Illinois senate session8/21/2023 The measure codifies that noncitizens who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program may apply to become police officers in Illinois, though currently there would likely be obstacles for such officers to carry the guns off-duty without a revision to federal law. The measure was amended to make it clear that potential hires need to get federal approval to carry a gun. Legislators also passed a bill that would allow recipients of a federal immigration program to become police officers. Beginning in January, the agency would be required to report how often benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are stolen annually amid many concerns about identity theft. The Illinois Department of Human Services under new legislation would be authorized to collect data to determine how frequently a government-funded program that provides food for low-income households is defrauded. Late Thursday, progressives ushered through a bill that amends the Wrongful Death Act, opening the door for punitive damages to be sought in wrongful death cases, with some exceptions including actions against state and units of local government. The legislation, already signed into law by Pritzker, was pushed by state Comptroller Susana Mendoza, whose police officer brother was infected with the virus and fell badly ill, but was denied full disability benefits by the Policemen’s Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago. The legislature also approved a measure intended to make it easier for Chicago’s first responders to acquire full benefits if they suffered long-term disability because of the COVID-19 virus. Lawmakers also approved a measure that would require all state-funded affordable housing to have air conditioning, a bill prompted by the heat exposure deaths in May 2022 of three seniors in their apartments on Chicago’s Far North Side. The bill would take effect July 1, 2025, if signed by Pritzker. Another bill mandates schools to maintain a supply of an opioid antagonist like Narcan.įentanyl is seen as a major culprit for an increase of over 2,700% in synthetic opioid deaths in the state from 2013 to 2020, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.Īnother bipartisan bill would cap the maximum amount an insurance company can charge for a month of insulin to $35, down from a maximum of $100 that was set in 2020. Two bills would increase access to drug-testing supplies, including those for the powerful opioid fentanyl, and a third would require that school districts provide instruction about the dangers of the drug. There were also bills focused on drug overdose prevention that were supported by both sides of the aisle. Other measures from the secretary of state’s office include legislation barring police from stopping motorists solely because they have small items such as air fresheners dangling from their vehicle’s rearview mirror, as well as a ban on videoconferencing calls such as over Zoom while driving. The measure came amid nationwide polarization over censorship, school curricula and how much say parents should have over what content is appropriate for children. That is putting my community in danger.”Ī bill that would allow the Illinois secretary of state’s office to deny grant funding to public and school libraries if they ban books is also on Pritzker’s desk. “Quite frankly, what happened yesterday in this building, when one of our colleagues threatened physical violence as a result of this bill, that is what we should be concerned about,” said Cassidy, who is openly gay.
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