Amends the Flag Display Act. Provides that no State institution or agency may purchase any American flags or Illinois State flags (currently, only American flags) except those manufactured in the United States of America.
Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Repeals provisions concerning the Illinois Business Investment Committee. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Creates the Illinois Small Business Fund as a nonappropriated separate and apart trust fund in the State Treasury. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall use moneys in the Fund to manage proceeds that result from investments that the Department has undertaken through economic development programs. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Repeals the Illinois Small Business Incubator Article within the Build Illinois Act.
Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Requires restaurants and truck stops to provide employees with training in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority.
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 115 ILCS 5/20 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. For each school district, requires the State Board of Education to make available on its website, not later than January 1, 2023 and annually thereafter, the total number of personnel with a school support personnel endorsement and the pupil-to- school support personnel ratio, along with other information. Requires a school district to report the required information to the State Board of Education no later than November 16, 2022 and annually thereafter. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Removes the definition of "pupil-to-school support personnel ratio". Requires the State Board of Education to make the information reported by school districts available on its website no later than December 1, 2023 and each December 1st annually thereafter (rather than January 1, 2023 and annually thereafter); changes the dates for reporting. Makes changes concerning the information to be reported and made available.
Amends the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act. Adds student loan borrowers to the definition of "consumer". Adds to the definition of "debt settlement provider" any person or entity engaging in, or holding itself out as engaging in, or any person who solicits for or acts on behalf of such person or entity engaging in or holding itself out as engaging in, the business of student loan debt relief services in exchange for any fee or compensation assessed against or charged to a consumer. Excludes institutions of higher education from the definition of "debt settlement provider". Defines other terms. Requires a specified notice and disclosure to student loan borrowers to be included in advertising and marketing communications concerning student loan debt relief services. Requires providers of student loan debt relief services to provide a specified notice and disclosure before a student loan borrower signs a contract. Provides that any fees charged to a student loan borrower in exchange for student loan debt relief shall comply with a provision concerning fees. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 429/145 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that "debt settlement service" does not include the services of any other originator, guarantor, or servicer of federal education loans or private education loans (rather than federal education loans). Provides that "student loan borrower" includes a parent, grandparent, or other family member who has received or agreed to pay a student loan for a family member receiving the education or any co-signer who has agreed to share responsibility for repaying a student loan with the person receiving the education. Further amends the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act. Provides that a debt settlement provider shall not advise or represent, expressly or by implication, that consumers should stop communicating with their creditors, lenders, loan servicers, loan guarantors, or attorneys or government entities (rather than creditors). Provides that a debt settlement provider shall not advise or represent, expressly or by implication, that consumers should stop making payments to their creditors, lenders, loan servicers, loan guarantors, or attorneys or government entities (rather than creditors). Provides that a debt settlement provider shall not access or obtain a consumer's or student loan borrower's federal student aid information in violation of federal law. Effective immediately.
Amends the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983. Requires the Comptroller (rather than the Governor) to perform specified duties concerning the designation of organizations qualified to receive payroll deductions and the creation of an Advisory Committee under the Act. Amends the State Comptroller Act. Removes a provision requiring the Department of Central Management Services to transmit to the Comptroller a certified copy of all reports it may issue concerning State property. Amends the State Finance Act. Makes changes concerning fiscal year limitations. Repeals provisions concerning contracts signed by State agencies with procurement authority. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes changes concerning the filing of contracts with the Comptroller. Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Requires specified information under the Vendor Payment Program to be disclosed on August 1 of each year (currently, July 1 of each year) for the previous fiscal year. Amends the Property Tax Code. Requires the State Comptroller to make available on the Comptroller's website a Fiscal Responsibility Report Card (currently, submit to the General Assembly and the clerk of each county a Fiscal Responsibility Report Card). Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 15 ILCS 405/19.5 15 ILCS 405/28 new 20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c 30 ILCS 540/8 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983. Requires the Comptroller (rather than the Governor) to perform specified duties concerning the designation of organizations qualified to receive payroll deductions and the creation of an Advisory Committee under the Act. Amends the State Comptroller Act. Removes a provision requiring the Department of Central Management Services to transmit to the Comptroller a certified copy of all reports it may issue concerning State property. Provides for Comptroller recess appointments. Amends the State Finance Act. Makes changes concerning fiscal year limitations. Repeals provisions concerning contracts signed by State agencies with procurement authority. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes changes concerning the filing of contracts with the Comptroller. Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Requires specified information under the Vendor Payment Program to be disclosed on August 1 of each year (currently, July 1 of each year) for the previous fiscal year. Amends the Property Tax Code. Requires the State Comptroller to make available on the Comptroller's website a Fiscal Responsibility Report Card (currently, submit to the General Assembly and the clerk of each county a Fiscal Responsibility Report Card). Makes other changes. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.32 5 ILCS 80/4.34 Adds provision amending the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Crematory Regulation Act from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2024. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Removes provisions concerning extensions of the lapse period.
Amends the Railroad Incorporation Act. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning articles of incorporation. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 610 ILCS 5/2 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 862/10 20 ILCS 862/36.7 new 625 ILCS 5/1-168.8 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Changes the definition of "off-highway vehicle" to exclude large non-highway vehicles. Provides that a large non-highway vehicle may not be granted an off-highway vehicle trails public access sticker or be operated on lands or waters that require the display of such a sticker. Defines "large non-highway vehicle" as any motorized off-highway device designed to travel primarily off-highway, greater than 64 inches and not more than 75 inches in width, having a manufacturer's dry weight of 3,500 pounds or less, traveling on 4 or more non-highway tires, designed with a non-straddle seat and a steering wheel for steering control, except equipment such as lawnmowers. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Changes the definition of "recreational off-highway vehicle" to include electric-powered vehicles having a manufacturer's dry weight of 3,000 or less.
Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 210 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 157-8.1 Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 5/22.59 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In provisions regarding CCR surface impoundments, removes language providing that a permit issued by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under specified provisions of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act shall be deemed to be a permit under specified State provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. At least 60 days before the start of a term, requires the governing board of a public university or community college district to notify an adjunct professor about whether a class he or she was hired to teach has been canceled. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. At least 30 days before the start of a term and again 14 days before the beginning of a term, requires the governing board of a public university or community college district to notify an adjunct professor about the status of the class the adjunct professor was hired to teach. Requires the governing board to allow adjunct professors to have access to the electronic class roster that displays enrollment to assess the status of class enrollment. Provides that the provisions do not apply if the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency or a natural disaster under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Exempts collective bargaining agreements that are in effect on the effective date of the amendatory Act from the provisions. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Removes the provisions allowing an adjunct professor to have access to the electronic class roster that displays class enrollment. In the provisions amending the Public Community College Act, provides that at least 30 days before the beginning of a semester or term and again at 14 days before the beginning of the semester or term, a community college must notify an adjunct professor about the status of class enrollment of the class the adjunct professor was assigned to teach (rather than at least 30 days before the beginning of a term and again at 14 days before the beginning of the term, the board of trustees must notify an adjunct professor about the status of class enrollment of the class the adjunct professor was hired to teach).
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 5/1-1 Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 5/5-6-3.6 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Program administrator of the First Time Weapon Offender Program may be appointed by the Chief Judge of each Judicial Circuit. Effective immediately.
