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ABCIL LEGISLATIVE RATINGS 2012

Our legislative ratings demonstrate the responsiveness of your legislators to merit shop contractors. As business leaders, citizens, voters and taxpayers we need and demand accountability for the actions of our elected officials. The ratings are to aid you in determining whether your legislators are working with you or against you as your business competes in the marketplace. Make your elected officials accountable.

Each of the percentages next to the legislators names are based on a point system for ABCIL's priorty bills. The bills that were rated will be listed in for each chamber.

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House Rating Information

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HB 1041 (Beiser/Haine) Prevailing Wage Act
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act to define "federal construction projects" as public works contracted for directly by the federal government.

Passed the House 65-52

ABC Position: Oppose 5 points

HB 1091

(Nekritz/Steans) PLAs in Transportation
Creates the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act requiring PLA use in these projects. Now PA97-502.

Passed the House 66-47-1

ABC Position: Oppose 5 points

HB 1292 (Verschoore) Contractor Prompt Payment Act
Under a construction contract, it is unlawful to withhold more than 5% retainage on payments earned by contractors and subcontractors.

Lost in the House 49-60-1

ABC Position: Support 5 points

HB 1698 (Bradley/Raoul) Workers’ Compensation
Makes numerous changes concerning the following in relation to workers' compensation. Now PA97-18.

Passed the House 62-43-10

ABC Position: Support 15 points

HB 2987 (Verschoore/Hutchinson) PLAs
Creates the Project Labor Agreements Act requiring a state department, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality under the control of the Governor to include a project labor agreement on a public works project. Now PA-97-199.

Passed the House 69-49

ABC Position: Oppose 35 points

HB 3237 (Phelps/Koehler) Prevailing Wage
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act adding a felony penalty for failure to provide certain wage information. After an amendment was adopted in Senate, ABC became neutral. Now PA97-571

Passed the House 67-49

ABC Position: Oppose 10 points

HB 4568 (Bradley/Cullerton) Capital Bonding
Provides $1.6 billion in bonding to continue funding the Illinois Jobs Now capital improvement plan. Now PA 97-199

Passed the House 106-12

ABC Position: Support 5 points

HB 5192 (Zalewski/Hutchinson) Independent Tax Tribunal
The Tribunal will have original jurisdiction over the hearing and determination of questions of law and fact arising from notices of tax liability, notices of deficiency, notices of claim denial, and notices of penalty liability where the amount at issue in a notice or the aggregate amount at issue in multiple notices issued for the same tax year or audit period, exceeds $15,000, exclusive of penalties and interests. Now PA 97-199

Passed the House 109-0

ABC Position: Support 5 points

SB 1933 (Raoul/Bradley) Repeals Workers’ Compensation and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Acts
Pending concurrence in the Senate.

Passed the House 65-48

ABC Position: Oppose 10 points

HR 332 (Mautino) Healthcare Mandate Study
Asks the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability to study the cost of healthcare mandates that are currently part of the Illinois Insurance Code.

Resolution Adopted 105-6-4

ABC Position: Support 5 Points

Senate Rating Information

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SB 1349 (McCarter) Workers’ Compensation Reform
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act creating a primary cause standard for determining compensability

Lost in Senate 25-6-28

ABC Position: Support 25 points

SB 2643 (Noland/Lilly) Prevailing Wage
Requires contractors to comply with Responsible Bidder requirements to qualify for public works projects at the local level. Pending in the House.

Passed the Senate: 32-18

ABC Position: Oppose 10 points

SB 3695 (Frerichs/Hernandez) Prevailing Wage Reporting
Adds a number of additional items to be reported to Illinois Department of Labor for prevailing wage issues. Pending in the House.

Passed the Senate 30-27

ABC Position: Oppose 5 points

HB 1698 (Bradley/Raoul) Workers’ Compensation
Makes numerous changes concerning the following in relation to workers' compensation. Now PA 97-18.

Passed Senate 46-8-2

ABC Position: Support 15 points

HB 2987 (Verschoore/Hutchinson) PLAs
Requires a State department, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality under the control of the Governor to include a project labor agreement on a public works project. Now PA 97-199.

Passed Senate 33-26

ABC Position: Oppose 35 points

HB 3636 (Burke, K./Mulroe) Mechanics Lien
Reverses the Cypress Creek Illinois Supreme Court Decision to restore how money is shared between mechanics lien claimants and a lender. Pending on concurrence in the House.

Passed the Senate 34-10-5

ABC Position: Support 5 points

HB 4568 (Bradley/Cullerton) Capital Bonding
Provides $1.6 billion in bonding to continue funding the Illinois Jobs Now capital improvement plan. Now PA 97-199

Passed the Senate 56-1

ABC Position: Support 5 points