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* Sen. Dan McConchie filed SB2707…
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for an individual taxpayer who is a medical professional in a community-based practice who serves without compensation as a preceptor for at least one student from a qualifying institution in Illinois and provides clinical instruction for students from a non-Illinois based program for compensation in the same tax year. Provides that the credit shall be $200 per qualifying student per week, but not to exceed $9,600 per taxpayer in any tax year. Effective immediately.
* HB4423 from Rep. Jason Bunting…
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a Recruitment Division. Provides that the Division shall establish a Back the Badge program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Division shall determine and prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement agency and community desire in their police officers. Provides that the Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers who are diverse and reflective of the community and the priorities of the law enforcement agencies.
* SB2669 from Sen. Jil Tracy…
Creates the Agricultural Equipment Repair Bill of Rights Act. Provides that, for the purpose of providing services for agricultural equipment in the State, an original equipment manufacturer shall, with fair and reasonable terms and costs, make available to an independent repair provider or owner of the manufacturer’s equipment any documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools that are intended for use with the equipment or any part, including updates to documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools. Provides that, with respect to agricultural equipment that contains an electronic security lock or other security-related function, a manufacturer shall, with fair and reasonable terms and costs, make available to independent repair providers and owners any documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools needed to reset the lock or function when disabled in the course of providing services. Provides that the manufacturer may make the documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools available to independent repair providers and owners through appropriate secure release systems. Provides that these provisions do not apply to a part that is no longer available to the original equipment manufacturer or conduct that would require the manufacturer to divulge a trade secret. Provides that a manufacturer shall not refuse to make available to an independent repair provider or owner any documentation, part, embedded software, firmware, or tool necessary to provide services on grounds that the documentation, part, embedded software, firmware, or tool itself is a trade secret, except that information necessary to repair agricultural equipment may not be redacted. Provides exceptions. Defines terms.
* Sen. Laura Ellman introduced SB2682 yesterday…
Creates the Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Task Force Act, and creates the Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Task Force. Includes provisions concerning Task Force membership, meetings, and duties. Provides that the State of Illinois Office of Equity shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2030. Effective immediately.
* SB2705 from Sen. Laura Fine…
Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Requires, on or before January 1, 2026, a manufacturer of a product sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the State that contains intentionally added PFAS to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency specified information. Allows the Agency to waive the submission of information required by a manufacturer or extend the amount of time a manufacturer has to submit the required information. Provides that, if the Pollution Control Board has reason to believe that a product contains intentionally added PFAS and the product is being offered for sale in the State, the Board may direct the manufacturer of the product to provide the Board with testing results that demonstrate the amount of each of the PFAS in the product. Provides that, if testing demonstrates that the product does not contain intentionally added PFAS, the manufacturer must provide the Board with a certificate attesting that the product does not contain intentionally added PFAS. Restricts the sale of specified products beginning January 1, 2025 if the product contains intentionally added PFAS. Allows the Agency to establish a fee payable by a manufacturer to the Agency upon submission of the required information to cover the Agency’s reasonable costs to implement the provisions. Allows the Agency to coordinate with the Board, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Public Health to enforce the provisions. Sets forth products that are exempt from the provisions.
* SB2706 from Sen. Laura Murphy…
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to promote the use of electric trucks by fleet owners by offering a voucher of $200,000 per electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck purchased or leased for a fleet by the fleet’s owner or operator. Provides that an applicant shall submit a proof of purchase, lease, or other binding contract regarding the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in order to be awarded the voucher. Requires an applicant who is awarded a voucher to agree to participate in annual surveys on specified metrics. Contains other program requirements. Defines “Class 6 truck”, “Class 7 truck”, and “Class 8 truck”.
posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, Jan 11, 24 @ 10:34 am
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$200,000 incentive to buy an electric heavy truck is a great idea. However, the state’s similar program for electric cars ran out of money in just a few weeks. If someone invests in an electric truck counting on the $200,000 which doesn’t show up, most of them would be forced out of business.
Comment by DuPage Thursday, Jan 11, 24 @ 11:06 am
I’m glad to see Sen. Tracy pushing this forward in Illinois, as this is a significant cost for smaller farmers. In the long term, this is a problem that could probably use federal-level legislation to fix.
Comment by Former ILSIP Thursday, Jan 11, 24 @ 12:05 pm
===this is a problem that could probably use federal-level legislation to fix.===
Waiting for Congress to pass anything meaningful legislation is pointless. States are stepping up to address these things, creating a patch work of different state laws that make compliance a complicated nightmare for manufacturers.
It would be nice if the manufacturers simply responded to their customer’s needs, but like waiting on Congress, we’ll grow old waiting for that to happen.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Jan 11, 24 @ 12:31 pm
===Waiting for Congress to pass anything meaningful legislation is pointless===
Exactly.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jan 11, 24 @ 12:44 pm
So 2707 caught my interest because my wife has been a preceptor for students in the past.
Why do you have to provide it for a student from an out-of-state institution? Unless there is already some tax credit I am unaware of for doing for an in-state student, this seems to be a strange incentive for the state to be offering.
You did this for in-state students without additional comp, so you get nothing, but you did this for an out-of-state student for comp, so you get a tax credit. It seems backward to me.
Also, why, just community settings? As defined, the intermediate care facility my wife did this at wouldn’t qualify, nor would a hospital. A podiatrist practice would be eligible, but not a sleep clinic.
Comment by OneMan Thursday, Jan 11, 24 @ 12:47 pm