Illinois 94th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 630 — STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1059

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2005. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

62 added · 73 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to SB 630 primarily strengthens the provisions related to false claims against the State by expanding the scope of liability for individuals who commit fraudulent actions. This includes not only presenting false claims but also making misleading statements or documents to secure payments from the State. The change is important as it aims to enhance accountability and discourage fraud, ultimately protecting taxpayer dollars.

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SB0630 Engrossed LRB094 04370 RCE 34399 b AN ACT concerning State government.
SB0630 Enrolled LRB094 04370 RCE 34399 b AN ACT concerning State government.
Section 5.
Section 5-87.
The Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2605-335 as follows:
The Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-335) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part) Sec.
(740 ILCS 175/3) (from Ch.
2605-335.
127, par.
Conviction information for private child services or charitable organization.
4103) Sec.
(a) Upon the request of any private organization that devotes a major portion of its time to the provision of recreational, social, educational, or child safety services to children, to conduct, pursuant to positive identification, criminal background investigations of all of that organization’s current employees, current volunteers, prospective employees, or prospective volunteers charged with the care and custody of children during the provision of the organization’s services, and to report to the requesting organization any record of convictions maintained in the Department’s files about those persons.
3.
The Department shall charge an application fee, based on actual costs, for the dissemination of conviction information pursuant to this Section.
False claims.
The Department is empowered to establish this fee and shall prescribe the form and manner for requesting and furnishing conviction information pursuant to this Section.
(a) Liability for certain acts.
Information received by the organization from the Department concerning an individual shall be provided to the individual.
Any person who:
Any such information obtained by the organization shall be confidential and may not be transmitted outside the organization and may not be transmitted to anyone within the organization except as needed for the purpose of evaluating the individual.
(1) knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, to an officer or employee of the State or a member of the Guard a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval;
Only information and standards that bear a SB0630 Engrossed - 2 - LRB094 04370 RCE 34399 b reasonable and rational relation to the performance of child care shall be used by the organization.
(2) knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement to get a false or fraudulent claim paid or approved by the State;
(b) Upon the request of any private organization that collects, solicits, distributes, or otherwise has care or control over funds to be used for any purpose recognized as charitable under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 or the United States Internal Revenue Code, pursuant to positive identification, to conduct criminal background investigations of all of that organization’s current employees, current volunteers, prospective employees, or prospective volunteers charged with responsibility for any aspect of the organization’s funding or finances, and to report to the requesting organization any record of convictions maintained in the Department’s files about those persons.
(3) conspires to defraud the State by getting a false or fraudulent claim allowed or paid;
The Department shall charge an application fee, based on actual costs, for the dissemination of conviction information pursuant to this Section.
(4) has possession, custody, or control of property or money used, or to be used, by the State and, intending to defraud the State or willfully to conceal the property, delivers, or causes to be delivered, less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt;
The Department is empowered to establish this fee and shall prescribe the form and manner for requesting and furnishing conviction information pursuant to this Section.
(5) authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used, or to be used, by the State and, intending to defraud the State, makes or delivers the receipt without completely knowing that the information on the receipt is true;
Information received by the organization from the Department concerning an individual shall be provided to the individual.
(6) knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from an officer or employee of the State, or a member of the Guard, who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property;
Information obtained by the organization is confidential and may not be transmitted outside of the organization or to anyone within the organization, except as needed for the purpose of evaluating the individual.
or (7) knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or SB0630 Enrolled - 2 - LRB094 04370 RCE 34399 b used, a false record or statement to conceal, avoid or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the State, is liable to the State for a civil penalty of not less than $5,500 $5,000 and not more than $11,000 $10,000, plus 3 times the amount of damages which the State sustains because of the act of that person.
Only information and standards that bear a reasonable and rational relation to a felony or to any criminal offense relating to dishonesty or breach of trust shall be used by the organization.
A person violating this subsection (a) shall also be liable to the State for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any such penalty or damages.
(c) Any employee of the Department or any member, employee, or volunteer of the organization receiving confidential information under this Section who gives or causes to be given any confidential information concerning any criminal convictions of an individual shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor unless release of the information is authorized by SB0630 Engrossed - 3 - LRB094 04370 RCE 34399 b this Section.
(b) Knowing and knowingly defined.
As used in this Section, the terms "knowing" and "knowingly" mean that a person, with respect to information:
(1) has actual knowledge of the information;
(2) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information;
or (3) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information, and no proof of specific intent to defraud is required.
(c) Claim defined.
As used in this Section, "claim" includes any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise, for money or property which is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient if the State provides any portion of the money or property which is requested or demanded, or if the State will reimburse such contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any portion of the money or property which is requested or demanded.
(d) Exclusion.
This Section does not apply to claims, records, or statements made under the Illinois Income Tax Act.
90-18, eff.
87-662.) Section 99.
7-1-97;
Effective date.
90-130, eff.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
1-1-98;
90-372, eff.
7-1-98;
90-590, eff.
1-1-00;
90-655, eff.
7-30-98;
90-793, eff.
8-14-98;
91-239, eff.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1059

  2. Effective Date July 31, 2006

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000

  7. Fiscal Note Filed as amended with House Amendment No. 1 from the Illinois State Police.

  8. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000

  9. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive

  10. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  11. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Held in Health & Human Services

  12. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Health & Human Services

  13. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  14. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. James A. DeLeo

  15. Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed as amended by House Amendment No. 1, from the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

  16. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 3, 2006

  17. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01

  18. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000

  19. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  20. State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  21. Home Rule Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  22. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  23. Second Reading - Short Debate

  24. Pension Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  25. Balanced Budget Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  26. State Debt Impact Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  27. Judicial Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  28. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  29. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000

  30. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote

  31. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee

  32. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 5, 2006

  33. Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee

  34. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 30, 2006

  35. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Gary Hannig

  36. Referred to Rules Committee

  37. First Reading

  38. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  39. Arrived in House

  40. Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000

  41. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  42. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; DeLeo

  43. Recalled to Second Reading

  44. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt State Government; 009-000-000

  45. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005

  46. Second Reading

  47. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government

  48. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  49. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James A. DeLeo

  50. Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. James A. DeLeo

  51. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005

  52. Do Pass State Government; 005-004-000

  53. Assigned to State Government

  54. Referred to Rules

  55. First Reading

  56. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.

  57. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett

Sponsors

  • James A. DeLeo · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • James A. DeLeo

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 52001
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Axley — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Brady — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Forby — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Link — Yea
Petka — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 111 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 99007
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 111007
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Schock — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Mathias — Not Voting
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Giles — Not Voting
Golar — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Myers — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jenisch — Not Voting
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Madigan — Yea
McKeon — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Brady — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Parke — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Scully — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Howard — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Watson — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Jones — Not Voting
Churchill — Not Voting
Coulson — Not Voting
Osterman — Yea
Patterson — Not Voting
Pihos — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reis — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 56 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 50003
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 56003
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Brady — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Petka — Not Voting
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Not Voting
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Not Voting
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 630 do?
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Who sponsors SB 630?
SB 630 is sponsored by James A. DeLeo.
What is the current status of SB 630?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2005. Enacted.
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