HB1076 - COUNTIES CODE-LEASE OF FARMLAND
Provides that, upon three-fourths vote by the full county board, the county board may lease farmland acquired or held by the county for any term not exceeding 5 years. The bill provides that the lease may be made via a cash lease, crop-sharing arrangement or custom farming arrangement. The bill adds requirements relating to the bid process for farmland leases, and provides that counties shall not acquire farmland for the sole purpose of entering into a cash lease, crop-sharing arrangement or custom farming arrangement or other speculative purpose. This bill originated out of Ford County.
HB1232 - UTILITY-WATER/SEWER REFERENDUM
Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning procedures for a large public utility to acquire a water or sewer utility, provides that if the water or sewer utility being acquired is owned by the State or a political subdivision of the State, a referendum will be required to approve the acquisition of the water or sewer utility by the large public utility (rather than only requiring a public meeting and publication of the terms of acquisition in a newspaper of general circulation in the area that the water or sewer utility operates). Effective immediately.
HB1255 - LOCAL BUSINESS ANTI-POACHING
Creates the Local Government Business Anti-Poaching Act. Provides that no municipality or county shall offer after the effective date of the Act any incentive to a business or corporation to move its headquarters located in Illinois, or any part of its business located in Illinois, away from the current location. Defines "incentive". Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.
HB1271 - LOCAL CLOSED-DOOR TAX INCREASE
Creates the Prohibition of Closed-Door Tax Increases Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not increase a levied tax without authorization by referendum of the electors of the unit of local government. Provides that a referendum to increase a levied tax must include a sunset clause on which the tax increase authorized by the referendum measure shall expire. Provides that, if an increase in a levied tax is intended to generate a cash flow to service a debt, the increase must sunset no later than the date that the debt is scheduled to be paid off, and, if an increase in a levied tax is intended to generate a cash flow that will be spent for purposes other than debt service, the increase must sunset no later than 10 years after the date on which the tax increase begins. Provides that, to the extent this Act conflicts with any other provision of law, this Act controls. Provides that nothing in the Act infringes upon the right of a unit of local government to impose or increase non-tax fines or fees. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall adopt rules to enforce the Act. Limits concurrent exercise of home rule taxing powers.
HB1727 - COUNTIES CODE-BID EXEMPTION
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a contract in excess of $30,000 may be let without advertising for bids in the case of the expedited replacement of a disabled, inoperable, or damaged patrol vehicle of the sheriff's department if authorized by the county board in a county with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants. Effective immediately.
HB2040 - TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSION OR CLERK SERVICES - COUNTY ASSISTANCE
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that statutory provisions concerning residency requirements for highway commissioners also apply to clerks. Deletes language providing that a board of trustees may contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if the township has a population of less than 500.
House Amendment 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that statutory provisions concerning residency requirements for highway commissioners also apply to clerks. Provides that a board of trustees may contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if the township has a population of less than 1,000 (rather than less than 500). Provides that a board of trustees in a county not under township organization that is organized as a commission form of government may (i) appoint a non-resident or a resident who has not resided in the district for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contact with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if no qualified candidate who has resided in the road district for at least one year is willing to serve as highway commissioner or clerk.
House Amendment 2: Provides that a board of trustees in a county organized under the Counties Code may contract (rather than contact) with a neighboring township to provide highway commission or clerk services if no qualified candidate who has resided in the road district for a least one year is willing to serve as highway commissioner or clerk.
HB2058 - PUBLIC FUNDS-AUTH INVESTMENTS
Amends the Public Funds Investment Act. Provides that any public agency may invest any public funds, in addition to other investments, in pooled life settlement policies in which each of the underlying insurance policies have no greater than 60-day liquidity and are issued by insurance companies of A-grade investment quality. Provides further requirements concerning the investment of public funds in specified pooled life settlement policies.
HB2099 - FOOD TRUCK FREEDOM ACT
Creates the Food Truck Freedom Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not require a separate license, permit, or fee beyond an initial or reciprocal business license for a food truck business. Contains provisions regarding reciprocal business licenses issued to food truck businesses by different units of local government or local health departments. Contains prohibitions against units of local governments or local health departments from imposing additional license qualification requirements on a food truck business before issuing licenses. Provides that, for an initial business license, a unit of local government or local health department may only charge a licensing fee to a food truck business in an amount that reimburses the unit of local government for the actual cost of processing the business license. Requires food truck businesses to obtain, for each food truck that the food truck business operates, an annual health department food truck permit from the local health department with jurisdiction over the area in which the majority of the food truck's operations takes place. Includes provisions relating to food truck events and food trucks at temporary mass gatherings. Contains other provisions. Effective January 1, 2024.
HB2154 - LOCAL-BATTERY-CHARGED FENCES
Amends the Counties Code, Township Code, and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county, township, or municipality may not require a permit or other approval for the installation, maintenance, placement, replacement, or servicing of a battery-charged fence if (i) the battery-charged fence is located on nonresidential property and surrounded by a nonelectric-perimeter fence or wall and (ii) any electrical charge produced on contact does not exceed energizer characteristics set for electric fences by the International Electrotechnical Commission. Provides that any battery-charged fence installed under the provisions must have a conspicuous warning sign located on the fence at not more than 50-foot intervals. Defines "battery-charged fence". Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
House Amendment 1:
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a county may not require a permit or other approval for the installation, maintenance, placement, replacement, or servicing of a battery-charged fence if the battery-charged fence is located on nonresidential property completely surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is not less than 5 feet in height and does not exceed 10 feet in height or 2 feet higher than the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall, whichever is higher (rather than surrounded by a nonelectric-perimeter fence or wall). Provides that the signs on the fence shall be located not less than 30 feet apart (rather than located on the fence at not more than 50-foot intervals).
HB2217 - TENANT RADON PROTECTION ACT
Amends the Illinois Radon Awareness Act. Defines "dwelling unit", "lease", "lessor", "mobile home", "radon", "radon contractor", and "tenant". Repeals a provision regarding the disclosure of radon hazard to current and prospective tenants. Provides instead that at the time of a prospective tenant's application to lease a dwelling unit, before a lease is entered into, or at any time during the leasing period upon request, the lessor shall provide the prospective tenant or tenant of a dwelling unit with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's "Radon Guide for Tenants" pamphlet, copies of any records or reports pertaining to radon concentrations within the dwelling unit that indicate a radon hazard to the tenant, and the Disclosure of Information on Radon Hazards to Tenants form. Provides that at the commencement of the agreed leasing period, a tenant shall have 90 days to conduct his or her own radon test of the dwelling unit. Creates the Disclosure of Information on Radon Hazards to Tenants form. Requires a lessor or tenant who decides to have radon mitigation performed to have the radon mitigation system installed by a radon contractor. Requires a tenant who decides to have radon mitigation performed to have the express consent of the lessor prior to undertaking any mitigation activities. Provides that the new provisions apply to leases entered on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Includes home rule provisions. Makes other changes.
HB2611 - PROTECT PROP-NO WARRANT SEARCH
Creates the Protection of All Property from Warrantless Searches Act. Prohibits a government agent from entering a home or private land without a search warrant except: (1) after receiving the permission of the property owner, lessee, or occupant; (2) to respond to a life-threatening emergency or another immediate threat to public safety that was either reported to the government agent or the government agent personally observed; (3) to prevent the imminent unlawful killing of wildlife or the destruction of evidence of such unlawful killing where the government agent has probable cause to believe either is about to occur; (4) to dispatch crippled or distressed wildlife the government agent has personally observed; or (5) to apprehend a fleeing subject that the government agent has probable cause to believe is on the property. Provides that any evidence obtained pursuant to a search and seizure conducted in violation of the Act is inadmissible in any administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding. Provides that any arrest made pursuant to a search or seizure conducted in violation of the Act is invalid. Allows a person who believes the person's rights have been violated under the Act to bring an action for actual damages. Allows a prevailing plaintiff in such an action to recover declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, nominal damages, and attorney's fees.
HB2800 - QUICK-TAKE-MENARD/MCHENRY CO
Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Provides that quick-take proceedings may be used for a period of one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act by: Menard County for the acquisition of certain described property for the purpose of reconstructing the Athens Blacktop corridor; and McHenry County for the acquisition of certain described property for the purpose of the Randall Road Corridor Improvement Project. Effective immediately.
HB3494 - COUNTIES CD-COMPETITIVE BIDS
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that any purchase by a county with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants of services, materials, equipment or supplies in excess of $50,000 (rather than $30,000), other than professional services, shall be let by competitive bidding or, for an emergency, let without advertising for bids by the county board. Effective immediately. The bill was introduced on behalf of the Jackson County Sheriff's office.
HB3641 - CAPITAL DEV BD-LOCAL GOV REG
Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that ordinances of units of local government may not be enforced against construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of State facilities. Provides that units of local government cannot require payment of permitting fees or require permit inspections for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of State facilities. Provides that the provisions apply to construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of projects that are ongoing on the effective date of the amendatory Act and to all projects started on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the regulation of local ordinances, fees, and inspections affecting the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of State facilities are exclusive powers and functions of the State. Effective immediately.
HB3993 - LIQUOR-NONCITIZEN RETAILERS
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the Illinois Liquor Control Commission or local liquor commissioner may not refuse to issue a retail license based on an applicant's noncitizen status if the applicant otherwise meets the qualifications for licensure and the applicant has a valid Illinois driver's license or Illinois identification card; the applicant undergoes a criminal history records check and has no record of an offense that would disqualify him or her from licensure; the applicant resides in the jurisdiction in which the license will be issued; the applicant is in good standing with the community in which the license will be issued; and the applicant is in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Revenue, his or her creditors, applicable credit bureaus, and any other similar financial agencies. Preempts home rule powers. Effective immediately.
HB4104 - LANDLORD/TENANT-VARIOUS
Creates the Let the People Lift the Ban Act. Includes legislative findings and purpose. Defines terms. Excludes specified types of residences and occupancies from the Act. Includes provisions relating to rental agreements, tenant and landlord rights and obligations, tenant and landlord remedies, security deposits, retaliatory conduct, lockouts, and conflict with other provisions of law. Amends the Rent Control Preemption Act. Provides that a prohibition on a unit of local government enacting, maintaining, or enforcing an ordinance or resolution that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential or commercial property does not apply if the voters of the unit of local government have approved a referendum allowing rent control. Adds provisions about local rent control regulation, including regulation within a district, precinct, ward, or other similar subdivision of a unit of local government. Changes the home rule preemption of the Act to concurrent exercise of home rule powers by a unit rather than exclusive exercise by the State. Repeals the Retaliatory Eviction Act. Effective immediately.
HB4131 - EV INFRASTRUCTURE ACT
Creates the Electrical Vehicle Infrastructure Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall not restrict which types of electric vehicles may access an electric vehicle charging station approved for passenger vehicles that both is publicly accessible and the construction of which was funded, at least in part, by the State or through moneys collected from ratepayers. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission, in consultation with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, to assess whether charging station infrastructure is disproportionately deployed by population density, geographical area, or population income level. Provides that the Commission shall facilitate the development of technologies that promote grid integration, explore policies that support the development of technologies, and adopt a tariff specific to heavy-duty electric vehicle fleets or electric trucks and buses. Limits home rule powers. Defines terms.
HB4135 - COUNTY-SOLAR FACILITY SETBACKS
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county may require a commercial solar energy facility to be sited 500 feet (rather than 50 feet) to the nearest point on the property line of a nonparticipating property and 500 feet (rather than 150 feet) from the nearest point on the outside wall of an occupied community building or dwelling on nonparticipating properties.
HB4213 - LOCAL-ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
Creates the Local Accessory Dwelling Unit Act. Defines terms. Provides that a unit of local government may not prohibit the building or usage of accessory dwelling units in the unit of local government. Provides that a unit of local government may provide reasonable regulations relating to the size and location of accessory dwelling units similar to other accessory structures unless a regulation would have the effect of prohibiting accessory dwelling units. Limits home rule powers.
HB4347 - BLOCKCHAIN/BIPA-PROHIBITIONS
Amends the Blockchain Technology Act. Prohibits a public or private entity from requiring an individual to submit a blockchain based identification system as a condition of receiving goods or services from the public or private entity. Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Prohibits a public or private entity from requiring an individual to provide a biometric identifier or biometric information as a condition of receiving goods or services from the public or private entity.
HB4441 - LOCAL&SCHOOL CONTRACTING GOALS
Amends the Counties Code, the Township Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act, the Park District Code, the Illinois Local Library Act, the Public Library District Act of 1991, the School Code, and the Public Community College Act. Provides that the board of trustees and corporate authorities of the various local governmental entities referenced in the named Acts and Codes may establish aspirational goals for the awarding of contracts to minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities. Defines "minority-owned business", "women-owned business", and "business owned by a person with a disability".
HB4638 - LOCAL PARKING REGULATION ACT
Creates the Local Parking Regulation Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, a unit of local government may not impose or enforce any minimum automobile parking requirements on a development project if the project is located within one-half mile of a public transportation hub. In addition to other listed exceptions and limitations, allows a unit of local government to impose or enforce minimum automobile parking requirements in a development project that is located within one-half mile of a public transportation hub if the unit makes written findings that not imposing or enforcing any minimum automobile parking requirements on the development project would have a substantially negative impact, supported by a preponderance of the evidence in the record, on any of the following circumstances: (1) the region's ability to meet its housing needs for low-income households and very low-income households; (2) the region's ability to meet its needs for elderly housing or housing for persons with disabilities; or (3) problems with existing residential parking or commercial parking within one-half mile of the development project. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Defines terms. Effective June 1, 2024.
HB4648 - GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM-BAN
Creates the Prohibition on Taxpayer Funding of Guaranteed Income Act. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2024, no unit of government may use taxpayer money to fund a guaranteed income program. Preempts the exercise of home rule powers. Effective July 1, 2024.
HB4722 - PRIV PARTY-VEHICLE RELOCATION
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In provisions allowing a person in lawful possession or control of private property to employ a commercial relocator to remove a vehicle that obstructs the person's ability to enter or exit the property if written notice is posted at the property, removes language providing that the provisions shall not be construed as prohibiting any unit of local government from imposing additional or greater notice requirements. Provides that a home rule unit may not regulate the removal of an unauthorized vehicle by an owner or other person in lawful possession or control of private property in a manner inconsistent with the provisions.
HB4737 - JOINT PURCHASING-RANKING
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a governmental unit may award contracts based on its own ranking of the offerors without regard to whether or not a cooperative purchasing program has ranked the offerors. Effective immediately.
HB4860 - VEHICLE SALE/USE & EMISSIONS
Creates the Unlawful Restrictions on the Use and Sale of Motor Vehicles Act. Provides that no State agency or unit of local government shall restrict the use or sale of a motor vehicle based on the energy source used to power the motor vehicle, including an energy source used for propulsion or used for powering other functions of the motor vehicle. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall not propose and the Illinois Pollution Control Board shall not adopt motor vehicle emissions standards that are established by California as a result of California having received a waiver pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act.
HB4946 - COUNTIES&MUNI CODES-LITTERING
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the county board or the corporate authorities of a municipality may adopt a resolution declaring that a specified area of the county or municipality has a litter problem and that fines for littering in the specified area will be tripled. Provides that the county or municipality shall post notice in the area specified by the county or municipality warning of the increased fines. Allows the amount of the increase in the fine received under the provisions must be used toward litter cleanup in the county or municipality.
HB5019 - ART THERAPY LICENSING
Creates the Art Therapy Licensing and Practice Act. Provides for licensure of licensed clinical professional art therapists and licensed associate art therapists by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Establishes the Art Therapy Advisory Board. Establishes the powers and duties of the Advisory Board, including advising the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation on all matters pertaining to licensure, education, and continuing education requirements for licensees. Establishes the powers and duties of the Department, including prescribing rules defining what constitutes an appropriate curriculum for art therapy, reviewing the qualifications of applicants for licenses, investigating alleged violations of the Act, conducting hearings on disciplinary and other matters, and establishing a schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement of the Act. Establishes qualifications for licensure as a licensed clinical professional art therapist and licensed associate art therapist. Establishes grounds for discipline of a license. Provides for civil and criminal penalties for violations of the Act. Creates provisions concerning formal hearings, including transcripts of proceedings, appointment of hearing officers, subpoenas and depositions, and rehearings. Provides for judicial review of all final administrative decisions of the Department. Preempts home rule powers by providing that regulation and licensing of professional art therapists are exclusive powers and functions of the State. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to repeal the Art Therapy Licensing and Practice Act on January 1, 2030. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to provide that licensed clinical professional art therapists and licensed associate art therapists are mandatory reporters under the Act.
HB5049 - NONPUBLIC FORUM REGULATION ACT
Creates the Nonpublic Forum Regulation Act. Provides that a unit of local government or State agency may designate areas within a public building that are nonpublic forums where photography and video recording are prohibited. Provides that, if a unit of local government or State agency has designated an area as a nonpublic forum, the unit or agency must conspicuously post a sign, no smaller than 12 inches by 12 inches, indicating that the area is a nonpublic forum. Prohibits photographing or video recording in an area designated as a nonpublic forum, and provides that a person that violates the provisions is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each day that the person takes photographs or video recordings in violation of the provisions. Provides that an official or employee of a unit of local government may refer a violation of the provisions to the State's Attorney and an official or employee of a State agency may refer a violation of the provisions to the Attorney General for prosecution of the civil penalty and collection of the fine. Provides that a State's Attorney or the Attorney General may also bring an action to seek a temporary restraining order prohibiting a person who has violated the provisions from entering an area designated as a nonpublic forum. Provides that moneys received from payment of civil penalties resulting from a violation in a unit of local government nonpublic forum shall be paid into the treasury of the unit of local government for general unit operations, and provides that moneys received from payment of civil penalties resulting from a violation in a State agency nonpublic forum shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund for general State governmental operations.
HB5137 - MOBILE HOMES-LOCAL GOV-AGE
Amends the Manufactured Home Installation Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not regulate or restrict the use, occupancy, movement, or relocation of mobile homes or manufactured homes based upon the age of the mobile home or manufactured home. Preempts the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
HB5244 - ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING ACT
Amends the Energy Efficient Building Act. Requires the Board to adopt rules requiring all buildings to be designed and constructed to provide natural gas service and electric power. Species that a unit of local government may not enact or enforce a resolution, ordinance, rule, code, or policy, or take any other action that restricts or prohibits or has the effect of restricting or prohibiting the type of fuel source or source of energy production that may be used, delivered, converted, or supplied by a natural gas utility. Limits home rule powers.
HB5409 - COUNTIES CD-PERSONNEL MANDATE
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that no home rule county may impose, pursuant to its home rule authority, a personnel mandate that requires a municipality, township, school district, community college district, park district, or other unit of local government to establish, expand, or modify its activities in such a way as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues of that unit of local government. Provides that, if a home rule county's personnel mandate conflicts with an ordinance of another unit of local government, the ordinance of the other unit of local government shall control within the jurisdiction of that other unit of local government. Effective immediately.
HB5432 - CRIME-FREE HOUSING ORDINANCES
Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not adopt, enforce, or implement an ordinance, resolution, policy, program, or other regulation affecting a tenancy that (1) imposes or threatens to impose a penalty against a resident, property owner, tenant, landlord, or other person solely as a consequence of contact with a law enforcement agency, (2) requires a property owner or landlord to do, or imposes a penalty on a property owner or landlord for the failure to do, specified things, (3) defines as a nuisance, any contact by a tenant with a law enforcement agency, any request by a tenant, landlord, resident or property owner for emergency assistance, (4) requires a tenant to obtain a certificate of occupancy as a condition of tenancy, or (5) establishes, maintains, or promotes a registry of tenants for the purposes of discouraging a landlord from renting to a tenant on the registry or excluding a tenant on the registry from rental housing within the county or municipality. Defines "penalty". Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately.
HB5600 - CNTY AUTOMATED WEIGHT CONTROL
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that Will County may adopt an ordinance regulating and imposing a civil penalty on an owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to comply with gross vehicle weight or axle weight restrictions and that the County may enforce its regulations using an automated vehicle weigh-in-motion enforcement system. Allows a municipality wholly or partially within the County to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the County to provide automated vehicle weigh-in-motion enforcement systems in the municipal jurisdiction. Includes requirements for automated vehicle weigh-in-motion enforcement systems. Provides requirements for violation notices and for civil penalties for violations.
SB0060 - LIMITATION ON SPENDING TAX DOLLARS AT LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS
Amends the Lodging Services Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Provides that the State, school districts, and units of local government may not expend funds at a lodging establishment unless the lodging establishment has been certified by the Department of Human Services as providing human trafficking recognition training to its employees. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish a certification program.
SB0133 - PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION BONDS
Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Provides that a local governmental unit may not withhold retainage of more than 5% from any payment to a contractor who furnishes the bond or bond substitute required by the Act and that the contractor and its subcontractors may not withhold retainage of more than 5% from their subcontractors. Defines "local governmental unit". Effective Immediately.
SB1760 - IEMA-LOCAL BUSINESS LICENSES
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any suspension or revocation of a business license under the Act must be approved by the majority vote of the county board of the unincorporated area or the municipal board of the incorporated area in which the business is located.
SB1981 - AERONAUTICS-DRONE REGULATION
Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Defines "National Airspace System". Provides that State-level oversight of unmanned aircraft systems does not deprive any unit of local government of the right to or impede any unit of local government in regulating the use of the first 150 feet above ground level of any public property intended or permitted to be used for recreational or conservation purposes. Effective Immediately.
SB2368 - BUILDING AND RESIDENTIAL CODES
Senate Amendment 2: Amends the Capital Development Board Act. In provisions about occupying a newly constructed commercial building in a non-building code jurisdiction, modifies the standards by which a qualified inspector must file a certification of inspection with a municipality. Provides that, once a building permit is issued or construction begins when no building permit is needed, the code in effect on January 1 of that calendar year applies for the duration of the permit or construction. Modifies provisions limiting applicability, modifies definitions, and makes other changes. Modifies how municipalities with a population of less than 1,000,000 and all counties must identify local building codes. Amends the Illinois Residential Building Code Act to make conforming changes.
Senate Amendment 4: Provides that provisions concerning certification for inspection shall apply to a substantially improved commercial building. Provides that specified amendatory changes to the Capital Development Board Act shall apply beginning January 1, 2025 (rather than July 1, 2024). Defines "substantial damage" and "substantially improved commercial building". Makes other changes.
SB2587 - COUNTY/MUNI-BROADBAND PROJECTS
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may undertake local broadband projects and the provision of services in connection with local broadband projects, may lease infrastructure that it owns or controls relating to local broadband projects or services, may aggregate customers or demand for broadband services, and may apply for and receive funds or technical assistance to undertake local broadband projects to address the level of broadband access available to its businesses and residents. Provides that, to the extent that it seeks to serve as a retail provider of telecommunications services, the county or municipality must obtain appropriate certification from the Illinois Commerce Commission as a telecommunications carrier. Provides that certification of a county or municipality serving as a retail provider of telecommunication services is an exclusive power and function of the State. Amends the Public Utilities Act to make a conforming change.
SB2651 - COUNTIES-PRESERVE LANDMARKS
Amends the Illinois County Historic Preservation Law of the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may maintain, restore, rehabilitate, beautify, or adaptively reuse places of architectural significance, historic significance, or scenic significance and to lease or license County-held property to public or private entities for not longer than 99 years for such purposes. Declares that these activities are a public use. Defines "adaptive reuse". Effective immediately.
SB2674 - PROCUREMENT-VETERAN PREF
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the certification of service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and veteran-owned small businesses is an exclusive power and function of the State. Denies home rule powers. Effective immediately.
SB2698 - WILDLIFE AND DRONE SAFETY
Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Allows a forest preserve or conservation district to enact ordinances regulating unmanned aircraft systems. Effective immediately.
SB2732 - RFRA-SUBSTANTIAL BURDEN-EXEMPT
Amends the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Provides that any order, rule, regulation, or other directive issued by any governmental entity pursuant to an emergency or health or safety determination that requires closure or limitation of any place of worship entitled to the religious exemption under the United States Code shall be considered a substantial burden even if the order, rule, regulation, or other directive is one of general applicability.
SB2757 - PESTICIDE-REGULATION AUTHORITY
Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Removes language providing that the regulation of pesticides by any political subdivision of the State is specifically prohibited except for counties and municipalities with a population over 2,000,000. Provides instead that neither a home rule unit nor any other political subdivision of the State may regulate pesticides in a manner that is less restrictive than the regulation of pesticides by the State under the Act.
SB2815 - ELEC CD-HOME RULE REFERENDUM
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the question of whether a unit of local government shall continue to be a home rule unit (rather than shall cease to be a home rule unit) shall be submitted in a form as specified. Makes conforming changes.
SB2849 - UNMANNED AIRCRAFT REGULATION
Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Allows a unit of local government to adopt reasonable rules related to the use of the first 150 feet of airspace that is above ground level of public property owned or controlled by that unit of local government. Establishes that a unit of local government may only adopt rules for publicly owned or controlled property that is intended or permitted to be used for recreational or conservation purposes, including, but not limited to, parks, playgrounds, aquatic facilities, wildlife areas, or other recreational facilities. Provides that reasonable rules adopted by a unit of local government shall not supersede any administrative rules adopted by the Department of Transportation. Effective immediately.
SB3173 - COUNTY/MUNI-BROADBAND PROJECTS
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may undertake local broadband projects and the provision of services in connection with local broadband projects, may lease infrastructure that it owns or controls relating to local broadband projects or services, may aggregate customers or demand for broadband services, and may apply for and receive funds or technical assistance to undertake local broadband projects to address the level of broadband access available to its businesses and residents. Provides that, to the extent that it seeks to serve as a retail provider of telecommunications services, the county or municipality must obtain appropriate certification from the Illinois Commerce Commission as a telecommunications carrier. Provides that certification of a county or municipality serving as a retail provider of telecommunication services is an exclusive power and function of the State. Amends the Public Utilities Act to make a conforming change.
SB3361 - JOINT PURCHASING-RANKING
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a governmental unit may award contracts based on its own ranking of the offerors without regard to whether or not a cooperative purchasing program has ranked the offerors. Effective immediately.
SB3394 - FOREIGN COUNTRIES CONCERN ACT
Creates the Foreign Countries of Concern Act. Prohibits governmental entities from entering into contracts with certain prohibited entities that would give those prohibited entities access to an individual's personal identifying information. Prohibits certain entities from receiving economic incentives. Provides that certain prohibited entities may not own interests in agricultural land or land on or around military installations or critical infrastructure facilities. Prohibits the purchase or acquisition of real property by certain entities associated with the People's Republic of China. Amends the Property Owned By Noncitizens Act to make conforming changes.
SB3546 - RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY-EMERGENCIES
Creates the Protecting Religious Assembly in States of Emergency Act, which may be referred to as the PRAISE Act. Provides that an order, rule, regulation, ordinance, resolution, or other directive issued by the State government or a unit of local government pursuant to an emergency or health or safety determination, declaration, or proclamation that requires closure or limitation of any business or other facility otherwise open to public use or patronage, but which exempts in whole or in part any particular entity or set of entities, shall exempt to the same extent a place of worship of a tax exempt religious organization as the other entities are exempted. Requires the provisions to be construed to afford to religious organizations and the organizations' places of worship the same degree of freedom to meet as is afforded to the most favored entity or set of entities. Allows a civil action by a person or religious organization that has been burdened or impaired by a violation of the provisions, including injunctive orders; compensatory damages; nominal damages; a finding of a violation; and, when malice or recklessness is demonstrated, punitive damages. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to make a conforming change.
SB3597 - COUNTIES CD-BORROWING MONEY
Amends the Counties Code. In provisions allowing a county board to borrow money for any corporate purpose from any bank or other financial institution under specified conditions, modifies the definition of "financial institution" to include the Illinois Finance Authority.
SB3608 - LOCAL REG-STATE FACILITIES
Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that an ordinance of a unit of local government shall not be enforced against the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of a State facility. Provides that the provisions apply to the construction, reconstruction, improvement, and installation of State facilities that is either ongoing or starts on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Board and State agencies shall, to the fullest extent practicable, coordinate and consult with units of local government responsible for providing fire protection services to a State facility before undertaking any activity involving the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of the State facility, in order to ensure fire protection services can be provided by the unit of local government to the State facility in the most effective manner. Defines "State facilities". Limits home rule powers.
SB3680 - LOCAL CRIME-FREE HOUSING ORD
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Repeals provisions prohibiting ordinances penalizing tenants who contact the police or other emergency services. Adds provisions prohibiting a county or municipality from enacting a program, ordinance, resolution, or other regulation that: (1) penalizes landlords or tenants, guests, or others for contact with a law enforcement agency; (2) requires or encourages landlords to evict or penalize tenants or household members for contact with a law enforcement agency, a criminal conviction, or alleged unlawful conduct, including through cooperating agreements with law enforcement agencies; (3) requires or promotes the use of criminal background checks of prospective and current tenants; (4) defines nuisance behavior to include contact with a law enforcement agency; (5) requires tenants to secure certificates of occupancy as a condition of leasing rental housing or turning on utilities; (6) creates or promotes the use of a registry of individual tenants for the purpose of discouraging landlords from renting to those tenants or otherwise excluding such individuals from rental housing within the subject jurisdiction; (7) penalizes tenants, guests, or others for contact made to police or other emergency services; or (8) requires or promotes the use of a lease addendum that penalizes tenants, guests or others for any of the above-listed conditions or is contrary to or inconsistent with requirements under federal law. Provides that a program, ordinance, resolution, or other regulation that violates the provisions is void and must be repealed no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Allows for legal action to enforce the provisions. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Housing Authorities Act to make similar changes for housing authorities. Effective immediately.
SB3766 - COUNTIES CODE-NOISE POLLUTION
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may, by ordinance, establish standards for noise pollution in the unincorporated areas of the county. Effective immediately.
SB3799 - UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME BAN
Creates the Universal Basic Income Prohibition Act. Defines "universal basic income" as a government program that provides a base income to persons residing in Illinois by disbursing direct, recurring cash payments to persons to be used for any purpose without qualification or restriction. Provides that the General Assembly, a state agency, or a unit of local government may not pass a law, rule, resolution, or ordinance establishing a universal basic income program or any similar program. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to (i) diminish, negate, or interfere with a State public aid or social welfare program established by law, rule, resolution, or ordinance before the effective date of the Act that does not meet the criteria of a universal basic income program, including, but not limited to, township general assistance programs, or (ii) prohibit the passage of a law, rule, resolution, or ordinance that establishes or implements a public aid or social welfare program that does not meet the criteria of a universal basic income program or any similar guaranteed income program. Limits home rule powers by providing that regulation of universal basic income is an exclusive power and function of the State. Effective immediately.