Sen. Ram Villivalam

Mourns the passing of former Illinois State Senator Howard William "Howie" Carroll.

Declares November 4, 2021 "Diwali Day".

Declares October 28, 2021 as First Responders Day in the State of Illinois. Recognizes and remembers the first responders we have lost and extends gratitude to all first responders for continuously putting their lives on the line for the citizens of Illinois.

Declares October of 2021 as Hindu Heritage Month.

Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that for purposes of the ABLE account program, a designated beneficiary means the ABLE account owner. Provides that upon the death of a designated beneficiary, proceeds from an account may be transferred pursuant to a payable on death account agreement. Provides that upon the death of a designated beneficiary, the State Treasurer may require verification that the funeral and burial expenses of the designated beneficiary have been paid. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 15 ILCS 505/16.6 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 5/5-15 was 20 ILCS 5/3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the civil administrative agencies. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 5/5-15 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 420/1-102.5 new 5 ILCS 420/1-104.3 new 5 ILCS 420/1-104.4 new 5 ILCS 420/1-104.5 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.2 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.3 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.5 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.6 new 5 ILCS 420/1-105.7 new 5 ILCS 420/1-109 from Ch. 127, par. 601-109 5 ILCS 420/1-110 from Ch. 127, par. 601-110 5 ILCS 420/1-112.5 new 5 ILCS 420/1-113.6 new 5 ILCS 420/1-113.7 new 5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 5 ILCS 420/3A-50 new 5 ILCS 420/4A-102 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102 5 ILCS 420/4A-103 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103 5 ILCS 420/4A-107 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-107 5 ILCS 420/4A-108 5 ILCS 420/4A-104 rep. 5 ILCS 430/5-40 5 ILCS 430/5-45 5 ILCS 430/20-20 5 ILCS 430/20-95 5 ILCS 430/25-5 5 ILCS 430/25-10 5 ILCS 430/25-15 5 ILCS 430/25-20 5 ILCS 430/25-85 10 ILCS 5/1A-14 from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14 10 ILCS 5/9-1.8 from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8 10 ILCS 5/9-3.5 new 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 25 ILCS 115/1 from Ch. 63, par. 14 25 ILCS 170/2 from Ch. 63, par. 172 25 ILCS 170/3 from Ch. 63, par. 173 25 ILCS 170/4.5 25 ILCS 170/4.7 25 ILCS 170/5 25 ILCS 170/6 from Ch. 63, par. 176 25 ILCS 170/8 from Ch. 63, par. 178 25 ILCS 170/11.2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Creates a uniform statement of economic interest form that must be completed by all persons who are required to file that form under the Act. Changes the nature of the required disclosures that must be made. Requires the Secretary of State to adjust specified amounts that prompt disclosure under the Act for purposes of inflation, and requires the Secretary to make conforming changes to the statement of economic interest form. Requires candidates filing for supreme court justice, appellate court judge, circuit court judge, or judicial retention to file their statement of economic interests in written or printed form. Modifies requirements concerning legislator restricted activities and the code of conduct. Prohibits a person appointed to an affected office from serving as an officer of a candidate political committee under specified circumstances. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Restricts fundraising during sessions of the General Assembly, regardless of county. Modifies provisions concerning procurement and revolving door prohibitions concerning the fiscal administration of State contracts. Provides further revolving door requirements for executive branch officers and members of the General Assembly concerning lobbying. Modifies requirements concerning the Executive Ethics Commission and the Legislative Ethics Commission. Modifies requirements for Executive Inspectors General and the Legislative Inspector General. Provides that all investigatory files and reports of the Office of an Executive Inspector General are, among other exemptions, privileged. Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a member of the State Board of Elections from contributing to a political committee, serving as an officer of a political committee, or being a candidate supported by a candidate political committee. Prohibits a limited activity committee from accepting contributions except under specified circumstances. Provides that a limited activity committee may only make specified expenditures. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that the compensation to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly shall be paid bi-monthly. Provides for member compensation on a prorated basis. Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Applies the requirements of the Act to municipalities, counties, and officials thereof, and other specified State officials. Provides for home rule preemption under the Act. Defines terms. Makes conforming changes. Adds an applicability clause. Effective January 1, 2022. Governor Amendatory Veto Message Recommends: (i) deleting new language providing that the Executive Inspectors General have the duty to "receive and investigate, without advance approval of the Executive Ethics Commission, allegations of violations of this Act and other wrongful acts within his or her jurisdiction based on a complaint" and that an "investigation may not be initiated more than one year after the alleged wrongful act or the most recent act of a series of alleged wrongful acts based on the same wrongful conduct except if there is reasonable cause to believe that fraudulent concealment has occurred"; and (ii) restoring existing law providing that the Executive Inspectors General have the duty to "receive and investigate allegations of violations of this Act" and that an "investigation may not be initiated more than one year after the most recent act of the alleged violation or of a series of alleged violations except where there is reasonable cause to believe that fraudulent concealment has occurred".

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Exempts transportation services, including those transportation services provided by ground ambulance service providers, medi-car providers, service car providers, and taxi service providers, from the State's managed care medical assistance program. Provides that these services shall continue to be paid under the State's traditional fee-for-service program. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to exempt ground ambulance services from the State's managed care medical assistance program (rather than exempt transportation services, including those transportation services provided by ground ambulance service providers, medi-car providers, service car providers, and taxi service providers).

Amends the Collateral Recovery Act. Provides that each individual, partner of a partnership, officer of a corporation, or member of a limited liability company shall submit with the application for licensure as a repossession agency a copy of one form of personal identification upon which must appear a recent photograph (rather than a photograph taken within one year immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application). Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to notify the submitting person within a reasonable time period (rather than 10 days) after receipt of the application of its intent to issue or deny a recovery permit. Provides that a recovery employee may work under a recovery permit for multiple licensed repossession agencies. Provides that applications for renewal of a license or permit shall be filed with the Commission no earlier than 90 days and not later than 45 days prior to the expiration of a license or permit. Provides that when a license holder or permit holder has made a timely and sufficient application for the renewal of a license or recovery permit, the existing license or recovery permit shall continue in full force and effect until the final agency decision on the application has been made, unless a later date is fixed by order of a reviewing court. Provides that the Commission shall not require the license or permit holder or applicant to report and shall not consider law enforcement records, court records, and conviction records of an individual who was 17 years old (rather than 18 years old) or younger at the time of the conviction. Makes other changes. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Collateral Recovery Act to January 1, 2032. Effective January 1, 2022, except provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act take effect immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 422/35 225 ILCS 422/45 225 ILCS 422/50 225 ILCS 422/75 225 ILCS 422/85 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Removes the changes made to the Collateral Recovery Act. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.41 new Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.37 In provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act, provides for the repeal of the Collateral Recovery Act on January 1, 2027 (rather than on January 1, 2032).

Amends the Chicago Municipal Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an annuitant formerly employed by the City of Chicago may authorize the withholding of a portion of his or her annuity for payment of dues to a labor organization (instead of the labor organization that formerly represented the annuitant when the annuitant was an active employee). Provides that at the request and at the expense of the labor organization (instead of the labor organization that formerly represented the annuitant when the annuitant was an active employee), the City of Chicago shall coordinate mailings no more than twice in any 12-month period to such annuitants and the Board shall supply current annuitant addresses to the City of Chicago upon request.

Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act. Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement Fund to be used to finance and administer programs and activities specified under the Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and shall allocate moneys on the basis of priorities established by the Agency. Makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Requires a lead in drinking water protection fee be imposed on billing water usage in specified amounts to be collected by all community water supplies. Requires the owner or operator of each community water supply to perform specified activities. Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement Advisory Board within the Agency to perform specified duties. Contains other provisions. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish a comprehensive low-income water assistance policy and program with specified requirements. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may allow or direct a water utility to establish a customer assistance program that provides financial relief to residential customers who qualify for income-related assistance. Makes other changes. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires specified entities to provide to the Environmental Protection Agency by December 31, 2023, and again by December 31, 2025, specified information as it relates to the cost of providing water service. Provides that the Agency shall publish the information on the Agency's website. Provides that the Agency may adopt rules setting forth the general requirements for submittal of the information. Repeals the provisions regarding the information on January 1, 2026. Repeals a Section regarding lead in drinking water notifications and inventories. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: New Act 30 ILCS 105/5.935 new 220 ILCS 5/8-306 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 105/5.938 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish a comprehensive low-income water assistance policy and program with specified requirements. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the owner or operator of each community water supply to perform specified activities. Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement Advisory Board within the Environmental Protection Agency to perform specified duties. Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement Fund to be used to finance and administer programs and activities specified under the amendatory provisions. Makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Provides that, within one year after the amendatory Act's effective date, the Agency shall design a program with specified requirements for the purpose of administering lead service line replacement funds. Contains other provisions. Repeals a Section of the Environmental Protection Act regarding lead in drinking water notifications and inventories. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes. Requires that when an owner or operator of a community water supply awards a contract under the Act, contracts representing at least 11% of the total projects (rather than of the total annual premiums or fees) shall be awarded to minority-owned businesses; contracts representing at least 7% of the total projects (rather than of the total annual premiums or fees) shall be awarded to women-owned businesses; and contracts representing at least 2% of the total projects (rather than of the total annual premiums or fees) shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities. In provisions requiring every owner or operator of a community water supply to create a plan to replace specified service lines, requires a proposed lead service line replacement schedule to also include 10-year goals. Requires the owner or operator of a community water supply to submit a report detailing progress toward plan goals to the Environmental Protection Agency. Specifies requirements for the reports. Provides that corporate authorities of a municipality may exercise the authority provided under specified provisions of the Property Tax Code and Illinois Municipal Code for costs associated with lead service line remediation and replacement (instead of impose a tax, fee, surcharge, charge, assessment, or other amount payable or imposed as deemed necessary, by ordinance or resolution by the corporate authorities, to be used solely for costs incurred by the municipality associated with lead service line remediation). In provisions specifying the replacement rates and timelines for replacement of lead service lines by an owner or operator of a community water supply, requires that a community water supply reporting more than 99,999 lead service lines in its final inventory and replacement plan shall replace all lead service lines, at an annual rate of no less than 2% of the amount described in the final inventory, with a timeline of up to 50 years for completion. Authorizes the Agency to grant one extension of additional time equal to not more than 20% of the original replacement timeline, except in situations of extreme hardship in which the Agency may consider a second additional extension equal to not more than 10% of the original replacement timeline. Removes language limiting the purposes and amounts for which moneys in the Lead Service Line Replacement Fund may be used. Requires the Agency to design rules for a program (rather than design a program) for the purpose of administering lead service line replacement funds. Makes changes to provisions concerning the requirements for the program. Removes language specifying the information that must be included in the annual consumer confidence report required under the United States Environmental Protection Agency's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. Makes other changes. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Makes a technical change in the citation of sections of the Property Tax Code.

Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Capital Development Board shall each accept the use of electronic signatures in transactions between those State agencies and other persons or entities, unless all parties to the transaction waive the right to use electronic signatures. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 175/25-120 new Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 45/1-2 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 311-2 625 ILCS 45/3-7 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313-7 625 ILCS 45/3C-4 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313C-4 625 ILCS 45/4-1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 314-1 625 ILCS 45/4-2 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 314-2 625 ILCS 45/5-3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-3 625 ILCS 45/5-13 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-8 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Changes the definitions Section to put the terms in alphabetical order and changes the definitions of "airboat", "motorboat", "nonpowered watercraft", "operate", "owner", "person", "personal watercraft", and "sailboat". Defines "inland rules", "international regulations", "leeward", "operator", "principally operate", "throwable PDF", "wearable U.S. Coast Guard approved personal flotation device", and "windward side". Makes additional changes and adds provisions in Sections concerning: corrected certificates; towed watercraft; personal flotation devices; navigation lights; interference with navigation; and traffic rules.