Illinois Senator Rachel Ventura [D]

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ILSB2236Engross
50%
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Removes the repeal date for the short-term substitute teacher training program. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning short-term substitute teacher lice...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB1800Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to promote the use of electric trucks by fleet owners by offering a voucher of $200,000 per electric Class 6 ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1842Intro
25%
Amends the Energy Assistance Act. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to institute a year-round program (rather than program) to ensure the availability and affordability of heating and electric service to low income utilit...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2912Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for qualified housing developers who incur development costs in the construction of new housing. Sets forth the amount of the credit. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3765Intro
25%
If and only if Senate Bill 3666 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, amends the Digital Assets Regulation Act. Provides that an operator shall not accept or dispense more than $1,000 or equivalent monetary value in a day from or to a customer v...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3694Engross
50%
Amends the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act. Defines "temporary certificate of operation" as a temporary certificate of operation issued by the Administrator or the Local Administrator that permits the temporary use of a conveyance by the general p...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2629Intro
25%
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that a local government that has submitted a distressed location project as defined by Department of Natural Resources rule shall be eligible for assistance up to 100% for the acqu...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2784Intro
25%
Creates the Cargo Transportation Fee Act. Provides that a fee is imposed upon each entity that is an interstate carrier or an intrastate carrier and that (i) transports by common carrier tangible personal property into the State, (ii) transports that...
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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
ILSB3413Intro
25%
Creates the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Professional Support Grant Program Act. Creates within the Department of Human Services a Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Professional Support Grant Program to provide grants to mental hea...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3666Intro
25%
Creates the Digital Assets Regulation Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall regulate digital asset business activity in the State. Sets forth provisions concerning: applicability; the powers and duties of th...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2639Engross
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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
ILSB2535Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Creates the Youth Nonviolent Crimes Resource Program. Provides that the Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide resources to people under the age of 18 who have committed a nonviolent...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3265Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall conduct an access to nutritious food program to establish and operate projects and strategies within food deserts...
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2024-05-03
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3441Intro
25%
Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Establishes a temporary statewide moratorium on construction of carbon dioxide pipelines until certain studies at the federal and State levels are conducted. Details requirements for the ...
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2024-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5070Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that if the court determines that the State, without success, has exercised due diligence to timely obtain the results of DNA testing that is material to the case, and that there are reasonabl...
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2024-05-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1441Intro
25%
Amends the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or salesman, because of a c...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2600Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that, except as otherwise required by law, health care providers shall not charge a patient or require the payment of a fee for a missed or late appointment. Provides that nothing shall be construed to ...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3293Intro
25%
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Allows a peer recovery specialist to request a waiver from the Illinois Department of Public Health to work in the health care industry when he or she would otherwise be prohibited because of his or...
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2024-04-19
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
ILSB2818Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation: (1) to inquire into a person's conviction record before making a conditional offer to sell, lease, or rent real property; (2) for an owner or any other person engagin...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3794Intro
25%
Creates the Powering Up Illinois Act. Provides that an electrical corporation which operates in the State shall upgrade the State's electrical distribution systems in order to achieve the State's decarbonization standards. Provides that an electrical...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0895PassDeclares April 26, 2024 as Workers' Memorial Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages all employers to reaffirm their efforts towards improving workplace safety, seeking stronger health standard enforcement, and treating workers with dignity as const...
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0929PassMourns the death of James J. "Jim" Louch Sr.
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2024-04-18
Resolution Adopted
ILSB3776Intro
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Creates the Blue Star Restaurant Program Act. Provides that the Department of Labor shall create the Blue Star Restaurant Program to recognize restaurants that voluntarily take no allowance for gratuities under the Minimum Wage Law. Provides for prog...
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2024-04-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2257Intro
25%
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Nelson Mandela Act. Creates the Isolated Confinement Restriction Act. Provides that, except for a committed person in protective custody who opts out of that status by providing informal, voluntary, wri...
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2024-04-16
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
ILSB1478Engross
50%
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Creates the Due Process for Youth Oversight Commission (Commission) to oversee the creation and implementation of a youth's statutory right to counsel in abuse and neglect proceedings conducted in accordan...
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2024-04-15
To House Rules Committee
ILSB1763Intro
25%
Amends the Hospital Services Trust Fund Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Increases by 20% hospital reimbursement rates for dates of service on and after January 1, 2024, for specified services, including, but not limited to: inpatient general...
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2024-04-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1321Intro
25%
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that owners of income-producing properties shall file physical descriptions of their properties with the chief county assessor in the form and format determined by the chief county assessor. Effective immediatel...
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2024-04-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0884PassMourns the death of David R. Marco.
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2024-04-12
Resolution Adopted
ILSR0885PassMourns the passing of Mary Babich of Joliet.
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2024-04-12
Resolution Adopted
ILSB2670Intro
25%
Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Provides that in any county with a county executive form of government, if applicable, the county executive shall appoint the community mental health board with the advice and consent of the county board.
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2024-04-11
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2590Intro
25%
Creates the Adult Content Age Verification Act. Defines terms. Provides that a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the Internet from a website that contains a substantial portion o...
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2024-04-09
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB1294Engross
50%
Amends the Delinquent Minors Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Makes technical and grammatical changes in the bill. Provides that no expert employed or contracted by the Department of Human Se...
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2024-04-08
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3464Intro
25%
Creates the Work Without Fear Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to engage in, or to direct another person to engage in, immigration-related retaliation against any person or his or her family member or household member for the purpose ...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1294Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that a person is eligible for a diaper allowance in the amount of $70 per month per eligible child if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the person's household income is at or below 100%...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1391Intro
25%
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Modifies factors used by a municipality to determine if an area is a blighted area or a conservation area to be included in the area of a redevelopment project area...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3418Engross
50%
Creates the Securing All Futures through Equitable Reinvestment (SAFER) Communities Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create a program to award grants to Navigators for specified purposes, including wage rei...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3329Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child tax credit in an amount equal to the product of a specified credit amount multiplied by the number of qualifying children of the taxpayer. Effective immediately.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0038Intro
25%
Urges the United States Congress to enact federal legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C.
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2024-03-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2385Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, within one year after the amendatory Act's effective date, the Environmental Protection Agency shall cite specified federal resources, informed by satellite and community data whe...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1444Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for dependents of the taxpayer. Provides that the maximum amount of the credit is $700 per qualified dependent of the taxpayer. Provides that the maximum amount shall be reduced by $24 ...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1501Intro
25%
Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that in its annual report filed with the Secretary of State, a domestic or foreign corporation shall include the aggregated demographic information of its directors and officers, inc...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1578Intro
25%
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that owners and operators of CCR surface impoundments at electric generating plants that are within 4,000 feet of Lake Michigan shall close the CCR surface impoundment by removal and off-site disposal...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2421Intro
25%
Creates the Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Protections Act. Defines terms. Provides that (i) title to pore space belongs to and is vested in the surface owner of the overlying surface estate, (ii) a conveyance of title to a surface estate conve...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2673Intro
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 for all qualified property. Amends the Senior Citize...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2860Intro
25%
Amends the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. Provides that a certificate of authority does not grant an owner or operator of a carbon dioxide pipeline the authority to take and acquire an easement in any property or interest in pro...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3128Intro
25%
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that diapers, baby wipes, car seats, infant formula, and bottles are exempt from the taxes imposed under the Acts.
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2877Intro
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Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Specifies that the notice in contested case hearings must include an enclosure that notifies the recipient of the ability to request interpretive assistance for the hearing and to receive language ass...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2893Intro
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Creates the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program. Provides that the Department shall implement the program by: (1) contracting w...
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2024-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
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