Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action

Today, Gov. JB Pritzker took the following bill action:

Bill Number: HB 355
Description: Expands professional development opportunities for educators to renew their Professional Educator License.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2045
Description: Eliminates the copay for medical or dental services for committed individuals at Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities.
Action: Signed
Effective:  January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2133
Description: Expands the definition of ‘computer' in the Criminal Code to include cloud-based networks.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2272
Description: Expands coverage of the Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act to include the governing bodies of contract schools.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2293
Description: Ensures that U.S. Marine Corp license plate funds are used to benefit veterans or veterans' families in the state of Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2386
Description: Increases penalties for texting while driving. If the violation results in great bodily harm, permanent disability, or disfigurement, the Secretary of State may suspend or revoke driving privileges for 12 months and impose a $1,000 minimum fine.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2433
Description: Ensures hospitals have the proper instruments for taking the blood pressure of pregnant women and requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules for implementation.
Action: Signed
Effective:  January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2487
Description: Increases the membership of the Task Force on Human Services Contracting to include more members of the minority party and allows members additional time to submit the report to the General Assembly and Auditor General.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2512
Description: Increases transparency on the cost of attending public universities in Illinois by establishing new reporting requirements on tuition and fees.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2605
Description: Reduces barriers for speech-language pathologists to obtain a license to work in Illinois schools.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2613
Description: Streamlines business practices for speech-language specialists to better serve patients and the industry.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2662
Description: Changes the term from two years to three years for the annuitant member of the Chicago Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuitant and Benefit Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2699
Description: Modernizes the Illinois Mortgage Act with respect to release of mortgages. Allows authorized persons to act on behalf of a mortgage recipient.
Action: Signed
Effective:  January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2983
Description: Creates the Youth Homelessness Prevention Subcommittee to make recommendations on various state programs.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2993
Description: Allows voters to approve of a public library district land annexation.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3039
Description: Creates process for the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to notify a long-term care facility if an individual's Medicaid eligibility has been terminated.
Action: Signed
Effective:  January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 3040
Description: Requires an annual notice concerning redetermination of eligibility to be sent to the long-term care facility where an individual resides as well as to the individual.
Action: Signed
Effective:  January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 3105
Description: Provides that trees intentionally cut or knowingly caused to be cut on protected land must pay three times the stumpage value plus remediation costs to the party that owns an interest in the land.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3129
Description: Protects Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits for children and increases fairness for children and adults.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3141
Description: Allows a township board to appoint a trustee as deputy supervisor following the vacancy of a township supervisor.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3168
Description: Expands the eligibility requirement to the Department of Corrections Impact Incarceration Program. Provides the court with an alternative to place individuals in a least restrictive setting, rather than in the DOC.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 3216
Description: Expands the allowable forms of proof for veterans when they get state ID cards and drivers' licenses.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 3247
Description: Increases education and awareness on Parkinson's Disease.
Action: Signed
Effective:  January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 3320
Description: Exempts a dental service plan from the definition of "administrator" in the Third Party Administrator Act of the Illinois Insurance Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 3334
Description: Modernizes distance restrictions for intertrack and wagering locations near churches and existing schools and reduces restrictions on raffles.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3343
Description: Creates a SNAP Restaurant Meals Program for elderly, people with disabilities, or people experiencing homelessness.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3369
Description: Allows the Village of Lindenhurst to absorb Lindenhurst Sanitary District.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3631
Description: Allows the Department of Family and Children Services to use discretion for denying or renewing a license to an applicant who may have been convicted or attempt to commit certain financial felony offenses.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1135
Description: Ensures prescribing psychologists who have completed the required training can be approved for licensure.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1529
Description: Allows a one-year extension of the deadline for a new utility-scale wind or solar project to begin delivery.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 

Bill Number: SB 1536
Description: Requires municipal term limits to be prospective and requires that they can only be for the same office or category of municipal office.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately