Illinois Senator Omar Aquino [D]

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ILHJR0069Engross
50%
Urges the President of the United States to authorize the DHS Secretary to establish a program to evaluate parole and work authorization on a case-by-case basis for long-term immigrant workers who are undocumented and residing in Illinois to address ...
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2024-05-23
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0508Enroll
75%
Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Provides that unless otherwise required by State or federal law, an employer shall not voluntarily enroll in the E-Verify program or a similar Electronic Employment Verification System. Provides that ...
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2024-05-22
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3649Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an employer or its agent, representative, or designee from requiring its employees to attend any training intended to foster a civil...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 22, 2024
ILSB2781Enroll
75%
Creates the Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant plan for the preservation and enhancement of forests, prairies, and we...
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2024-05-22
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
ILSB3687Enroll
75%
Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Provides that a credit union regulated by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation that is a covered financial institution under the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act shall pay an examination fee...
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2024-05-22
Passed Both Houses
ILSB2234Engross
50%
Creates the Small Business Financing Transparency Act. Sets forth provisions concerning registration requirements for persons providing commercial financing; additional registration information; registration expiration; functions, power, and duties; ...
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2024-05-22
To House Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee
ILHB4500Engross
50%
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the names of the offenses of unlawful use of weapons, unlawful use of weapons by felons or persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections facilities, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, being an arm...
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2024-05-22
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
ILHB4209Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources has the power to lease, from time to time, any land or property, with or without appurtenances, of which the Department has jurisdiction, and which are ...
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2024-05-22
To Senate Procurement Committee
ILHB5324Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Specifies the annual reporting requirements of the Illinois Labor Relations Board and Illinois Educational and Labor Relations Board. Provides that the Board shall maintain the following schedule upon t...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
ILHB4623Engross
50%
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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2024-05-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2940Intro
25%
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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2024-05-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
ILHB5561Engross
50%
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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2024-05-22
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
ILSB3509Intro
25%
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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2024-05-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3323Engross
50%
Creates the Accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Station Act. Requires the Department of Transportation to ensure that charging stations in the State are sufficiently accessible to allow independent use by drivers with disabilities, including people ...
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2024-05-21
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3686Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Creates the Portable and Medium-Format Battery Stewardship Act (rather than the Portable Battery Stewardship Act). Requires those who sell, offer for sale, or distribute (rat...
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2024-05-21
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 22, 2024
ILHB0778Enroll
75%
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Public Health and the Governor's Office of New Americans, a clinical readiness program to ...
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2024-05-21
Passed Both Houses
ILHB5431Enroll
75%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the County Department of Corrections Law, the Health Care Violence Prevention Act, and the County Jail Act to replace use of "prisoner" with "committed person"...
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2024-05-21
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3762Engross
50%
Creates the Language Equity and Access Act. Requires the Governor's Office of New Americans, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, to: prepare a Language Needs Assessment Report that identifies the languages spoken throughout the Stat...
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2024-05-20
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
ILSB2870Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a unit of local government receives a request to make the unit's public buildings within the election authority's jurisdiction available as permanent or temporary early voting polling place, the unit may de...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Elections Committee
ILSB3331Intro
25%
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Act for a person to: (1) offer, display, or advertise an amount a consumer may pay for merchandise without clearly and conspicuously di...
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2024-05-17
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
ILSB3079Intro
25%
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election, the State Board of Elections may furnish electronic voter registration records at a reasonable cost to any person who makes a sworn affidavit. Sets...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Elections Committee
ILSB0771Intro
25%
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
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2024-05-17
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
ILSB3617Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that no financial institution is required to enter into a data match agreement with the Department of Revenue. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-17
Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
ILSB3157Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the State Treasurer may establish an electronic payment processing program to supplement and enhance secure electronic payment options otherwise available to not...
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2024-05-17
Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
ILSB3942Intro
25%
Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for deposit into the IEMA State Projects Fund for grants and operational expenses associated with the administration of...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0078Intro
25%
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to (i) establish a new intervention license category entitled "OPS Harm Reduction Services", (ii) establish standards for entities to become licensed under the OPS Harm ...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2633Intro
25%
Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act to include in the definition of "petitioner" an intimate partner. Amends the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedures of 1963 and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that,...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Firearms Committee
ILHB4629Engross
50%
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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2024-05-17
Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
ILHB5417Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Deletes references to the role of HIV Treatment Innovation Coordinator. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2819Enroll
75%
Amends the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. Removes the 5-year cap an applicant has to successfully complete all examinations required by rule of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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2024-05-15
Passed Both Houses
ILSB0001Enroll
75%
Creates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government....
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2024-05-15
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
ILSR0868Intro
25%
Encourages the utilization of small, diverse, and veteran-owned firms, as M/WBE and DBE programs have demonstrated success in promoting economic opportunity, equity and access. Supports federal DBE standards and programs to ensure the success of the ...
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2024-05-15
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
ILHB4589Enroll
75%
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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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
ILSB2035Intro
25%
Creates the Ensuring Essential Services Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to ensure the State meets its obligation to provide certain essential services for individuals with developmental disabilities at consistent quality levels in accord...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2984Intro
25%
Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for continued funding to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-05-14
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB3711Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Establishes the role of HIV Treatment Innovation Coordinator to be housed within the Department. Provides that the Department shall create and fill the Coordinator role within 6 months after the effective d...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3332Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision requiring the Department on Aging to require an annual audit from all personal assistant and home care aide vendors contracting with the Department, provides that the annual audit shall assure that...
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2024-05-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3727Intro
25%
Creates the Patient Access to Pharmacy Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that no person, including a pharmaceutical manufacturer, may deny, restrict, prohibit, condition, or otherwise interfere with, either directly or indirectly, the acquisiti...
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2024-05-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2626Enroll
75%
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that, in anticipation of the successful completion of a diversion program, a petitioner may file a petition for expungement at least 61 days before the anticipated dismissal of the case. Provides that,...
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2024-05-10
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
ILSB2608Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois State Police Act and the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that an applicant's credit history may not be used to prevent the appointment or employment of a law enforcement officer, including an Illinois State Police officer. ...
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2024-05-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0172Intro
25%
Creates the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall award income tax credits to taxpayers who provide an endowment gift to a permanent endowment fund during the taxable year and receive a certificate of receipt fo...
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2024-05-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0938PassDeclares May 8, 2024 as Moms on a Mission Day to honor mothers, grandmothers, fathers, and their families who stand up for children's rights.
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2024-05-08
Resolution Adopted
ILSB2943Intro
25%
Appropriates $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for grants to community learning centers under the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-07
To Senate Appropriations Education Committee
ILSB3669Intro
25%
Creates the Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Act to restore protections for wetlands and small streams that were formerly protected from pollution and destruction by the Clean Water Act. Provides provisions concerning: exemptions; wetlands delin...
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2024-05-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1796Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning the child care assistance program, provides that beginning in State Fiscal Year 2024, the specified income threshold shall be no less than 250% of the then-current federal poverty level f...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3162Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall establish a diaper allowance program for eligible families with children 3 years of age or younger. Requires the Department to...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2689Engross
50%
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. By June 1, 2025, requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, to establish, by rule, a Montessori education endorsement to be...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2639Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, for a group policy of accident and health insurance that provides pregnancy related benefits (rather than providing coverage for more than 25 employees that pr...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3934Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Transportation Choices Act. Requires, by January 1, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency, after ...
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2024-04-29
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3325Intro
25%
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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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
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