March 1, 2021 Phone: 2174156704 Prepared by: Jessica Email: [email protected] Legislative Report Nardulli

ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION

Bill Information

HB12 EDUC-FAMILY LEAVE ELIGIBILITY (COSTA HOWARD T)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public schools, public universities, and public community colleges in Illinois. Provides that an employee of a school district, public university, or community college district who has been employed for at least 12 months and who has worked at least 1,000 hours in the previous 12-month period shall be eligible for family and medical leave under the same terms and conditions as leave provided to eligible employees under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - House Labor & Commerce, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB22 NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT-TAXES (HALPIN M)

Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that no officer, employee, or agent of a unit of local government may attempt to withhold disclosure to the public of information relating to tax incentives and other financial incentives by using a non-disclosure agreement. Defines "tax incentive". Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/4/2021 - House Revenue & Finance, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 2:00 PM, Virtual Room 3 - ILGA.GOV

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HB27 ELECTION DAY HOLIDAY (WEST, II M)

Amends the Election Code. Provides that General Election Day (rather than Columbus Day) is a State holiday for the purpose of extending date requirements in the Election Code. Makes similar changes in the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/23/2021 - Assigned to House Ethics & Elections HB27 Bill Page

HB35 VETERANS BILL OF RIGHTS (MASON J)

Creates the Veterans Bill of Rights Act. Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to make specified efforts to: (1) increase loans to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans; (2) increase veterans' access to health care coverage and services; (3) take specified steps toward preventing veteran suicide; and (4) develop and implement a strategy to end veteran homelessness within 3 years. Directs the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to review all State licenses for which military service members may have relevant training or experience, produce a report recommending steps that can be taken to increase recognition of military training and experience toward licensing, and take those steps within one year of issuing the report. Contains provisions regarding veterans at public institutions of higher education receiving college credit, registering for courses, and being called to active duty. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to annually review apprentice, training, and other vocational programs focused on providing job training and placement to returning military service members and veterans. Contains other provisions.

CURRENT STATUS 3/2/2021 - House Veterans' Affairs, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 9:30 AM, Virtual Room 3 - ILGA.GOV

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HB37 HIGHER ED-LACTATION ROOMS (STUART K)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to provide, in buildings located on the institution's campus that have public access, at least one lactation room or other secure area for a lactating student to express breast milk, breastfeed an infant child, or address other needs related to breastfeeding, in private. Provides that an existing room or area may be used to satisfy the requirements. Effective January 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 3/4/2021 - House Higher Education, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB49 HIGHER ED-FOR PROFIT-NO GRANTS (WEST, II M)

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act to prohibit the Board of Higher Education from awarding any grant funds to a private institution of higher education that is operated for profit. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act to remove a for-profit educational organization from the definition of "institution of higher learning", "qualified institution", and "institution". Removes a provision allowing Monetary Award Program grants to be made to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit institutions. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/4/2021 - House Higher Education, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV HB49 Bill Page

HB72 SCH CD-NURSING INSTRUCTION (FLOWERS M)

Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the Chicago school district must include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on nursing. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare and make available to the school board resource materials that may be used as guidelines for the development of the nursing instruction. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - House Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB73 CITY COLL OF CHI-NURSE PROGRAM (FLOWERS M)

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year and subject to approval, each community college within Chicago must offer a program in nursing. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/4/2021 - House Higher Education, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB74 PAID FAMILY LEAVE ACT (FLOWERS M)

Creates the Paid Family Leave Act. Requires private employers with 50 or more employees to provide 6 weeks of paid leave to an employee who takes leave: (1) because of the birth of a child of the employee and in order to care for the child; (2) to care for a newly adopted child under 18 years of age or a newly placed foster child under 18 years of age or a newly adopted or newly placed foster child older than 18 years of age if the child is incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability; or (3) to care for a family member with a serious health condition. Provides that paid family leave shall be provided irrespective of the employer's leave policies; and shall be provided to an employee who has been employed by the employer for at least one year. Permits employees to voluntarily waive paid family leave. Provides that the Department of Labor may adopt any rules necessary to implement the Act.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - House Labor & Commerce, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB82 SCH CD-TECHNICAL SKILLS PROGRM (FLOWERS M) Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a program aimed at facilitating education in advanced manufacturing technical skills. Provides that the program shall be implemented in no less than 12 public high schools, over the span of 3 years, where the youth unemployment rate is at least twice the national average. Specifies program requirements. Provides that the State Board shall ensure that each high school participating in the program has adequate funding for at least one industry coordinator, tutoring, pre-employment and on-the-job mentoring, professional and leadership development, and life and financial management instruction. Provides that the State Board shall use a program provider to help design, build, and accredit the training program. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - House Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB83 HIGHER ED-GRANT-EXONERATED (FLOWERS M)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the dependents of an exonerated person to receive a grant for exonerated persons. Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 3/5/2021 - House Appropriations-Higher Education, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB84 HIGHER ED-STUDENT CHILD CARE (FLOWERS M)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to contract for the provision of child care services on campus for its students. Provides that charges for service shall be at a reduced rate or service shall be free of charge, depending on the student's income. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/4/2021 - House Higher Education, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB103 HUMAN RIGHTS-ANTI-SEMITISM (CARROLL J)

Amends the Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Education Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Defines "anti-Semitism". Provides that an institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education commits a civil rights violation if it fails to treat anti-Semitism in an identical manner to discrimination motivated by race. Describes anti-Semitism. Provides that nothing in the new provisions infringes on the constitutional protections for free speech or may be construed to conflict with federal or State discrimination laws.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - House Immigration & Human Rights, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 2:00 PM, Virtual Room 3 - ILGA.GOV

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HB113 HIGHER ED MENTAL HEALTH COMM (CARROLL J)

Creates the Higher Education Mental Health Act. Provides for legislative findings and purposes. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish the Advisory Commission on Serving and Supporting Students with Mental Health Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education; provides for the membership and meetings of the Commission. Requires the Commission to conduct a study and prepare reports for the Higher Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the Higher Education Committee of the Senate; specifies the report's requirements. Provides that the Commission is dissolved on the day after it submits its final report. Repeals the Act on June 1, 2025.

CURRENT STATUS 3/4/2021 - House Higher Education, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB120 EDUCATION-MODEST SPORT UNIFORM (GUZZARDI W)

Amends the School Code and various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each school district, public university, and community college district must allow a student athlete to modify his or her athletic or team uniform for the purpose of modesty in clothing or attire that is in accordance with the requirements of his or her religion. Provides that a modification to the uniform may include, but is not limited to, the wearing of a hijab, an undershirt, or leggings. Provides that the student is responsible for all costs associated with the modification of the uniform, but allows a school or institution of higher education to provide the modification to its students. Provides that the school or the institution must approve the request from a student to modify the uniform to ensure that the modification does not pose a safety hazard to the student or to other athletes or players. Sets forth requirements for modified headgear. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - House Immigration & Human Rights, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 2:00 PM, Virtual Room 3 - ILGA.GOV

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HB121 HUMAN RTS-WORK AUTHORIZATION (GUZZARDI W)

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is the public policy of the State to prevent discrimination based on the specific status or term of status that accompanies a legal work authorization. Defines "work authorization status" as the status of being a person born outside of the United States, and not a U.S. citizen, who is authorized by the federal government to work in the United States. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for: (1) any employer to refuse to hire, to segregate, to engage in harassment, or to act with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment on the basis of work authorization status; (2) any employment agency to fail or refuse to classify properly, accept applications and register for employment referral or apprenticeship referral, refer for employment, or refer for apprenticeship on the basis of work authorization status; (3) any labor organization to limit, segregate, or classify its membership, or to limit employment opportunities, selection and training for apprenticeship in any trade or craft, or otherwise to take or fail to take, any action which affects adversely any person's status as an employee or as an applicant for employment or as an apprentice, or as an applicant for apprenticeships, or wages, tenure, hours of employment, or apprenticeship conditions on the basis of work authorization status; and (4) any employer to refuse to honor work authorization based upon the specific status or term of status that accompanies the authorization to work. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a person, or for 2 or more persons, to conspire to retaliate against a person because he or she has opposed that which he or she reasonably and in good faith believes to be discrimination based on work authorization status. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - House Immigration & Human Rights, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 2:00 PM, Virtual Room 3 - ILGA.GOV

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HB128 UNEMP INS-WRKR COMP RATES (HALPIN M)

Amends the Employer's Liability Rates Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a premium is excessive if it is likely to produce a profit that is unreasonably high for the insurance provided or if expenses are unreasonably high in relation to the services rendered. Sets forth procedures for the review of premiums by the Director of Insurance at the request of the insured. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that accidental injuries sustained while traveling to or from work do not arise out of and in the course of employment. Permits an employer to file with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission a workers' compensation safety program or a workers' compensation return to work program implemented by the employer. Provides that (i) injuries to the shoulder shall be considered injuries to part of the arm and (ii) injuries to the hip shall be considered injuries to part of the leg. Contains provisions concerning repetitive and cumulative injuries; permanent partial disability determinations; annual reports by the Commission concerning self-insurance for workers' compensation in Illinois; and duties of the Workers' Compensation Premium Rates Task Force. Makes additional changes to the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides for an evidence-based drug formulary. Requires an annual investigation of procedures covered for ambulatory surgical centers and the establishment of a fee schedule. Changes a waiting period for benefits for certain firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics. Changes compensation computations for subsequent injuries to the same part of the spine. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/16/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

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HB131 UNEMPLOY INS LABOR DISPUTE (HALPIN M)

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that a claimant is not disqualified from obtaining benefits during a period of unemployment caused by a labor dispute if the labor dispute is caused by the failure or refusal of the employer to comply with an agreement or contract between the employer and the claimant, including a collective bargaining agreement with a union representing the claimant, or a State or federal law pertaining to hours, wages, or other conditions of work. Provides that a claimant shall not be provided benefits for a period of the first 30 days following the commencement of unemployment caused by a labor dispute, including a strike or other concerted activities of employees at the claimant's workplace, whether or not authorized or sanctioned by a union representing the claimant, but not including a dispute during which benefits are otherwise available. Provides that the 30-day waiting period shall not apply if the employer hires a permanent replacement worker for the claimant's position. Provides that if the employer does not permit the claimant to return to his or her prior position upon conclusion of the dispute, the claimant shall be entitled to recover any benefits lost as a result of the 30-day waiting period before receiving benefits. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - House Labor & Commerce, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB132 BEP-STATE AGENCY CERTIFICATION (DELGADO E)

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that all State agencies shall recognize and accept the certifications of businesses that have been certified as minority-owned businesses or women-owned businesses for purposes of participating in the Business Enterprise Program, when such certification was provided by any entity having certification requirements more restrictive than that required by the Business Enterprise Program, including, but not limited to, an income level requirement.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - House Economic Opportunity & Equity, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 2:00 PM, Virtual Room 2 - ILGA.GOV

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HB148 EDUC-SCHOLARS OF SERVICE ACT (MORGAN B)

Creates the Scholars of Service Act. Defines terms. Creates the public service student loan forgiveness grant program, and provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission must, each year, receive and consider applications for grant assistance under the program. Specifies grant eligibility requirements, including requiring an applicant to have been enrolled in the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and been denied federal student loan forgiveness. Provides that after receiving an application from an eligible applicant, the Commission must evaluate if the applicant is eligible to receive financial assistance through any loan forgiveness program of this State and, if eligible, must assist the applicant in applying for that financial assistance, to be used toward his or her federal student loan debt. Provides that after all eligible financial assistance has been awarded to the applicant, the Commission must award the applicant a grant to be used toward any remaining federal student loan debt. Provides that if the Commission finds that a student loan servicer (i) has negligently or intentionally misinformed or misrepresented certain information to an applicant and (ii) the misinformation or misrepresentation led to the applicant's denial of federal student loan forgiveness under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, then the Commission must report this finding to the Office of the Attorney General, who may pursue legal action against the student loan servicer. Requires the Commission to adopt rules. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Scholars of Service Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.

CURRENT STATUS 3/5/2021 - House Appropriations-Higher Education, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB162 LOCAL GOV CONSOLIDATION-10 YRS (KEICHER J)

Creates the Decennial Committees on Local Government Consolidation and Efficiency Act. Provides that within one year after the effective date of the Act and at least once every 10 years thereafter, each unit of local government (except municipalities and counties) must form a committee to: study local efficiencies, including an analysis of whether to consolidate with another governmental unit, municipality, or county; and create a report with recommendations regarding efficiencies, increased accountability, and consolidation. Provides that the duties of the committee include, but are not limited to, the study of the unit of local government's governing statutes, ordinances, rules, procedures, powers, jurisdiction, shared services, intergovernmental agreements, and interrelationships with other units of local government and the State. Provides that the committee shall collect data, research, analysis, and public input. Dissolves the committee after completion of its report and oral presentation of the report. Contains provisions about committee membership, meetings, and report requirements. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/5/2021 - House Counties & Townships, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 2

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HB179 TAX INCREMENT FINANCE-VARIOUS (MAYFIELD R)

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that there shall be printed on each tax bill, or on a separate slip mailed with a tax bill, each taxing district affected by revenues received by a tax increment financing district. Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Revises the definition of "blighted area": (1) to require that a reasonable person would conclude that each factor of a blighted area is present to a meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably find that the factor is clearly present, is reasonably distributed throughout the improved or vacant part of the redevelopment project area, and that public intervention is necessary to address the factor; and (2) to provide that a "blighted area" does not include any area within another redevelopment project area. Provides that a municipality must reevaluate whether a redevelopment project area designated as a blighted area is still a blighted area every 10th calendar year after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project area was adopted, redesignating the redevelopment project area as a blighted area if it meets the requirements or discontinuing the redevelopment project area if it does not meet the requirements. Limits where municipalities may jointly undertake plans or utilize revenues in contiguous redevelopment projects areas.

CURRENT STATUS 3/4/2021 - House Revenue & Finance, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 2:00 PM, Virtual Room 3 - ILGA.GOV

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HB184 CD CORR-JOB TRAINING AND EDUCA (FLOWERS M)

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall provide educational programs in each of its institutions and facilities for all committed persons. Provides that the Department must allow into each institution and facility of the Department teachers who hold Professional Educator Licenses issued by the State Superintendent of Education under the School Code to teach committed persons. Provides that the Department shall provide vocational training for committed persons in each institution and facility of the Department. Provides that each institution and facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide educational and vocational training for all persons committed to the Department.

CURRENT STATUS 3/2/2021 - House Judiciary - Criminal, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 10:00 AM, Virtual Room 2 - ILGA.GOV

HB184 Bill Page HB205 CHILD MENTAL HEALTH LOCAL FUND (FLOWERS M)

Creates the Children's Mental Health Local Integrated Fund Act. Creates local children's mental health collaboratives. Defines "local children's mental health collaborative" as an entity formed by the agreement of representatives of the local system of care, including mental health services, social services, correctional services, education services, health services, and vocational services for the purpose of developing and governing an integrated service system. Provides that, to qualify as a local children's mental health collaborative and be eligible to receive start-up funds, the representatives of the local system of care and nongovernmental entities such as parents of children in the target population; parent and consumer organizations; community, civic, and religious organizations; private and nonprofit mental and physical health care providers; culturally specific organizations; local foundations; and businesses, or at a minimum one county, one school district or special education cooperative, one mental health entity, and one juvenile justice or corrections entity, must agree to the following: (1) to establish a local children's mental health collaborative and develop an integrated service system; (2) to commit resources to providing services through the local children's mental health collaborative; and (3) to develop a plan to contribute funds to the children's mental health collaborative.

CURRENT STATUS 3/5/2021 - House Mental Health & Addiction, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 10:00 AM, Virtual Room 2 - ILGA.GOV

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HB226 HIGHER ED ADMISSION-NO TESTING (GREENWOOD L)

Creates the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act. Provides that a public institution of higher education may not require applicants who are residents of Illinois to submit standardized college admissions test scores to the institution as a part of the admissions process. Provides that the submission of standardized test scores to the institution shall be at the option of the applicant. Requires the adoption of a policy. Effective January 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 3/4/2021 - House Higher Education, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 12:00 PM, Virtual Room 1 - ILGA.GOV

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HB256 COM COL-CHICAGO-ELECT BOARD (BUCKNER K)

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for the election (rather than appointment) of the board of trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago beginning with the 2023 consolidated election. Provides that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 trustee districts by the General Assembly for seats on the board of trustees, in addition to one at-large trustee. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez

HB256 Bill Page HB332 BD HIGHER ED-COURSE MATERIALS (BURKE K)

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall study and issue a report on the cost-saving methods and practices utilized by the public institution for improving students' timely access to required course materials and the affordability of required course materials. Sets forth the required areas of study that must be included in the report. Provides that the report from each public institution must be submitted to the Board of Higher Education or Illinois Community College Board no later than August 1, 2022. Provides that no later than February 1, 2023, the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall submit a joint report to the Governor and General Assembly that summarizes the findings from the reports submitted by public institutions. Requires the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board to post each institution's report and the joint report on their respective websites. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II

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HB340 LOCAL GOVT RECALL ELECTION (BATINICK M)

Creates the Local Government Elected Official Recall Act. Provides that local officeholders that were elected during a general consolidated election may be recalled under the Act. Establishes petition requirements for recall elections. Limits home rule powers.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy

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HB374 COM COL-AFFORDABLE HOUSING (SMITH N)

Amends the Public Community College Act and the Housing Authorities Act. Permits community colleges and housing authorities to develop affordable housing for community college students. Amends the Illinois Affordable Housing Act. Permits non-exempt local governments to develop affordable housing for community college students in coordination with nonprofit affordable housing developers and housing authorities.

CURRENT STATUS 1/29/2021 - Referred to Rules Committee

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HB375 HIGHER ED-ADJUNCT PROFESSORS (SMITH N)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. At least 60 days before the start of a term, requires the governing board of a public university or community college district to notify an adjunct professor about whether a class he or she was hired to teach has been canceled. CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.

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HB378 PROCUREMENT-BLACK OWNED MEDIA (JONES T)

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that for any State agency subject to the provisions of the Code, no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated for or used by that State agency for the purchase of media services shall be used to procure the services of black-owned media. Requires units of local government to adopt an ordinance or resolution for the procurement of black-owned media services. Amends the State Revenue Sharing Act. Allows municipalities and counties to use moneys allocated under the Act for the procurement of black-owned media services. Defines "black-owned media". Makes conforming changes.

CURRENT STATUS 1/29/2021 - Referred to Rules Committee

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HB433 CITIZENS EMPOWERMENT ACT (CARROLL J)

Creates the Citizens Empowerment Act. Provides that electors may petition for a referendum at the next general election to dissolve a unit of local government. Sets forth the requirements for the petition, together with the form and requirements for the ballot referendum. Provides for the transfer of all real and personal property and any other assets, together with all personnel, contractual obligations, and liabilities of the dissolving unit of local government to the receiving unit of local government. Amends the Election Code to provide exceptions for the Citizens Empowerment Act. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB453 PROPERTY TAX-VENDOR REPORT (DAVIS W)

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that any taxing district that has an aggregate property tax levy of more than $5,000,000 for the applicable levy year shall make a good faith effort to collect and electronically publish data from all vendors and subcontractors doing business with the taxing district as to whether the vendor or subcontractor is a minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned business or whether the vendor or subcontractor is a small business. Preempts the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2021 - Referred to House Rules

HB453 Bill Page HB565 HIGHER ED-PILOT TRAINING (HIRSCHAUER M)

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall provide oversight and certification for pilot vocational training at pilot schools that are certified in accordance with a specified federal regulation.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy

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HB566 PUBLIC OFFICE-PROHIBITED ACTS (YINGLING S)

Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a unit of local government with taxing authority, or any person holding public office with that unit of local government, shall not use public resources or public funds to obstruct, fight, or challenge initiatives to consolidate, merge, or eliminate any unit of local government. Provides that State moneys shall be withheld from the unit of local government until the obstruction, fighting, or challenge is concluded.

CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB573 HIGHER ED SAVINGS PROGRAM (GABEL R)

Amends the State Treasurer Act. Establishes the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program as a part of the College Savings Pool (currently, not a part of the College Savings Pool), subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Requires the Department of Public Health and the Department of Revenue to provide the State Treasurer with specified information concerning eligible children under the Program. Modifies provisions concerning seed funds, unclaimed seed funds, and incentives and partnerships. Establishes the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury (currently, held outside of the State treasury). Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the Director of Revenue may exchange information with the State Treasurer's Office for the purpose of administering the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program Fund. Modifies defined terms. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy

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HB593 GOV IMMUNITY-DATA BREACHES (KIFOWIT S)

Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Provides that a public entity or a public employee is not liable for injury caused by any unauthorized access to government records, data, or electronic information systems by any person or entity. CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB616 FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (COSTA HOWARD T)

Creates the Family and Medical Leave Act. Provides that employees are entitled to 12 weeks of leave during a calendar year. Provides that leave may be used for absence from work due to (1) personal illness, injury, or medical appointment of the employee, (2) illness, injury, or medical appointment of a member of the employee's family, or (3) the birth of a child or the adoption of a child under one year of age. Requires the employer to pay the cost of health insurance applicable to the employee during the period of leave. Requires that the employee be returned to his or her position or an equivalent position upon completion of the family and medical leave period.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

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HB618 VETERANS' LICENSURE TASK FORCE (GREENWOOD L)

Creates the Veterans' Licensure and Workforce Task Force Act. Creates the Veterans' Licensure and Workforce Task Force to advise the Governor and General Assembly and work directly with State agencies and institutions of higher education to improve and expand policies, services, programs, and opportunities for service members, veterans, and their families. Provides specified subjects for the Task Force to review and make recommendations on. Requires the Task Force to prepare and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before December 1, 2022, and to other specified agencies in electronic form. Provides that the Act is repealed on December 1, 2023. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/18/2021 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

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HB641 HIGHER ED-FEMININE HYGIENE (STUART K)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to make feminine hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in the bathrooms of facilities or portions of facilities that (i) are owned or leased by the board or over which the board has care, custody, and control and (ii) are used for student instruction or administrative purposes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit HB641 Bill Page

HB645 FUTURE OF WORK TASK FORCE (EVANS M)

Creates the Illinois Future of Work Act. Creates the Illinois Future of Work Task Force. Provides for the duties and responsibilities of the Task Force. Provides for the membership and meetings of the Task Force. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to submit a final report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2022. Dissolves the Task Force upon the filing of its report. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2024. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB665 ENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE CENTER (EVANS M)

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 and support, subject to appropriation, entrepreneurship assistance centers, including the issuance of grants, at career education agencies and not-for-profit corporations. Provides criteria for the selection and designation of centers. Provides requirements for the establishment and operation of each center. Provides requirements for grant applicants. Provides reporting requirements. Defines terms.

CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB680 LOCAL GOV-PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (MCLAUGHLIN M)

Amends the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act. Removes a provision prohibiting a political subdivision from, prior to selecting a firm for contract negotiations, seeking formal or informal submission of verbal or written estimates of costs or proposals in terms of dollars, hours required, percentage of construction cost, or any other measure of compensation.

CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB703 HIGHER ED-MAP GRANTS-COM COL (NESS S)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that an applicant enrolled in a certificate program offered by a public community college is eligible for a Monetary Award Program grant until he or she completes the certificate program. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart

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HB710 EDUCATION-TECH (BURKE K)

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning reimbursement for a Board member's expenses.

CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB721 NOT-FOR-PROFIT BUS ENTERPRISE (RAMIREZ D)

Creates the Not-for-Profit Business Enterprise Act. Allows for the certification of and the preference in awarding of State contracts to minority-led not-for-profit organizations, woman-led not-for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations led by a person with a disability under the Act. Provides further requirements concerning the awarding of State contracts and certification. Requires State agencies and institutions of higher education to annually file with the Business Enterprise Council a compliance plan for contracting with minority-led not-for-profit organizations, woman-led not-for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations led by a person with a disability. Provides enforcement provisions. Provides for the adoption of rules necessary to implement and enforce the requirements of the Act. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides the Business Enterprise Council with the authority and responsibility to devise a certification procedure for not-for-profit organizations and to make a list of all not-for-profit organizations legitimately classified as a minority-led not-for-profit organization, a woman-led not-for-profit organization, or a not-for-profit organization led by a person with a disability for purposes of the Not-for- Profit Business Enterprise Act. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that specified supplier diversity goal requirements under the Act apply to minority-led not-for-profit organizations, woman-led not-for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations led by a person with a disability. Defines terms. Makes other changes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/18/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar

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HB722 COMMUNITY COLLGE-BOARD VACANCY (COSTA HOWARD T)

Amends the Public Community College Act. With regard to the members of a board of trustees of a community college district, provides that if a vacancy in the board occurs, the secretary of the board must publish the vacancy through at least one public notice for a minimum of 30 days before the remaining board members meet to fill the vacancy, at which time the board must accept applications for the position. Provides that notice of the vacancy must also be given by publication in a newspaper published in the community college district at least 30 days before the remaining board members meet to fill the vacancy and if there is no newspaper published in the district, notice of the vacancy may be given by posting notices in 5 of the most public places in the district. Provides that notice of the vacancy must comply with the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB787 CONCEAL CARRY-PUBLIC TRANSPORT (WINDHORST P)

Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Eliminates provision that a licensee under the Act shall not knowingly carry a firearm on any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for in whole or in part with public funds, and any building, real property, and parking area under the control of a public transportation facility paid for in whole or in part with public funds.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron

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HB804 CLEAN JOBS EQUITY ACT (WILLIAMS A)

Creates the Clean Jobs, Workforce and Contractor Equity Act. Creates the Equity and Empowerment in Clean Energy Advisory Board to administer the Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Program, the Expanding Clean Energy Entrepreneurship and Contractor Incubator Network Program, the Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program, and the Illinois Clean Energy Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Primes Contractor Accelerator. Creates the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund Act, the Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act, the Energy Community Reinvestment Act, the Clean Energy Empowerment Zone Tax Credit Act, the Coal Severance Fee Act, the Building Energy Performance Standard Act, and the Public Utilities Intervenor Compensation Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to allow for emergency rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create The Energy Community Reinvestment Fund, the Illinois Commerce Commission Intervenor Compensation Fund, and the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund. Amends the Electric Vehicle Act, the Energy Efficient Building Act the Illinois Power Agency Act, the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the School Code, the Public Utilities Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act, and the Prevailing Wage Act by making changes to implement certain programs. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams

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HB811 NOTICES-ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION (CARROLL J)

Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that whenever a governmental unit, community college district, or school district is required to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by law, order of court, or contract, the governmental unit may publish the notice on an official government website instead of in a newspaper. Provides conditions concerning the availability and format of the notice webpage. Repeals a Section concerning the placement of published notices on a statewide website and makes corresponding changes throughout the Act and in the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Effective immediately. CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski

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HB1719 SCH CD-SCHOOL COUNSELOR (MAZZOCHI D)

Amends the School Code, the Seizure Smart School Act, the College and Career Success for All Students Act, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act to replace the terms "school guidance counselor" and "guidance counselor" with the term "school counselor". Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1749 COMM DATE-LINCOLN BIRTHDAY (DIDECH D)

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that when the holiday of Lincoln's Birthday (February 12) falls on a Saturday, the following Monday shall be held and considered the holiday. Provides that when Lincoln's Birthday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, the following Friday shall be held and considered the holiday.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1757 PEN CD-TIER 3 PLAN (FRIESS D)

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. With respect to the 5 State-funded Retirement Systems: requires each System to implement a Tier 3 plan by July 1, 2022 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts which are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a person who becomes a participant of a System on or after July 1, 2022 shall participate in the Tier 3 plan instead of the defined benefit plan. Authorizes a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant to elect to participate in the Tier 3 plan instead of the defined benefit plan and to also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik

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HB1758 SCHOOL SECURITY-ARMED TEACHERS (FRIESS D) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a grant program to provide for armed security in the schools of this State and grants to schools for the training of teachers in armed security, including grants for teachers to obtain a concealed carry license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act and the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the unlawful use of weapons offense does not apply to carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, or handgun by a full-time teacher or full-time professor or administrator of a public or private school, community college, college, or university who has a valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act and who has been designated by his or her school district board or the board of trustees of his or her community college, college, or university as a school or college protection officer, into: (1) any building, real property, and parking area under the control of the public or private elementary or secondary school in which the person is employed; or (2) any building, classroom, laboratory, medical clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, entertainment venue, officially recognized university-related organization property, whether owned or leased, and any real property, including parking areas, sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public or private community college, college, or university in which the person is employed. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1768 STATE GOV-REPORTS (DAVIS W)

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Removes a requirement that the Department of Human Services must report quarterly to the Governor and the General Assembly on certain expenditures under the WIC nutrition program. Amends the Capital Spending Accountability Law. Provides that reports on capital spending are due on or before the forty-fifth day after the end of each quarter (currently, the first day of each quarter). Amends the State Finance Act to eliminate a report on certain transfers. Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act to eliminate a requirement that certain survey results must be posted on an Internet website. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections concerning the DNA testing backlog. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1778 STUDENT ID-SUICIDE PREV INFO (MUSSMAN M)

Amends the School Code and the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Provides that if a school district issues an identification card to pupils in any of grades 7 through 12, the district shall provide contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a local suicide prevention hotline on the identification card. Provides that if a public college or university issues an identification card to students, the public college or university must provide on the identification card (i) contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a local suicide prevention hotline and (ii) the campus police or campus security telephone number or a local nonemergency telephone number. Effective July 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 2/25/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

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HB1802 ISAC-TERM OF STUDENT MEMBER (STUART K) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the term of office for the student member serving on the Commission shall be for 2 years from July 1 of each odd-numbered year and until a successor is appointed and qualified (instead of 2 years from July 1 of each odd-numbered year). In the case of a vacancy in the office of a student member, provides that the new student appointee shall hold office for the remainder of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualified (rather than the new student appointee shall hold office only for the remainder of the term). Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1812 SCH CONSTRUCTION-MATCH FUNDS (JONES T)

Amends the School Construction Law. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Law to the contrary, a disadvantaged school district may submit an application with the State Board of Education to waive any local matching funds requirements for a grant awarded under the Law until the project for which the grant was awarded is complete. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules. Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Act to the contrary, a disadvantaged community college district may submit an application with the Illinois Community College Board to waive any local matching funds requirements for a grant awarded to the district for a capital project until the capital project is complete. Requires the Illinois Community College Board to adopt rules.

CURRENT STATUS 2/18/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons

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HB1833 GROW YOUR OWN TEACHER-PROGRAM (MORGAN B)

Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish and administer a transition to teaching program that allows competent professionals, recent college graduates, and individuals working at a school or in some other facet of teaching to train to become teachers. Provides that a person is eligible to participate in the program if the person (1) passes a written examination that demonstrates competency in relevant subjects related to the person's expected teaching position, (2) participates in a beginning teacher residency program at an elementary or secondary school in this State, and (3) receives sponsorship by the school to have an initial practitioner license issued by the State Board of Education that allows the individual to teach at the school while pursuing a Professional Educator License. As part of the transition to teaching program, requires the Board of Higher Education to establish a loan forgiveness program in which a person participating in the transition to teaching program who has student loans guaranteed by the State of Illinois is eligible to have those loans forgiven if the person successfully receives a Professional Educator License and teaches in a rural school district or a disadvantaged school district in this State for 2 consecutive school years.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1844 PUBLIC FUNDS-CARBON FOOTPRINT (YANG ROHR J) Amends the Public Funds Investment Act. Provides that each public agency shall, on an annual basis, determine the carbon footprint of its investment portfolio in its use of public funds, and make available to the public a report of the findings. Provides that a public agency in determining the carbon footprint of its investment portfolio under this Section may utilize financial data providers to aid in the collection of the required information.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1848 USE/OCC TAX-NONPROFIT MEALS (ROBINSON L)

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2022, meals and food products for human consumption furnished or served to low-income elderly persons at or below cost by a nonprofit organization or governmental agency under a program funded by this State or the United States are exempt from taxation under the Acts. Provides that the exemption is exempt from the Acts' automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1878 INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN BUILD (SPAIN R)

Creates the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. Contains a statement of legislative policy. Defines terms. Adds provisions governing: authorization of project delivery methods; preconditions to commencement of procurement; procurement; evaluation and selection of proposals; project records; confidentiality; public disclosure; design-build contracts; construction manager/general contractor contracts; funding and financing; minority, disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses; acquisition of property; federal requirements; powers of the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority; and rulemaking. Makes corresponding changes in the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; Illinois Finance Authority Act; the Illinois Procurement Code; the Public Construction Bond Act; the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act; the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act; the Toll Highway Act; the Eminent Domain Act; and the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1884 DUAL CREDIT COURSE STANDARDS (ELIK A)

Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a community college and rural school district that have a partnership agreement in existence on the effective date of the amendatory Act may amend their partnership agreement to allow high school instructors that do not have a master's degree to otherwise qualify for a professional development plan in accordance with the Act. Provides that any changes to a partnership agreement must be done with the express intent to address the needs of the rural school district and shall be examined by the Illinois Community College Board and State Board of Education to ensure that the quality and instructional rigor of the course meet the requirements of the Act. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1933 NURSING DEGREE PILOT PROGRAM (MCCOMBIE T)

Amends the Public Community College Act. Allows the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 506 to establish and offer at Sauk Valley Community College a baccalaureate-level nursing education pilot program that confers a bachelor of science degree in nursing upon the meeting of specified conditions. Requires the Illinois Community College Board to conduct a statewide evaluation of the nursing program and report on the results of the evaluation by July 1, 2026; specifies evaluation requirements. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1936 GROW YOUR OWN TEACHER-ISAC (MCCOMBIE T)

Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act. Transfers the powers and duties under the Act from the Board of Higher Education to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Replaces the requirement that the Board of Higher Education contract for an independent evaluation of program implementation with the requirement that Grow Your Own Illinois submit an annual report to assist the Commission in monitoring Grow Your Own Illinois's and each of its participating consortia's performance and grant activities. Allows the Commission to elect to contract for an independent evaluation of program implementation with an outside entity. Requires the Auditor General to prepare an annual audit of the operations and finances of Grow Your Own Illinois and each consortium that received any State funds in the previous fiscal year. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB1943 PUBLIC DUTY RULE CODIFICATION (MCCOMBIE T)

Creates the Public Duty Rule Codification Act. Contains legislative findings and a statement of legislative purpose. Provides that a local governmental entity and its employees owe no duty of care to individual members of the general public to provide governmental services.

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HB2389 PUBLIC OFFICIAL LOBBYING BAN (VELLA D)

Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that no official shall, within a period of 5 years immediately following the end of his or her term of office, engage in lobbying or any other activity that would require registration under the Act. Modifies the definition of "official" to include any elected or appointed official of a unit of local government.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2408 FIRE & SMOKE DAMPER INSPECTION (EVANS M)

Creates the Fire and Smoke Damper Inspection Act. Requires inspections and testing of HVAC fire dampers and smoke dampers to be conducted by individuals certified by the International Certification Board and Accredited to comply with specified requirements. Provides that (1) fire damper and smoke damper inspections and testing shall be conducted by inspectors certified by the International Certification Board and accredited by specified entities and (2) inspectors shall certify that all fire and smoke dampers inspected meet the standards established in the current International Fire Code adopted by the State of Illinois and the authority having jurisdiction.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2465 PEN CD-STATE SYS-OPT-OUT (MAZZOCHI D)

Amends the State Employees, State Universities, and Downstate Teachers Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a person who first becomes an employee after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not required to participate in the System as a condition of employment. Provides that an employee may elect not to participate in the System by notifying the System in writing no later than 30 days after first becoming an employee. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2496 LOCAL GOVERNMENT TERM LIMITS (LEWIS S)

Creates the Local Government Term Limit Review Act. Provides that, no later than December 31, 2021, and no less than every 2 years thereafter, every governmental unit that is governed by an elected governing body that has not enacted term limits by ordinance or resolution shall consider and decide, by verbal or written vote, ordinance, or resolution or by referendum of the electors of the governmental unit, whether to impose term limits for the chairpersons, presidents, or executives of their governing bodies. Defines "governmental unit" as a unit of local government or school district. Provides that, if a governmental unit has a term limit policy for chairpersons, executives, or presidents of its governing body, before a person may be elected chairperson, executive, or president, the governmental unit's clerk or secretary shall determine which members of the governing body are eligible to serve as chairperson, executive, or president of the governing body based upon the term limit policy. Provides that the clerk or secretary shall submit an eligibility report to the governing body listing those members who are eligible and ineligible before the meeting at which the chairperson, executive, or president is to be elected. Provides that, after electing the chairperson, executive, or president of a governing board, the governing body shall review the governmental unit's term limit policy and decide, by verbal or written vote, on whether they want to make any changes, including elimination of the policy, or maintain the current policy. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2571 COVID-19 IMMUNITY ACT (MURPHY M)

Creates the COVID-19 Immunity Act. Provides that an individual, business, or unit of local government shall not be liable in a civil action claiming an injury from exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care of the individual, business, or unit of local government was in compliance or consistent with federal or State regulations, a presidential or gubernatorial executive order, or guidance applicable at the time of the alleged exposure. Provides that immunity does not apply to willful misconduct, reckless infliction of harm, or intentional infliction of harm. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2625 FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE ACT (FLOWERS M)

Creates the Family Leave Insurance Act. Requires the Department of Employment Security to establish and administer a family leave insurance program. Provides family leave insurance benefits to eligible employees who take unpaid family leave to care for a newborn child, a newly adopted or newly placed foster child, or a family member with a serious health condition. Authorizes family leave of up to 12 weeks during any 24-month period. Authorizes compensation for leave in the amount of 85% of the employee's average weekly wage subject to a maximum of $881 per week. Contains provisions concerning disqualification from benefits; premium payments; the amount and duration of benefits; the recovery of erroneous payments; hearings; defaulted premium payments; elective coverage; employment protection; coordination of family leave; defined terms; and other matters. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the State Benefits Fund. Effective January 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

HB2625 Bill Page HB2629 BEP-MINORITY CONTRACTING (DAVIS W)

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that not less than 40% of the total dollar amount of State contracts shall be established as an aspirational goal to be awarded to businesses owned by minorities. Provides that of the total amount of all State contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, contracts representing at least 20% shall be awarded to businesses owned by black or African American persons. Removes provisions allowing for a waiver from contract goals established under the Act. Requires the return of specified funds for failing to accomplish contract goals established under the Act. Makes conforming changes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2746 KNOW BEFORE YOU OWE ED LOANS (STUART K)

Creates the Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act. Requires private educational lenders to obtain from the relevant institution of higher education at which the borrower will use the loan proceeds certifications regarding cost, enrollment status of the borrower, and financial assistance available to the borrower. Provides that private educational lenders must file reports with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Student Loan Ombudsman. Provides that loan statements must be provided not less frequently than quarterly. Requires institutions of higher education to certify compliance with provisions of the Act to the Board of Higher Education or Illinois Community College Board as a condition to operate. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II

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HB2789 SCHOOL-PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY (MUSSMAN M)

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. If the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency, requires the Department of Public Health to establish metrics for school districts and public institutions of higher education to use during the public health emergency in determining if the district or institution may safely conduct in-person instruction or if the district or institution must implement remote learning or blended remote learning to keep students and staff safe. Provides that the metrics shall be enforced by the Department, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education. Requires the Department, the State Board of Education, and the Board of Higher Education to follow all guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as it pertains to schools and institutions of higher education during the public health emergency. Provides that the Department shall be responsible for providing rapid COVID-19 testing in public schools and public institutions of higher education. Amends the School Code and the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires school districts and public institutions of higher education to grant paid sick leave to their employees if they contract the illness for which the public health emergency was declared. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules HB2789 Bill Page

HB2806 LOCAL VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS (HALBROOK B)

Creates the Local Volunteer Board Member Removal Act. Provides that the person or entity that appointed a member of a volunteer board or commission may remove that member for misconduct, official misconduct, or neglect of office. Provides that removal under the Act is in addition to any other method of removal provided by law. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2807 LOCAL ACCUMULATION OF FUNDS (HALBROOK B)

Creates the Local Accumulation of Funds Act. Provides that a unit of local government's funds, excluding the capital fund, shall not exceed an amount equal to or greater than 2.5 times the annual average expenditure of the previous 3 fiscal years of the unit of local government. Defines "capital fund" as a capital fund of a township or a similar fund of another unit of local government established to dedicate funds toward capital improvement as a part of the unit of local government's annual budget. Amends the Township Code repealing a Section about accumulation of funds. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2813 VEH CD-GOV PLATES AND STICKERS (HALBROOK B)

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no vehicle owned and operated by the State, a unit of local government, or a subsidiary body thereof shall display nongovernmental license plates. Provides that every vehicle owned and operated by a unit of local government, or any subsidiary body thereof, shall affix a sticker or decal that clearly denotes the unit of local government to which the vehicle belongs, to the license plate or, if necessary, the rear of the vehicle within 6 inches of the license plate, such that it is plainly visible to a vehicle approaching from behind. Exempts vehicles being used in undercover police operations. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2815 FOIA-PUBLIC OFFICIAL ACCESS (HALBROOK B) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that an elected or appointed public official of a public body has a right to all records of the public body to which the official is elected or appointed, and to the records of each subsidiary of the public body to which the official is elected or appointed. Provides that a member of the General Assembly shall have access to all records of each State agency. Provides that records of a public body shall be provided under equal circumstances to all persons entitled to records under the new provisions. Provides that records shall be provided within 5 business days, unless a mutual agreement between the official and the public body provides otherwise. Provides that an official entitled to records under the new provisions is not required to submit a request for records under other provisions of the Act. Provides that the new provisions do not apply to records exempt under specified Sections of the Act.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2819 OPEN MEETINGS ACT-NOTICE (HALBROOK B)

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that if a change is made concerning regular meeting dates, times, or locations (currently, only change in dates), at least 10 days' notice of such change shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which such body functions. Provides that at least 10 days' notice of a change made in regular meeting dates, times, or locations may also be provided on the website of the public body in addition to providing notice in a newspaper, or in lieu of providing notice in a newspaper if there is no such newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the public body functions.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2827 HIGHER ED-MAP-DUAL CREDIT (CAULKINS D)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Under the monetary award program, provides for the awarding of grants to students enrolled in dual credit coursework pursuant to a partnership agreement between a school district and a community college district. Provides that a grant may be applied only to the costs of tuition and other necessary fees charged for the coursework and the student must complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2830 OPEN MEETINGS-REMOTE MEETINGS (CAULKINS D)

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body shall not conduct a closed meeting by audio or video conference, and shall conduct such meetings only with the physical presence of a quorum of the members of the public body. Makes conforming changes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2847 PENCD-RETIREMENT ANNUITY LIMIT (WILHOUR B)

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the total amount of the retirement annuity or pension benefits a person may receive from any pension fund or retirement system under the Code in any year shall not exceed $132,900; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be increased by the percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments. Provides that the changes apply without regard to whether a person became a member, participant, beneficiary, or annuitant before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2848 PEN CD-ANNUAL INCREASES (WILHOUR B)

Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the retirement annuity or supplemental annuity for a participant, member, or annuitant in any pension fund or retirement system under the Code shall be subject to annual increases equal to the annual unadjusted percentage increase in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November 1. Provides that the changes apply without regard to whether the participant is in active service on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2849 PEN CD-RETIREMENT AGE INCREASE (WILHOUR B)

Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the minimum age at which a person is eligible to receive a retirement annuity or pension under any Article of the Code shall be increased by one year and, beginning 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the minimum age at which a person is eligible to receive a retirement annuity or pension under any Article of the Code shall be increased by one additional year. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

HB2849 Bill Page HB2867 HIGHER ED-MAP GRANTS (FORD L)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, 15% of the total annual funds appropriated for grants made under the monetary award program shall be set aside by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the purpose of making grants that shall be awarded to students attending a public community college in this State. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2869 AT YOUR SERVICE ACT (RITA R)

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government, acting through its governing board, may authorize the use of technology to execute its duties, or assist in the execution of certain portions of public duties, where those technologies utilize commonly accepted methods of data storage and cybersecurity, and the unit of local government otherwise continues adherence to the Local Records Act. Provides that, where applicable law requires accepting information in writing, an appearance before an official in person, or requires a signature, the unit of local government may, in place of those requirements, adopt widely used technologies, such as video chat and secure digital signatures, to verify identity and process service requests. Provides that a unit of local government may also adopt a method of certifying paperless digital copies of any record using PDF file delivery if the unit of local government provides for free on its website an upload tool for any person in recipient of a certified digital file to confirm its authenticity. Requires a unit of local government to provide notice before adopting such procedures. Provides that the Act may be referred to as the At Your Service Act.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2872 PROP TX-PTELL FREEZE (LUFT M)

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2021 levy year, the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law applies to all taxing districts, including home rule units. Provides that, beginning with the 2021 levy year, the extension limitation under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law is 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Preempts home rule. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2878 STUDENT PARENT DATA COLLECTION (GUZZARDI W) Creates the Student Parent Data Collection Act. Beginning September 1, 2021, requires each public institution of higher education to determine the parental status of each of its enrolled students and collect specified information about the student if the student indicates that the student is a parent. Beginning September 1, 2021, requires each public institution of higher education that operates one or more child care centers or early learning centers on its campus or is otherwise affiliated with a child care center or early learning center to collect specified information concerning the number of children served. Sets forth reporting and privacy requirements. Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2883 CONCEALED CARRY-COLLEGE (NIEMERG A)

Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Deletes provision that prohibits a licensee from knowingly carrying a firearm into any building, classroom, laboratory, medical clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, entertainment venue, officially recognized university-related organization property, whether owned or leased, and any real property, including parking areas, sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public or private community college, college, or university.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2928 RELIEVE COLLEGE COSTS PROGRAM (MAZZOCHI D)

Creates the Relieve College Costs Pilot Program Act. Provides that a pilot program is created for a 4-year degree pathway based on texts that served as the core foundational basis for western civilization and the Enlightenment. Provides that under the program, one public high school, one public community college, and one public university in this State shall be chosen to develop a competency-based baccalaureate degree program for a Fundamental Issues and Texts Humanities Degree. Provides that the goals of the program must include (1) preparing students who complete the program with the requisite skills relating to critical thinking, problem solving, rational inquiry, and oral and written communication needed for employment or further graduate study; (2) using open educational resources if available; (3) using online course options if available to reduce costs; (4) identifying pathway courses that can be used to promote dual credit course enrollment in the participating high school; and (5) having a $20,000 maximum tuition rate for the entirety of the degree pathway. Contains provisions concerning a program director, the curriculum, open educational resources adoption incentives, reporting, and rulemaking. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB2973 PENCD-STATE SYS-TIER 3 PLAN (MORRISON T)

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. With respect to the 5 State-funded Retirement Systems: requires each System to prepare and implement a Tier 3 plan by July 1, 2022 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts that are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant may irrevocably elect to participate in the Tier 3 plan instead of the defined benefit plan and may also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account under the Tier 3 plan. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. In the Downstate Teachers, State Employees, and State Universities Articles, authorizes a person to elect not to participate or to terminate participation in those Systems. In the General Assembly and Judges Articles, authorizes a participant to terminate his or her participation in the System. In the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), State Employees, State Universities, and Downstate Teachers Articles, for participants who first become participants on or after the effective date, prohibits (i) payments for unused sick or vacation time from being used to calculate pensionable salary and (ii) unused sick or vacation time from being used to establish service credit. In the Downstate Teachers Article, prohibits an employer from making employee contributions on behalf of an employee, except for the sole purpose of allowing an employee to make pre-tax contributions. Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act to prohibit collective bargaining over that prohibition. Effective immediately.

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HB2977 PENCD-DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLN (MORRISON T)

Amends the General Assembly, State Employee, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the Board of each System to establish and maintain a voluntary defined contribution plan to address the retirement preparedness gap for participants in a defined benefit plan who are not on track to maintain their standard of living in retirement. Provides that the contribution rate shall be established by the Board. Provides that the plan shall exist and serve in addition to other retirement, pension, and benefit plans established under the Code. Provides that any Tier 2 participant who first becomes a participant on or after establishment of the plan shall automatically be enrolled, unless he or she opts out within 60 days after first becoming a participant. Authorizes Tier 1 participants and Tier 2 participants who first became participants before the plan was established to enroll in the plan. Contains provisions concerning investment options, qualified plan status, and distribution requirements. Defines terms and repeals a definition added by Public Act 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3016 SNAP-ADULT EDUCATON REQUIRE (SOSNOWSKI J)

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires every person applying for benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to, at the time of application or subsequent redetermination of eligibility, submit to the Department of Human Services documentation demonstrating that the person is enrolled in an adult education program as defined in the Adult Education Act or in an educational program that is expected to result in the receipt of a high school equivalence certificate. Exempts certain persons from the requirement. Provides that the Department shall apply for any federal waiver, if required, to implement the requirement.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

HB3016 Bill Page HB3052 CAMPUS FREE SPEECH PROTECTION (NIEMERG A)

Creates the Campus Free Speech Protection Act. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to adopt policies governing free expression. Sets forth what those policies must ensure. Contains provisions concerning making those policies available to faculty and students. Sets forth both prohibited and permissible conduct. Provides for remedies for violations of the policies.

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HB3070 PROCUREMENT-HIGHER ED VENDORS (FORD L)

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a public institution of higher education may contract with any qualified source of supply, but shall use or consider, as applicable, specified special sources from which procurements may be made without competition. Provides requirements concerning public institution of higher education vendor lists. Provides for prequalification of potential public institution of higher education vendors. Provides that before making an award or approving a contract, the State purchasing officer must be satisfied that a prospective public institution of higher education vendor is responsible. Provides further requirements concerning vendor responsibility.

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HB3127 HIGHER ED-ESSENTIAL WORKERS (FLOWERS M)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides for the issuance of grants to essential workers and the dependents of essential workers, subject to appropriation. Defines "essential worker" as an individual whose employment duties provide a service that is typically deemed vital to public health and safety and economic and national security and essential to continue critical infrastructure operations. Sets forth provisions concerning application and qualifications for a grant, the amount of a grant and its use, and rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2021.

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HB3131 FINANCIAL LITERACY TASK FORCE (HIRSCHAUER M)

Creates the Equity through Financial Literacy Task Force Act. Creates the Equity through Financial Literacy Task Force. Provides for membership of the Task Force. Provides that no less than one-third of the members of the Task Force shall reside in areas outside of the Chicago metropolitan area. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation, except that the young adult and college student appointees of the Task Force shall receive a stipend for serving as members. Provides for meetings of the Task Force. Provides that the Office of the Governor shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides for duties of the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to submit a report of recommendations to the General Assembly and Governor on or before December 31, 2021. Provides for the content of the report. Provides purpose and legislative intent provisions. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2023. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/28/2021 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart

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HB3136 STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF (ZALEWSKI M)

Amends the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act. Adds student loan borrowers to the definition of "consumer". Adds to the definition of "debt settlement provider" any person or entity engaging in, or holding itself out as engaging in, or any person who solicits for or acts on behalf of such person or entity engaging in or holding itself out as engaging in, the business of student loan debt relief services in exchange for any fee or compensation assessed against or charged to a consumer. Excludes institutions of higher education from the definition of "debt settlement provider". Defines other terms. Requires a specified notice and disclosure to student loan borrowers to be included in advertising and marketing communications concerning student loan debt relief services. Requires providers of student loan debt relief services to provide a specified notice and disclosure before a student loan borrower signs a contract. Provides that any fees charged to a student loan borrower in exchange for student loan debt relief shall comply with a provision concerning fees. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

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HB3145 COM COL-TRUSTEE DISTRICTS (WEST, II M)

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for the election of board of trustee members by trustee district rather than at large in community college districts in this State. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.

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HB3176 PTELL-EXTENSION LIMITATION (YINGLING S)

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the 2022 and 2023 levy years, the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law applies to all non-home rule taxing districts. Provides that, for the 2022 and 2023 levy year, the extension limitation under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law is 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3195 EQUITABLE RESTROOMS-ALL-GENDER (STUART K)

Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any multiple-occupancy restroom may be identified as an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom and designated for use by any person of any gender. Requires that an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom must include specified signage, stall dividers, and partitions for urinals. Provides that any multiple-occupancy restroom may be converted into an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom. Provides that, if a facility commences construction, or commences alterations exceeding 50% of the facility, and implements an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom, the all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom must satisfy or include specified requirements. Requires certain newly constructed or previously existing restrooms to be designated as all-gender multiple-occupancy restrooms. Provides that, where a person or entity must meet female-to-male ratio requirements, each individual toilet stall in an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom may be counted toward the required number of either female or male toilet stalls. Provides that during any inspection of a facility by a health officer, health inspector, or building inspector, the health officer, health inspector, or building inspector may inspect the facility to determine whether it complies with the provisions. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Defines "multiple-occupancy restroom". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy

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HB3207 HIGHER ED STUDENT LOAN DEBT (SMITH N)

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, in order to prevent nonpublic, for-profit institutions of higher education from enrolling students in programs or degrees for careers in which a student's higher education loan debt will exceed the student's expected income, the Board shall adopt any rules that are necessary to prohibit nonpublic, for-profit institutions of higher education from continuing any program or degree if the estimated annual higher education loan repayment of a typical graduate from such a program or with such a degree exceeds 20% of the graduate's total annual income or 8% of the graduate's total monthly income.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3220 BEP-GOOD FAITH EFFORT (TARVER, II C)

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Defines "good faith effort" for purposes of the Act. Provides factors for determining whether a good faith effort has been made for purposes of granting a waiver under the Act. Provides for a uniform standard of contract goals for State agencies, public institutions of higher education, and other departments. Specifies further requirements concerning the uniform standard of contract goals. Provides that the terms of every contract entered into by a State agency or public institution of higher education for purposes of the Act shall include a provision requiring vendors who fail to comply with a utilization plan to return all funds paid to that vendor with an expectation of compliance. Provides that the Business Enterprise Council may (rather than shall) grant a waiver under specified circumstances. Makes conforming changes. CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner

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HB3251 FILM TAX-PRODUCTION SPENDING (DAVIS W)

Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Provides that certain non-resident wages qualify as Illinois labor expenditures. Creates the Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund to be funded with a fee imposed on the transfer of film production services credits. Provides that the Fund shall be used exclusively to provide grants to community-based organizations, labor organizations, private and public universities, community colleges, and other organizations and institutions as deemed appropriated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to administer workforce training programs that support efforts to recruit, hire, promote, retain, develop, and train a diverse and inclusive workforce in the film industry. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3285 FAIR WORKWEEK ACT (ORTIZ A)

Creates the Fair Workweek Act. Requires certain employers to provide employees with a good faith estimate of the employee's work schedule. Sets forth the contents of the estimate, including the median number of hours the employee can expect and the manner in which standby lists will be utilized. Requires written work schedules to be provided to employees 14 days in advance. Specifies minimum periods of rest between shifts. Provides for administration by the Department of Labor. Establishes remedies.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3296 SCH CD-CAREER/TECH ED PATHWAY (NESS S)

Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to offer a program to prepare students enrolled in grades 6 through 12 for a career and technical education pathway by introducing students to career exploration opportunities that allow students to explore a wide variety of high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand career fields. Sets forth what a school district shall provide in its career and technical education pathway program. Provides for rulemaking. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

HB3296 Bill Page HB3305 PEN CD-VARIOUS (DURKIN J)

Amends the General Assembly, State Employee, State Universities, Downstate Teacher, and Chicago Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires active Tier 1 employees to elect either to (i) have automatic annual increases in retirement and survivor's annuities delayed and reduced or (ii) maintain their current benefit package with additional limitations on pensionable salary. Provides that a Tier 1 employee who elects item (i) is entitled to have future increases in income treated as pensionable income, have contributions reduced to a specified rate, and receive a consideration payment of 10% of contributions made prior to the election. Provides that a Tier 1 employee who elects item (ii) is not eligible to have future increases in income treated as pensionable income. Makes funding changes. Amends the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act to provide a continuing appropriation for the amounts of the consideration payments. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act and the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act to prohibit bargaining and interest arbitration regarding certain changes made by the amendatory Act and to provide that no action of the employer taken to implement that prohibition shall give rise to an unfair labor practice under those Acts; exempts certain existing agreements. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3359 HIGHER ED-SUPPORT WORKER (BOS C)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that if a student has a personal support worker through the Home-Based Support Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities under the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act, the governing board of the public university or community college district must permit the personal support worker to attend class with the student but is not responsible for providing or paying for the personal support worker. Provides that if the personal support worker's attendance in class is solely to provide personal support services to the student, the governing board may not charge the personal support worker tuition and fees for such attendance. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3375 PENCD-DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLN (SOSNOWSKI J)

Amends the General Assembly, State Employee, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the Board of each System to establish and maintain a voluntary defined contribution plan to address the retirement preparedness gap for participants in a defined benefit plan who are not on track to maintain their standard of living in retirement. Provides that the contribution rate shall be established by the Board. Provides that the plan shall exist and serve in addition to other retirement, pension, and benefit plans established under the Code. Provides that any Tier 2 participant who first becomes a participant on or after establishment of the plan shall automatically be enrolled, unless he or she opts out within 60 days after first becoming a participant. Authorizes Tier 1 participants and Tier 2 participants who first became participants before the plan was established to enroll in the plan. Contains provisions concerning investment options, qualified plan status, and distribution requirements. Defines terms and repeals a definition added by Public Act 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3409 CAMPUS FREE SPEECH (MORRISON T)

Creates the Campus Free Speech Act. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college to develop and adopt a policy on free expression; sets forth what the policy must contain. Requires the Board of Higher Education to create a Committee on Free Expression to issue an annual report. Requires public institutions of higher education to include in their freshman orientation programs a section describing to all students the policies and rules regarding free expression that are consistent with the Act. Contains provisions concerning rules, construction of the Act, permitted restrictions, and enforcement.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3410 LOCAL GOVT TRANSPARENCY (MORRISON T)

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a unit of local government or school district with an operating budget of $1,000,000 or more shall maintain an Internet website and post to its website for the current calendar or fiscal year specified information. Provides that the information required to be posted must be easily accessible from the unit of local government's or school district's website home page and searchable. Provides penalties for noncompliance. Provides that no home rule unit may adopt posting requirements that are less restrictive than those provided in the Act. Provides that all local records required to be posted shall remain posted on the entity's website, or subsequent websites, for 10 years. Exempts the School District of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides an exemption from inspection and copying of any record or information that a unit of local government or school district maintains an electronic copy of on its Internet website in order to comply with the Open Meetings Act. Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal shall have the capability to compile and update its database with information received from all school districts and units of local government. Authorizes the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal to provide direct access to information compiled under specified provisions of the Open Meetings Act. Provides an exempt mandate provision. Provides a severability clause. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3431 COMPASSIONATE USE-LIABILITY (MORGAN B)

Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides that employers are not prohibited from adopting specified policies concerning medical cannabis by registered qualifying patients, including drug testing policies for such patients working in safety sensitive positions. Unless specified circumstances are met, prohibits employers from taking adverse action against registered qualifying patients who work in non-safety sensitive positions solely due to a positive drug test for medicinal cannabis. Defines "safety sensitive position". Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an employer from enforcing a preemployment drug testing policy, zero-tolerance drug testing policy, random drug testing policy, or a drug free workplace policy (rather than only a workplace drug policy) or disciplining a registered qualifying patient for violating such a policy, provided that an employer shall not take adverse action against a registered qualifying patient in a non-safety sensitive position solely due to a positive drug test for medical cannabis (rather than due to a positive drug test for cannabis) unless specified criteria are met. Provides that there is not a cause of action for any person against an employer for disciplining or terminating the employment of a registered qualifying patient when enforcing a compliant policy. Makes other changes. Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Provides that the amendatory Act's provisions are an exception to provisions prohibiting an employer from refusing to hire or to discharge or disadvantage any individual because the individual uses lawful products off the premises of the employer during nonworking and non-call hours. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3438 HIGHER ED-DREAM RESOURCES (HIRSCHAUER M)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to designate an employee as a Dream Resource Liaison to be available on campus to provide assistance to students who lack proper authorization to be in the United States in streamlining access to all available financial aid and academic opportunities. Sets forth other provisions concerning the liaison. Encourages each governing board to establish a Dream Resource Center on each of its campuses to offer support services, including, but not limited to, State, federal, and other financial aid assistance, academic counseling, peer support services, psychological counseling, referral services, and legal services. Sets forth other provisions concerning the center. Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3439 FOIA-NO AUTOMATIC EXTENSION (STAVA-MURRAY A)

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that the person making a request and the public body may agree in writing to extend the time for compliance only after the public body has reviewed the request, determined that an extension is necessary, and notified the person making the request of the reasons for the extension and the date by which the response will be forthcoming. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3441 $ISAC-TEACHER PIPELINE PROGRAM (ROBINSON L)

Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the teacher pipeline program established under the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Effective July 1, 2021. CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3442 HIGHR ED-TEACHER PIPELINE PROG (ROBINSON L)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, to establish and administer a teacher pipeline program for the purpose of encouraging and recruiting students enrolled in public high schools to pursue teaching careers in their school district, with a special focus on the encouragement and recruitment of minority students and students of color. Provides that participants in the program, upon graduation from high school, shall receive grant assistance in an amount sufficient to pay the tuition and fees for up to 4 semesters at a public community college and up to 4 semesters at a public university if certain conditions are met. Requires the State Board of Education to designate teacher recruiters to work directly with public high school students. Sets forth provisions concerning applications, the repayment of grant assistance, and rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Teacher Pipeline Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3496 EDU LABOR REL ACT-EMPLOYEE DEF (DAVIS W)

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that a "supervisor" shall be considered an educational employee under the definition of "educational employee" unless the supervisor is also a managerial employee. Modifies the definition of "managerial employee" to mean an individual who has a significant role in the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements or who formulates and determines employer-wide management policies and practices (rather than an individual who is engaged predominantly in executive and management functions and is charged with the responsibility of directing the effectuation of such management policies and practices). Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3600 PROP TX-DEBT LEVY (BATINICK M)

Creates the Taxing Body Refinancing by Popular Vote Act. Provides that no taxing district may renew or refinance its indebtedness in a way that requires the extension of property taxes for the payment of debt service in a taxable year that is later than the taxable year in which the indebtedness would otherwise mature unless the question of such renewal or refinancing is submitted to the electors of the district at a regular election and approved by a majority of the electors voting on the question.

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HB3601 PROP TX-AGGREGATE EXTENSION (BATINICK M)

Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3602 PROP TX-PTELL (BATINICK M)

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for levy years 2018 through 2021, the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law applies to all taxing districts, including home rule units. Provides that, for levy years 2018 through 2021, the extension limitation under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law is 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Provides that, for taxing districts that became subject to the Law as a result of the amendatory Act, "aggregate extension" does not include special purpose extensions made for the payment of principal and interest on bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the taxing district prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that taxing districts may provide for the continuation of the amendatory Act for up to 4 years upon referendum approval. Provides that the voters of the taxing district may require a reduction in the taxing district's aggregate extension base by referendum. Preempts home rule. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3603 PTELL-EXTENSION LIMITATION (BATINICK M)

Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the extension limitation is 3.5% (currently, 5%) or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index. Provides that the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law applies to all taxing districts, including home rule units.

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HB3604 PROP TX-AGGREGATE EXTENSION (BATINICK M) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the limiting rate shall be calculated using the highest aggregate extension from any year in which the taxing district was subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (currently, the last 3 preceding levy years). Provides that an aggregate extension established for a levy year in which the taxing district was authorized to temporarily increase its limiting rate or its extension limitation may not be used.

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HB3619 COM COL-BACHELOR'S DEGREE (CRESPO F)

Amends the Public Community College Act. Allows the board of trustees of a community college district to establish and offer a baccalaureate-level early childhood education program and confer a bachelor of applied science degree in early childhood education and a Professional Educator License with endorsements in early childhood education and early childhood special education under certain conditions. Provides for an application for approval from the Illinois Community College Board. Sets forth college requirements and prohibitions. Provides that a candidate for educator licensure must successfully complete applicable testing requirements prior to the issuance of an educator license and any endorsements. Provides for a statewide evaluation of such programs.

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HB3638 HIGHER ED-ASBESTOS TESTING (MARRON M)

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a public or private educational entity that offers credit-bearing vocational, career, or technical education and coursework to high school students through a learning program approved by the school district wherein the location of the course instruction takes place in a building or structure that is located on the campus of an institution of higher education or in a building or structure that is located on a site that is under the jurisdiction or control of the institution may not be required by the Department of Public Health to obtain asbestos testing or to implement an asbestos remediation or abatement plan for that building or structure if (i) the public or private educational entity is not associated or affiliated with the institution of higher education other than in the use of the building or structure for course instruction and (ii) the institution of higher education is in compliance with all State and federal asbestos testing, abatement, and remediation requirements for buildings or structures located on its campus or that are otherwise under the jurisdiction or control of the institution. Effective immediately.

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HB3644 DUAL CREDIT-STUDENT ENROLLMENT (BOURNE A)

Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a partnership agreement between a school district and a community college district may allow a student to enroll in a dual credit course who does not otherwise meet the community college's academic eligibility requirements to enroll in the dual credit course. Sets forth requirements concerning such a partnership agreement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3647 HIGHER ED-SALARY-NON-TENURED (SMITH N)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to provide the following: (i) a minimum per class salary for non-tenured track faculty that is at least equal to the equivalent percentage salary of full-time faculty, (ii) a minimum per class salary for adjunct faculty that is at least equal to the equivalent percentage salary of a starting full-time, non-tenured track faculty member at the higher education institution, and (iii) State benefits, including health insurance and a pension, for any adjunct faculty teaching a combined 50% workload at any combination of public higher education institutions. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3737 FOIA-GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONS (YINGLING S)

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Defines "member-based organization" as any group, association, or organization that: (1) has a membership that includes one or more government taxing bodies; (2) lobbies on behalf of its governmental members; and (3) receives a majority of its funding from its governmental members. Provides that a member-based organization is a public body under the Act; however, only records relating to the member-based organization's receipt of public funds or its expenditures made in whole or in part with public funds are public records subject to inspection and copying by the public.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3950 HIGHR ED-DUAL CREDIT-DISABILTY (LAPOINTE L)

Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a community college district shall, upon the request of a school district within the jurisdiction of the community college district, enter into a partnership agreement with the school district to offer dual credit courses for students with intellectual disabilities. Provides that courses shall include, if appropriate, support outlined in the student's individualized education program and support provided under a significantly modified curriculum. Provides that within one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, every community college district in this State shall create a plan outlining a partnership agreement with a school district to offer dual credit courses for students with intellectual disabilities; requires the plan to be updated every 3 years thereafter. Effective immediately. CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HB3951 IL ARTICULATION INITIATIVE (LAPOINTE L)

Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board to provide increased access to higher education for students with intellectual disabilities by incorporating vocational training, continuing education certificates, individualized learning paths, life skills, and significantly modified curricula into the Illinois Articulation Initiative. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HC2 CON AMEND-BARGAINING FREEDOM (YEDNOCK L)

Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that collective bargaining is fundamentally necessary to protect the economic welfare and safety of all workers in the public and private sectors. Provides that no law shall be passed that restricts or interferes with the ability of workers to join together and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment, including any law that prohibits or restricts the right of private sector employers and employees, through a representative of their own choosing, to enter into and administer union security agreements, should they choose. Effective upon being declared adopted.

CURRENT STATUS 1/29/2021 - Referred to Rules Committee

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HC4 CONAMEND-RECALL OFFICIALS (BATINICK M)

Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for the recall of all State Executive Branch officers, legislative leaders, the Auditor General, members of the General Assembly, and local government officials. Makes changes to the procedures for the recall of the Governor. Effective upon being declared adopted.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett

HC4 Bill Page HR13 COMMISSION-STATUS-BLACK MALES (FORD L)

Creates the Commission on the Social Status of Black Males to study the social conditions of Black males, create evidence-based and measurable policy and system changes, develop strategies to assist in remedying severe adversities, support forums to promote statewide achievements, and make sustainable recommendations to improve the life chance and quality of life of Black males in Illinois.

CURRENT STATUS 2/10/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HR25 DISCRIMINATION IN MEDICINE (FLOWERS M)

Urges all branches of the medical profession to commit to eliminating racism and recognizing biases, all colleges and medical institutions that prepare students for careers in the medical profession to focus on the recruitment of more minorities, and the State Board of Higher Education to pursue and provide more scholarships opportunities for minority applicants seeking to enter all aspects of the medical profession.

CURRENT STATUS 2/10/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HR53 COLLEGE SAVINGS DAY (HERNANDEZ B)

Declares May 29, 2021 as College Savings Day in the State of Illinois to help raise awareness about the escalating costs of higher education and the importance of saving for college with the help of 529 college savings plans.

CURRENT STATUS 2/10/2021 - Referred to House Rules

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HR71 CTE MONTH (AVELAR D)

Designates February 2021 as Career and Technical Education Month to celebrate Career and Technical Education across the State of Illinois

CURRENT STATUS 2/10/2021 - Referred to House Rules HR71 Bill Page

SB43 PENCD-BENEFIT DISTRIBUTION AGE (MARTWICK R)

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article, provides that retirement annuities shall be payable upon attainment of the required age of distribution under a specified provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (instead of age 70 1/2). In the State Universities Article, provides that if a participant is not an employee of an employer participating in the System or in a reciprocal system on April 1 of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the participant attains the age specified under a provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (instead of the age of 70 1/2), the annuity payment period shall begin on that date. In a provision of the Downstate Teacher Article concerning the required distribution of monthly survivor benefits for certain persons, provides that the distribution shall become payable on certain dates or December 1 of the calendar year in which the deceased member or annuitant would have attained age 72 (instead of 70 1/2), whichever occurs latest. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - Senate Pensions, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 10:00 AM, Virtual Room 3

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SB44 PENCD-SURS-SERVICE CALCULATION (MARTWICK R)

Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that in computing service: if a participant's first day of service begins with less than 15 days remaining in the month, the participant shall be deemed to have qualified as an employee for that entire month; and if a participant's last day of service occurs before the 15th day of the month, the participant shall be deemed to have qualified as an employee for that entire month. Provides that teaching a course or courses totaling 3 or more credit hours or lecture hours equivalent in one semester or 2 quarters shall constitute 4 months of service. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act are retroactive to 2 years before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a participant may request a recalculation of his or her service based on the changes made by the amendatory Act. Requires an employer to annually provide to each of its participating employees a statement of the amount of service the employer reported to the System for that participating employee during the preceding academic year. Provides that if a person disputes the amount of any benefit payment, the amount of service credit the benefit was based on, the formula used to calculate the benefit, the calculation of the benefit, or the information provided to the System by the employer, he or she may, within 90 days after the commencement of the benefit, apply to the System in writing for a recalculation. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 1/29/2021 - Referred to Assignments

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SB63 DCFS-YOUTH IN CARE-FAFSA-APPLY (PETERS R)

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to ensure that every youth in care who is entering his or her final year of high school has completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, if applicable, or an application for State financial aid on or after October 1, but no later than November 1, of the youth's final year of high school. Requires the Department to assist a youth in care in identifying and obtaining all documents necessary to complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, if applicable, or an application for State financial aid.

CURRENT STATUS 3/2/2021 - Senate Health, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 4:00 PM, Virtual Room 2

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SB95 PUBLIC DUTY RULE CODIFICATION (HOLMES L)

Creates the Public Duty Rule Codification Act. Contains legislative findings and a statement of legislative purpose. Provides that a local governmental entity and its employees owe no duty of care to individual members of the general public to provide governmental services.

CURRENT STATUS 2/3/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB96 GOV IMMUNITY-DATA BREACHES (HOLMES L)

Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Provides that a public entity or a public employee is not liable for injury caused by any unauthorized access to government records, data, or electronic information systems by any person or entity.

CURRENT STATUS 2/9/2021 - Assigned to Senate Judiciary

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SB101 BD HIGHER ED-COURSE MATERIALS (MURPHY L)

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall study and issue a report on the cost-saving methods and practices utilized by the public institution for improving students' timely access to required course materials and the affordability of required course materials. Sets forth the required areas of study that must be included in the report. Provides that the report from each public institution must be submitted to the Board of Higher Education or Illinois Community College Board no later than August 1, 2022. Provides that no later than February 1, 2023, the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall submit a joint report to the Governor and General Assembly that summarizes the findings from the reports submitted by public institutions. Requires the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board to post each institution's report and the joint report on their respective websites. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman SB101 Bill Page

SB108 PROCURE-INTERGOVTL AGREEMENT (FEIGENHOLTZ S)

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code does not apply to an intergovernmental agreement when the purpose of the agreement is to allow one unit of government to use space that is owned or controlled by another unit of government. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/17/2021 - Assigned to Senate Executive

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SB136 CHILD WELFARE ED STIPEND PRGM (MORRISON J)

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year, requires the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and administer the Child Welfare Education Stipend Pilot Program to provide financial assistance to students who commit to seek and maintain employment at an Illinois purchase of service agency that contracts with the Department following their graduation from a participating institution of higher education with a degree in social work. Sets forth provisions concerning an intergovernmental agreement, student eligibility and renewal, the stipend amount, the student's employment obligation, repayment of a stipend, Department and institution requirements, reporting, and rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 3/2/2021 - Senate Health, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 4:00 PM, Virtual Room 2

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SB190 HIGHER ED-HOMELESS LIAISON (HILTON S)

Creates the Higher Education Housing and Opportunities Act. Requires an institution of higher education (including a business, technical, or vocational school) to designate at least one employee who works within the financial aid department, campus housing services, or any other appropriate office or department, as may be determined by the institution, to serve as a liaison between the institution and a homeless student or student in care who is enrolled at the institution. Sets forth the responsibilities of the liaison, the Board of Higher Education, and the institution. Effective August 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 2/23/2021 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters

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SB209 PEN CD-SURS-BOARD OF TRUSTEES (MARTWICK R) Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the term of an appointed trustee shall terminate immediately upon becoming a member of the system or being sworn into an elective State office, and the position shall be considered to be vacant. Provides that an elected trustee who is incumbent on the effective date of the amendatory Act whose status as a participating employee or annuitant has terminated after having been elected shall continue to serve in the participating employee or annuitant position to which he or she was elected for the remainder of the term. Provides that trustees shall continue in office until their respective successors are appointed and have qualified, except that a trustee elected (instead of appointed) to one of the participating employee (instead of participant) positions after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be disqualified immediately upon the termination of his or her status as a participating employee (instead of participant) and a trustee elected (instead of appointed) to one of the annuitant positions after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be disqualified immediately upon the termination of his or her status as an annuitant receiving a retirement annuity. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - Senate Pensions, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 10:00 AM, Virtual Room 3

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SB217 PARKING TAX-EXEMPTIONS (CASTRO C)

Amends the Parking Excise Tax Act. Provides that the tax does not apply to: (1) a parking area or garage operated by the State, a State university, or a unit of local government; (2) the purchase of a parking space by the State, a State university, or a unit of local government for use by employees of the State, State university, or unit of local government; (3) a parking space leased to a governmental entity for use by the public; or (4) a parking area or garage owned and operated by a person engaged in the business of renting real estate and used by the lessee to park motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, or self-propelled vehicles for the lessee's own use. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - Senate Revenue, (First Hearing); Time & Location: 4:00 PM, Virtual Room 2

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SB228 NOT-FOR-PROFIT BUS ENTERPRISE (GILLESPIE A)

Creates the Not-for-Profit Business Enterprise Act. Allows for the certification of and the preference in awarding of State contracts to minority-led not-for-profit organizations, woman-led not-for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations led by a person with a disability under the Act. Provides further requirements concerning the awarding of State contracts and certification. Requires State agencies and institutions of higher education to annually file with the Business Enterprise Council a compliance plan for contracting with minority-led not-for-profit organizations, woman-led not-for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations led by a person with a disability. Provides enforcement provisions. Provides for the adoption of rules necessary to implement and enforce the requirements of the Act. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides the Business Enterprise Council with the authority and responsibility to devise a certification procedure for not-for-profit organizations and to make a list of all not-for-profit organizations legitimately classified as a minority-led not-for-profit organization, a woman-led not-for-profit organization, or a not-for-profit organization led by a person with a disability for purposes of the Not-for- Profit Business Enterprise Act. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that specified supplier diversity goal requirements under the Act apply to minority-led not-for-profit organizations, woman-led not-for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations led by a person with a disability. Defines terms. Makes other changes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Assigned to Senate Executive SB228 Bill Page

SB267 STUDENT PARENT DATA COLLECTION (VILLANUEVA C)

Creates the Student Parent Data Collection Act. Beginning September 1, 2021, requires each public institution of higher education to determine the parental status of each of its enrolled students and collect specified information about the student if the student indicates that the student is a parent. Beginning September 1, 2021, requires each public institution of higher education that operates one or more child care centers or early learning centers on its campus or is otherwise affiliated with a child care center or early learning center to collect specified information concerning the number of children served. Sets forth reporting and privacy requirements. Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Assigned to Senate Higher Education

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SB309 SCHOOL-PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY (BELT C)

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. If the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency, requires the Department of Public Health to establish metrics for school districts and public institutions of higher education to use during the public health emergency in determining if the district or institution may safely conduct in-person instruction or if the district or institution must implement remote learning or blended remote learning to keep students and staff safe. Provides that the metrics shall be enforced by the Department, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education. Requires the Department, the State Board of Education, and the Board of Higher Education to follow all guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as it pertains to schools and institutions of higher education during the public health emergency. Provides that the Department shall be responsible for providing rapid COVID-19 testing in public schools and public institutions of higher education. Amends the School Code and the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires school districts and public institutions of higher education to grant paid sick leave to their employees if they contract the illness for which the public health emergency was declared. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB312 BEP-SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS (HARRIS, III N)

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides for the awarding of sole-source contracts under $100,000,000 to certified black or African American businesses. Provides that businesses owned by black or African American persons providing specified services shall also be eligible for the benefits of the mentor prot?g? program in accordance with the federal All-Small Mentor Prot?g? Program. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments SB312 Bill Page

SB457 EQUITABLE RESTROOMS-ALL-GENDER (BUSH M)

Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any multiple-occupancy restroom may be identified as an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom and designated for use by any person of any gender. Requires that an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom must include specified signage, stall dividers, and partitions for urinals. Provides that any multiple-occupancy restroom may be converted into an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom. Provides that, if a facility commences construction, or commences alterations exceeding 50% of the facility, and implements an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom, the all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom must satisfy or include specified requirements. Requires certain newly constructed or previously existing restrooms to be designated as all-gender multiple-occupancy restrooms. Provides that, where a person or entity must meet female-to-male ratio requirements, each individual toilet stall in an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom may be counted toward the required number of either female or male toilet stalls. Provides that during any inspection of a facility by a health officer, health inspector, or building inspector, the health officer, health inspector, or building inspector may inspect the facility to determine whether it complies with the provisions. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Defines "multiple-occupancy restroom". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/19/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB482 OPEN MEETINGS-REMOTE MEETINGS (CASTRO C)

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Modifies the requirements by which an open or closed meeting may be conducted by audio or video conference without the physical presence of a quorum of the members. Makes conforming changes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/23/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB497 SCH CD-LICENSE-STIPULATIONS (BARICKMAN J)

Amends the School Code. Provides that a career and technical educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has a minimum of 30 (rather than 60) semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/23/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

SB497 Bill Page SB558 COLLEGE SAVINGS POOL-EXPENSES (CROWE R)

Amends the State Treasurer Act. Modifies provisions concerning the College Savings Pool. Provides that "qualified expenses" includes qualified higher education expenses as defined under the Internal Revenue Code.

CURRENT STATUS 2/23/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB572 HIGHER ED-IN-STATE TUITION (VILLIVALAM R)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to deem a dependent student whose parent or guardian holds an H-1B visa or Permanent Resident Card an Illinois resident for tuition purposes if the student satisfies other conditions that determine Illinois residency for tuition purposes. Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 2/23/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB576 HIGHER ED-CLASSES ON ELEC DAY (VILLANUEVA C)

Amends various acts relating to the governance of public universities and community college districts in Illinois. Prohibits public universities and community colleges from holding any classes on the day of a general primary election or general election, as established by the Election Code. Allows public universities and community colleges to remain open for other purposes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/23/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB587 HIGHER ED-IL VETERAN GRANT (HASTINGS M)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Illinois Veteran grant program. Provides that a grant recipient is not required to pay any tuition or mandatory fees while attending a State-controlled university or public community college in this State for a period that is based on the length of his or her active duty service, as verified on his or her U.S. Department of Defense form DD-214, calculated at specified credit hour rates (rather than for a period that is equivalent to 4 years of full-time enrollment, including summer terms). Provides that a grant may be transferred to a qualified dependent beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year. Amends the School Code to make a related change. Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB611 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE-VETERANS (WILCOX C)

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Modifies the provisions of the Act to apply to veterans and veteran-owned businesses. Modifies a Section concerning the short title. Changes the title of the Act to the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, Veterans, and Persons with Disabilities Act, and makes conforming changes throughout various statutes referencing the title of the Act. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Removes a provision concerning procurement preferences for veterans and veteran-owned businesses. Applies administrative penalties for falsely certified businesses to minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with a disability. Defines terms. Makes conforming changes in various statutes concerning minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with a disability. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB637 HIGHER ED-COLLEGE PROMISE (MURPHY L)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to implement and administer a program, beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, to award College Promise grants to Illinois residents seeking an associate degree, certificate, or diploma from an institution of higher learning or a not-for-profit private business or vocational school. Sets forth the terms and conditions of the program. Effective July 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB641 HIGHER ED VETERANS SERVICE ACT (MURPHY L)

Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. With regard to the requirement to advertise the office location and phone number of and Internet access to the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel and Student Services, provides that the advertisement must also include the website and any social media accounts of the public college or university. Requires each public college and university to annually report to the Board of Higher Education on the efforts of the public college or university in attracting, recruiting, and retaining veterans and military personnel. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

SB641 Bill Page SB661 HIGHER ED-SOCIAL WORK/EDUCATOR (GILLESPIE A)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to award Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scholarships to an individual who has a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social work license or social work license and a Master of Social Work degree for the purpose of obtaining a Professional Educator License with an endorsement in social work. Sets forth various terms and conditions of the scholarship, including that a recipient of the scholarship must work at a public or nonpublic not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or secondary school located in this State for at least 2 of the 5 years immediately following the recipient's graduation or termination of studies. Effective January 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB662 HIGHER ED-SOCIAL WORKER-GRANT (GILLESPIE A)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the School Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications from eligible social workers who are employed by a public elementary or secondary school in this State to encourage a grant recipient to use the financial assistance for the repayment of educational loans. Sets forth eligibility and other requirements. Effective July 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB686 VETERAN GRANT PROGRM-DEPENDENT (HASTINGS M)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that an Illinois Veteran grant may be transferred to a qualified dependent beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year if, among other requirements, the qualified dependent's spouse or parent has served at least 8 years combined of federal active duty service or Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve Service. Effective July 1, 2021.

CURRENT STATUS 2/25/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB1526 COM COL-CHICAGO-ELECT BOARD (AQUINO O)

Amends the Election Code. Provides for the election of the board of trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago, Illinois Community College District No. 508, at the general primary election in 2022 on a nonpartisan ballot. Provides that a member of the board of trustees shall be elected at each consolidated election thereafter. Makes related changes. Amends the Public Community College Act. Sets forth provisions concerning nominating petitions and ballots. Provides that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 trustee districts by the General Assembly for seats on the board of trustees, in addition to one at-large trustee. Provides that in the year following each decennial census, the General Assembly shall redistrict the trustee districts to reflect the results of each decennial census. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB1584 BEP-AWARD OF CONTRACTS (HARRIS, III N)

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Modifies the percentages of the total dollar amount of State contracts required to be established as an aspirational goal to be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to by rule further establish committed diversity aspirational goals (currently, numbers) for State contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Makes conforming changes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB1610 HIGHR ED-SEXUAL VIOLENCE-SURVY (CUNNINGHAM B)

Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Requires each higher education institution to annually conduct a sexual misconduct climate survey of all students at the institution. Provides that each institution's sexual misconduct climate survey shall include the Board of Higher Education's base survey. Requires each institution to compile a summary of the results of the sexual misconduct climate survey and submit the summary to the Board, as well as publish the summary on the institution's website. Creates the Task Force on Campus Sexual Misconduct Climate Surveys to develop and recommend to the Board the base survey for distribution to institutions and to provide the Board with any related recommendations regarding the content, timing, and application of the base survey. Sets forth other requirements concerning the Task Force and the sexual misconduct climate survey. Includes penalty provisions. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB1639 HIGHER ED-DIRECT ADMISSIONS (ROSE C)

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish an online statewide direct admissions program to provide more high school seniors with the opportunity to obtain a postsecondary certificate or degree. Provides that the Board shall receive the grades of each high school student from district uploads to the Board. Provides that a student shall receive conditional acceptance to a public university or to a public community college based on his or her grade point average and college entrance examination scores relative to the benchmark grade point average and college entrance examination score set by the Board. Sets forth additional provisions of the program. Effective January 1, 2023. CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB1641 HGHER ED-ICCB&ISAC CONSOLIDATE (ROSE C)

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act, the Public Community College Act, and the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Increases the membership of the Board of Higher Education and makes other changes to the Board's membership. Provides that the Board may require the elimination of any program of instruction, research, or public service at a public university that exhibits a trend of low performance. Provides that, in evaluating a programmatic expansion or new program at a public institution of higher education, the Board, prior to approving the expansion or program, shall make certain findings about the region and the higher education infrastructure in this State. Provides that all of the rights, powers, duties, and functions vested by law in the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission are transferred to the Board of Higher Education on January 1, 2022. Abolishes the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and provides for the transfer of personnel and property on that date.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB1643 HIGHER ED-MAP GRANT/COMM COLL (ROSE C)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that an applicant enrolled in a certificate program offered by a public community college is eligible for a Monetary Award Program grant until he or she completes the certificate program, provided that the certificate program provides certification for employment in a high-demand industry in which the holder of the certificate can expect to find, within 3 months following the award of the certificate, employment that offers a salary of at least $50,000 annually. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB1784 EDUCATION-MODEST SPORT UNIFORM (MURPHY L)

Amends the School Code and various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each school district, public university, and community college district must allow a student athlete to modify his or her athletic or team uniform for the purpose of modesty in clothing or attire that is in accordance with the requirements of his or her religion. Provides that a modification to the uniform may include, but is not limited to, the wearing of a hijab, an undershirt, or leggings. Provides that the student is responsible for all costs associated with the modification of the uniform, but allows a school or institution of higher education to provide the modification to its students. Provides that the school or the institution must approve the request from a student to modify the uniform to ensure that the modification does not pose a safety hazard to the student or to other athletes or players. Sets forth requirements for modified headgear. Effective immediately. CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB1832 COM COL-BACHELOR'S DEGREE (PACIONE-ZAYAS C)

Amends the Public Community College Act. Allows the board of trustees of a community college district to establish and offer a baccalaureate-level early childhood education program and confer a bachelor of applied science degree in early childhood education and a Professional Educator License with endorsements in early childhood education and early childhood special education under certain conditions. Provides for an application for approval from the Illinois Community College Board. Sets forth college requirements and prohibitions. Provides that a candidate for educator licensure must successfully complete applicable testing requirements prior to the issuance of an educator license and any endorsements. Provides for a statewide evaluation of such programs.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2014 HIGHER ED-MENTAL HEALTH-STU ID (CULLERTON T)

Amends the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Provides that if a public higher education institution issues student identification cards to its students, the institution must provide contact information for certain suicide prevention and mental health resources on each student identification card. Provides that if an institution does not issue student identification cards to its students, the institution must publish the contact information on its website. Effective July 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2055 HGHER ED-EARLY CHILDHOOD GRANT (AQUINO O)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall implement and administer a program to award Early Childhood Workforce Free College grants to all eligible child care workers seeking to enroll in an eligible postsecondary institution; defines terms. Specifies grant eligibility and amount, renewal requirements, and repayment requirements. Requires the Illinois Early Learning Council to establish the Early Childhood Workforce Free College Advisory Committee to advise the Commission on all matters relating to the program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Early Childhood Workforce Free College Fund. Effective immediately.

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SB2141 HIGHR ED-RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION (MCCONCHIE D)

Amends the Private College Act and the Academic Degree Act. Exempts a religious institution from the Board of Higher Education's educational requirements, standards, or demands under the Acts and Part 1030 of Title 23 of the Illinois Administrative Code if the religious institution meets certain conditions.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2185 HIGHER ED-ADMISSIONS-CRIM HIST (SIMS E)

Creates the Criminal History in College Applications Act. Prohibits a college from inquiring about or considering an applicant's criminal history information until after a provisional offer of admission has been made. Sets forth provisions concerning multi- institution applications, criminal history inquiries after a provisional offer of admission, an appeals process, and the provision of information about education, licensing, and employment barriers for people with criminal records.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2206 LOCAL-DISCLOSE EXPENDITURES (PLUMMER J)

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall compile a list of each entity, address of each entity, product or service supplied by each entity, and amount paid to each entity for any expenditure of government funds greater than $3,000 from the unit of local government during a fiscal year. Provides that the list shall continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of entities that were paid an expenditure greater than $3,000. Provides that the unit of local government shall publish on its website, if it has one, the compiled list and shall update the list at least annually. Provides that, if the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government shall publish the list, on an annual basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located. Limits home rule powers.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2207 LOCAL-COMPENSATION POSTING (PLUMMER J) Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall compile a list of the pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor, and other personnel of the unit of local government whose accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000 during each fiscal year. Provides that the list shall continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of persons being paid at least $1,000. Provides that the unit of local government shall publish on its website, if it has one, the compiled list and shall update the list at least annually. Provides that, if the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government shall publish the list, on an annual basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located. Limits home rule powers.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2246 OPEN MEETINGS-REMOTE MEETINGS (KOEHLER D)

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Modifies the requirements by which an open or closed meeting may be conducted by audio or video conference without the physical presence of a quorum of the members. Makes conforming changes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2291 KNOW BEFORE YOU OWE ED LOANS (BENNETT S)

Creates the Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act. Requires private educational lenders to obtain from the relevant institution of higher education at which the borrower will use the loan proceeds certifications regarding cost, enrollment status of the borrower, and financial assistance available to the borrower. Provides that private educational lenders must file reports with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Student Loan Ombudsman. Provides that loan statements must be provided not less frequently than quarterly. Requires institutions of higher education to certify compliance with provisions of the Act to the Board of Higher Education or Illinois Community College Board as a condition to operate. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2302 HIGHER ED-SOCIAL WORK/EDUCATOR (GILLESPIE A)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to award Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scholarships to an individual who has a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social work license or social work license and a Master of Social Work degree for the purpose of obtaining a Professional Educator License with an endorsement in social work. Sets forth various terms and conditions of the scholarship, including that a recipient of the scholarship must work at a public or nonpublic not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or secondary school located in the State for at least 2 of the 5 years immediately following the recipient's graduation or termination of studies. Effective January 1, 2022. CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2303 EDUC-NONVOTING BOARD MEMBER (GILLESPIE A)

Amends the School Code. Provides that each board of school directors shall appoint one nonvoting member who is a teacher employed by the school district under the jurisdiction of the board. Provides that the teacher member shall have the privilege of casting advisory votes and shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the right to make and second motions and to attend executive sessions, other than the right to vote. Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that each board of trustees shall have one nonvoting member who is a faculty member employed by the community college district under the jurisdiction of the board. Provides that the faculty member shall have the privilege of casting advisory votes and shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the right to make and second motions and to attend executive sessions, other than the right to vote. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2305 HIGHER ED-SOCIAL WORKER-GRANT (GILLESPIE A)

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the School Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment grant program. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications from eligible social workers who are employed by a public elementary or secondary school district in the State. Relative thereto, the grant program may encourage a grant recipient to use the financial assistance for the repayment of educational loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Effective July 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2343 BEP-GOOD FAITH EFFORT (LIGHTFORD K)

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Defines "good faith effort" for purposes of the Act. Provides factors for determining whether a good faith effort has been made for purposes of granting a waiver under the Act. Provides for a uniform standard of contract goals for State agencies, public institutions of higher education, and other departments. Specifies further requirements concerning the uniform standard of contract goals. Provides that the terms of every contract entered into by a State agency or public institution of higher education for purposes of the Act shall include a provision requiring vendors who fail to comply with a utilization plan to return all funds paid to that vendor with an expectation of compliance. Provides that the Business Enterprise Council may (rather than shall) grant a waiver under specified circumstances. Makes conforming changes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments SB2343 Bill Page

SB2356 OPEN MEETINGS-SESSION MINUTES (CURRAN J)

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that each public body shall periodically (currently, specifies no less than semi-annually) meet to review minutes of all closed meetings. Provides that meetings to review minutes shall occur every 6 months, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, taking into account the nature and meeting schedule of the public body. Provides that committees which are ad hoc in nature shall review closed session minutes at the later of (1) 6 months from the date of the last review of closed session minutes or (2) at the next scheduled meeting of the ad hoc committee. Provides that when a public body is dissolved, disbanded, eliminated, or consolidated by executive action, legislative action, or referendum, the governing body of the unit of local government in which the public body was located shall review the closed session minutes of that public body.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2405 BEP-CERTIFICATION (HARRIS, III N)

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires disclosure of financial interests for all bids and offers from responsive bidders, offerors, vendors, or contractors with an annual value in excess of the specified small purchase threshold under the Code (currently, more than $50,000). Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that business firms with gross sales in excess of $75,000,000 that are granted certification by the Business Enterprise Council shall be granted certification for the life of the contract including available renewals. Provides further requirements concerning the cure of deficiencies in specified solicitations. Provides for automatic certification under the Act. Requires the Business Enterprise Council to develop and maintain a repository for specified non-certified vendors. Makes conforming and other changes.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2423 PROPERTY TAX-VENDOR REPORT (HARRIS, III N)

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that any taxing district that has an aggregate property tax levy of more than $5,000,000 for the applicable levy year shall make a good faith effort to collect and electronically publish data from all vendors and subcontractors doing business with the taxing district as to whether the vendor or subcontractor is a minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned business or whether the vendor or subcontractor is a small business. Preempts the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

SB2423 Bill Page SB2478 BEP-DISADVANTAGED PERSONS (VILLIVALAM R)

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that certain economically disadvantaged persons, among other specified individuals, are considered minority persons under the Act. Provides additional requirements concerning qualification as a socially disadvantaged person. Defines "economically disadvantaged person". Provides requirements concerning qualification as an economically disadvantaged person. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2022.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2500 COM COL-ELECT-BD OF TRUSTEES (MARTWICK R)

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for a new board of trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago beginning with the 2023 consolidated election. Sets forth provisions concerning nominating petitions and ballots. Provides that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 trustee districts by the General Assembly for seats on the board of trustees, in addition to one at-large trustee. Provides that the City of Chicago trustee districts must be drawn on or before May 31, 2022. Provides that in the year following each decennial census, the General Assembly shall redistrict the trustee districts to reflect the results of each decennial census. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2516 STUDENT ATHLETE ENDORSEMENTS (ROSE C)

Creates the Student Athlete Endorsement Act. Prohibits (i) an institution of higher learning from upholding any rule, requirement, standard, or other limitation that prevents a student athlete of that institution from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness and earning compensation from the use of a student athlete's name, image, or likeness from affecting the student's scholarship eligibility; (ii) an athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing a student athlete of an institution from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness; (iii) an athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing an institution from participating in intercollegiate athletics as a result of the compensation of a student athlete for the use of the student's name, image, or likeness; and (iv) an institution, athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from providing a prospective student athlete with compensation in relation to the athlete's name, image, or likeness. Sets forth provisions concerning professional representation and contracts. Effective January 1, 2024.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

SB2516 Bill Page SB2547 EDUC-FAMILY LEAVE ELIGIBILITY (BUSH M)

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public schools, public universities, and public community colleges in Illinois. Provides that an employee of a school district, public university, or community college district who has been employed for at least 12 months and who has worked at least 1,000 hours in the previous 12-month period shall be eligible for family and medical leave under the same terms and conditions as leave provided to eligible employees under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SB2553 LOCAL OFFICIAL VACANCY POSTING (BUSH M)

Creates the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if it has one, and the county clerk shall also post the vacancy on its website. Provides that the posting shall remain on each website until the vacancy is filled. Limits home rule powers.

CURRENT STATUS 2/26/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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SJ2 HIGHER ED-ADJUNCTS (MARTWICK R)

Urges that adjuncts/non-tenure/part-time instructors in institutions of higher education be treated with the same respect, recognition, value, and standards as full-time instructors.

CURRENT STATUS 1/29/2021 - Referred to Assignments

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SR56 CTE MONTH (LOUGHRAN CAPPEL M)

Designates February 2021 as Career and Technical Education Month to celebrate Career and Technical Education across the State of Illinois

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SR107 POSTSECONDARY/WORKFORCE READY (LOUGHRAN CAPPEL M)

Encourages high schools across the State to participate in the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness program to help address key barriers to the successful transition of Illinois high school students into college and careers.

CURRENT STATUS 2/25/2021 - Referred to Senate Assignments

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