Urges the Illinois Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility and potential impacts of expanding all interstates in Illinois to a minimum of six lanes and all secondary roads on commercial corridors to a minimum of four lanes.
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Requires each governing board to ensure that an academic advisor or counselor acts with a duty of care or fiduciary duty to provide academic guidance and advice that is strictly in the best interest of the student whom he or she advises or counsels.
Maddy summarySR 258 declares May 2025 as Jewish American Heritage Month for the State of Illinois. This resolution formally recognizes the contributions of Jewish Americans within the state.
Maddy summarySenate Resolution 310 is a memorial resolution that officially mourns the passing of Eldon L. Quick of Rantoul.
Amends the Downstate Police and Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, until 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a participating sheriff's law enforcement employee may elect to transfer service credit from a downstate police pension fund to IMRF. Provides that to establish that creditable service, the sheriff's law enforcement employee may elect to either pay a specified amount to IMRF or have the amount of his or her creditable service reduced by a specified amount. Provides that if the amount transferred to IMRF is greater than a specified amount, the additional amount shall be credited to the account of the sheriff's law enforcement employee's employer. Makes conforming changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules requiring a local health department to make public announcements for the purpose of informing the general public when a positive case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is detected within a county or area under the local health department's jurisdiction.
Maddy summarySenate Resolution 294 is a commemorative resolution. It expresses mourning and remembrance for the death of Mike Behrens, who was from Ogden.
Maddy summarySR 244 is a commemorative resolution that mourns the passing of Fay Michael "Mike" Sullivan of Mattoon. It serves to formally acknowledge and express sorrow for his death.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, beginning June 1, 2027 and subject to Federal Aviation Administration approval to equip and operate light mitigating technology for at least 30% of the proposed wind towers included within a commercial wind energy facility, a county shall require the facility owner of a commercial wind energy facility constructed beginning in 2019 or later to install light mitigating technology at the commercial wind energy facility. Includes requirements when the light mitigating technology must be installed, and allows a facility owner to seek an extension from these requirements from the county board. Provides that a county board may impose civil penalties on the facility owner of a commercial wind energy facility that failed to comply with the requirements in the amount of $1,000 per day. Provides that the provisions do not apply to test wind towers allowed by a county that are used solely for purposes of research and testing.
Amends the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Title of the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits a person from conducting a carbon sequestration activity over any federally designated sole source aquifer. Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a carbon sequestration permit if the Agency knows that the applicant is intending to conduct carbon sequestration activity over any federally designated sole source aquifer. Effective immediately.
