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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5781 Introduced , by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that no occupational or professional license issued by any State agency to a business or person may be revoked or suspended based upon a failure to comply with an executive order related to the COVID-19 Pandemic, unless a court order has been obtained to allow such license revocation or suspension. Provides that no State agency or employee of that State agency may enter on to the premises of a business or person for the purpose of effectuating the revocation or suspension of an occupational or professional license based upon a failure to comply with an executive order related to the COVID-19 Pandemic, unless a court order has been obtained to allow the enforcing State agency to enter on to the premises for such purpose and notice has been provided to the relevant State legislators of the district in which the business or person resides. Effective immediately.
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| | HB5781 | | LRB101 21366 RJF 71989 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 7.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 3305/7.3 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 7.3. Emergency powers related to the COVID-19 |
| 8 | | Pandemic; licensure revocation prohibited. |
| 9 | | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law or executive order |
| 10 | | to the contrary, no occupational or professional license issued |
| 11 | | by any State agency to a business or person may be revoked or |
| 12 | | suspended based upon a failure to comply with an executive |
| 13 | | order related to the COVID-19 Pandemic that is issued by the |
| 14 | | Governor under Section 7, unless a court order has been |
| 15 | | obtained to allow such license revocation or suspension on |
| 16 | | grounds independent of failure to comply with the provisions of |
| 17 | | the executive order. |
| 18 | | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law or executive order |
| 19 | | to the contrary, no State agency or employee of that State |
| 20 | | agency may enter on to the premises of a business or person for |
| 21 | | the purpose of effectuating the revocation or suspension of an |
| 22 | | occupational or professional license, or related matters, |
| 23 | | based upon a failure to comply with an executive order related |