Sen. Mattie Hunter

Mourns the death of Jacoby Dickens of Fisher Island, Florida, formerly of Chicago.

Mourns the death of Inell Brewer.

Designates the date of April 15, 2013 as Harold Washington Day in the State of Illinois.

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.

Mourns the death of Hadiya Zaymara Pendleton of Chicago.

Mourns the death of Judy Tucker of Chicago.

Amends the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act. Adds, to the provisions concerning a written demand by an owner of real estate to a mechanics lienholder stating that the lienholder must file suit within 30 days or the lien is forfeited, the requirement that this express warning be included in the written demand: the failure to respond to the notice within 30 days after receipt of the notice results in forfeiture of the lien.

Mourns the death of Judy Tucker.

Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the State Finance Act. Grants the Illinois Department of Transportation the power to enter into agreements to make direct grants and low-interest loans to minority-owned businesses, female-owned businesses, and disadvantaged business enterprises certified by the Department for participation on Department-procured construction and construction-related contracts. Provides that grant and loan funds shall be expended, subject to appropriation, from the Working Capital Loan Repayment Fund. Specifies permissible uses of funds and provides that funds may be loaned with or without interest. Provides that the Department shall establish the requirements for eligibility and criteria for grant and loan applications, approved use of funds, amount of loans or grants, interest rates, collateral, and terms. Creates the Working Capital Loan Repayment Fund and provides that the State Comptroller shall order and the State Treasurer shall transfer $10,000,000 from the Road Fund to the Working Capital Loan Repayment Fund.

Opposes funding cuts eliminating non-Medicaid addiction treatment and prevention.