100s of bills signed: Pritzker takes bill action in July and August 2021
Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action on Friday, July 23, 2021:
Bill Number: HB 14
Description: Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue an explanation to licensing, certificate, or grant registration applicants that are denied due to a criminal conviction.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 20
Description: Removes the registration fee for a Gold Star license plate for a surviving widow, widower, or parent of a member of the Armed Forces who lost their life in service.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 33
Description: Prohibits an insurance company from cancelling a life insurance policy or charging different rates because of an individual’s participation in a substance recovery program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 34
Description: Strengthens the Illinois Enterprise Zone program process and redefines what constitutes a DIA map, along with other technical modifications.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 55
Description: Streamlines the process for psychological testing to allow psychologists to test for determination of developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 58
Description: Allows a community association, homeowners association and condominium association to file a restrictive covenant modification for any unlawful restrictive covenants.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 96
Description: Adds light sensitivity as a result of a traumatic brain injury to the list of exemptions from window tinting restrictions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 122
Description: Prohibits telephone, television, internet, energy, medical alert or water system providers from charging a fee for termination or early cancellation of a service upon a customer’s death.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 126
Description: Authorizes a police officer to transfer pension service credit from the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund to the Police Officers’ Pension Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 168
Description: Prohibits the possession of an animal if a person or persons who reside in the same household have been convicted of 2 or more animal abuse offenses.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 202
Description: Adds Chicago Fire Department fire fighters to the list of fire fighters that are taught the history of the fire service labor movement during training.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 212
Description: Requires the state’sChildren’s Mental Health Plan to include recommendations for ensuring all youth receive mental health education and have access to mental health care in the school setting.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: HB 227
Description: Creates a tax increment allocation financing extension for the City of Ottawa for 35 years and extends the estimated date of completion of a development project in the Village of Melrose Park.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 232
Description: Requires the Illinois Investment Policy Board to make its best efforts to identify all for-profit companies that contract to shelter migrant children and include those companies in the list of restricted companies for purposes of investment distributed to each retirement system and the Illinois State Board of Investment.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 247
Description: Requires that each State building constructed, acquired, or of which more than 50% of the façade is substantially altered to meet specified standards concerning bird safety.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 263
Description: Requires that a petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian for an alleged person with a disability to be filed at the time of or subsequent to the filing of a petition for adjudication of disability and appointment of a guardian.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 279
Description: Clarifies that an oral drug is considered to be misbranded if it contains gluten and does not provide a warning on its packaging stating that it contains gluten.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 332
Description: Creates the College Course Materials Affordability and Equitable Access Task Force to conduct a college course materials affordability and equitable access study.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 357
Description: Extends the timeline that long-term care providers have to submit admission documents from 45 to 120 calendar days from receipt of required prescreening information.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 396
Description: Aligns state statute with the Federal Bridge Formula by creating a new class of weight limits for vehicleswith pneumatic tires. Provides that the additional fee for certain gross overweight loads is for each additional 45, rather than 60, miles traveled.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 426
Description: A trailer bill to Public Act 100-1173. Modifies provisions for the Chicago police pension board to reconsider applications for service credit for police work on behalf of Cook County, the state or federal government, or civilian investigative work for CPD.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 557
Description: Requires school districts to allow a dependent of U.S. military personnel to enroll free of tuition if, at the time of enrollment, the child is in temporary housing outside of the school district but will be living within the district within 6 months.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 571
Description: Increases municipality reporting requirements around Tax Increment Financing.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 572
Description: Prohibits sales finance agencies from entering into retail installment contracts or making loans for dog and cat sales and requires that such contracts and loans are null.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 573
Description: Delays the start date for the Treasurer’s college savings program for newborns from January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2023.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 574
Description: Increases the amount of disbursement grant a judicial circuit court clerk may provide a dispute resolution center, also increases the fee charged and collected by the clerks of the circuit court.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 588
Description: Requires that certain businesses and establishments post the notice required by the Human Trafficking Resource Notice Act in all restrooms open to the public.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 590
Description: Designates the month of April each year as Sarcoidosis Awareness Month.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 592
Description: Amends the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 to include reference to a radiochemistry laboratory as part of its nuclear safety preparedness program and overall mission.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 597
Description: Requires each school district to provide contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and for the Crisis Text Line on the back of each student identification card issued by the school district.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: HB 1957
Description: Makes technical changes to the Insurance Code that will help correct and clean up various administrative processes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately, except that provisions concerning the filing due date applicable to actuarial opinions take effect January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3289
Description: Allows each chief county assessment officer to approve a homestead exemption for the 2021 taxable year, without application, for any property that was approved for the exemption for the 2020 taxable year where certain requirements are met.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3783
Description: Requires training for individuals working on coal combustion residual surface impoundment projects.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 85
Description: Requires any improvements to real estate by a fire protection district that result in an expenditure of district funds in excess of $20,000 must be competitively bid.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 107
Description: Makes changes to the Adoption Act to facilitate the adoption of a child by reducing the residence requirement and altering the petition.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 109
Description: Removes the witness requirement from Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms. Also removes a requirement for completion of POLTS form for access to IDPH forms and expands the qualifying definition of health care practitioners that can certify a POLST form.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 117
Description: Increases the State Treasurer’s investment authority for infrastructure development projects.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 147
Description: Allows an individual between the ages of 65 and 75 who has an existing Medicare supplement policy to go through open enrollment lasting 45 days after their birthday.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 259
Description: Allows the temporary relocation of a child, if it is in the best interests of the child, before final judgments under the Illinois Marriage & Dissolution of Marriage Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 471
Description: Enhances mental health and substance abuse treatment standards within Medicaid Managed Care Networks.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 481
Description: Extends the sunset of Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act until 2024 and makes various changes clarifying how certain moneys are to be deposited into Illinois State Police funds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 493
Description: Requires all Dental health plan carriers and health care providers, by January 1, 2025, to exchange claims and eligibility information electronically under guidance in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in order to be compensable by the health plan carrier.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 500
Description: Makes it illegal to deny a person an organ transplant because of a physical or mental disability.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 501
Description: Outlines a process where if two or more townships within a single county are named alike, the county board of that county should, at its next meeting and after being informed by the Secretary of State, adopt a different name for one of the townships.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 515
Description: Provides that to be included within the definition of “large public utility,” an investor-owned public utility must regularly provide water or sewer service to more than 15,000 customer connections (instead of 30,000 customer connections).
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 517
Description: Creates the High-Cost Special Education Funding Commission for the purpose of making recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly for an alternative funding structure for high-cost special education students.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 525
Description: Modifies the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act regarding which positions can be included in a bargaining unit and changes when collective bargaining agreements expire.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 548
Description: Allows registered employers in the Private Detective industry to provide online based training courses to applicants and makes administrative technical fixes.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 567
Description: Allows a licensed optometrist to practice via telehealth.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 573
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to grant a 90-day temporary registration permit for a nominal fee, allows for issuance of certificate of title in the dealership’s name, modifies electric vehicle registrations and allows an electronic lien and title system to be implemented by July 1, 2022.
Action: Signed
Effective:January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 579
Description: Requires hospitals and facilities to offer a patient any unused portion of a facility-provided medication upon discharge when it is administered to a patient at the hospital or facility and is required for continuing treatment.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: SB 595
Description: Requires plaintiffs or their attorney, rather than the clerk of the court, to send a copy of the publication to each defendant in mortgage foreclosure actions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 605
Description: Requires each school district, charter school, or alternative school, or any school receiving public funds, to develop an absenteeism and truancy policy.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 622
Description: Authorizes the State to transfer specified property located in the following counties for the following sums: Peoria Count $26,00, Bond County for the sum of $8,650, St. Clair County for the sum of $8,350, Grundy County for the sum of $8,233.33, Rock Island County for the sum of $5,000, Kankakee County for the sum of $2,800, Bond County for the sum of $3,000.00.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1087
Description: Dissolves the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Health Plan (ICHIP).
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2664
Description: Creates a special fund in the State treasury for the implementation and maintenance of the electronic notarization commissions, called the Electronic Notarization Fund. Sets guidelines for individuals applying to be either a notary or an electronic notary.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022 and July 1, 2022 for the Illinois Notary Public Act.
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Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action on Monday, July 26, 2021.
Bill Number: SB 636
Description: Allows condominium associations to update their bylaws to ensure the association board includes a simple majority of unit owners that occupy the unit as their primary residence and ensure proper upkeeping of the properties.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 640
Description: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code to prohibit contracts of more than $1 million from vendors involved with a nonmarket economy.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 651
Description: Sets timeframes and procedures for transferring and receiving juvenile court cases between counties.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 676
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to issue a 90-day temporary license to those who are awaiting United States citizenship.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 687
Description: Requires CMS to report on veteran-owned certifications and conduct outreach to veteran-owned small businesses, among other veteran-focused requirements.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 730
Description: Allows remote signings and electronic estate planning documents.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 644
Description: Amends various timelines in the Homeowners’ Energy Policy Statement Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
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Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action on Friday, July 30, 2021.
Bill Number: HB 26
Description: Establishes new internet accessibility requirements for school districts to ensure that all students with disabilities can fully participate in any curriculum content delivered online.
Action: Signed
Effective: August 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 88
Description: Addresses existing inequities impacting communities of color by expanding eligibility for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to individuals with a drug felony conviction.
Action: Signed
Effective: Three months after becoming law
Bill Number: HB 117
Description: Requires employers of 25 and more people to participate in the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 633
Description: Allows Illinois residents to maintain a vegetable garden on private property.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 679
Description: Aligns the power of attorney for healthcare with the declaration of mental health treatment.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 704
Description: Allows a surrogate decision maker to use the findings of a licensed out-of-state physician or healthcare provider in end-of-life decisions.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 714
Description: For the examination of health care records, expands the definition of a “health care practitioner” to include any therapist or counselor.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 734
Description: Allows a civil no contact order to become permanent at the request of a victim, if there is a conviction for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse or aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 739
Description: Allows health care professionals to provide prescription antibiotic drugs for the treatment of trichomoniasis to the sexual partner(s) of individuals infected with trichomoniasis without physical examination.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 741
Description: Updates provisions relating to the Bright Start and Bright Directions College Savings Programs.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 796
Description: Adds the University of Illinois to the Public University Uniform Admission Pilot Program starting with the 2022-2023 academic year.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 809
Description: Clarifies that the Joint Labor and Management Committee (JLMC) is not required to operate a community outreach program, maintain a master register of eligible candidates, or contract with a testing agency to establish or operate a program or register for full-time firefighter placements.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 814
Description: Allows the court to deposit money from a ward’s estate into a qualified tuition program under 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 835
Description: Streamlines how funds are distributed within the Lawyers’ Assistance Program Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022, except that the provisions amending the State Finance Act take effect July 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 842
Description: Clarifies the assessment of fees under the Adult Guardianship Article of the Probate Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 862
Description: Creates a seven-year statute of limitation on unpaid fines from municipal ordinance violations.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1068
Description: Facilitates a pathway to permanent guardianship for Illinois Department of Children and Family Services youth, based on the best interests of the child.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1158
Description: Expands the number of members that serve on a Chicago Public Schools local school council from 13 to 15 voting members by adding 2 full-time student members beginning with the 2021-2022 school year.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1162
Description: Inserts the word opioid as part of the instruction, study, and discussion on effective methods for the prevention and avoidance of drugs and the dangers of opioid and substance abuse in the school code.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1710
Description: Alters the requirements for the Superintendent of the Illinois School for the Deaf and the Superintendent of the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1719
Description: Amends various articles of the school code to replace the terms “school guidance counselor” and “guidance counselor” with the term “school counselor”.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1742
Description: A victim of non-consensual contact may provide a written statement to a family member obtain a no contact order.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 1746
Description: Requires school boards to appoint at least 1 employee to act as a liaison for students in the legal custody of Department of Children and Family Services and to ensure proper communications are made to the Department’s Office of Education and Transition Services.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1760
Description: Requires 50% of an Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development grant to be paid to the local government at the time of the grant award and allows a grantee to opt out of the advance payment.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1776
Description: Requires Department of Children and Family Services to pay a per diem rate for inpatient psychiatric stays at a hospital with pediatric or adolescent impatient psychiatric units beyond medical necessity.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1777
Description: Makes revisions regarding how the City of Chicago covers costs related to injury of police and firemen.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1779
Description: Requires individual and group health plans to cover bio-marker testing.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 1785
Description: Requiresa school board to hold at least three public hearings prior to closing a school building unless the building has been deemed unsafe by a licensed entity.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1803
Description: States that all monies deposited under the Unlicensed Practice, Violation, Civil Penalty section of the Collection Agency Act shall be deposited into the Financial Institution Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1805
Description: Permanently establishes the Call4Calm text line to connect individuals to mental health support in their area.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1931
Description: Adds use or disposal of surplus real estate by a municipality to the definition of an industrial project.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3025
Description: Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide reimbursement for epilepsy services via telehealth.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3882
Description: Expands the definition of police vehicle to include watercraft, recreational off-highway vehicle, all-terrain vehicle and aircraft.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 673
Description: Expands the definition of ‘restorative measures’ in the School Code by stipulating that it also means increasing student accountability if the incident of bullying is based on religion, race, ethnicity, or any other category that is identified in the Illinois Human Rights Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 692
Description: Creates the Coal Tar Sealant Disclosure Act. Addresses pavement sealants, but does not apply to sealants used for roofing applications
Effective: January 1, 2023
Bill Number: SB 695
Description: Extends by 5 years the current sunset date (from December 31, 2021, to December 2026) for the Illinois EPA’s “fast-track” rulemaking authority to adopt regulations under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA).
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 701
Description: Expands the definition of abuse under the Adult Protective Services Act, requires the Department on Aging to offer a trauma-informed training program, and a demonstration project to create an assessment tool to identify at-risk seniors.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 755
Description: Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to make contact information available for a youth’s court appointed guardian ad litem, if a youth-in-care, current foster parent/caregiver, or caseworker requests it.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 765
Description: Allows the program administrator of the First Time Weapon Offender Program to be appointed by the Chief Judge of each Judicial Circuit.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 820
Description: Cleans up language in the School Code based on changes that were adopted as part of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus’ Education and Workforce Equity Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 915
Description: Makes various changes to state parks designations.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 919
Description: Adds 4 members the Broadband Advisory Council to represent underrepresented and ethnically diverse communities.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1056
Description: Makes numerous technical changes to the Illinois Pension Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022. Certain changes to the Illinois Pension Code and the changes to the State Mandates Act are effective immediately.
Bill Number: SB 1566
Description: Adds whether a person is pregnant or the parent of an infant to the list of factors that should be considered when withholding or minimizing an imprisonment sentence.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1588
Description: Makes changes for travel insurance under the Illinois Insurance Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: 90 days after signed
Bill Number: SB 1611
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to accept electronic signatures for documents.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1638
Description: Requires all public universities to provide a report to students containing relevant, independent, and accurate data related to the student’s major and the occupational outlook of that field of study.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1650
Description: Extends the deadline to file a claim for benefits for a line of duty death.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1656
Description: Adds the Mass Animal Mortality Event (MAME) amendment to the Dead Animal Disposal Act (DADA). Defines a MAME as an event in which large numbers of animals die or are at an increased risk of mortality due to disease, natural disaster, or any other non-disease related event.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1657
Description: Establishes continuing education requirements for persons registered to install, service, recondition, or repair a weighing or measuring device used in trade or commerce.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1658
Description: Updates the requirements of sealing on weights and measures.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1675
Description: Amends language relating to automatic enrollment of employees into the State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: SB 1677
Description: Allow no-contact orders to also prohibit contact through electronic communication.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1681
Description: Includes probation officers, as law enforcement officers for line of duty compensation.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1723
Description: Amends the Illinois Public Accounting Act to improve the exam process
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1730
Description: Requires public corporations to report the self-identified sexual orientation and self-identified gender identity of its directors.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1753
Description: Requires surplus line insurance providers to show efforts to include all variable provisions of the master policy.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1765
Description: Requires each state agency to increase diversity through interview panels and reporting.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1771
Description: Expands Health Worker Background Checks to include Department of Corrections employees.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1780
Description: Requires a mobile park owner to provide water to each household for 3 days, instead of 5, if a water supply is disrupted. This requirement does not apply if the disruption of water service originates from factors that are outside the control of the mobile home park
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1786
Description: Requires the Department of Human Services to create and maintain a post-secondary mental health database and resource page.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1790
Description: Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to publish on its website information concerning the process for requesting a rehearing and the process for restoring a license after the successful completion of a term of probation, suspension, or revocation of a license for physicians and chiropractors licensed under the Medical Practice Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1795
Description: Clarifies that the statutory fiduciary duties a member owes to a member-managed company and its other members do not limit any fiduciary duties owed at common law.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1799
Description: Provides that general assistance funds are explicitly included in existing provisions prohibiting accumulation of township funds that exceed an amount equal to or greater than 2.5 times the annual average expenditure of the previous three fiscal years.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action
Today, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
Bill Number: HB 15
Description: Requires school districts to provide written notification to a student’s parent or guardian when a student commits an act of misconduct.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 18
Description: Allows school districts to perform teacher evaluations every two or three years, rather than every two years, if the teacher previously received a rating of ‘excellent’ or ‘proficient’.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 32
Description: Requires the Department on Aging to create and distribute a factsheet with resources to all home-delivered meals recipients.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 41
Description: Requires school districts to provide students and their families the option to send the student to an in-state special education residential facility prior to placing the student in an out-of-state special education residential facility.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 60
Description: Adds trampoline courts, dry slides, alpine slides, and toboggan slides to the list of “amusement rides”under the Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 68
Description: Requires Hospitals to include within their quarterly report the number of female patients who have died and the number of female patients admitted to the hospital who died with a COVID-19 diagnosis and at least one underlying condition.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 214
Description: Adds “advanced practice nurses” and “associate physician” to the medical professionals certified to complete death certificates
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 266
Description: Amends the Guardians for Adults with Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975 and expands substituted judgment by considering the current preferences and wishes of the individual with a disability to the level of their ability to participate in decision-making.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 369
Description: Grants a court hearing a case jurisdiction to make the findings necessary to enable a minor who has been adjudicated a ward of the court to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for classification as a special immigrant juvenile under federal law.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 375
Description: Requires the board of public universities and community colleges to notify adjunct professors about the enrollment status of their courses both 30 days and 14 prior to the start of a semester or term.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 399
Description: Creates the High-Speed Rail Commission, which is charged with creating a statewide plan for a high-speed rail.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 414
Description: Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to institute the water and sewer assistance program.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 417
Description: Makes several changes regarding the City of Chicago Park District pension code.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 452
Description: Makes technical changes in the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act to better align with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately, except Commission on Volunteerism provision is effective January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 453
Description: Requires taxing districts with a levy more than $5 million to collect and publish ethnic and race data on vendors and contractors which do business with the taxing district.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 576
Description: Expands the range of exemptions from attending school to include the mental and behavioral health of a child.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 577
Description: Adds specificity to the model policies developed by the Illinois State Board of Education and school boards pertaining to suicide awareness and prevention.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 605
Description: Requires Illinois State flags purchased by State institutions to be manufactured in the United States.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 640
Description: Adds the Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators and the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Illinois as ex officio members of the Illinois Fire Advisory Commission.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 648
Description: Expands the percentages of eligibility for tenants receiving assistance under the Rental Housing Support Program to remain eligible for assistance.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 653
Description: Increases fees assessed on Clean Construction or Demolition Debris (CCDD) fill operations from 20 cents to 28 cents per cubic yard, and from 14 cents to 20 cents per ton, of material accepted.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 665
Description: Creates Entrepreneurship Assistance Centers, subject to appropriation to issue grants for non-profits, and community organizations, and provide career training to dislocated workers
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 694
Description: Allows a veteran to redact personal information and health issues from their disabled veteran license plate application.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 713
Description: Prohibits the sale of a device to a radon contractor for use in licensed activities without prior approval of the device from theIllinois Emergency Management Agency .
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 816
Description: Modernizes the use of paid sick leave for teaches and other employees of a school district with respect to the birth, adoption, or placement for adoption of a child
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 832
Description: Repeals budgetary mandates based off the recommendations of the Budgeting for Results (BFR) Commission.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1207
Description: Provides protections for employers who learn information about applicant’s compensation history when discussing loss of unvested equity or deferred compensation during salary negotiations.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 1726
Description: Makes technical changes to several funds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1795
Description: Makes clean-up changes the Illinois Trust Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 60
Description: Streamlines the process for disposing of surplus real property owned by the State.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 84
Description: Permits the Department of Natural Resources to sell a park space to the Village of Dunlap.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 116
Description: Allows boards of directors to have shareholder meetings remotely.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 154
Description: Requires multifamily rental units funded by the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to allow one to two pets per household.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 214
Description: Creates the Landscape Architecture Registration Act which will provide a standard definition and licensing process for landscape architects.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 273
Description: Increases investments made by local municipalities.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 294
Description: Requires clear and conspicuous labeling “Do Not Flush” on nonwoven disposable wipes.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 317
Description: Allows other units of local government to be eligible to receive certain tourism grants from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 338
Description: Makes changes to how the State Treasurer’s Office manages abandoned or unclaimed property.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 340
Description: Extends the tax credit for employer matching contributions.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 561
Description: Creates the Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Reduction Act. Prohibits the use of firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS unless certain conditions are met. Adds other restrictions.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 581
Description: Makes the Illinois Office of the Comptroller the administering agency of State and University Employees Combined Appeal and makes other technical changes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 593
Description: Strengthens the Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 603
Description: Makes provisions for paramedics who are not subject to the compulsory retirement age applicable to firefighters.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 633
Description: Requires the Illinois Stated Board of Education’s school report cards to include data on the number of incidents of violence that occurred during school-related activities and resulted in student disciplinary measures.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 641
Description: Requires colleges and universities to advertise contact information for their Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel and Student on their website and social media accounts.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 652
Description: Requires that if Local School Council membership falls below seven members, then four members (at least two who are elected) shall constitute a quorum to meet for the sole purpose of filling vacancies.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 653
Description: Updates and clarifies how financial institutions may become approved State depositories and enter into agreements with the Treasurer’s Office
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 669
Description: Expands the Attorney General’s authority to provide for additional oversight of the student loan servicer industry in Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 698
Description: Requires that state IDs be issued to persons upon release or discharge from the Department of Human Services and prohibits a person convicted of aggravated domestic battery from receiving a school bus driver permit
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 740
Description: Allows Bensenville to sell the White Pines Golf Course.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 808
Description: Clarifies that a student teacher candidate may not be required to submit test materials by video submission to obtain licensure.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 812
Description: Requires the State Board of Education to make available on its website the total number of personnel with a school support personnel endorsement , along with other information.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 922
Description: Clarifies the role of the Board of the Illinois State Museum.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 930
Description: Changes the deadline for the Task Force on Disability Income Insurance and Parity for Behavioral Health Conditions to submit findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly to December 31, 2022 (rather than December 31, 2020).
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 965
Description: Extends the repeal date of the Autism and Co-Occurring Medical Conditions Awareness Act to January 1st, 2027.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 968
Description: Requires private insurance plans to provide coverage for pancreatic cancer screenings.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1078
Description: Expands the definition of “physical therapy” to include the treatment of a person through dry needling and intramuscular manual therapy.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1079
Description: Requires licensees of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to complete a sexual harassment awareness continued education training course required for license renewals.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1086
Description: Deletes a provision in the Environmental Protection Act (EPAct) that allows persons to construct, install, modify, or close coal combustion residual surface impoundment facilities.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1089
Description: Improves the regulatory structure for Construction and Demolition recovery facilities under the EPAct.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1138
Description: Provides that the governing commission of a home equity assurance program that levied at least $1,000,000 in property taxes in 2019 or 2020 may not levy any property tax in levy year 2021.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1231
Description: Changes the definition of off-highway vehicle to exclude large non-highway vehicle.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1232
Description: Enables the state to provide financial assistance toward hangars or other airport buildings if they are of public-use, public-owned, and of public-benefit.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2021
Bill Number: SB 1245
Description: Requires the Department of Natural Resources to publicly announce which counties will have hunting season.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1247
Description: Cleans up language of the herptile act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1305
Description: Clarifies that the Bluford School District does not have to repay a grant for not being able to obtain LEED Silver certification from building construction.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1536
Description: Allows a rental vehicle company to avoid liability if the rental car is stolen and the renter fails to file a police report within 24-hours, cooperate with the rental car company and return the rental vehicle’s key.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1542
Description: Deletes language requiring that a Uniform Invoice be made out in triplicate.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1545
Description: Increases the damage requirement for vehicles to be considered salvaged or flooded.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1552
Description: Allows Juvenile Detention Centers to submit written requests to the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice’s Chief of Records for records they have a specific need for.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1577
Description: expands the range of exemptions from attending school to include the mental and behavioral health of a child.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1592
Description: Prohibits insurers from denying or refusing to provide autism diagnosis and treatment services for those under 21 that are otherwise covered solely based on the location where the service is provided.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1599
Description: Creates the Human Trafficking Task Force Act. Sets guidelines on memberships and duties of the Task Force.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1600
Description: Includes restaurants and truck stops as establishments that must provide its employees with training to recognize human trafficking and appropriate protocols to report it.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1610
Description: Requires all higher education institutions to issue a Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey to students on an annual basis.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1632
Description: Makes technical changes to the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1640
Description: Prohibits a school guidance counselor from intentionally soliciting or receiving gifts from prohibitive sources.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1672
Description: Requires the Department of Insurance to collect information on dog-related incidents and requires the information to be available online.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1673
Description: Makes technical changes to the Animal Control Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1690
Description: Creates the Illinois Small Business Fund and requires that DCEO use the fund to manage proceeds that came from investments that DCEO has taken from its Venture Capital Investment Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1714
Description: Amends a requirement that fire fighter training schools provide training on the history of the fire service labor movement to no longer apply to volunteers being trained.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1767
Description: Amends the Prevailing Wage Act and allows that certain contractor and project payroll information to be searchable to the public.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1791
Description: Requires the Illinois Department of Transportation to conduct a traffic study following the occurrence of any accident involving a pedestrian fatality that occurs at an intersection of a State highway.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
On Friday, August 13, 2021, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
Bill Number: HB 156
Description: Requires school districts to make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in each bathroom available to students in grades 4-12.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 165
Description: Requires the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois to report on the potential for carbon capture, utilization and storage as a climate mitigation technology, in consultation with an intergovernmental advisory committee, no later than December 31, 2022.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 275
Description: Makes various amendments to state and local pension fund articles.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 292
Description: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code to increase membership on the State Use Program and allow CILA residents to retain all of their earned income from specific workshops and activities.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 656
Description: Provides that the passenger of a motorcycle must be able to rest their foot on the foot rest while the motorcycle is in motion.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 1092
Description: Makes multiple changes to the Firearms Restraining Orders Act, establishes new training standards for law enforcement officers, instructs the ISP to create a commission to study the Act’s implementation, and directs IDPH to conduct a program to promote awareness of firearm restraining orders.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 1725
Description: Requires the trustees of schools in Class II county school units to publicize additional information about district governance on its website.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1755
Description: Requires DCEO to evaluate port district eligibility for state and federal programs, grants and subsidies, and allows the Kaskaskia Regional Port District to apply for state funds.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 1765
Description: Prohibits the police from conducting background checks on people planning to speak at public meetings.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2741
Description: Makes court ordered counseling sessions conform with the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act and HIPPA.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3577
Description: Makes several technical and operational changes within the Secretary of State’s office, specifically related to the Secretary of State’s power, names of associations, filing forms, fees and procedures.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: HB 3911
Description: Creates additional duties of the First Responder Suicide Task Force including recommending agencies and organizations guarantee access to mental health and wellness services as well as additional training, mitigation practices, and bolstering school curricula.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 58
Description: Removes the traded-in property exemption that was implemented as part of Rebuild Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 225
Description: Provides that the Secretary of State cannot provide facial recognition photographs to law enforcement for the purpose of solely enforcing immigration laws.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 544
Description: Extends the sunset of the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission by a decade, from January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2032.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 583
Description: Provides that the Clerk of Court of Cook may accept certified checks for fines, penalties or other costs and is subject to the Local Records Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 654
Description: Requires public schools to provide 30 minutes of daily play time for all students in kindergarten through grade 5.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: SB 672
Description: Makes changes to the Freedom of Work Act to protect employees from certain employer actions in response to COVID-19.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 805
Description: Requires school districts to establish a food sharing plan for unused food, with a focus on students in need.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 921
Description: Amends Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to create the Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1561
Description: Adds third party loan modification service discrimination protections to the Illinois Human Rights Act and clarifies other housing portions of the Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1721
Description: Creates mechanisms for local governments to retrieve abandoned property.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1740
Description: Allows non-emergency ambulance providers to provide in-house safety certification provided it is approved by the Department of Public Health.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1779
Description: Places disclosure requirements on lenders and lending agents with respect to mortgage notes for manufactured home purchases.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1830
Description: Provides that of the two years of social studies courses required to receive a high school diploma, one semester, or part of one semester, may include a financial literacy course.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1876
Description: Prevents a lapse in coverage if a group life insurance policy were to be replaced by another carrier.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1878
Description: Adds bowfin and paddlefish to the list of protected species in Illinois and adds penalties for hunting those species.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1879
Description: Prohibits anyone from removing a fish from a public right-of-way or highway through means of bow and arrow, spear or sling shot.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1928
Description: Adjusts the membership of various boards within the Southern Illinois University system.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1966
Description: Enables Illinois and Wisconsin residents who are subject, by court order, to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis for the treatment of a mental health disorder to obtain appropriate treatment across state lines if closer to place of residence.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1970
Description: Allows limited access to basic inpatient mental health information in specific emergency circumstances.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2014
Description: Requires universities and community colleges to include contact information for certain suicide prevention and mental health resources on student ID cards.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2116
Description: Requires the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice to provide a civics education workshop for youth 12 months prior to release.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2150
Description: Allows for applicants over 35 to take a firefighter examination if they have been volunteers, paid-on-call, or part-time firefighters.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2175
Description: Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act by removing out of date terms and adding language relating to the Secretary’s appointment.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2179
Description: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure related to attorney malpractice actions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2240
Description: Requires universities to state which department a president or chancellor would transition to if a transition provision is included in their contract and limits their compensation should they transition.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2278
Description: Amends the Counties Code to create a mental health board.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2406
Description: Reorganizes judicial circuits outside of Cook County.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2515
Description: Amends the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act to Create the Mahomet Aquifer Council.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
On Monday, August 16, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
Bill Number: HB 1836
Description: Authorizes the State Treasurer to verify that funeral and burial expenses of the deceased are paid for prior to transferring the proceeds of an ABLE account to the designated beneficiary.
Action: Signed
Effective:Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1916
Description: Requires the Illinois Department of Transportation to update its policy for providing project notifications to the public.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1955
Description: Adopts which require the Director of Insurance to approve specified acquisitions and allows Illinois to maintain National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Accreditation.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2400
Description: Provides guidelines to school districts in order to limit the traumatic effect that law enforcement drills may have on students.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2405
Description: Creates a mechanism and minimizes resources to assist insolvent insurance companies with paying claims.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2079
Description: Amends the VOICES Act to assist immigrant survivors of domestic violence and other criminal activity who need law enforcement agencies to provide certifications to enable them to seek federal visas.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
On Friday, August 20, 2021, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
Bill Number: HB 738
Description: Expands the maximum number of birth center alternative health care models in Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1815
Description: Makes technical changes to the Veterans’ Service-Related Ailments Taskforce.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1831
Description: Allows attorney’s fees and costs to be awarded to a private detective, private security, fingerprint vendor, locksmith licensee, interested party, or person injured if they successfully obtain injunctive relief, whether by consent or otherwise.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1838
Description: Expands unlawful discrimination in the IL Human Rights Act to include discrimination against an individual because of their association with a person with a disability.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 1854
Description: Requires a written aftercare plan to be provided to patients upon discharge from a DHS facility.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 1855
Description: Creates the Illinois Innovation Voucher Program to foster research and development in key industry clusters, leading to developing new products and services that Illinois businesses can market.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1927
Description: Allows the issuance of aviation enthusiast decals for special license plates for members of the Illinois chapters of the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1928
Description: Allows the issuance of special license plate decals for Child Abuse Council of the Quad Cities of the Illinois Department of Human Services.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1966
Description: Allows a TRS member to purchase up to 2 years of service credit for time served as a teacher or administrator at a private school recognized by ISBE.
Action: Veto
Note: The veto message is attached.
Bill Number: HB 2061
Description: Extends TIF districts in the City of Mount Carroll and in the Village of Elizabeth to 35 years.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2365
Description: Extends the estimated date of completion of a redevelopment projects in the City of Mount Pulaski and the City of Polo.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2408
Description: Requires HVAC fire and smoke dampers inspections to be conducted by certified International Certification Board inspectors.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2411
Description: Extends the South Suburban redevelopment program to 2026, and grants Data Centers 2 years, instead of 90 days, to acquire a green building certification.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2413
Description: Discontinues the Chicago South Suburban Mass Transit District on January 1, 2022, and transfers ownership of its only remaining assets — parking lots in Homewood, Olympia Fields and University Park — to the respective municipalities.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2425
Description: Extends the deadline for the parents or guardians of students at Chicago Public Schools to file a complaint alleging the delay or denial of special education services during a two-year period in which the district was found to have exercised policies and procedures that were unlawful.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2427
Description: Creates a task force to investigate ways to better assist public defenders in managing their caseload.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2432
Description: Extends the implementation date of electronic records for the Secretary of State to July 1, 2022.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2433
Description: Allows a local health department to inspect a complaint regarding a facility within its jurisdiction.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2435
Description: Ensures a manufacturer cannot require a vehicle dealer to offer a secondary product or prohibit a vehicle dealer from offering a secondary product.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2449
Description: Allows any chairman of a county board to request a special meeting of the board, rather than just chairmen in counties where chairmen are elected.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2454
Description: Allows county boards to waive permit costs, fees or registration costs to businesses who demonstrate via application a need based on financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2529
Description: Requires automotive parts recyclers and scrap processors to submit a Junk Vehicle Notification to the Secretary of State.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2543
Description: Extends the repeal of the Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor’s License Act to January 1, 2027.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2548
Description: Expands the time during which antique motor vehicle owners may drive those vehicles on highways.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2568
Description: Makes changes regarding health insurance plans for an injured employee.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2569
Description: Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code to allow for teachers to return to work in a school without impacting their retirement.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2584
Description: Adds that a school bus may be equipped with a special arm extension and allows IDOT to create a pilot program to test the safety equipment.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2620
Description: Expands privileges to Craft Brewers, Winery and Spirits, including the creation of new licenses, the establishment of annual gallonage, the legalization of mead and the creation of a new delinquency list.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately, except for provisions concerning a written list of delinquent retail licensees that shall be developed, administered and maintained by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission take effect January 1, 2022.
Bill Number: HB 2653
Description: Requires group health plans to cover colonoscopies that are determined to be medically necessary based on an initial screening.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2785
Description: Codifies the transfer of the Office of Energy from DCEO to IEPA.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2795
Description: Requires that annual auditors hired by charter schools not be affiliated with the school in any way.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2826
Description: Extends the TIF in the City of Washington.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2834
Description: Commemorates August 26th as Illinois Constitution Day.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2860
Description: Allows for fire chief license plates and response tools to be equipped on the Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief vehicles in order to respond to emergencies.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2863
Description: Provides that a county superintendent of highways may consent to or deny an application for construction on township roads.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2864
Description: Allows nurses, physicians assistants and advanced practice nurses with active licenses to apply to serve as volunteer EMTs in rural areas.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2914
Description: Requires DCFS to submit a report on outcomes for children with DCFS involvement.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2950
Description: Expands how DuPage, Kane, Lake, Will and McHenry counties may use their Motor Fuel Tax proceeds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3027
Description: Allows temporary disability parking decals for expecting mothers in their third trimester.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3069
Description: Aligns statutory posting requirements for managed care contracted claims reports on HFS’ HealthChoice Illinois website.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3097
Description: Expands the definition of driver education course to include instruction on law enforcement procedures during traffic stops, including appropriate interactions with law enforcement officers.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3099
Description: Eliminates the CPS Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication and requires CPS to implement a socio-emotional focused attendance policy and to offer truancy intervention services rather than imposing penalties for truancy.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3113
Description: Extends the Illinois Commerce Commission’s emergency authority to 45 days from 15 days.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3114
Description: Creates the State Education Equity Committee to ensure equity in education for all children from birth through grade 12.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3116
Description: Changes when the alternative retail electric supplier (ARES) report is due to May 31, 2020, alternative gas suppliers report to September 30 and the Director of Commission’s Office of Retail Market Development’s report to October 31.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3160
Description: Creates the Forest Preserve District and Conservation District Design-Build Authorization Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: June 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3165
Description: Removes restrictions imposed by a deed conveying canal lands from the state to Ottawa.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3175
Description: Provides new caps on the total incentive for wellness coverage and new mandates for certified application counselors.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3178
Description: Clarifies the role of the Illinois Committee for Agricultural Education (ICAE) is to advise the state board on the administration of the Agricultural Education line item and agency rulemaking that affects agricultural education educators.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3202
Description: Includes e-cigarettes and other vapor devices as one of the educational areas in the Comprehensive Health Education Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3217
Description: Makes culturally appropriate modifications to how Black and African American people are defined in state statute.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3255
Description: Requires all DVA service officers and supervisors within the field division be honorably discharged and modifies statutory language to be gender neutral.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3262
Description: Allows individuals to bring civil actions against those who make false 911 calls.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3265
Description: Expands the definition of a “rape crisis organization.”
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3267
Description: Creates the Advisory Commission on Reducing the Disproportionate Representation of African-American Children in Foster Care Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3272
Description: Requires local school districts to adopt written policies related to absences and missed homework or classwork assignments as a result of or related to a student’s pregnancy.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3281
Description: Allows high schools to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction about the process of naturalization by which a foreign citizen or foreign national becomes a U.S. citizen.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3313
Description: Extends the Morris TIF District 1 of the City of Morris.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3438
Description: Requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to designate an employee as an Undocumented Student Resource Liaison.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: HB 3462
Description: Allows children in DCFS care who are victims of sexual assault to obtain a forensic interview from a children’s advocacy center.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3463
Description: Codifies Illinois Department of Corrections policy to refer a parolee or releasee for services from other state or local agency prior to their release from a correctional facility.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3474
Description: Modifies the membership criteria for the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) board.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3497
Description: Increases the membership of the State Board of Pharmacy and modifies membership requirements.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3504
Description: Requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to collect health and social determinants of health data at more granular levels than county level on more varied topics than current surveys (e.g., Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System).
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3515
Description: Allows veterans service organizations to elect members to the Veteran Assistance Commissions from serviced counties in which at least 25% of its membership resides.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3523
Description: Expands the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to include cyber incidents under disasters.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3575
Description: Creates a tele-hearing pilot program under DHS for individuals in state operated psychiatric hospitals.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: HB 3592
Description: Requires the Department of Public Health to ensure that medical examiner offices are included as part of medical facilities for the purposes of complying with and implementing associated sections of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3595
Description: Creates guidelines regarding minors who are returning to their parent’s or guardian’s custody who live out of state.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3596
Description: Requires any opioid prescription for a substance classified in Schedule II, III, IV, or V of the Illinois Controlled Substance Act be sent electronically, in accordance with requirements of the Prescription Monitoring Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023
Bill Number: HB 3620
Description: Codifies income eligibility for the Child Care Assistance Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3650
Description: Provides that licenses are not required for those trying to provide an agricultural experience.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3662
Description: Increases worker protections for firefighters and EMTs.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3678
Description: Amends and modernizes the oath taken by the foreman of a Grand Jury.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3698
Description: Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3712
Description: Creates the Car-Sharing Program Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3716
Description: Requires veterans to be given preference for certain IDOT positions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3762
Description: Eliminates requirement to notify the Secretary of State when seizing a vehicle under the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3764
Description: Amends the Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgment Act to change the definition of “acknowledged before me.”
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3786
Description: Protects victims of abuse, neglect or financial exploitation during OIG investigations of DHS employees.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3793
Description: Requires DCFS to meet a higher stander to limit or terminate contact between a DCFS-youth and their family member.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3798
Description: Expands healthcare worker background checks to include DOC employees or third-party vendors.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3803
Description: Requires hospitals to offer information on charity care options to uninsured patients, regardless of their immigration status or residency.
Action: Signed
Effective: 90 days after becoming law
Bill Number: HB 3811
Description: Consolidates multiple Illinois State Police funds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3821
Description: Creates the Racial Disproportionality Child Welfare Task Force Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3853
Description: Extends the date for a University of Illinois water report to the end of 2022 rather than the end of 2020.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3854
Description: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and further details the use of turn signals.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3855
Description: Allows out of state vehicles to be issued no insurance citations.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3864
Description: Repeals the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act, which codified discriminatory housing practices by declaring large swaths of Black neighborhoods as blighted areas.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3870
Description: Makes changes to the Illinois Amateur Sports Commission.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3879
Description: Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to designate one or more entities to be certified for tele-mentoring services.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3881
Description: Redefines “local roads” in the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3906
Description: Establishes a procedure by which the State Superintendent would be authorized to determine that a student’s parent or guardian is officially unknown.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3929
Description: Allows the issuance of health care worker decals by the Department of Public Health with a portion of the revenue deposited into an Illinois Health Care Workers Benefit Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3950
Description: Requires high school and community college partnership agreements related to dual credit courses to ensure that individual students with disabilities have access to dual credit courses.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3955
Description: Adds consumer protections to the Automatic Contract Renewal Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3995
Description: Creates the Birth Licensing Act, which provides that no person shall open, manage, conduct, offer, maintain or advertise as a birth center without a valid license issued by the Department of Public Health.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 508
Description: Makes changes to the property tax code regarding scavenger sales in Cook County and allows taxing districts to receive refunds when the previous tax year amount was an error.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 814
Description: Directs ISBE to create a competitive grant program to support new principal mentoring programs and new teacher induction and mentoring programs, and adjusts program requirements.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1533
Description: Allows a veteran who is certified by DVA to be at least 10% disabled or who is in receipt of total disability pension to trap, as permitted by the Code, without procuring a trapping license.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1646
Description: Allows a downstate TRS member to purchase up to 2 years of service credit for time served as a teacher or administrator at a private school recognized by ISBE.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1770
Description: Exempts any construction projects at facilities or property within 6 miles of the Ohio River/Mississippi River confluence from the provisions of the Interagency Wetland Policy Act (IWPA) of 1989.
Action: Veto
Note: Veto message is attached.
Bill Number: SB 1839
Description: Provides that codes of structure for modular dwellings cannot be more stringent than the International Residential Code for single- and two-family dwellings or the International Building Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1842
Description: Alters the Prescription Monitoring Program’s alert system to be consistent with CDC guidelines.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1845
Description: Requires the owner of a certificate of purchase to file with the county clerk for the names and addresses of the property owners.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1846
Description: Designates which beverages restaurants may serve on the children’s menu.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1892
Description: Prohibits the periodic imprisonment or conditional discharge for those convicted of child pornography if the victim was a family member.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1904
Description: Expands the authority for State’s Attorneys to receive unfounded reports under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act & the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1908
Description: Directs the University of Illinois Hospital to adopt policies to protect health care workers and patients from hazardous surgical smoke plume and to ensure the elimination of surgical smoke plumes.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1962
Description: Repeals the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty Act, which has been largely replaced by Illinois Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security passed in the 2020 Black Caucus pillar.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: SB 1976
Description: Requires the Illinois Department of Corrections to place a sign at every visiting waiting area containing information regarding a point of contact person for all suggestions, complaints or other requests.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1977
Description: Requires the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for all available federal funding to promote inclusion and integration for persons with disabilities.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1989
Description: Allows a retired teacher that is drawing a pension to accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status if that employment is not within the school year during which service was terminated and does not exceed 120 paid days or 600 paid hours in each school year.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2037
Description: Amends various Acts to revise statutory law to conform the statutes to the reorganization of the executive branch taking effect under Executive Order 2019-12.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2043
Description: Makes several technical updates to the school code.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2103
Description: Makes numerous changes to the optional defined contribution plan under the State universities article of the Pension Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2110
Description: Makes technical changes to the Illinois Public Aid Code, Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, and Illinois Parentage Act of 2015.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2112
Description: Requires a life insurance provider to notify an applicant of their right to designate a secondary addressee to receive notice of cancellation of the policy based on nonpayment of premium.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2133
Description: Requires reporting of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data as well as primary or preferred language for major programs administered by some state agencies.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2164
Description: Allows students participating in agrarian-related activities to be transported in a second division pick-up truck.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2193
Description: Adds “freight containers” to the list of locations it is considered a burglary offense to knowingly enter without authority.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2204
Description: Amends the definition of “stalking” to include knowingly making threats on two or more occasions, when the individual is aware of the threatening nature of the speech.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2245
Description: Restricts the use of pesticides on or within 500 feet of a school property during normal hours from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2250
Description: Amends the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Act to require more frequent reporting to local Veterans’ Homes.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2312
Description: Makes a violation of the federal Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 a violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practice Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2354
Description: Allows a forensic speech course to be used to satisfy the one-year elective course requirement needed to receive a high school diploma.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2357
Description: Requires school superintendents to provide additional information when notifying the State Board of Education of the dismissal or resignation of a Professional Educator License holder that has committed an act of abuse or neglect of a child.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2360
Description: Makes changes to the Banking Emergencies Act regarding the closing and reopening power of various entities.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2390
Description: Amends the Township Code to allow the township board to postpone the township meetings when the meetings conflict with the celebration of Ramadan.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2395
Description: Repeals the Aquaculture Development Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2424
Description: Adds the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (doing business as Amtrak) to the list of entities that may report to the Illinois Commerce Commission under the Railroad Supplier Diversity Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2434
Description: Allows elementary and high school districts that have overlapping boundaries to enter into an IGA under which they can share student records for some students to the same extent as schools within a unit district.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2435
Description: Creates the First 2021 General Revisory Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2454
Description: Clarifies that the Illinois Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for rail fixed guideway public transportation systems.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2455
Description: Eliminates the Illinois Motorist Report so motorists involved in a motor vehicle crash do not have to fill out a motorist report and send it to IDOT within 10 days of the crash occurring.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2460
Description: Allows a municipal identification card to be an acceptable secondary form of identification with the Illinois Secretary of State.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2486
Description: Amends the Personnel Record Review Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2494
Description: Extends a provision of the Mechanics Lien Act. which states that it is not necessary to include a contract time or project completion or a time of payment in order to obtain a lien.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2522
Description: Amends the Eminent Domain Act for Moultrie County.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2530
Description: Requires wireless service providers to provide call location information concerning the telecommunications device of a user to a law enforcement agency when it involves an emergency.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2563
Description: Allows for the creation of portable vehicle emission testing companies.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2567
Description: Increases the offense class for aggravated criminal sexual abuse under subsection (f) from a Class 2 felony to a Class 1 felony and clarifies the definitions surrounding the concept of consent.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
August 24, 2021, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
Bill Number: HB 3190
Description: Prohibits companies from using certain pollution control devices.
Action: Veto
Note: The veto message is attached.
Bill Number: HB 3763
Description: Requires response time studies in cases of involuntary consolidation, district dissolution, or station closure.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 632
Description: Reinstates the Restore Illinois Collaborative Commission through January 1, 2023.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2411
Description: Recognizes international agreements in the Illinois Insurance Code, ensuring the Illinois Department of Insurance retains their NAIC accreditation.
Action: Signed
Effective: December 21, 2022
On Friday, August 27, 2021, Governor Pritzker took the following bill actions:
Bill Number: HB 4
Description: Allows the use of e-learning days when a school is selected to be a polling place.
Action: Signed
Effective: June 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 132
Description: Allows all State agencies to recognize and accept the certifications of minority-owned and women-owned businesses certified by the City of Chicago, Cook County or other entities approved by the Business Enterprise Council.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 684
Description: Exempts non-emergency ground ambulance services from Medicaid managed care.
Action: Veto
Note: The veto message is attached.
Bill Number: HB 1711
Description: Bans the use of “puppy mills” by registered pet stores.
Action: Signed
Effective: 180 days after becoming law
Bill Number: HB 1926
Description: Repeals the City and Village Tuberculosis Sanitariums Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. There are no longer any Tuberculosis Sanitarium districts remaining in Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 1954
Description: Designates the first full week of April every year as Autism Awareness Week to be observed throughout the state.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2109
Description: Mandates that individual and group insurance plans cover “comprehensive cancer screening” and “testing of blood or constitutional tissue for cancer predisposition testing.”
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2394
Description: Requires the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services to create a standardized format for data collection for behavioral health providers.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2401
Description: Provides that the Secretary of State has the duty to accept service of process only in those specifically mandated areas of the law and as determined by the General Assembly. Provides that the Secretary of State is not the default agent for service of process in the State of Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2412
Description: Expands language accessibility by requiring published newspapers to issue notices in the official language of the minority group’s country of origin in areas with 45% of a single minority group’s population.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2426
Description: Allows individuals in Department of Human Services facilities to request a transfer to another facility and creates guidelines around the process.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2438
Description: Requires the State Board of Education’s school report cards to include the number of teachers who are National Board-Certified Teachers.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2499
Description: Changes boat-related definitions to allow the Department of Natural Resources to pursue federal grant dollars.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2521
Description: Makes technical changes to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2553
Description: Creates the Protecting Household Privacy Act. Prohibits law enforcement agencies from obtaining household electronic data from a private third party unless the agency has a warrant or meets other specific exceptions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2589
Description: Makes multiple changes to the Substance Use Disorder Act to help address the opioid crisis.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2614
Description: Allows the Northwest Home Equity Assurance Program to establish a Delinquent Tax Repayment Loan Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2616
Description: Creates an exemption in the Illinois Procurement Code to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2766
Description: Makes technical changes to the Chicago Municipal Article of the Illinois Pension Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 2806
Description: Creates the Local Volunteer Board Member Removal Act.
Allows a volunteer member of a board or commission to be removed for misconduct or neglect of office.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3004
Description: Makes technical changes to pension boards regarding individuals that are members on pension boards and also employed by the board.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3100
Description: Expands the required training topics for mandated reporters under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to include an implicit bias training.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3174
Description: Makes changes to the High Impact Business Program with respect to prevailing wage provisions.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3235
Description: Requires that 45 days prior to scheduled release, the Department of Corrections must provide individuals with information on housing, job listings, voting and acquiring a State ID.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3277
Description: Allows the court to appoint special advocates when a petition is filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or at any point during a proceeding.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3355
Description: Requires the Department of Human Services to post information on their website on the risks of developing a dependence on opioids and alternative treatments.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3404
Description: Creates the Pembroke Township Natural Gas Investment Pilot Program for a duration of 5 years.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3461
Description: Requires schools to create and adopt an evidence-informed policy that addresses sexual abuse from the standpoint of students, school personnel, and parents.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3598
Description: Requires companies that issue group accident and health insurance to offer such insurance policies to local chambers of commerce.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3714
Description: Sets guidelines for the licensure of fire sprinkler contractors and fire sprinkler inspectors.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3739
Description: Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act and sets guidelines and procedures to allow communities to access lead-free water.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3849
Description: Creates the Supported Decision-Making Agreement to better support individuals who need decision-making assistance due to an illness or disability.
Action: Signed
Effective: 6 months after becoming law
Bill Number: HB 3886
Description: Creates guidelines regarding news media’s access to minors under the care of the Department of Children and Family Services.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3895
Description: Requires the Departments of Juvenile Justice and Corrections to implement wellness programs for all employees and staff to help address personal and professional mental health concerns.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3914
Description: Creates the Positive Act aimed at increasing diversity across state agencies.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: HB 3928
Description: Creates the Illinois Thirty-by-Thirty Conservation Task Force Act, which will focus on identifying ways in which Illinois can protect 30% of its land and water resources by 2030.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3956
Description: Allows a clerk or deputy clerk of a circuit court to prepare or draft documents.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 626
Description: Provides that one hour of community service is equivalent to the value of one hour of work at the state minimum wage, rather than the current equivalent of $4, and allows individuals who earn a certain income to apply for a reduction of fees assessed to a traffic violation.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 661
Description: Creates a program that would allow an individual who has a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social work license or a social work license and a Master of Social Work degree to receive a grant to obtain a Professional Educator License with an endorsement in social work.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 662
Description: Creates the School Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program to provide student debt relief to social workers who are employed by a public elementary or secondary school in Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 693
Description: Authorizes EMS personnel to divert patients without immediate need for medical care to a mental health facility, urgent care, or immediate care facility instead of to the emergency room.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1655
Description: Technical bill that clarifies conveyance of property from the Department of Natural Resources to local governments.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1667
Description: Allows certification of the levy by the county clerk to be done electronically.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1697
Description: Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) so that awards funded by state appropriations will no longer be required to follow GATA rules and guidelines.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1822
Description: Extends the estimated dates of completion of redevelopment projects and the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment costs for several municipalities.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1861
Description: Modernizes various aspects of the Department of Correction’s Impact Incarceration Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 1905
Description: Creates the Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act to ensure consumers are aware of their available coverage.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1920
Description: Amends the Environmental Protection Act to add public disclosure requirements if demolitions are conducted at coal-fueled power plants.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1974
Description: Prohibits insurers from attempting a recoupment or offset until all appeal rights of a health care professional or provider are exhausted.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2007
Description: Makes amendments regarding the handling of cottage food.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2066
Description: Makes technical changes to the Retailers’ Occupation Tax Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2088
Description: Expands eligible appointees of the committee created to review ISBE’s kindergarten assessment to include state policy advocates, early childhood administrators, and other stakeholders.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2093
Description: Expands Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund (CTPF) coverage to include educational staff of contract schools.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2107
Description: Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) and the Firefighters’ Pension Investment Fund Articles of the Illinois Pension Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2109
Description: Requires professional development training for school board members to cover trauma-informed practices for students and staff.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023
Bill Number: SB 2136
Description: Allows for the expungement of criminal records for felony prostitution convictions.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2137
Description: Requires nursing homes and long-term care facilities, as a condition of licensure by IDPH, to adopt plans and policies to prevent social isolation for seniors.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2153
Description: Makes changes regarding violations of nursing staffing levels and establishes a fee schedule for those violations.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2158
Description: Requires insurance policies or managed care plans to provide coverage for treatment to eliminate or maximally treat port-wine stains.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2172
Description: Requires that pharmacies and pharmacists ensure that all new pharmacy technicians are educated and trained using a standard nationally accredited education and training program.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately, requirements begin January 1, 2024
Bill Number: SB 2244
Description: Increases opportunities for tax relief to senior citizens by allowing them to defer all or part of their property tax and special assessment payments.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2249
Description: Clarifies that the Department of Corrections cannot fire an employee solely because the employee had their FOID card revoked due to the employee being enrolled at a mental health facility.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2265
Description: Makes changes to how informed consent for psychotropic medication may be obtained or refused in nursing homes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2270
Description: Updates provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act to require the Department of Public Health to submit proposed rules to the Secretary of State.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2290
Description: Creates the Illinois Broadband Adoption Fund Act to provide financial assistance programs to residents for broadband internet services who qualify for TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, or have a child suitable for free or reduced lunch.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2323
Description: Prohibits the use of restraints when youth are being transported under the care of the Department of Children and Family Services.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2325
Description: Creates a $2 million funding pool for payments to non-emergency ambulance providers for valid appeals of previous HFS claims denials.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2339
Description: Allows the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County to prevent the disclosure of the identities of child sex crime victims.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2340
Description: Restricts the disclosure of the identity of an adult victim of criminal sexual assault.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2356
Description: Amends the Open Meetings Act to require semi-annual meetings to approve minutes of closed meetings of public bodies.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2370
Description: Creates guidelines for Department of Children and Family Services youth-in-care during detention and shelter care hearings.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2023
Bill Number: SB 2384
Description: Directs the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to expand palliative care within Medicaid for individuals under 21.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
Bill Number: SB 2496
Description: Extends the sunset date on the Collateral Recovery Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2520
Description: Allows a county board to hire outside legal counsel to represent the county board when there is a conflict of interest between the State’s Attorney and the county board.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2531
Description: Allows partners and S corporation shareholders to avoid the $10,000 cap on SALT deduction under federal law.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2662
Description: Allows identification cards issued to conditional permanent residents to expire under specified conditions. Also allows REAL ID-compliant ID cards issued to conditional permanent residents to be marked as “Limited Term.”
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2022
