Illinois Senator Meg Loughran Cappel [D]

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ILHB5057Enroll
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Removes the restriction providing that no candidate may be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record until the candidate has passed the applicable content area test. Provides ...
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2024-06-06
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
ILSB1996PassAmends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides for increases in the rate of the annual Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides for increases in the rate of the Illinois Workers...
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2024-06-05
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0590
ILHB4757Enroll
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Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans Affairs shall create, and the Department of Labor shall make available, at no cost, a veterans and service members' benefits, services, and protections poster. R...
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2024-06-05
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
ILHB4762Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that a provision in an agreement between an individual and any other person for the performance of personal or professional services is contrary to public policy and ...
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2024-06-03
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB4629Engross
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Creates the Junk Fee Ban Act. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for a person to: (1) offer, display, or advertise an amount a consumer may pay for merchandise without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the total price; (2) fail, in any off...
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2024-06-03
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB5085Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes changes to provisions concerning the EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task Force; Emergency Medical Services personnel licensure levels; and vehicle service p...
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2024-06-03
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB5370Enroll
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires that upon approaching an emergency scene, a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, or a construction or maintenance area or zone, a person who drives a vehicle shall, proceeding with due caution, yield the...
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2024-06-03
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB5596Enroll
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Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a day care home or group day care home is not required to be licensed under the Act if the day care home or group day care home: (1) serves only dependent children of military personnel; (2) is located...
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2024-06-03
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB5097Enroll
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that every case plan shall include a Haircare Plan for each youth in care that is developed in consultation with the youth based upon the youth's developmental abilities, as well as with the youth...
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2024-06-03
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB4589Enroll
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Act. Eliminates the provision that provided for the repeal of the Act on January 1, 2025. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Includes "catalytic conver...
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2024-06-03
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB5353Enroll
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Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In provisions concerning expedited licensure for service members and spouses, provides that the military liaison's responsibilities include the management and oversight of all military portability lic...
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2024-06-03
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILSB2277Engross
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the interest penalty for the delinquent payment of taxes shall be waived if the county treasurer determines that: (i) the delinquency occurred because the subject tax bill was mailed to an incorrect address...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB0914Engross
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Amends the Wildlife Code. In a provision regarding special deer, turkey, and combination hunting permits, provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall, upon request, issue to 2 additional family member landowners, who own with other family...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2665Engross
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Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB2385Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 (rather th...
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2024-05-30
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB5282Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Changes the effective date to January 1, 2026 (instead of January 1, 2025).
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2024-05-30
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB5395Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes that include the following. Requires the issuer of a network plan to submit a self-audit of its provider directory and a summary to the Department of Insurance, which the Department shall ma...
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2024-05-30
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB2499Enroll
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2025, no company shall issue, deliver, amend, or renew short-term, limited-duration insurance to any natural or legal person that is a resident or domiciled in the State. Prov...
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2024-05-30
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB4180Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. In the Illinois Insurance Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code, requires coverage of molecular breast imaging (MBI) of an entire breast or breasts...
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2024-05-30
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB5295Enroll
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Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall provide coverage for medically necessary hormonal and non-hormonal the...
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2024-05-30
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB4412Engross
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Provides that a child care facility may authorize the Department of Children and Family Services or a third-party vendor to collect fingerprints for the criminal background investigation. Defines "third-party vendor".
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2024-05-28
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 011-000-000
ILHB4471Enroll
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Amends the Energy Assistance Act. Removes the January 1, 2025 repealer date for the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB4108Enroll
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue Air Force Combat Action Medal license plates to a resident who was awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal. Makes other conforming changes.
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB1168Enroll
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Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that except in certain medical examiner or coroner investigations, whenever a person's DNA profile is collected due to the person being a victim of a crime, as identified by law enforceme...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB4491Enroll
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Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that through June 30, 2029, either a qualified child care director or a qualified early childhood teacher with a minimum of 2,880 hours of experience as an early childhood teacher at the early childhood tea...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB5407Enroll
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Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. In provisions concerning the Education of Homeless Children and Youth State Grant Program, provides that grants shall be awarded to applicant school districts based on the percentage of students experie...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB4623Enroll
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child is ineligible to receive a school bus driver permit. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "child pornography" includes the ...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
ILSB0773Enroll
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Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that provisions concerning infertility coverage apply only to coverage provided on or after January 1, 2024 and before July 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no...
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2024-05-26
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
ILHB4460Enroll
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Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the State Employees Group Insurance Program (for Illinois State Police officers), a county (for members of the sheriff's office)...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
ILSB3948Intro
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Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Removes a provision allowing a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or a DNA reference sample created from family members' DNA samples for submission before 30...
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2024-05-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5561Enroll
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Amends the Whistleblower Act. Changes the definitions of "employer" and "employee". Defines "adverse employment action", "public body", "retaliatory action", and "supervisor". Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against an emplo...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB5357Enroll
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that in response to all applications for homeowners insurance received by an insurance company, the insurance company shall provide the applicant information regarding the availability of coverage for loss...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
ILHB5047Enroll
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Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that the privilege to practice as a license-pending practical nurse shall terminate once 6 months (rather than 3 months) have passed since the official date of passing the licensure exam as inscribed on the for...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB0307Enroll
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Amends the Freedom of Information Act and the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act. Changes the definition of "student-athlete". Makes changes concerning compensation, including prohibiting the Act from being interpreted to consider a student-athle...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB2323Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Moves the provisions to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act from the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illin...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILHB4758Enroll
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to submit annual reports to the General Assembly regarding youth in care waiting for placement or psychiatric hospitalization, expands...
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2024-05-26
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
ILSB2029Intro
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Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Provides that a financial institution shall investigate promptly and determine whether fraud has occurred within 10 business days after receiving a notice of fraud. Provides that the financial institution shall report...
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2024-05-25
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 26, 2024
ILSB0466Intro
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Amends the Farm Fresh Schools Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2024-05-25
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 26, 2024
ILHB4447Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following change. Inserts a severability clause.
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2024-05-25
Passed Both Houses
ILHB0612Enroll
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Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section granting a homestead exemption to veterans with disabilities, provides that property that is used as a qualified residence by a veteran who was a member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II ...
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2024-05-25
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
ILHB4219Enroll
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Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Removes provisions concerning fentanyl education from the School Code. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include disaster pre...
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2024-05-25
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
ILSB3098Enroll
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Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Provides that no person shall cause electronic cigarettes ordered or purchased by mail, through the Internet, or other remote sal...
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2024-05-24
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
ILSB2662Enroll
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Amends the Preventing Youth Vaping Act. Restricts a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer from advertising, marketing, or promoting an electronic cigarette in a manner that is likely to cause a parent, legal guardian, teacher, or other adult to mist...
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2024-05-24
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
ILSB0463Enroll
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Reinserts the contents of the bill as engrossed with the following changes. Provides that the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council shall meet until December 31, 2024 (instead of June 30, 2024). Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School C...
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2024-05-24
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
ILSB3646Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides for the amount of time a child performer who works in a television, motion picture, or related entertainment production may be permitted to be at the place of employm...
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2024-05-24
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
ILSB3538Enroll
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Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the mental health counseling shall be included in the health insurance coverage for employees on and after June 1, 2025. Provides that the first responders eligi...
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2024-05-24
Passed Both Houses
ILHB4875Enroll
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Amends the Right of Publicity Act. Grants additional enforcement rights and remedies to recording artists. Provides for the liability of any person who materially contributes to, induces, or otherwise facilitates a violation of a specified provision ...
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2024-05-24
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
ILSB1400Enroll
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Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Restores current law with respect to annually reviewing discipline policies. Requires the State Board of Education to consult with stakeholders in its drafted and published ...
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2024-05-24
Passed Both Houses
ILSB2740Enroll
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Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that the board of managers of a condominium must adopt a policy to reasonably accommodate a unit owner who is a person with a disability. Provides that the board of managers must make reasonable efforts t...
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2024-05-24
Passed Both Houses
ILHB4966Enroll
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue specialty plates to motorcycles. Makes corresponding changes.
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2024-05-24
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
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