Sen. Chuck Weaver

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to allow for the issuance of decals for Universal special license plates by the Illinois Department of Human Services. Provides fees for the issuance of the decals. Creates the Theresa Tracy Trot - Illinois CancerCare Foundation Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Makes a corresponding change in the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Provides that priority in the distribution of funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program must be given to a qualified educator employed by an Organizational Unit assigned to Tier 1 under the evidence-based funding formula of the Code. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. With regard to the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program, provides that if adequate funds are available, incentives under the Program must include (i) a one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or remote school districts, (ii) an annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board certified teacher rural or remote candidate cohort facilitators, and (iii) an annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board certified teacher rural or remote liaisons; defines terms. Makes the program applicable to qualified educators who are employed by or retired from schools districts (rather than just employed by school districts) and who are in the process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Changes references of poverty or low-performing schools to Tier 1 school districts. Makes other changes.

Amends the State Finance Act. Modifies a Section concerning vouchers, signatures, delegation, and electronic submission. Allows for the signature of specified documents by designees of specified officers of a State agency. Provides that any new contract or contract renewal shall bear the signature of the officer responsible for approving the contract, unless the authority is delegated and the designee is signing on behalf of one of the signatories. Provides that if the authority has been properly delegated, the required signature shall contain both the responsible officer as well as the designee's name. Provides that when an officer delegates authority to approve contracts, he or she shall send a copy of such authorization containing the signature of the person to whom delegation is made to the State Comptroller. Provides that when any delegation of authority is revoked, a copy of the revocation of authority shall be sent to the Comptroller. Provides that the Comptroller may require State agencies to maintain signature documents and records of delegations of contract signature authority and revocations of those delegations, instead of transmitting those documents to the Comptroller. Provides that the Comptroller may inspect such documents and records at any time. Defines terms. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, and removes requirements concerning the delegation of authority to designees of specified officers of a State agency for purposes of signing documents on behalf of the State agency.

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Auction License Act from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 407/5-10 225 ILCS 407/10-5 225 ILCS 407/10-22 new 225 ILCS 407/10-40 225 ILCS 407/10-45 225 ILCS 407/15-5 225 ILCS 407/15-15 225 ILCS 407/20-15 225 ILCS 407/20-43 225 ILCS 407/20-56 225 ILCS 407/10-15a rep. 225 ILCS 407/10-35 rep. 225 ILCS 407/20-25 rep. 225 ILCS 407/20-70 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Auction License Act from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030. Amends the Auction License Act. Removes references to associate auctioneers, sponsoring auctioneers, and sponsor cards throughout the Act. Makes changes concerning definitions. Requires that all applicants and licensees shall provide a valid address and email address, which shall serve as the address and email address of record, and shall inform the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of any change of address or email address through specified means. Allows for service of certain notices by email. Repeals provisions concerning surrender of licenses. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Creates the Apprenticeship Study Act. Creates the Apprenticeship Study. Requires the Department of Labor to conduct a study on the potential expansion of apprenticeship programs in this State and produce a report on its findings. Provides for the contents of the report. Requires the Department of Labor to submit its report with findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before June 1, 2020. Defines "Illinois Apprenticeship Plus Framework". Provides findings and purpose provisions. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2022. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (currently, the Department of Labor) to conduct a study on the potential expansion of apprenticeship programs in this State and produce a report on its findings. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (currently, the Department of Labor) to submit its report with findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before June 1, 2020.

Amends the Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning fees. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 84/75 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.30 5 ILCS 80/4.40 new 225 ILCS 84/10 225 ILCS 84/10.5 new 225 ILCS 84/25 225 ILCS 84/30 225 ILCS 84/35 225 ILCS 84/40 225 ILCS 84/90 225 ILCS 84/95 225 ILCS 84/100 225 ILCS 84/105 225 ILCS 84/130 225 ILCS 84/150 225 ILCS 84/155 225 ILCS 84/160 225 ILCS 84/170 225 ILCS 84/180 new 225 ILCS 84/80 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030. Amends the Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act. Provides that all applicants and licensees shall provide a valid address and email address, which shall serve as the address and email address of record, and shall inform the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of any change of address or email address through specified means. Provides that members of the Board of Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics shall be reimbursed for all legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses (instead of reasonable expenses). Provides that a licensee willfully making or filing false records or reports related to that licensee's practice with a federal or State (instead of State alone) agency or department is grounds for disciplinary action. Provides that willfully failing to report an instance of suspected abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or financial exploitation of an eligible adult as required by the Adult Protective Services Act is grounds for disciplinary action. Provides that if the Department issues notice of a formal hearing to a person holding or claiming to hold a license under the Act and that person, after receiving the notice, fails to file an answer, his or her license may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, be subject to disciplinary action. Adds provisions concerning confidentiality. Repeals provisions concerning rosters. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Medical Practice Act of 1987 from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2029. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.39 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.35 225 ILCS 60/21 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-21 225 ILCS 60/36 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-36 225 ILCS 60/38 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-38 225 ILCS 60/39 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-39 225 ILCS 60/40 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-40 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Medical Practice Act of 1987 from December 31, 2019 to January 1, 2025. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Removes obsolete language regarding certain transfers of money from the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund to the Local Government Tax Fund. In provisions concerning disposition and collection of fees, removes language imposing fees for wall certificates and for the rosters of persons licensed as physicians. Provides that notice of certain proceedings before the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the Medical Disciplinary Board may be served by personal delivery, email to the respondent's email address of record, or mail to the respondent's address of record (rather than by personal delivery or by certified or registered mail). Provides that hearing officers may administer oaths at any hearing that the Medical Disciplinary Board or Department is authorized by law to conduct. Adds the report of the hearing officer and exhibits to the list of items that constitute the record of the proceedings for a hearing involving disciplinary action. Removes language requiring the Department to furnish a copy of the record to any person interested in the hearing and to provide the name and contact information for the certified shorthand reporter who transcribed the testimony. Requires the Disciplinary Board to serve to an accused person a written report of the Medical Disciplinary Board's findings and recommendations either personally or by mail or email (rather than personally or by registered or certified mail). Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.35 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.32 In provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act, provides for the repeal of the Medical Practice Act of 1987 on January 1, 2022 (rather than January 1, 2025). In provisions of the Medical Practice Act of 1987 requiring the Department to provide a certified shorthand reporter to take down the testimony and preserve a record of proceedings at hearings, specifies that those tasks be done in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Creates an exemption for qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a data center that has been granted a certificate of exemption by the Department of Revenue. Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to add provisions concerning those certificates of exemption. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 2505/2505-810 new Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 605/605-1025 new 35 ILCS 5/229 new Makes changes to the introduced bill to provide that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall certify qualified data centers (in the introduced bill, the Department of Revenue). Provides that contractors or subcontractors of qualified data centers shall comply with certain responsible bidder requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that those contractors shall enter into project labor agreements. Adds provisions to the introduced bill amending the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in the amount of 20% of the wages paid during the taxable year to a full-time or part-time employee of a construction contractor employed by a certified data center if those wages are paid for the construction of a new data center in a geographic area that meets certain criteria related to poverty or unemployment. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 605/605-1025 new 35 ILCS 105/3-5 35 ILCS 110/3-5 35 ILCS 115/3-5 35 ILCS 120/2-5 35 ILCS 640/2-4 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 5/201 from Ch. 120, par. 2-201 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the research and development credit applies for taxable years ending prior to January 1, 2027 (currently, January 1, 2022). Creates an income tax credit for qualified education expenses incurred by an employer on behalf of a qualifying apprentice, subject to certain limitations. Effective immediately.

Amends the Organ Donor Leave Act. Provides that an employer shall not retaliate against an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence to donate blood, an organ, or bone marrow. Amends the Illinois Insurance Act. Provides prohibitions on denial of coverage and costs of premiums for living organ donors for life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance policies. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Secretary of State to review and update certain public service announcements, websites, and other media relating to live organ donation to educate the public on the benefits of live organ donation and the impact of live organ donation on access to insurance. Effective January 1, 2020. House Committee Amendment No. 1 In provisions amending the Illinois Insurance Code, provides that it is unlawful to refuse to insure, to refuse to continue to insure, to limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available for life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance to an individual, or to charge an individual a different rate for the same coverage, solely because of the individual's status as a living organ donor (rather than providing specific prohibitions on denial of coverage and cost of premiums for living organ donors for life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance policies). Provides that with respect to all other conditions, as persons who are living organ donors shall be subject to the same standards of sound actuarial principles or actual or reasonably anticipated experience as are persons who are not organ donors. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/6-117 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117 Adds reference to: 755 ILCS 50/5-47 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill, as amended by House Amendment 1, with the following changes: Removes provisions amending the Illinois Vehicle Code. Amends the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act. Requires the Secretary of State to create a database consisting of all individuals who have consented to having their names included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry who have consented to having their names included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. Provides what shall be included in the database and requires the Secretary of State to update the database not less than every 7 days. Allows an organ procurement organization that has executed a data access agreement with the Secretary of State to have online access to the database to determine whether a potential organ and tissue donor is included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. Requires the organ procurement organization to indemnify and hold harmless the State, its officials, and employees for certain costs arising out of the organ procurement organization's use of the database. Effective January 1, 2020.

Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that if the rights and privileges accorded to a parent under the Act have been transferred to a student, a school must give reasonable prior notice to the student (rather than the parent) before any school student record is destroyed or any information is deleted from that record. Provides that a school may provide reasonable prior notice to a parent or student through (i) notice in the school's parent or student handbook, (ii) publication in a newspaper, (iii) U.S. mail delivered to the last known address of the parent or student, or (iv) other means provided the notice is confirmed to have been received.