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(The Center Square) – About a dozen new Illinois laws set to take effect Jan. 1 impact employers. House Bill 5561 prohibits employers from taking retaliatory action against an employee who ...
(The Center Square) – Illinois legislators heard psychiatrists and special interest groups urge for passage of House Bill 1, which seeks to legalize substances such as psilocybin. An Illinois ...
The Illinois Budget Impasse was a 793-day-long (2 years and 62 days) budget crisis in the state of Illinois. From July 1, 2015, to August 31, 2017, Illinois was without a complete state budget for fiscal years 2016, 2017, and part of 2018. As a result, many state agencies had to cut services or continue borrowing to operate.
The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Ann Williams, D-Chicago, answered questions from state Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis, on the House floor about the 30-day timeframe parents have to get the ...
The SAFE-T Act incorporated provisions from a previously proposed bill, the Pretrial Fairness Act. The most significant change in this section of the Act is the elimination of cash bail and its replacement with a new process for pretrial release, which was set to take effect on January 1, 2023.
The legislature did not return to Springfield until May 19. In the May session, social distancing was adopted, which required the House to meet at the Bank of Springfield Center rather than the Capitol. [12] The fall veto session was canceled. [13] Due to these disruptions, only three new laws took effect in Illinois on January 1, 2021. [14]
The 102nd Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois House and Illinois Senate, convened on January 13, 2021, [1] and adjourned sine die on January 10, 2023. Over that period, it was in session for a total of 112 days. [2] The membership of the 102nd General Assembly was decided by the 2020 elections. The election resulted in the ...
Assembly Bill 1960, going into effect Jan. 1, 2025, mandates courts to impose an enhanced sentence when suspects take, damage or destroy property valued over $50,000. ... Illinois moves forward ...