CHICAGO - July 14, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:
Bill No.: HB 103
Requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to post a report on their website by pharmaceutical manufacturers and group purchasing organizations by September 30, 2013 as required by the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA).
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 144
Allows a municipality to dissolve their police or fire pension fund if there are no active participants.
An Act Concerning: Public Employee Benefits
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 177
Removes paper copies of library registration records from the definition of public records once the information is transferred into a secure electronic format and checked for accuracy.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 179
Allows library districts to obtain insurance policies to protect against financial malfeasance and loss as an alternative to a personal surety bond posted on the library district treasurer.
An Act Concerning: Libraries
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 274
Provides recourse against the license of a dentist or dental hygienist who violates an existing probationary status.
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 275
Prohibits the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) from employing persons with specified criminal backgrounds in child care facilities licensed and operated by DCFS.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 276
Amends the County Jail Act and provides that when - in the opinion of the warden - the lives or health of the prisoners are endangered, or when the security of the penal institution is threatened, that the warden may move an individual or a group of prisoners to some suitable place within the county or to the jail of some convenient county where they can be confined until they can be safely returned.
An Act Concerning: Corrections
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 991
Requires that all energy policy statements adopted by homeowners associations shall address the location, design and architectural requirements of any allowed composting, rainwater collection, solar energy or wind energy collection systems.
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1093
Eliminates two cost-ineffective methods of emissions testing from the Vehicle Code, known as the steady state idle exhaust gas analysis ("idle exhaust"), and the evaporative system integrity test ("gas cap").
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1096
Requires each nursing home to have a staff member trained as an infection control professional to help prevent the spread of institutional infections.
An Act Concerning: Health Facilities
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1112
Allows victim and witness assistance centers to help families of victims of fatal injury crashes obtain roadside memorials, and adds offenses from which penalties can be assessed for deposit into the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1220
Provides municipalities with the authorization to impose administrative fees for impounded vehicles.
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1255
Allows birth parents of adopted or surrendered children born before Jan. 1, 1946 to use the same Birth Parent Preference form as birth parents of adopted children born after that date, and also provides clean-up language to adoption reform language from last session.
An Act Concerning: Families
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1259
Requires the Department of Public Health to send death records to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services every three months.
An Act Concerning: Public Health
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1279
Strengthens the requirements for renewing a license to inspect fire sprinkler systems.
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1287
Defines "webinar" in the Insurance Code and allows insurance producers to attend webinars to satisfy continuing education requirements.
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1303
Allows the Fire Prevention Fund to be used for the maintenance, operation and capital expenses of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System.
An Act Concerning: Safety
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1311
Allows local corporate authorities to enact ordinances regulating sound devices.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1316
Creates interest-bearing accounts for moneys received from federal grants received by the Illinois State Police and Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1338
Codifies the state immunization registry (ICARE) to keep track of child immunizations as an opt-out system, rather than opt-in.
An Act Concerning: Health
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1379
Amends the Registered Titles (TORRENS) Act to repeal the Act on Jan. 1, 2014 instead of July 1, 2037.
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1490
Creates a regulatory framework for the boxing and mixed martial arts professions.
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1513
Amends the Wage Payment and Collection Act to allow municipalities with populations of less than 500,000 to make deductions from employee wages or final compensation that do not exceed 15 percent of the net amount of the payment for an excess payment made due to, but not limited to, a typographical or mathematical error made by the municipality or to collect a debt owed to a municipality after notice to the employee and an opportunity to be heard.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1524
Allows qualified examiners to examine a respondent and testify at a hearing before a person can be found subject to involuntary admission to a mental health facility.
An Act Concerning: Health
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1684
Changes the requirements for lifting patients to minimize the risk of injury to patients and nurses.
An Act Concerning: Health Facilities
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1706
Changes the qualification standards for children who receive home or hospital instruction.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1760
Reforms the evaluation system for employees of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1857
Permits commissioners and employees of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to engage in political activities on personal time.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1877
Allows the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital to request registration from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Controlled Substances Act.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2019
Repeals the Community Senior Services and Resources Act.
An Act Concerning: Aging
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2043
Provides that the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Review Committee (SPARC) shall meet and provide reports as deemed necessary.
An Act Concerning: Aging
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2101
Permits a county to deposit public funds into credit unions and allows the county to make certain other interest-bearing investments.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2936
Codifies a federal notification requirement pertaining to transferring persons found subject to involuntary submission from one mental health hospital to another hospital.
An Act Concerning: Health
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2993
Amends the election schedule for filling unexpired park district governing board terms.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3019
Requires duck hunters in Alexander, Union, Williamson and Jackson counties to observe 100-yard setback from any commercially-licensed hunting property when placing duck hunting blinds, unless they have permission from the property owner.
An Act Concerning: Wildlife
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 3050
Clarifies the powers and duties of credit unions and agencies under the Credit Union Act.
An Act Concerning: Finance
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 3139
Allows production of switchgrass along highway right-of-ways.
An Act Concerning: Highways
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 3155
Updates numerous statutes relating to public health to reflect current practices.
An Act Concerning: Public Health
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3360
Provides that the Illinois Department of Employment Security, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Corrections, shall seek to provide proper employment opportunities for discharged convicts or prisoners.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3371
Allows the Pollution Control Board the flexibility to permit higher concentrations of carcinogens to be present in soil used as fill material and permits licensed geologists as well as engineers to certify tests for contamination.
An Act Concerning: Safety
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3468
Removes a requirement to maintain a record of a patient's menstrual cycle for patients staying in a state mental health facility for fewer than 60 days.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3513
Prohibits the displaying of Social Security numbers on wristbands or files.
An Act Concerning: Business
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1074
Creates the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act to allow courts in Illinois to recognize and enforce certain money judgments in other countries.
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 1361
Extends the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act to sunset Jan. 1, 2016.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1555
Authorizes the State to establish a health benefits exchange ("exchange") beginning on October 1, 2013 and requires the State to offer a health savings account ("HSA") program to employees covered by high deductible health plans.
An Act Concerning: Insurance
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1603
Exempts certain individuals who provide mortgage loans without having to maintain a commercial license.
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1641
Permits local units of government to pass ordinances allowing low-speed vehicles on streets.
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1643
Allows school districts to increase driver education course fees from $50 to $250.
An Act Concerning: Education
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1686
Changes the publishing rates and requirements for local government entities on all public notices.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1; Section 12-45 provisions take effect immediately.
Bill No.: SB 1699
Increases penalties for financial crimes.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 1877
Removes language in the Power of Attorney Act which provides an agent immediate authority over personal health information even if the document specifies agency is to take effect at a future date.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 2034
Authorizes Office of the State Fire Marshal vehicles as emergency vehicles.
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
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