Sen. Laura Murphy

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to $500 for individuals who serve as volunteer emergency workers for or on behalf of a volunteer fire protection association. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that, to qualify for the credit, the volunteer emergency worker may not receive compensation for his or her services of more than $10,000 for the taxable year. Removes provisions concerning volunteer fire protection associations. Makes changes to the definition of "volunteer emergency worker". Effective immediately.

Amends the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Provides that the General Assembly shall appropriate $19,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 for the purposes of this Act. Provides that the funds shall be distributed to the public colleges and universities according to the recommendations of a specified report of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, in conjunction with the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education, must make recommendations to the General Assembly on the amounts necessary to implement this Act for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2027, and may make such recommendations for Fiscal Years thereafter. Deletes provisions making the Act subject to appropriation. Effective July 1, 2022.

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 1305/1-5 Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Home Modification Program Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to establish a home modification funding system that is streamlined, effective, and administered by experts within the disability community. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Home Modification Program to provide financial assistance to persons with disabilities for home modification projects. Requires the Department to designate a statewide association that represents centers for independent living to serve as the lead agency to administer the Program. Requires the Department to provide funding for the Program. Requires the lead agency to distribute any moneys it receives from the Department to the State's 22 centers for independent living, covering all 102 counties. Provides that the lead agency shall ensure that each center for independent living has access to at least $105,000 to use for home modification projects, with the excess funds subject to reallocation during the 4th fiscal quarter of each year. Contains provisions concerning eligibility requirements for applicants under the Program; standards and qualifications for home modification projects; the lead agency's establishment of a Home Modification Subcommittee to provide additional oversight of the home modification projects; and an administrative fee to the lead agency. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Specifies that the duty of the Department of Human Services to establish the Home Modification Program is subject to the availability of appropriations in an amount sufficient to implement and administer the Program. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: New Act Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 1305/1-5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 1305/1-5 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 430/20-5 20 ILCS 5/5-200 was 20 ILCS 5/7.11 20 ILCS 5/5-222 20 ILCS 105/7.01 from Ch. 23, par. 6107.01 20 ILCS 2310/2310-347 20 ILCS 3855/1-70 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. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency must have 10 years (rather than 15 years) of experience in the electric industry, electricity policy, or electricity markets. 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 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 Power Agency Act. Changes the calculation of the salary of the Director of the Illinois Power Agency. 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 December 31, 2022 (rather than May 31, 2022); (ii) the Commission shall hold its first meeting by January 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 the 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. Effective immediately.

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Supporting Special Needs Students Act. Amends the School Code. When computing certain completion rates, requires the State Superintendent of Education to exclude students who: are at least 18 years of age as of September 1 of the school year as reported for the fall semester and have satisfied the credit requirements for high school graduation; have not completed their individualized education program; and are enrolled and receiving individualized education program services. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, in high school districts in counties with populations greater than 800,000 but less than 4,000,000 where there are 2 high schools individually serving grades 9 through 12 and where enrollment is less than 2,500 at any school, enrollment shall be balanced across high schools within the district equally, not to exceed a 15% enrollment difference when averaged over the previous 3 consecutive years.

AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. Effective July 1, 2021.

Creates the Vegetable Garden Protection Act. Provides for the right to cultivate a vegetable garden and permits state and local regulation. Defines "vegetable garden". Limits home rule powers. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: New Act Adds reference to: 65 ILCS 5/1-1-1 from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning completion and delivery of the seller's disclosure statement.

Amends the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund is not subject to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts from the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund into any other fund of the State. Effective immediately.

Creates the Illinois Broadband Deployment, Equity, Access, and Affordability Act of 2022. Provides that access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband service is essential to full participation in modern life in the State and throughout the United States. Defines terms. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish and implement a statewide broadband service grant program. Provides that the Department shall use money from the grant program only for the exclusive purpose of awarding grants to applicants for projects that are limited to the construction and deployment of broadband service into unserved areas in the State and for the Department's cost to administer the program. Provides that the Department shall not award grant money to a governmental entity or educational institution. Provides that the Department shall not, as a condition of an award of grant money, impose an open network architecture requirement, rate regulation, or other term or condition of service that differs from the applicant's terms or conditions of service in its other service areas. Includes provisions providing for the criteria for determining the award of funds, the information an applicant must provide for an application for a grant, the priority by which the Department shall follow in granting awards, and when the Department shall not award a grant to an applicant. Provides that when a grant is awarded, the Department shall provide notice on its website of each application receiving a grant. Provides that the Department shall require an applicant awarded a grant to submit a semi-annual report from the time the applicant receives the grant to 3 years after completion of the project. Makes a conforming change in the Freedom of Information Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that by July 1, 2021, and by July 1 of each year thereafter, the State Comptroller shall determine the prompt payment interest rate for the fiscal year beginning on that July 1. Provides that any bill approved for payment on or after July 1, 2021 must be paid or the payment issued to the payee within 90 days of receipt of a proper bill or invoice. Provides that if payment is not issued to the payee within this 90-day period, an interest penalty calculated using the prompt payment interest rate shall be added for each month or fraction thereof after the end of this 90-day period until final payment is made. Provides for the prompt payment interest rate under the applicable provisions. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.