640/2-4 220 ILCS 5/9-222 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-222 415 ILCS 5/52.10 new 815 ILCS 710/6 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 756 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Reimagining Electric Vehicles in Illinois Act. Creates the Reimagining Electric Vehicles in Illinois (REV Illinois) Program to be administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that the Program shall provide financial incentives and tax credits to eligible manufacturers of electric vehicles, electric vehicle component parts, and electric vehicle power supply equipment. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act, the Electricity Excise Tax Law, and the Public Utilities Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Property Tax Code to allow for property tax abatements for certain REV Illinois Project facilities. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code to provide that, in awarding contracts requiring the procurement of electric vehicles, preference shall be given to an otherwise qualified bidder or offeror who will fulfill the contract through the use of electric vehicles manufactured in Illinois. Amends the Environmental Protection Act to create the Electric Vehicle Permitting Task Force. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force and its duties and responsibilities. Amends the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act. Makes changes concerning reimbursement for parts provided in satisfaction of a warranty. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 5/207 from Ch. 120, par. 2-207 In the definition provisions of the Reimagining Electric Vehicles in Illinois Act, removes electric motorcycles from an exclusion to the definition of "electric vehicle". Modifies provisions relating to REV Illinois Credits. Provides that applicants seeking certification for a tax credits related to the construction of the project facilities in the State shall require the contractor to enter into a project labor agreement (rather than a project labor agreement approved by the Department of Labor). Removes a provision allowing a pass-through entity that has been awarded a credit under the Act, its shareholders, or its partners to treat some or all of the credit awarded as a tax payment for purposes of the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that taxpayers required to submit to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity an annual report detailing the diversity of the taxpayer's own workforce must be a taxpayer with a workforce of 100 or more employees and provides that such taxpayers shall start making such report on April 15, 2025 and every year thereafter in which the taxpayer has an agreement under the Act (rather than each taxable year the taxpayer claims a credit under the Act). Provides that, for violations by specified contractors or subcontracts, violations may be enforced by the Department or the Illinois Department of Labor and the Attorney General shall represent such department. Provides that contractors and subcontracts are required to submit reports electronically. In provisions in the Illinois Procurement Code relating to preferences given in awarding of contracts for a bidder or offeror who uses electric vehicles manufactured in Illinois, provides that the purchasing agency may require additional information from bidders or offerors to verify whether an electric vehicle is manufactured in Illinois as defined in the provisions. Provides that agreements between the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and applicants under the Reimagining Electric Vehicles in Illinois Act shall include provisions concerning labor neutrality. Further amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to provide for net operating loss carryovers to each of the 20 taxable years following the taxable year of such loss (currently, 12 taxable years). Makes other changes.
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Declares October 2021 as "Manufacturing Month" in the State of Illinois.
Declares October 28, 2021 as First Responders Day in the State of Illinois. Recognizes and remembers the first responders we have lost and extends gratitude to all first responders for continuously putting their lives on the line for the citizens of Illinois.
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that for purposes of the ABLE account program, a designated beneficiary means the ABLE account owner. Provides that upon the death of a designated beneficiary, proceeds from an account may be transferred pursuant to a payable on death account agreement. Provides that upon the death of a designated beneficiary, the State Treasurer may require verification that the funeral and burial expenses of the designated beneficiary have been paid. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 15 ILCS 505/16.6 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 5/5-15 was 20 ILCS 5/3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the civil administrative agencies. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 5/5-15 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 420/1-102.5 new 5 ILCS 420/1-104.3 new 5 ILCS 420/1-104.4 new 5 ILCS 420/1-104.5 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.2 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.3 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.5 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.6 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.7 new 5 ILCS 420/1-109 from Ch. 127, par. 601-109 5 ILCS 420/1-110 from Ch. 127, par. 601-110 5 ILCS 420/1-112.5 new 5 ILCS 420/1-113.6 new 5 ILCS 420/1-113.7 new 5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 5 ILCS 420/3A-50 new 5 ILCS 420/4A-102 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102 5 ILCS 420/4A-103 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103 5 ILCS 420/4A-107 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-107 5 ILCS 420/4A-108 5 ILCS 420/4A-104 rep. 5 ILCS 430/5-40 5 ILCS 430/5-45 5 ILCS 430/20-20 5 ILCS 430/20-95 5 ILCS 430/25-5 5 ILCS 430/25-10 5 ILCS 430/25-15 5 ILCS 430/25-20 5 ILCS 430/25-85 10 ILCS 5/1A-14 from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14 10 ILCS 5/9-1.8 from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8 10 ILCS 5/9-3.5 new 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 25 ILCS 115/1 from Ch. 63, par. 14 25 ILCS 170/2 from Ch. 63, par. 172 25 ILCS 170/3 from Ch. 63, par. 173 25 ILCS 170/4.5 25 ILCS 170/4.7 25 ILCS 170/5 25 ILCS 170/6 from Ch. 63, par. 176 25 ILCS 170/8 from Ch. 63, par. 178 25 ILCS 170/11.2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Creates a uniform statement of economic interest form that must be completed by all persons who are required to file that form under the Act. Changes the nature of the required disclosures that must be made. Requires the Secretary of State to adjust specified amounts that prompt disclosure under the Act for purposes of inflation, and requires the Secretary to make conforming changes to the statement of economic interest form. Requires candidates filing for supreme court justice, appellate court judge, circuit court judge, or judicial retention to file their statement of economic interests in written or printed form. Modifies requirements concerning legislator restricted activities and the code of conduct. Prohibits a person appointed to an affected office from serving as an officer of a candidate political committee under specified circumstances. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Restricts fundraising during sessions of the General Assembly, regardless of county. Modifies provisions concerning procurement and revolving door prohibitions concerning the fiscal administration of State contracts. Provides further revolving door requirements for executive branch officers and members of the General Assembly concerning lobbying. Modifies requirements concerning the Executive Ethics Commission and the Legislative Ethics Commission. Modifies requirements for Executive Inspectors General and the Legislative Inspector General. Provides that all investigatory files and reports of the Office of an Executive Inspector General are, among other exemptions, privileged. Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a member of the State Board of Elections from contributing to a political committee, serving as an officer of a political committee, or being a candidate supported by a candidate political committee. Prohibits a limited activity committee from accepting contributions except under specified circumstances. Provides that a limited activity committee may only make specified expenditures. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that the compensation to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly shall be paid bi-monthly. Provides for member compensation on a prorated basis. Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Applies the requirements of the Act to municipalities, counties, and officials thereof, and other specified State officials. Provides for home rule preemption under the Act. Defines terms. Makes conforming changes. Adds an applicability clause. Effective January 1, 2022. Governor Amendatory Veto Message Recommends: (i) deleting new language providing that the Executive Inspectors General have the duty to "receive and investigate, without advance approval of the Executive Ethics Commission, allegations of violations of this Act and other wrongful acts within his or her jurisdiction based on a complaint" and that an "investigation may not be initiated more than one year after the alleged wrongful act or the most recent act of a series of alleged wrongful acts based on the same wrongful conduct except if there is reasonable cause to believe that fraudulent concealment has occurred"; and (ii) restoring existing law providing that the Executive Inspectors General have the duty to "receive and investigate allegations of violations of this Act" and that an "investigation may not be initiated more than one year after the most recent act of the alleged violation or of a series of alleged violations except where there is reasonable cause to believe that fraudulent concealment has occurred".
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Exempts transportation services, including those transportation services provided by ground ambulance service providers, medi-car providers, service car providers, and taxi service providers, from the State's managed care medical assistance program. Provides that these services shall continue to be paid under the State's traditional fee-for-service program. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to exempt ground ambulance services from the State's managed care medical assistance program (rather than exempt transportation services, including those transportation services provided by ground ambulance service providers, medi-car providers, service car providers, and taxi service providers).
Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that a pet shop operator may offer for sale a dog or cat only if the dog or cat is obtained from an animal control facility or animal shelter. Provides that an animal control facility or animal shelter that supplies dogs or cats to pet shop operators to be offered for sale shall not be a dog breeder or a cat breeder or obtain dogs or cats from a dog breeder, a cat breeder, a person who resells dogs or cats from a breeder, or a person who sells dogs or cats at auction in exchange for payment or compensation. Defines the term "offer for sale" and modifies the definitions of "pet shop operator" and "animal shelter". Effective 180 days after becoming law. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that "offer for sale" means to sell, exchange for consideration, offer for adoption, advertise for the sale of, barter, auction, give away, or otherwise dispose of animals (rather than to display, sell, exchange for consideration, offer for adoption, advertise for the sale of, barter, auction, give away, or otherwise dispose of animals). Provides that provisions concerning the prohibition of dogs and cats sold by pet shops shall not prohibit a pet shop operator from providing space to an animal control facility or animal shelter to showcase dogs or cats owned by these entities for the purpose of adoption.
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires mandated reporters to complete an initial implicit bias training within 3 months of their date of engagement in a professional or official capacity as a mandated reporter, with certain exceptions, and at least every 3 years thereafter. Provides that the implicit bias trainings shall be in-person or web-based and shall include, at a minimum, information on implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. Requires the implicit bias trainings to provide tools to adjust automatic patterns of thinking and ultimately eliminate discriminatory behaviors. Provides that, during these trainings, mandated reporters shall complete a pretest to assess baseline implicit bias levels, an implicit bias training task, and a posttest to reevaluate bias levels after training. Provides that the implicit bias curriculum for mandated reporters shall be developed within one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act and shall be created in consultation with organizations demonstrating expertise and or experience in the areas of implicit bias, youth and adolescent developmental issues, prevention of child abuse, exploitation, and neglect, culturally diverse family systems, and the child welfare system. Provides that implicit bias training shall be provided through the Department of Children and Family Services, through authorized entities. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Requires mandated reporters to complete an initial mandated reporter training, including a section on implicit bias training (rather than an initial mandated reporter training and an initial implicit bias training). Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces all references to "implicit bias training" with "implicit bias". Provides that the implicit bias section (rather than the implicit bias trainings) shall be in-person or web-based and shall include information on certain topics. Provides that the mandated reporter training, including a section on implicit bias training, shall be provided through the Department of Children and Family Services (rather than the mandated reporter training and the implicit bias training shall be provided through the Department).
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education's school report cards to include the number of teachers who are National Board Certified Teachers. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill, but requires the number of teachers who are National Board Certified Teachers to be disaggregated by race and ethnicity. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Changes the effective date to July 1, 2022 (rather than effective immediately).
Amends the School Code. Makes changes to provisions relating to a school district's policy addressing the sexual abuse of children. Provides that the policy must be adopted and implemented by no later than July 1, 2022. Provides that the policy shall (rather than may) include an age-appropriate and evidence-based curriculum (rather than age-appropriate curriculum) for students in pre-K through 12th (rather than 5th) grade. Requires a school district to include in its policy and all training materials and instruction a definition of prohibited grooming behaviors and boundary violations for school personnel and how to report these behaviors to school authorities. Sets forth what the policy must address. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the school district shall include in its policy and any relevant training materials a definition of prohibited grooming behaviors and boundary violations for school personnel and how to report these behaviors (instead of how to report these behaviors to school authorities). Makes conforming changes. Makes changes to provisions concerning the required policies addressing sexual abuse. Provides that a school district must provide training for school personnel on specified child sexual abuse and grooming behaviors no later than January 31 of each year. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds the definition of "grooming".
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a partnership or Subchapter S corporation may elect to pay a tax computed by multiplying the share of business income apportionable to Illinois and nonbusiness income allocated to Illinois that is distributable to each partner or shareholder and multiplied by the applicable rates of tax for that partner or shareholder. Creates a deduction in an amount equal to those amounts. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 5/502 from Ch. 120, par. 5-502 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that the tax imposed under the introduced bill applies for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. Provides that certain nonresident individuals with no Illinois income tax liability after taking into account the deductions in the amendatory Act are not required to file returns. Makes various technical corrections concerning pass-through entities. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 35 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 120, par. 2-203 35 ILCS 5/502 from Ch. 120, par. 5-502 35 ILCS 5/601 from Ch. 120, par. 6-601 35 ILCS 5/709.5 35 ILCS 5/1501 from Ch. 120, par. 15-1501 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts provisions of the introduced bill creating an entity-level tax, but makes certain formatting changes. Provides that the entity-level tax applies for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2021 and beginning prior to January 1, 2026. Provides that the entity-level tax shall be in an amount equal to 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. Defines "net income". Provides that a partnership or Subchapter S corporation that elects to pay tax at the entity level is required to pay estimated tax if the amount payable as estimated tax can reasonably be expected to exceed $500. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 120, par. 2-203 35 ILCS 5/901 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Provides that provisions concerning pass-through entities apply only with respect to taxable years for which a specified limitation on individual deductions applies under the Internal Revenue Code. Adds a corresponding addition modification. Makes a conforming change with respect to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately.