Mourns the death of Ernest Edwin "Ernie" Michaels of Elk Grove Village.

Congratulates William E. "Bill" Cogley on his retirement from the City of Elgin. Thanks him for his outstanding service, leadership, and dedication throughout his 34-year career.

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a municipality, political subdivision, State agency, or other governmental entity that owns or operates a hospital under any law authorizing or establishing a hospital or hospital district shall, relative to the delivery of health care services, have, in addition to any authority vested by law, the authority and legal capacity concerning the specified use and investment of funds. Provides that conversion of public funds for the benefit of any individual concerning the specified use and investment of funds shall constitute grounds for review and action by the Attorney General or the applicable State's Attorney. Provides that a municipality, political subdivision, State agency, or other governmental entity exercising the powers granted for the use and investment of funds shall be subject to all applicable public purchasing requirements and the requirements of the Open Meetings Act.

Mourns the death of Stanley Joseph Martin of Springfield.

Creates the Decatur Welcome Home Reentry Pilot Program Act. Provides that the Decatur Welcome Home Reentry Pilot Program is established in the Department of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall administer the program throughout its facilities as program participation shall be available to any eligible incarcerated person seeking reentry into the Decatur, Illinois community. Provides that the Department shall establish a process by which the Department assists incarcerated persons with reentry into the greater Decatur area before they are released. Provides that the assistance provided by the Department shall include, but is not limited to, helping provide individuals with identification cards and providing workforce training before an individual is released. Provides that the Department shall partner with community-based organizations that help individuals released into the greater Decatur area to receive vocational training and assistance, find gainful employment, find housing, and provide physical and behavioral health services and support services. Provides that the Department shall provide assistance to these community-based organizations. Provides that the program shall operate for a period of 3 years from the effective date of the Act. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall work with the Department of Corrections to gather and analyze data detailing the annual results of the program along with overall program results. Provides that the report shall be submitted to the Governor and General Assembly no later than 6 months after the completion of the pilot program. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act to make conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025.

Recognizes February 18, 2024 as being World Cholangiocarcinoma Day.

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the State Historic Preservation Board shall consist of 9 voting members appointed by the Governor (rather than 9 voting members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate). Makes changes to the composition of the Board. Provides that the Governor may remove a Board member for just cause. Provides that the Department shall provide administrative support to the Board. Removes distinctions between State Historic Sites, State Memorials, and Miscellaneous Properties. Authorizes the Board to modify, remove, or add to the list of State Historic Sites. Provides that the renamed Illinois National Register Advisory Council shall consist of 9 members (rather than 15), starting on January 1, 2025. Makes changes to the composition of the Council. Provides for quorum rules, as well as applicability of the Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act. Adds definitions. Makes technical and other changes. Effective immediately, except that the changes made to the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council Act take effect on January 1, 2025.

Creates the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact Act. Provides that the State of Illinois ratifies and approves the Compact. Provides that the purposes of the Compact are to facilitate the interstate practice of dentistry and dental hygiene and improve public access to dentistry and dental hygiene services by providing dentists and dental hygienists licensed in a participating state the ability to practice in participating states in which they are not licensed. Includes provisions about state participation in the Compact; qualifying licenses that are eligible for Compact privilege, including active military members or their spouses; imposition of adverse actions against a qualified license; establishment and operation of the Commission, including each participating state selecting one commissioner to the Commission; development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure; rulemaking powers of the Commission; oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement of the Compact; effective date of and amendment to the Compact; withdrawal from the Compact by a participating state; construction and severability; and effect on and conflict with other state laws.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is not a defense to a prosecution for hazing that the person against whom the hazing was directed consented to or acquiesced in the hazing.

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public community college in this State with the university's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the university's transfer admissions process. Provides that the governing board of each public university is encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois students transferring from a public community college in this State. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall post this policy in an easily accessible place on the university's Internet website. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered to be a health care worker (rather than a nurse) while in the performance of his or her duties as a health care worker (rather than a nurse). Provides that "health care worker" has the meaning provided in the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois to prepare and implement a defined contribution plan by July 1, 2026 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts that are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant may irrevocably elect to participate in the defined contribution plan instead of the defined benefit plan and may also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account under the defined contribution plan. Provides that a person who first becomes an employee after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not required to participate in the System as a condition of employment. Provides that an employee may elect not to participate in the System by notifying the System in writing in a manner specified by the System. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes conforming and other changes. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately.

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.