Creates the Illinois Automated Dialing and Solicitation Task Force to review the Telephone Solicitations Act (815 ILCS 413/) and develop ideas to update the Act.
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that if a speech-language pathologist holds a regular State license as a speech-language pathologist, he or she does not need to meet other requirements to be issued a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist. Also changes outdated references regarding certification rather than licensure. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that whenever the appearance in person in court, in either a civil or criminal proceeding, is required of anyone held in a place of custody or confinement operated by the State or any of its political subdivisions, including counties and municipalities, the chief judge of the circuit by rule may permit the personal appearance to be made by means of two-way audio-visual communication, including closed circuit television and computerized video conference at a sentencing hearing for a defendant who: (i) at the time of the proceeding was serving a sentence of imprisonment for another offense; and (ii) has agreed to enter a negotiated plea. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 725 ILCS 5/106D-1 Adds reference to: 50 ILCS 705/10.23 new 720 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 38, par. 3-6 720 ILCS 5/10-9 735 ILCS 5/13-225 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that all law enforcement officers must take human trafficking training. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is 18 years of age or over at the time of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons and related offenses may be commenced within 25 years (rather than 3 years) after the commission of the offense. Provides that a company commits trafficking in persons when the company benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an action under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act must be commenced within 25 (rather than 10) years of the date the limitation period begins to run or within 25 (rather than 10) years of the date the plaintiff discovers or through the use of reasonable diligence should discover both (1) that the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or human trafficking act occurred, and (2) that the defendant caused, was responsible for, or profited from the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or human trafficking act. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adds reference to: New Act 20 ILCS 2605/2605-99 new 50 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 85, par. 507 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1.Creates the Lodging Establishment Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Requires hotels and motels to train employees in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. Provides that the Department of Labor shall develop the curriculum for the training. Provides that beginning June 1, 2020, a lodging establishment shall provide its employees with training in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. Provides that the Department shall develop and publish the human trafficking recognition training program by July 1, 2020. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of State Police shall conduct or approve a training program in the detection and investigation of all forms of human trafficking, including, but not limited to "involuntary servitude", "involuntary sexual servitude of a minor", and "trafficking in persons" and that the program shall be made available to all cadets and state police officers. In the amendatory changes to the Illinois Police Training Act, provides that the curriculum of police training schools shall include training in the detection and investigation of all forms of human trafficking. In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012, provides that a company is criminally liable for trafficking in persons when the company knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. Makes other changes. Some provisions effective immediately.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the definition of "beer" includes beverages brewed or fermented wholly or in part from malt products. Provides that a caterer retailer license shall allow the holder, a distributor, or an importing distributor to transfer any inventory to and from the holder's retail premises and to purchase alcoholic liquor from a distributor or importing distributor to be delivered directly to an off-site event. Provides that a special use permit license shall allow the holder to purchase alcoholic liquor from a distributor or importing distributor to be delivered directly to the location specified in the special use permit license. Provides that a special use permit license shall allow the holder, a distributor, or an importing distributor to transfer any inventory from the premises specified in the special use permit license to its retail premises. Provides that, if certain conditions are met, nothing in the Act prohibits a distributor or importing distributor from offering a credit or a refund for unused, salable beer to a special use permit licensee or a caterer retailer or a special use permit licensee or caterer retailer from accepting the credit or refund. In a provision that allows a manufacturer, distributor, or importing distributor to provide permanent outdoor signs to retailers if certain conditions are met, provides that the permanent outside sign shall cost not more than $3,000 per brand (instead of per manufacturer). Contains provisions concerning the servicing of certain systems by a manufacturer, distributor, or importing distributor. Prohibits a distributor or importing distributor from selling or giving coil cleaning services to certain licensees. Authorizes a manufacturer, distributor, or importing distributor to give, sell, or lease dispensing equipment to specified licensees if certain requirements are met. Makes other changes. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 235 ILCS 5/1-3.04 Adds reference to: 235 ILCS 5/6-5.5 new 235 ILCS 5/8-1 235 ILCS 5/8-5 from Ch. 43, par. 163a Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes provisions amending the definition of "beer". Removes brew pubs from provisions authorizing manufacturers, distributors, or importing distributors to give, sell, or lease dispensing equipment to certain licensees. Provides that the term of a lease for dispensing equipment shall not exceed 180 days (instead of 12 months) and no 180-day lease shall be renewed automatically. Removes Waymatics and trailers from a list of items included in the definition of "dispensing equipment". Makes changes to the definitions of "fair market value" for purposes of provisions concerning leasing dispensing equipment and "dispensing equipment". Adds provisions prohibiting the sale of products on consignment or conditional sale. Provides that replacement of alcoholic liquor damaged while in a retailer's possession is a violation of specified provisions of the Act. Provides that transactions involving the bona fide return of products for ordinary and usual commercial reasons arising after the product has been sold are not prohibited. Specifies circumstances that are ordinary and usual commercial reasons for the return of alcoholic liquor products. Provides that nothing in the provisions prohibits a manufacturer with self-distribution privileges, importing distributor, or distributor from accepting the return of beer from a retailer if the beer is near or beyond its freshness date, code date, or other similar date marking the deterioration or freshness of the beer if specified conditions are met. Defines "beer" for the purposes of provisions concerning taxation of beer and specifies that the tax rate for beer is regardless of the alcohol by volume of the beer. In a provision concerning the examination of tax returns of licensees, provides that no earlier than 90 days after the due date of the return, the Department of Revenue may compare filed returns, or any amendments thereto, against reports of sales of alcoholic liquor submitted to the Department by other manufacturers and distributors. Makes other changes. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Removes provisions authorizing a distributor or importing distributor to transfer any inventory from any off-site location to its caterer retailer premises or special use premises at the conclusion of an off-site event. Provides that a caterer retailer or special use permit licensee may engage a distributor or importing distributor to transfer any inventory from any off-site location to its caterer retailer premises or special use premises at the conclusion of an off-site event if specified conditions are met. Removes a provision prohibiting a distributor or importing distributor from selling or giving coil cleaning services to retailers or other specified licensees. Provides that the term of a lease for dispensing equipment shall not exceed 180 days in the aggregate in one calendar year (instead of 180 days) and no lease (instead of 180-day lease) shall be renewed automatically. Provides that there shall be a lapse of 90 (instead of 30) consecutive days before the beginning of a new lease term. Removes a provision authorizing a manufacturer, distributor, or importing distributor to enter into a written lease for the fair market value of dispensing equipment to specified licensees that sell alcoholic liquor at certain events. Makes changes to the definition of "fair market value". Adds an immediate effective date.
Encourages the General Assembly to promptly review and evaluate any waiver requests transmitted to the General Assembly and determine whether to disapprove, in whole or in part, any transmitted waiver requests. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything and replaces it with language denying the request made by Dalzell GS - Bureau that is identified in the Report on Waivers of School Code Mandates as WM100-6567. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes everything and replaces it with language approving the waiver request made by Dalzell Grade School District #98, identified in the report filed by the State Board of Education as request WM100-6567, for previously approved non-resident students.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to place a locked suggestion box in each group home, shelter, and transitional living arrangement that accepts youth in care for placement by the Department. Requires the Department to submit a report to the General Assembly each year outlining the issues and concerns submitted to the locked suggestion box and the solution to each issue and concern.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, Department of Children and Family Services employee: (1) performing his or her official duties; (2) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (3) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties. Provides that a violation is a Class 1 felony. Provides that a person also commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, Department of Children and Family Services employee: (1) performing his or her official duties; (2) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (3) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Defines "Department of Children and Family Services employee".
Designates the portion of Illinois Route 6 starting at the eastern village limits of Hollowayville to Ladd Junction, Illinois Route 6 and Illinois route 89, going through Seatonville as the "Galetti Brothers Memorial Highway."
Designates the Utica River Bridge as the "Ralph E. Snell Memorial Bridge."
Amends the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Provides for additional required activities for an excavator who engages in nonemergency excavation or demolition under the Act. Modifies the requirements for an excavator who engages in emergency excavation or demolition under the Act. Provides notice requirements for damaged, dislocated, and exposed underground utility facilities. Provides additional requirements for record of notice and the marking of underground utility facilities. Modifies Sections concerning liability, financial responsibility, negligence, and penalties for violating the provisions of the Act. Repeals a Section concerning preconstruction conferences. Defines, modifies, and repeals terms. Makes certain provisions apply to home rule municipalities with a population over 1,000,000. Makes conforming and technical changes. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Restores a provision specifying that all units of local government, including home rule units that are not municipalities of more than 1,000,000 persons, must comply with the provisions of the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Adds a January 1, 2020 effective date.
