Illinois Senate Bill 309 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 19 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. If the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency, requires the Department of Public Health to establish metrics for school districts and public institutions of higher education to use during the public health emergency in determining if the district or institution may safely conduct in-person instruction or if the district or institution must implement remote learning or blended remote learning to keep students and staff safe. Provides that the metrics shall be enforced by the Department, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education. Requires the Department, the State Board of Education, and the Board of Higher Education to follow all guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as it pertains to schools and institutions of higher education during the public health emergency. Provides that the Department shall be responsible for providing rapid COVID-19 testing in public schools and public institutions of higher education. Amends the School Code and the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires school districts and public institutions of higher education to grant paid sick leave to their employees if they contract the illness for which the public health emergency was declared. Effective immediately.

SCHOOL-PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

Sen. Christopher Belt [D]	Sen. Omar Aquino [D]	Sen. David Koehler [D]	Sen. Michael Hastings [D]
Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-03-24	Senate	To Executive- Government Operations
2021-03-17	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2021-03-11	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
2021-03-10	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
2021-03-10	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
2021-03-03	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2021-02-19	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-19	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-19	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	24-6	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-18.67	New Code	See Bill Text
110	205	9.40	New Code	See Bill Text
20	2310	2310-705	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=309&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0309.htm