Four bills introduced by State Rep. Barb Wheeler are taking effect today.  None prompted any House or Senate member to vote “No,”

House Bill 299

Amends the Counties Code. Removes the provision that court security officers shall be subject to a Sheriff’s Merit Commission for disciplinary purposes.

House Floor Amendment No. 1

Provides that no court security officer shall be subject to the jurisdiction of a Sheriff’s Merit Commission unless the officer was hired through the Sheriff’s Merit Commission’s certified applicant process.

House Bill 2556

Synopsis As Introduced

Creates the Human Trafficking Resource Center Notice Act. Provides that specified businesses and establishments shall post in a conspicuous place a notice informing the public of the availability of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Contains provisions regarding the form and substance of the notice. Directs the Department of Human Services to develop and post on its website a model notice. Provides that a business or establishment that fails to comply with the requirements of the Act is liable for a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense.

House Floor Amendment No. 1

Removes businesses or establishments that offer massage or bodywork services for compensation from the list of businesses and establishments that are required to place a notice informing the public of the availability of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Inserts provisions substantially similar to the engrossed bill. Adds provisions revising applicability of the Act to farm labor contractors. Excludes from the scope of the Act full-time regular employees of food processing companies. Provides for the use of a model notice developed by the Illinois Task Force on Human Trafficking.

House Bill 3533

Synopsis As Introduced

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall require the use of ignition interlock devices for a period not less than 5 years on all vehicles owned by a person who has been convicted of a second or subsequent offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, other drugs, intoxicating compounds, or any combination.

Provides that a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of driving under the influence of alcohol, other drugs, intoxicating compounds, or any combination, or where the use of alcohol or other drugs is recited as an element of an offense, may not make application for a driver’s license until he or she has first been issued a restricted driving permit by the Secretary, and the expiration of a continuous period of not less than 5 years following the issuance of the restricted driving permit without suspension, cancellation, or revocation of the permit, or violation of a regulation requiring use of an ignition interlock device.

House Bill 3622

Synopsis As Introduced

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that whenever the Department of Natural Resources determines that the public use or public interest will be served by vacating any plat of subdivision, street, roadway, or driveway, or part thereof, located within Department owned or managed lands, it may vacate that plat of subdivision, street, roadway, or driveway, or part thereof, by approval of the Governor.

House Floor Amendment No. 2

Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may vacate specified roads and other ways located within Department owned lands (previously was Department owned or managed lands). Makes a change to a provision concerning title to the vacated land vesting in the Department.

She also was the House sponsor of one of State Senator Pam Althoff’s , which concerns overtime compensation:

Senate Bill 38

Synopsis As Introduced

Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that overtime compensation provisions of the Law do not apply to any employee who is a member of a bargaining unit recognized by the Illinois Labor Relations Board and whose union has contractually agreed to an alternate shift schedule as allowed by specified provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.