Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Prohibits an employer from: (i) screening job applicants based on their wage or salary history, (ii) requiring that an applicant's prior wages satisfy minimum or maximum criteria, and (iii) requesting or requiring as a condition of being interviewed or as a condition of continuing to be considered for an offer of employment that an applicant disclose prior wages or salary. Prohibits an employer from seeking the salary, including benefits or other compensation or salary history, of a job applicant from any current or former employer, with some exceptions. Limits defenses. Provides for penalties and injunctive relief. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that the exceptions to the equal pay requirement based on sex also apply to the equal pay requirement for African-American employees. Provides that an employer may prohibit a human resources employee, supervisor, or other employee whose job responsibilities require or allow access to other employees' wage or salary information from disclosing that information without prior written consent from the employee whose information is sought or requested. Provides that specified provisions shall not be construed to prevent an employer or employment agency from: providing information about the wages, benefits, compensation, or salary offered in relation to a position; or engaging in discussions with an applicant for employment about the applicant's expectations with respect to wage or salary, benefits, and other compensation. Provides that an employer is not in violation of specified provisions when a job applicant voluntarily and without prompting discloses his or her current or prior wage or salary history, including benefits or other compensation, on the condition that the employer does not consider or rely on the voluntary disclosures as a factor in determining whether to offer a job applicant employment, in making an offer of compensation, or in determining future wages, salary, benefits, or other compensation. Makes other changes. Effective 60 days after becoming law. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that a wage differential factor that is not based on sex or a factor that would constitute unlawful discrimination under the Illinois Human Rights Act must account for the differential (instead of "the entire differential").
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Creates the Coal Ash Cleanup and Storage Act. Provides a short title only. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 5/3.135 was 415 ILCS 5/3.94 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Coal Ash Pollution Prevention Act. Tasks the Environmental Protection Agency with enforcing the Act's provisions. Provides that specified coal combustion residual (CCR) units shall close. Provides that an owner or operator of a CCR unit required to close by removal shall, within 6 months of the Act's effective date, halt the placement of CCR in those CCR units and begin removal of the CCR in those CCR units. Provides that those owners or operators shall complete the removal of CCR from the CCR unit no later than 15 years after initiating the closure process at that CCR unit. Requires the submission by an owner or operator of a CCR unit of specified documentation to the Agency within 60 days of the Act's effective date. Provides that an operator of any CCR unit required to close by removal shall submit a closure plan to the Agency within 90 days after the Act's effective date. Specifies what shall be included in the closure plan. Provides requirements for Agency approval of a closure plan. Provides that an entity conducting closure activities shall utilize local labor and ensure that the work is performed by responsible contractors and subcontractors that pay workers the prevailing wage and fair benefits. Provides requirements for the transport of CCR, including manifests with specified information regarding the CCR being transported and a transport plan with specified requirements. Provides that no CCR that is removed from a CCR unit may be transported without a CCR transport permit approved by the Agency. Provides that no CCR removed from a CCR unit may be disposed of in a landfill off of the property on which the CCR unit is located without approval from the Agency. Provides that no CCR removed from any CCR unit may be beneficially used in Illinois unless the Agency has issued a beneficial use permit for that CCR. Provides that on or before October 1, 2022, and on October 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter until closure of all of a facility's CCR units is complete, the operator of a CCR unit shall compile a closure progress report. Provides that an owner or operator of a CCR unit from which CCR is required to be removed shall, within one year of the effective date of the Act, conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the extent of CCR pollution of groundwater, surface water, and soils at any property surrounding the property on which a CCR unit is located. Provides public notice, comment, and hearing requirements for applications, permits, plans, and reports submitted under the Act. Provides that an owner or operator of a CCR unit located in Illinois is required to provide and maintain financial assurance for closure and corrective action. Provides that, beginning 18 months after the Act's effective date, no CCR generated in Illinois may be treated, stored, or disposed of in a CCR surface impoundment or unlined CCR landfill. Contains provisions regarding violation of the Act and resulting civil penalties, criminal fines, or injunctive relief. Provides requirements for various applications, permits, plans, and reports submitted under the Act. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Removes language providing that a "coal combustion by-product" (CCB) is a coal combustion waste when used beneficially in specified ways. Removes language restricting specified uses of coal combustion waste as a CCB. Removes language regarding beneficial use determinations of CCB. Makes other changes. Provides that the Act's provisions are severable. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: New Act 415 ILCS 5/3.135 Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 5/3.140 was 415 ILCS 5/3.76 415 ILCS 5/3.142 new 415 ILCS 5/3.143 new 415 ILCS 5/21 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021 415 ILCS 5/22.59 new 415 ILCS 5/39 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039 415 ILCS 5/40 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1040 30 ILCS 105/5.891 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires a permit for persons conducting any waste-storage, waste-treatment, or waste-disposal operation on CCR surface impoundments. Prohibits persons from performing any specified actions that may cause or tend to cause a violation of the Act. Requires the owner of a CCR surface impoundment to submit to the Agency for approval a closure alternatives analysis. Exempts owners or operators of CCR surface impoundments that have completed closure in accordance with a plan approved by the Agency prior to 12 months after the amendatory Act's effective date from obtaining a construction permit for the surface impoundment closure. Provides that the owner of a CCR surface impoundment shall post all closure plans, permit applications, and supporting documentation, and any Agency approval of the plans or applications on its publicly available website. Requires the owner or operator of a CCR surface impoundment to pay the following fees: an initial fee of $50,000 for closed CCR surface impoundments or $75,000 for CCR surface impoundments that have not completed closure; and annual fees of 25,000 for each CCR surface impoundment that has not completed closure or $15,000 for each CCR surface impoundment that has completed closure but has not completed post-closure care. Requires any monies forfeited to the State from any performance bond or other security required under the amendatory Act's provisions to be placed in the Coal Combustion Residual Surface Impoundment Financial Assurance Fund. Allows the Agency to issue RCRA permits exclusively to persons owning or operating a CCR surface impoundment. Requires a permit applicant to make available to the public for inspection all documents submitted by the applicant to the Agency in furtherance of an application, with the exception of trade secrets, at the office of the county board or governing body of the municipality where CCR from the CCR surface impoundment will be permanently disposed. Makes other changes. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Coal Combustion Residual Surface Impoundment Financial Assurance Fund. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Makes changes to the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 3 to require owners and operators of CCR surface impoundments to have submitted a closure plan to the Agency by May 1, 2019 (currently, May 31, 2019) and to have completed closure prior to 24 months (currently, 12 months) after the amendatory Act's effective date in order to be exempt from obtaining a construction permit.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-100 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-154.7 625 ILCS 5/5-302 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-302 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not sell or offer at auction salvage vehicles to a nonresident individual or business in the United States unless the nonresident is licensed in another state or jurisdiction, provides a National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) number, a social security number or federal employment identification number, and resale tax certificate, if applicable. Provides that a person in the State shall not sell or offer at auction salvage vehicles to an out-of-country buyer unless the out-of-country buyer is licensed in its jurisdiction as a recycler or rebuilder and provides a foreign license number, passport, or other form of identification issued by the foreign jurisdiction. Provides that an out-of-country buyer who provides a business address not within the sovereign boundaries of the United States shall receive a title stamped with the designation of "export only" at the point of sale. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person in the State shall sell at auction a salvage vehicle to a nonresident individual or business licensed in the United States unless the nonresident, in addition to being licensed in another state or jurisdiction, provides a resale tax certificate, if applicable, and one of the following: a National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) number, federal employer identification number, or government-issued driver's license or passport. Provides that a person in the State shall not sell at auction a salvage vehicle to an out-of-country buyer, unless if the nonresident is licensed in a jurisdiction that is not a state, then the nonresident shall provide to the seller the number of the nonresident's license issued by that jurisdiction and a copy of the nonresident's passport or the passport of an owner or officer of the nonresident entity or a copy of another form of government-issued identification from the nonresident or an owner or officer of the nonresident entity. Provides that an out-of-state salvage vehicle buyer who provides an address outside of the United States shall receive a salvage certificate stamped by the seller with the designation of "For Export Only" at the point of sale for each salvage vehicle purchased and the NMVTIS record shall be designated "EXPORT". House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-154.7 625 ILCS 5/5-302 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-302 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 105/5.891 new 625 ILCS 5/11-709 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-709 625 ILCS 5/11-907 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-907 625 ILCS 5/11-907.5 705 ILCS 135/15-70 720 ILCS 5/9-3 from Ch. 38, par. 9-3 730 ILCS 5/5-6-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-6-1 730 ILCS 5/5-3-2 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-3-2 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Dedicates the Act to the memory of Lieutenant Scott Gillen, Trooper Brooke Jones-Story, and Trooper Christopher Lambert. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Scott's Law Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, when approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe, a person shall proceed with due caution, reduce the speed of the vehicle maintaining a safe speed for road conditions and leaving a safe distance until safely past the stationary vehicles. Provides that, when approaching a disabled vehicle with lighted hazard lights on a highway having at least 4 lanes, of which at least 2 are proceeding in the same direction, a driver of a vehicle shall, proceeding with due caution, yield the right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the disabled vehicle, if possible with due regard to safety and traffic conditions, or, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe proceeding with due caution, reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining a safe speed for road conditions and leaving a safe distance until safely past the stationary vehicles. Provides that a person who violates provisions prescribing how to safely approach an authorized emergency vehicle commits a business offense punishable by a minimum fine of $250 and not more than $10,000 for the first violation and a fine of not less than $750 or more than $10,000 for the second or subsequent violation (instead of a fine of not less than $100 or more than $10,000), and (i) if the violation results in damage to another vehicle, the person commits a Class A misdemeanor; and (ii) if the violation results in the injury or death of another person, the person commits a Class 4 felony. Provides that commission of the offense of reckless homicide while committing a violation of the Section concerning proper approach of a stationary authorized emergency vehicle shall be afforded as a factor in aggravation and extended-term sentencing. Provides that the Director of the State Police shall use all moneys in the Scott's Law Fund in the Department's discretion to fund the production of materials to educate drivers on approaching stationary authorized emergency vehicles, to hire off-duty Department of State Police for enforcement of the Section concerning proper approach of a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, and for other law enforcement purposes the Director deems necessary for such efforts. Provides that, for violations issued by a county or municipal police officer, the assessment shall be deposited into the county or municipality's Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to hire off-duty county police officers to monitor construction or maintenance zones in that county on highways other than interstate highways. Provides that the county, in its discretion, may also use a portion of the moneys in its Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to purchase equipment for county law enforcement and fund the production of materials to educate drivers on construction zone safe driving habits and approaching stationary authorized emergency vehicles. Amends the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. Imposes a conditional assessment of $250 for a violation of provisions prescribing how to safely approach an authorized emergency vehicle. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits reckless homicide while violating provisions prescribing how to safely approach an authorized emergency vehicle shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 3 years and not more than 14 years, or, if the person caused the deaths of 2 or more persons, not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years. Makes other changes. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person charged with violating provisions prescribing how to safely approach an authorized emergency vehicle is not eligible for supervision.
Amends the Illinois Egg and Egg Products Act. Provides that nest run eggs must be held and transported at or below 45 degrees Fahrenheit ambient temperature beginning 36 hours after the time of lay (rather than shall be held at 60 degrees Fahrenheit or less at all times, and during transportation the egg temperature may not exceed 45 degrees Fahrenheit). Effective immediately.
Amends the North Shore Water Reclamation District Act and the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that that the North Shore Water Reclamation District and sanitary districts may lease property not required for district use to others for a period not exceeding 50 years (rather than 20 years for the North Shore Water Reclamation District and 10 years for sanitary districts). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide a racing program (rather than a 5-day racing program) at the State Fair each year. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide at least a 5-day racing program at the State Fair each year, unless an alternate racing program is requested by the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board (rather than requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a racing program at the State Fair each year).
Amends the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act. Includes in the definition of "facility" a facility that provides housing to individuals with dementia. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 210 ILCS 32/10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act. Provides that a facility that houses dementia residents may allow electronic monitoring devices only in rooms that are located in a building that is entirely dedicated to dementia care or that are located in a building that is solely dedicated to dementia care. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that every sentencing order shall include as though written therein a term providing that if the Department of Corrections accepts an eligible offender in the program and determines the offender has successfully completed the impact incarceration program, the sentence shall be reduced to time considered served. Removes the requirement that a person be recommended and approved for placement in the impact incarceration program in the court's sentencing order. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 5/5-8-1.1 Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 5/5-3-2 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-3-2 730 ILCS 5/5-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that in felony cases, the presentence report shall include information concerning defendant's eligibility for a sentence to an impact incarceration program administered by the Department of Corrections. Provides that the court shall make a specific finding about whether the defendant is eligible for participation in a Department impact incarceration program, and if not, provide an explanation as to why a sentence to impact incarceration is not an appropriate sentence.
Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 675/0.01 Adds reference to: 725 ILCS 5/107-2 from Ch. 38, par. 107-2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that whenever a peace officer has a warrant of arrest for the person or has reasonable grounds to believe that a warrant for the person's arrest has been issued and the peace officer has contact with the person because the person: (1) reported that he or she is a victim of sexual assault; or (2) requested or received emergency medical assistance or medical forensic services for sexual assault; if the warrant of arrest is not for a forcible felony as defined in the Criminal Code of 2012 or a violent crime as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, the peace officer shall not arrest the person but shall issue a notice to appear to the person. Defines "sexual assault". Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that whenever a peace officer has a warrant of arrest for the person and the peace officer has contact with the person because the person is requesting or receiving emergency medical assistance or medical forensic services for sexual assault at a medical facility, if the warrant of arrest is not for a forcible felony or a violent crime, the peace officer shall contact the prosecuting authority of the jurisdiction issuing the warrant, or if that prosecutor is not available, the prosecuting authority for the jurisdiction that covers the medical facility to request waiver of the prompt execution of the warrant. Provides that the prosecuting authority may secure a court order waiving the immediate execution of the warrant and provide a copy to the peace officer. Defines "sexual assault". Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that whenever a peace officer is aware of a warrant of arrest issued by a circuit court of the State for a person and the peace officer has contact with the person because the person is requesting or receiving emergency medical assistance or medical forensic services for sexual assault at a medical facility, if the warrant of arrest is not for a forcible felony, a violent crime, or an alleged violation of parole or mandatory supervised release, the peace officer shall contact the prosecuting authority of the jurisdiction issuing the warrant, or if that prosecutor is not available, the prosecuting authority for the jurisdiction that covers the medical facility to request waiver of the prompt execution of the warrant. Provides that the prosecuting authority may secure a court order waiving the immediate execution of the warrant and provide a copy to the peace officer. Provides that whenever a peace officer has a warrant of arrest for a person, subject to the same limitations described in this provision, and the peace officer has contact with the person because the person reported that he or she was sexually assaulted within the past 7 days, in addition to informing the person of his or her right to seek free medical attention and evidence collection and providing the written notice required by the Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act, the officer shall also inform the person that if he or she chooses to go to a medical facility to seek any of those services, then the officer shall notify the prosecuting authority to request waiver of the prompt execution of the warrant.
Appropriates $633,272,700 from the Education Assistance Fund, together with other stated amounts from various funds, to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for its operational and other expenses. Effective July 1, 2019.