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Governor Pat Quinn took action on the following
bills:
Bill No.: HB 70
Increases the
number of hours for pre-licensing courses to be taken to obtain a
Resident Insurance Producer License and specifies that three course
hours must consist of ethics training.
An Act Concerning:
Insurance
Action: Amendatory
veto
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
77
Requires that the U.S. national and Illinois State
flags be displayed at half-staff when an Illinois firefighter is
killed in the line of duty.
An Act Concerning: Government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
163
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act concerning notices.
An
Act Concerning: Employment
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
185
Creates the MRSA Screening, Prevention, and Reporting
Act for State Residential Facilities.
An Act Concerning:
Health
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
192
Allows for the aggregation of offenses of criminal
defacement of property for the purposes of more efficient prosecution
and stiffer penalties.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
208
Provides that the Capital Development Board, in
consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall establish
the Community Health Center Construction Grant Program and may make
grants to eligible community providers subject to appropriations.
An
Act Concerning: Public health
Action:
Veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 211
Sets
forth procedures by which a public library may be dissolved by an
order of the circuit court for failure to perform its statutory
duties and functions.
An Act Concerning: Libraries
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
241
Extends the Village of Downs Tax Increment Allocation
district.
An Act Concerning: Local government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
242
Provides that the debt service extension base must be
increased each year by the percentage increase, for the previous
calendar year, of the Consumer Price Index.
An Act Concerning:
Revenue
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
253
Amends provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code making
vehicles subject to seizure and forfeiture under specified
circumstances.
An Act Concerning: Revenue
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
265
Provides that unclaimed property that may have been
used in the commission of a crime shall be transferred to the
Department of State Police or to another appropriate law enforcement
agency to allow the law enforcement authority to determine if a
criminal investigation should be undertaken.
An Act Concerning:
Civil law
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
267
Provides that grace period registration runs through
the day of the election or primary (now, runs until the 14th day
before the election or primary).
An Act Concerning:
Elections
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.:
HB 276
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
to clarify that no agency is exempt from adopting rules and this
includes the grant-making process.
An Act Concerning:
Government
Action: Amendatory
veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 282
Adds
a missing person with Alzheimer€™s disease or related dementias as a
€œmissing endangered senior.€
An Act Concerning: Police
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
301
Makes the Secretary of Transportation an ex officio
member of the governing body of the
Southwestern Illinois Development Authority.
An Act Concerning:
Local government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
325
Amends the School Code with respect to a school board
of an elementary school, high school, or unit school district that
forms a part of a Class II county school unit that was under the
jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of
schools of a township at the time those offices were abolished in
that township, allows the school treasurer to also be a member of the
school board.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
366
Increases availability of Medicare Part D and
Illinois Cares Rx to low income, seniors and people with disabilities
in Illinois.
An Act Concerning: Aging
Action: Amendatory
veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
396
Provides the Director of Employment Security shall
disclose upon request to state, county, and municipal law enforcement
agencies the residency and employer information of registered sex
offenders, as well as the place of residency when the individual in
question has or is presently receiving benefits from the Department
of Employment Security.
An Act Concerning: Employment
Action:
Veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
416
Provides payment cycles payment for long-term care
provider assessments of longer than 60 days shall be a factor the
Director of Healthcare and Family Services takes into account in
granting a waiver of a penalty assessment for failure to pay the full
amount of an installment when due.
An Act Concerning: Public
aid
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
460
Provides that certain bonds that may currently be
used for loans or grants to units of local government for wastewater
facilities may also be used for grants to serve unincorporated
areas.
An Act Concerning: Finance
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
493
Amends the Property Tax Code. With respect to Truth
in Taxation provisions and the notice that must be published if an
adopted levy exceeds a proposed levy, authorizes the following
statement to be included in the notice at the discretion of the
taxing district: The taxing district has estimated its equalized
assessed valuation to secure new growth revenue and must adhere to
the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL or "tax cap"
law).
An Act Concerning: Revenue
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
546
Requires the Medical Executive Committee or other
comparable governance committee to meet as soon as is reasonably
possible to review the suspension if that a hospital or the medical
staff imposes a summary suspension.
An Act Concerning:
Regulation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
548
Provides that a school board may require a
certificate from a physician, advanced practice nurse, physician
assistant, or spiritual adviser or practitioner as a basis for pay
during leave after an absence of 30 days for birth.
An Act
Concerning: Education
Action:
Veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
557
Expands the statute regarding threats on college
campuses to all public institutions of education including public
elementary and secondary schools.
An Act Concerning: Criminal
law
Action: Amendatory
veto
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
562
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act and the Abused
and Neglected Child Reporting Act to require cross reporting between
the Department of Agriculture and Department of Children and Family
Services in cases of suspected child abuse or animal abuse.
An Act
Concerning: Abuse
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
587
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire
Protection District Act to require municipalities with an organized
fire department to create a foreign fire insurance board.
An Act
Concerning: Local Government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
604
Provides that free samples of tobacco products may be
distributed within a retail establishment selling tobacco products if
the retailer has verified the purchaser's age with a
government-issued identification.
An Act Concerning:
Tobacco
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
615
Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail
Technology Act of 1985. In a provision concerning school refund
policies, provides that refunds shall be in accordance with the
requirements of the school's regional or national accrediting agency,
if any, or rules that the Department shall promulgate for the
purposes of this Section.
An Act Concerning:
Regulation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
669
Provides that the registration fee for fire chief
vehicles owned by the fire chief is the same as the standard
registration fee, and the registration fee for fire chief vehicles
owned by a municipal fire department or fire protection district is
the same as the reduced registration fee for units of local
government.
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Action:
Veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
696
This bill amends sections 3 and 5 of the Recyclable
Metal Purchase Registration Law (815 ILCS 325) to require those
selling metal street signs to recyclers to provide their information
and identification, and to sign a statement under penalty of law
attesting that the signs are not stolen.
An Act Concerning:
Business
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.:
HB 721
Provides that discrimination against a person
because of his or her order of protection status constitutes unlawful
discrimination.
An Act Concerning: Civil law
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
725
Encourages American Sign Language instruction in
Illinois classrooms. The bill makes explicit the option for
public universities to grant foreign language credit for ASL courses
in admissions and graduation requirements. It also has the effect of
encouraging Illinois primary and post-secondary schools to offer
ASL.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action:Amendatory
veto
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
745
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code to allow a person
more flexibility in the location where the person can receive human
services and also allows a person who works to be exempt from
in-person meetings with a representative with the DHS for food
stamps.
An Act Concerning: Public aid
Action: Amendatory
veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
748
Provides that within 30 days after admission to a
nursing home a new resident who does not have a guardian or an
executed power of attorney will be provided with written notice of
their right to provide the name of a potential health care
surrogate.
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
789
Amends the Environmental Protection Act to provide
that open dumping cleanup programs include removal actions with
respect to structures or vacant properties condemned by units of
local government.
An Act Concerning: Safety
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill
No.: HB 791
Repeals provisions requiring each telephone
company to file a report (in every even numbered year) with the
Illinois Commerce Commission and the General Assembly regarding the
telephone company's implementation of a planned emergency telephone
system and its projected further implementation of the plan.
An
Act Concerning: Local Government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill
No.: HB 808
Amends the State Finance Act by exempting the
Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund from having to partake in
the administrative charge-back provision.
An Act Concerning:
Finance
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
820
Provides for the Adjutant General to order Illinois
National Guard personnel into active service for certain nonemergency
functions and to make rules concerning military installations in
conformity with federal rules..
An Act Concerning: State
Government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
838
Clarifies existing language that requires board and
care facilities to be licensed by the Illinois Department of Public
Health (IDPH) under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act.
An
Act Concerning: Regulation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
862
Allows community colleges to accept electronic bid
submissions and requires that electronic submissions be considered a
sealed document for competitive bid requests.
An Act Concerning:
Education
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
866
Prohibits day and temporary labor service agency in
certain municipalities from operating or making business transactions
within 1,000 feet of a school building or a building in which a Boys
and Girls Club is located.
An Act Concerning: Labor
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
872
Provides the Department of Natural Resources will
contract with research institutions in Illinois to create a one year
pilot program to reduce Asian carp populations in the Illinois River
and increase the number of native fish, subject to appropriation.
An
Act Concerning: Fish
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
942
Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Provides that,
beginning July 1, 2009 and through June 30, 2013, the Secretary of
State must notify each owner of a licensed motor vehicle that many
motor vehicles are capable of using E85 blended fuel.
An Act
Concerning: Environmental Safety
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
986
Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act by adding Crohn's disease
and ulcerative colitis to the list of conditions that may lead to a
severe physical or mental disability.
An Act Concerning:
Finance
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
1002
Prohibits funds in the Illinois Historic Sites Fund
and the Presidential Library and Museum Operating Fund from being
transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
An Act Concerning:
Finance
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
1086
Extends the TIF district for the Village of
Steeleville.
An Act Concerning: Local government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
1131
Amends the Election Code. Permits the spouse and
dependents of an active-duty member of the U.S. armed forces to vote
military absentee ballots.
An Act Concerning: Elections
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
1292
Adds a chiropractic physician as a member of the
State Board of Health. Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act.
An
Act Concerning: State government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
1294
Provides that a person enrolled in a respiratory
care education program shall be exempt from the Act if he or she
meets certain conditions.
An Act Concerning: Professional
regulation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
1332
Provides that each agency of the State government
and each unit of local government shall ensure that each United
States flag that is flown at each building, structure, or facility
that is owned or occupied entirely by the agency or unit of local
government is manufactured in the United States.
An Act
Concerning: Civil Law
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
2244
In an effort to increase survival and reduce
disability of stroke patients, HB2244 establishes procedures for
improving emergency medical response to and treatment of stroke
patients throughout the State by designating Primary Stroke Centers
(PSCs) and Emergent Stroke Ready Hospitals (ESRHs).
An Act
Concerning: Public Health
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
2275
Sets forth certain reference compendia and other
authoritative compendia, as identified by the Federal Secretary of
Health and Human Services or the insurance commissioner, in which a
drug must be recognized for the treatment of the specific type of
cancer for which the drug has been prescribed.
An Act Concerning:
Insurance
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
2284
Makes changes concerning applications by limited
liability companies, bond or insurance amounts, violation of the
Commission's rules, fees set by rule, investigators, civil penalties,
license revocation, subpoenas, and oaths.
An Act Concerning:
Warehouses
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
2295
Prohibits a person from serving as park commissioner
if he or she is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other
indebtedness due to the park district or has been convicted in any
court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery,
perjury, or other felony.
An Act Concerning: Government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill
No.: HB 2337
Provides that, with certain exceptions, no
person or entity whose license, certificate or authority has been
revoked by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulations may
apply for a restoration of the license, certificate or authority for
a three-year period.
An Act Concerning: State government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
2370
Amends Public Act 95-19 by correcting the
description of surplus real property to be conveyed by the Director
of Corrections under that Public Act.
An Act Concerning:
Property
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
2395
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. In a provision
prohibiting a registered professional nurse from delegating the
nursing activity of medication administration to an unlicensed
person, provides that "medication administration" does not
include prepackaged medications administered to an individual
detainee in a correctional facility by corrections personnel in
accordance with Title 20 of the Illinois Administrative Code.
An
Act Concerning: Professional Regulation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
2396
Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987
providing that nothing in the Act shall be construed to restrict the
dispensing and sale by an optometrist of ocular devices, such as
contact lenses, that contain and deliver ocular pharmaceutical agents
permitted for use or prescription under the Act.
An Act
Concerning: Regulation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
2451
Provides for a uniform method of filing a lien to
recover the costs of removing specified nuisances, includes the
removal costs of cutting and removing neglected weeds, grass, trees,
and bushes; controlling pests; removing infected trees and removing
garbage and debris.
An Act Concerning: Local government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
2506
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates
each September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.
An Act
Concerning: Government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.:
HB 2533
Provides that the Department of Agriculture must
make available €œprice later contracts€ in electronic as well as
written form.
An Act Concerning: Warehouses
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
2593
Provides that the second Sunday in June each year is
a holiday to be known as Children's Day (El Dia de los Ninos).
Provides that Children's Day is to be observed throughout the State
as a day to recognize and acknowledge the lives of all children.
An
Act Concerning: State government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
2619
Allows two school districts to issue bonds without
voter referenda to fix or restore buildings that were closed or
damaged.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
2644
Designates the first Thursday in May of each year
Peace Officers Memorial Day.
An Act Concerning: Government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
2750
Requires certain documentation and inspections to
apply for a title for a homemade trailer.
An Act Concerning:
Transportation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
2845
Provides that records and communications may be
disclosed when a therapist determines that certain disclosures are
necessary to initiate or continue civil commitment or involuntary
treatment proceedings.
An Act Concerning: Civil law
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3634
Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003 concerning
records.
An Act Concerning: Employment
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3635
Makes changes to the calculation of the credit for
income tax that is paid by a resident to another state on income that
is also subject to the Illinois Income tax.
An Act Concerning:
Revenue
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3636
Requires any entity that is required to file their
federal tax returns electronically to also file their state income
and replacement returns electronically.
An Act Concerning:
Revenue
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3664
Amends the Property Tax Code. In counties of less
than 3,000,000, provides that if an owner fails to file an
application for any homestead exemption (instead of only the senior
assessment freeze), a certificate of error may be issued.
An Act
Concerning: Revenue
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3670
Allows the State Treasurer to invest State money in
short-term obligations of corporations organized in the United States
with assets exceeding $500,000,000 if certain obligations are met.
An
Act Concerning: Finance
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3705
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code by requiring a
title and liability insurance policy for any neighborhood vehicle as
well as registering that vehicle with the Secretary of State€™s
office.
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Action:
Veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3717
Provides that the Cook County Sheriff or his or her
designee may revoke the good behavior allowance of an inmate who is
sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections for misconduct
committed by the inmate while in custody of the Cook County
Sheriff.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3721
Allows the Illinois Department of Transportation to
post signs that prohibit drivers of commercial vehicles from using
their brakes to produce excessive noise.
An Act Concerning:
Transportation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
3730
Provides that yield signs shall be installed at all
highway intersections with every grade crossing that is not equipped
with automatic warning devices.
An Act Concerning:
Transportation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3828
Creates the Task Force on the Conservation and
Quality of the Great Lakes for the protection of the water quality of
the Great Lakes and to educate members of the General Assembly and
the general population on the conditions of the Great Lakes.
An
Act Concerning: Conservation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3877
Allows an applicant for a police department to
exceed the maximum age of 35 years by up to 10 years of active
military duty.
An Act Concerning: Local government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3934
Enhances the penalty for theft by one class higher
if the offender falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of
the landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit from a
tenant.
An Act Concerning: Criminal law
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
3956
Provides that in the counties outside of Cook,
DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, the maximum speed limit
outside an urban district for a second division vehicle designed or
used for the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more is 65
miles per hour on any interstate highway
An Act Concerning:
Transportation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3964
Allows State Employee Retirement Systems (SERS)
member employees to purchase earnings credits for an unpaid leave of
absence in order to collect the correct pension benefit based on the
final average salary.
An Act Concerning: Public employee
benefits
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3967
Makes technical changes to The Elder Abuse and
Neglect Act and to add coroners, executors, and administrators to the
list of individuals who may access records concerning reports of
elder abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self neglect.
An
Act Concerning: Aging
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
3971
Authorizes the Port District to apply to United
States authorities to establish, operate, maintain, and lease foreign
trade zones and sub-zones within a specifically described area within
the City of Chicago described as that portion of the City of
Chicago.
An Act Concerning: Local government
Action: Amendatory
veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
3995
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to extend the
repeal date of the Structural Pest Control Act from December 31, 2009
to December 31, 2019.
An Act Concerning: Professional
regulation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
4008
Provides that the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services' form for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity in
connection with child support collection shall be the same form
prepared by the Department and distributed to county clerks and
registrars under the Vital Records Act.
An Act Concerning:
Children
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
4027
Changes submission due dates for reports and
documentation concerning surplus real property held by the State.
An
Act Concerning: Finance
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
4030
Requires all B100 Biodiesel sold in the State of
Illinois to conform to American Society for Testing and Materials
standards.
An Act Concerning: Business
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
4051
Provides that the provisions of the Election Code do
not supersede the provisions of the Local Records Act with regard to
procedures for the disposal of election records.
An Act
Concerning: Government
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
4066
Increases penalties for inmates held in jails and
who are incarcerated and obtain/use communication services without
authorization or compensation.
An Act Concerning: Criminal
law
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
4177
Makes a person convicted of criminal damage to crops
liable in a civil action for damages up to twice the value of the
crops.
An Act Concerning: Criminal law
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB
4242
Requires the transfer of specified amounts from
specified State funds to the Audit Expense Fund for the costs of
auditing those funds
An Act Concerning: Finance
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB
4327
Provides that the Secretary of State may comply with
the new resident notice requirements by posting the window tinting
requirements on the Secretary of State's website.
An Act
Concerning: Transportation
Action:
Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB
134
Provides that when the Department of Public Health
provides information on available alternative placements in
community-based settings for individuals being discharged or
transferred from facilities licensed under the Act, the information
must include a comprehensive list of a range of appropriate,
client-oriented s
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