Bill > HB3914

This bill is an appropriations measure for the Illinois Department of Human Rights (DHR) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, allocating funds from multiple sources to support various departmental operations and initiatives. The bill provides $17,697,900 from the General Revenue Fund for the department's operational expenses, $50,000 for the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes, $100,000 from the Department of Human Rights Training and Development Fund for administrative expenses, $4,794,800 from the Special Projects Division Fund for operational costs, and $500,000 from the Department of Human Rights Special Fund for filing expenses. Additionally, the bill allocates $5,000,000 from the Hate Crimes and Bias Incident Prevention and Response Fund for grants and administrative expenses related to combating hate crimes and bias incidents. There is also a specific $1,500,000 reappropriation from a previous act to provide a grant to the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Midwest Region Office in Chicago for operating a mobile museum bus focused on tolerance. The bill will take effect on July 1, 2025, and allows for spending "or so much thereof as may be necessary" for each designated purpose.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3914&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104