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House Bill 386 Concerning: Vehicle code -- Purple
Heart plates -- spouses
Description: Provides that an Illinois resident who is the
surviving spouse of a person killed in a foreign war and awarded the
Purple Heart by a branch of the U.S. armed forces is eligible to be
issued Purple Heart license plates.
Action: Approved
Effective: Jan. 1, 2006
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House Bill 414
Concerning: Pollution control facilities
Description: Retains Lake County's control over the location of
construction or demolition debris recycling facilities.
Action: Approved
Effective: Immediately
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House Bill 521
Concerning: Government -- state group insurance
Description: Provides current and former state employees who are
under age 60, regardless of union status, increased supplemental
life insurance options and accidental death and dismemberment
coverage options.
Action: Approved
Effective: Immediately
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House Bill 729
Concerning: Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement
Act
Description: Allows the American Red Cross to apply for federal
reimbursement for costs incurred for mass care and sheltering of
citizens who are evacuated during a hazardous materials event.
Action: Approved
Effective: Jan. 1, 2006
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House Bill 1569
Concerning: DCEO -- International Standards Program
Description: Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity to create a program to assist Illinois manufacturers and
other businesses in becoming accredited and reaccredited
in approved international standardization organizations.
Action: Approved
Effective: Jan. 1, 2006
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House Bill 2260
Concerning: Labor relations
Description: Provides court reporters with the same collective
bargaining rights as other state employees.
Action: Approved
Effective: Immediately
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House Bill 2566
Concerning: Veterans' Employment Act -- DCEO
Description: Reassigns the powers and duties formerly assigned to
the Department of Employment Security under the Veterans' Employment
Act to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Action: Approved
Effective: Jan. 1, 2006
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House Bill 2572
Concerning: Brominated Fire Retardant Prevention Act
Description: Phases out certain usage of brominated
flame-retardant chemicals added to plastic and foam products.
Action: Approved
Effective: Jan. 1, 2006
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House Bill 3045
Concerning: Regulation
Description: Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Makes
changes to the definitions and requirements for irrigation employees,
contractors and lawn sprinkler systems to bring them more in line
with plumbing contractors.
Action: Approved
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
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House Bill 3420
Concerning: AIDS Conference -- AIDS Registration Act -- HIV
Description: Amends provisions of the AIDS Confidentiality Act.
Provides that a person may disclose or be compelled to disclose (by
hospitals, laboratories and other related facilities) information
regarding people with HIV/AIDS, even if it will disclose the
identify of the person, to local health authorities serving a
population of over 1,000,000 residents or to other local health
authorities as designated by the Illinois Department of Public
Health. Provides that local health authorities are not permitted to
further disclose the confidential information, except in a coded
form. Allows surveillance staff from local public health authorities
to review patient records on-site and collect information necessary
to complete the appropriate paperwork. Expands the "AIDS registry"
to also include people with HIV.
Action: Approved
Effective: Jan. 1, 2006
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Senate Bill 189
Concerning: Law enforcement -- retired officers
Description: Allows the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and
Standards Board to administer and conduct annual firearm
certification courses for retired law enforcement officers who are
qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon.
Action: Approved
Effective: July 1
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Senate Bill 463
Concerning: Education
Description: Transfers all powers and duties over high school
equivalency testing and certificates from the State Board of
Education to the Illinois Community College Board.
Action: Approved
Effective: Immediately
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Senate Bill 1442
Concerning: State government
Description: Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of
1971. Allows eligible employees to elect not to participate in the
program of health benefits provided under the State Employees Group
Insurance Act. Allows for the alternative cancellation retirement
payment.
Action: Approved
Effective: July 1
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Senate Bill 1483
Concerning: IEMA -- violation orders
Description: Allows the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to
issue a violation without having to conduct an on-site inspection of
a licensed or registered facility. Clarifies statutory references to
the agency.
Action: Approved
Effective: Immediately
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Senate Bill 1676
Concerning: Education
Description: Provides that an individual who successfully
achieved national board certification through the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master School
Service Personnel Certificate and qualify said individuals for
certain pay incentives.
Action: Approved
Effective: Immediately
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Senate Bill 2032
Concerning: Education
Description: Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs
shall provide certain education-related benefits to the children of
certain veterans who are attending or may attend a state or private
educational institution (elementary or high school level).
Action: Approved
Effective: Immediately
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