Amends the Financial Institutions Code. Changes the name of the Code to the Financial Institutions Act. Makes conforming changes, including in the Collection Agency Act. Provides that the Division of Financial Institutions is authorized to receive and investigate complaints made about regulated persons; to keep records of all registrations or other authorizations; to issue orders and fines, to require information or reports from regulated persons; to examine activities, books, and records of regulated persons; to defray operating and implementation expenses of administering the Act and other laws; to enter into cooperative agreements; to prescribe the forms of and receive applications or other authorizations and all reports, books, and records required to be made by regulated persons; to subpoena documents and witnesses and administer oaths; to appoint examiners, supervisors, experts, and special assistants; and to investigate and take actions reasonably necessary to prohibit and stop unlicensed activity. Provides for the Division to make and implement rules. Repeals provisions relating to the transfer of powers, rights, and duties from various former Departments to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides for a Director of the Division appointed by the Governor to report to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that any Illinois circuit court may enter an order to enforce subpoenas issued by the Division. Requires regulated persons to maintain character and fitness to justify confidence of the public. Provides for the Secretary to enter into consent orders or settlement agreements with regulated persons. Provides exceptions for some forms of financial interest in any financial institutions under the Division's jurisdiction. Makes other changes. Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act and the Payday Loan Reform Act. Provides that the Director may fine a person doing business without the required license. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, as modified by Senate Amendment No. 2, with the following changes in the Illinois Police Training Act. In provisions requiring specified training to be completed before a full-time or part-time law enforcement or county corrections officer receives waiver approval, removes a requirement that the officer receive training for crimes motivated by bias. Provides that training for crimes motivated by bias is also part of an officer's minimum in-service training requirements. In provisions requiring the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to develop or approve the training course for crimes motivated by bias, provides that the Board must approve at least one training course (rather than develop or approve a course). Provides that the Board must, within a reasonable time, update the course to conform with national trends and best practices (rather than the Board must review the approved course or courses every 3 years and update the approved courses). Encourages the Board to adopt model policies to assist law enforcement agencies in developing policies related to hate crimes and crimes motivated by violence, and allows the Board to consult with the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes or other entities to develop the policies. Requires the Board to periodically conduct an educational conference to inform and sensitize chief law enforcement officers, community service providers, and other interested persons to the law enforcement issues associated with bias crimes (removing provisions relating to providing instructional materials to chief law enforcement officers and provisions requiring chief law enforcement officers to encourage law enforcement officers to complete the in-service training). Allows the Board to partner with other public or private entities to sponsor and conduct these conferences.

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning to fulfill its obligations under the Regional Planning Act, to enhance capacity to support additional comprehensive local and regional planning, and to facilitate access to federal funding. Effective July 1, 2024.

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. In provisions requiring State agencies and public institutions of higher education to encourage prime vendors to amend a contract with no contract goal, provides that, if a prime vendor is not willing to amend a contract to include the recommended goal of the State agency or public institution of higher education, the contract shall be rebid immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Makes changes to the definition of "limiting rate". Provides for alternative referendum procedures for a taxing district to increase its aggregate extension. Effective immediately.

Amends the Coal Mining Act. Provides for State mine rescue stations that are maintained by the Department of Natural Resources for the sole purpose of responding to and preparing for emergencies in the coal mines of Illinois. Provides that recovery operations that are intended solely for the purpose of securing property are not covered under a provision concerning State mine rescue services. Provides that additional mine rescue services for the purpose of securing property are the responsibility of the operator of the property. Provides that mine rescue teams shall be based out of each State mine rescue station to serve the Illinois coal industry as either a primary or secondary responder. Provides that every coal producing mine in the State must assign its mine rescue team or mine complex rescue team to a State mine rescue station and must compensate these employees at their regular rate of pay. Provides that the Mining Board shall establish training requirements for mine rescue teams and mine complex rescue teams. Provides that coal producing mines that maintain a mine rescue station are exempt from providing a mine rescue team or mine complex rescue team to serve the State mine rescue station if certain conditions are met. Sets forth provisions concerning the Department providing suitably located sites for State mine rescue stations; supervision of State mine rescue operations; definitions; and mine rescue teams.

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Sets forth certain protections that must be provided to the parent or guardian of a child at the center of an abuse or neglect investigation whenever the Department of Children and Family Services refers a child to a medical professional (rather than to a board-certified child abuse pediatrician). Provides that the medical professional must explain to the parent or guardian of the child, whenever the medical professional has direct contact with the child or the family of the child, that the medical professional is involved for the purpose of providing an opinion to the Department regarding whether the child's injury or condition is suspicious for child maltreatment. Makes other corresponding changes.

Creates the Police Mental Health Office Division in the Illinois Municipal Code. Subject to appropriation, requires, by October 1, 2024, the City of Chicago Police Department to establish a mental health office in 2 of its districts, the Peoria Police Department to establish one mental health office, and the Springfield Police Department to establish one mental health office. Provides that each office shall be overseen by the police department's mental health ombudsman or other person designated by the police department and the bargaining unit representing the department's peace officers. Provides that each office's primary area of focus shall be peace officer and crisis responder mental health services. Includes provisions relating to duties of a police department mental health office. Requires a social worker of the office to have or be working toward the social worker's certification as a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor. Includes provisions relating to privileged and confidential communications. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective July 1, 2024.

Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning alternative procedures for teacher evaluation, remediation, and removal for cause after remediation, provides that if after the alternative evaluation procedures are determined by the State Board of Education, in a specified report of the State Board of Education, to have clear racial, ethnic, socio-economic, or geographic disparities for the educators evaluated under the alternative evaluation procedures, then the Chicago Board of Education and the exclusive representative of the district's teachers shall enter into negotiations to create a new evaluation system, to be implemented no later than August 15, 2025, that maintains the requirements for the alternative evaluation procedures and remedies the determined racial, ethnic, socio-economic, or geographic disparities. Effective immediately.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to administer and enforce a Certified Medication Aide Program and regulate certified medication aides. Provides that to be approved as a facility qualified to participate in the program, a facility must: (i) be certified and in good standing as a supportive living facility by the Department; (ii) certify that the employment of a certified medication aide will not replace or diminish the employment of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse at the facility; (iii) certify that a registered nurse will be on-duty and present in the facility to delegate and supervise the administration of medication by a certified medication aide at all times; (iv) certify that, with the exception of licensed health care professionals, only certified medication aides will be employed in the capacity of administering medication; and (v) provide information regarding patient safety, efficiency, and errors as determined by the Department. Requires the Department to submit a report on patient safety, efficiency, and errors, as determined by rule, to the General Assembly no later than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Contains provisions concerning the scope of practice of certified medication aides; penalties for persons who practice as a medication aide without being certified; applications for original certification; examinations of applicants; application requirements; expiration of certification; and Department rules. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Repeals provisions creating a Medication Aide Pilot Program. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that insurers shall cover all services for pregnancy, postpartum, and newborn care that are rendered by perinatal doulas or licensed certified professional midwives, including home births, home visits, and support during labor, abortion, or miscarriage. Provides that the required coverage includes the necessary equipment and medical supplies for a home birth. Provides that coverage for pregnancy, postpartum, and newborn care shall include home visits by lactation consultants and the purchase of breast pumps and breast pump supplies, including such breast pumps, breast pump supplies, breastfeeding supplies, and feeding aids as recommended by the lactation consultant. Provides that coverage for postpartum services shall apply for at least one year after birth. Provides that certain pregnancy and postpartum coverage shall be provided without cost-sharing requirements. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that post-parturition care benefits shall not be subject to any cost-sharing requirement. Provides that the medical assistance program shall cover home visits for lactation counseling and support services. Provides that the medical assistance program shall cover counselor-recommended or provider-recommended breast pumps as well as breast pump supplies, breastfeeding supplies, and feeding aids. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall limit the number of lactation encounters, visits, or services; breast pumps; breast pump supplies; breastfeeding supplies; or feeding aids a beneficiary is entitled to receive under the program. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2026.

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Authorizes the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and office of Homeland Security to adopt rules for the implementation of its State-funded grant programs.

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a board of trustees in a county under township organization or a county organized as a commission form of government with a road district may elect or appoint a highway commissioner or clerk (rather than may appoint a highway commissioner) or contract with a neighboring township or road district (rather than contract with a neighboring township) to provide highway commissioner or clerk services. In provisions concerning a county organized as a commission form of government, removes residency requirements for a candidate to provide highway commissioner or clerk services.

Amends the Preventing Youth Vaping Act. Provides that any distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer who sells, offers for sale, or distributes electronic cigarettes shall (i) obtain certification by the manufacturer stating that the electronic cigarettes are not adulterated; (ii) not sell, offer for sale, or distribute any electronic cigarettes for which it has not obtained a certification; (iii) maintain, for at least 2 years, a copy of any certification provided to it by a manufacturer; and (iv) produce a copy of any certification provided by a manufacturer upon request by the Department of Revenue, the Attorney General, or any entity with enforcement authority under the Act. Provides that no manufacturer of electronic cigarettes shall provide any false or misleading statement in any certification.

Creates the Work Without Fear Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to engage in, or to direct another person to engage in, immigration-related retaliation against any person or his or her family member or household member for the purpose of, or with the effect of, retaliating against any person for exercising any right protected under State employment laws or by any local employment ordinance. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Department of Labor under the Act. Allows the Attorney General to initiate or intervene in a civil action to obtain appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person has violated the Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to prevent any person from making complaint or prosecuting his or her own claim for damages caused by retaliation. Allows a person who is the subject of retaliation prohibited by the Act to bring a civil action for: (1) back pay, with interest, and front pay, or, in lieu of actual damages, liquidated damages of $30,000; (2) a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000; (3) reasonable attorney's fees and court costs; and (4) equitable relief as the court may deem appropriate and just. Provides that a person that violates any provision of the Act shall be subject to an additional civil penalty in an amount of $25,000 for each violation, or $50,000 for each repeat violation within a 5-year period. Sets forth license suspension penalties for violations of the Act. Effective January 1, 2025.