Bill > HB3874

This bill appropriates a total of $628,298,600 to the Supreme Court from various funds for fiscal year 2026, with allocations designated for specific purposes. The largest appropriation of $545,164,700 comes from the General Revenue Fund and covers operational expenses, awards, grants, permanent improvements, and probation reimbursements. Additional funding is allocated from specialized funds, including $29,131,200 from the Mandatory Arbitration Fund for Mandatory Arbitration Programs, $708,800 from the Foreign Language Interpreter Fund for interpreter services, $20,793,900 from the Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund for electronic filing and case management systems, $10,000,000 from the Supreme Court Federal Projects Fund, $6,000,000 from the Supreme Court Special State Projects Fund, $1,000,000 from the Supreme Court Indirect Cost Fund, $500,000 from the Cannabis Expungement Fund to help process cannabis-related expungement petitions, $5,000,000 from the Mandatory Arbitration Fund for case backlog reduction and technology infrastructure, and $10,000,000 from the Public Defender Fund to support county public defender services. The bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2025, and provides flexible funding mechanisms by allowing appropriation of "so much thereof as may be necessary" for each designated purpose.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3874&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104