Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that members of the public and an applicant for a permit shall have 5 days from the posting of the State Board Staff Report (currently, 10 days before the meeting of the State Board) to submit any written response specific to the Board staff's written review or findings concerning an application for a permit. Provides that the written response shall not be used to introduce information that was not provided in the original application. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 3960/6 Adds reference to: New Act 20 ILCS 3930/7.10 new 725 ILCS 173/1 725 ILCS 173/5 725 ILCS 173/10 725 ILCS 173/15 725 ILCS 173/20 725 ILCS 173/25 30 ILCS 105/5.833 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Crime Reduction Task Force Act. Creates the Crime Reduction Task Force. Establishes membership. Provides that the Task Force shall develop and propose policies and procedures to reduce crime in the State of Illinois. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet at least 4 times with the first meeting occurring within 60 days after the effective date of the Act. Provides that the Task Force shall review available research and best practices and take expert and witness testimony. Provides that the Task Force shall produce and submit a report detailing the Task Force's findings, recommendations, and needed resources to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before March 1, 2023. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force and be responsible for administering its operations and ensuring that the requirements of the Task Force are met. Repeals the Act on March 1, 2024. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall establish a grant program for organizations and units of local government for the purposes of providing a tip hotline or other system for crime victims and witnesses that: (1) allows the callers or participants to remain anonymous; and (2) provides cash rewards for tips that lead to arrest. Amends the Gang Crime Witness Protection Act of 2013. Changes the name of the Act to the Violent Crime Witness Protection Act. Provides that, no later than January 1, 2023, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall establish a program to assist victims and witnesses who are actively aiding in the prosecution of perpetrators of violent crime (rather than gang crime), and appropriate related persons or victims and witnesses determined by the Authority to be at risk of a discernible threat of violent crime. Makes other changes. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 3960/6 Adds reference to: New Act 20 ILCS 2605/2605-51 20 ILCS 3930/7.10 new 65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 1.5 heading new 65 ILCS 5/11-1.5-5 new 65 ILCS 5/11-1.5-10 new 65 ILCS 5/11-1.5-15 new 65 ILCS 5/11-1.5-20 new 65 ILCS 5/11-1.5-25 new 65 ILCS 5/11-1.5-30 new 65 ILCS 5/11-1.5-99 new 725 ILCS 173/1 725 ILCS 173/5 725 ILCS 173/10 725 ILCS 173/15 725 ILCS 173/20 725 ILCS 173/25 30 ILCS 105/5.833 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Crime Reduction Task Force. Establishes membership. Provides that the Task Force shall develop and propose policies and procedures to reduce crime in the State of Illinois. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet at least 4 times with the first meeting occurring within 60 days after the effective date of the Act. Provides that the Task Force shall review available research and best practices and take expert and witness testimony. Provides that the Task Force shall produce and submit a report detailing the Task Force's findings, recommendations, and needed resources to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before March 1, 2023. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force and be responsible for administering its operations and ensuring that the requirements of the Task Force are met. Repeals the Act on March 1, 2024. Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of the Academy and Training of the Illinois State Police shall require all homicide investigator training to include instruction on victim-centered, trauma-informed investigation. Provides that the Division shall cooperate with the Division of Criminal Investigation to develop a model curriculum on victim-centered, trauma-informed investigation. Provides that the training and curriculum must be implemented by July 1, 2023. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall establish a grant program for organizations and units of local government for the purposes of providing a tip hotline or other system for crime victims and witnesses that: (1) allows the callers or participants to remain anonymous; and (2) provides cash rewards for tips that lead to arrest. Creates the Co-Responder Pilot Program Division in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the East St. Louis Police Department, Peoria Police Department, Springfield Police Department, and Waukegan Police Department shall establish, subject to appropriation, a co-responder unit no later than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, including the hiring of personnel as provided in the Division. Provides that, in addition to other responsibilities, the unit's social workers are responsible for conducting follow-up visits for victims who may benefit from mental or behavioral health services. Provides that the unit's primary area of focus shall be victim assistance. Includes other provisions. Repeals the Division on January 1, 2029. Amends the Gang Crime Witness Protection Act of 2013. Changes the name of the Act to the Violent Crime Witness Protection Act. Provides that, no later than January 1, 2023, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall establish a program to assist victims and witnesses who are actively aiding in the prosecution of perpetrators of violent crime (rather than gang crime), and appropriate related persons or victims and witnesses determined by the Authority to be at risk of a discernible threat of violent crime. Makes other changes. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Provides that Violent Crime Witness Protection Program Fund moneys may also be requested by local law enforcement agencies and used to establish local violent crime witness protection programs.
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Amends the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 50 ILCS 50/1 Adds reference to: 410 ILCS 535/25 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-25 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that upon receipt of a written request from any applicant entitled to such a search, a local registrar or county clerk shall search available files for the death certificate of an active duty or retired service member of the United States military. Provides that if the death certificate requested by the applicant is found, the local registrar or county clerk shall furnish the applicant with one certified copy of the death certificate, under the seal of the local registrar's or county clerk's office, at no cost to the applicant. Provides that a local registrar or county clerk shall not require a fee from the applicant of more than $6 for any subsequent copy of the service member's death certificate or certification attesting that the death certificate of the service member was not found. Contains other provisions.
Amends the School Code. Prohibits a school district from withholding a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because of an unpaid balance on the student's school account. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, but clarifies that it applies to public high schools (rather than school districts). Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that at the end of each school year, the school district shall catalogue and report to the State Board of Education the total amount that remains unpaid by students due to the prohibition. Provides that on and after 3 years from the effective date of the amendatory Act, the prohibition provisions are inoperative.
Amends the School Code. Provides that a substitute teacher may teach up to 120 (instead of 90) school days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same school year. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that substitute teachers may teach up to 120 school days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year through the 2022-2023 school year.
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to issue a substitute teaching license to those individuals enrolled in a regionally accredited institution of higher education who have earned at least 60 credits and are enrolled in an Illinois-approved educator preparation program. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Instead of requiring an applicant for a Substitute Teaching License to hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, allows an applicant to be enrolled in an approved educator preparation program in this State and have earned at least 90 credit hours.
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a paraprofessional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who is at least 18 years of age and will be using the Educator License with Stipulations exclusively for elementary education. Makes a corresponding change. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill, but allows a paraprofessional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to an applicant who is at least 18 years of age only until the individual reaches the age of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a paraprofessional educator endorsement.
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for the reinstatement of a lapsed Professional Educator License upon the payment by the applicant of a $50 penalty (rather than a $500 penalty). Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that licensees who are retired and qualify for benefits from a State of Illinois retirement system shall be listed as retired (instead of shall notify the State Board of Education using the Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS)). Provides that if a licensee retires during a renewal cycle, the license status must be updated using ELIS indicating that the licensee wishes to maintain the license in retired status (instead of requiring the licensee to notify the State Board of Education using ELIS that the licensee wishes to maintain the license in retired status). Provides that an individual with a license in retired status shall not be required to complete professional development activities (rather than shall not be required to complete professional development activities or pay registration fees) until returning to a position that requires educator licensure. Provides that upon returning to work in a position that requires a Professional Educator License, the license status shall immediately be updated using ELIS (instead of the licensee shall immediately pay a registration fee). Provides that a retired teacher, even if returning to a position that requires educator licensure, shall not be required to pay registration fees.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Rights for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends Public Act 102-17 by changing, adding, and repealing various FY2022 appropriations. Makes FY2023 appropriations and reappropriations for specified purposes. Some provisions are effective immediately; some provisions are effective July 1, 2022.
Mourns the death of Thomas Sewell V.
Rescinds, cancels, voids, nullifies, and supersedes all resolutions, memorials, applications, or other enactments previously passed by the Illinois General Assembly or either house thereof petitioning Congress for a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution.