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Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action

Press Release - Friday, June 10, 2022

Today, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:

Bill Number: HB 1567
Description: Expands the duties of the Governor's Office of New Americans.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 1780
Description: Creates the Drug Take-Back Act. Requires drug manufacturers and distributors to participate in, or individually implement, a state-wide drug take-back program.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3205
Description: Creates the Fair Food Delivery Act. Prohibits a third-party delivery service from taking or arranging for the pickup or delivery of an order from a merchant through the marketplace, without first obtaining written consent from the merchant.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 3988
Description: Creates the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 4070
Description: Creates the Illinois Indian American Advisory Council Act and sets guidelines for membership's responsibilities and purpose.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 4126
Description: Amends the Invest in Kids Act to add that a scholarship granting organization shall give priority to eligible students who received a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization during the previous school year and specifies scholarship amounts for eligible students.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 4161
Description: Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax checkoff for donations to the 100 Club of Illinois Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 4209
Description: Amends the Downstate Police, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), and State Universities Articles of the Illinois Pension Code to provide that a person may transfer to a fund established under the Downstate Police Article creditable service accumulated under IMRF.
Action: Signed
Effective: Effective immediately, except certain provisions are effective January 1, 2023.

Bill Number: HB 4326
Description: Amends the Counties Code to provide that 1% of the school facility occupation taxes collected shall be distributed to the regional superintendents of schools to cover their administrative expenses.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022

Bill Number: HB 4332
Description: Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act by adding that The Health Care Worker Registry can include an individual's federal taxpayer identification number, rather than Social Security number only.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 4435
Description: Provides that any Chicago firefighter who has completed 7 or more years of service and is unable to perform his or her duties due to a contagious staph infection, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) shall be entitled to receive an occupational disease disability benefit.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 4489
Description: Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act to exempt awards made by the Department of Transportation to units of local government for the purposes of surface transportation projects utilizing State and federal funds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 4600
Description: Creates the Bond Reform in the Construction Industry Task Force to study innovative ways to reduce the cost of insurance in the private and public construction industry while protecting owners from risk of non-performance.
Action: Signed
Effective: Effective immediately after HB 5412 is signed

Bill Number: HB 4715
Description: Amends the Registered Interior Designers Act. Provides seals for registered interior designers, makes changes to other related definitions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 4729
Description: Requires the Department of Public Health to develop and implement a comprehensive 2-year statewide safe gun storage public awareness campaign.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2o23

Bill Number: HB 4766
Description: Designates August 1 of each year as Sweet Corn Appreciation Day.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 4825
Description: Allows vehicle registration applicants to self-disclose potential conditions that could impede communications with a peace officer.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 5014
Description: Requires the Department of Public Health to partner with Governors State University in establishing a 12-month outreach and educational campaign focused on promoting stroke awareness in communities determined to be at risk for strokes, particularly within Chicago's Southland community.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 5186
Description: Budgeting for Results (BFR) Commission's annual clean-up bill to amend or repeal mandates that are either out-of-date or overly burdensome and eliminates audit findings.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 5214
Description: Provides that any parent who does not normally communicate in English, or is deaf, is entitled to an interpreter when attending any multidisciplinary conference, a 504-mediation session, or a due process hearing.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 5385
Description: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish participation in the US Department of Defense Skills Bridge program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 5408
Description: Clarifies that the University Civil Service Merit Board has the ability to establish minimum requirements for work hours, holidays, sick leave, overtime and vacation. Establishes Juneteenth National Freedom Day as a holiday for institutional officers and employees.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 5412
Description: Holds non-union prime contractors accountable for wage theft by sub-contractors.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 5506
Description: Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act to allow high school students who may not otherwise meet the community college district's academic eligibility requirements to enroll in a dual credit course for high school credit.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 5575
Description: Creates the Comprehensive Licensing Information to Minimize Barriers Task Force Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 5581
Description: Establishes the Milwaukee Avenue Polish Heritage Corridor in Chicago.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: SB 1633
Description: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act adding that residents of long-term care facilities have the right, and shall have their civil rights maintained, where their basic needs shall be met within existing language. Adds other resident rights to the Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: SB 1915
Description: Gives preference to the procurement of compostable or recyclable food ware at state agencies and institutions of higher education.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: SB 3180
Description: Specifies the duties of the point-of-contact person appointed by the Department of Corrections.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 3459
Description: Provides that the Adjutant General, the Assistant Adjutant General for Army, or the Assistant Adjutant General for Air, or a representative designated by the Adjutant General may present one State flag of Illinois to the next of kin of the deceased member of the Illinois National Guard or any Illinois resident dies while on State Active Duty or while serving in duty or training statuses pursuant to Title 10 or Title 32 of the United States Code as approved by the member's service component.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2023

Bill Number: SB 3467
Description: Creates the Park District and Public Utility Liability Act to provide liability guidelines in connection with a land lease agreement between a public utility and a park district.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 3482
Description: Provides that income derived from the Du Quoin State Fair and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds shall be deposited into the Illinois State Fair Fund, and states that all funds in the Illinois State Fair Fund shall be used by the Department of Agriculture in accordance with appropriation by the General Assembly for operation of the Illinois State Fair and the Du Quoin State Fair.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: SB 3613
Description: Creates the Hydrogen Economy Act and the Hydrogen Economy Task Force.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 3720
Description: Creates the Bias-Free Child Removal Pilot Program Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 3789
Description: Requires local taxing bodies to review and report on their efficiency every ten years.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 3925
Description: Creates the Human Service Professional Loan Repayment Program, administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, to provide loan repayment assistance to eligible direct service professionals practicing in a community-based, human service agency that contracts with or is grant funded by a state agency.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

Bill Number: SB 4000
Description: Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that for school years beginning on or after July 1, 2022 and before June 30, 2024, the service retirement pension shall not be cancelled if a service retirement pensioner is re-employed as a teacher or an administrator on a temporary and non-annual basis or on an hourly basis for less than 140 days.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 4006
Description: Amends the Autism Spectrum Disorders Reporting Act to require HFS to report to the General Assembly no later than December 31 of each year on access to applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for Medicaid clients diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023

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