Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a resident of a county having fewer than 50,000 inhabitants is not prohibited from serving simultaneously on the governing bodies of more than one State or local governmental unit. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Heroes Way Designation Program Act. Adds a first responder killed while in the line of duty to the people who qualify for the Heroes Way Designation Program.
Maddy summarySB 908 amends the Illinois Unified Code of Corrections to update the powers and duties of the Department of Corrections. The bill adds provisions for using pupillometer technology to screen inmates for drug use, creating a pilot program starting in 2002. It also establishes a program to track inmate gang affiliations, allows for pre-release job preparation, and permits the use of tablets as rewards for inmate compliance. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of Corrections to lease correctional facilities built by local governments using revenue bonds and outlines a highway cleanup program using prisoners for trash removal.
Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the term "community-based organization" also includes an entity that currently receives federal funding from the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Requires Voter Identification Cards for those who do not have acceptable photo identification. Sets forth requirements and exemptions. Provides that any person desiring to vote shall present to the judges of election for verification of the person's identity a government-issued photo identification card or his or her Voter Identification Card. In provisions concerning electioneering at voting precincts, provides that electioneering includes the distribution of food or drinks to voters. Provides that each election authority shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and for change of address during the period from the close of registration for an election until the 7th day before the election (currently, the day of the election). Provides that a polling place shall not be located in any residential building, including, but not limited to, an apartment or dormitory. Provides that election authorities shall establish vote centers in at least 2 locations. Specifies the locations where vote centers shall be located. Provides that each election authority shall keep a secure record of the number of ballots printed and distributed to the judges of election at each polling place of each precinct or district. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall develop standards that each election authority shall implement for the 2026 general primary election, and all subsequent elections, to count and track the number of ballots printed and distributed. Removes provisions allowing voters to apply for permanent vote by mail status. Removes a provision that authorizes election authorities to maintain one or more secure collection sites for the postage-free return of vote by mail ballots. Provides that the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall complete the validation and counting of provisional ballots within 7 calendar days (rather than 14 calendar days) of the day after the election. Provides that specified vote by mail ballots returned to an election authority shall be counted on or before the 7th day after the election. Provides that any person who, during an early voting period, gathers on behalf of another and submits to an election authority more than 3 vote by mail ballots shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Makes other changes.
Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall immediately inform a victim of the early release of the prisoner from State custody or of the prisoner's pardon, commutation, furlough, or granting of sentence credit, if the victim has previously requested notification of that information. Provides that when the defendant has been found guilty but mentally ill and is granted early release, pardon, commutation, or furlough, the Prisoner Review Board immediately shall notify the victim, if the victim has previously requested notification of that information. Provides that the notification shall be based upon the most recent information as to the victim's residence or other location available to the Board. Provides that when no such information is available, the Board shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain the information and make the notification. Provides that this notification requirement is in addition to any notification requirements pursuant to any other statewide victim notification systems. Provides that the Board must document notification efforts if the victim alleges lack of notification.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the annual report of the Prisoner Review Board transmitted to the Director of Corrections shall list how many C-Number Cases and Good Conduct Requests are considered, granted, and denied by the Board, disaggregated by offense, including, but not limited to, murder and offenses involving sexual conduct or sexual penetration, and indicate if the victims were under 18 years of age or members of law enforcement.
Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Prohibits a landlord from imposing a rule, regulation, or lease provision, in any manner, that impairs any rights guaranteed to the tenant by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States or Section 4 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution, including the display of advertising pertaining to any political candidate or proposition.
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not hold or schedule an official meeting on the day of an election. Limits home rule powers. Defines terms.
Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Deletes language providing that certain at-large judgeships of the 6th judicial circuit shall be converted, as they become vacant, to resident judgeships elected from Champaign County and resident judgeships elected from Macon County.
