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The technology is permitted in at
least 44 other states, including all the states that surround Illinois.
Under terms of the legislation, administration of a voice stress
analyzer test must be by a trained law enforcement officer. In addition
the test cannot be used at routine traffic stops or be administered
without written consent. Like polygraph tests, voice stress analyzer
tests are not admissible in court.
The legislation (House Bill 577)
was approved unanimously by both the House and Senate and is effective
immediately. It was sponsored in the House by state Rep. Eileen Lyons,
R-Western Springs; Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago; Carolyn Krause,
R-Mount Prospect; Mary Kay O’Brien, D-Watseka; and JoAnn Osmond,
R-Antioch; and in the Senate by state Sen. Kirk Dillard, R-Hinsdale.
Other bills signed Monday by the
governor include:
Senate Bill 771
An act concerning:
Banking
Description:
Amends the Illinois Banking Act to
add the purchase of stock in a Federal Home Loan Bank to the list of
purchases and holdings that are exempt from limitations imposed by the
act.
Action:
Approved
Effective date:
Immediate
Sponsors:
Senate: Kimberly Lightford,
D-Maywood; Emil Jones, D-Chicago; and Dan Rutherford, R-Chenoa. House:
Joseph Lyons, D-Chicago; Sidney Mathias, R-Buffalo Grove; Suzanne Bassi,
R-Palatine; Angelo Saviano, R-Elmwood Park; and Thomas Holbrook,
D-Belleville.
Senate Bill 783
An act concerning:
Insurance
Description:
Amends the Comprehensive Health
Insurance Plan Act to change the definition of "creditable coverage" and
"federally eligible individual." It modifies the types of federally
eligible individuals who qualify to enroll in the plan under the
alternative portable coverage and the periods of creditable coverage.
Action:
Approved
Effective date:
Immediate
Sponsors:
Senate: Barak Obama, D-Chicago, and
Emil Jones, D-Chicago. House: Frank Mautino, D-Spring Valley; David
Miller, D-Calumet City; and David Leitch, R-Peoria.
Senate Bill 857
An act concerning:
Financial regulation.
Description:
Modifies the regulatory fee rates
that a credit union pays to the Department of Financial Institutions
based upon the credit union’s total assets as shown in its year-end
report. The bill also modifies the minimum regulatory fees that a credit
union pays to the department each calendar year.
Action:
Approved
Effective date:
Immediate
Sponsors:
Senate: Kimberly Lightford,
D-Maywood, and Emil Jones, D-Chicago. House: Joseph Lyons, D-Chicago;
Angelo Saviano, R-Elmwood Park; Terry Parke, R-Hoffman Estates; Lou
Lang, D-Skokie; and Thomas Holbrook, D-Belleville.
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Senate Bill 875
An act concerning:
Higher education student assistance
Description:
Amends the Higher Education
Assistance Act to increase the statutory bond debt ceiling from $3.5
billion to $5 billion for the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
The increased debt ceiling will allow the Illinois Designated Account
Purchase Program, the commission’s secondary market division for student
loans, to purchase and to originate approximately 425,000 student loans,
which should be sufficient to cover student loan purchases for the next
two years. The bonds are repaid with money collected from the repayment
of student loans. The statutory bond ceiling was last raised in 2001,
from $2.1 billion to $3.5 billion.
Action:
Approved
Effective date:
Immediate
Sponsors:
Senate: Patrick Welch, D-Peru, and Donne Trotter, D-Chicago. House: Gary
Hannig, D-Litchfield, and Monique Davis, D-Chicago.
Senate Bill 978
An act concerning:
Vehicles
Description:
For student safety, the bill allows
the Illinois Department of Transportation to lower the speed limit on
highways under state jurisdiction contiguous to school property and
extending a quarter mile from the school property. IDOT can make the
speed limit change upon the request of a school district.
Action:
Approved
Effective date:
Immediate
Sponsors:
House: Frank Mautino, D-Spring
Valley; Donald Moffitt, R-Gilson; Ron Wait, R-Belvidere; and William
Black, R-Danville. Senate: Patrick Welch, D-Peru, and Emil Jones,
D-Chicago.
Senate Bill 1149
An act concerning:
Vehicles
Description:
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to
require that a lien holder must release or forward a vehicle title no
longer than 21 days --10 days if the payment came in the form of cash,
cashier’s check or certified check -- after payment in satisfaction of a
security interest in the vehicle is received. If the lien holder does
not provide the title within the appropriate time frames, the lien
holder is liable for a $150 fine, plus reasonable attorney fees to the
person who was supposed to receive the title.
Action:
Approved
Effective date:
Immediate
Sponsors: Senate: George
Shadid, D-Edwards; Larry Bomke, R-Springfield; Dale Righter, R-Mattoon;
and Adeline Geo-Karis, R-Zion. House: Dan Reitz, D-Steeleville.
[News release from the
governor's office]
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