Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs 129 bills, vetoes three
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed scores of bills into law Friday and used his veto pen on three other measures.
One of the measures Pritzker vetoed was House Bill 3222, which would have instructed the Illinois Medical District Commission to execute a quitclaim deed on property it owns, essentially handing it over to Urban Autism Solutions, a nonprofit organization, free of charge.
“Urban Autism Solutions does important and valuable work and my administration is strongly committed to working with this and the other worthy nonprofits located in the Illinois Medical District to support their viability to continue their work,” Pritzker wrote in his veto message. “However, transferring public property with significant fair market value at no cost to a single private foundation – no matter how worthy – is unfair to other nonprofit organizations located in the Illinois Medical District who were not offered a similar deal and continue to pay rent for use of Illinois Medical District property.”
He partially vetoed the bill, striking that language.
The governor vetoed another bill because he said it would be redundant with already enacted legislation as well as a total veto of Senate Bill 2128, a bill said to affect court reporting, which he said would have caused “unintended consequences on existing and established court procedures.”
Among the 129 bills enacted was House Bill 254, which requires the Illinois State Board of Education to keep records on “actively employed teachers within each school district, pupil-teacher ratios for each school district, class instructors by grade level and subject in each school district, and class size in each school.”
He signed House Bill 2076, a ban of thermal paper containing BPA, an industrial chemical found in many consumer products, in Illinois beginning on Jan. 1, 2020. Thermal paper is commonly used in receipts.
House Bill 2276, signed into law Friday and effective immediately, imposes fines for people caught smoking in a car with one or more minors present.
House Bill 2383, named Mason’s Law after an Iroquois County man killed in a right-of-way accident, requires a 12-month suspension of driving privileges if a motorist violates right-of-way at crosswalks and in school zones.
Full list of laws Pritzker acted on Friday:
Bill Number: HB 2
Description: Adds pregnancy and childbirth rights to the Medical Patient Rights Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3
Description: Requires hospitals to report each instance of preterm birth, infant mortality and maternal mortality by racial and ethnic group in their quarterly report.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5
Description: Enhances mental and physical health services for pregnant and postpartum women and requires the Department of Public Health to establish a classification system for certain levels of maternal care.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 26
Description: Establishes a uniform admission system pilot program at Northern Illinois University, Eastern Illinois University, Western Illinois University and Southern Illinois University.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 210
Description: Creates the Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force to study using the Tamms Minimum Security Unit as a vocational training facility for the Department of Corrections. The task force will submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2020 with its recommendations.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 247
Description: Requires third-party driver education teachers to meet the educator licensure and endorsement requirements under the School Code and to follow the same evaluation and observation requirements that apply to non-tenured teachers.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 254
Description: Increases transparency on class sizes at schools across the state.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 833
Description: Allows Cook County to have a multi-year senior citizen homestead exemption.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 925
Description: Amends the Mobile Home Park Act to help the Department of Public Health regulate mobile home parks.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1561
Description: Directs school districts to develop a threat assessment team and allows counties to expand their School Facility Occupation Tax to support safety and mental health efforts.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 1639
Description: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code in an Article concerning accident and health insurance.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2076
Description: Bans the use of BPA – an industrial chemical found in many consumer products – in Illinois beginning on January 1, 2020.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2121
Description: Expands eligibility for people to obtain a school bus driver permit.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2124
Description: Extends the current exception related to personnel matters involving individual employees to also cover individual volunteers or individual independent contractors who serve in a park, recreational or education setting such as a coach or instructor.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2134
Description: Ensures state law conforms with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Illinois law enforcement agencies must seek a warrant or court order before obtaining current, future or historical cell site location information.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2154
Description: Streamlines eligibility, promotes family engagement and enables early treatment for children and young adults with high mental health needs.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2156
Description: Bans companies from issuing rebate cards that charge consumers dormancy fees or other post-issuance fees.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2160
Description: Streamlines the prior approval process for insurance companies and Medicaid MCOs to assist pharmacists to more quickly fill prescriptions.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2165
Description: Provides high schools greater flexibility on the math courses offered to students.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2176
Description: Establishes transparency of the lawful services a notary public can provide and establishes stricter penalties for those in violation.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2237
Description: Authorizes the State Treasurer to establish a Higher Education Savings Program for children born or adopted after December 31, 2020.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2243
Description: Changes certifications required for township and multi-township assessors and supervisors of assessments.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2276
Description: Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle with a minor present, making it a petty offense punishable by a fine up to $100 for a first offense and a fine up to $250 for a second or subsequent offense.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2304
Description: Creates the Training in the Building Trades Program within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2383
Description: Requires a 12-month suspension of driving privileges if a motorist violates right-of-way at crosswalks and in school zones – named Mason’s Law.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2444
Description: Provides guidance to the court about factors to consider when determining the effects of imprisonment on a defendant’s children.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2459
Description: Extends the sunset of the Out-of-State Person Subject to Involuntary Admission on an Inpatient Basis Mental Health Treatment Act
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2460
Description: Encourages all public funds to have a sustainable investment policy.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2502
Description: Allows a downstate firefighter to transfer service credit from the Chicago firefighters pension fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2528
Description: Allows a person to use a county clerk’s address as their business address if they believe publishing their home address would threaten their safety.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2583
Description: Allows a petition to expand a conservancy district to include a new name for the expanded district.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2625
Description: Allows the Cook County judicial sub-circuit boundaries after the 2020 Census to be redrawn to ensure minority representation on the bench.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2627
Description: Requires schools to notify and include a parent or guardian when law enforcement questions a student on school grounds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2639
Description: Extends sunset of the design build portion of the Public Buildings Commission Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2649
Description: Creates the Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force, which will present recommendations to the General Assembly and Governor by December 31, 2019.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2669
Description: Eliminates the requirement that certain self-propelled sprayers and farm fertilizer wagons be registered.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2675
Description: Provides craft distillers with parity with the craft brewers.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2700
Description: Allows the Teachers’ Retirement Insurance Program billing errors to be refunded for up to seven years of past payments.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2737
Description: Adds soil health practices to the list of resources that soil and water conservation districts can provide for farmers.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2823
Description: Allows the RTA to issue, sell and deliver additional working cash notes and establish lines of credit, and allows the State Treasurer to certify to the State Comptroller the amounts of the defaulted interim financing note.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2830
Description: Requires employers to provide an employee leave in order to attend a behavioral or academic meeting at their child’s school.
Action: Signed
Effective: August 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2836
Description: Authorizes the State Treasurer’s office to purchase or acquire office space in the City of Springfield during FY 2019 or 2020 rather than leasing such office space, in order to achieve cost savings over time.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2846
Description: Requires health insurance coverage for treatments for pediatric autoimmune, neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections, acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy plans administered after July 2017.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2854
Description: Creates a hiring preference of up to 20 points for a person who served as a firefighter apprentice.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2856
Description: Modernizes Illinois’ vehicle title system by creating a more secure and efficient statewide vehicle titling system and eliminating the current cumbersome paper system.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 2860
Description: Makes various technical changes to the Entity Omnibus Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2019
Bill Number: HB 2884
Description: Allows IMRF employees to receive credit for unused sick time if they were employed by a school district or K-12 special district.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2943
Description: Ensures that funds required by statute to operate IEPA’s vehicle inspection service are guaranteed in the MFT distribution.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 2992
Description: Promotes information sharing between the Secretary of State and Illinois Commerce Commission.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3018
Description: Increases food allergy awareness in restaurants.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3061
Description: Replicates language that has already become law in PA 101-0176, signed 7/31/2019.
Action: Veto
Bill Number: HB 3065
Description: Strengthens the Adult Protective Services Act to prevent elder abuse.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3084
Description: Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to evaluate its constituent services.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3086
Description: Expands the Emotional Intelligence and Social and Emotional Learning Task Force to address the needs of students with anger management issues and recommend sources of funding to support social and emotional learning.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3101
Description: Creates and requires participation in human trafficking training for hotel and motel employees.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3113
Description: Requires health insurance coverage for an annual office visit including a skin cancer examination at no cost to the patient.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3196
Description: Establishes a new Immigration Task Force to identify opportunities to make Illinois a more welcoming state.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3213
Description: Makes technical changes to codify current practice of the Teachers’ Retirement Systems.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3222
Description: Authorizes transfers of state-owned land.
Action: Amendatory Veto
Note: See attached amendatory veto message.
Bill Number: HB 3237
Description: Establishes criteria for high school students to demonstrate English language proficiency in order to earn a State Seal of Biliteracy.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3263
Description: Increases information on municipalities and pension documents available on the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund website.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3269
Description: Makes various changes to dealer licensing at the Illinois Secretary of State.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3299
Description: Provides sex education to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3302
Description: Requires Chicago Public Schools to notify parents or guardians of students who were denied or received delayed special education services about the relief that may be available for them through the state.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3396
Description: Requires more rapid response by the courts and law enforcement in issuing of stalking, domestic violence and civil no contact orders.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3405
Description: Clarifies that tips are the property of employees and clarifies that the Illinois Department of Labor has the ability to enforce its wage decisions in circuit court.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3440
Description: Allow customers to use personal containers to fill or refill bulk food in a retail setting, and prevents local health departments from prohibiting this action.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3509
Description: Requires health insurance coverage for donated breast milk if prescribed by a patient’s health care provider.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3511
Description: Improves maternal mental health conditions education, early diagnosis and treatment.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3534
Description: Adds a non-binary gender designation for driver’s licenses and state IDs when the Secretary of State next implements a new card issuance system.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3575
Description: Regulates the use of blockchain technology in the state of Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3586
Description: Supports children who are eligible for special education services by increasing transparency and establishing new processes for school districts to support children and their parents or guardians.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2019
Bill Number: HB 3606
Description: Establishes new protections for students’ personally identifiable information.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2021
Bill Number: HB 3610
Description: Allows brew pubs to aggregate their overall production and reallocate those amounts as they wish.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3671
Description: Creates a process for landlords to deal with requests for service and assistance animals.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: HB 3676
Description: Makes various changes to the township code relating to the attestation of funds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3677
Description: Allows for a right of first refusal of heirs of property upon a forced sale.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3687
Description: Requires state’s attorneys to notify a school district when an employee is arrested for a sex offense.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 37
Description: Requires reporting of firefighters’ injuries and compensation by secondary employers to primary employers.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 100
Description: Requires trustees for the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District be elected at consolidated elections and outlines requirements concerning the number of trustees to be elected and length of terms.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 104
Description: Quickens payments from contractors to suppliers and subcontractors on state projects, increasing cash flow for small businesses.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 111
Description: Raises the age limit from 19 to 26 for health insurance to cover anesthetics provided with dental care to individuals diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or developmental disability.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 147
Description: Provides financial protection for child performers by requiring a trust account.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 193
Description: Establishes a new procedure for the Department of Children and Family Services to review reports.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 218
Description: Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to include all forms of sexual abuse and child exploitation as reasons for termination of parental rights under Illinois law.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 220
Description: Adds a new training requirement for newly appointed commissioners to the Illinois Human Rights Commission.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 456
Description: Establishes new policies to address and prevent sexual abuse in schools.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 527
Description: Extends the sunset, adjusts the compensation formula of state-owned property in Will County to reflect the current year’s rates and caps the tax loss revenue payment at $600,000.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 726
Description: Creates an internship program for people with disabilities at state agencies with 1,500 employees or more.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 727
Description: Creates the Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 731
Description: Creates new requirements of mutual cooperation between the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 944
Description: Expands the list of vehicles that veterans with disabilities can apply for special license plates.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1090
Description: Enhances environmental barrier protections for individuals with disabilities and general public.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1127
Description: Allows the POW/MIA flag to fly at local airports.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1134
Description: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure relating to the publication and notice of a foreclosure.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1136
Description: Expands efforts to hire state employees with disabilities.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1166
Description: Eliminates unnecessary barriers to occupational and professional licenses for people who are not U.S. citizens.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1214
Description: Provides training for phlebotomists to draw blood with adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1226
Description: Abolishes the Illinois State Charter School Commission on July 1, 2020, and transfers its responsibilities to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1236
Description: Limits compensation for county board members receiving pension benefits for their position, allows for the removal of a county board chairman who is selected by board members, requires most stringent familiar disclosures between vendors and board members or management, and allows newly elected officials to request a transition audit.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1257
Description: Decouples from a federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provision which requires non-profit entities to pay tax on their employees’ parking and transportation benefits.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1264
Description: Allow SURS and other public retirement systems to report amounts of unclaimed property without turning over trust assets to the state.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1343
Description: Ensures heavy duty tow and recovery vehicles coordinate with IDOT to be permitted to travel on state roads.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1371
Description: Permits school districts to install a door security locking means if all applicable requirements are met.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2019
Bill Number: SB 1377
Description: Requires new companies formed by the Illinois Insurance Division Law to be licensed in all of the states where the original dividing company was licensed to have the policies transferred to the new company.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2019
Bill Number: SB 1456
Description: Requires tax to be paid on tax-except property if leased out for a non-conforming use.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1464
Description: Closes a loophole that could have affected a small number of preneed funeral contracts.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1495
Description: Clarifies the liability of members and managers in the Limited Company Liability Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1498
Description: Establishes a new agriculture education pre-service teacher internship program, subject to appropriation.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1506
Description: Ensures health care providers inform patients about the effect dense breast tissue has on the accuracy of mammograms.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1507
Description: Establishes a cause of action for a person who is depicted in a private sexual image without consent.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1514
Description: Provides that ‘installment sales contract’ does not include a financial arrangement offered by third-party religious or cultural lenders.
Action: Signed
Effective: June 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1525
Description: Allows DCFS to provide apprenticeship stipends for youth.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1573
Description: Makes several changes to statute in increase the labor force in nursing home facilities.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1641
Description: Increases awareness about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for students who are eligible for a MAP grant.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1669
Description: Creates two new scratch off to fund the School STEAM Grant Program and the Alzheimer’s Awareness Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1724
Description: Directs the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago to issue a report evaluating the setting of water rates throughout the Lake Michigan service area of northeastern Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1758
Description: Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act and the Payday Loan Reform Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1778
Description: Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1780
Description: Prohibits housing discrimination based on arrest records.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1791
Description: Revises the SNAP and E&T program criteria to meet the diverse needs to residents by making the program voluntary if a county can provide for at least half of the work registrants.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1813
Description: Updates the Illinois Credit Union Act to enable credit unions to operate more efficiently.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1888
Description: Eases access to the social worker license examination.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 1889
Description: Codifies the existing DCFS Child Protection Program between DCFS and the University of Illinois-Springfield.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1901
Description: Makes technical changes to various sections of the School Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1918
Description: Makes technical changes to various state funds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 1934
Description: Addresses requirements for automotive parts recyclers, scrap processors, repairers, rebuilders and salvage vehicles.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2027
Description: Requires IEPA to prioritize unregulated and underregulated landfills that overlie the Mahomet Aquifer, complete pilot project response actions, and identity actions to address threats to human health and the environment.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 2085
Description: Authorizes the psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), an evidence-based integrated care model, in the Illinois Insurance Code.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 2128
Description: Amends the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984 in a way that would have had unintended consequences on existing and established court procedures.
Action: Veto
Bill Number: SB 2136
Description: Modernizes the North Shore Water Reclamation District Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2146
Description: Directs the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to create a Clean Water Workforce Pipeline program to provide grants and other financial assistance promotes clean water infrastructure and workforce development efforts.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2020
Bill Number: SB 2148
Description: Creates the Correctional Officer Intern Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
