CHICAGO - July 26, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:
Bill No.: HB 3998
Allows Grundy County to establish an Economic Development Project Area through passage of an ordinance.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 4821
Restores requirements that were deleted from the Election Code by 2009's campaign finance reform law, allows the State Board to send certain notices electronically, and expands duties of the State Board of Elections.
An Act Concerning: Elections
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: HB 4879
Prohibits ISBE from deducting pre-k students from the total number of students for purposes of transportation reimbursement, as long as the pre-k students are transported at the same time as other students.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: HB 5006
Grants the Illinois Department of Corrections the authority to issue arrest warrants for any inmate who escapes from a correctional facility.
An Act Concerning: Corrections
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 5154
Prohibits the disclosure of a public employee's performance evaluations under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Amendatory Veto
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 5398
Expands the membership of the Veterans Advisory Council.
An Act Concerning: Veterans
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 5444
Makes technical changes to the Criminal Code to ensure uniformity with the Illinois Vehicle Code as it pertains to vehicle forfeiture.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 5838
Removes the explanation of Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) protocol and responsibility at an outdoor physical fitness facility when there is no building within 300 feet of the facility, but an AED is still required onsite.
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: HB 5871
Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to consider how gender impacts a prescription drug's effect when the Department makes the determination to require a pharmacy to request approval for Medicaid reimbursement prior to dispensing a drug.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 5891
Codifies the expansion of the Breast and Cervical Cancer program.
An Act Concerning: Public Aid
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 5914
Instructs the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission to report on juvenile parole and clarifies the Prisoner Review Board's authority to continue a juvenile on parole even if the terms of parole have been violated.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: HB 5927
Eliminates a three-month waiting period for re-enrollment for insurance coverage under the All Kids program or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
An Act Concerning: Insurance
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: HB 5931
Prohibits a law enforcement officer, State's Attorney or other official from asking or requiring an alleged rape victim, adult or child, to submit to a polygraph examination or any other type of lie detector test.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: HB 5969
Removes a requirement that a county pay for the issuance of a vehicle title if the vehicle is forfeited to a county under the Criminal Code.
An Act Concerning: Forfeiture
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 6006
Permits nursing home and assisted living facilities to request to renew a facility license for one year instead of requiring facilities to renew for two years.
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 6038
Extends the credit for affordable housing donations through the end of 2016.
An Act Concerning: Revenue
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 6041
Allows for the creation, re-creation, increase, and abatement of working cash funds and revises the regulations regarding how working cash funds can operate.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 6047
Expands the eligibility of the Alternate Fuels Rebate program to include conversion rebates for hybrid vehicles.
An Act Concerning: Safety
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 6153
Allows the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish a grant program to provide incentives for the dissemination of new energy technologies to certain entities.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: HB 6178
Authorizes arresting agencies to only pay an arrestee's qualified medical expenses incurred prior to the transfer of custody to the county sheriff.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 6206
Expands the definition of an eligible institution where College Illinois! benefits may be used.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action: Signed
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
Bill No.: HB 6380
Expands the board of the Joliet Regional Port District by adding one member appointed by the Village of Romeoville.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 6450
Helps unemployed individuals whose driver's licenses have been suspended for failure to pay child support by allowing these individuals to obtain family financial responsibility driving permits in order to find a job.
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: HB 6459
Bans synthetic cannabis, commonly referred to as "K2", which is increasing in popularity among youth.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: SB 387
Requires the six constitutional officers, public universities, community colleges, and the Toll Highway Authority to annually report to the legislature the progress of efforts to hire and promote Hispanics and bilingual persons at the supervisory and managerial levels of State government.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: SB 735
Increases the Fairmount Race Track and its affiliated OTBs state tax rate from 0.25 percent to 0.75 percent of the daily pari-mutuel handle.
An Act Concerning: Gaming
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 2350
Amends the property tax code to clarify the eligibility for the returning veterans' homestead exemption.
An Act Concerning: Revenue
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 3029
Makes technical changes to the Criminal Code to ensure uniformity with the Illinois Vehicle Code.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: SB 3037
Changes the name of the "Ticket For The Cure Fund" to the "Carolyn Adams Ticket For The Cure Grant Fund."
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 3091
Ensures additional funds for snowmobile trails by raising snowmobile registration fees and mandates liability insurance coverage for snowmobiles with limited exceptions.
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: April 1, 2011
Bill No.: SB 3097
Requires smoke detectors installed after Jan. 1, 2011 which are hard wired into the building's AC power line to have a battery or generator back-up.
An Act Concerning: Safety
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: SB 3222
Caps an Illinois-resident student's undergraduate tuition in their 5th and 6th years at a public university at the amount paid by the class that enrolled one year after the student first enrolled.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action: Signed
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
Bill No.: SB 3305
Adds to the offenses which are considered "violent offenses against youth" under Illinois law and which require registration with law enforcement entities.
An Act Concerning: Violent Offenders Against Youth
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 3446
Delays the date after which tax year 2010 property taxes in Cook County will be deemed delinquent from March 1 to April 1, 2011.
An Act Concerning: Revenue
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 3666
Ensures that disabled veterans who qualify for the disabled veterans' property tax exemption continue to receive it if they move into a nursing facility.
An Act Concerning: Revenue
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Bill No.: SB 3699
Creates the Community College Transfer Grant Program Act to give grants to students transitioning from community colleges to 4-year universities.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action: Signed
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
Bill No.: SB 3705
Extends and expands - subject to appropriation - the College and Career Readiness Pilot Program for an additional 3 years to an additional 7 sites.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action: Signed
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
Bill No.: SB 3797
Amends the Criminal Code to increase the thresholds of various types of theft for which higher penalties can be imposed.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2011
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