Creates the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act. Requires the Department of Employment Security to establish and administer a Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program that provides family and medical leave insurance benefits to eligible employees. Sets forth eligibility requirements for benefits under the Act. Contains provisions concerning disqualification from benefits; premium payments; the amount and duration of benefits; the recovery of erroneous payments; hearings; defaulted premium payments; elective coverage; employment protection; coordination of family and medical leave; defined terms; and other matters. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Account Fund. Provides phase-in periods for the collection of money and making of claims for benefits under the Act. Effective January 1, 2024.
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer authorized to do business in the State may not use an individual's zip code in underwriting or rating insurance coverage, including the determination of premium rates.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Act to knowingly mail or send a postcard or letter to a recipient in the State if the postcard or letter does not disclose or disclaim any and all affiliations or lack thereof. Provides that all disclosures and disclaimers appearing on a postcard or letter must be conspicuously located at the top of the postcard or letter, be easily readable in clear and unambiguous language, and be printed in at least 14-point bold-face font in a black-outlined box. Makes other changes.
Amends the Public Accommodations Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Removes a provision providing that nothing in the Article applies to a private club, or other establishment not in fact open to the public, except to the extent that the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of the establishment are made available to the customers or patrons of another establishment that is a place of public accommodation.
Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the Department of Revenue shall provide State income tax preparation services free of charge to individual taxpayers whose federal adjusted gross income for the previous taxable year does not exceed 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. Provides that each individual income tax return under the Illinois Income Tax Act shall contain an appropriate space in which qualified taxpayers may request those income tax preparation services for the next taxable year. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to create a voter registration affidavit that shall be the exclusive means by which a noncitizen of the United States may register to vote in school board elections. Provides that the elections conducted under the provisions are considered non-State elections and are not subject to the citizenship requirement in the Illinois Constitution. Provides for what the individual shall attest to in the voter registration affidavit. Provides that the voter registration affidavit shall be valid for one school board election. Provides for the notice that shall appear in the voter registration affidavit.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person convicted of a felony or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution shall have his or her right to vote restored and shall be eligible to vote not later than 14 days following his or her conviction or not later than 5 days before the first election following the person's confinement (rather than prohibiting a person who has been convicted of any crime and is serving a sentence of confinement from voting until his or her release from confinement). Requires the election authority to collaborate with a correctional institution to facilitate an opportunity for voting by mail for eligible electors to vote in that election jurisdiction who are incarcerated in the correctional institution. Provides that all requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal, State, and local laws regarding language access and disability access apply to the provisions. Requires the correctional institution to make available to persons in custody resource materials relating to an election. Requires the State Board of Elections in coordination with correctional institutions to annually report certain data regarding compliance with the provisions. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code and in the Unified Code of Corrections. Effective July 1, 2024.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that within 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Pollution Control Board shall adopt amendments to the rules adopted under specified provisions to require groundwater monitoring at all clean construction or demolition debris fill operations and all uncontaminated soil fill operations. Provides that the groundwater monitoring requirements adopted under specified provisions shall be designed to detect and prevent any exceedance of the Board's Class I groundwater quality standards and meet specified requirements. Provides that groundwater monitoring shall be required for all clean construction or demolition debris fill operations and all uncontaminated soil fill operations unless, before the effective date of the amendatory Act, the owner or operator has completed post-closure maintenance and, for clean construction or demolition debris fill operations, received specified notice from the Environmental Protection Agency, or, for uncontaminated soil fill operations, submitted specified information to the Agency. Effective immediately.
Amends the Discontinuance of Township Organization Article of the Township Code. Provides that, when a petition to discontinue township organization meeting the required voter threshold has been filed, the township shall hold, no later than 60 days before the general election in which the proposition will be voted on, at least 2 town hall meetings regarding the question of the continuance of township organization. At the meetings, requires the township board to provide the public (i) an analysis of the cost to citizens regarding services if the discontinuance referendum passes and (ii) information on whether an intergovernmental agreement exists with a unit of local government bordering the township under which the other unit of local government will provide services upon the discontinuance of the township.
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Children and Family Services shall create and implement a 3-year pilot program to provide grants to underserved units of local government to establish licensed day care centers within local government facilities for local government employees, visitors, and eligible residents who reside in the local government's jurisdiction. Provides that the Department shall arrange for an evaluation of the pilot program to determine whether the pilot program is successfully supporting local government employees. Provides that at the end of the 3-year pilot program, the Department shall submit a report to the General Assembly with its findings from the evaluation. Provides that the report shall state whether the Department intends to continue the pilot program and the rationale for its decision. Provides that the Department may adopt rules and procedures to implement and administer the program. Creates the Local Government Facilities Day Care Fund and makes a corresponding change in the State Finance Act.