Sen. Neil Anderson

Mourns the death of Joe C. Angles of Hillsdale.

Mourns the death of Calvin Raymond Smith of Hillsdale.

Declares June 7, 2019 as "Medal of Honor Day" and honors those who received the Medal of Honor.

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".

Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Creates the Veterans' Disability Compensation Task Force. Provides specified objectives for the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall consist of 15 members appointed by the chairs of the Veterans Affairs Committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall be members of different Illinois counties' Veterans Assistance Commissions, Veteran Service Officers, VITAS officials, and AMVETS officials. Provides that the Task Force shall meet once each month and that joint hearings of the Veterans Affairs Committees of the House of Representatives and Senate shall be held once each month. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall prepare a report of its findings and recommendations and submit it to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before May 1, 2020. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Creates the Veterans' Disability Compensation Task Force to assess ways the State of Illinois can improve the rate at which disability compensation claims are approved by the federal government and correct the disparity between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' approval of disability compensation for Illinois veterans and that which is approved for veterans in other states. Provides that the Task Force shall consist of the chair and minority spokesperson of the Veterans' Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, the chair and minority spokesperson of the Veterans Affairs Committee in the Senate, and 15 members appointed by the chair of the Veterans' Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives and the chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee in the Senate. Requires those appointed to the Task Force to be members of different Illinois counties' Veterans Assistance Commissions, Veteran Service Officers, and VITAS officials. Provides that Task Force members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for any travel expenses incurred in attending meetings. Provides that within 60 days of the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Task Force shall meet, and thereafter shall meet at least quarterly. Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to prepare a report that summarizes its work and makes recommendations resulting from its study. Provides that the Task Force shall submit the report of its findings and any recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2020. Repeals the amendatory Act's provisions on July 1, 2021. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility for a person who knowingly damages, destroys, vandalizes, defaces, or tampers with equipment in a critical infrastructure facility. Provides the penalty is a Class 1 felony punishable by a fine of $100,000, imprisonment, or both. Expands the offense of criminal trespass to a nuclear facility to include other critical infrastructure facilities. Provides the penalty is a Class 4 felony punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000, imprisonment, or both. Creates the offense of aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility for a person who commits a criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility with the intent to damage, destroy, vandalize, deface, or tamper with equipment of the facility, or impede or inhibit operations of the facility. Provides the penalty is a Class 3 felony punishable by a fine of not less than $10,000, imprisonment, or both. Provides if a business, corporation, or organization is convicted of conspiracy to commit any of the offenses the entity shall, in addition to any other applicable penalty, be sentenced to a fine of not less than 10 times the minimum fine authorized for the offense. Provides a person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage to personal or real property of the facility resulting from any of the offenses, and that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Provides for exemptions. Defines "critical infrastructure facility". House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Adds coal mines and any mining operation, including any processing equipment, batching operation, or support facility for that mining operation to the definition of "critical infrastructure facility". Provides that a business, corporation, or organization may be liable for conspiracy to commit criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility, criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility, or aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility if the business, corporation, or organization sponsors, funds, or pays for an individual who causes substantial harm through the commission of any of those offenses. Provides that criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 1 felony). Provides exemptions. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Adds coal mines and any mining operation, including any processing equipment, batching operation, or support facility for that mining operation to the definition of "critical infrastructure facility". Provides that a business, corporation, or organization may be liable for conspiracy to commit criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility, criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility, or aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility if the business, corporation, or organization intentionally sponsors, funds, or pays for an individual who causes substantial harm through the commission of any of those offenses. Provides that criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 1 felony). Provides exemptions. Makes other changes. Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Office of the Attorney General) The proposed legislation, HB 1633 (H-AM 1) would not have a significant fiscal impact on our Office as the new offenses established by this bill would primarily be handled by local county State's Attorney Offices. Fiscal impact: Minimal Judicial Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Admin Office of the Illinois Courts) This legislation would neither increase nor decrease the number of judges needed in the State of Illinois. Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Illinois State Police) If House Bill 1633 (H-AM 1) were to become law, there would be no additional fiscal impact to the Illinois State Police. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 5/8-2 Deletes language that provides that a business, corporation, or organization convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility, criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility, or aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility shall, in addition to any other applicable penalty, be sentenced to a fine of not less than 10 times the minimum fine authorized for the offense. Deletes language that provides that a business, corporation, or organization may be liable for conspiracy to commit criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility, criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility, or aggravated criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility if the business, corporation, or organization intentionally sponsors, funds, or pays for an individual who causes substantial harm through the commission of any of those offenses. Correctional Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Dept of Corrections) The total impact of House Bill 1633, as amended, would result in an increase of 1 offender, with additional marginal costs of $96,200 over the first ten years after enactment. These calculations are based on limited accessible data and estimates may vary depending on how cases are prosecuted and plea bargained. Home Rule Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not pre-empt home rule authority.

Mourns the death of Gregory P. Smith of Brimfield.

Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes the requirement for each Legislative District to be divided into two Representative Districts. Modifies provisions concerning legislative redistricting. Provides specified requirements for each Legislative District, Representative District, and Congressional District for redistricting purposes. Replaces the current method of legislative redistricting with the following: a sixteen-member commission, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the most senior Supreme Court Justice of a different political party in accordance with specified criteria, shall adopt and file with the Secretary of State redistricting plans for Legislative, Representative, and Congressional Districts following a series of public hearings by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census; permits the public to submit maps during the map drawing process for consideration by the Commission; and, if a redistricting plan is not adopted by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census, then a seventeenth member shall be appointed to the Commission and redistricting plans shall be filed by September 1. Adds provisions concerning the membership of the Commission and budgetary matters related to the Commission. Effective upon being declared adopted and applicable to redistricting beginning in 2021 and to the election of General Assembly members beginning in 2022.

Mourns the death of Eugene D. "Gene" DeVilder of East Moline.

Mourns the death of Michael Ehrmann of Rock Island.