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(For details on any of the bills listed below, go to
http://www.ilga.gov/ and search
by bill number.)
House Bill 12
Concerning: Local government
Description: Amends the Local Government Employees Benefit
Continuation Act so that it will apply to all home rule units,
including Chicago.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately House Bill 28
Concerning: State government
Description: Expands the State Employees Suggestion Award Board
program to include all residents of Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 30
Concerning: Transportation
Description: Expands the definition of "disabled" in the Vehicle
Code to allow people with hand and arm disabilities to qualify for
more benefits.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 120
Concerning: Regulation
Description: Extends the sunset of the Illinois Petroleum Education
and Marketing Act until Jan. 1, 2018.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 132
Concerning: Criminal law
Description: Allows a court to require an offender who committed
assault or domestic battery against a family member to attend the
Partner Abuse Intervention Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 147
Concerning: Regulation
Description: Intended to increase access to clinical breast exams.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 161
Concerning: Transportation
Description: Allows the secretary of state to issue specialty
license plates to Illinois residents who served in the U.S. armed
forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 170
Concerning: Criminal law
Description: Amends the Code of Corrections to impose fines on
people convicted of child pornography.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 194
Concerning: Missing people
Description: Creates the Missing Persons Identification Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 226
Concerning: Business
Description: Requires Illinois gas stations to help disabled drivers
fuel their vehicles upon their request, without an additional
charge.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 236
Concerning: Local government
Description: Amends the County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 282
Concerning: Revenue
Description: Amends the Property Tax Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 297
Concerning: Wildlife
Description: Amends the Wildlife Code to allow for the creation of
the Hound Running Permit program, which will be administered by
Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 310
Concerning: Local government
Description: Clarifies that a county may use county funds for
economic development purposes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 438
Concerning: Education
Description: Adds a definition of gang-resistance education and
training to state law.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 449
Concerning: Criminal law
Description: Amends the Criminal Code to expand the definition of
aggravated identity theft to incorporate ordinary identity theft
carried out with the purpose of furthering organized gang activity.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 517
Concerning: Long-term care
Description: Repeals the existing Partnership for Long-Term Care Act
and replaces it with the new Illinois Long-Term Care Partnership
Program Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 518
Concerning: Transportation
Description: Requires the secretary of state to establish and
maintain a password-protected site on the Web where parents or
guardians of minors can access their driving records for free.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 536
Concerning: Transportation
Description: Provides that the owner of a vehicle can obtain a
physician's certification to have tinted windows.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 620
Concerning: Local government
Description: Gives counties and municipalities the power to
establish standards for wind farms and other electric-generating
devices.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 622
Concerning: State government
Description: Requires the Department of Human Services to establish
a program to provide grants to local drug courts.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 951
Concerning: State government
Description: Clarifies the delegation of duties and powers from the
Department of Public Health to health departments around the state.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1009
Concerning: Public
Description: Changes the income eligibility threshold for families
that qualify for child care benefits.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2007
House Bill 1138
Concerning: Vehicles
Description: Amends the Vehicle Code to require that people list
their "domicile" address when registering a vehicle with the
secretary of state.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 1242
Concerning: Revenue
Description: Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act.
Action: Vetoed
Effective: Immediately
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House Bill 1257
Concerning: Aging
Description: Changes a bill passed last year (94th General Assembly,
House Bill 4302) that added drugs for the treatment of HIV and AIDS
to Illinois Cares Rx for people eligible for Medicare Part D.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1359
Concerning: Employment
Description: Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately House Bill 1425
Concerning: Civil law
Description: Creates the Illinois Radon Awareness Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1439
Concerning: Criminal law
Description: Extends the time drivers found driving an uninsured
vehicle must maintain "proof of financial responsibility" with the
secretary of state.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 1525
Concerning: State government
Description: Extends the current sunset provision of the Motor
Vehicle Theft Prevention Act to Jan. 1, 2012.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1555
Concerning: Insurance
Description: Clarifies the licensing of public insurance adjusters.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1558
Concerning: Revenue
Action: Vetoed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1608
Concerning: Local government
Description: Provides that a new adult entertainment facility may
not be located within one mile of a school, park or church in DuPage
and Cook County.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1630
Concerning: Local government
Description: Updates the Counties Code by repealing certain sections
that have become obsolete.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1646
Concerning: Regulations
Description: Makes changes to requirements for licensure of life
care facilities.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1656
Concerning: Education
Description: Aligns the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act with federal
changes on certain Section 529 college savings plans.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1673
Concerning: Forest preserve districts
Description: Allows downstate forest preserve districts to establish
capital replacement funds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1741
Concerning: Agriculture
Description: Requires companies that sell ammonium nitrate to people
not registered with the Department of Agriculture to collect and
report information.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2007
House Bill 1778
Concerning: State government
Description: Amends the Department of Natural Resources
(Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1797
Concerning: Property
Description: Requires landlords to provide monetary relief to
tenants who are forced to move when a landlord turns the apartments
into condos without providing proper notification.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 1822
Concerning: Gaming
Description: States that the Children's Discovery Museum in Normal
will receive funds collected by the state from the taxation of a
local off-track betting facility.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 1839
Concerning: Education
Description: Require school districts to resubmit waiver requests to
the State Board of Education or General Assembly every two years.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 1988
Concerning: Fire safety
Description: Amends the Fire Investigation Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 2787
Concerning: Education
Description: Affirms that civic education and participation are
fundamental to maintaining democracy.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 2808
Concerning: Transportation
Description: Allows the secretary of state to issue autism awareness
specialty license plates.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
House Bill 3434
Concerning: State government
Description: Requires the Department of Revenue to study the
possibility of including tax increment financing information on
property tax bills.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
House Bill 3649
Concerning: Gaming
Description: Restructures the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act,
the Bingo License and Tax Act, and the Charitable Games Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2007
Senate Bill 14
Concerning: Sex offenders
Description: Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Senate Bill 21
Concerning: Insurance
Description: Prohibit health insurance companies from excluding
coverage to individuals solely due to an injury while intoxicated or
under the influence of narcotics.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
Senate Bill 80
Concerning: Transportation
Description: Makes changes to traffic laws to improve bicycle
safety.
Action: Signed
Effective: Jan. 1, 2008
Senate Bill 1702
Concerning: Education
Description: Requires school districts that collect biometric
information to receive written permission to do so.
Action: Signed
Effective: Aug. 1, 2007
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