House Bill 1293, also known as the Russian Divestment Act, was another piece of legislation receiving bipartisan and unanimous support during the veto session. It passed in the Senate on Thursday with unanimous support, following suit with a House vote in March. Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, had overwhelming support during its Senate Executive Committee hearing with more than 300 proponent witnesses compared to four opponents.
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Through House Bill 4218, menstrual products and underwear will be available free of charge to inmates and workers in the Department of Corrections. House Bill 4218: Free products to inmates Recent: A key segment of Springfield's Rail Improvements Project is done.
A multi-segment project, construction is expected to be completed by 2024. The $44.3 million project has been underway since the fall of 2019, requiring with it lane closures on Fifth and Sixth Streets. The state will be responsible for the demolition, per the legislation, while Springfield would reimburse those expenses within the next two years and be required to remove the remaining foundation and slab structures. With the governor's signature, the city will receive a portion of the property where the Sangamo Complex sits at 1021 North Grand Avenue East. Doris Turner, D-Springfield introduced the amendment which calls on the director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services to authorize a property transfer to the city of Springfield for the rail corridor project. House Bill 3823: Springfield rail improvement projectĪmendments to House Bill 3823 passed in a House 99-9 vote on Thursday after passing unanimously in the Senate earlier this week. "This is responsible budgeting that shows what can happen when business and labor leaders come together with legislators and state leaders to work out an agreed plan," she said, also calling on passage of House Bill 4118 which would require annual payments into the Rainy Day Fund and the Pension Stabilization Fund. SB 1698 provides more of the program's nuts and bolts, whereas SB 2801 appropriated $1.8 billion to cover the debt and a $450 million loan to be paid back into the Rainy Day Fund over the next 10 years.Ĭomptroller Susana Mendoza said in a statement that the investment "will save the state $20 million in interest payments and will help the state's Rainy Day Fund in the long term." During the COVID-19 pandemic, the debt had ballooned to $4.5 billion where the state had been able to payback partially through American Rescue Plan Act funding. Lawmakers were able to accomplish this through two bills - Senate Bill 1698 and Senate Bill 2801 - which passed along party lines on Thursday. Senate Bills 1698/2801: Unemployment fund bailoutīusiness organizations and a bipartisan group of lawmakers met earlier this week in the Governor's Capitol office to indicate their support of paying down the remaining $1.3 billion in the state's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. Here are several of those bills and what they mean to Illinoisans.
“There’s still more work to do, so we’ll be hard at work getting big things done in the 103rd Illinois General Assembly,” he said in a statement. Thursday for a state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron, thanked the General Assembly for their work over the past two weeks. JB Pritzker's desk within the next 30 days who will then have 60 days to sign. In total, 12 bills passed both chambers ranging from the state's unemployment insurance trust fund to more local interests with the Springfield High-Speed Rail Corridor Improvement Project.
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