Amends the Illinois Seed Law. Provides that specified provisions do not apply to seed distributed within this State by means of noncommercial, interpersonal seed sharing activities, including, but not limited to, seed libraries, seed exchanges, or other formal or informal seed sharing activities. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial license plates may be affixed to motorcycles.
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university to establish an admissions process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an application for admission to the University as a freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. Allows the university to request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall semester. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the Governor shall annually designate by official proclamation the day after Gold Star Mothers' Day as Gold Star Family Day to be observed throughout the State as a day to honor and commemorate the families of men and women who gave their lives while serving with the armed forces of the United States in time of war or during periods of hostilities. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that no one may be licensed to teach or supervise in the public schools of this State who has been convicted of certain drug offenses until 7 years following the end of the sentence for the offense. Makes changes to provisions relating to the conviction of certain offenses as grounds for revocation of an educator license, including changing the definitions of terms, providing for disqualification for licensure, and providing that suspension of a license or denial of an application for a license of a person who has been convicted of certain drug offenses shall last until 7 years following the end of the sentence for the offense. Makes technical corrections in provisions requiring a criminal history records check to be performed with regard to applicants for employment with a school district. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the failure to complete and transmit the Uniform Citation and Complaint form or conservation complaint to the clerk of court of the circuit court in which the violation occurred within 48 hours of arrest, so long as the Uniform Citation and Complaint form or conservation complaint are transmitted to clerk of court within 7 business days, shall not be the sole grounds for dismissal of the case.
Mourns the death of Norman R. "Rusty" Koehler of Springfield.
Mourns the death of Kenneth Ray Lamb of Greenfield.
Mourns the death of Philip C. Bradley, Jr. of Chatham.
Mourns the death of Delmar Gross III of Springfield.
