Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action

Today, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
 
Bill Number: HB 250
Description: Allows contiguous counties to combine tax sales and changes the Sales in Error section of the Property Tax Code to address situations where unpaid property taxes on property that contains hazardous substances or underground storage tanks are sold and resold through multiple tax sale cycles.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 253
Description: Allows all public graduate students in Illinois to unionize.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 1455
Description: Requires that disputes over remains shall be resolved by a court within 30 days of the dispute being filed with the court (instead of no timeline) and allows this to be called Adam's Law.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2244
Description: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections in regard to the conditions of parole and mandatory supervised release.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2264
Description: Requires the state to make an annual appropriation from the Agricultural Premium Fund or any other source of funding available to counties for Cooperative Extension programs.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2301
Description: Increases union representation on state board and commissions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2408
Description: Establishes that a person shall not post a private compromising image of another person online and allows individuals to file a petition for a take-down order with the court. Persons posting private compromising images are liable for damages at the discretion of the court.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2438
Description: Requires insurers to offer a maternal mental health program.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2470
Description: Allows a police officer to recover legal costs from the Chicago Police Pension Fund if a disability benefit was denied by the fund but prevails in an administrative review. Provides that a Chicago police officer convicted of a service-connected felony who intentionally delayed proceedings shall not be entitled to pension benefits, applicable to convictions beginning January 1, 2019.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2670
Description: Ensures that mitigating factors are not a bar to licensure, instead they provide guidance for the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation when considering licensure, registration, or certification for an applicant with criminal history.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2868
Description: Requires the Illinois State Board of Education to develop a work-based learning database to help facilitate relationships between school districts and businesses and expand work-based learning.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 2895
Description: Requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to provide continuing education for staff working with pregnant or postpartum women.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 2987
Description: Reestablishes the Protection of Individuals with Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System Task Force, which was previously established by Public Act 100-481 but was repealed on June 30, 2018.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: HB 3217
Description: Creates the Asian American Family Commission.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: HB 3503
Description: Requires insurance companies to offer plans and options to cover hearing aid instruments.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 69
Description: Enhances protections for elderly and disabled Illinoisans from financial exploitation.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 102
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to authorize the issuance of a digital registration plate to a vehicle in lieu of a set of static, metal registration plates.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 138
Description: Amends the Mortgage Foreclosure Article of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to short sales of property.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 156
Description: Provides access to job search and career building websites for people prior to their release from the Department of Corrections.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 158
Description: Provides the Tollway with the authority to enter into an agreement with a private contractor for a private bridge, and allows a private operator to enter into an agreement with the Tollway to provide electronic toll collection or toll violation enforcement services.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 169
Description: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to notice of foreclosures.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 171
Description: Transfers administration of the Drycleaners Environmental Response Trust Fund from the Drycleaners Environmental Response Trust Fund Council to IEPA and makes other changes to the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2020, except some provisions which take effect immediately.
 
Bill Number: SB 416
Description: Adds an aggravating factor if a defendant has committed public indecency or sexual misconduct during an administrative hearing while incarcerated.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1007
Description: Requires military discharge records submitted to county clerks to be made available to public inspection and copying with certain limitations.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1526
Description: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to prayer for relief.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1571
Description: Repeals various sections of the Civil Practice Article of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1580
Description: Amends the Counties Code to ensure locally-elected officials have appropriate regulatory control and enforcement over a controversial establishment.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1583
Description: Allows Cook County to narrowly tailor its warrant practice to focus on apprehending the most violent individuals.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1602
Description: Modifies the definition of "community-based manufactured home dealer" to allow a dealer to have and sell up to two home models per calendar year in the park without having to acquire an additional license.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1609
Description: Amends various statutes in relation to credit served for incarceration, allowing people post bond faster through the accumulation of sentencing credit for each day a person is incarcerated.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1610
Description: Allows a defendant to petition the court to vacate a judgment if the court fails to advise the defendant that a guilty plea may result in deportation or otherwise affect the defendant's immigration status.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1623
Description: Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act in relation to the disposal of abandoned mobile homes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1627
Description: Moves statutory language concerning relief from judgments associated with post-partum depression or psychosis from the Code of Criminal Procedure to the Code of Civil Procedure.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1630
Description: Removes school districts from the list of entities not included in the Automatic Contract Renewal Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1658
Description: Creates a new school safety and security grant program at the Illinois State Board of Education, subject to appropriation or private donations.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1665
Description: Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act concerning the Prescription Monitoring Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1735
Description: Allows the Department of Human Services and local governments to conduct a research pilot at no cost to the state designed to reduce poverty, promote social mobility or increase financial stability for Illinois residents without affecting participants' eligibility for public benefits.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1746
Description: Permits school boards to expand the debt they may incur through bonds by adding a percentage of the state funding they receive through the evidence-based school funding formula to the calculation used to determine the maximum amount of bonding they may pursue.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1750
Description: Adds leaving the scene of an accident that results in the death of a person at the time to the list of factors in aggravation and extended-term sentencing if the defendant was driving under the influence or operating the vehicle while using an electronic communication device.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1798
Description: Requires school districts to create an age-appropriate policy on sexual harassment and post it online.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1806
Description: Makes technical changes to the Municipal Audit Act, the County Audit Act and the Governmental Audit Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1839
Description: Provides licensure for third-party logistic providers to deliver prescription drugs.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1841
Description: Ends an exemption to the Massage Licensing Act on January 1, 2020 for practitioners of Asian bodywork to protect workers and consumers.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1847
Description: Provides that IEPA must provide notice when a permit for a new facility is required.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
 
Bill Number: SB 1889
Description: Codifies the DCFS Child Protection Program between DCFS and the University of Illinois-Springfield.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 1907
Description: Aligns in-state tuition benefits with federal requirements for students who are on active military duty or receiving veterans' education benefits.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 2068
Description: Prohibits a public health district from regulating the preparing and serving of food in a private residential leasehold that is prepared by or for the lessees and consumed by the lessees and their guests.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
 
Bill Number: SB 2126
Description: Replicates language that has already become law in PA 101-0298, signed 8/9/2019.
Action: Veto
Note: See attached veto message.