Creates the Hydrogen Economy Act. Creates the Hydrogen Economy Task Force. Provides for membership of the Task Force. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides for meetings of the Task Force. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides for duties of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1 of each year on its activities, findings, and recommendations. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds members to the Hydrogen Economy Task Force. Modifies the duties of the Task Force to specify that the duties include identifying barriers to the widespread development of hydrogen, including within environmental justice communities. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides for the appointment of an additional member to the Hydrogen Economy Task Force. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Adds three members to the Hydrogen Economy Task Force: one member representing a non-profit energy research organization, appointed by the Governor; one representative of a trade association representing the investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities and power generation companies in the State of Illinois, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and one representative of a trade association representing wind and solar electric generators, renewable transmission companies, appointed by the President of the Senate.
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Creates the Illinois Support Through Loss Act. Requires an employer to grant to each employee 24 hours of paid leave time on the employee's first workday of each calendar year. Provides that the employee shall use the paid leave time as needed during that calendar year for either (i) an absence resulting from a pregnancy loss; an unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination or of an assisted reproductive technology procedure; a failed adoption match or an adoption that is not finalized because it is contested by another party; a failed surrogacy arrangement; or a diagnosis or event that impacts pregnancy or fertility; or (ii) an absence to care for a spouse or domestic partner who experiences a circumstance described in item (i). Requires paid leave time to be provided upon the oral or written request of an employee. Provides that any paid leave time granted shall not carry over from one calendar year to the next. Provides that any employer with a paid leave policy that is sufficient to meet the requirements of the Act shall not be required to grant an employee additional paid leave time in accordance with the Act. Prohibits an employer from requiring the employee to find a replacement employee to cover the hours during which the employee is using paid leave time. Provides that an employer is not required to provide an employee with reimbursement for granted paid leave time that has not been used. Prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who uses paid leave time or files a complaint alleging a violation of the Act. Exempts from the requirements of the Act an employer who is subject to the Railway Labor Act, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the Federal Employers' Liability Act, or other comparable federal law. Provides that the Director of Labor shall administer and enforce the Act. Grants an employee the right to bring an action to recover damages. Grants the Department of Labor rulemaking authority. Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: New Act Adds reference to: 820 ILCS 154/1 820 ILCS 154/5 820 ILCS 154/10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Child Bereavement Leave Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Family Bereavement Leave Act. Provides that all employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 2 weeks (10 work days) of unpaid bereavement leave to be absent from work due to (i) a miscarriage; (ii) an unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination or of an assisted reproductive technology procedure; (iii) a failed adoption match or an adoption that is not finalized because it is contested by another party; (iv) a failed surrogacy agreement; (v) a diagnosis that negatively impacts pregnancy or fertility; or (vi) a stillbirth. Provides that the employer may not require that the employee identify which category of event the leave pertains to as a condition of exercising rights under the Act. Changes references from "child" to "covered family members". Defines terms.
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Makes changes concerning the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program. Provides that the State Treasurer may make supplementary deposits to children in financially insecure households if sufficient funds are available. Provides that the State Treasurer shall annually prepare a report that includes a summary of the Program operations for the preceding fiscal year, including, among other items, the rate of seed deposits claimed, and, to the extent data is reported and available, the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic data of beneficiaries and of children in financially insecure households who may receive automatic bonus deposits. Provides that such other information that is relevant to make a full disclosure of the operations of the Program and Fund may also be reported. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds a licensed physical therapist as a person who can verify that a person is a person with disabilities for the purposes of the Code. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-159.1 Adds reference to: 605 ILCS 140/5 605 ILCS 140/90 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Expressway Camera Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall work together to conduct a program to increase the amount of cameras along expressways and the State highway system in the counties of Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Henry, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Macon, Madison, McHenry, Morgan, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, Will, and Winnebago (instead of only Cook County). Provides that any funds needed to conduct the program for use on expressways or State highway system under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation shall be taken from the Road Fund and shall be included in requests for qualification processes. Provides that any funds needed to conduct the program for use on expressways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall be paid for by funds from the Illinois State Tollway Highway Authority and shall be included in requests for qualification processes. Changes the Act repeal date to July 1, 2025 (instead of July 1, 2023). Effective immediately.
Amends the Drug Court Treatment Act. Defines "clinical treatment plan" and "peer recovery coach". Provides that the assessment of the defendant shall include a validated clinical assessment. The clinical assessment shall include, but not be limited to, assessments of substance use and mental and behavioral health needs. The clinical assessment shall be administered by a qualified clinician and used to inform any Clinical Treatment Plans. Provides that the court may establish a mentorship program that provides access and support to program participants by peer recovery coaches. Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that peer recovery coaches shall work to help facilitate participants' independence for continued success once the supports of the court are no longer available to them. Provides for education seminars for Veterans and Servicemembers, court prosecutors, judges, and public defenders. Amends the Mental Health Court Treatment Act. Provides that the court may establish a mentorship program that provides access and support to program participants by peer recovery coaches. Makes other changes. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 167/20 Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 166/45 730 ILCS 166/50 730 ILCS 167/5 730 ILCS 167/30 730 ILCS 168/5 730 ILCS 168/30 730 ILCS 168/55 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as introduced with the following changes: Further amends the Drug Court Treatment Act. Defines "validated clinical assessment". Provides that a defendant may be ordered to complete mental health counseling, comply with physician recommendations regarding medications, and receive follow up treatment for a mental health diagnosis. Provides that the court shall prioritize the least restrictive treatment option when ordering mental health or substance use treatment for participants. Provides that jail-based custodial treatment may be utilized if it is found to be the least restrictive alternative. Provides that partnerships between the State of Illinois and community mental health or behavioral health centers shall be prioritized whenever possible. Further amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Makes similar changes. Provides that peer recovery coaches should be individuals with lived experience and that they shall work to help facilitate participant experience. Further amends the Mental Health Court Treatment Act. Makes similar changes. Provides for education seminars currently offered for Drug Court Treatment Act prosecutors, judges, and public defenders for Veterans and Servicemembers Treatment Court and Mental Health Treatment Court prosecutors, judges, and public defenders. Makes other changes. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 168/55 new Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 166/15 730 ILCS 166/20 730 ILCS 166/40 730 ILCS 167/5 730 ILCS 167/10 730 ILCS 167/15 730 ILCS 167/20 730 ILCS 168/15 730 ILCS 168/41 new 730 ILCS 168/40 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill. Makes additional grammatical changes. Makes other changes concerning drug courts, veterans and servicemembers courts, and mental health courts. Provides that a person is ineligible for a drug court, veterans and servicemembers court, or mental health court program if the person has been convicted of home invasion, aggravated vehicular hijacking, or aggravated driving under the influence that resulted in the death of another person or when the violation was a proximate cause of the death. Provides that the court shall consider the least restrictive treatment option when ordering mental health or substance use disorder treatment for participants and the results of clinical and risk assessments in accordance with the Illinois Supreme Court Problem-Solving Court Standards. Repeals a provision concerning the mental health court in Kane County. Effective immediately.
Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall not unreasonably deny a vegetation control permit that seeks to increase the visibility zone from 250 feet to 500 feet. Provides that the extra distance shall be measured diagonally from the edge of the right-of-way to the edge of the pavement, and the visibility zone will be the triangular section it creates. Provides that the measuring of the vegetation control permit only applies to municipal network signs. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 440/6.05 new Adds reference to: 605 ILCS 5/9-112.6 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall issue rules to provide the standards and procedures for vegetation control, including permit applications, permits, revocations, and the requirements for replacement of vegetation and landscaping removal to establish clear visibility zones of signs along interstate or primary highways in the State. Provides that the Department shall allow the cutting or trimming of vegetation to clear a visibility zone of 500 feet for a single-sided or 1,000 feet for a double-sided municipal digital network sign along interstate or primary highways. Provides that this distance shall be measured from the edge of the sign face closest to the pavement in a direction parallel to the pavement. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following change: Provides that the Department of Transportation shall allow the cutting or trimming of vegetation to clear a visibility zone of 500 feet for a single-sided or 1,000 feet for a double-sided off-premises sign (rather than a double-sided municipal digital networks sign) along interstate or primary highways. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 1, and makes the following changes. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide for vegetation control on land or a right-of-way under its jurisdiction related to the visibility of a permitted or registered outdoor advertising sign or grant a permit for such work. Authorizes the Department to issue rules to provide the standards and procedures for vegetation control to establish clear visibility zones along highways in the State under its jurisdiction (rather than along interstate or primary highways in the State). Provides that visibility zones shall be 250 feet in front of a single-sided sign and 250 feet in front of each side of a double-sided sign (rather than 500 feet for a single-sided sign and 1,000 feet for a double-sided off-premises sign along interstate or primary highways). Provides that the visibility zone for signs shall also include an additional 250-foot triangular section measured diagonally from the edge of the right-of-way to the edge of pavement, which shall be measured from the edge of the sign face closest to the pavement in a direction parallel to the pavement. Provides that all cutting or trimming of vegetation shall maintain environmental compliance. Prohibits the cutting or trimming of vegetation from violating the safety rules of the Department. Requires the Department to process a completed vegetation control application within 45 days. Effective 3 months after becoming law.
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. With respect to the Comprehensive Health Education Program, requires that the instruction on mental health and illness discuss how and where to find mental health resources in this State. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 110/5.5 new Adds provisions regarding instruction on mental health and illness to include how to find a mental health provider and how to access the mental health system. Creates the Student Mental Health Council to evaluate mental health among students, how mental health resources are being used, and the effect of COVID-19 on students' mental health. Provides that the Council shall meet at least once per quarter. Provides that the Council shall advise and make recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor regarding: (i) the dissemination of information to schools, including agency websites, informational materials, and outreach personnel; (ii) available services to students and any gaps; and (iii) how to improve state policy concerning student mental health. Provides guidelines for appointing members. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative support. Defines which members serve for compensation, and the amount of the compensation. Provides that the Council shall deliver annual reports to the General Assembly and the Governor's Office. Provides that the Council is dissolved, and the Section creating the Council is repealed, on January 1, 2026. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Adds provisions regarding requiring instruction on how and where to find mental health resources and specialized treatment in the State. Creates the Student Mental Health Council to evaluate: mental health; how mental health resources are being used; and the effect of COVID-19 on students' mental health, substance use disorders, and other mental health conditions. Provides that the Council shall meet at least once per quarter. Provides that the Council shall advise and make recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor regarding: (i) the dissemination of information to schools, including agency websites, informational materials, and outreach personnel; (ii) available services to students and any service gaps; and (iii) how to improve State policy concerning student mental health. Provides guidelines for appointing members. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative support. Describes which members serve for compensation and the amount of the compensation. Provides that the Council shall deliver annual reports to the General Assembly and the Governor's Office. Provides that the Council is dissolved, and the Section creating the Council is repealed, on January 1, 2026. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, with the following changes. Removes a provision providing for a stipend for certain members. Provides that no member of the Council, including the chairperson, shall receive any compensation for services on the Council but shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Council. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 110/5.5 new Adds reference to: 405 ILCS 49/5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: With respect to the Comprehensive Health Education Program, requires that the Program include instruction on how and where to find mental health resources and specialized treatment in the State (rather than on mental health and illness discuss how and where to find mental health resources in the State). Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. Provides that the Children's Mental Health Partnership shall also include an adjunct council. Defines membership and qualifications of the adjunct council. Provides that the adjunct council will make recommendations to the Partnership regarding youth mental health, including, but not limited to, identifying barriers to youth feeling supported by and empowered by the system of mental health and treatment providers, barriers perceived by youth in accessing mental health services, gaps in the mental health system, available resources in schools, including youth's perceptions and experiences with outreach personnel, agency websites, and informational materials, methods to destigmatize mental health services, and how to improve State policy concerning student mental health. Provides that the council shall meet at least 4 times annually. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that the Partnership shall include an adjunct council comprised of no more than 6 youth aged 14 to 25 and (rather than no more than) 4 representatives of 4 different community-based organizations (instead of 3 representatives of 3 different community based organizations) that focus on youth mental health. Provides that, of the community-based organizations that focus on youth mental health, one of the community-based organizations shall be led by an LGBTQ-identified person, one of the community-based organizations shall be led by a person of color, and one of the community-based organizations shall be led by a woman (instead of each community-based organization shall be led by an LGBTQ-identified person, a person of color, or a woman). Provides that, of the representatives appointed to the council from the community-based organizations, at least one representative shall be LGBTQ-identified, at least one representative shall be a person of color, and at least one representative shall be a woman.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall enter into contracts with the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and any other appropriate State agencies as the Department of Corrections may direct so that those Departments or agencies may assist persons released from institutions and facilities of the Department of Corrections in obtaining the services provided by those Departments. Provides for the type of services available to released persons. Provides that at least 45 days before the scheduled discharge of a person committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections, the Department shall inform the person that those Departments shall provide that assistance. Provides that if the county or municipality of the released person's residence has established a program for reentry of persons into the community who have been committed to the Department, the Department of Corrections shall inform the person about that program. Provides that the assistance provided under this provision shall be available to the person during the term of his or her parole or mandatory supervised release. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 5/3-14-1 Adds reference to: 720 ILCS 5/14-3 720 ILCS 5/33G-9 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the sunset of the provision that exempts from an eavesdropping violation, with prior request to and written or verbal approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of a qualified offense from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2027. Extends the sunset of the RICO Article of the Code from June 11, 2022 to June 11, 2023. Effective immediately.
Amends the Cemetery Protection Act. Requires a court order before a cemetery may disinter deceased human remains from a multiple-depth burial plot if the involved decedent is not located within a concrete outer burial container and if the involved decedent was interred 10 or more years ago. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 765 ILCS 835/14.6 new Adds reference to: 735 ILCS 30/25-5-100 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Provides that quick-take powers may be used for a period of no more than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act by Cook County and the Village of Forest View for the acquisition of certain described property for the purpose of installing a traffic signal at the intersection of 49th Street and Central Avenue. Repeals the new provisions 3 years after the effective date. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023 that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for prenatal vitamins when prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024 (rather than January 1, 2023) that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for prenatal vitamins when prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024 that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for prenatal vitamins when prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act (rather than only a physician).