Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Authorizes the Illinois Power Agency to develop capacity procurement plans and conduct competitive procurement processes for the procurement of capacity needed to ensure environmentally sustainable long-term resource adequacy across the State at the lowest cost over time. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Changes the cumulative persisting annual savings goals for electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers for the years of 2024 through 2030. Provides that the cumulative persisting annual savings goals beyond the year 2030 shall increase by 0.9 (rather than 0.6) percentage points per year. Changes the requirements for submitting proposed plans and funding levels to meet savings goals for an electric utility serving more than 500,000 retail customers (rather than serving less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers). Provides that an electric utility that has a tariff approved within one year of the amendatory Act shall also offer at least one market-based, time-of-use rate for eligible retail customers that choose to take power and energy supply service from the utility. Sets forth provisions regarding the Illinois Commerce Commission's powers and duties related to residential time-of-use pricing. Provides that the Illinois Power Agency shall conduct capacity procurement events to procure a target portion of capacity towards the Planning Reserve Margin Requirement for all Load Serving Entities serving customers within the Applicable Local Resource Zone and a target portion of capacity towards the PJM Region Reliability Requirement for Load Serving Entities serving customers within the Applicable Locational Deliverability Area. Provides that each capacity procurement event may include the procurement of capacity through a mix of contracts with different terms and different initial delivery dates. Sets forth the requirements of prepared capacity procurement plans. Requires each alternative electric supplier to make payment to an applicable electric utility for capacity, receive transfers of capacity credits, report capacity credits procured on its behalf to the applicable regional transmission organization, and submit the capacity credits to the applicable regional transmission organization under that regional transmission organization's rules and procedures. Makes other changes.
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Amends the Court of Claims Act. Provides that, for the purpose of making up any deficiency in the appropriation for the payment of claims directed pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act, there is appropriated, on a continuing annual basis in each fiscal year, from the General Revenue Fund to the Court of Claims, the amount, if any, by which the total appropriation for the payment of claims directed pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act for the fiscal year is less than the amount required for the payment of claims pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act for that fiscal year. Provides that the amount of any continuing appropriation used by the Court of Claims under the amendatory Act for a given fiscal year shall be charged against the unexpended amount of any appropriation for line of duty awards to the Court of Claims for that fiscal year that subsequently becomes available. Requires the Court of Claims to report to the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget on any continuing appropriation that is used at the conclusion of a fiscal year. Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that if a claim is made within 2 years (rather than one year) of the date of death of a law enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or State employee killed in the line of duty, compensation shall be paid to the person designated by the law enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or State employee. Effective immediately.
Amends the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act. Extends the sunset of the credit to December 31, 2028 (currently, December 31, 2023). Provides that, in each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2024 and ending on or before December 31, 2028, the State Historic Preservation Office in the Department of Natural Resources is authorized to allocate $75,000,000 (currently, $15,000,000) in tax credits under the Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that registered professional nursing practice is a scientific process founded on a professional body of knowledge. It is a learned profession based on the understanding of the human condition across the life span and environment, includes all nursing specialties, and means the performance of any nursing act based upon professional knowledge, judgment, and skills acquired by means of completion of an approved professional nursing education program. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate nursing interventions and tasks (rather than nursing interventions) to other registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that a registered professional nurse is prohibited from delegating work requiring nursing knowledge, assessment, judgment, inference, decision making (including medication administration), the development of a plan of care, and the evaluation of a plan of care to unlicensed non-nurse personnel. Removes provisions concerning delegation of nursing interventions and administration of medications in community-based or in-home care settings. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2023.
Amends the Illinois income Tax Act. Provides that, for purposes of the tax credit for instructional materials and supplies, the term "qualified school" also includes public institutions of higher education. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In provisions concerning the directory of new hires, provides that the definition of "newly hired employee" includes an individual under an independent contractor arrangement. Effective January 1, 2024.
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Extends the estimated date of completion of a redevelopment project and the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs for an ordinance adopted on November 7, 2000 by the City of Peoria. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for individual taxpayers who rent a dwelling in Illinois for use as their principal place of residence. Provides that the credit shall be equal to 5% of the documented rental costs paid by such taxpayer during the taxable year on that dwelling. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Renames the Act to the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters and Voice Writer Reporters Act. Provides that no person may practice voice writer reporting on a temporary or permanent basis in the State without being certified by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under this Act. Defines "the practice of voice writer reporting", "voice writer notes", and "voice writer reporter". Makes changes in provisions concerning: uncertified practice, violation, civil penalty; use of titles; restricted certificate; the Certified Shorthand Reporters and Voice Writer Reporters Board; qualifications, application; expiration, renewal, and military service; inactive status; endorsement, licensure without examination; grounds for disciplinary action; injunctive actions, order to cease and desist; records of proceedings; subpoenas, oaths; summary suspension; home rule; responsibility for notes; and payment for services. Amends other Acts to make conforming changes. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Repeals the Act January 1, 2034 (rather than January 1, 2024). Effective January 1, 2024, except that certain provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act are effective immediately.
Declares February 28, 2023 as Black Women's History Day in the State of Illinois to honor the accomplishments, power, beauty, courage, intelligence, ingenuity, stewardship, and leadership of Black women. Encourages all Illinoisans and their families to acknowledge, in word and in deed, the accomplishments of Black women in places where they live, work, and play, because doing so recognizes Black women's history as American history.