Illinois Senator Rachel Ventura [D]

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ILHB2569Engross
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Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Provides that all State agencies and local governments shall consider whether compost products can be utilized in the land maintenance activity project when soliciting and reviewing bids for land mainte...
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2023-05-05
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHJR0007Engross
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Creates the College Insurance Program Task Force to study the College Insurance Program and present policy and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly to ensure the program remains a viable and healthy benefit.
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2023-05-04
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1830Intro
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Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that a petitioner may file a petition to vacate and expunge certain felony possession violations under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act...
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2023-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0122Intro
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Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Healthy Illinois for All Law. Provides that by July 1, 2023, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide me...
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2023-05-03
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2571Intro
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Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Department of Natural Resources for the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2023.
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2023-05-02
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1230Engross
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Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that the definition of "dog dealer" does not include a person who sells dogs at retail to the public. Provides that a person who sells dogs at retail to the public, shall not be considered an animal shelter und...
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2023-04-28
To House Rules Committee
ILSB1711Intro
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Creates the Hydrogen Fuel Replacement Tax Credit Act. Creates an income tax credit for eligible taxpayers in an amount equal to $1 per kilogram of eligible zero-carbon hydrogen used by the eligible taxpayer during the tax year for which a credit is s...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3894Engross
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Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Creates the State Procurement Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the underrepresentation of minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ co...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1485Engross
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Amends the Park District Code. Provides that, if a district board's membership has been expanded or reduced by referendum or resolution, the additional members will be elected not earlier than 197 days (currently, 60 days) after the referendum or res...
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2023-04-28
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2426Engross
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Defines "dependent". Provides that beginning no later than the 2024-2025 academic year, if an exonerated person has been found by the Commission to qualify for a grant under this Section, and that p...
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2023-04-28
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3708Engross
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Amends the Financially Distressed City Law of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if a financially distressed city or the city's Financial Advisory Authority is awarded a State grant, any moneys the financially distressed city or Authority wo...
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2023-04-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1470Engross
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Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that before the district superintendent adopts a remote learning plan, the school board must hold a public hearing on the school district's initial proposal for a remo...
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2023-04-27
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2053Intro
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Amends the Early Childhood Workforce Act. Creates the Early Childhood Workforce Standards Board (Board). Provides that Board members must be appointed within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Sets forth the Board's membership. P...
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2023-04-25
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2050Intro
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Amends the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 2005 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, by December 1, 2023, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall adopt rules to implement the motor vehicle emission standards of the State of Cal...
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2023-04-25
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1403Intro
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Creates the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Task Force Act. Provides that the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Task Force shall be composed of 12 appointed members and the State's Chief Behavioral Health Officer, or the Officer's representative. P...
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2023-04-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0208PassMourns the passing of Paul A. Schneider Sr. of Joliet.
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2023-04-20
Resolution Adopted
ILSB2497Intro
25%
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Innovation and Technology for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: General Funds $137,700,000. Other State Funds $790,200,000. Total $927,200,000.
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2023-04-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0186Intro
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Creates the Access to Public Health Data Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Children and Family Services shall, at the request of a local health department in Illinois, make any...
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2023-04-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1456Intro
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Creates the Presidential Primary Ranked Choice Voting Act. Provides that any State-administered primary election for the President of the United States shall be conducted using ranked choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning form of ballot, ta...
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2023-04-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2474Intro
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Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: General Funds $41,148,100; Other State Funds $562,984,000; Federal Funds $1,776,773,671;...
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2023-04-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1443Intro
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Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that statutory provisions concerning residency requirements for highway commissioners also apply to clerks. Provides that a board of trustees may contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commi...
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2023-04-12
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1473Intro
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Amends the School Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the State Board of Education shall administer all public schools in this State instead of school districts, and each school d...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1922Intro
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Creates the Township Inspector General Article of the Township Code. Provides that the purpose of the Article is to establish an independent entity to which allegations of incompetence, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, corruption, or official ...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2362Intro
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that every insurer that amends, delivers, issues, or renews a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a qualified health plan offered through the health insurance marketplace in the ...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0088Intro
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Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals Consumer Protection Law. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. In provisions regarding environmentally preferable procurement, includes products t...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1392Intro
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Creates the Digital Forgeries Act. Provides that an individual depicted in a digital forgery has a cause of action against any person who, without the consent of the depicted individual, knowingly distributes a digital forgery, creates a digital forg...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0249Intro
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Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act apply to the construction or demolition of public works performed by an employee of a public body engaged in the construction or demolition of public works on behalf of another p...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1510Intro
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Reinserts the language from the introduced bill. Provides that the language is in addition to any other power or authority granted under the Park District Code (rather than notwithstanding a specified provision of the Park District Code). Effective i...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1393Intro
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Amends the Officers and Employees Article of the Counties Code. Decreases the minimum number of inhabitants that must reside in a county for the county to be required to create the office of county auditor from 75,000 inhabitants to 70,000 inhabitant...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2073Intro
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that, except for parole review of persons under the age of 21 at the time of the commission of an offense, no person serving a term of natural life impr...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2212Intro
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Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. In provisions allowing the filling or refilling of personal containers with bulk food, refers to restaurants and retailers (rather than just retailers). Allows restaurants and retailers to fill or refi...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1812Intro
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Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a public officer, employee, board, or representative of a governmental unit may not ban or otherwise prohibit a book from being available for reading or circulation by members of the ...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0147Intro
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Creates the Paint Stewardship Act. Contains the findings of the General Assembly. Provides that manufacturers of architectural paint sold at retail in the State or representative organizations shall submit to the Director of the Environmental Protect...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1857Intro
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Creates the Justice40 Oversight Committee Act. Establishes the Justice40 Oversight Committee. Provides that the Justice40 Oversight Committee shall make findings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding environmental justice in this State and uses...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1874Intro
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Creates the Illinois Farm to Food Bank Program Act. Establishes the Illinois Farm to Food Bank Program within the Department of Human Services to help expand the availability of nutritious, locally grown, raised, or processed foods for Illinois' emer...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2408Intro
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Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that any laborer, worker, or mechanic who is employed by the contractor or by any lower tier sub-contractor and is paid for services in a sum less than the prevailing wage rates for work performed on a project...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1895Intro
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Amends the University of Illinois Act, the Southern Illinois University Management Act, the Chicago State University Law, the Eastern Illinois University Law, the Governors State University Law, the Illinois State University Law, the Northeastern Ill...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1831Intro
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Amends the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. In a provision concerning Medicaid funding for community mental health services, sets forth rate increases, to begin on and after January 1, 2024, for the following rates and services: the Mobi...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2082Intro
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a notice under the Tax Deeds and Procedures Article must contain a notice in 9 non-English languages encouraging the reader to have the notice translated because it contains important information about prop...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1929Intro
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Creates the Tenants Radon Protection Act. Provides that, before a lease is signed, a landlord shall provide each tenant in a dwelling unit with any records or reports that pertain to radon concentrations within the dwelling unit and that indicate a r...
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2023-03-31
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0100Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a retail establishment may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene ...
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2023-03-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1916Intro
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Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Provides that no certificate of authority for the construction and operation of a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide shall be issued by the Illinois Commerce Commissio...
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2023-03-30
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0143PassMourns the passing of Judith A. "Judy" Martin of Joliet.
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2023-03-24
Resolution Adopted
ILSB2004Intro
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Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision requiring workers to be appropriately trained to provide services under the Community Care Program, provides that only training curriculum approved by the Department on Aging may be used to fulfill...
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2023-03-24
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0126Intro
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Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any multiple-occupancy restroom may be identified as an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom and designated for use by any person of any gender. Requires...
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2023-03-23
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2105Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Sets forth a schedule of income-based tax rates for individuals, trusts, and estates for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024.
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2023-03-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1520Intro
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding the types of licenses, provides that applicants for a Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate degree (instead of a bachelor's degree) or higher from a region...
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2023-03-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1276Intro
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Amends the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act. In the definition of "claim of torture": provides that it also means a third party was tortured into implicating a person for the crime for which the person was convicted; provides that i...
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2023-03-15
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2052Intro
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Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing the salaries of employees, a school board or the governing board of a joint agreement shall pay to employees an hourly rate of not less than (i) $20 for the 2024-20...
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2023-03-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1279Intro
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Amends the Public Accommodations Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Removes a provision providing that nothing in the Article applies to a private club, or other establishment not in fact open to the public, except to the extent that the goods...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Assignments Committee
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