Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a librarian recruitment and retention program, which shall encourage both new and experienced librarians to seek employment with qualifying public schools by providing for a refundable income tax credit to each participating librarian in the amount of $3,000 per school year for no more than 5 consecutive school years. Contains requirements for participating school districts and participating librarians. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act establishing the $3,000 tax credit for individuals designated by the State Board of Education as a participating librarian in the librarian recruitment and retention program. Effective July 1, 2024.

Creates the Hospital Staffing Plans Act. Provides that for each hospital there shall be established a hospital professional and technical staffing committee. Sets forth requirements and makeup of committee members and cochairs. Directs the professional and technical staffing committee to develop a written hospital-wide professional and technical staffing plan. Sets forth committee rules of operation. Requires the plan to be consistent with the approved nurse staffing plan for the hospital and takes into account the hospital service staffing plan for the hospital. Provides that if the committee does not adopt a staffing plan, or adopts only part of a plan, then either cochair may invoke an additional 60 day period to continue to develop the plan. Sets forth opportunities to extend the discussion, amendment, or adoption timeframe of the staffing plan. Provides that the committee must meet 3 times per year and additionally at the call of either cochair. Sets forth open meeting and record-keeping requirements. Requires the hospital to submit the staffing plan to the Department of Public Health. Provides for a hospital service staffing plan in the same manner and methods as the professional and technical staffing committee. Provides that hospitals may combine 2 or more staffing committees into one committee in particular circumstances. Provides for a nurse staffing committee as the same manner and methods of the professional and technical staffing committee. Provides that hospitals may combine 2 or more staffing committees into one committee in particular circumstances. Sets forth the roles and responsibilities of a nurse in a hospital setting. Sets forth arbitration and complaint resolution. Sets forth required periodic reviews. Provides for penalties for violations of the Act. Provides that the Department of Labor may grant a variance to a written hospital-wide staffing plan. Provides for emergency staffing variances. Establishes the Nurse Staffing Advisory Board within the Department of Public Health. Effective immediately.

Amends the Transitional Bilingual Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a program in transitional bilingual education shall include a unit of instruction that teaches English learners about American civics and culture. Provides that the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Advisory Council on Bilingual Education, shall establish and publish learning standards for a school district to utilize for this unit of instruction. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes changes to "brownfield site photovoltaic project" definition. Deletes provision that requires the Agency to develop a method to optimize procurement of the renewable energy credits from proposed utility-scale projects that are located in communities eligible to receive grants pursuant to the Energy Community Reinvestment Act. Provides criteria for the Agency to use to rank the bids for evaluation and selection for the project. Provides that if a project meets one or more of the criteria the Agency shall apply the bid price adjustment two times in ranking and evaluating the bid submitted for the project. Outlines the intent of the General Assembly in enacting the provision. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions prohibiting certain individual or group health benefit plans from imposing prior authorization requirements on medications prescribed or administered for the treatment of substance use disorder, provides that the prohibition includes limitations on dosage. Makes similar changes in the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately.

Amends the Condominium Property Act. Prohibits directors from voting by proxy or by secret ballot at board meetings with the exception that secret ballots may be used in the election of officers. Prohibits voting by proxy or by secret ballot at any meeting or special meeting if a final decision may be made affecting (i) the expenditure of association funds; and (ii) architectural decisions affecting a unit owner's residential property. Requires removal from the board members who have been charged with a number of crimes including but not limited to (i) forgery of a ballot envelope or voting certificate used in a homeowners' association election; (ii) theft or embezzlement involving the association's funds or property; and destruction of or the refusal to allow inspection or copying of an official record of a homeowners' association which is accessible to parcel owners within the time periods required by law in furtherance of any crime. Provides that if charges are resolved without a finding of guilt or without acceptance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the member of the board shall be reinstated for any remainder of their term. Requires members of the board who are appointed by the developer to disclose to the association their relationship to the developer each calendar year in which they serve on the board. Requires members appointed by the developer must disclose any other activity that may reasonably be construed to be a conflict of interest. Provides that members of the board must disclose any activity that may be reasonably construed to be a conflict of interest at least 14 days before voting on an issue or entering into a contract that is the subject of the conflict. Imposes a fine of not more than $2,500 if the board fails to provide documents to any member of the association as provided in this Act. Requires that the declaration or bylaws of a condominium association require mediation or arbitration of disputes in which the matter in controversy has either no specific monetary value or a value of $10,000 or less, other than the levying and collection of assessments, or that arises out of violations of the declaration, bylaws, or rules and regulations of the condominium association. Provides that the declaration or bylaws of a condominium association may require mediation or arbitration of disputes for all other disputes.

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, before the estimated dates of completion of a redevelopment project and retirement of obligations issued to finance development project costs (including refunding bonds) are extended to the 35th or 47th years, the municipality must submit to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives written support for the extension of the life of the redevelopment project area from each school district, community college district, and park district that has authority to directly levy taxes on property within the redevelopment project area. Provides that a municipality may only submit written support to extend a redevelopment project area to the 35th year within the 5 years prior to the estimated date of completion of the redevelopment project and may only submit written support to extend a redevelopment project area to the 47th year within one year prior to the estimated date of completion of the redevelopment project area. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of David Michael Milliner.

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may waive the fee for sterilizing and microchipping a dog or cat (in addition to waiving the adoption fee) if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria. Effective immediately.

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Extends the estimated date of completion of a redevelopment project and the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs to not later than December 31 of the year in which the payment to the municipal treasurer is to be made with respect to ad valorem taxes levied in the 32nd calendar year after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project area was adopted if the ordinance was adopted on April 19, 2004 by the Village of Tremont. Extends the estimated dates of completion of redevelopment projects and the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs to the 35th calendar year after the year in which various ordinances were adopted by the Village of Franklin Park, City of Jacksonville, City of Prophetstown, City of Ottawa, City of Salem, Village of Malta, City of Highland, City of Chicago, City of Des Plaines, City of Sullivan, and City of Oak Forest. Creates tax increment allocation financing extensions to the 47th year (currently, the 35th year) for various ordinances adopted by the City of Ottawa and Village of Rosemont if those municipalities adopt a specified ordinance and provide notice to the taxing bodies that would otherwise constitute the joint review board of each redevelopment project area. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 shall provide coverage for medically necessary services provided by emergency medical services providers operating under a mobile integrated health care model. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require coverage under those provisions.

Creates the Correctional Officer Bill Of Rights Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for Career and Technical Education. Effective immediately.

Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that the board of trustees of the Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District shall, on or before December 31, 2024, assign 2 trustee seats to each municipality that has 4,000 or more population equivalent serviced by the District and assign one trustee seat for each municipality that has 1,000 up to 3,999 population equivalent, and, thereafter, trustees shall be added or removed as municipal territory is added, modified, or removed from the District and a trustee or trustees shall be appointed for added municipal territory based upon the territory's population equivalent. Provides that, after assigning trustee seats, each board of trustees of a municipality with territory within the District that meets the population equivalent requirement shall appoint the trustee or trustees representing the municipality to the board of the District. Prohibits an employee of the District or a contractor working for the District from being appointed to the board. Provides that the terms of trustees serving on the effective date of the amendatory Act are terminated on May 5, 2025 and the initial trustees appointed under the provisions shall take office on May 5, 2025. Thereafter, provides that a trustee shall hold the trustee's office until the trustee resigns or is removed by the board of trustees of the appointing municipality. Allows for the appointment of a maximum of one at-large trustee by the board chairs of Lake County and McHenry County if territory is added resulting in an even number of total trustees, including vacant trustee offices, appointed by the municipalities to the board. Defines "population equivalent". Effective immediately.

Amends the Toll Highway Act. Requires the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to establish an option to pay with tangible legal United States currency at every toll plaza and toll location point.