Illinois e-News Release

Today, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:

Bill Number: HB 0042

Description: Allows the Department of Public Health to issue autism awareness decals for license plates.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 0047

Description: Makes changes to the Illinois Insurance Code to clarify the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund can cover cyber security insurance claims when a company goes insolvent.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 1117

Description: Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act to increase the number of persons who can be served in a hospice setting.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1121

Description: Allows trained overdose responders within an organization enrolled in the Drug Overdose Prevention Program administered by the Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery, to dispense drug adulterant testing supplies and provides requirements for storge of supplies.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1123

Description: Amends the School Code to better capture students with IEPs graduation requirement completion and completion of their IEP, separately.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 1153

Description: Lowers threshold of county population requiring an Office of County Auditor.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1155

Description: Provides that when a person is injured by an impaired minor, the person has a right of action against a person who willfully supplied the minor with drugs or alcohol at their residence.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1156

Description: Requires posting of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program information on all licensed establishment websites.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1190

Description: Requires the owner of any underground natural gas storage facility to collect and test any gases released within a quarter of a mile of the facility when a verified facility release occurs.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1197

Description: Amends the Solicitation for Charity Act by changing reporting requirements for certain charitable organizations specified in the act.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1291

Description: Increases the maximum Teaching Excellence Program incentive from $1,500 to $2,250.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 1384

Description: Requires insurance plans regulated by the State of Illinois to provide coverage for medically necessary reconstructive services intended to restore physical appearance.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024, companies must be in compliance for plans on or after January 1, 2025

Bill Number: HB 1434

Description: Streamlines the process for Illinois courts when dealing with cases involving abused and neglected children who have medical records from multiple states.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1465

Description: Amends the Illinois Highway Code to raise threshold requiring competitive bidding for certain projects by highway commissioners.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 1555

Description: Allows an attorney appointed by the court to serve in proceedings involving support, custody, visitation, allocation of parental responsibilities, education, parentage, property, or general interest of a minor or dependent child as guardian ad litem.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 1558

Description: Removes the requirement that the Department of Public Health establish and charge a fee to any facility or program applying to be certified to participate in the Medicare program under Title XVIII or the Medicaid program under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1561

Description: Allows school districts to maintain an on-site trauma kit and requires trauma response training for school employees.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 1566

Description: Amends the State Finance Act by providing for the transfer of moneys from specified funds into the Audit Expense Fund.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 1581

Description: Allows the Secretary of State to issue special registration plates designated as United States Submarine Veterans plates to each resident of this State who served in the United States Navy as a submariner.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1625

Description: Expands the type of appraisers who can determine the value of surplus real estate before it can be sold by fire protection districts.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1628

Description: Beginning 90 after the effective date, landlords may no longer require a tenant or prospective tenant to remit any amount due to the landlord under a residential lease, renewal, or extension agreement by means of an electronic funds transfer, including, but not limited to, an electronic funds transfer system that automatically transfers funds on a regular, periodic, and recurring basis.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1635

Description: Approves a Lake County Forest Preserve land transfer for a veteran’s cemetery.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 1740

Description: Allows emergency service districts to charge fees for services outside of the district and employ or contract with rescue squad and/or ambulance personnel.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1865

Description: Allows designated license plates for university police vehicles.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 1920

Description: Authorizes the Department of Military Affairs to convey by quitclaim deed certain real estate to the City of Lawrenceville.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2033

Description: Allows for electronic filing of ordinances levying taxes to pay principal and interest on bonds.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2040

Description: Requires highway clerks to have been residents of the district for at least one year prior to being appointed as highway clerk by a county board of trustees.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2076

Description: Requires the Department of Public Health to identify and publish a list of distressed nursing facilities quarterly.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2091

Description: Allows the Secretary of State to raise the minimum age an individual must be to be eligible for a driving test.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2097

Description: Authorizes the City of Crest Hill to buy the land that will be used in the construction of a Lake Michigan water receiving station.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2130

Description: Requires insurers and other entities licensed by the Department of Insurance to develop, implement, and maintain an information security program based on its risk assessment. Gives the Department oversight power for this program.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2156

Description: Requires that student identification cards include information for the Safe2Help Illinois helpline.

Action: Signed

Effective: July 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 2160

Description: Removes selected school districts from the authority of the trustee of schools of Northfield and Maine townships and the township treasurer.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2188

Description: Transfers the responsibilities of the Illinois Medicaid Fraud Control Unit from the Illinois State Police to the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.

Action: Signed

Effective: October 1, 2023

Bill Number: HB 2192

Description: Sets the maximum length of contracts for park districts related to the installation, maintenance, and service of solar panels.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2220

Description: Clarifies when hotels can refuse service.

Action: Signed

Effective: 60 days after becoming law.

Bill Number: HB 2224

Description: Amends procedure concerning abandoned property under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Description: Adds Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center to the list of stroke centers in the Emergency Medical Services Systems Act.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2248

Description: Creates the Civil Rights Remedies Restoration Act.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2258

Description: Repeals the Furniture Fire Safety Act due to the statute being superseded by federal rulemaking.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2266

Description: Amends the State Treasurer Employment Code to make two administrative clarifications.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2277

Description: Exempts park districts that provide programs to children that have reached the age of 3 for no more than 3.5 hours a day and no more than 25 hours per week from day care licensing requirements.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2289

Description: Creates the First 2023 General Revisory Act. Corrects obsolete cross-references and technical errors.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2308

Description: Requires that a licensed practitioner or an accredited medical or chiropractic radiographer be physically present in the room while a patient is being irradiated.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2325

Description: Provides that mortgage loan originators may work from a remote location.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2442

Description: Allows CPS teachers, as a pilot program, to acquire subsequent teaching endorsements through ISBE-approved professional development opportunities through their school district.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2464

Description: Allows IDOT to deploy pedestrian hybrid beacons and requires drivers to stop before entering an intersection with a pedestrian hybrid beacon.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2503

Description: Extends resident tuition and fees to community college students taking programs offered at any other Illinois community college if the program is not available in their home district.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2519

Description: Requires Hospitals to provide information and instructional material regarding the option to voluntarily donate breast milk to nonprofit milk banks.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2562

Description: Sets heating and cooling standards for buildings that are limited to people 55 years and older.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2582

Description: Removes duplicative license testing requirement for motorcycle drivers under the age of 18.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2584

Description: Creates the Tick Research, Education, and Evaluation (TREE) state special fund to be awarded to the Illinois Lyme Association.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2607

Description: Provides for remote testimony for child victims in criminal proceedings.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2622

Description: Allows forest preserve districts to maintain a landfill expense fund for more than 40 years.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2624

Description: Encourages the establishment of a statewide process to access restricted court files.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2776

Description: Requires the City of Chicago to publicly post annually on its website data describing its progress toward lead service line replacement, including number of lines replaced and average cost, progress meeting contractor diversity requirements, waivers of lead service line replacements, and financing options.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2788

Description: An IEPA initiative to clean up the enforcement process around Compliance Commitment Agreements.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2820

Description: Requires continuing education for providers and staff of obstetric medicine and others who care for pregnant or postpartum women to include addressing airway emergencies experienced during childbirth.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2841

Description: Prohibits fees normally imposed under the Illinois Vital Records Act from being imposed to victims of domestic violence. Requires a certification letter be submitted to obtain the fee waiver.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2861

Description: For children who have entered a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP), requires DCFS to prepare a written report for filling with the court and all parties and shortens the time frame from 35 to 30 days after placing the child into a QRTP.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024.

Bill Number: HB 2901

Description: Streamlines the application and review process for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s services under the Site Remediation Program.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 2963

Description: Allows the Dixon Park District to install solar panels on park district property.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 2972

Description: Allows rescue squad districts to charge reasonable fees.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3071

Description: Makes technical changes to the School Code. This is ISBE’s annual technical language cleanup bill to remove unnecessary, duplicative, or obsolete language from statute.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3087

Description: Amends the Illinois Diseased Animals Act. For purposes of prevention of the spread of contagious or infectious disease, permits the Director of Agriculture to limit intrastate movement, exhibition, display, auction, or sales of animals.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3097

Description: Allows the Illinois Department of Labor greater oversight over Amusement Ride and Attraction safety.

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3140

Description: Prohibits the use of solitary confinement on young detainees in detention centers for any purpose other than preventing immediate physical harm.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3149

Description: Driver’s services omnibus.

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3206

Description: Requires IDFPR to supplement all paper-based certificates, licenses, and authorities with a digitally verified electronic credential.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3224

Description: Requires a student with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and their parent, or guardian, to be provided with information about dual credit courses offered by the School District.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3227

Description: Clarifies the unclaimed wages process for the Illinois Department of Labor.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3289

Description: Expands the Illinois state statute that defines cyberstalking to now include “anxiety.”

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3304

Description: Allows for the prosecution for any offense based upon fraudulent activity connected to COVID-19-related relief programs.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3322

Description: Creates the Law Enforcement Gang Database Information Act by defining the requirements for use and development of department policies for gang databases systems.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3337

Description: Clarifies the elected and appointed positions in the town of Normal.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3340

Description: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Adds the Illinois Finance Authority to the list of financial institutions from which municipalities may borrow.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3351

Description: Requires that Illinois Solar for All program projects are subject to prevailing wage.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3405

Description: Provides that the Director of the Illinois State Police shall serve as chair of the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor Committee.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3406

Description: Amends Emergency Vehicle Categorization.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3414

Description: Allows for the survivors of human trafficking who commit crimes against their abusers to be tried as a juvenile rather than an adult, if the crime the minor commits is against someone who was convicted of human trafficking or of a sex crime targeting the minor within the last three years.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3424

Description: Ensures general assistance funds can be used when the Governor declares an emergency and that those funds aren't denied to children with parents holding drug convictions.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3442

Description: Allows a district to file an extension waiver with their regional office of education (ROE) to continue to employ a substitute teacher in a vacant licensed teacher position for up to 90 days.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3559

Description: Requires schools to establish a plan for local law enforcement to rapidly enter the school building in an emergency.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3578

Description: Allows the Secretary of State to issue two sets of vehicle registration plates of members of the Illinois General Assembly and one set of specialized plates to disabled members of the Illinois General Assembly.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3613

Description: Allows school districts that provide special education facilities to store and maintain oxygen tanks.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3680

Description: Provides that in the development of the individualized education program for a student, if the student needs extra accommodation during emergencies, including natural disasters or an active shooter situation, then that accommodation shall be considered when developing a student's IEP.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3702

Description: Adds additional reporting requirements for the Returning Resident Clean Jobs Training Program.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3707

Description: Requires posting online all administrative citations issued to tow trucks.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3722

Description: Allows House and Senate Minority Leaders to appoint members to a task force on windows and doors with offensive odors.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3733

Description: Makes several minor changes to existing labor law to allow employees to receive personnel documentation electronically and other related changes.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3747

Description: Makes changes to the definition of abandoned vehicles and minor edits to the procedure of obtaining a salvage certificate.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: HB 3755

Description: Allows the Illinois Department of Corrections to transfer the custody of a committed person to the sheriff of the county in which the committed person resides.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3759

Description: Allows student profile information collected through the SAT to be available to Illinois public higher education institutions.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3760

Description: Expands the Uniform admission system pilot program to now require all institutions to have a program established to admit community college transfer students.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3775

Description: Requires certain notice to be included in retail installment contracts for the purchase of internment, entombment, or inurement rights.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3801

Description: Allows for an annual retention bonus of $4000 per year for National Board certified teachers in hard-to-staff schools.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3849

Description: Requires the Department of Agriculture to publish information to encourage food manufacturers, processors, and retailers to voluntarily use uniform terms on food product labels to communicate quality & safety dates.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3876

Description: Allows the Secretary of State to issue temporary vehicle registration plates to owners of vehicles purchased out of state and non-residents of Illinois under certain conditions.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3890

Description: Requires nursing care committees to annually notify hospital nursing staff of their rights concerning nurse staffing.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3932

Description: Requires health classes in the State of Illinois to provide allergen safety education to discuss the prevention of exposure to potential allergens and safe emergency epinephrine administration.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: HB 3955

Description: Prohibits a hospital from delaying medical care and screening in order to inquire about an individual’s method of payment or insurance status.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 0046

Description: Creates the Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1367

Description: Provides that unless required by federal law, a housing authority shall not consider convictions occurring more than 180 days prior to the date the applicant's application for housing is reviewed for acceptance.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1495

Description: Provides the Department of Insurance the authority to intervene earlier in situations where a public adjuster contract violates the requirements of the Illinois Insurance Code.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1526

Description: Requires IDOT to develop a mobile application to provide updated traffic conditions for roads in Illinois.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1560

Description: Increases licensing fees and oversight of the timber buying industry.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1590

Description: Include chiropractic medicine in the Medical Student Scholarship Program to receive loan repayment assistance for agreements to work in a Designated Shortage Area.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1611

Description: Creates the Firefighter Training Leave of Absence Act.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1673

Description: Grants the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago statutory authority to levy civil penalties for violating the Water Management Ordinance.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1709

Description: Requires ISBE and DHS to partner in an endeavor to increase availability and accessibility of mental health resources for students.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1715

Description: Requires any new construction that requires a drinking fountain under the Illinois Plumbing Code to also construct a bottle filling station.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024, rules must be implemented and take effect by July 1, 2026.

Bill Number: SB 1741

Description: Requires that residential property lessor may not withhold security deposit for damages unless statement of damages is provided within 30 days of lessee’s right of possession.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Description: Exempts drainage or road districts from the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance muskrats or beavers provided applicable provisions for licenses and traps are complied with.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1750

Description: Requires reimbursement for the mandatory training expenses of EMTs, EMT-Is, A-EMTs or paramedics who are employed by or under contract with state fire protection districts.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1774

Description: Changes definitions in the Cancer Clinical Trial Participation Program Act to apply to non-cancer trials.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1785

Description: Provides that the written collaborative agreement between a physician and an advanced practice registered nurse shall be for services for which the collaborating physician can provide adequate collaboration.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1790

Description: Updates reporting deadlines in the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Act.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1804

Description: Creates the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1814

Description: Requires that any refrigerant that is designated as approved by the United State Code cannot be prohibited in the State.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024, initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2025

Bill Number: SB 1817

Description: Adds protections in the Illinois Human Rights Act for housing regarding immigration status protection and discriminatory advertising.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1834

Description: Defines a neglected minor to include any minor under 18 years of age whose parent or other person responsible for the minor leaves the minor without supervision.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1835

Description: Allows ATM providers to provide services at state facilities and dissolves the Treasurer’s Rental Fee Fund, transferring all money in it to the Bank Services Trust Fund.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1840

Description: Grants park districts authority to fund and implement public safety measures.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1866

Description: Makes various changes to real estate regulatory acts to reflect current Department practices and ensure language is consistent.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1879

Description: Allows Alternative Retail Energy Suppliers to access usage data for their customers from the utility companies.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1882

Description: Prohibits a testing facility from conducting a canine or feline toxicological experiment in Illinois, except for certain purposes.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1883

Description: Provides that it is illegal for any person to allow any member of the public to come into direct contact or unrestricted close proximity with a bear or nonhuman primate.

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1889

Description: Allows pharmacy support staff who solely perform clerical work to not be required to be licensed as a registered pharmacy technician. Lays out restrictions and training requirements for these staff.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1892

Description: Allows senior citizens and disabled individuals to automatically renew eligibility for free fixed route public transportation services.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1897

Description: Creates Rock Island Regional Port District.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1913

Description: Requires Medicaid coverage, whether through fee-for-service or managed care, of mental health and substance use disorder treatment or services delivered as behavioral telehealth services. Such services shall be reimbursed on the same basis as in-person encounters.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1935

Description: Adds minority owned and veteran owned small businesses to the list of entities that may receive preference in the disposition of transferable property.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 1987

Description: Adds to the Illinois Controlled Substances Act chemical compounds, not approved by the USDA, that are derived from Benzodiazepine or Thienodiazepine.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 1997

Description: Allows smaller counties to set building design and construction requirements to lessen risks to wildlife habitats.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 2005

Description: Requires housing authorities to develop and implement policies granting housing preferences for homeless veterans.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2013

Description: Outlines housing quality standards required to be eligible for funding under the Illinois Affordable Housing Program.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 2028

Description: Mandates the Secretary of State publish best practices related to stranded motorists in Rules of the Road publication.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2037

Description: Creates the Community Land Trust Task Force Act and establishes the Community Land Trust Task Force, which will submit a final report to the Illinois General Assembly and Governor. Task force and report requirements are specified within the act.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 2057

Description: Extends the sunset of the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act to January 1, 2029. Makes modernizing changes to the Act.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Description: Provides that any licensed child welfare agency that provides post-adoption search assistance may request non-identifying, historical information from the Department of Children and Family Services for private adoption agencies that have closed and whose records are housed in the State Central Storage.

Effective: January 1,2024

Bill Number: SB 2146

Description: Makes changes to the Crematory Regulation Act and extends the sunset of the Crematory Regulation Act from January 1st, 2024, to January 1st, 2029.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 2175

Description: Prohibits courts from ordering the payment of outstanding fees, fines, taxes, or any costs arising from criminal proceedings for the first 180 days after a person is released from incarceration.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2226

Description: Prevents Conservation Opportunity Areas from being used by the Illinois Power Agency for use in the Long-Term Renewable Rouses Procurement Plan as the sole basis to withhold or deny permitting, licensure, funding, or regulatory action.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2247

Description: Renames the ABLE Account Program to the Senator Scott Bennett ABLE Program and makes other administrative changes.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Description: Allows a professional license for a Home Nursing Agency to be valid for 240 (rather than 120) days. Removes the single license fee for multiple licenses and increases the fee for each single-home health agency license or renewal to $1,500.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 2278

Description: Requires units of local government to report to IDOT any restrictions in place for vehicles on municipal roads and stipulates that new highways do not have to accommodate truck tractor-semitrailer combinations.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2293

Description: Permits the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and maintain locally held funds to be individually known as the Youth in Care Support Fund.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2320

Description: Authorizes non-home-rule municipalities to establish an Office of Administrative Adjudications.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2322

Description: Allows a resident in a healthcare facility to designate an individual to serve as an “Essential Support Person” who will have access to that resident despite other visitation restriction imposed on the public. Defines certain conditions, makes other changes.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 2325

Description: Allows a Soil and Water Conservation District to request that IDOT install a sign identifying the district.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2337

Description: Requires Illinois State Board of Education report cards to include information regarding gifted education or accelerated placement learning programs.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately

Bill Number: SB 2374

Description: Creates the Computer Science Equity Act to elevate opportunities for Illinois K-12 learners to develop or enhance skills in the area of computer science.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2391

Description: Updates the Community School programing and its associated grant to ensure that we are meeting the needs of the post-pandemic and 21st century needs of schools, students, and communities.

Action: Signed

Effective: June 1, 2024

Bill Number: SB 2406

Description: Makes various administrative changes to the functioning of the Office of the Comptroller.

Action: Signed

Description: Empowers State Librarian and State Library to expand access to e-books and e-audiobooks for libraries across the State.

Action: Signed

Effective: Immediately