Illinois Representative Terra Costa Howard [D]

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ILHB5395Engross
50%
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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2024-05-23
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
ILHB4276Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Clarifies that the pre-sale disclosure requirements apply only to life care contracts that are subject to refund. Provides that, upon request, current residents, former res...
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2024-05-23
[Hearing: May 23 @ 1:00 pm]

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
ILSB3351Enroll
75%
Amends the Subsidized Housing Joint Occupancy Act. Provides that an elderly parent with an adult child with disabilities of the opposite sex shall not be required to occupy subsidized housing with only one bedroom. Provides that exceptions to the lar...
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2024-05-23
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
ILHB4426Enroll
75%
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides that the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984 is repealed on January 1, 2030 (rather than January 1, 2025). Amends the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Provides that all appl...
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2024-05-23
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3514Enroll
75%
Amends the State Designations Act. Provides that the mushroom calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the "giant puffball", is designated the official State mushroom of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-23
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3501Enroll
75%
Creates the Responsible Outdoor Lighting Control Act. Includes legislative findings. Defines terms. Provides that all new, renovated, or retrofitted luminaires purchased with State funds after the effective date of the Act or installed after the effe...
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2024-05-23
Passed Both Houses
ILHB5239Enroll
75%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to prohibit disclosure of information protected by the Lawful Health Care Activity Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Allows a mi...
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2024-05-23
Passed Both Houses
ILSB0726Enroll
75%
Amends various Acts concerning children's mental health. Amends the School Code. Provides that on or before October 1, 2024, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team, the Office of the Go...
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2024-05-23
Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Sonya M. Harper
ILHB0581Engross
50%
Amends the Hospital Emergency Service Act. Provides that "applicant" includes any person who presents at the hospital. Provides that hospitals shall furnish hospital emergency services in accordance with the procedures required by the federal Emergen...
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2024-05-23
[Hearing: May 23 @ 4:00 pm]

Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Celina Villanueva
ILSB1779Engross
50%
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Creates a permanent certified medication aide program. Defines "certified medication aide" and "qualified employer". Provides that the Department of Public Health shall administer and enforce a certified medication a...
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2024-05-22
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 009-000-000
ILHB4718Intro
25%
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
ILHB0793Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in partnership with other specified State agencies, to eliminate on July 1, 2027 the use of active or pending 14(c) certificates authorized under the federal Fair...
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2024-05-22
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 019-010-000
ILHB4567Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Provides that the rules and regulations established by the State Librarian for the administration of the Act shall be designed to promote security measures that provide safe and accessible library access. Provi...
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2024-05-22
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3768Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as engrossed with the following changes. Provides that priority of services shall be given to students referred to the Philip J. Rock Center and School who qualify as individuals with concomitant hearing and visual ...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 22, 2024
ILHB1605Intro
25%
Amends the Gender Violence Act. Provides that "gender-related violence" includes sexual contact between a sexual organ of one person and an intimate part of another person in which a "sexually protective device" has been intentionally removed by the ...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5086Engross
50%
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that when a health care facility is found liable for an injury to a patient or resident because of a negligent act performed by a nurse or certified nurse aide employed, assigned, or referred by the nurse agenc...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2024
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
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
ILHB5371Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that an employer is responsible for harassment and sexual harassment of its employees by the employer's nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees, nonemployees, and third parties only if the employer be...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2024
ILHB5796Intro
25%
Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center for the purpose of constructing a new building on the Chicago Children’s Advocacy ...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILSB3285Enroll
75%
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides a conviction that was the result of a negotiated plea may be challenged under the post-judgment relief provisions that require evidence of a forcible felony, domestic violence, or gender-based violence.
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2024-05-22
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
ILHR0820PassCongratulates Brian W. Caputo, Ph.D. on the occasion of his retirement as president of College of DuPage. Wishes him the best in all his future endeavors.
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2024-05-22
Resolution Adopted
ILSB3284Enroll
75%
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Removes language providing that no maintenance shall accrue while a party is imprisoned for failure to comply with the court's order for the payment of the maintenance. Adds criteria for d...
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2024-05-22
Passed Both Houses
ILHB0305Engross
50%
Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district that forms a part of a Class II county school unit may, by a resolution adopted by at least two-thirds of the me...
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2024-05-22
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 007-000-000
ILHB5142Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with changes. Further amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that coverage for abortion care may not impose any deductible, coinsurance, waiting period, or other cost-shar...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2024
ILSB0773Enroll
75%
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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2024-05-22
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
ILHB0303Engross
50%
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2024
ILHB3908Engross
50%
Creates the Firefighter Paid Family Leave Act. Provides that a firefighter shall receive 6 weeks of paid family leave that may be used: (1) for the birth of a child in order to care for the child; (2) to care for a newly adopted child under 18 years ...
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2024-05-22
To Senate Paid Leave Committee
ILSB3136Engross
50%
Creates the Family Recovery Plans Implementation Task Force Act. Provides that it is the General Assembly's intent to require a coordinated, public health, and service-integrated response by various agencies within the State's health and child welfar...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 22, 2024
ILSB3203Enroll
75%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or before December 31, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs m...
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2024-05-22
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
ILHB5841Intro
25%
Amends the Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. Requires the Commission to prepare and submit a report to the General Assembly evaluating whether the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority has met the equity goals of the Commission and Authority. Am...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILSB2682Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Modifies the membership of the Task Force, including adding the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget (rather than one member representing the Governor's ...
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2024-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 22, 2024
ILHB5574Enroll
75%
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that, if DuPage County has adopted and implemented a road improvement impact fee by ordinance or resolution and repeals the ordinance or resolution, the collected fees, along with any accrued interest, in th...
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2024-05-21
Passed Both Houses
ILHB4875Engross
50%
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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2024-05-21
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-000-000
ILHB4475Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Provides that for all group or individual policies of accident and health insurance or managed care plans that are amended, delivered, issued, or r...
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2024-05-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB0587Engross
50%
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no administrator, agent, or employee of a hospital affiliate may abuse a patient in a facility operated by a hospital affiliate. Defines "hospital affiliate". Makes conforming changes.
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2024-05-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3158Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, with the changes proposed in House Amendment No. 1 and House Amendment No. 2, and the following additional changes. Requires the vessels used for natural organic reduction to be made of stainless steel...
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2024-05-20
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
ILHB4806Intro
25%
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that, for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the r...
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2024-05-20
To House Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
ILHB5020Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, out-of-state dual credit contracts, and standards concerning dual cr...
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2024-05-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3420Enroll
75%
Creates the Prohibition of Unfair Service Agreements Act. Provides for the characteristics of unfair service agreements and sets forth exceptions to the Act. Provides that if a service agreement is unfair under the Act, it is unenforceable and shall ...
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2024-05-20
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3432Enroll
75%
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. In a provision requiring the Department of Human Service' Division of Mental Health to implement a direct support professional credential pilot program, delays the pilot prog...
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2024-05-20
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3367Enroll
75%
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Removes a provision making parents monetarily liable for the cost of care and training provided by the Department of Children and Family Services for children placed with the Department under a voluntary p...
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2024-05-20
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
ILSB3460Enroll
75%
Amends the Self-Service Storage Facility Act. Provides that a rental agreement may be delivered and accepted by electronic mail. Provides that if the occupant does not sign a written rental agreement that the owner has tendered to the occupant, the o...
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2024-05-20
Passed Both Houses
ILSB3350Enroll
75%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that specified hospitals and other organizations deemed eligible by the Department of Public Health shall be enrolled to receive fentanyl test strips from the Depart...
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2024-05-20
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
ILHB2376Engross
50%
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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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4737Engross
50%
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a governmental unit may purchase a supply or service that is available on contracts from multiple contractors if the governmental unit determines that the selected contract best meets the go...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB3141Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall establish a maximum acceptable Global Warming Potential (GWP) standard for State purchases of vehicles, applianc...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Executive Committee
ILHB4677Engross
50%
Creates the Illinois Caregiver Assistance and Resource Portal Act. Requires the Department on Aging, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to b...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5313Engross
50%
Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that a network plan shall, at least annually, audit (instead of audit periodically) at least 25% of its provider directories for accuracy, make any corrections necessary, and retain documenta...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3133Enroll
75%
Amends the State Treasurer Act. In provisions concerning the College Savings Pool, provides that an account may be rolled over into a Roth IRA account, to the extent permitted by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. In provisions concerning the ...
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2024-05-17
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
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