The General Assembly has made additions and changes to its Illinois Lottery Internet pilot program, intended to take advantage of the growing Internet market by selling lottery tickets online. 20 ILCS 1605/7.12.

The Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act has been amended to introduce three new categories that define violent offenses against youth (730 ILCS 154/5).

The Fair Patient Billing Act has been amended to expand an uninsured patient's eligibility for discounted medical services (210 ILCS 89/10).

Illinois lawmakers have amended the Election Code to prohibit political candidates from switching parties during an election cycle (10 ILCS 5/7-43).

The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act has been amended to provide guidelines for the disclosure of treatment and coordination of care (740 ILCS 110/9.4 new).

The Counties Code has been amended to introduce new limitations on the restraint of pregnant, laboring, and postpartum prisoners (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.6).

The Unified Code of Corrections has been amended to introduce a new condition of parole, supervised release (730 ILCS 5/3-3-7), probation, and conditional discharge (730 ILCS 5/5-6-3) following methamphetamine-related convictions.

The Code of Civil Procedure has been amended to introduce a new procedure for authorizing the release of a deceased patient's records (735 ILCS 5/8-2001.5 new).

Illinois lawmakers have amended the Sex Offender Registration Act to introduce new retroactive registration requirements for sex offenders and sexual predators. 730 ILCS 150/2 et seq.

The General Assembly has amended The Public Utilities Act to add new regulations for public utilities that report to credit reporting agencies.

The Self-Service Storage Facility Act has been amended to provide storage facility owners with new guidelines regarding liens and late fees (770 ILCS 95/2).

The Department of Natural Resources (the “Department”) recently added new regulations governing hound-running areas. 17 Ill. Adm. Code 970.

The mailbox rule does not apply when determining whether the 20-day requirement for commencing an action under section 19(f)(1) of the Workers' Compensation Act is met.

On July 17, 2012, the fourth district appellate court held as a matter of law that noncompetition and nonsolicitation covenants between a tax preparation service and tax preparer for two and one years, respectively, were enforceable even if the tax preparer only agreed to work for 104 days.

An offer of tender that does not include payment of accrued post-judgment interest is not sufficient and, therefore, does not stop the accrual of additional post-judgment interest according to the Illinois First District Appellate Court.

A defendant's offer to pay a plaintiff's medical expenses is inadmissible when offered to prove the defendant's liability for the plaintiff's injuries. According to an Illinois Appellate Court ruling on March 5, 2012, the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure and the more recent adoption of the Illinois Rules of Evidence block the aforementioned evidence.

Lawmakers have added an additional position to the Illinois State Board of Health.

State lawmakers have amended the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to further protect online daters (815 ILCS 505/2MMM new).

Section 3 of the Pharmacy Practice Act has been amended to include vaccines for children ages 10 to 13 in the definition of "Practice of Pharmacy." 225 ILCS 85/3.