Sen. Adriane Johnson

Creates the Agriculture Equity Commission Act. Establishes the Agriculture Equity Commission. Provides for membership of the Commission. Provides that members shall serve without compensation. Provides for the filling of Commission vacancies. Provides for administrative and other support to the Commission. Provides for the duties of the Commission. Requires the Commission to annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly on its findings, recommendations, and other relevant matters concerning and based upon its duties.

Amends the School Code. Provides that every school district shall include safe gun storage information in schools' student handbooks. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.83 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.78 new Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/27-17 from Ch. 122, par. 27-17 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Course of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that the safety education that school boards and other boards may provide instruction in includes safe gun storage.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insured or any other person who may be the owner of rights under a policy of life insurance may make an irrevocable assignment of all or a part of his or her rights under the policy to a funeral home in accordance with a specified provision of the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act. Provides that a policy owner who executes a designation beneficiary form irrevocably waives and cannot exercise certain rights. Amends the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act. In a provision concerning pre-need contracts funded through the purchase of a life insurance policy or tax-deferred annuity contract, provides that nothing shall prohibit the purchaser from irrevocably assigning ownership of the policy or annuity to a person or trust or from irrevocably assigning the benefits of the policy or annuity to a funeral home for the purpose of obtaining favorable consideration for Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, or another public assistance program. Requires the insured or any other person who may be the owner of rights under the policy of whole life insurance to sign a guaranteed pre-need contract with the provider that describes the cost of the goods and services to be provided upon the person's death, up to $6,774, except that any portion of a contract that clearly represents the purchase of burial space is exempt regardless of value. Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision requiring the Department of Human Services to exempt certain prepaid funeral or burial contracts from consideration when making an eligibility determination for medical assistance, provides that at any time after submitting an application for medical assistance and before the Department makes a final determination of eligibility, an applicant may use available resources to purchase one of the exempted prepaid funeral or burial contracts. Exempts up to $6,774 (rather than $5,874) in funds under an irrevocable prepaid funeral or burial contract when determining an individual's resources and eligibility for medical assistance. Contains provisions concerning exemptions; irrevocable designation of beneficiary forms; and other matters. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/245.3 new 225 ILCS 45/2a 225 ILCS 45/2b new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision requiring the Department of Human Services to exempt certain prepaid funeral or burial contracts from consideration when making an eligibility determination for medical assistance, provides that at any time after submitting an application for medical assistance and before a final determination of eligibility has been made by the Department, an applicant may use available resources to purchase one of the exempted prepaid funeral or burial contracts. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 215 ILCS 5/245.3 new 225 ILCS 45/2a 225 ILCS 45/2b new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insured or any other person who may be the owner of rights under a policy of life insurance may make an irrevocable assignment of all or a part of his or her rights under the policy to a funeral home in accordance with a specified provision of the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act. Provides that a policy owner who executes a designation beneficiary form irrevocably waives and cannot exercise certain rights. Amends the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act. In a provision concerning pre-need contracts funded through the purchase of a life insurance policy or tax-deferred annuity contract, provides that nothing shall prohibit the purchaser from irrevocably assigning ownership of the policy or annuity to a person or trust or from irrevocably assigning the benefits of the policy or annuity to a funeral home for the purpose of obtaining favorable consideration for Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, or another public assistance program. Requires the insured or any other person who may be the owner of rights under an existing policy of life insurance to sign a guaranteed pre-need contract with the provider that describes the cost of the funeral goods and services to be provided upon the person's death, up to $7,248, except that any portion of a contract that clearly represents the purchase of burial space, as that term is defined for purposes of the Supplemental Security Income program, is exempt regardless of value. Provides that the form to effectuate the irrevocable assignment and thereby provide for the irrevocable designation of beneficiary of one or more life insurance policies shall be prepared by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or such form, approved by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, that has been prepared by an insurance company licensed to operate in the State of Illinois. Contains provisions concerning disclosure statements under pre-need contracts with cash advances; the distribution of proceeds under a life insurance policy upon the death of the insured; and other matters. Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that at any time prior to or after submitting an application for medical assistance and before a final determination of eligibility has been made, an applicant may use available resources to purchase one of the prepaid funeral or burial contracts exempted under the Article. Provides that existing life insurance policies are exempt if there has been an irrevocable assignment in compliance with a specified provision under the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act. Requires a person to sign a contract with a funeral home, which is licensed under the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act, that describes the cost of the funeral goods and services to be provided upon the person's death, up to $7,248, except that any portion of a contract that clearly represents the purchase of burial space, as that term is defined for purposes of the Supplemental Security Income program, is exempt regardless of value. Provides that the amount shall be adjusted annually for any increase in the Consumer Price Index. Requires the licensed funeral home to which the life insurance policy benefits have been irrevocably assigned to retain copies for inspection by the Comptroller and to report annually to the Comptroller certain information. Provides that certain provisions under the amendatory Act shall be subject to federal approval. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for any necessary federal waivers or approvals to implement certain changes made under the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Creates the Renewable Energy Component Recycling Task Force Act. Creates the Renewable Energy Component Recycling Task Force to investigate options for recycling and other end of life management methods for renewable energy generation components and energy storage devices in accordance with State and federal requirements, to identify preferred methods to safely and responsibly manage end of life renewable energy generating components and energy storage devices, including the reuse or refurbishment, and other specified duties. Provides for the membership and duties of the Task Force. Directs the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by March 1, 2023. Provides legislative findings. Repeals the Act on December 31, 2023. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate meetings for and provide other logistical assistance to the Task Force. Provides that the Agency may arrange to have outside experts provide research assistance, technical support, and assistance in the preparation of reports for the Task Force. Permits the Agency to use moneys from the Solid Waste Management Fund to fulfill its obligations. Requires the Task Force's final report to be submitted no later than July 1, 2025 (rather than March 1, 2023). Provides that the Act is repealed on December 31, 2025 (rather than December 31, 2023).

Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that Climate Works Hubs shall be awarded grants in multi-year increments not to exceed 36 months with the opportunity for grant renewal and modification for subsequent years. Provides that each Climate Works Hub that receives funding from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund shall: recruit, prescreen, and provide preapprenticeship training to equity investment eligible persons; provide training information related to opportunities and certifications relevant to clean energy jobs in the construction and building trades; and provide preapprentices with stipends not less than the State minimum wage unless a higher wage is required by the locality where the preapprenticeship training program is situated. Provides that priority shall be given to Climate Works Hubs that have an agreement with North American Building Trades Union to utilize the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum or successor curriculums. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that projects less than or equal to 25 kilowatts on the waitlist for this capacity that are moved to the waitlist for the first block of annual capacity shall not be required to be in compliance with the Agency's long-term renewable resources plan. Removes language that provides that projects that were on the waitlist for the first block of annual capacity prior to the opening of the next block are not required to be in compliance with the Agency's long-term renewable resources plan. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 3855/1-75 Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/5-117 220 ILCS 5/16-108.30 220 ILCS 5/16-111.11 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Removes a provision of the Illinois Power Agency Act concerning the Planning and Procurement Bureau. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the annual report in the provisions concerning supplier diversity goals shall include a buying plan for the specific goods and services the company intends to buy in the next 6 to 18 months. Provides that the energy transition assistance charge shall not exceed 1.3% of the amount paid per kilowatthour by eligible retail customers during the year ending May 31, 2009. Provides that specified entities shall submit an annual supplier diversity report to the Illinois Commerce Commission. Provides that the annual report shall be filed on an electronic form as designed by the Commission by June 1, 2023 and every June 1 thereafter on all procurement goals and actual spending for women-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year related to performance of obligations in the State of the contracts of licenses. Provides the relevant information that shall be included in the annual report. Provides that each annual report: shall include as much State-specified data as possible; shall include the rules, regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals; and shall be submitted to the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall not be required or authorized to compel production of any specified report. Provides that the Commission shall hold an annual workshop in 2024 and every year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity, and the Commission shall invite all entities submitting an annual report. Provides that the Commission shall publish a database on its website of the point of contact for each participating entity for supplier diversity. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/8-218 220 ILCS 5/16-107.6 220 ILCS 5/16-108.5 415 ILCS 5/9.15 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill and makes the following changes. In the Public Utilities Act, provides that Climate Works Hub shall be awarded grants in multi-year increments not to exceed 36 months and removes a provision that provides that this shall be with the opportunity for grant renewal and modification for subsequent years. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may take into account experience and performance as a previous grantee of the Climate Works Hub as part of the selection criteria for subsequent years. Provides that each Climate Works Hub that receives funding from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund shall provide preapprentices with stipends they receive that may vary depending on the occupation the individual is training for. Provides that the annual report shall include a buying plan for the specific goods and services the company intends to buy in the next 6 to 18 months that is either (i) organized by and reported at the level of each applicable North American Industry Classification System code, (ii) provided using a method, system, or description similar to the North American Industry Classification System, or (iii) provided using the major categories of goods and related services utilized in the company's procurement system, and including any procurement codes used by the company, to assist entrepreneurs and diverse companies to understand upcoming opportunities to work with the company, however, a utility shall not be required to include commercially-sensitive data, nonpublic procurement information, or other information that could compromise a utility's ability to negotiate the most advantageous price or terms. Provides that a utility-scale pilot project may consist of photovoltaic energy generation facilities located on one or more sites and may be installed or constructed in phases. Provides that upon approval of a rebate application, the retail customer shall no longer be entitled to receive any delivery service credits for the excess electricity generated by its facility and shall be subject to the Act's provisions concerning net electricity metering unless the owner or operator receives a rebate only for an energy storage device and not for the distributed generation device. Provides that provisions concerning a report on the infrastructure program and the performance-based formula rate and provisions concerning a participating utility prohibited from offering broadband services or the delivery of broadband services are not inoperative after December 31, 2022 for every participating utility. Provides that the provisions concerning what a participating utility is prohibited from providing (rather than offering) are inoperative after December 31, 2027 for every participating utility. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that large GHG-emitting units including EGUs may temporarily continue emitting CO2e and copollutants (instead of greenhouse gases) after any applicable deadline specified in any of the provisions concerning EGUs and greenhouse gas-emitting units if it has been determined that ongoing operation of the EGU is necessary to maintain power grid supply and reliability or ongoing operation of large GHG-emitting unit that is not an EGU is necessary to serve as an emergency backup to operations. Effective immediately.

Amends the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Act. Provides that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Act, to the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of Executive Order 2017-1 and the Act, supersedes the Executive Order, and shall be controlling. Provides that the position of State Historian is now an honorary position, and specifies new duties of the honorary State Historian. Transfers previously held duties and requirements of the State Historian under the Act to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and its Executive Director. Removes provision requiring the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation to mutually cooperate to establish a working group for specified purposes. Removes provision allowing the Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to have hiring and appointing power over specified personnel. Repeals the State Historical Library Act. Repeals the Illinois Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission Act. Makes conforming changes concerning the State Historian. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 3475/20 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Act. Provides that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Act, to the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of Executive Order 2017-1 and the Act, supersedes the Executive Order, and shall be controlling. Provides that the Governor in consultation with the Board of Trustees of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Illinois Historical Society shall appoint the Illinois State Historian (currently, appointed by the Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum). Provides for qualifications and term requirements of the Illinois State Historian. Transfers previously held duties and requirements of the State Historian under the Act to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and its Executive Director. Removes provision requiring the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation to mutually cooperate to establish a working group for specified purposes. Removes provision allowing the Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to have hiring and appointing power over specified personnel. Repeals the State Historical Library Act. Repeals the Illinois Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission Act. Makes conforming changes.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires public water supply operators to notify specified health care facilities at least 30 days prior to any known, planned, or anticipated disruption event and within one hour after being aware of an unplanned disruption event. Provides that any planned or unplanned disruption event notification sent to a health care facility shall be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Public Health and shall be posted on the public water supply operator's website. Contains notification requirements. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Defines "disruption event" and "water supply operator". Requires public water supply operators to notify specified health care facilities and their water supply operator not more than 30 days, but no fewer than 15 days (rather than at least 30 days) before any known, planned, or anticipated disruption event and within 2 hours (rather than one hour) after being aware of an unplanned disruption event. Requires any planned or unplanned disruption event notification sent to a health care facility to be sent to State agencies within 5 business days. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Requires public water supply operators' designated employees or contractors (rather than public water supply operators) to notify specified health care facilities at least 30 days prior to any known, planned, or anticipated disruption event and within 2 hours after being aware of an unplanned disruption event. Provides that a health care facility shall designate an email address accessible to the health care facility's designated water management plan administrator and other responsible administrative personnel (rather than to the health care facility's designated management and other personnel) to receive electronic notifications from the public water supply operator. Removes language requiring notice to include any action undertaken to correct a disruption event. Provides that, beginning one year after the amendatory Act's effective date (rather than each month), the State agencies shall make available upon request a list of disruption events, in an electronic format, sorted by the year and month of each occurrence (rather than publish on their websites a list of disruptions events that have occurred in the preceding month). Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No.1, with the following changes. In provisions containing definitions, provides that the meaning of a disruption event includes any change to a disinfection technique, practice, or technology that could change disinfectant levels in the water within a public water supply that results in a residual disinfectant level 20% above or below normal operating levels (rather than any change to a disinfection technique, practice, or technology that could change disinfectant levels in the water within a public water supply). Removes language providing that a disruption event includes any water main break, system failure or disruption, equipment failure, chemical or disinfectant treatment interruption, or flooding of a public water supply operator's facilities. Changes references from a public water supply operator to a public water distribution entity. In provisions concerning notification, requires a public water distribution entity to notify its water supply operator and all affected health care facilities on the public water supply's health care facility list not less than 14 days before any known, planned, or anticipated disruption event (rather than requiring a public water supply operator to notify its public water supply operator and all health care facilities on the public water supply's health care facility list not more than 30 days or fewer than 15 days before any known, planned, or anticipated disruption event). In the provision requiring that any planned or unplanned disruption event notification sent to a health care facility also be sent to the State agencies within 5 business days, provides that notification shall be sent to the State agencies via email to the email addresses designated by the State agencies. Removes the provisions requiring notification to be posted on the public water supply operator's website or on a social media website. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Provides that "disruption event" means, among other things, any change to a disinfection technique, practice, or technology, including each instance of any change in the concentration of any disinfectant in the water of a public water supply that results in residual concentrations of the disinfectant in the water either exceeding 50% or falling below 20% of the monthly average concentration of disinfectant reported to the Agency in a public water distribution entity's most recent monthly submission of Daily Operating Reports (rather than any change to a disinfection technique, practice, or technology that could change disinfectant levels in the water within a public water supply that results in a residual disinfectant level 20% above or below normal operating levels).

Amends the School Code. Provides that alternative learning opportunities programs may include high school completion programs that allow certain students eligible for remote learning to complete their education while incarcerated in a Department of Corrections facility. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education may offer a remote learning option to a student who is in the custody of the Department of Corrections if the student (i) is enrolled at Consuella B. York Alternative High School at the time the student is transferred to a Department of Corrections facility or had been enrolled in the school within the 6 months prior to being transferred to a Department of Corrections facility and (ii) is within 2 school years of completing all of the course requirements necessary for high school graduation. Allows the school district to continue to offer the option of remote learning to the student to complete any remaining course requirements necessary for high school graduation for up to one school year following the student's release from the custody of the Department of Corrections. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that the Chicago Board of Education's offer of the option of remote learning is subject to appropriation. Provides that the Department of Corrections educators and security staff shall be involved in assisting and supervising students participating in the pilot program. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall negotiate with all bargaining units involved to ensure that the implementation of the pilot program is consistent with collective bargaining agreements.

Amends the School Code. Provides that any child from a public school, subject to guidelines established by the State Board of Education, shall be permitted by a school board at least one school day-long excused absence per school year for any middle school or high school student for a child that is absent from school to engage in a civic event. A school board may require that the student provide advance notice of the intended absence and require that the student provide documentation of participation in a civic event. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/26-2 from Ch. 122, par. 26-2 105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Provides that school boards may require reasonable advance notice (instead of requiring advance notice) of the intended absence. Provides that the reasonable advance notification and documentation shall be provided to the appropriate school administrator. Further amends the Compulsory Attendance for Pupils Article of the School Code. Defines "civic event", and provides that the State Board of Education may adopt rules to further define "civic event". Adds attending a civic event as part of the definition of "valid cause". Makes corresponding, grammatical, and stylistic changes.

Amends the School Code. Provides that all school boards shall waive fees assessed by the district for each student with a parent who is a veteran with an income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that all school boards shall waive fees assessed by the district for each student with a parent who is a veteran or active duty military personnel (only veteran in the introduced bill) with an income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.