Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the School Code. Prohibits the State Board of Education and school districts from administering State-developed assessments or other comparable assessments to students enrolled in kindergarten, grade one, or grade 2 that are being used for any reason other than diagnostic purposes. Effective July 1, 2015.
Creates the Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act. Provides that an employer that intends to relocate a call center or portions of a call center to a foreign country must provide notice to the State Treasurer at least 120 days before the relocation. Authorizes a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for violations. Requires the Treasurer to compile and post on the Treasurer's website a list of employers that have relocated call centers. Requires employers that relocate call centers to foreign countries to repay grants, loans, and tax benefits that may have been received. Effective January 1, 2016.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a non-violent sexual advance, nor the discovery, knowledge, or perception of a person's sex or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the defendant and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship, cannot be mitigating factors relevant to the imposition of the death penalty for first degree murder (no effect unless the death penalty is reinstated for the offense). Also provides that the same conduct does not constitute serious provocation for second degree murder.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State employees.
Amends the Industrial Development Assistance Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Designates July 26, 2015 as Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Day in the State of Illinois.
