Sen. John J. Cullerton

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Requires that public bodies with websites maintained by their own staff must post on their websites the following information, for the specified periods, with respect to their meetings: (i) the agenda of a regular meeting, until the meeting is conducted; (ii) the annual schedule of regular meetings, until public notice of another schedule is approved; (iii) notice of a regular meeting, until the meeting is conducted; and (iv) minutes of an open meeting, for at least 60 days after posting. Changes the deadline for any type of public notice of the agenda of a regular meeting from 48 to 72 hours before the meeting.

Requests the Supreme Court to modify its administrative orders to provide for specific medical malpractice recordkeeping, case designation, and reporting.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Calls on the United States Congress to fully fund the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and the essential health and social services that enable individuals to access ADAP and remain in care.

Supports the rights of Macedonians living throughout the Balkans to, among other things, speak their language, to practice their customs, and to be granted all the civil and human rights required by international law.

Proclaims the month of November 2005 as Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month and November 22, 2005 as Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Day.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner committed to the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, including, without limitation, a person serving a sentence that limits the person's eligibility for reduced sentence, parole, or mandatory supervised release, shall be immediately eligible for a medical parole if the person suffers from a serious illness or serious disease which has the effect of permanently incapacitating the prisoner; or the person is terminally ill and is expected, with a reasonable degree of medical certainty, to die within the following 12 months. Establishes procedures by which the prisoner may apply to the Prisoner Review Board for medical parole. Provides that after a person is released on medical parole, statutory or other good time shall not reduce the remainder of the person's sentence while the person is on medical parole. Provides that the term of parole for a person on medical parole shall equal the remainder of the sentence of the person plus any applicable term of parole or mandatory supervised release.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may not operate a second division vehicle on a public highway while the cargo area of that vehicle is occupied by any person.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that no person shall possess or use tobacco in any of its forms in an institution and facility of the Department. Deletes a provision requiring the selling prices for all goods to be sufficient to cover the costs of the goods and an additional charge of up to 35% for tobacco products if the facility maintains a commissary or commissaries. Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that the Warden of the jail or other person shall not permit any person to possess or use tobacco in any of its forms in the jail.

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person, who is not a federally licensed firearm dealer, who desires to transfer or sell a firearm while that person is on the grounds of a gun show, must prior to the sale or transfer of the firearm: (1) request the Department of State Police to conduct a background check on the transferor and the prospective transferee of a firearm; (2) provide certain information to the Department; and (3) receive an approval from the Department that, after a background check was conducted, nothing in the records accessed by the Department prohibits, based on State or federal law, the purchaser from purchasing or possessing a firearm. Provides that the Department of State Police may collect a fee to conduct the background check not to exceed $2. Provides that failure to comply with these requirements is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that failure to comply with these requirements is a Class 2 felony if the person has 2 or more previous convictions for these violations.