Illinois
104th General Assembly·12,019 bills·Adjourned
Track legislation moving through Illinois. Browse 12,019 bills and resolutions during the 104th General Assembly, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.
Bills
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, by January 15, 2027 and January 15 of each subsequent school year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, shall prepare and release a State Data Dashboard Report and Data Dashboard Report for each public institution of higher education and each private college and university in the State. Lists the data required to be collected by the report. Requires the Board to publish the report on a publicly available website. Allows the Board to adopt rules to administer the provisions.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, by January 15, 2027 and January 15 of each subsequent school year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, shall prepare and release a State Data Dashboard Report and Data Dashboard Report for each public institution of higher education and each private college and university in the State. Lists the data required to be collected by the report. Requires the Board to publish the report on a publicly available website. Allows the Board to adopt rules to administer the provisions.
Amends the Election Code. In provisions concerning primary election ballots, provides that the lettering of candidate names on a ballot shall be in both capital and lowercase letters in conformance with standard English language guidelines, unless compliance is not feasible due to the election system utilized by the election authority.
Amends the Election Code. In provisions concerning primary election ballots, provides that the lettering of candidate names on a ballot shall be in both capital and lowercase letters in conformance with standard English language guidelines, unless compliance is not feasible due to the election system utilized by the election authority.
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Union Employee Health and Benefits Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Union Employee Health and Benefits Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Expands the definitions of "isolated time out" or "time out", "physical restraint" or "restraint", and "time out". Removes exceptions to the prohibition of prone restraint. Removes language providing that the parents or guardian of a student and the State Superintendent of Education shall be informed whenever isolated time out, time out, or physical restraint is used. Establishes complaint procedures to replace the complaint procedures set forth in the State Board of Education's rules. Provides that staff members responsible for implementing isolated time out, time out, or physical restraint must be trained in accordance with the system of non-violent intervention adopted by the school district and must be trained at least once every 2 years in a session that is not less than 6 hours. Requires the State Board to convene a group of stakeholders to annually review: (1) data associated with the use of physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out, and efforts made by public entities to reduce these practices; (2) strategies to reduce physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out; (3) decisions made by the State Board related to physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out; (4) student behavior and behavioral interventions that can be use as an alternative to physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out; and (5) professional development needed for public entities in behavioral interventions to ensure the proper use of physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out. Makes other changes.
Amends the School Code. Expands the definitions of "isolated time out" or "time out", "physical restraint" or "restraint", and "time out". Removes exceptions to the prohibition of prone restraint. Removes language providing that the parents or guardian of a student and the State Superintendent of Education shall be informed whenever isolated time out, time out, or physical restraint is used. Establishes complaint procedures to replace the complaint procedures set forth in the State Board of Education's rules. Provides that staff members responsible for implementing isolated time out, time out, or physical restraint must be trained in accordance with the system of non-violent intervention adopted by the school district and must be trained at least once every 2 years in a session that is not less than 6 hours. Requires the State Board to convene a group of stakeholders to annually review: (1) data associated with the use of physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out, and efforts made by public entities to reduce these practices; (2) strategies to reduce physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out; (3) decisions made by the State Board related to physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out; (4) student behavior and behavioral interventions that can be use as an alternative to physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out; and (5) professional development needed for public entities in behavioral interventions to ensure the proper use of physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out. Makes other changes.
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that no person may install or construct a swimming pool without a permit issued by the (i) the municipality in which the swimming pool is located or (ii) the county in which the swimming pool is located if the swimming pool is not located in a municipality. Provides that, by January 1, 2027, each municipality and each county (rather than only municipalities in the introduced bill) shall, by ordinance or resolution, develop a process to provide for the issuance of permits to construct or install swimming pools. Provides that all permitted swimming pools shall have enclosures inspected by the permitting unit of local government (rather than the permitting municipality in the introduced bill) before the receipt of an initial permit and at least once every 5 years thereafter.
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that no person may install or construct a swimming pool without a permit issued by the (i) the municipality in which the swimming pool is located or (ii) the county in which the swimming pool is located if the swimming pool is not located in a municipality. Provides that, by January 1, 2027, each municipality and each county (rather than only municipalities in the introduced bill) shall, by ordinance or resolution, develop a process to provide for the issuance of permits to construct or install swimming pools. Provides that all permitted swimming pools shall have enclosures inspected by the permitting unit of local government (rather than the permitting municipality in the introduced bill) before the receipt of an initial permit and at least once every 5 years thereafter.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Local Government Debt Reform Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Local Government Debt Reform Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Public Contract Fraud Act. Provides that, if the Attorney General fails to approve or disapprove the title within 45 days of submittal, the title shall be deemed approved by the Attorney General.
Amends the Public Contract Fraud Act. Provides that, if the Attorney General fails to approve or disapprove the title within 45 days of submittal, the title shall be deemed approved by the Attorney General.
Amends the School Code with respect to the waiver or modification of mandates provisions. Requires the notice of public hearing to be published on all social media accounts maintained and operated by a school district (rather than in a newspaper of general circulation). Provides that if no social media account exists, the notice of public hearing must be published in a newspaper of general circulation. Changes references from "published notice" to "public notice". Removes the requirement that local State legislators be notified. Provides that if an eligible applicant does not have a collective bargaining agreement with a collective bargaining unit, the notification requirement is waived. Provides that no waiver of the right to notification of the collective bargaining unit representing the eligible applicant's territory is permitted. Requires verification of the publication of the notice of hearing that is posted on an applicant's website to include an image or screen shot of the post with the date, time and URL present, and provides that if the notice of hearing was published in a newspaper, the applicant must provide a copy of the newspaper posting or certificate of publication provided by the newspaper. Provides that if the General Assembly fails to take action on any waiver request that was disapproved (rather than fails to disapprove any waiver request) or appealed request within a 60-day period, the waiver or modification shall be deemed denied (rather than granted). Makes changes concerning renewing, changing, and rescinding approved waivers and modifications and physical education mandates.
Amends the School Code with respect to the waiver or modification of mandates provisions. Requires the notice of public hearing to be published on all social media accounts maintained and operated by a school district (rather than in a newspaper of general circulation). Provides that if no social media account exists, the notice of public hearing must be published in a newspaper of general circulation. Changes references from "published notice" to "public notice". Removes the requirement that local State legislators be notified. Provides that if an eligible applicant does not have a collective bargaining agreement with a collective bargaining unit, the notification requirement is waived. Provides that no waiver of the right to notification of the collective bargaining unit representing the eligible applicant's territory is permitted. Requires verification of the publication of the notice of hearing that is posted on an applicant's website to include an image or screen shot of the post with the date, time and URL present, and provides that if the notice of hearing was published in a newspaper, the applicant must provide a copy of the newspaper posting or certificate of publication provided by the newspaper. Provides that if the General Assembly fails to take action on any waiver request that was disapproved (rather than fails to disapprove any waiver request) or appealed request within a 60-day period, the waiver or modification shall be deemed denied (rather than granted). Makes changes concerning renewing, changing, and rescinding approved waivers and modifications and physical education mandates.
Amends the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Amends the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Directs the Department of Agriculture to study: (1) the specific actions that can be taken and the practices that can be implemented to mitigate the impacts of drought and climate change on agriculture in the State; (2) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of establishing and implementing financial and technical assistance programs to mitigate the impacts of drought and climate change on agricultural producers in the State; (3) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of using agricultural land management to realize greenhouse gas reductions and maximize carbon sequestration opportunities in the State; (4) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of using floatovoltaics in State waterways; and (5) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of establishing within the Department an Agricultural Drought and Climate Resilience Office for the purpose of providing agricultural producers with the voluntary technical assistance, nonregulatory programs, and incentives necessary to harden the State's agricultural sector to the coming impacts of drought and climate change. Allows the Department to enter into a contract or grant agreement with one or more organizations or institutions with expertise in environmental and agricultural issues for the purpose of completing the tasks delegated to the Department in these provisions. Authorizes the Department, in conducting the required cost-benefit analyses, to take into account the value of ecosystem services. Directs the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Directs the Department of Agriculture to study: (1) the specific actions that can be taken and the practices that can be implemented to mitigate the impacts of drought and climate change on agriculture in the State; (2) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of establishing and implementing financial and technical assistance programs to mitigate the impacts of drought and climate change on agricultural producers in the State; (3) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of using agricultural land management to realize greenhouse gas reductions and maximize carbon sequestration opportunities in the State; (4) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of using floatovoltaics in State waterways; and (5) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of establishing within the Department an Agricultural Drought and Climate Resilience Office for the purpose of providing agricultural producers with the voluntary technical assistance, nonregulatory programs, and incentives necessary to harden the State's agricultural sector to the coming impacts of drought and climate change. Allows the Department to enter into a contract or grant agreement with one or more organizations or institutions with expertise in environmental and agricultural issues for the purpose of completing the tasks delegated to the Department in these provisions. Authorizes the Department, in conducting the required cost-benefit analyses, to take into account the value of ecosystem services. Directs the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Fertilizer Act of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Fertilizer Act of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township official may not prohibit an organization from receiving township funds based upon the national origin of the person who would receive those funds from the organization. Defines "national origin".
Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township official may not prohibit an organization from receiving township funds based upon the national origin of the person who would receive those funds from the organization. Defines "national origin".
Amends the State Employee Health Savings Account Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Employee Health Savings Account Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.