Bills & Legislation

DHFS-FFS SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS

Amends the Hospital Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, if an Illinois freestanding psychiatric hospital reopens a previously closed hospital facility within 4 calendar years of that hospital facility's closure, and the previously closed hospital facility qualified for fee-for-service supplemental payments, then the Illinois freestanding psychiatric hospital shall receive an annual payment equal to $200 per covered inpatient day contained in paid fee-for-service claims and $200 per paid fee-for-service outpatient claim for dates of service of the closed hospital facility in Calendar Year 2019 in the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Enterprise Data Warehouse as of May 11, 2020. Provides that "closed hospital facility" includes hospitals that have been terminated from participation in the medical assistance program. Effective immediately.

Hoan Huynh

STUDENT ONLINE PERSONAL INFO

Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Provides that a student, school, or parent that has been injured or aggrieved by a violation of the Act may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person or entity that violated the Act. Specifies that the provisions establishing a private right of action do not limit the Attorney General's enforcement authority under the Act.

Nabeela Syed

DIGITAL AGE ASSURANCE

Creates the Children's Social Media Safety Act. Provides that, no later than January 1, 2028, an operating system provider shall: (1) provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder to indicate the birth date, age, or both; (2) provide an operator who has requested a signal with respect to a particular user a signal that identifies the user's age by category; and (3) send only the minimum amount of information necessary to comply with the provision. Provides that an operator shall not offer a platform in the State without conducting age verification as required under the Act to determine whether a user is a minor. Provides that, for all users that the operator has actual knowledge to be a minor, the operator shall use specified default settings for the minor. Provides that a violation of the Act constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make a conforming change. Effective January 1, 2027.

AG-FALL COVERS SPRING SAVINGS

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program in the Department of Agriculture to provide crop insurance premium discounts for cover crops. Directs the Department to award grants in specified amounts to Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Creates the Cover Crop Insurance Premium Discount Fund. Provides for requirements for the Program. Directs the Department to adopt rules.

Sonya M. Harper

HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act, Energy Efficient Building Act, Illinois Power Agency Act, Public Utilities Act, and related statutes to establish comprehensive environmental, water, and energy regulations for hyperscale data centers. In the Environmental Protection Act, requires cumulative impact assessments, public notice, and community benefits agreements for data centers; prohibits nondisclosure agreements; and creates the Data Center Community Intervenor Compensation Fund and Hyperscale Data Center Public Benefits and Affordability Fund funded by annual fees based on peak demand. Mandates water resource planning, quarterly water usage reporting, water scarcity plans, and Water Impact Permits with public hearings and renewal every 5 years. Requires compliance with stringent energy codes and annual energy and water reporting to the Illinois Commerce Commission. Expands renewable energy procurement programs, establishes a hyperscale data center self-direct program, and strengthens equity, transparency, and labor standards in clean energy initiatives. Creates the Residential Automated Solar Permitting Platform Act to require municipalities and counties to adopt a residential automated solar permitting platform on or before July 1, 2027, and authorizes persons to file a civil action against a municipality or county in violation.

Robyn Gabel

MEDICAID-PBM-PROCUREMENT

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Chief Procurement Officer for General Services, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to conduct and complete, no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any procurement necessary to select a third-party administrator to serve as the single State pharmacy benefit manager for the medical assistance program and to be used by all Medicaid managed care organizations under contract with the Department. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2028, the selected pharmacy benefit manager shall be responsible for managing and processing all pharmacy claims under the medical assistance program, including pharmacy claims from contracted Medicaid managed care organizations. Provides that the Department is responsible for enforcing the pharmacy benefit manager contract after the procurement process. Sets forth certain activities the Director of Healthcare and Family Services must do as part of the procurement process, including: (i) establishing eligibility criteria an entity must meet in order to become the State pharmacy benefit manager; and (ii) developing a master contract that incorporates all pharmacy benefit manager contract requirements under the Illinois Insurance Code, with some exceptions. Requires a prospective State pharmacy benefit manager to disclose certain information during the procurement process, including, but not limited to: (i) any conflicts of interest; (ii) any common ownership, board membership, or other control the pharmacy benefit manager has over a Medicaid managed care organization or other specified entities; and (iii) any financial terms and arrangements between the pharmacy benefit manager and a prescription drug manufacturer or labeler. Effective immediately.

Nabeela Syed

CHI PARK DIST-PUBLIC GARDEN

Amends the Chicago Park District Act. Authorizes the Chicago Park District, in collaboration with the botanic gardens authorized under the Forest Preserve Botanic Gardens Act, to establish, maintain, and manage small public gardens throughout the City of Chicago. Provides that each public garden shall include a native landscape aimed at protecting butterfly populations that migrate through the City of Chicago. Defines "Illinois native plants" and "native landscape".

HEALTH CARE WORKER PLATFORM

Creates the Health Care Worker Platform Act. Sets forth provisions requiring any person, corporation, partnership, or association that operates or offers an electronic platform, system, or application through which health care workers can accept one or more shifts to perform health care related services at a health care facility to register with the Department of Public Health prior to operating in the State. Requires the Department to review and issue a decision on each new application or application for renewal of a registration within 30 days after the submission of the new application or application for renewal. Provides that the Department shall allow an appeal of any decision not to approve an application or an application for renewal for registration under the Act. Establishes recordkeeping and operational requirements for a health care worker platform. Effective immediately.

Edgar González, Jr.

LAW ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATION

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates the Certification Enforcement Unit within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Removes the Review Committee created within the Board. Provides that the Certification Enforcement Unit shall be headed by the Deputy Director of the Certification Enforcement Unit. Provides that the Deputy Director of the Certification Enforcement Unit shall be appointed by the Board and must have (1) substantial experience in law enforcement, criminal law, civil-rights law, or government investigations and (2) demonstrated integrity, professionalism, sound judgment, and leadership. Provides that any investigator hired to serve in the Certification Enforcement Unit must have at least 2 years of prior investigative experience and may have previously served as a certified or licensed law enforcement officer. Changes the name of the Certification Review Panel to the Decertification Review Panel. In provisions concerning formal complaint hearings, provides that, at the hearing, the Certification Enforcement Unit bears the burden of proving that the officer committed the decertifying conduct by clear and convincing evidence. Provides that all hearings shall be open to the public. In provisions concerning certification review meetings, provides that the Panel shall vote to decertify the officer if a simple majority of the Panel finds that (1) any alleged decertification conduct has been proven by clear and convincing evidence; and (2) there is no mitigating factor or combination of mitigating factors that significantly outweigh the seriousness of the misconduct and the impact of the misconduct on the victim and the community. Provides that a law enforcement agency and the Illinois State Police shall notify the Board when an officer is discharged or dismissed because of a sustained violation of a department, agency, or Illinois State Police policy that includes assault, sexual assault, bribery, coercion, fraud, theft, untruthfulness, bias, excessive force, conduct that constitutes a significant abuse of the public trust, or reflects an unfitness to serve, or any other specified conduct. The agency shall provide information regarding the nature of the violation. The notification shall occur as soon as the officer is discharged or dismissed. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Justin Slaughter

DHFS-SUBSIDY REPAYMENT NOTICE

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that no later than 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department shall file a proposed rule, or a proposed amendment to an existing rule, that requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to notify, in writing, all medical assistance applicants that if, at the time of application, the applicant is enrolled in an active health insurance plan bought through the Illinois health insurance marketplace, then the applicant is subject to the repayment of any and all subsidies received for the active health insurance plan if the applicant is determined eligible for and receives medical assistance while still maintaining coverage under the active health insurance plan. Effective immediately.

Joyce Mason

PLUMBING CONTRACTOR LICENSES

Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. In provisions concerning plumbing contractors, provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide notices to each licensee regarding application for registration on or before July 1 of each year. Requires the Department to accept application materials on and after July 1 of each year.

Joyce Mason

FINANCE-988 TRUST FUND

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, if the federal government discontinues, suspends, or limits specialized crisis services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority youth and young adults available through the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the Department of Human Services may use moneys in the Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund to provide for those discontinued, suspended, or limited specialized crisis services for the duration of the discontinuation, suspension, or limitation. Effective immediately.

Kelly M. Cassidy

BIOMETRIC SURVEILLANCE ACT

Creates the Illinois Biometric Surveillance Act. Provides that law enforcement agencies may not obtain, retain, possess, access, request, use, or enter into an agreement with a third party, State or local government agency, or federal agency to obtain, retain, possess, access request, or use a biometric identification system. Provides a private right of action and for enforcement by the Attorney General. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that the Secretary of State may not provide facial recognition search services except for verification of an individual's identity when issuing a mobile driver's license or identification card.

Kelly M. Cassidy

LOCAL GOV-BUILDING INSPECTIONS

Amends the Counties Code, the Township Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if a county, township, or municipality does not approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove a development document within 90 days after receiving the development document, any required review of the document may be performed by a person who is not the applicant or the person whose work is the subject of the application if that person is (A) employed by the county, township, or municipality to review development documents; (B) employed by another unit of local government to review development documents if the county, township, or municipality has approved the person to review development documents; or (C) a licensed professional engineer, structural engineer, or architect. Provides that, if a county, township, or municipality does not conduct a required development inspection within 90 days after receiving a development document for a development permit that would require an inspection, then the inspection may be conducted by a person who is not the owner of the land or improvement to the land that is the subject of the inspection or a person whose work is the subject of the inspection if that person is (A) certified to inspect buildings by the International Code Council; (B) employed by the county, township, or municipality as a building inspector; (C) employed by another unit of local government as a building inspector if the county, township, or municipality has approved the person to perform inspections; or (D) a licensed professional engineer, structural engineer, or architect. Provides that a county, township, or municipality may not impose a fee related to the review of a development document or a development inspection conducted under the provisions. Provides that a person may appeal to the county board, the township board, or the corporate authorities of the municipality (1) a decision to conditionally approve or disapprove a development document made by the county, township, or municipality or a person authorized perform the review of the document under the provisions or (2) a decision regarding a development inspection conducted by the county, township, or municipality or a person authorized to perform the development inspection under the provisions. Limits home rule powers.

Eva-Dina Delgado

TACTICAL MEDICAL PROVIDERS

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the Department of Public Health shall jointly develop and establish a program of certification of tactical medical providers for the purpose of aiding special law enforcement teams involved in search and rescues, civil disturbances, bomb threat responses, tactical or special operations team deployments, hostage negotiations, hazardous material responses, executive and dignitary protection, counterterrorism, or other similar functions, as assigned and directed by a law enforcement agency that is recognized by the Board. Includes program requirements. Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that chiefs of police and sheriffs may employ tactical medical providers and provide tactical medical provider support to first responders. Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act to make conforming changes.

Dennis Tipsword

UTILITY CHARGE TRANSPARENCY

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall maintain a website that details any charges, either required by law or approved by the Commission, that are charged by an electric utility, other than delivery or supply charges. Provides that the website shall include certain information for amounts collected from a charge that are remitted to the State and for amounts collected from a charge that are retained by the electric utility.

ESTATE TAX-EXCLUSION AMOUNT

Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2027, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code, including any deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (currently, the exclusion amount for Illinois estate tax purposes is $4,000,000). Effective immediately.

Dave Severin

DOMESTIC FRANCHISE TAX-REPEAL

Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that, on or after January 1, 2027 and prior to January 1, 2028, the first $100,000 in liability is exempt from the franchise tax payable by domestic corporations. Provides that, in the case of a domestic corporation, no payment is required for a franchise tax that would have been due and payable on or after January 1, 2028. Repeals the provision concerning franchise taxes payable by domestic corporations on January 1, 2028. Effective immediately.

Brandun Schweizer

INC TAX-R AND D CREDIT

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount of the research and development credit by calculating the increase in the taxpayer's research activities in the State over 50% (currently, 100%) of the qualifying expenditures for the base period. Effective immediately.

Brandun Schweizer

REPORT TENANT RENT-HISTORY

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a landlord may not automatically report any tenant's rental payment history to a rent reporter without first obtaining consent from the tenant in writing. Provides that a landlord may not propose a credit building agreement to the tenant until the tenant has entered into a signed residential lease agreement.

Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

CLIMATE RISK & STRENGTHEN HOME

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Strengthen Illinois Homes Fund. On or before July 1, 2028, and depending on availability of funds, provides that the Department of Insurance shall identify areas of need to administer a pilot grant program known as the Strengthen Illinois Homes Program. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in conjunction with the Department of Insurance, to develop a standard application and grant award rubric for the eligible program grantees. Establishes program requirements for contractors. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Establishes notice requirements for companies providing flood coverage. Creates the Climate Risk Disclosure Article, which may be referred to as the Climate Risk Disclosure Law. Requires all companies, corporations, and organizations subject to the Article to, upon direction from the Department, participate in climate surveys issued by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Creates the Strengthen Illinois Homes Article, which may be referred to as the Strengthen Illinois Homes Act. Provides that, for homeowners insurance policies, an insurer shall provide an actuarially justified premium discount or insurance rate reduction to a specified owner. Provides that the Director of Insurance may adopt rules that establish standard discount amounts, targets, or benchmarks for the coverage of insurable property meeting the specified mitigation program standards. Provides that an insurer writing homeowners insurance policies that provide coverage of an insurable property that is a nonfortified insurable property shall offer an optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision that provides the insured a right to receive claim payments for the cost to upgrade an insurable property to mitigation program standards for a specified claim. Makes other changes. Amends the Dental Service Plan Act, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Limited Health Service Organization Act to establish conforming requirements.

Thaddeus Jones

FAIR ONLINE PRICING ACT

Creates the Fair Online Pricing Act. Provides that a price offered to a consumer through the consumer's online device shall not be generated in whole, or in part, based on the following input data: (1) the hardware or hardware state of the online device; (2) the presence or absence of any software on the online device; and (3) geolocation data of the online device. Sets forth exemptions. Provides that a violation of the provisions of the Act is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make conforming changes.

Eva-Dina Delgado

USE/OCC TX-FARM MACHINERY

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that an exemption for farm machinery and equipment applies if the equipment is used for certain purposes (currently, primarily used for those purposes).

Travis Weaver

SCH CD-MENTORING-PA 102-521

Amends the School Code by restoring certain provisions concerning mentoring and other matters to the form in which they existed before their amendment by Public Act 102-521.

Chris Miller

SCH CD-FINANCIAL LITERACY

Amends the School Code. Requires, beginning with the 2029-2030 school year, for a pupil entering grade 9 to complete one semester of a stand-alone financial literacy course as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, to be taken in grade 11 or 12. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a Financial Literacy Implementation Committee no later than June 30, 2027 to make recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education concerning the implementation of a stand-alone financial literacy course. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.

Jeff Keicher

POLICE-DOMESTIC ABUSER REGSTRY

Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders within the Illinois State Police. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall maintain the registry based upon information supplied to the Illinois State Police by court clerks and information available to the Illinois State Police from the Department of Corrections and local law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall make the registry available for public inquiry on the Internet. Provides that the registry must consist of the persistent domestic violence offender's name, date of birth, conviction date, county of convictions, and a current photograph of the persistent domestic violence offender. Provides that, if a person is convicted of an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim and the person convicted has at least one prior conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim, then the court shall, upon proof of any prior convictions committed against a domestic abuse victim, order the person to register as a persistent domestic violence offender. Provides that a defendant who is required to register must be assessed a registration fee in the amount of $150. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall remove from the registry the name and other identifying information of a persistent domestic violence offender after a specified number of years following the defendant's most recent conviction.

Joe C. Sosnowski

DRAINAGE COMMISSIONER PAY

Amends the Illinois Drainage Code. Provides that each commissioner of a drainage district shall receive for the commissioner's services either (i) a sum not to exceed $30 per day for each day the commissioner is actually engaged in the business of the commissioner's office or (ii) a fixed monthly payment in an amount that is set by the county board and that does not exceed $30 multiplied by the number of business days in the applicable month (rather than a sum not to exceed $30 per day for each day the commissioner is actually engaged in the business of the commissioner's office).

Amy Elik

PERSONAL INSURANCE CLAIMS INFO

Amends the Use of Credit Information in Personal Insurance Act. Changes the short title to the Use of Credit and Claims Information in Personal Insurance Act. Defines "claims information" as any written, oral, or other form of communication that enables an insurance company to access information associated with claims made by a consumer. Provides that an insurer authorized to conduct business in the State that uses claims information to underwrite or rate risks shall not consider claims by a consumer resulting from negligent or intentional action by a third party or claims made by a consumer that were determined not to be covered by the consumer's policy when underwriting or rating personal insurance. Specifies that provisions concerning claims information do not prohibit consideration by the insurer, when underwriting or rating personal insurance, of claims information concerning any claim made by a consumer that resulted in a nonpayment of the claim due to the consumer's fraudulent activity.

Ryan Spain

EPA-GHG-EMITTING-GAS-DEADLINES

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In provisions regarding greenhouse gases, deletes provisions requiring electric generating units and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that use gas as a fuel or that use cogeneration technology to permanently reduce all COe and copollutant emissions to zero by certain dates and makes conforming changes.

Ryan Spain

EPA-GHG-EMITTING UNITS-10YRS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Extends deadlines for reduced or zero carbon dioxide emissions by 10 years for EGUs and large greenhouse gas-emitting units that use gas as a fuel or that use cogeneration technology.

Ryan Spain

MOBILE ID CARDS & LICENSES

Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Changes references from "electronic credential" to "mobile identification card". Provides that no relying party, including law enforcement, may take physical possession of a mobile identification card holder's mobile device for purposes of verifying the mobile identification card holder's identity. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Inserts conforming provisions concerning requirements for mobile driver's licenses. Makes other changes.

Ryan Spain

PEN CD-IMRF-ANNUITY PAYMENT

Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, if the payment of a retirement annuity is made to an annuitant more than one month after that retirement annuity payment became payable, then the Fund shall pay interest to the annuitant in an amount equal to 6% of that payment of the retirement annuity. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning the municipal employee's continuance privilege, provides that if an employee has elected to have the monthly premium deducted by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund from the employee's monthly pension payment, then the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund shall promptly remit the premium payments to the insurance company, regardless of whether the employee's monthly pension payment has been paid to the employee. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Tom Weber

FOOD WASTE&COMPOSTING

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Repeals the definition of "food scrap"; adds definitions for "anaerobic digestion", "biogas", "digestate", "food waste", "organic material", and "organic waste"; and updates the definitions of "compost" and "composting". In provisions regarding pollution control facilities, includes a new exemption for portions of sites or facilities used for composting or anaerobic digestion of organic waste that meet specified siting, setback, floodplain, and operational requirements. In provisions regarding prohibited acts, establishes permitting requirements for organic waste composting operations and organic waste anaerobic digesters, and creates exemptions for small-scale and certain farm-based composting operations that meet volume limits, setback distances, and other environmental safeguards. Provides that anaerobic digesters using only non-waste feedstock are exempt from solid waste permitting and clarifies that digested material returned to the economic mainstream is not regulated as waste. Authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to recommend, and the Pollution Control Board to adopt, performance standards for organic waste compost facilities and testing procedures for end-product compost, and requires a Technical Advisory Committee with balanced stakeholder representation. Specifies that standards apply to compost offered for sale or use and exempts on-site residential composting. Makes conforming changes throughout to integrate new definitions and regulatory requirements.

PARKS-ASSESSMENT WAIVER

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that, prior to the submission of a petition to separate territory from a park district, the governing board of the park district may, at its discretion, adopt, by ordinance, a determination to waive the full payment of any unpaid park district assessments outstanding at the time the petition is submitted. Specifies that, if this waiver is adopted by park district ordinance, the county clerk or county clerks shall certify the petition for disconnection of the property identified in the petition without requiring the payment of any assessments that have been waived.

PROPERTY TAX-INTEREST PENALTY

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other law, if an interest penalty for the delinquent payment of taxes is imposed and if collections of interest penalties are enjoyed by a county pursuant to that procedure, then the country collector shall place all of the proceeds from interest penalty payments collected thereby into a separate and distinct fund created within the country treasury for the delineation and distribution of interest penalties paid on property taxes that are past due as of the time payment is made. Further provides all moneys in the interest penalty fund created by each county under this provision shall, within 30 days of receipt by the county, be divided and distributed to (i) the county of record and (ii) all other proper authorities or persons, on the basis of proportionate share of the overall tax extension within which individual taxpayer delinquency and payment of interest penalties took place. Provides that, when making this distribution to a proper authority or person, the county collector may include a notification that the moneys so distributed are the result of interest penalties charged by the county as part of the overall enforcement by the county of the Code.

Brad Stephens

SAFETY-TECH

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Brad Stephens

VEH CD-USE OF GREEN LIGHTS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the use of green oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights on motor vehicles or equipment used by contractors, engineering or survey crews, or union representatives engaged in work on a highway. Provides that such lights shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on a highway.

Brad Stephens

VENDOR PORTAL-LABOR AGREE

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the vendor portal for the Department of Transportation must include any locally-applicable project labor agreement requirements.

Jay Hoffman

PROP TX-SEX OFFENDER PROHIBIT

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2027, no property that is used as the primary residence of a child sex offender during the taxable year may receive a homestead exemption under the Code.

Anthony DeLuca

HEALTH-TECH

Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Michelle Mussman

PROPERTY TAX EXTENSION CAP

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that whether or not a county is subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, if that county has enjoyed, and continues to enjoy, an aggregate extension increase of not less than 4.5% per year, and this aggregate extension increase has been enjoyed and is enjoyed cumulatively and in compound fashion for a period of not less than 3 years, then in the fourth and in all succeeding years the county shall be subject to an aggregate extension limitation increase that shall not exceed 3% per year. Provides that an exception to this countywide aggregate extension increase of 3% per year shall be enjoyed by a county that successfully seeks approval by referendum from release from this cap on countywide aggregate extensions.

Bradley Fritts

TRUTH IN TAX-REVENUE RATE

Amends the Truth in Taxation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the notice and hearing requirements apply if the taxing district proposes to extend a tax rate against all taxable property in the district that exceeds the revenue neutral rate. Provides that the term "revenue neutral rate" means an aggregate tax rate for the taxing district that would generate the same amount of property tax revenue as was levied by the taxing district in the previous tax year using the current tax year's total assessed valuation of all property in the taxing district. Makes changes concerning notice provisions.

Bradley Fritts

MEDICAID-MAMMOGRAPHY

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to authorize coverage for screening by low-dose mammography for the presence of occult breast cancer for individuals 25 (rather than 35) years of age or older who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance. Requires the Department to convene 2 separate expert panels to review quality standards for mammography and establish quality standards for breast cancer treatment. Provides that subject to Department approval, rate methodology for screening and diagnostic mammography shall be based on the quality standards established by the expert panels and State qualified ACR Designated Comprehensive Breast Imaging Centers (formerly known as Breast Imaging Centers of Excellence). Requires the expert panels to establish a comprehensive and clinical methodology to inform women who are age-appropriate for screening mammography, but who have not received a mammogram within the previous 18 months, of the importance and benefits of screening mammography. Provides that within 2 years after the completion of a pilot program providing case-managing or patient navigation services for women diagnosed with breast cancer, the Department shall establish as a permanent initiative the Patient Assistance for Beneficiaries Diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Requires the Department to submit annual reports to the General Assembly detailing program outcomes, financial expenditures, and any recommendations for adjustments to maintain or enhance the program's effectiveness. Requires the Department to establish or facilitate training and continuing education opportunities specific to breast health and mammography for radiologists. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Mary Beth Canty

HEMP PRODUCTS COMMISSION

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Changes the short title of the Act to the Liquor and Hemp Products Control Act and makes conforming changes throughout the statutes. Establishes the Hemp Products Commission as a division of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission and establishes local hemp products control commissions. Provides that the Hemp Products Commission shall have the same authority conferred upon the State Commission under specified provisions with respect to alcoholic liquors but only with respect to hemp products. Provides that no hemp product may be given, sold, transferred, or delivered to any person under 21 years of age. Establishes hemp products grower or cultivator licenses, hemp products processor or manufacturer licenses, hemp products distributor or wholesaler licenses, and adult-use hemp products retailer licenses. Sets forth provisions concerning taxation of hemp cannabinoid products; licensing requirements and fees; powers and duties of the Hemp Products Commissions; powers and duties of local hemp products control commissioners; hearings and appeals; the production, processing, manufacturing, sale, and distribution of hemp products and adult-use hemp products; labeling, testing, and advertising requirements; recordkeeping and reporting; social equity; and applicability. Effective January 1, 2027.

Theresa Mah

EPA-CCR MANAGEMENT

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines "CCR management unit" as any area of land at any facility with a CCR surface impoundment, on which any noncontainerized accumulation of CCR is received, is placed, or is otherwise managed, and that is not itself a CCR surface impoundment. Provides that the term "CCR management unit" does not include CCR used in a manner that meets the definition of coal combustion by-product, unless the owner or operator, or the Agency, determines that the CCR is causing or contributing to a statistically significant concentration of one or more constituents above the groundwater protection standard established by the Board. Provides that no later than February 8, 2027, the owner or operator of a CCR surface impoundment must submit to the Agency a copy of the Facility Evaluation Reports Part 1 and 2. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules establishing permit requirements, reporting, financial assurance, and closure and post-closure care requirements for CCR management units. Provides that the owner or operator of a CCR management unit shall pay an initial fee of $75,000 for each CCR management unit by July 1, 2027 and an annual fee of $25,000 for each CCR management unit that has not completed closure; and $15,000 for each CCR management unit that has not completed post-closure care, beginning July 1, 2028.

Carol Ammons

PROTECT NEW HOME BUYERS

Amends the Consumer Protection New Construction Residential Housing Act. Provides that a housing merchant implied warranty is implied in the contract or agreement for the sale of a new home and shall survive the passing of title. A housing merchant implied warranty shall mean that: (1) one year from and after the warranty date the home will be free from defects due to a failure to have been constructed in a skillful manner; (2) two years from and after the warranty date the plumbing, electrical, heating, cooling, and ventilation systems of the home will be free from defects due to a failure by the builder to have installed the systems in a skillful manner; and (3) six years from and after the warranty date the home will be free from material defects. Provides for the exclusion or modification of warranties. Preempts home rule.

Dagmara Avelar

CRIM CD-PATRONIZING SEX TRADE

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that, in addition to any other disposition authorized by law, the court shall order any person arrested for patronizing a person engaged in the sex trade to participate in the Buyer Accountability Program and pay a fee of $1,000. Provides for the distribution of the fees. Establishes an education program to be known as the Buyer Accountability Program, which shall consist of an instructional program on prostitution and human trafficking schemes offered in one or more locations throughout the State. Establishes who may establish the program in various areas of the State. Provides that the program shall include information intended to increase the person's awareness of: (1) the causes of prostitution and its relationship to human trafficking; (2) the health and safety risks connected with prostitution, including its impact on the community; (3) the consequences of convictions for prostitution or human trafficking, including penalties for subsequent convictions on both patronizers and victims; and (4) the pervasiveness of human trafficking as well as the long-term physical and psychological harms of prostitution and human trafficking on its victims. Provides that a program must be approved by the Attorney General. Provides that the Attorney General shall notify the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts that the program has been established and approved by the Attorney General.

Justin Slaughter

CRIM CD&CD CORR-HATE CRIME

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a hate crime is: (1) a Class 2 felony if committed by a person 18 years of age or older while armed with a firearm or if the victim of the hate crime is under 18 years of age; (2) a Class 1 felony if a crime of violence as defined in the Crime Victims Compensation Act is committed against a person by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals; or (3) a Class 1 felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 4 years and not more than 15 years if a crime of violence that is a Class 1 felony is committed against a victim of a hate crime. Provides that the court may sentence a defendant who committed a hate crime to a term of natural life imprisonment if the underlying crime is first degree murder if the murder was committed by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of the victim or victims. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for a conviction for a hate crime if: (1) committed by a person 18 years of age or older while armed with a firearm or if the victim of the hate crime is under 18 years of age; or (2) a crime of violence is committed against a person by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals.

Jackie Haas

HOME COST REDUCTION ACT

Creates the Home Construction Cost Reduction Act. Provides that the Act shall only apply to single-family homes. Provides that municipalities may not prohibit factory-built, single-family homes that comply with (1) a national building safety code; (2) rules adopted by State agencies that satisfy the requirements of the Act; and (3) all local architectural, aesthetic, and design standards applicable to site-built homes in the same district. Provides that a State agency may not impose requirements on home construction that are inconsistent with any national building safety code unless the State agency provides (i) a housing cost impact statement; (ii) a compelling public safety concern that would be addressed by the additional requirements; and (iii) notice to the General Assembly in the manner specified in the Act. Provides that each housing cost impact statement shall include (1) an estimate, in dollars, of how the proposed rule would increase the cost to construct a single-family home or factory-built home; (2) an estimate of how the proposed rule would increase the time required to construct a single-family home or factory-built home; (3) a description of how the proposed rule deviates from national building safety codes; (4) whether a lower-cost compliance alternative to the proposed rule exists; and (5) whether the requirements of the proposed rule would disproportionately affect rural or low-income homebuyers. Provides that a rule adopted after the effective date of the Act without a housing cost impact statement is void. Provides that, if a State agency fails to approve or deny a construction-related permit within 45 days, then the permit is deemed approved. Provides that the State shall waive all State-level permitting, inspection, and plan review fees for the construction of starter homes. Provides that a State agency may not increase any permitting, inspection, or plan review fee applicable to the construction of single-family homes for 5 years following the effective date of the Act. Provides that, on or before January 31 of each year, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall submit a written report containing specified information to the General Assembly. Provides that the Act is repealed 5 years after the effective date of the Act. Effective immediately.

Jed Davis

MHDD CENTERS-READMISSIONS

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, a State-operated developmental center funded, certified, or licensed by the Department of Human Services shall readmit, upon request, any former resident who transferred to and currently receives services at a licensed community-integrated living arrangement, if the former resident consents or if the former resident has a guardian with placement authority and that guardian consents based on a determination that the former resident's medical needs cannot be met by the program of services administered by the community-integrated living arrangement. Effective immediately.

Charles Meier