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| Senate Amendments Filed between 3/7/2017 and 3/7/2017 |
| SB 0207 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of the Lottery, beginning on January 1, 2018 or as soon thereafter as is practical, to offer a special instant scratch-off game to benefit State police memorials. Requires the net revenue from that game to be deposited into the Criminal Justice Information Projects Fund and provides that any interest earned on moneys in that Fund must be deposited in that Fund. Provides that moneys received from the scratch-off game shall be divided equally for distribution into the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund, the Police Memorial Committee Fund, and the Illinois State Police Memorial Fund and shall be used to fund grants for building and maintaining memorials and parks; holding annual memorial commemorations; giving scholarships to children of officers killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty, or those interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement; and providing financial assistance to police officers and their families when a police officer is killed or injured in the line of duty. Authorizes the Department to adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the game. Defines "net revenue". Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
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| SB 0309 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act, Alternative Health Care Delivery Act, Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, Community Living Facilities Licensing Act, Nursing Home Care Act, MC/DD Act, ID/DD Community Care Act, Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, Hospital Licensing Act, and Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that for hospitals, alternative health care models, Community Living Facilities, long-term care facilities, MC/DD facilities, ID/DD facilities, specialized mental health rehabilitation facilities, and community-integrated living arrangements, a television in a waiting room provided for use by the general public; in a patient, resident, or consumer room provided for use by patients, residents, or consumers that are being treated; or in a patient, resident, or consumer room provided for use by individuals using or requesting services must have a closed captioning feature activated at all times if the television includes a captioning feature. Requires reasonable efforts to be made to prevent members of the general public and individuals using or requesting services from independently deactivating a captioning feature. Provides that it is not a violation if the captioning feature is deactivated by a member of the general public or an individual using or requesting services, so long as the captioning is reactivated as soon as is practicable by a member of the staff upon knowledge that the deactivation has occurred. Requires that, if there is not a television with a captioning feature available, then a sufficient number of televisions that include a captioning feature must be obtained as soon as is practicable. Defines "closed captioning" and makes other changes. |
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| SB 0440 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Increases the membership of the Board of Higher Education from 16 to 18. Requires Board membership to include 2 full-time faculty members selected by the recognized advisory council of faculty of the Board of Higher Education. Removes a requirement that one of the members appointed by the Governor must be a faculty member at an Illinois public university. Makes conforming changes concerning terms and the number of members needed to call a meeting and quorum. |
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| SB 0470 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the maximum reduction under the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption from $5,000 to $7,000 for taxable year 2017. Effective immediately. |
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| SB 0471 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, provides that, for taxable year 2017 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation is $75,000 (currently, $55,000). Effective immediately. |
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| SB 0552 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Abolishes monetary bail, except under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes. |
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| SB 0584 (SFA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as introduced with changes. Removes a Section concerning contested cases and notice of hearing. Removes a Section concerning the scope of a specified Article and liberally construing that Article to grant an orderly method of judicial review of administrative agency decisions. Provides that no action for administrative review shall be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction for failure to name an employee, agent, or member, who acted in his or her official capacity, of an administrative agency, board, committee, or government entity where a timely action for administrative review has been filed that identifies the final administrative decision under review and that makes a good faith effort to properly name the administrative agency, board, committee, or government entity (rather than only the administrative agency). Provides that the Circuit Court has the power to correct misnomers, including any erroneous identification of an administrative agency that was made in good faith (currently, good faith not required). Makes technical changes. |
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| SB 0626 (SFA 0001) |
| | Adds language providing that the Director of Public Health may grant or renew a whole or partial waiver of certain staffing requirements for registered nurses. Provides that a facility in compliance with the terms of a waiver of certain staffing requirements shall not be subject to fines or penalties for violating the registered nurse staffing requirements of specified provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act. |
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| SB 0636 (SFA 0002) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the exemption applies to dialysate or devices (rather than dialysate, drugs, or devices) necessary to perform home peritoneal renal dialysis for patients with end-stage renal disease, provided that certain conditions are met. Provides that among the conditions, the dialysate is comprised of dextrose or icodextrin and that the dialysate or devices are delivered only upon receipt of a physician's prescription by a licensed pharmacy in which the prescription is processed in accordance with provisions set forth in the Act, and the transmittal of an order from the licensed pharmacy to the manufacturer or the manufacturer's agent (rather than the dialysate, drugs, or devices are delivered only by the manufacturer or the manufacturer's agent and only upon receipt of a physician's order). Provides that the exemption does not include any other drugs for peritoneal dialysis, except dialysate comprised of dextrose or icodextrin. Provides that all records of sales and distributions of dialysate to patients made pursuant to the provisions must be retained in accordance with provisions concerning record retention in the Act. |
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| SB 0669 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that at the 2018 election, a public question shall be submitted to the voters of Lake County to determine whether the chairman of the Lake County board shall be elected by the voters and, if approved, the chairman of the Lake County board shall be elected by the voters of the county at the 2020 election and thereafter. Makes conforming changes. |
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| SB 0707 (SCA 0001) |
| | Provides that the required report be given if a State agency is the subject of a single breach concerning more than 250 Illinois residents (rather than a single breach) or aggravated computer tampering. Requires the report to be made within 60 (rather than 45) days. Removes the requirement that the report disclose the named actors. Provides that the report is to be published on the website of the Attorney General and the State agency for 60 days (rather than indefinitely). Requires notice be given to the Office of the Chief Information Security of the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology. Directs the Chief Information Security Officer to investigate the incident. |
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| SB 0758 (SCA 0002) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Forcible Entry and Detainer Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that any demand may be made or notice served by, among other methods, sending a copy to the tenant by a national private delivery service. Provides that a returned receipt may be obtained from a member of the addressee's household. |
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| SB 0883 (SCA 0002) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that for purposes of the descent and distribution of property passing by intestate succession, a posthumous child of a decedent not in utero at the decedent's death is entitled to the same share of an estate as if the child had been born in wedlock during the decedent's lifetime only if specified conditions are met. Provides that the requirements impose no duty on the administrator of an estate to provide notice of death to any person and apply without regard to when any person receives notice of the decedent's death. Provides that for the purpose of determining the property rights of any person under any instrument: (1) a posthumous child of a decedent who is in utero at the decedent's death shall be treated as a child of the decedent unless the intent to exclude such child is demonstrated by the express terms of the instrument by clear and convincing evidence; and (2) a posthumous child of a decedent not in utero at the decedent's death shall not be treated as a child of the decedent unless specified conditions are met. Provides that the use in an instrument of terms such as "child", "children", "grandchild", "grandchildren", "descendants", and "issue", whether or not modified by phrases such as "biological", "genetic", "born to", or "of the body" shall not alone constitute clear and convincing evidence of an intent to include posthumous children not in utero at the decedent's death. Provides that an intent to exclude posthumous children not in utero at the decedent's death shall be presumed with respect to any instrument that does not address specifically how and when the class of posthumous children are to be determined with respect to each division or distribution provided for under the instrument as well as whose posthumous children are to be included and when a posthumous child has to be born to be considered a beneficiary with respect to a particular division or distribution. Provides that no fiduciary or other person shall be liable to any other person for any action taken or benefit received prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act that was based on a good faith interpretation of Illinois law regarding the right of posthumous children to take property by intestate succession or under an instrument. Contains applicability language. |
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| SB 0883 (SCA 0003) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that for purposes of the descent and distribution of property passing by intestate succession, a posthumous child of a decedent not in utero at the decedent's death is entitled to the same share of an estate as if the child had been born in wedlock during the decedent's lifetime only if specified conditions are met. Provides that the requirements impose no duty on the administrator of an estate to provide notice of death to any person and apply without regard to when any person receives notice of the decedent's death. Provides that for the purpose of determining the property rights of any person under any instrument: (1) a posthumous child of a decedent who is in utero at the decedent's death shall be treated as a child of the decedent unless the intent to exclude such child is demonstrated by the express terms of the instrument by clear and convincing evidence; and (2) a posthumous child of a decedent not in utero at the decedent's death shall not be treated as a child of the decedent unless specified conditions are met. Provides that the use in an instrument of terms such as "child", "children", "grandchild", "grandchildren", "descendants", and "issue", whether or not modified by phrases such as "biological", "genetic", "born to", or "of the body" shall not alone constitute clear and convincing evidence of an intent to include posthumous children not in utero at the decedent's death. Provides that an intent to exclude posthumous children not in utero at the decedent's death shall be presumed with respect to any instrument that does not address specifically how and when the class of posthumous children are to be determined with respect to each division or distribution provided for under the instrument as well as whose posthumous children are to be included and when a posthumous child has to be born to be considered a beneficiary with respect to a particular division or distribution. Provides that no fiduciary or other person shall be liable to any other person for any action taken or benefit received prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act that was based on a good faith interpretation of Illinois law regarding the right of posthumous children to take property by intestate succession or under an instrument. Contains applicability language. |
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| SB 0888 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Community College Act. Allows a board of trustees of a community college district to establish and offer a baccalaureate-level nursing education program and confer a bachelor of science degree in nursing upon the meeting of specified conditions. Requires approval of both the Illinois Community College Board and Board of Higher Education. Limits the number of programs that may be approved to 20 until August 31, 2022. Requires the Illinois Community College Board to conduct a statewide evaluation of nursing programs established under the provisions and report on the results of the evaluation by July 1, 2022. Effective immediately. |
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| SB 0904 (SCA 0001) |
| | Removes provisions allowing a member of the advisory council or a designee of the Director of Insurance access to any classroom or educational offering while instruction is in progress to monitor the instruction for any class that has been submitted to the Department of Insurance for continuing education credit. |
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| SB 0938 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Consent by Minors to Medical Procedures Act. Changes the short title to the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act. Provides that provisions concerning the giving of consent to the performance of health care services apply to the giving of consent to the performance of health care services by a chiropractic physician or a licensed optometrist. Changes references from "physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery" to "physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches". Changes references from "medical or surgical procedure" and "medical care" to "health care service". Makes corresponding and other changes. |
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| SB 0969 (SCA 0001) |
| | Removes provisions amending the Illinois Insurance Code. |
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| SB 1297 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: Moves language providing that a Federal Home Loan Bank shall not be stayed, enjoined, or prohibited from exercising or enforcing certain rights or causes of action to provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code regarding prohibited and voidable transfers and liens. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately. |
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| SB 1334 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Rent Control Preemption Act. Exempts manufactured homes and mobile home parks from the Act. Defines "manufactured homes" and "mobile home parks". Effective immediately. |
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| SB 1342 (SFA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits unlawful use of an elephant in a traveling animal act when he or she knowingly allows for the participation of an African elephant or Asian elephant protected under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 in a traveling animal act. Provides that this provision does not apply to an exhibition of elephants at a non-mobile, permanent institution, or other facility. Defines terms. Provides that unlawful use of an elephant in a traveling animal act is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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| SB 1524 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that notwithstanding whether the laws of the state or territory where the non-resident resides related to firearm ownership, possession, and carrying are substantially similar to the requirements to obtain a license under the Act, the Department of State Police shall allow for a non-resident license application if the applicant is employed by the United States Military permanently assigned in Illinois and who is not a resident of Illinois but maintains an address in Illinois (in the introduced bill, notwithstanding whether the laws of the state or territory where the non-resident resides related to firearm ownership, possession, and carrying, are substantially similar to the requirements to obtain a license under the Act, the Department of State Police shall by rule allow for a non-resident license application if the applicant is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in this State or the spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in this State). Provides that a non-resident under this provision must meet all the qualifications under the Act and shall submit the application and documentation required and the applicable fee, a photocopy of valid military identification card or official proof of service letter, and photocopy of permanent change of station orders to an assignment in this State. Provides that a non-resident licensee under this provision shall notify the Department following a permanent change of station to an assignment outside of this State. |
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| SB 1607 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Before issuing a prescription for a Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance, a prescriber or his or her designee shall access the prescription monitoring program to determine compliance with the pharmacy and medication shopping provisions of the Act. Provides that within one year of the effective date of the bill, the Department shall adopt rules requiring all Electronic Health Records Systems to interface with the Prescription Monitoring Program application program on or before January 1, 2021 to ensure that all providers have access to specific patient records during the treatment of their patients. These rules shall also address the electronic integration of pharmacy records with the Prescription Monitoring Program to allow for faster transmission of the information required under the Act. Provides that the Department shall establish actions to be taken if a prescriber's Electronic Health Records System does not effectively interface with the Prescription Monitoring Program within the required timeline. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall adopt rules allowing licensed prescribers or pharmacists who have registered to access the Prescription Monitoring Program to authorize a designee to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program on their behalf. The rules shall include reasonable parameters concerning a practitioner's authority to authorize a designee, and the eligibility of a person to be selected as a designee. |
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| SB 1755 (SCA 0002) |
| | Provides that beginning January 1, 2018, each special plate issued to a dealer, manufacturer, or transporter under a special plate provision in the Illinois Vehicle Code shall contain a designation indicating the year in which the plate is valid. |
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| SB 1886 (SCA 0001) |
| | Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the amendatory Act by deleting duplicate words. |
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| SB 1906 (SCA 0001) |
| | In provisions amending the Illinois Insurance Code, includes in the definition of "hearing care professional" a person who is a licensed hearing instrument dispenser. |
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| SB 1943 (SCA 0001) |
| | Further amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a school district or chief school administrator, or the designee of the school district or chief school administrator, may seek a waiver of certain lead testing requirements for potable water in school buildings if, in addition to other requirements, a laboratory that meets certain certification requirements (rather than an Environmental Protection Agency-accredited laboratory) analyzed the samples in accordance with a specified test method (rather than analyzed the samples). In provisions concerning the Clean Air Permit Program, provides that each Clean Air Act Program Permit shall include a requirement that all compliance certifications be submitted to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (rather than to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as well as to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency). |
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| SB 1945 (SCA 0001) |
| | Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Removes changes to the Public Community College Act. Effective immediately. |
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Total number of Filed Amendments: 28