Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation Creating Illinois Property Tax Relief Fund, Among Other Bills

Today, Gov. JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
 
Bill Number: SB 39
Description: Creates the Illinois Property Tax Relief Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 191
Description: Expands the criteria of families who would be eligible to receive Individual Care Grants for children's mental health care. Allows youth to remain in care until 21 years old, up from 19.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1116
Description: Ensures that when DCFS investigates allegations of abuse, neglect or dependency, and determines that the youth needs the protection of the Juvenile Court to be safe, that the Juvenile Court does not lose jurisdiction of the case because of delays in perfecting service on all parties.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1139
Description: Extends the sunset on the eavesdropping exemption for law enforcement and makes minor changes to the FOID Card Act, the Concealed Carry Act, the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act and the Wildlife Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 1
Description: Creates the Task Force on Infant and Maternal Mortality Among African Americans.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 92
Description: Requires  law enforcement officers to request a waiver to delay the execution of a warrant of arrest - if it is not for a forcible felony, a violent crime, or an alleged violation of parole or mandatory supervised release - for survivors of sexual assault so they can receive medical care.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 269
Description: Allows one commissioner rather than the full Workers' Compensation Commission to approve enforcement action against an employer. Increases penalties for violations of the Workers' Compensation Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 271
Description: Requires fire protection districts to post notice on their websites of all proposals to award contracts exceeding $20,000 at least 10 days in advance of the date of receiving bids, increasing competitive bid access for minority contractors.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 331
Description: Directs state agencies to increase the number of cameras along Cook County expressways to investigate an offense involving a firearm.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 831
Description: Strengthens reporting of child abuse or neglect among state agencies, by requiring DCFS to share reports and final findings with the Department of Public Health and Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 840
Description: Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to issue bi-annual reports to the General Assembly concerning the decommissioning of nuclear power plants.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 907
Description: Improves mental health outcomes in schools by directing DHS to develop an online mental health resource page geared toward school counselors, parents and teachers.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 921
Description: Protects the rights accrued by educational support personnel if they are dismissed and rehired within 1 year.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 938
Description: Extends the sunset of a provision of the Non-Home Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act of the Illinois Municipal Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 1471
Description: Creates the Illinois Trust Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 1472
Description: Addresses the teacher shortage in downstate Illinois by extending the eligible employment period for teachers returning to the classroom in shortage areas by two years.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 1475
Description: Ensures schools have the tools needed to serve students with epilepsy, including the creation of a seizure action plan and workshops for all school employees.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 1494
Description: Creates a temporary driving permit for a charitable not-for-profit organization and makes technical changes to the ownership of a Global War on Terrorism license plate.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 1552
Description: Requires horse racing facilities to pay municipal and county taxes no later than the 20th of the following month rather than remitting to the Illinois Racing Board within 48 hours.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 1557
Description: Requires the Secretary of State to post information on the availability of literacy and English as a second language classes at the Secretary of State Driver Service facilities.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 1580
Description: Allows licensed health care professionals, rather than just physicians, to make certain disability determinations.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 1873
Description: Doubles the fines for violations related to approaching, overtaking, and passing school buses.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 1876
Description: Provides that red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing emergency lights may be used on a vehicle operated by a qualified deputy fire chief or assistant fire chief, in addition to a fire chief.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 1915
Description: Authorizes a not-for-profit corporation to own and operate a hemophilia program, including comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic treatment centers.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2081
Description: Changes the staggering of the election schedule when a 7-member park district board with members with 6-year terms transitions its members into 4-year terms.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2142
Description: Increases the length and number of mental health counseling sessions for adults under guardianship.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2173
Description: Clarifies operations of the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2247
Description: Allows the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health to create community-based pilot programs for persons with or at risk for a mental health diagnosis that is sensitive to the needs of local communities.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2259
Description: Creates standardized format for Medicaid preferred drug lists. Expands the Illinois Drug and Therapeutics Advisory Board to include clinicians who specialize in the prevention and treatment of HIV and chronic diseases that require significant pharmaceutical treatments.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2571
Description: Defines a foster family home. Provides that an application to operate a foster family home shall include the name and address of at least one relative who can attest to the applicant's capability to care for the child or children. Creates a reporting structure and hearing process to determine whether placement of the child in a qualified residential treatment program provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child in the least restrictive environment and if the placement is consistent with the short-term and long-term goals for the child.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2019, except the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 provisions of the bill are effective October 1, 2019.
 
Bill Number: HB 2676
Description: Changes the definition of public health dental hygienist and specifies training requirements.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2722
Description: Allows public construction bonds to be used for payment for apparatus, fixtures, and machinery used in the completion of a contract.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2777
Description: Requires the Department of Natural Resources to submit annual reports to the General Assembly regarding deer management programs.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2802
Description: Provides members of a school board 60 days, rather than 45, to fill a vacancy on the board. This bill pertains to school districts that have a population greater than 1,000, but not more than 500,000.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2822
Description: Incorporates data on workplace learning experiences and access to career and technical education on the State Board of Education's state, school district, and school report cards.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2824
Description: Makes various technical changes to the Chicago Municipal Article of the Illinois Pension Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2897
Description: Directs the Department of Public Health to apply for federal funding opportunities to support maternal mental health and report back to the General Assembly.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2961
Description: Makes technical changes to the Real Estate License Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2982
Description: Permits school districts and regional superintendents to perform a background check on the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database for applicants seeking to become substitute teachers and allows regional superintendents to disclose the result to the State Board of Education.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3038
Description: Sets conditions where the Department of Public Health can approve a hospital transfer for survivors of sexual assault.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3068
Description: Creates the Statewide Materials Management Advisory Committee.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3069
Description: Requires community-integrated living facilities to notify the Department of Human Services when emergency calls are made from the facility.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 3092
Description: Directs state agencies to give preference to using native prairie and forage plants to benefit pollinators, like honey bees and monarch butterflies.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 3249
Description: Creates the First 2019 General Revisory Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately