CHICAGO - August 26, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:
Bill No.: HB 212
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Provides that two adjoining municipalities may enter into an intergovernmental agreement to form a business corridor if they meet the definition of a "disadvantaged municipality".
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 224
An Act Concerning: Insurance
Brings Illinois health insurance internal and external review laws into conformity with federal law and regulation standards by enhancing consumer appeal rights and protections.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediate
Bill No.: HB 1079
An Act Concerning: Education
Allows Central Management Services (CMS) to require public universities to give an inventory of all items valued over $1,000.00 and requires public universities to submit an annual report to the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) and the General Assembly on tuition increases, cost-saving measures, programs created or altered, and programs with low performance.
Action: Amendatorily Vetoed
Bill No.: HB 1253
An Act Concerning: Sex Offenders
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act in several sections and provides that a sex offender or sexual predator, who has never previously been required to register under the Act, must register if the person has been convicted of any felony offense after July 1, 2011.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1716
An Act Concerning: Government
Provides additional time to process FOIA requests made by "recurrent requesters", allows entities to charge for the actual costs of retrieving information and amends provisions related to the Public Access Counselor.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2860
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Allows the driver of a motorcycle or bicycle to proceed through a red light if the signal fails to detect them. Exempts City of Chicago.
Action: Amendatorily Vetoed
Bill No.: HB 2927
An Act Concerning: State Government
Provides a temporary wage subsidy for private sector employers who create new jobs for unemployed persons seeking jobs.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2972
An Act Concerning: State Government
Sets limits on the amount of time that temporary or expired appointees can continue to serve in their position.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3425
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Expands the Mid-America Medical District to include the municipalities of Belleville and O'Fallon and grants the District bonding authority.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3440
An Act Concerning: Service Dogs
Allows for reasonable accommodations to be made by a school for a student who uses a service animal.
Action: Amendatorily Vetoed
Bill No.: HB 3635
An Act Concerning: Public Aid
Removes any potential fiscal liability the State might accrue absent federal approval of the recently enacted nursing home assessment and payment enhancements and also creates an appeals process for ground ambulance service providers serving citizens receiving medical assistance from the State.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 63
An Act Concerning: Elections
Creates a new 23rd judicial circuit and changes the composition of the 16th circuit.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 83
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Allows a public utility water system to be acquired by a majority of the municipalities it serves through eminent domain and requires such municipalities to sustain the collective bargaining power of all water system employees.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 109
An Act Concerning: Revenue
Creates "manufacturers representatives" of cigarette manufacturers, and requires them to be licensed by the Department of Revenue.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 122
An Act Concerning: Education
Requires the Illinois Board of Higher Education to collect data on first generation college students and submit this data in its annual report to the General Assembly.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 123
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Allows physicians to issue public health standing orders and allows health care personnel to provide medical services within a public health clinic in conformance with standing orders issued by a public health standing orders physician without prior establishment of a physician-patient relationship.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 269
An Act Concerning: State Government
Provides greater opportunities for minority-owned businesses, female-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities, and small businesses to participate in the State procurement process.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 539
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Allows two or more municipalities to designate a joint redevelopment project area under certain guidelines.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 673
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Requires that up to $500.00 annually in smoking cessation programs be covered by an insurance policy.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 675
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Transfers authority over care funds from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to the Comptroller.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 745
An Act Concerning: Gaming
Allows certain fraternal and Veteran facilities to operate video gaming machines in Hamilton County.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 959
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Adds an airport concession fee to the list of charges a motor vehicle renter company may assess to a renter.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1122
An Act Concerning: Human Rights
Creates a civil rights violation if a person is discriminated against in the workplace on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions and modifies procedures for cases in which both the EEOC and IDHR have jurisdiction.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1228
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to reorganize provisions relating to theft.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 1310
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Extends the sunset of the Interior Design Title Act from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2022.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1394
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Updates the Self-Storage Facility Act to make changes to late charges, liens, and other provisions.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1435
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Extends the TIF District for the City of Lawrenceville by 5 years.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1436
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Adds areas owned by a conservation district to definition of conservation area in regards to municipal annexation of territory.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 1539
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Creates the Appraisal Management Company Registration Act and extends the repeal date of the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1544
An Act Concerning: Insurance
Establishes a filing fee cap for forms submitted to the State by insurance companies.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1557
An Act Concerning: Government
Changes the requirements for when physical and occupational therapy will be included under state employee insurance health benefits.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1631
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Allows counties to use the probation and court services fund to pay the salaries of probation officers and other court personnel whose salaries are reimbursed by the State if the amount of money appropriated to the counties for probation salaries for the fiscal year is less than the amount appropriated to the Supreme Court for these purposes for State Fiscal Year 2002.
Action: Amendatorily Vetoed
Bill No.: SB 1651
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Makes several changes to the Common Interest Community Association Act.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1782
An Act Concerning: Liquor
Clarifies that a brewer may only sell the beer it produces on the premises.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1799
An Act Concerning: Education
Creates a new Article of the School Code and a new system for educator licensure.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1824
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Requires life insurance policies to be allocated equitably between spouses at the time of the dissolution of marriage and allows the court to use life insurance to secure a maintenance obligation.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 1831
An Act Concerning: Public Employee Benefits
Makes a number of reforms and technical changes to the pension code.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: January 1, 2012, except certain provisions take effect immediately.
Bill No.: SB 1883
An Act Concerning: Education
Requires universities to report to the Illinois Board of Higher Education on changes or terminations of academic programs and those programs which have low enrollment or duplicative services, who will then compile an annual report with this information.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 1907
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Allows townships to abolish township road districts by voter resolution in an election, and to assume all previous duties and powers of the road district.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 1918
An Act Concerning: State Government
Removes oversight from distribution of incentive grants.
Action: Veto
Bill No.: SB 1943
An Act Concerning: Public Health
Clarifies requirements for warning statements under the Lead Poisoning Preventions Act.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 1968
An Act Concerning: State Government
Adds an immediate effective date of changes concerning the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund as a trailer bill to SB 335, the budget implementation bill.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 2015
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Provides new circumstances in which a court may appoint a temporary guardian of a minor or extend that temporary guardianship.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 2062
An Act Concerning: Regulation
This bill creates the Clean Coal FutureGen for Illinois Act of 2011 and re-organizes the Illinois Power Agency.
Action: Amendatorily Vetoed
Bill No.: SB 2133
An Act Concerning: Education
Allows the South Suburban Community College District to issue bonds.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 2288
An Act Concerning: Safety
Changes the definition of municipal waste incineration to exclude the combustion of alternative fuels as governed by federal biomass combustion regulations.
Action: Veto
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