ILLINOIS (WSIL), -- Governor JB Pritzker signed 43 House and Senate bills into law, many of which take effect starting immediately or in January of 2024.
These various bill actions range from amending the Equal Pay Act to minor changes to the Pension Code.
Below is a breakdown of all the bill actions...
Bill Number:Ìý±áµþ0219
Description:ÌýProvides for the possibility of recovering punitive damages in wrongful death cases.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB0300
Description:ÌýExcludes school districts requirement to make additional payments into the Teacher’s Retirement System for salary increases over 6 percent if the increase is necessary to bring a school board in compliance with the changes to the minimum salary provisions of the School Code.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB0301
Description:ÌýMakes the AIM HIGH Grant Program permanent.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB1131
Description:ÌýAmends the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority Act, Tri-County River Valley Development Authority and the Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority Act.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB1286
Description:ÌýAllows for the creation of all gender, multiple-occupancy restrooms if they meet specific requirements like having proper signage and stall dividers.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB1497
Description:ÌýAmends the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax Act. Exempts car-sharing from Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax if the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or Use Tax Act was paid upon the purchase of the automobile or when the automobile was brought into Illinois. Clarifies liability limits for renters due to theft.
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Effective:Ìý±õ³¾³¾±ð»å¾±²¹³Ù±ð±ô²â. Vehicle Code changes take effect January 1, 2024.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB1595
Description:ÌýMakes changes to the Emergency Medical Services Systems Act as it relates to representation in EMS System dispute resolutions.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB1612
Description:ÌýRequires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to collect and annually publish the racial and ethnic makeup of applicants who were denied licensure by the Department.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2025
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2035
Description:ÌýAllows licensed healthcare professionals (not just physicians) to make disability determinations for the purposes of an employee receiving duty disability benefits.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2086
Description:ÌýAllows a restaurant or retailer to fill or refill a consumer-owned container with ready-to-eat or dry bulk foods under certain conditions.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2147
Description:ÌýExtends the date in the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension CodeÌýthrough June 30, 2026, that an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status, deletes language concerning an additional 20 days or 100 paid hours that an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status for the period between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, and provides that a person may receive optional credit for certain periods of service as a student teacher. Updates the definition of “pension credit.â€�
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2222
Description:ÌýHealth care facilities participating in a merger or acquisition will provide notice to the Attorney General no later than 30 days prior to the transaction closing or transaction effective date.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2231
Description:ÌýClassifies Transportation Network Companies as common carriers, expanding their liability for the actions and service of their drivers.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2317
Description:ÌýAllows anyone over the age of 26 who has not purchased a fishing license in the last 10 years to be eligible to receive a one-time annual resident fishing license for $5.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2352
Description:ÌýAmends the Illinois Pension Code. Codifies Cook County’s Intergovernmental Agreement to use sales tax revenue, rather than just a property tax levy, as a funding source for pension payments.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2443
Description:ÌýRequires insurance or managed care plans must offer, for an additional premium, coverage for hearing instruments if prescribed by a hearing care professional.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2450
Description:ÌýRequires medical professionals to undergo one hour of continuing education training for cultural competency. Sets additional requirements and limitations surrounding continuing education for medical professionals.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2025
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2471
Description:ÌýCreates the Health School Meals for All Program to provide free school breakfast and lunches to students in all participating schools. This program is subject to appropriation.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2509
Description:ÌýModifies the timeline for which nursing program graduates can sit for an exam post-graduation without additional education and training. Requires registered professional nursing schools to be evaluated for effectiveness over a three year average. Makes additional changes.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2826
Description:ÌýPrevents the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from requiring self-disclosure of criminal background information when that information is not to be used against an applicant.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2847
Description:ÌýCreates the Mental Health and Wellness Act. Requires insurance coverage for an annual mental health and prevention wellness visit with cost sharing.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2898
Description:ÌýCreates the MAP Refund Fund, where MAP funds distributed to a for-profit higher education institution that was found to be using unfair or misleading practices shall be refunded to Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB2948
Description:ÌýRequires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to retain one full-time employee to assist with licensing for international applicants.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB3017
Description:ÌýAmends the Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform Act to, subject to appropriation, increase the transparency and accessibility of the permitting process by consolidating status updates from state agencies for covered projects.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB3129
Description:ÌýAmends the Equal Pay Act by making it unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to fail to include the pay scale and benefits for a position in any job posting, including with a third-party.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2025
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Bill Number:ÌýHB3326
Description:ÌýDefines “automate license plate readerâ€� (ALPR) and restricts the sale, sharing, and access to ALPR data by law enforcement when it interferes with a person’s right to choose or obtain reproductive health care services or any health care services as defined by the Lawful Health Care Activity Act or permits the detention or investigation of a person based on a person’s immigration status.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýHB3648
Description:ÌýRequires reporting of higher education in prisons data to the General Assembly and to be published online.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB3690
Description:ÌýConsolidates various teacher in-service trainings in an effort to reduce the number of trainings teachers must do. The bill also requires that these in-service trainings be completed every five years, as opposed to every two years.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB3710
Description:ÌýEstablishes the Alternative Protein Innovation Task Force to study the state and future of the alternative protein industry in Illinois. The Task Force will make recommendations to the General Assembly.
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Bill Number:ÌýHB3743
Description:ÌýAuthorizes the quit claim sale of a specified real property from the Central Management Services to the Tinley Park â€� Park District.
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Bill Number:ÌýSB0646
Description:ÌýCreates the Healing-Centered Illinois Task Force to advance the State’s efforts to become trauma-informed and healing-centered through improved alignment of existing efforts, common definitions and metrics, and strategic planning for long-term transformation.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýSB0724
Description:ÌýCreates the Interagency Children’s Behavioral Health Services Act and establishes a Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Officer. Requires the Officer to lead the State’s comprehensive, interagency effort to ensure that youth with significant and complex behavioral health needs receive appropriate community and residential services and that the State-supported system is transparent and easier for youth and their families to navigate.
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Bill Number:ÌýSB0761
Description:ÌýCreates the EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task Force.
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Effective:Ìý±õ³¾³¾±ð»å¾±²¹³Ù±ð±ô²â. Pilot program begins July 1st, 2023.
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Bill Number:ÌýSB1235
Description:ÌýUpdates the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code forÌýpurposes of computing service for academic years for any participant, where one month of service means a calendar month during which the participant qualifies as an employee for any fraction of the month (instead of at least 15 or more days).ÌýThis change applies to all service periods of a member who is a participant on or after September 1, 2024.
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Bill Number:ÌýSB1352
Description:ÌýRequires a teacher resignation be submitted at least 30 days before the first day of the following school year.
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Bill Number:ÌýSB1561
Description:ÌýEnsures all preventative care mandates will maintain validity.
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Bill Number:ÌýSB1646
Description:ÌýAmends several sections of the Pension Code.
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Bill Number:ÌýSB1648
Description:ÌýClarifies the treatment of Chicago Laborersâ€� and State Employeesâ€� pension benefits for those that retire with a disability.
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Bill Number:ÌýSB1670
Description:ÌýIncludes electronic medical records and information, including demographic information as “private informationâ€� and not subject to FOIA for HIPAA-covered private entities.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýSB1675
Description:ÌýCuts the interest rate on delinquent property taxes in half, closes numerous sale in error loopholes, makes scavenger tax sales optional, and designates counties as holders of all tax liens forfeited to the county or State.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýSB1782
Description:ÌýCreates a private right of action for child influencers against their parents that featured them in videos and did not properly compensate them.
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Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
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Bill Number:ÌýSB1803
Description:ÌýRequires the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to coordinate with other agencies and the University of Illinois to establish the Lyme Disease Innovation Program.
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Effective:ÌýImmediate, program must be set up within one year.
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Bill Number:ÌýSB2192
Description:ÌýRequires the Illinois Department of Transportation, Capital Development Board, and Illinois State Toll Highway Authority provide written explanation to bidders who’ve failed to be awarded a contract after four consecutive bids to provide the same service to a single agency.
Action:Ìý³§¾±²µ²Ô±ð»å
Effective:ÌýJanuary 1, 2024
