Illinois Senator Rachel Ventura [D]

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ILSB0045Intro
25%
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that no person may intentionally drag or pull any bovine by its tail by any means for the purpose of entertainment, sport, practice, or contest.
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2025-01-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0046Intro
25%
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes a provision that it is an aggravating factor in sentencing that the sentence is necessary to deter others from committing the same crime.
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2025-01-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0042Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the requirement that cannabis within any area of a motor vehicle must be in an odor-proof container. Provides that if a motor vehicle is driven or occupied by an individual 21 years of age or over, a law enfo...
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2025-01-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0043Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Century Network Act. Specifies that the Illinois Century Network shall be a service creating and maintaining high speed telecommunications networks that provide reliable communication throughout Illinois (rather than a service cre...
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2025-01-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0044Intro
25%
Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation and beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the State Board of Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to school districts that submit a grant application to the St...
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2025-01-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0457Enroll

Sine Die
Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, including funding for any administrative costs reasonably incurred by the State Board of Education, upon the execution of one or more required statewide master contracts entered by the ...
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2025-01-08
Passed Both Houses
ILSB0125FailAmends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Secretary of State to include in the Illinois Rules of the Road publication and in adult driver education courses information advising drivers of the laws and best practices for safely sharing the roadwa...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB0151FailAmends the Environmental Protection Act. Repeals provisions creating a pilot project for a Will County and Grundy County pyrolysis or gasification facility.
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1279FailAmends 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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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1281FailAmends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Act to knowingly mail or send a postcard or letter to a recipient in the State if the postcard or letter does not disclose or disclaim ...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1280FailAmends the Gasoline Storage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1342FailAmends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB0100FailAmends 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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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1230FailAmends 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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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB0075FailCreates the Second Chance Public Health and Safety Act and amends the Freedom of Information Act, the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Contains declarations and findings. Creates the Department of Returning ...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1234FailCreates the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act. Requires the Department of Employment Security to establish and administer a Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program that provides family and medical leave insurance benefits to eligible ...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1472FailCreates the Noncitizens Rights Act. Prohibits an agent or agency from requesting information about or otherwise investigating or assisting in the investigation of the citizenship or immigration status of any person unless such inquiry or investigatio...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1473FailAmends 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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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1437FailCreates the Universal Broadband Act. Creates the Office of Broadband Access within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that the Office of Broadband Access shall oversee the construction, development, and operation of a State...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1649FailAmends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Deletes a provision that requires the holder of a foreign state identification card, license, or permit to surrender that document before being issued various State identification cards. Deletes a provisio...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1441FailAmends 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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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1444FailAmends 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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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1770FailAmends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1920FailCreates the Enhanced Oil Recovery Ban Act. Provides that a person shall not inject a concentrated carbon dioxide fluid produced by a carbon dioxide capture project or carbon dioxide capture and sequestration project into a Class II well for purposes ...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2127FailCreates the Illinois Clean Elections Act. Establishes a voluntary method of public financing of the campaigns of candidates for statewide constitutional offices and the General Assembly. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Clean Elect...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1652FailAmends the Election Code. In provisions concerning petitions for nomination and submission of public questions, provides that by signing an objector's petition, the objector certifies that the petition is not being presented for any improper purpose,...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1651FailAmends the Discontinuance of Township Organization Article of the Township Code. Provides that, when a petition to discontinue township organization meeting the required voter threshold has been filed, the township shall hold, no later than 60 days b...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1650FailAmends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes a provision requiring foreign nationals to present documents issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services authorizing the person's presence in the country in order to obtain a temporary vi...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1767FailCreates the Cargo Transportation Tax Act. Provides that a tax is imposed upon each retailer that transports by common carrier tangible personal property into the State from a point outside of the State. Provides that the tax is imposed at the rate of...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1921FailCreates the Access to Public Services for Non-English Speakers Act. Provides that a State or local department or agency shall take reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency. Includes ...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2363FailAmends the Election Code. Provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, all elections shall be conducted by ranked choice voting. Sets forth State Board of Elections procedures for counting ranked choice ballots. Creates an open-primar...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2348FailAmends the School Code. Provides that all school districts shall provide instruction on relaxation activities such as yoga or meditation for at least one half-period of the school day to enhance both mental and physical health of students.
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2349FailAmends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a grant program to support cultural and language immersion programs, gifted and talented programs, and advanced placement progr...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2128FailAmends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, on or before July 1, 2024, the Department of Corrections shall digitalize all information in the master record file and all other information that the Department maintains concerning its correcti...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1922FailCreates 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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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB1768FailAmends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the position of police chief shall be elected by the registered voters of each municipality with a police department starting at the 2024 general election. Provides that a police chief shall enter upo...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2352FailAmends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the government shall not contract for public goods or services with any prohibited source. Provides that prohibited sources are businesses that discriminate against employees or customers on the bas...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2350FailAmends the School Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, all teachers shall be paid based on the federal General Schedule classification at the GS-9 level. Provides that if the teache...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2353FailAmends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act to the contrary, including the scheduling of psilocybin as a Schedule I controlled substance, the Department of Financial and Professional Reg...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2361FailAmends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Juvenile Justice shall exercise control and supervision of all county detention centers in the State. Provides that the D...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2354FailReinserts the contents of the engrossed bill but changes the name of the Science in Elementary Schools Working Group to the Science in Elementary Schools Task Force. Effective immediately.
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2360FailCreates the Judicial Campaign Reform Act and amends the Election Code, the State Finance Act, the Illinois Income Tax Act, and the Clerks of Courts Act. Creates a voluntary program of public financing of election campaigns for the offices of judges o...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2358FailAmends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2193FailAmends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Creates a brewer shipper's license that allows a person with a brewer, class 1 brewer, class 2 brewer, class 3 brewer, or brewpub license or who is licensed to make beer under the laws of another state to ship b...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2362FailAmends 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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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2409FailAmends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that, when a State agency advertises seeking new employees, it must include advertising that is targeted toward racial and ethnic communities or other individuals that are underrepresented in the agency'...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2357FailReinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Deletes provisions that the Department of Natural Resources shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant plan for the preservation and enhancement of forests...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2359FailCreates the Protecting Privacy from Government Intrusion Act. Provides that a government entity may not obtain the location information of an electronic device without a tracking warrant. Provides that a warrant granting access to location informatio...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2355FailCreates the Truth and Tolerance Commission Act. Establishes the Truth and Tolerance Commission within the Department of Human Rights to delegitimize hate speech. Directs the Governor to appoint 15 voting members to the Commission who represent divers...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
ILSB2422FailAmends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In provisions concerning the Illinois Veteran grant program, provides that, for a specified eligibility requirement, a person can be an Illinois resident within 18 months (instead of 6 months) of en...
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2025-01-07
Session Sine Die
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