CHICAGO - August 15, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:
Bill No.: HB 83
An Act Concerning: Courts
Encourages juvenile courts to explore less restrictive alternatives before committing non-violent youth offenders to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 308
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Beginning Jan. 1, the Department of Public Health shall issue permits for the construction and modification of closed loop well systems and shall certify and register closed loop contractors.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1127
An Act Concerning: Finance
Increases the Lake County Forest Preserve District's deadline for the issuance of bonds and requires that information regarding the potential impact on single-family homeowners be printed on the bond referendums.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1228
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Makes various changes to the Illinois Plumbing law, including procedures when a license is revoked.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1284
An Act Concerning: Insurance
Requires portable electronic device vendors to hold a license to sell or offer insurance policies.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1324
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Adds administrative buildings to the definition of "construction proposes" under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act and allows for sanitary districts to issue bonds for administrative buildings.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1339
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Municipalities may impose a fee up to $20 for bail processing against any person arrested for violating a bailable municipal ordinance or a state or federal law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1375
An Act Concerning: Finance
Bidders in construction contracts must maintain their primary office of employment in Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1415
An Act Concerning: Education
Provides that if a school remains on academic watch status after two years following its placement, then State Board of Education may allow the school board to operate the school on a pilot full-year school plan, subject to federal appropriations.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1484
An Act Concerning: State Government
Allows the Secretary of State to develop a process for citizens to receive a non-photo Illinois Identification Card or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card if they are prohibited by religious convictions from being photographed or by showing their photograph.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1486
An Act Concerning: Local Government
The Village of Bensenville has a deadline of December 31 of the 35th year (original ordinance May 19, 1998) to complete redevelopment project in their TIF district.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1541
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Allows local units of government to recover costs from damaged roadway property.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1573
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Requires railroad companies to have first aid kits on any vehicle used to transport railroad employees. Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1591
An Act Concerning: Health
Clarifies psychotropic medications, and ECT may be ordered without consent on an outpatient and inpatient basis for a patient involuntarily admitted to treatment; allows mental health providers the right to be represented by counsel at a commitment hearing; establishes the transportation of a mental health patients by a licensed ambulance service; and makes other changes to codes regarding mental health records.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1658
An Act Concerning: Public Health
A medical certification of cause of death for a death certificate must note the presence of multi-drug resistant organisms if it is a contributing factor to or the cause of death.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1659
An Act Concerning: Health
Requires the Department of Human Services to notify the General Assembly when enrollment in any developmentally disabled facility declines by 10 percent; requires corresponding monies to be transferred to appropriate line items which will be serving the populations that moved.
Action: Amendatorily Vetoed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1953
An Act Concerning: Safety
Requires drycleaners who have received reimbursement for environmental cleanup actions to maintain insurance coverage for pollution remediation costs in the event of bankruptcy.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 2265
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Defines "multifunction school-activity bus" as a school bus manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 or more persons whose duties do not include transporting students to and from home or school bus stops.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2554
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Auxiliary deputies may receive compensation as set by the county board, with the advice and consent of the sheriff, not to exceed the lowest hourly pay of a full-time sworn member of the regular county police or sheriff's department.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2590
An Act Concerning: Corrections
Amends the Private Correctional Facility Moratorium Act to include units of local government and county sheriffs in the prohibition against contracting out the operation of a correctional facility
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 2982
An Act Concerning: Health
Requires the Department of Human Services to facilitate the creation of Regional Integrated Behavioral Health Networks throughout the state, which would seek to address the availability of mental health and substance abuse services in their region.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 3134
An Act Concerning: State Government
Clarifies that the DPH Uniform DNR Advance Directive form must meet requirements to be considered physician orders for life-sustaining treatment form, and expands the form's stakeholder group consulted to include nurses and EMS systems.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 3238
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
DNA samples must be submitted for those arrested for certain offenses, as well as those required to register as sex offenders.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 3273
An Act Concerning: Business
Makes it a crime to sell or use the metal from a grave marker on a Veteran's grave, and results in a $1,000 penalty.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3343
An Act Concerning: Government
Exempts the names, addresses and other personal information of participants and registrants in the programs of park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation associations from the inspection and copying requirements of the FOIA.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3411
An Act Concerning: Government
Requires the Teacher Retirement Insurance Program Committee to identify proposed solutions to the funding shortfalls that are affecting the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund and to report those solutions to Governor and the General Assembly within six months after the effective date.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 106
An Act Concerning: Children
Requires mandated reporters to share information in abuse and neglect investigations, even if the mandated reporter did not report the allegation of abuse and neglect.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 151
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Amends the crime of identity theft to include knowingly using, possessing or transferring a radio frequency identification device in furtherance of a felony.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 1807
An Act Concerning: Corrections
The Department of Corrections shall issue a parole violation warrant for any inmate who is on parole for a forcible felony who commits a new murder, Class X, Class 1, Class 2 or Class 3 offense.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1862
An Act Concerning: State Government
Provides that the Department of Central Management Services will implement a policy mandating all hard drives of surplus electronic data processing equipment to be erased, wiped, sanitized or destroyed in a manner that prevents retrieval of sensitive data before being sold, donated or transferred.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
###
