Amends the Display of Tobacco Products Act. Changes the title of the Act to the Display of Tobacco Products and E-Liquid Regulation Act. Provides that the sale of e-liquids containing a nicotine level above 20 milligrams per milliliter is permitted only within an adult-only facility. Provides that as a condition to sell electronic cigarette products, retailers shall display a mandatory warning sign warning consumers not to use electronic cigarette products to consume unregulated THC electronic cigarette substances. Provides that mandatory warning signs shall be posted at all entrances or in a position clearly visible on entry into the retail location and at each register inside the retailer location where the electronic cigarette product transaction or sale occurs. Provides that mandatory warning signs shall be created by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Describes the contents and size of the warning signs. Provides that a violation of these provisions is a petty offense for which the court shall impose a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. Defines various terms.
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Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not use public funds to pay a lobbyist or lobbying entity. Limits home rule powers.
Creates the Regulatory Sunrise Review Act. Establishes a system to investigate and review the necessity of new State regulation over a previously unregulated profession or occupation. Provides a process to investigate what level of regulation is necessary in order to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. Provides that the General Assembly shall commence the process established by the Act to investigate and review the necessity of new State regulation over a previously unregulated profession by passage of a resolution. Requires that an applicant that proposes legislation to license a profession or occupation submit a petition for licensure on forms provided by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and pay a fee of $1,000 within 30 days after introduction of the proposed professional regulation legislation. Provides that the Department shall prepare a report assessing the need for the proposed new licensure upon receipt of a complete petition and petition fee. Provides that the report shall be principally authored by persons with specified qualifications or by persons whose qualifications are substantially similar to specified qualifications. Provides that if the Department is unable to enter into a contract for preparation of the report for a sum not to exceed $1,000, the Department may utilize existing funds to supplement the $1,000 fee collected. Provides the various requirements, factors, criteria, and standards that must be included in a report. Provides that a report must be filed with the Secretary of State. Provides that if the General Assembly finds that it is necessary to regulate a profession or occupation, the least restrictive method of regulation may be imposed. Provides a list of factors for the General Assembly to consider when making determinations. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: New Act Adds reference to: 215 ILCS 5/155.36 215 ILCS 125/5-10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to require certain insurance companies to comply with prohibitions under the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Changes the term "managed care organization" to "health maintenance organization" in a provision concerning an assessment imposed under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately, except that provisions under the Illinois Insurance Code are effective January 1, 2020.
Amends the State Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 160/1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 440/1 from Ch. 1, par. 3201 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Time Standardization Act. Provides that daylight saving time shall be the year-round standard time of the entire State. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2019.
Urges all four caucuses and the Governor to consider the Kaskaskia Watershed Comprehensive Plan when creating the upcoming fiscal year budget.
If and only if Senate Bill 1300 of the 101st General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed both houses, amends the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund and the Firefighters' Pension Investment Fund Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if a participating pension fund account is commingled with any other participating pension fund account, then the balance of the commingled accounts shall be returned to those participating pension funds in accordance with the value of the pension fund assets attributable to each fund. Effective immediately or on the date Senate Bill 1300 of the 101st General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Expands the definition of "lobbying" for purposes of the Act. Provides that no member of the General Assembly, his or her spouse, or any immediate family member living with that member of the General Assembly (currently, no legislator) may engage in lobbying if he or she accepts compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying, other than that provided by law for members of the General Assembly. Provides that nothing prohibits a member of the General Assembly (currently, legislator), his or her spouse, or any immediate family member living with that member of the General Assembly from lobbying without compensation. Provides that a violation of provisions prohibiting member lobbying constitutes a Class 3 felony (currently, Class A misdemeanor). Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 of the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning infrastructure investment and modernization: Provides that beginning in 2022, a participating utility other than a combination utility shall pay $10,000,000 per year for 5 years and a participating utility that is a combination utility shall pay $1,000,000 per year for 10 years to the energy low-income and support program, which is intended to fund customer assistance programs with the primary purpose being avoidance of imminent disconnection and reconnecting customers who have been disconnected for nonpayment and makes conforming changes. Makes a change concerning the computation of the performance-based formula rate beginning with the rates applicable for the rate year commencing January 1, 2023, and each rate year thereafter. Removes provisions requiring that, by December 31, 2017, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall prepare and file with the General Assembly a report on the infrastructure program and the performance-based formula rate; provisions making the infrastructure investment and modernization, Smart Grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure Deployment Plan, Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Trust, and Illinois Smart Grid test bed provisions inoperative after December 31, 2022; and provisions limiting the ability of a participating utility to annually update the performance-based formula rate. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language requiring registration of certain farm wagon type trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment and farm wagon type tank trailers. Removes the registration fee and existing width and weight restrictions for single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer implements.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-100 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/3-117.2 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-117.2 625 ILCS 5/3-308 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-308 625 ILCS 5/5-301 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-301 625 ILCS 5/5-803 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person licensed as an automotive parts recycler is subject to junk vehicle notification requirements. Provides that an application for licensure as an automotive parts recycler, scrap processor, repairer, or rebuilder will require a National Motor Vehicle Title Information System number and a statement of compliance if applicable. Provides that the Secretary of State shall inspect any vehicle that is 3 (rather than the previous 8) model years of age or newer for which an application for a certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle is submitted. Provides that the Secretary shall authorize an individual having been consecutively licensed as an automotive parts recycler and a rebuilder for a minimum of 5 years to carry out and implement the inspection of rebuilt vehicles. Provides that no person shall engage in the act of dismantling, crushing, or altering a vehicle into another form using machinery or equipment unless licensed to do so and only from the fixed location identified on the license issued by the Secretary of State. Authorizes Secretary of State police investigators to issue administrative citations to certain entities for, among other things, operating without a license. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/3-117.2 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-117.2 625 ILCS 5/3-308 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-308 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 1, and deletes language providing that: (1) a person licensed as an automotive parts recycler is subject to junk vehicle notification requirements; and (2) the Secretary shall authorize an individual having been consecutively licensed as an automotive parts recycler and a rebuilder for a minimum of 5 years to carry out and implement the inspection of rebuilt vehicles. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-154.7 625 ILCS 5/5-302 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-302 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and further amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person in the State shall sell at auction a salvage vehicle to a nonresident individual or business licensed in the United States unless the nonresident, in addition to being licensed in another state or jurisdiction, provides a resale tax certificate, if applicable, and one of the following: a National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) number, federal employer identification number, or government-issued driver's license or passport. Provides that a person in the State shall not sell at auction a salvage vehicle to an out-of-country buyer, unless if the nonresident is licensed in a jurisdiction that is not a state, then the nonresident shall provide to the seller the number of the nonresident's license issued by that jurisdiction and a copy of the nonresident's passport or the passport of an owner or officer of the nonresident entity or a copy of another form of government-issued identification from the nonresident or an owner or officer of the nonresident entity. Provides that an out-of-state salvage vehicle buyer who provides an address outside of the United States shall receive a salvage certificate stamped by the seller with the designation of "For Export Only" at the point of sale for each salvage vehicle purchased and the NMVTIS record shall be designated "EXPORT".