Sen. Jil Tracy

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning pleadings.

Makes appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Supreme Court for probation reimbursements to the Knox County Mary Davis Detention Home. Effective immediately.

Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that certain payroll certifications must be made by the agency head (instead of the Director of Central Management Services).

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In provisions concerning stalking and aggravated stalking, provides that statutory exemptions for individuals or organizations also apply to employees of governmental entities that monitor or are attentive to compliance with public or worker safety laws, wage and hour requirements, or other statutory requirements and only when the monitoring or attentiveness occurs at the workplace or worksite.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person licensed as a new vehicle dealer or a used vehicle dealer shall make a record of when a permitted user is test driving a vehicle. Provides that a permitted user shall be liable for any citation issued for a violation of a traffic regulation, any fines relating to the citation, toll charges, or accidents that occur while test driving the vehicle. Provides that when a permitted user is test driving a new vehicle dealer's automobile or a used vehicle dealer's automobile, the permitted user's insurance shall be primary (rather than secondary) and the new vehicle dealer's or the used vehicle dealer's insurance shall be secondary (rather than primary). Provides that a person licensed as a new vehicle dealer or a used vehicle dealer shall report to a local law enforcement agency any registration plates stolen off the premises where the motor vehicle is being offered for sale or lease. Provides that the dealer shall not be liable for any citation issued for a violation of a traffic regulation, any fines relating to the citation, toll charges, or accidents involving a motor vehicle bearing stolen registration plates.

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that various petitions and filings must be filed with the county clerk or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which the principal office of the community college board is located, rather than the secretary of the board of trustees. Makes conforming changes.

Amends the University of Illinois Exercise of Functions and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning retention of functions and duties.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Deletes language providing for joint and several liability in actions on account of bodily injury or death or physical damage to property, based on negligence, or product liability based on strict tort liability. Adds language providing that in such actions in which recovery is predicated upon fault, each defendant found liable is liable for only that percentage of the plaintiff's damages that represents the contributory fault chargeable to that defendant in the comparison of the plaintiff's fault with the fault of all tortfeasors whose fault was a proximate cause of the death, injury, loss, or damage for which recovery is sought. Provides that except when the plaintiff is barred from recovering damages because the plaintiff's contributory fault is more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought, the plaintiff is barred from recovering damages from a defendant in excess of the amount of damages obtained by applying the percentage of contributing fault of that defendant to the amount of the plaintiff's damages. Provides that no defendant is jointly and severally liable for a plaintiff's damages. Amends the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act by deleting and repealing certain provisions regarding (i) contribution if the obligation of one or more of the joint tortfeasors is uncollectable and (ii) a plaintiff's right to recover the full amount of his judgment from any one or more defendants.

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services may release information received by the central repository to select representatives of the Department of Children and Family Services through the indirect online request process. Provides that access shall be established by the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee by rule.

Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency may submit an objection to a license applicant based upon specific and articulable reasons or circumstances (rather than a reasonable suspicion) that the applicant is a danger to himself or herself or others, or a threat to public safety. Provides that the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board may request more information from the law enforcement agency that submits an objection and if the request is made the agency shall have 30 days to supply the required information. Provides that if the agency fails to respond or does not provide adequate information, the objection shall be rendered moot and the Board shall grant the license. Provides that the Board may not take more than 90 days to render a decision from the time the objection is filed. Provides that failure to render a decision shall be grounds for a mandamus action in which the Board shall be liable for all costs and attorney's incurred by the applicant. Effective immediately.