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Here's hoping everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with their family (and wins every football bet they may or may not place...)
Tech Related Bills that Passed During Veto
SB382 (Edly-Allen/Gong-Gershowitz): Trailer bill to clarify definitions in the Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act. This was an initiative of the ACLU.
SB384 (Feigenholtz/Moeller): Trailer bill to the Electric Vehicle Charging Act, which requires EV-capable parking spaces in all new homes and multi-residential buildings, to clarify the law applies to rental units and condo properties.
SB1769 (Ventura/Hoffman): Requires vehicles owned by a governmental unit must either be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle or converted into a zero-emission vehicle
HB3641 (Burke/Cunningham): Omnibus bill making changes to numerous state laws, including a provision related to equal pay for temporary workers
GIPA: The Next Big Thing?
You guys have heard me raise the alarm on BIPA for years now. A new threat, the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) has emerged as a source of lawsuits in recent months. It’s an older statute than BIPA, but the statutory penalty scheme is nearly identical. If you haven’t heard of this, you might want to run it by your teams legal department for a quick compliance check.
Chamber members Seyfarth Shaw gave a more detailed background: HERE
EV Charging Funding Opportunity
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announced funding is available for charging installation. This round of funding is part of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.
US Chamber State Antitrust Program
Lori Poppe Hiltabrand, COO and General Counsel of the Illinois Chamber, had the honor this week of attending a coalition meeting with 15 states where it is expected that legislation will be proposed to broaden the scope of antitrust lawsuits. States such as New York, Minnesota, and Maine have already introduced legislation, and the business community is forming their own coalitions to oppose these antitrust litigation expansions, which could have a significant impact on how all businesses, large and small, compete in the open market. This is an issue that we will continue to monitor closely.
Rulemaking
Paid Leave: The DEPARTMENT OF LABOR proposed a new Part titled Paid Leave for All Workers Act (56 IAC 200; 47 Ill Reg 15559) implementing Public Act 102-1143, which established the Paid Leave for All Workers Act [820 ILCS 192]. The Act and the new Part will require all public and private employers in Illinois (except school districts and park districts), effective 1/1/24, to grant their employees a minimum of 1 hour of paid leave at their regular rate of pay for every 40 hours worked, up to a minimum of 40 hours paid leave per 12-month period. The employer may grant leave time as it is earned, or allow employees to use any or all of their leave time from the beginning of the 12-month period (frontloading). Employers with existing paid leave policies in place prior to 1/1/24 do not have to change them if they meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the Act. Employment Law Council Members have been sent additional information.
Message from Board Chair Ann Deters: Lou Sandoval Named President and CEO of Illinois Chamber of Commerce
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am thrilled to inform you that Lou Sandoval has been selected as the next President and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.
Lou’s appointment follows a national search led by Koya Partners, an executive recruiting firm focused on mission-driven leadership. As the search process unfolded, it became increasingly clear to our Search Committee that Lou would be the ideal person to lead the Chamber in this next chapter.
Lou comes to us after a successful career in the private sector, as both a business owner and a consultant across a variety of industries in Illinois. As President and Managing Partner of the Halo Advisory Group, Sandoval has advised both early-stage growth companies and Fortune 500 clients on go-to-market strategies, scalability, change management, and mergers and acquisitions. Previously he held executive leadership roles at NAUTIC-ON, a Brunswick Corporation brand focused on providing technology and business solutions to the recreational boating industry. For nearly 20 years, Sandoval founded and led his marine dealership, which served customers throughout the Western Great Lakes Region.
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