Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (instead of shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Effective immediately.
Amends the Local Government Revenue Recapture Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Uniform Electronic Transactions in Dental Care Billing Act. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027 (instead of 2025), no dental plan carrier is required to accept from a dental care provider eligibility for a dental plan transaction or dental care claims or equivalent encounter information transaction. Sets forth exemptions from the requirements of the Act, and requires a dental care provider who is exempt from the requirements of the Act to file a form with the Department of Insurance indicating the applicable exemption. Requires each dental plan carrier to establish a portal that provides certain benefit and billing information. Requires a dental plan carrier to establish an electronic portal that allows dental care providers to submit claims electronically and directly to the dental care provider; accept attachments in an electronic format with the initial electronic claim's submission; and provide remittance advice with the corresponding payment. Provides that nothing in the Act requires a dental care provider to only accept electronic payment from a dental plan carrier. Provides that dental plan carriers shall allow alternative forms of payment, without additional fees or charges, to a dental care provider, if requested. Effective immediately.
Creates the No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act of 2024 and may be referred to as the No AI FRAUD Act. Defines terms such as "personalized cloning service", "digital voice replica", "voice", "likeness", and digital technology". Provides that every individual has a property right in his or her own likeness and voice. Creates a private cause of action against any person or entity who, without consent of the individual whose voice or likeness rights are affected, does any of the following: (i) distributes or otherwise makes available to the public a personalized cloning service; (ii) publishes or otherwise makes available to the public a digital voice replica or digital depiction with knowledge that the digital voice replica or digital depiction was not authorized by the individual holding the voice or likeness rights so affected; or (iii) materially contributes to or otherwise facilitates any of the conduct proscribed in (i) or (ii) with knowledge that the individual holding the affected voice or likeness rights has not consented to the conduct. Provides remedies in the case of an unauthorized distribution of a personalized cloning service to include damages in an amount equal to the greater of $50,000 per violation or the actual damages and any profits from the unauthorized use that are attributable to such use and are not taken into account in computing the actual damages. Provides that in the case of an unauthorized publication of a digital voice replica or digital depiction, $5,000 per violation or the actual damages and any profits from the unauthorized use that are attributable to such use and are not taken into account in computing the actual damages. Provides that punitive damages and reasonable attorney's fees may also be awarded to the injured person. Provides that First Amendment protections shall constitute a defense to an alleged violation of this Act. In evaluating any such defense, the public interest in access to the use shall be balanced against the intellectual property interest in the voice or likeness. Provides that a person or entity who uses an individual's voice or likeness in a manner that violates this Act shall not be liable if the harm caused by such conduct is negligible. Provides that the Act is operative 180 days after it becomes law.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Expresses support for the United States House of Representatives' action to impeach U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Owned By Noncitizens Act. Provides that a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business shall not acquire by grant, purchase, devise, descent, or otherwise any interest in public or private land in the State. Provides that a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business entity in violation of the provisions has 2 years to divest of the public or private land, and if a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business entity does not divest the public or private land, the Attorney General shall commence an action in the circuit court within the jurisdiction of the public or private land. Provides that a prohibited foreign party shall not acquire by grant, purchase, devise, descent, or otherwise any interest in agricultural land in the State regardless of whether the prohibited foreign party intends to use the agricultural land for nonfarming purposes. Provides that a prohibited foreign party who is a resident alien of the United States shall have the right to acquire and hold agricultural land in the State upon the same terms as a citizen of the United States during the continuance of his or her residence in the State, but if a prohibited foreign party is no longer a resident alien, he or she shall have 2 years to divest of the agricultural land, and that if the prohibited foreign party does not divest of the agricultural land as required, the Attorney General shall commence an action in circuit court within the jurisdiction of the agricultural land. Provides that violation of the provisions by either a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business entity or a prohibited foreign party owning agricultural land shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class 4 felony punishable by not more than 2 years imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections or a $15,000 fine, or both. Creates the Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to collect and analyze information concerning the unlawful sale or possession of agricultural land by prohibited foreign parties and administer and enforce the provisions of the Act.
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that, in the case of a domestic or foreign corporation, no payment is required for a franchise tax that would have been due and payable on or after January 1, 2024. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2025. Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to prepare a bill effecting necessary changes to conform the statutes to the changes made by the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
