Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act and the Nursing Home Care Act. Directs assisted living establishments and facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act to institute written policies and procedures regarding the acceptance of personal gifts from a resident or the family member of a resident. Requires assisted living establishments and facilities to include in all employment contracts a provision that prohibits acceptance of a monetary gift from a resident or the family member of a resident, which shall also notify the employee of the need to enter into a repayment agreement to recoup the value of any gift accepted by staff from a resident or the family member of a resident that is not returned. Provides that if the employee agrees to and signs the repayment agreement, the assisted living establishment or facility shall be permitted to withhold up to 15% of the employee's wages per paycheck, or a higher amount from the employee's final compensation, until the employee has paid back the full value of the monetary gift.

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to provide that the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall process an application for a license within 4 weeks after receiving a complete application that contains no deficiencies.

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Removes the exemption for the State Senate as a public body under the Act. Makes conforming changes.

Amends the School Code. In provisions related to voter eligibility in elections for a regional superintendent of schools or for members of the regional board of school trustees, replaces the term "unit school district" with "school district" throughout the provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Banking Act. In provisions concerning customer financial records and confidentiality, provides that the language does not prohibit the furnishing of financial information to the executor, executrix, administrator, or other lawful representative of the estate of a customer. Makes other changes. Amends the Financial Institutions Electronic Documents and Digital Signatures Act. In provisions concerning electronic notices, provides that consent to electronic transactions given by the customer pursuant to the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act shall satisfy applicable consent requirements. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that any person doing business or performing transactions on behalf of or at the direction of an executor or administrator with a will annexed shall be entitled to the presumption that the executor or administrator with the will annexed is lawfully authorized to conduct the business or perform the transaction without such person investigating the source of the authority and without verifying that the actions of the executor or administrator with the will annexed comply with a will or any order of the probate court, unless such person has actual knowledge to the contrary. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 5/32 Adds reference to: 205 ILCS 205/4013 from Ch. 17, par. 7304-13 205 ILCS 305/10 from Ch. 17, par. 4411 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes language concerning basic loaning limits. Amends the Savings Bank Act. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit the furnishing of financial information to the executor, executrix, administrator, or other lawful representative of the estate of a customer. Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit the furnishing of financial information to the executor, executrix, administrator, or other lawful representative of the estate of a member.

Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act. Provides that a reasonable fee may be charged by a common interest community association's board of managers or board of directors for the cost of retrieving and copying records, but in no case shall the fee exceed $150. Allows a board to charge an additional rush fee of not more than $100 if the records are needed within 72 hours after the request for the records is made. Provides that any fees charged shall be accompanied by an itemized statement detailing the basis of the fees being charged. Amends the Condominium Property Act. Removes language allowing an association to charge the requesting member the actual cost of retrieving and making requested records available for inspection and examination and the actual cost of reproducing the records. Provides instead that an association may charge a reasonable fee for the cost of retrieving and copying records available for inspection and examination, but in no case shall the fee exceed $150. Allows an association to charge an additional rush fee of not more than $100 if the records are needed within 72 hours after the request for the records is made. Provides that any fees charged shall be accompanied by an itemized statement detailing the basis of the fees being charged. Effective Immediately

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that each qualified teacher is entitled to an income tax credit in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of the tuition costs incurred by that teacher at a public university in the State. Provides that each qualified teacher may take no more than 20% of his or her aggregate credit amount in any taxable year. Provides that the term "qualified teacher" means an individual who (i) graduated from a public university in the State, (ii) is employed as a teacher in this State during the taxable year, and (iii) has been employed as a teacher in the State for at least 5 consecutive years as of the first day of the taxable year. Effective immediately.

Declares February 2021 as Career and Technical Education Month to celebrate Career and Technical Education across the State of Illinois

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that a child protective investigator is authorized to carry and use personal protection spray devices, such as mace, pepper mace, or pepper gas, for self-defense purposes while investigating a report of child abuse or neglect if the child protective investigator has been trained on the proper use of such personal protection spray devices by the Illinois State Police. Requires the Illinois State Police to establish a training program for child protective investigators on the proper use of personal protection spray devices for self-defense purposes. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to provide funding for the training program. Effective immediately.

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2022, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, and breast pump kits are exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective immediately.