Bill NumberSenate SponsoHouse Sponsor

Party

Public Act

SB 1102

Connelly

Anthony

PA 99-0461

HB 1260

Biss

Williams

PA 99-0503

HB 5913

Harmon

D'Amico

PA 99-0504

SB 0637

Link

Currie

PA 99-0511

SB 2589

Munoz

Acevedo

PA 99-0512

HB 4517

Harris

Davis

PA 99-0527

HB 4826

Weaver

D. Harris

PA 99-0530

SB 1120

Anderson

Franks

PA 99-0534

SB 2459

Syverson

Fortner

PA 99-0535

SB 2787

Rose

Davidsmeyer

PA 99-0537

SB 2813

Forby

Bradley

PA 99-0538

SB 2918

Cunningham Reis

PA 99-0540

SB 2920

Hutchinson

Tabares

PA 99-0541

SB 2963

Koehler

Fortner

PA 99-0543

HB 0538

Biss

Fine

PA 99-0545

HB 4562

Martinez

Hernandez

PA 99-0548

HB 5593

Bush

Lang

PA 99-0553

HB 5594

Bush

Lang

PA 99-0554

HB 5602

Nybo

Unes

PA 99-0555

HB 5607

Link

Lang

PA 99-0556

HB 5756

Hastings

Cabello

PA 99-0557

SB 2160

Sullivan

Bradley

PA 99-0560

SB 2260

Hastings

Currie

PA 99-0562

SB 2331

Biss

C. Mitchell

PA 99-0566

SB 2354

Haine

Martwick

PA 99-0567

SB 2358

Mulroe

Martwick

PA 99-0569

SB 2601

Hunter

Harper

PA 99-0574

SB 2783

Link

Jackson

PA 99-0577

SB 2900

Martinez

Zalewski

PA 99-0581

SB 2956

Holmes

Williams

PA 99-0582

SB 3104

Althof

Jeisel

PA 99-0584

SB 0210

Manar

Bourne

PA 99-0585

HB 4715

Radogno

Durkin

PA 99-0586

HB 6083

Radogno

Bryant

PA 99-0587

HB 6181

Martinez

Willis

PA 99-0591

HB 2262

Rose

B. Mitchell

PA 99-0595

HB 3239

Martinez

Andrade

PA 99-0597

HB 4105

Hastings

Cloonen

PA 99-0598

HB 4327

Althof

Bellock

PA 99-0599

HB 4330

Martinez

Wheeler

PA 99-0600

HB 4379

T. Cullerton

McSweeney

PA 99-0604

HB 4387

Althof

Wehrli

PA 99-0605

HB 4697

Hastings

Nekrtiz

PA 99-0609

HB 4999

Connelly

Guzzardi

PA 99-0610

HB 5696

Mulroe

Cassidy

PA 99-0612

HB 5723

Harris

Davis

PA 99-0613

SB 2252

Stadelman

Wallace

PA 99-0618

SB 2303

Steans

G. Harris

PA 99-0620

SB 2332

Biss

Nekritz

PA 99-0621

SB 2343

Biss

Williams

PA 99-0622

SB 2512

Steans

Breen

PA 99-0625

SB 2741

Haine

Beiser

PA 99-0627

SB 2777

Raoul

Nekritz

PA 99-0628

SB 2876

Nybo

Sandack

PA 99-0629

SB 2880

Connelly

Sandack

PA 99-0630

SB 2907

Stadelman

Wallace

PA 99-0631

SB 2984

Martinez

Moeller

PA 99-0632

SB 2985

Martinez

Moffitt

PA 99-0633

SB 3082

Trotter

Feigenholtz

PA 99-0635

SB 3301

Rose

Fortner

PA 99-0636

HB 4425

Barickman

Pritchard

PA 99-0638

HB 5527

Link

Manley

PA 99-0641

HB 5566

Trotter

Sims

PA 99-0643

HB 5651

Harris

Bennett

PA 99-0644

HB 5781

Connelly

Bellock

PA 99-0648

HB 5930

McConnaugheyBreen

PA 99-0652

HB 5933

Biss

Gabel

PA 99-0653

HB 6010

Mulroe

Stewart

PA 99-0656

SB 2704

Rose

Bellock

PA 99-0661

SB 2805

Barickman

Hofman

PA 99-0662

SB 2806

McConnaughayTryon

PA 99-0663

HB 0114

Delgado

Flowers

PA 99-0664

HB 1437

Jones

Franks

PA 99-0666

HB 4606

Harris

W. Davis

PA 99-0670

HB 5472

Hutchinson

Gordon-Booth

PA 99-0671

HB 5576

Hutchinson

Nekritz

PA 99-0672

HB 5660

Mulroe

Martwick

PA 99-0673

HB 5775

Mulroe

Martwick

PA 99-0675

HB 5945

Sandoval

Tabares

PA 99-0679

HB 5948

Haine

Zalewski

PA 99-0680

HB 6006

McGuire

D'Amico

PA 99-0681

HB 6060

Mulroe

Rita

PA 99-0684

SB 0211

Mulroe

Cabello

PA 99-0685

SB 0384

Munoz

Sims

PA 99-0687

SB 0629

Biss

D'Amico

PA 99-0689

SB 1564

Biss

Gabel

PA 99-0690

SB 2155

Cunningham Burke

PA 99-0691

SB 2157

Cunningham Burke

PA 99-0692

SB 2158

Cunningham Burke

PA 99-0693

SB 2159

Cunningham Burke

PA 99-0694

SB 2174

Cunningham Breen

PA 99-0695

SB 2407

Hutchinson

Gordon-Booth

PA 99-0700

SB 2743

Harmon

Burke

PA 99-0705

HB 4462

Nybo

Mussman

PA 99-0711

HB 6086

T. Cullerton

Kifowit

PA 99-0716

HB 6109

Morrison

McAulife

PA 99-0718

HB 6123

Koehler

Smiddy

PA 99-0719

HB 6131

Morrison

Hurley

PA 99-0720

HB 6190

Cunningham Zalewski

PA 99-0724

HB 6225

Hutchinson

Sullivan

PA 99-0726

HB 6226

Sandoval

Hofman

PA 99-0727

HB 6245

Haine

Rita

PA 99-0728

HB 6285

Bush

Moeller

PA 99-0731

HB 6287

Mulroe

Nekritz

PA 99-0732

SB 0321

Holmes

Chapa LaVia

PA 99-0733

SB 2533

Cunningham Burke

PA 99-0736

SB 2833

Jones

Martwick

PA 99-0739

SB 2835

Manar

Scherer

PA 99-0740

SB 2840

Silverstein

Franks

PA 99-0742

SB 2842

Silverstein

Lang

PA 99-0743

SB 2906

Stadelman

Wallace

PA 99-0746

SB 2972

Harmon

Davis

PA 99-0747

SB 3106

Morrison

Sims

PA 99-0752

SB 3166

Mulroe

Lang

PA 99-0753

SB 3284

Hutchinson

Mitchell

PA 99-0754

HB 1288

Silverstein

Hernandez

PA 99-0758

HB 3363

Martinez

Andrade

PA 99-0760

HB 3554

Harmon

Guzzardi

PA 99-0762

HB 3898

Mulroe

Martwick

PA 99-0763

HB 4036

Hutchinson

Lilly

PA 99-0765

HB 4264

Cunningham Hurley

PA 99-0766

HB 4447

Mulroe

Burke

PA 99-0769

HB 4554

Link

Flowers

PA 99-0772

HB 4576

Mulroe

Harper

PA 99-0773

HB 4683

Nybo

Bellock

PA 99-0778

HB 4966

Hunter

Wallace

PA 99-0779

HB 5603

Link

G. Harris

PA 99-0784

HB 5912

Noland

Moeller

PA 99-0785

HB 6331

Cunningham Cassidy

PA 99-0787

SB 2300

Trotter

Gabel

PA 99-0790

SB 2823

Koehler

Unes

PA 99-0794

SB 2861

Hastings

D. Harris

PA 99-0796

SB 2875

Nybo

Sandack

PA 99-0798

SB 3096

Bennett

McAsey

PA 99-0801

HB 4344

Bertino-TarrantBatinick

PA 99-0802

HB 4432

Weaver

Moffitt

PA 99-0804

HB 4433

Morrison

Turner

PA 99-0805

HB 5018

Anderson

Hammond

PA 99-0808

HB 5402

Hastings

Acevedo

PA 99-0809

HB 5538

Bush

Jesiel

PA 99-0810

HB 5649

Barickman

Bennett

PA 99-0812

HB 6149

Bush

Frese

PA 99-0814

SB 2431

Cunningham McAulife

PA 99-0815

SB 3129

Cullerton, T

Anthony

PA 99-0817

HB 5924

Silverstein

Fine

PA 99-0821

HB 4318

Anderson

Moffitt

PA 99-0823

SB 2975

Cunningham Costello

PA 99-0826

HB 4257

Holmes

Kifowit

PA 99-0829

HB 4259

Bertino-TarrantMoylan

PA 99-0830

HB 4590

Hutchinson

PA 99-0832

Williams

HB 4641

Raoul

Feigenholtz

PA 99-0833

HB 5017

Raoul

Wheeler

PA 99-0835

HB 5551

Raoul

Williams

PA 99-0836

HB 5656

Althof

Hammond

PA 99-0838

HB 5918

Martinez

Thapedi

PA 99-0840

HB 6162

Collins

Skoog

PA 99-0841

SB 0232

Morrison

Andrade

PA 99-0845

SB 2359

Mulroe

Martwick

PA 99-0849

SB 2393

Harmon

Pritchard

PA 99-0850

SB 2929

Mulroe

Rita

PA 99-0857

SB 3163

Van Pelt

Currie

PA 99-0860

SB 3164

Connelly

Stewart

PA 99-0861

SB 3335

Rose

Mussman

PA 99-0862

HB 4315

Manar

Butler

PA 99-0865

HB 4604

Luechtefeld

Cavaletto

PA 99-0866

HB 5788

Luechtefeld

Meier

PA 99-0867

SB 2410

Anderson

Bourne

PA 99-0868

SB 3003

Cunningham Costello

PA 99-0869

HB 2569

Link

Cabello

PA 99-0871

HB 4515

Harmon

Lilly

PA 99-0872

HB 5572

Raoul

Sims

PA 99-0873

HB 5771

Harmon

Currie

PA 99-0875

HB 5973

Raoul

Evans

PA 99-0876

HB 6200

Collins

Ammons

PA 99-0878

HB 6291

Raoul

Nekritz

PA 99-0879

HB 6328

Collins

Turner

PA 99-0881

SB 2370

Van Pelt

Currie

PA 99-0882

SB 2885

Silverstein

Sims

PA 99-0883

SB 0042

Martinez

Lilly

PA 99-0886

SB 1582

Nybo

Durkin

PA 99-0888

SB 2357

Syverson

Sullivan

PA 99-0891

SB 2610

Mulroe

Durkin

PA 99-0892

HB 4633

Haine

Martwick

PA 99-0893

SB 0320

Trotter

Feigenholtz

PA 99-0894

SB 0420

Steans

Currie

PA 99-0895

SB 0805

Harris

Mayfield

PA 99-0896

SB 2156

Cunningham Burke

PA 99-0897

SB 2306

Steans

Gabel

PA 99-0898

SB 2340

Lightford

Wallace

PA 99-0899

SB 2804

Biss

Welch

PA 99-0903

SB 2989

Clayborne

Hofman

PA 99-0904

Description

Category

Prohibits the state or any local government from indemnifying or

providing legal representation for any employee in a criminal
proceeding arising out of the employee's government employment

State Gov

Classifies online logins, biometric data and health info as protected

information; updates how groups notify the public of a data breach

Consumers

Requires licensed plumbers to complete 4 hours of continuing

education each year

Labor

Makes changes to Illinois law to comply with federal REAL ID

regulations

Transportation

Provides the Director of the Insurance Department greater authority

and oversight for approving risk retention groups corporate
Insurance
governance procedures and structures
Eliminates the Center for Comprehensive Health Planning
Regional teams that investigate fatalities of elders shall meet not
less than 4 times a year (currently 6 times a year) to discuss cases
for possible review

State Gov
Human Services

Makes it a felony if over $500 in rental equipment is not returned

within 3 days after the rental period has expired

Consumer

Allows use of video conferencing equipment in hearings concerning

use of psychotropic medicine or electroconvulsive therapy

Health

Requires that health carriers submit reports to Director of Insurance

by June 1 instead of March 1.

State Gov

Amends Coal Mining Act. Adds definition for recorder. Makes changes
Energy
concerning mine examinations, including timing and scope, etc.
Provides that if specified notice is submitted then an employer may
request that the unused portion of a terminated licensee's pesticide
Environment
applicator or operator license term be transferred to a newly certified
or re-certified individual.
Makes changes to the composition of the Commission on
Environmental Justice

Environment

Asserts that the state has implemented an aluminum can recycling

program

Safety

Designates the pirogue -- a long narrow canoe made from a single

tree trunk -- as the official state artifact

State Gov

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to increase the amount of civil
Civil Law
penalities for civil rights violations related to real estate transactions
Substance abuse programs licensed by DHS must provide
educational info on opioid treatment options, including use of
medication for opioid addiction and overdose, how to administer
naloxone.

Public Health

If defendant needs opioid abuse or addiction treatment, court shall

require them to participate in prescribed drug treatments under care Public Health
of licensed physician
Changes the Nursing Home Care Act; if DPH fails to provide a written
explanation as to why evidence was insufficient to refute a informal
dispute resolution (IDR)
Health
finding the receipt will be cited for the dispute and no penalty can be
imposed
Allows US savings bonds to be declared abandoned after being
unclaimed and unreedemed 5 years after final maturity and allows
the treasurer to obtain a judicial determination that the bond has
been reverted to the state

State Gov

Provides no unlawful discrimination occur in the Illinois National

Guard and clarifies duties of offices in the National Guard

State Gov

Extends sunset date on valuation of vegetative filter strips to

December 31, 2026
Changes reporting requirements for Treasurer reporting warrants to
Comptroller

State Gov

Clarifies that Medicaid managed care entities include business

associates; allows the entities and business associates to
communicate directly with clients regarding care coordination
activities

Health

Expands the topics the board of managers may discuss in closed

executive meetings related to condominiums

Business

Requires that any assignment of a developer's interest be received in

Housing
writing and recorded before it is efective
Extends the time frame for the filing of a motion to vacate to 60 days
after the discharge of probation once alcohol or drug treatment as a
condition of probation has been completed
Considers unclaimed property abandoned after 5 yrs

Civil Law

Expands the role of Physician Assistants ("PAs") and Advance

Practice Nurses ("APNs") throughout various Acts, by allowing them
Health
to perform many duties, or hold positions normally reserved only for
physicians or those similarly situated.

Requires buildings to be more accessible to individuals with

disabilities

Health

Makes the failure of reporting apprenticeship reports a violation for

entities subject to the State Construction Minority and Female
Building Trades Act

Business

Bans the sale of "bath salts" and allows local gov'ts to revoke a
retailer's license if a violation occurs

Crim Law

Allows courts to fine public bodies between $2,500 and $10,000 if

they willfuly and intentionally failed to comply with FOIA and also
allows for a $1,000 daily fine if the public body fails to comply with
the court's order after 30 days; if public body fails to act within 30
days to address FOIA, presumed to have willfully failed to comply;

Judiciary

Changes the statute of limitations for wrongful death claims

State Gov

Statesthat, if a teacher earns more than the required number of

professional development hours
during a renewal cycle, the teacher may carry over any hours earned Education
from April 1 to June 30 of the last year of
the renewal cycle
Creates options for satisfying the $2,000,000 liability insurance for
school bus drivers

Safety

Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code by

allowing 17 year olds to run for election as a community resident of a Education
Local School Council (LSC)
Allows motorcycles rear lights to be blue

Transportation

Requires DCFS to provide information on respite care, etc. when an

investigation of alleged child abuse does not result in the placement State Gov
of a child outside the home
Requires state higher education institutions to accept the State Seal
of Bilteracy as the equivalent of two years of foreign language taken
Higher Education
during high school; also requires state higher education institutions
to establish criteria to translate a seal into course credit
Requires non-home run units of local government, school districts
and community college districts to regulate travel expenses

Local Government

Changes the Illinois Aeronautics Act to require pilots to register their

Transportation
federal flying credentials with the state for a one time $20 fee
Provides protections for owners or beneficiary of a land trust

Family

Prohibits an employer or prospective employer to request or require

an employee or applicant to authenticate or access a personal online Labor
account in the presence of the employer
Defines "acceptable technological means"

Civil Law

Provides that a person convicted of operating a vehicle without an

insurance policy shall be guilty of a petty ofense instead of a
business ofense

Transportation

Requires police to accept currency for cash bail or bail deposits

Crim Law

Requires excess balances in certain funds to be transferred to GRF

by Aug. 31

Approp

Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt

Human Services
rules for clinical social workers
Limits police use of stingray devices to track cell phones; use only to
track location of or identify communications devices, not listen in;
Consumers
need detailed court order and non-target data must be deleted
within 24 hours
Ensures the parent, guardian or responsible relative of abused
minors relay contact information for the minor's living relatives to
DCFS

Family

Allows an association to correct any of its community instrument law

inconsistencies by way of a two-thirds vote of the board of directors, Local Gov
without a membership vote
Prohibits minors from being committed to DJJ facilities for committing
Crim Law
crimes that are not felonies or for certain non-violent felonies
Adds criminal ofense of money laundering to list of ofenses that can
be joined into one count of an indictment, rather than prosecuted
Crim Law
separately
Allows for remote CCTV testimony for minors, persons w/ disabilities
Crim law
in crim sex assault cases
Increases the threshold amount for property damage for a
misdemeanor or felony from $300 to $500
Makes changes to the Electrologist Licensing Act
Removes language prohibiting a genetic counselor from providing
genetic counseling without a referral
Defines "amputations"
Requires allcourses approved forIllinois Articulation Initiative Gen
Ed. Codes must be transferable as part of the Gen. Ed. Core
Curriculum Package.

Crim Law
State Gov
Health
Health
Ed

Creates procedures to coordinate with federal regulations if children

Family
of military parents sufer child abuse
Requires tax preparers to provide their PTIN on any return they
prepared and filed with the Department of Revenue

State Gov

Expands P-20 Council's duties to make higher education afordable.

Allows vehicle owner's to select their birthday as the vehicle's
registration expiration date

Higher Ed
Transportation

Allows police officers and coroners to dispose unused meds found at

the scene of death after consulting law enforcement investigatng the
Crim Law
death; ; medication shall be retained in the event an autopsy is
performed for toxicological analysis purposes
Requires IDES to monitor the employment progress of minorities and
women in the workforce; Requires nursing agencies to perform
State Gov
background checks on nurse aides through the Health Care Worker
Registry; shall issue biennial report rather than annual
Removes provisions giving the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council
responsibility to develop, in collaboration with the Department of
Agriculture, a label and certification program.

Ag

The ofense of vehicular endangerment includes striking a motor

vehicle by causing an object to fall from an overpass in the direction
Crim Law
of a moving vehicle with the intent to strike a motor vehicle while it
is traveling upon a highway in this state
Clarifies the definitions of clinical observation and medical
monitoring for EMS personnel

Health

Adds two members to the Illinois Electronic Recording Commission.

Business

Raises the fine for for violating railroad crossing laws

Transportation

Requires DCFS to file case plans every 6 months after a minor has
been appointed to a guardian; Requires IDJJ to notify the court of a
critical incident involving a youth committed to the dept within 10
days

Crim Law

Requires the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority toreport

the number of persons arrested and released without charging, and
the racial and ethnic composition of those persons.

Crim Law

Creates an appeal process for students found in violation of

residency requirements

Education

Expands the definition of victim under the Crime Victims

Compensation Act

Civil Law

Mandates insurance companies provide coverage for all

contraceptive drugs approved by the FDA

Health

Amends Public Construction Bond Act. Provides that verified notice

shall be deemed filed on the date personal services occurs or the
date when (rather than where) the verified notice is mailed.

Local Government

Brings certain paternity acknowledgement/denial forms into

compliance with federal data requirements

Local Government

Changes the word alien to undocumented immigrant when referring

to someone not legally admitted to the US; adds "documented
Labor
immigrants" to the provisions of the bill
Lowers the number of required coursework hours for a Public Health
Dental Hygenist; allows dental assistants to perform certain
Health
procedures on specific patients
Requires vehicles to change lanes when coming up on a car with its
hazard lights on.
Adds the percentage of Medicaid funded residents as a factor that
DHFS must consider for purposes of payment in nursing home
facilities.

Insurance

Allows a photocopy of currency used in an undercover investigation

to be used as evidence in court instead of the currency itself

Crim Law

Allows public bodies to have closed meetings when discussing

subjects protected by patient privacy laws

State Gov

A video recorder may be operated in a contract carrier vehicle

Transportation

Health Care Right of Conscience law. Ensures patients receive

information about treatment options, regardless of medical
provider's religious beliefs.

Health

Requires State Community College board to create an advisory

committee for oversight

Ethics

Requires community college trustees to take professional

development training

Higher Education

Prevents community college boards from making personnel decisions

Higher Education
within a 45 day "lame duck" period; allows for emergencies
Limits contract lengths for college and university presidents and
chancellors to four years and limits severance packages to one year Ethics
salary plus benefits
Requires board members of public universities to complete
professional development leadership training

Higher Ed

Mandates DHS award Teen REACH grants (subject to appropriations) Human Services
Bars yoga teacher training from state regulation as a business.

Ed

Allows state police, local police and other entities to administer

epinephrine and be trained on how to administer it

Health

Adds length of time children are on the PUNS list as a criteria for
priortizing services

Health

Establishes a pilot program for the Supreme Court to begin accepting

Crim Law
petitions for temporary orders of protection electronically
Requires National Guard members to undergo pre and postdeployment testing for depleted uranium

State Gov

Requires driver education teachers instruct students on proper

actions to take during a traffic stop

Ed

Adds traffic ofense and class 4 felony violation of the Controlled

Substances act to the Accelerated Resoultion Program (Rocket
Docket) and extends the repeal of the program to June 30, 2019

Criminal Law

Allows small businesses that partner with outsourcing companies to

maintain its own workers' compensation insurance

Business

Allows local governments to consult a highway design publication

outside of IDOT's bureau of local roads and streets manual.

Local Government

Removes the restriction that managing brokers and brokers can earn
no more than 6 hours of continuing education credit in one calendar
State Gov
day.
Requires mobile home park owners to accept rent payments even if
a violation fine has been issued

Housing

Provides that no egg shall be ofered for sale for consumers use 45
Public Safety
days or more after candling
Extends repeal date of River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act
State Gov
Compels the executive director of a water reclamation district board
State Gov
to appoint an administrative services officer
Allows rulings related to violated county codes to be enforced by
hearing officers

Local Government

Requires vehicles to stop before passing or driving past a stopped

school bus on a public school highway; Removes highways on public Transportation
school property from the classification of non-designated highways
Allows regional superintendents to waive fees for homeless students
Education
wishing to take the High School Equivalency Test
Requires that the transfer of real property to a trust have a transfer
of legal title to the trustee

Civil Law

Requires DHS to treat high school participation as core activities for

TANF recipients.

Human Services

Allowsretirees to choose separation benefits rather than retirement

annuities if they would be less than $100 per month.

Pensions

Expands the definition of people with intellectual disabilities in the

criminal code when hearsay exceptions are provided

Crim Law

Requires mortgagees to use the term "plaintif" rather than

"landlord" in an action brought by a mortgagee who assumes control State Gov
of the residential real estate in foreclosure through state means
Allows specified counties to hold admin hearings for county or local
gov ordinance violations under certain circumstances

Local Gov

Creates a Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights

Labor

Requires that the Chairperson of the Recyclable Metal Theft Task

Force appoint a representative of a local exchange carrier doing
business in Illinois as one of its public members

Criminal Law

Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act regarding

departmental wage recovery; remittance to
aggrieved employee.

Labor

The bill provides that the intended parent is the legal parent of any
resulting child and may seek a court order confirming the existence
of a parent-child relationship. Currently, without these clarifying
provisions, children who are born of assisted reproductive may be
the subject of legal disputes over who has parental rights and
obligations.

Civil Law

Mandates employers provide unpaid work weeks of leave to any

employee who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence or has a
family member who is a victim; amount of allowed time of is
determined based on the size of the business

Labor

Imposes domestic violence education requirements on those seeking

Public Safety
barber/hair stylist/cosmetologist licensure
States the Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity and other fors
must include full tax ID or Social Security number of the parents and
may only be challenged upon showing of fraud or maternal mistake,
and must be brought within two years of completion of the form.
Family
Court order for genetic testing must specify how results may be used
for purposes of protecting child's best interests. Trailer bill for HB
1531.
Requires insurance companies to cover certain HIV drugs upon
federal approval

Health

Creates the Rare Disease Commission act, and requires that

Commission to meet at least once annually and submit an annual
report to the General Assembly. SFA #2 clarifies by stating the
Health
Commission must coordinate with the Genetic and Metabolic Disease
Advisory committee. Sets a sunset for commission of 1/1/2020.
Creates procedures on how pending criminal conviction appeals are
handled if the defendant passes away

Criminal Justice

Addresses licensing of a foster care home where there are quality of

Human Services
care concerns
Contains several minor changes to legislation authorizing the use of
video or audio surveillance in a nursing home resident's room,
including that if a new roommate does not consent to monitoring,
Seniors
the facility must disable the device and requires Department of
Public Health to create rules to administer the law
Clarifies that a person riding a bicycle has all the rights applicable to
a driver of a vehicle, including those regarding a vehicle's right-ofTransportation
way
Provides that the State Police shall notify local law enforcement
agencies that have jurisdiction of a revocation of a FOID card due to 2nd Amendment
an existing order of protection
Requires landords to notify potential tenants of lead hazards and
reduce the hazard before leasing apartment

Health

Allows a school board to hire a real estate broker to sell a structure

renovated or built by students as part of a school project

Ed

Creates a national guard military justice system

Veterans

A court may grant law enforcement's request for location

surveillance information through testimony made through electronic
means between requestor and judge if there is clear and present
Crim Law
danger from imminent use of force, kidnapping, or occupation of any
premises or hijacking of a vehicle. Police may seek location info in
case of an escapee.
Requires AG, IL LETS and ISP to develop guidelines on reporting
sexual assault and sexual abuse to law enforcement agencies

Crim Law

Allows a relative of a deceased military member to request an

honorary sign around designated roads

Veterans

Allows students an excused absence from school to play "Taps" at a

military funeral

Veterans

Allows spouses of deceased military members to continue using

military oriented special license plates

Veterans

Designates the second full week of April as National Public Safety

Telecommunicators' Week, honoring 911 operators

State Gov

Allows an invidual to reclass their registration after recieving a

special license plate without paying a replacement plate fee or
registration sticker cost

Transportation

Law enforcement agencies shall develop arrest procedure policies for

domestic violence situations, with training for new recruits and every Public Safety
five years.
Allows the Secretary of State to issue a version of the Illinois Fire
Fighters' Memorial license plates for motorcycles

Transportation

New universal specialty license plate for Illinois Veterans' Homes.

Veterans

Requires SoS to make a Chicago police memorial license plate for

motorcycles
K-9 dogs can be more easily adopted by their human officer

Transportation
Safety

Amends Probate Act. Unless court order to the contrary, guardian

shall use reasonable eforts to notify the ward's known adult
children, who have requested notification and provided contact
Judiciary
information, of the ward's admission to a hospital or hospice
program, the ward's death, and the arrangements for the disposition
of the ward's remains.
Department of Agriculture may sell at cost, to qualified applicants,
signs designating an agribusiness that has been operated for 100
years or more

Agriculture

Creates an agriculture education teacher grant program subject to

ISBE appropriation

Ed

DHS shall issue upon request a card certifying that the holder has
been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Allows for
collection of associated fee not to exceed $10.

Human Services

prohibits members of certain organizations from being considered an

employee for purposes of collecting a pension benefit through IMRF, Pensions
SURS or TRS.
Adds to list of adoption disclosures: reasons the birth parents stated
for placing the child for adoption; how and why the adoptive parents
were selected and who selected them; and whether the birth parents Family
requested or agreed to post-adoption contact with the child at the
time of placement, and, if so, the frequency and type of contact.

Makes it easier for birth parents surrendering children for adoption to

voluntarily provide medical information and other background
information for the benefit of the adoptee and his or her adoptive
parents; requires adoptive parents to be given a statement of their
Family
rights and responsibilities, including the right to voluntarily connect
and exchange information with birth parents; creates background
check and other requirements for private adoptions

Allows people with juvenile records to petition for their expungement

at any time and requires the court to grant the request automatically
if the person was never charged, if the charges were dismissed, if
the person was found not delinquent, if the person was given
Crim Law
supervision and completed it successfully or if the ofense (if
committed by an adult) would have been a Class B or C
misdemeanor or a petty or business ofense
Expands definition of "fictive kin" to include an individual who has
been the foster parent of a ward of the state for at least one year;
Family
recognizes that incarcerated parents should be able to participate in
case plan reviews for children in foster care
Requires DCFS to make reasonable eforts and accommodations to
grant visitation privileges to a non-custodial grandparent or greatgrandparent of a child who is in the care and custody of the
Department.
Provides that a charter shall be granted for 5 school years and may
be renewed in incremental periods not to exceed 10 school years;
makes changes regading the use of start-up grants and loans from
the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund

Education

Allows employees to use personal sick leave benefits for absences

due to an illness, injury, or medical appointment of an employees
direct family members.

Labor

Allows certain students to be classified as residents of a community

college district without meeting the 30-day requirement (mainly
those under DCFS legal guardianship)

Higher Ed

Prevents a condominium instrument from changing the ability of the

Housing
board of managers to execute bank documents by a majority vote
Requires districts to ofer breakfast after the bell at schools with 70
percent low-income students.

Education

Requires DHS to determine Medicaid eligibility for long-term care

services even if the applicant passes away, guaranteeing payment to Health
nursing home centers ofering services pending Medicaid coverage
Prohibits employers from requiring non-compete clauses for lowwage employees

Labor

Changes the prison terms for people without priors if they were
convicted of a Class 3 or 4 felony

Crim law

Allows EMTs to administer epinephrine if they've successfully

completed training

Health

Provides Route 66 license plates can be used on motorcycles with

engines over 150cc

Transportation

Changes the name of the fee from "Public Hunting Grounds for
Pheasants" to "Public Hunting Grounds for Game Birds".

local Gov

Adds catfish to the list of aquatic life that may be taken by pitchfork,
Natural Resources
spear gun or bow and arrow
Allows minors to apply for youth trapping licenses with limited
privileges

Natural Resources

Allows only one application to be submitted for hunters hunting on

their own land of over 40 acres

Agriculture

Provides that if the defendant pleads guilty the plea shall not be
accepted until the court explains maximum and minimum penalty
provided by law, any possible increased sentence for prior conviction
or future conviction and any possibility of consecutive sentences,
Crim Law
any registration requirement that accompanies the plea and the
restrictions associated with the registration, and the consequences
of the plea on a defendant's ability to apply for housing/obtain a
job/obtain a driver's license/possess a firearm
Allows health care companies to hire someone convicted of certain
crimes if that person has obtained a wavier from the Dept. of Public
Health.

Crim Law

Creates the Sex Ofenses and Sex Ofender Registration Task Force

Safety

Certain mandatory natural life sentencing provisions for criminal

sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and predatory
criminal sexual assault of a child apply only to a person who has
attained the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of the
ofense.

Crim Law

IDFPR may not deny a request for a professional license solely on the
basis of an applicant's criminal record unless he or she was
convicted of a crime directly related to the occupation for which the
Jobs
license is sought; loosens rules involving discipline for license
holders who owe child support; shall provide annual report on
applicants thereafter
Limits rates for telephone usage by inmates at prisons and prohibits
payment of additional fees or profits to phone companies that
Crim Law
provide those services
Requires that a minor is not committed to the Dept. of Juvenile
Justice for certain controlled substances violations unless its their
third or subsequent judicial finding of a probation violation.

Criminal Law

Allows people with past convictions to petition for the expungement

Crim Law
of arrest records and charges that didn't result in conviction
Requires minors under the age of 15 charged with murder or sexual
assualt must be represented by counsel throughout interrogation

Criminal Law

Makes refunds in cases of reversal of conviction subject to

availability of funds in the subject fund account

Crim law

Allows health care workers to petition to have their licenses

reinstated if they committed certain non-sexual, nonviolent felonies
that happened at least 5 years ago

Business

A K-12 student with an Individualized Education Plan with

staf:student of 1:5 attending specific academies named in bill may
be bussed for any curriculum-related activity

Education

Removes provisions concerning the distribution of certain funds into

Gaming
the Horse Racing Equity Fund
Establishes a new type of license for organizations providing services
State Gov
to individuals with developmental disabilities
Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits act - requires insurance
companies to make a stronger efort to locate beneficiaries for life
insurance policies. Similar to SB1783 and SB2396.

Insurance

Creates the Mental Health Opportunities for Youth Diversion Task

Force

Human Services

Allows some wheelchair parts to be exempt from preauthorization

requirements under Medicaid
Requires license plates to be clearly visible
Overtime, living allowances and other types of extra payments to
employees of colleges or universities do not count as part of base
compensation for purpose of calculating pension

Health
Transportation
Ethics

Requires HFS to create an algorithm to automatically assign Medicaid

State Gov
enrollees in a managed care entity
Changes TANF regulations so that child support does not count so
greatly against grant assistance

Human Services

Allows employees to revoke a wage assignment at any time by

submitting written notice to a creditor.

Civil law

Application forms for winery shipper's license shall include all

addresses from which applicant intends to ship wine, including thirdparty manufacturers. Licensee must include certain disclosures in
Consumers
application. Third-party providers must file with Liquor Control
Commission, cannot appoint third-party provider that is in violation
of law.