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State Senator
Laura Fine
(D) - Illinois
Illinois Senate District 09
In Office - Started: 01/09/2019

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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
SB1784 JUV CT-COMMITMENT-AGE Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Clean Slate Act. Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that all employees who are employed by the Illinois State Police with duties related to criminal history records, sealing records, or expunging records are exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C. Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Authorizes the Illinois State Police to provide reports of cases with missing disposition information to the clerk of the circuit court. Requires any entity required to report information concerning criminal arrests, charges, and dispositions under specified provisions of the Act to respond to any notice advising the entity of missing or incomplete information or an error in the reporting of the information. Modifies the definition of "seal". Makes changes to the categories of records eligible for sealing. Replaces references to "offender" with "petitioner". Modifies provisions relating to when records are eligible to be sealed. Removes provisions preventing subsequent felony conviction records from being sealed under specified circumstances. Removes provisions requiring a petitioner to attach a negative drug test to a petition for sealing and concerning the denial of a petition to expunge or seal because the petitioner has submitted a drug test taken within 30 days before filing of the petition to expunge or seal that indicates a positive test for the presence of cannabis. Establishes procedures for automatic sealing of records and sealing of municipal ordinance violations and Class C misdemeanors. Makes other changes. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Requires, upon request, the circuit court clerk to provide the disposition information for any case or record required to be reported to the Illinois State Police. Allows the Illinois State Police to provide reports of cases with missing disposition information to the clerk of the circuit court. Makes other changes. Crossed Over
HB2584 INS-PRIOR AUTH HIV DRUG ACCESS Amends the Prior Authorization Reform Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a health insurance issuer, the fee-for-service medical assistance program, and a Medicaid managed care organization may not require prior authorization for the following prescription drug types and their therapeutic equivalents approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration: human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis medication or human immunodeficiency virus treatment medication. Effective January 1, 2027. Crossed Over
SB2279 RIFL ACT Creates the Responsibility in Firearm Legislation (RIFL) Act. Establishes a firearms manufacturer licensing program in the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, with certain requirements, including that the sum of all fees for firearms manufacturer licenses shall be equal to the public health costs and financial burdens from firearm injuries and deaths. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2028, a manufacturer of firearms may not operate in this State without a license from the Department and that a manufacturer who violates this provision is subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000,000 per month. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2028, a retailer may not sell a firearm to a consumer in this State from a manufacturer who does not have a license from the Department and that a retailer who violates this provision is subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation, with certain requirements. Establishes the RIFL Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, with certain limitations. Provides that the proceeds from fees under the licensing program shall be deposited into the RIFL Fund. Establishes a financial assistance program in the Department with moneys from the RIFL Fund for financial assistance to victims of firearms and for other purposes. Provides that the Department shall contract with a program administrator to administer the financial assistance program, with certain requirements. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules for financial assistance to victims of firearms, with certain requirements, including regarding exemption from certain State taxes. Provides that the Department may contract with a program administrator to implement or administer any part of the Act, with certain requirements. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall report certain information to the Department. Provides that the Department may provide for other civil penalties of no more than $1,000 per violation. Provides that the Attorney General may enforce the Act. Makes other provisions. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. In Committee
SB1531 DISPOSABLE FOOD CONTAINER ACT Creates the Disposable Food Service Container Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2030, a person may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. Specifies that the prohibition does not apply to any activity authorized under an ordinance or resolution adopted by a unit of local government on or before January 1, 2024 or with respect to sales made to a unit of local government for use by the unit of local government for its internal operations. Sets forth penalties for violations of the Act. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately. Crossed Over
HB3709 HIGHER ED-STUDENT HLTH SERVICE Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each public institution of higher education with student health services shall provide enrolled students with access to health care professionals authorized under State law to prescribe contraception. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, if the public institution of higher education's student health services includes a pharmacy, the pharmacy on campus shall dispense contraception to enrolled students who wish to fill their prescriptions at the university pharmacy. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each public institution of higher education with student health services shall provide enrolled students with access to health care professionals authorized under State law to prescribe medication abortion. Provides that a public institution of higher education that dispenses medication abortion from the university pharmacy shall enter into a referral agreement with a tertiary care facility with obstetrics and gynecological services in the event of complication from medication abortion or suspected complicated pregnancy prior to dispensing medication abortion. Requires each public institution of higher education to report annually to the Board of Higher Education that policies under the provisions have been adopted. Requires the Board to post to its website annually each public institution of higher education's compliance with the policies under the provisions. Effective immediately. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3677 COMPLEX REHAB TECH ACT Creates the Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act. Provides that a person who sells or offers for sale complex rehabilitation technology in the State shall meet certain requirements. Requires a supplier of complex wheelchairs, except in certain specified circumstances, to offer service and repairs to the consumer of a complex wheelchair for the useful life expectancy of the complex wheelchair. Provides that an original equipment manufacturer may redact documentation to remove trade secrets from the documentation before providing access to the documentation if the usability of the redacted documentation for the purpose of providing services is not diminished. Allows an original equipment manufacturer to withhold information regarding a component of, design of, functionality of, or process of developing a part, embedded software, firmware, or a tool, if the information is a trade secret and the usability of the part, embedded software, firmware, or tool for the purpose of providing services is not diminished. Specifies that a violation of the Act is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Specifies that the Act applies with respect to complex wheelchairs sold or in use on or after the effective date of the Act. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 and that provides coverage for complex rehabilitation technology shall not require prior authorization, medical documentation, or proof of continued need to complete medically necessary repairs for consumer-owned complex rehabilitation technology unless certain conditions exist. Provides that a Medicaid managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 and that provides coverage for complex rehabilitation technology shall not require prior authorization, medical documentation or proof of continued need to complete medically necessary repairs for consumer-owned complex rehabilitation technology under the total value of $1,500. Requires acceptance or denial of repairs over $1,500 to be made within 7 days of request of preauthorization. Requires a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 and that provides coverage for a complex rehabilitation technology to provide coverage for rented complex rehabilitation technology during the time the primary complex rehabilitation technology is under repair. Makes conforming changes to the State Employees Group Insurance Act, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective January 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3718 MHDD-OIG INVESTIGATIONS Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following addition: Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act is intended to include an employee of a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or operated under the University of Illinois Hospital Act or a hospital affiliate. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3645 EMS-OPIOID OVERDOSE REPORTS Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that, upon receipt of a patient care report that documents an overdose, the Department of Public Health (rather than a covered vehicle service provider) shall report the information from a patient care report to the specified organizations. In provisions concerning opioid overdose reporting, provides that overdose information reported by a covered vehicle service provider shall not be used in an opioid use-related criminal investigation, prosecution, welfare checks, or warrant checks of the individual who was treated by the covered vehicle service provider personnel for experiencing the suspected or actual overdose. Provides that any misuse of the information reported by a covered vehicle service provider shall result in, but is not limited to, the Department of Transportation reporting misuse to the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Overdose Detection Mapping Application or a similar technology platform. Establishes rulemaking authority for the Department concerning standards under which misuse of access may be reported. Prohibits the submission of data that allows for or creates a risk of identification of an individual or individuals experiencing a suspected or actual overdose treated by the covered vehicle service provider personnel. Permits covered vehicle service provider personnel to report overdose surveillance through an identified technology platform for the use of overdose surveillance, as provided. Sets forth additional provisions concerning opioid overdose reporting requirements for the Department. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3290 EPA-UST FUND-DEDUCTIBLES Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision concerning the conditions for payment from the Underground Storage Tank Fund, provides that, in the case of any approved plan and budget for which payment is being sought, the Environmental Protection Agency shall make a payment determination within 120 days of receipt of both the complete application for payment and the report documenting completion of the activities approved in the plan, whichever is received later (rather than within 120 days after receipt of the application). Provides that, for underground storage tank releases reported before June 8, 2010, an owner or operator may access the Underground Storage Tank Fund for costs that are associated with an Agency-approved plan and that are incurred after the effective date of the amendatory Act after application of a $10,000 deductible (now, other deductibles are owed in some circumstances). Provides that the deductible shall be reduced by any deductible amount applied to costs incurred before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1859 CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT ACT Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Removes the Governor as a member of the Climate Displacement Task Force Act. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides for the dissolution of the Task Force. Repeals the Act on December 31, 2028. Effectively immediately. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3345 HEARING INSTRUMENT EXTENSION Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Changes the repeal date of the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Provides that an applicant for a license to dispense, test, select, recommend, fit, or service prescription hearing aids may take the written licensing examination no more than 4 times in any consecutive 12-month period. Allows a trainee license to be renewed once for an additional 6 months (was non-renewable). Provides that the changes to the Regulatory Sunset Act are effective immediately. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3214 DHFS-MEDICARE PART A BUY-IN Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to study the impact to the State and recipients of entering into a Medicare Part A Buy-In Agreement for qualified Medicare beneficiaries with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Provides that no later than January 1, 2026, the Department shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly about executing a Medicare Part A Buy-In Agreement. Requires the report to reflect that it is the policy of the State of Illinois to reduce administrative burden to applicants and recipients in programs under the Code, and to promote the health, well-being, and economic security of low-income older adults and people with disabilities in its medical programs. Requires the Department to consult with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and relevant State agencies, including the Department on Aging, and conduct stakeholder engagement. Provides that the report shall outline the methodology used by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and shall include relevant findings, including potential cost savings to recipients and reductions in administrative burden, and a synopsis of discussions with interested stakeholders. Provides that the report shall contain recommendations for further action to facilitate accountability and to achieve the policy objectives outlined in the amendatory Act. Effective immediately. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1548 AMBER ALERTS-DISABLED PERSONS Amends the Illinois State Police Law. Provides that the community outreach program to promote awareness of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory developed by the Illinois State Police, in coordination with the Illinois Department of Human Services, may promote awareness of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory to people with developmental disabilities, as defined in Section 1-116 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, communities of people with developmental disabilities, and organizations that serve people with developmental disabilities. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1697 CARBON CAPTURE-COMPENSATION Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes changes to provisions concerning applications under the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. In provisions concerning the compensation for damages to the surface of a landowner's property, provides that such compensation includes compensation to return the surface estate, including soil conservation practices, such as terraces, grassed waterways, and other conservation practices, to the condition of the surface (rather than to a condition as near as practicable to the condition of the surface) prior to accessing the property; compensation for damage to the productive capability of the soil resulting from compaction or rutting if the parties are incapable of reaching resolution for such issues under the mitigation agreement and certain requirements are met (rather than such compensation shall include, but is not limited to, compensation for when a pipeline applicant accesses a property where excessively wet soil conditions would not allow normal farming operations due to increased risk of soil erosion, rutting, or compaction); and compensation for damage to surface and subsurface drainage, including compensation such that the applicant who has been granted a certificate of authority under the Act shall compensate the affected landowner to permanently restore drainage to the condition of the drainage (rather than to a condition as near as practicable to the condition of the drainage) prior to accessing the property. Provides that an applicant shall comply with the requirements of the agreement that governs the mitigation of agricultural impacts. Makes other changes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2962 VEH CD-THIRD DIVISION Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue a school bus driver permit with a restriction valid for the operation of a first division vehicle being operated as a school bus or a multifunction school activity bus designed to carry up to 15 passengers when being used for curriculum-related activities to those applicants who have met all the requirements of the application and screening process. Allows the Secretary of State to adopt changes to implement provisions regarding school bus driver permits. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2772 IL SPORTS FACILITIES AUTHORITY Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further modifies the definition of the term "facility". Deletes provisions concerning proposed legislative findings and provisions concerning various reporting and procedural requirements that must be met before bonds and notes are issued by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. Provides that a person may not engage in unlawful discrimination, as defined in the Illinois Human Rights Act, with respect to programs or activities that are offered at facilities that are funded under the Act. Deletes a provision that would have repealed provisions relating to an advisory board. Effective immediately. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1941 VEH CD-FLASHING LIGHTS Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows a unit of local government that has ownership or control over an intersection that is adjacent to property that is used for an elementary or secondary school to install at the ends of the pedestrian crosswalks for that intersection rapid flashing beacons that alert motor vehicle drivers to the presence of pedestrians in the crosswalk when the pedestrians who are using the crosswalk activate the beacons. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3000 SCH CD-IDENTIFICATION CARDS Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning identification cards and suicide prevention information, provides that each school district that serves pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 and that issues an identification card to school employees serving any of grades 6 through 12 shall provide on the identification card the same contact information concerning suicide prevention that is required to be provided on a pupil's identification card. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1672 SCH CD-EARLY LITERACY-SCREEN Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that, on or before July 1, 2026, each school district that serves students in any of grades kindergarten through 3 shall report specified information to the State Board of Education regarding the use of early literacy screeners. Provides that, on or before January 1, 2027, the Illinois State Board of Education shall file a report with the General Assembly outlining the data received. Requires the report to be posted publicly on the State Board of Education's Internet website no later than January 1, 2027. Repeals the provisions on July 1, 2027. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1418 INS CD-PERIPHERAL ARTERY TEST Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual plan of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after January 1, 2026 must provide coverage, no less than once every 12 months, for a peripheral artery disease screening test for any at-risk individual. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require coverage under those provisions. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2516 PFAS PRODUCT BAN Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State the following products if the product contains intentionally added PFAS: (1) cookware, (2) cosmetics, (3) dental floss, (4) juvenile products, (5) menstrual products, (6) intimate apparel, or (7) food packaging or food contact products. Defines terms. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2562 GUARDIAN TRAINING Amends the Guardianship and Advocacy Act. Provides that the training program for guardians of adults with disabilities must have 2 components: one for guardians of the person and another for guardians of the estate. Authorizes the State Guardian to determine the content of the training. Requires the training component for guardians of the person to continue to include content on Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Requires guardians of the person and estate (now, just for guardians of the person) to complete this training within one year from the issuance of the letters of office. Exempts some guardians. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2390 SCH CD-SPECIAL ED JT AGREEMENT Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning special education joint agreements, provides that, for any member district entering into, amending, renewing, or withdrawing from a joint agreement after the effective date of the amendatory Act, (i) for a member district withdrawing from a joint agreement, the member district's school board shall hold a public hearing on the member district's intent to withdraw at least 18 months before the member district's proposed withdrawal date and a written notice of the member district's intent to withdraw and the details of the public hearing shall be sent to the other member districts of the joint agreement no less than 10 days before the public hearing; (ii) a member district that intends to withdraw from a joint agreement shall adopt a comprehensive plan in accordance with certain provisions and submit the plan to the member district's regional office of education or intermediate service center, whichever is applicable; (iii) upon the receipt of a member district's comprehensive plan, the regional superintendent of schools or the executive director of the intermediate service center, whichever is applicable, shall ensure certain criteria are met and shall notify the State Board of Education and the other member districts of the joint agreement of his or her approval of the member district's withdrawal; (iv) a joint agreement shall include provisions for the dissolution of assets in the event the joint agreement is dissolved and provisions for the distribution of assets in the event a member district withdraws from the joint agreement; and (v) a joint agreement shall include a requirement for an annual presentation of the joint agreement's fiscal year budget and the calculation of member and usage fees to all member districts. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1411 HEALTH CARE SURROGATE-POLST Amends the Illinois Living Will Act. Creates an order of priority for authority to transfer a patient to another physician if the patient is unable to do so as follows: (i) the patient's surrogate decision-maker under the Health Care Surrogate Act, (ii) any person authorized by the patient to make such arrangements, and (iii) any member of the patient's family. Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act to delete the applicability of that Act if the patient has an operative and unrevoked living will under the Illinois Living Will Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2387 MHDD CD-OUTPATIENT TREATMENT Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1. In the amendatory changes to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, provides that an order of care and custody that grants the custodian the authority to consent to the admission of (rather than admit) a respondent to a hospital if the respondent fails to comply with the conditions of the order does not apply to a respondent charged with a felony. Provides that noncompliance with an order placing the respondent in the care and custody of a relative or other person willing and able to properly care for him or her or committing the respondent to alternative treatment at a community mental health provider shall not be a basis for a finding of contempt. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1346 MANAGED CARE & INSURANCE CARDS Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Provides that a health care plan shall provide annually to enrollees and prospective enrollees, upon request, a statement of all basic health care services and all specific benefits and services mandated to be provided to enrollees by State law or administrative rule, highlighting any newly enacted State law or administrative rule. Provides that this requirement can be fulfilled by providing enrollees the most up-to-date accident and health checklist submitted to the Department of Insurance, reflecting statutory health care coverage compliance by the health care plan. Requires the Office of Consumer Health Insurance to post in a prominent location on the Department's publicly accessible website an annual report on the development and implementation of federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and other governmental policies and actions that pertain to the adequacy of health care plans, facilities, and services in the State and summary of all State health insurance benefit related legislation enacted in the prior calendar year that includes, at minimum, a link to the Public Act, the statutory citation, the subject, a brief summary, and the effective date. Amends the Uniform Health Care Services Benefit Information Card Act. Adds a health benefit plan offering dental coverage to the list of plans required to issue a health care benefit information card. Specifies health care benefit information cards may be electronic or physical. Requires uniform health care benefit information to display on the back of the card a statement indicating whether the plan is self-insured or fully funded and if the plan is subject to regulation by the Department of Insurance. Makes other changes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0073 BABY FOODS-TOXIC HEAVY METALS Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, distribute, or offer for sale baby food in the State that contains toxic heavy metals that exceed the limits established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Defines "toxic heavy metal" as arsenic, cadmium, lead, or mercury and defines other terms. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, each manufacturer of baby food shall test a representative sample of each production aggregate of the manufacturer's final baby food product for each toxic heavy metal. Requires monthly testing. Beginning January 1, 2027, requires each manufacturer of baby food to make certain information publicly available. Provides that if a consumer believes, based on information gathered through the use of the code included on the baby food product label, that baby food is being sold in the State with toxic heavy metals that exceed limits established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the consumer may report that baby food to the Department of Public Health. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0024 MISSING PERSONS IDENTIFICATION Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that law enforcement agencies shall adopt a policy regarding missing person investigations and missing person reporting and follow-up actions. Provides that a law enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires the observance of a waiting period before accepting a missing person report. Provides that a second or subsequent agency is not prohibited from entering a duplicate missing person report in LEADS; however, only one LEADS missing person report is required. Provides that any existing LEADS missing person report may be modified by the originating agency to include additional or updated information. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall notify a person in a position to assist the law enforcement agency in its efforts to locate a missing person of, among other things, information regarding the collection of documents and biological samples that could assist in the identification of a missing person, including dental charts and radiographs, medical records, fingerprints, and biological samples from the person's personal items or from the missing person's immediate biological members. Provides that, if the missing person remains missing for 60 days after the date of the report, then the law enforcement agency shall immediately generate (rather than may generate) a report of the missing person within the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). Provides that all photographs of the missing person that the law enforcement agency collected shall be added to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) record. Provides that, if a missing person remains missing for 30 days after the date of the police report, then the missing person's fingerprint record shall be added to the missing person entry in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS). Provides that, if a missing person remains missing for 60 days after the date of the police report, then the missing person's fingerprint record shall be entered in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System(NamUs). Provides that, if a missing person remains missing for 60 days after the date of the police report, then the missing person's dental records shall be added to the missing person entry in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS). Provides that biological samples shall be submitted to a Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) accredited laboratory (rather than a National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) partner laboratory). Removes language concerning uploading DNA profiles to the National DNA Index System (NDIS). Provides that a responding local law enforcement agency shall attempt to collect and submit any DNA samples (rather than may submit any DNA samples) voluntarily obtained from family members to an accredited Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) laboratory for DNA analysis within 90 days from the date of the police report (rather than to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) partner laboratory within 60 days from the date of the police report). Provides that, if an anthropological analysis report determines remains to be historic or prehistoric, then no NCIC entry is required. Provides that, in the case of markedly decomposed or skeletal remains, a forensic anthropological analysis of the remains, authorized by the coroner or medical examiner, shall also be performed within 60 days from the recovery and preparation of the remains for the analysis. Makes other changes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1710 CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Changes the date on which the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall being to study and compile specified information on homicides from January 1, 2026 to July 1, 2026. Makes other changes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0593 HEALTH-TECH Creates the Health Care Workforce Task Force Act. Creates the Health Care Workforce Task Force within the Department of Public Health. Sets forth provisions concerning membership; meetings; and administrative support. Provides that the Task Force shall make recommendations concerning various challenges facing the health care workforce in the State. Provides for reporting requirements. Repeals the Act on December 31, 2027. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1238 NONOPIOID ALTERNATIVES Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill concerning the amendatory changes to the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Replaces the changes to the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, a health insurance issuer shall develop a plan to provide adequate coverage and access to a broad spectrum of pain management services, including, but not limited to, nonopioid, nonnarcotic pain management services and non-medication pain management services that serve as alternatives to the prescribing of opioid or narcotic drugs in accordance with guidelines developed by the Department of Insurance. Provides that a health insurance issuer shall file the plan required under this provision with the Department of Insurance and shall post information about the pain management plan on the insurer's publicly accessible website. Replaces the amendatory changes to the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in establishing and maintaining the Illinois Medicaid Preferred Drug List, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall ensure that nonopioid drugs on the Department's preferred drug list, and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for the treatment or management of pain shall not be disadvantaged or discouraged with respect to coverage relative to any opioid or narcotic drug for the treatment or management of acute pain as long as the Department retains its authority to manage the Preferred Drug List process pursuant to State or federal law, rules, regulations, and policies and the Department's authority over the Preferred Drug List process is not undermined or compromised. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0314 BUSINESS-TECH Amends the Physical Fitness Services Act. Provides that a physical fitness center shall not offer or advertise a lifetime membership that violates other provisions of the Act. Provides that a physical fitness center shall clearly and conspicuously disclose any change in the customer's total payment obligations or reduction in benefits no later than 60 days before the automatic renewal of a contract. Provides that a physical fitness center shall provide a copy of a contract for services to the customer upon the request of the customer. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB2466 OPEN LANDS-GRANTS TO GOVTS Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that a distressed location project that is located within a distressed community shall be eligible for assistance of up to 100% for the acquisition of open space lands and for capital development and improvement proposals that are in conformity with the purposes of the Act. Specifies that a project that is located within a distressed community, regardless of whether the project is located within a distressed location, is eligible for assistance up to 90% for the acquisition of open space lands and for capital development and improvement proposals that are in conformity with the purposes of the Act. Provides that a distressed location project that is not located in a distressed community shall be eligible for assistance of up to 75% for the acquisition of open space lands and for capital development and improvement proposals that are in conformity with the purposes of the Act. Directs the Department of Natural Resources to prioritize the making of grants under the Act for projects that are located in distressed locations and distressed communities. Sets limits on the appropriated amounts that may be used for grants to distressed communities and distressed locations. Repeals a provision that required the Department of Natural Resources to prepare a Distressed Local Government Report. Repeals provisions that define terms. Adds other definitions. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants emergency rulemaking powers to the Department of Natural Resources. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3489 PHARMACISTS-CONTRACEPTIVES Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that "practice of pharmacy" includes the assessment and consultation of patients and dispensing of contraceptives, including emergency contraception (rather than the dispensation of hormonal contraceptives). In provisions concerning the dispensation of contraceptives, changes the contraceptives dispensed to contraceptives, including emergency contraception (rather than hormonal contraceptives). Makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the medical assistance program shall cover patient care services provided by a pharmacist for contraceptives, including emergency contraception (rather than hormonal contraceptives). Makes conforming changes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3638 WORK TRANSPARENCY-CONFIDENTIAL Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that an employee, prospective employee, or former employee and an employer may enter into a valid and enforceable settlement or termination agreement that includes promises of confidentiality related to alleged unlawful employment practices if, in addition to other specified conditions, any promises of confidentiality by the employee, prospective employee, or former employee expire within 5 years fro m the date that the employee, prospective employee, or former employee disclosed the alleged unlawful employment practice that is the subject of confidentiality. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3756 BENEFITS EXCHANGE EASY ENROLL Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Provides that the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange shall allow a special enrollment period for an uninsured taxpayer and the uninsured taxpayer's qualified dependents, if applicable, if the uninsured taxpayer requested health insurance benefit information through the easy enrollment program under the Illinois Income Tax Act and the uninsured taxpayer and the uninsured taxpayer's qualified dependents, if applicable, are eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan through the Exchange. Establishes notification requirements for the Exchange. Provides that the uninsured taxpayer and the uninsured taxpayer's dependents shall have 60 days from the date of the letter to select and enroll in a qualified health plan. Provides that coverage shall be effective the first day of the month that follows the plan selection. Grants the Department of Insurance and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services rulemaking authority to implement an easy enrollment special enrollment period. Effective immediately. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3842 TOWNSHIP CD-POLICE PROTECTION Amends the Township Code. Authorizes funds generated through a levy on property located in a special police district in an unincorporated area of a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants to be used to provide for public safety in unincorporated areas of the township. Prohibits the levied funds from being used to pay for (i) any portion of a school resource officer's wages or to facilitate any agreement with any law enforcement agency to hire a school resource officer or (ii) any portion of a red light camera, speed camera, or automated license plate reader. Defines "public safety" and "resource officer". Effective immediately. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB2487 HUMAN RIGHTS-IDHR CONFERENCE Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes it discretionary rather than mandatory that the Department of Human Rights conduct a fact-finding conference. Provides that the amendatory applies to charges pending or filed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2568 TRUST CODE-UNCLAIMED PROPERTY Creates the Equality for Every Family Act. Amends the Illinois Paternity Act of 2015. Provides that the policy of this State is that a child has the same rights and protections under law to parentage without regard to the marital status, age, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation of the child's parents, or the circumstances of the child's birth, including whether the child was born as a result of assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Provides for who may sign an acknowledgment of parentage to establish the parentage of a child. Changes provisions regarding the use of genetic testing. Amends the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Provides that a parentage proceeding under the Gestational Surrogacy Act may be commenced in any county in the State. Makes requirements for a gestational surrogacy agreement and damages for a breach of such an agreement. Amends the Adoption Act. Provides for a process for a confirmatory adoption for children born through assisted reproduction. Makes other formatting and cross-referencing changes. Provides that a proceeding to adjudicate parentage that was commenced before the effective date of the amendatory Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the proceeding was commenced. Effective immediately, except that some provisions amending the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 are effective January 1, 2026. Vetoed
SB1560 MENTAL HLTH-KIDS-BEACON Reinserts the provisions of the bill with the following changes. Provides that on or before September 1, 2026, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team in the Office of the Governor and relevant stakeholders, shall report its work and make available resource materials, including model procedures (rather than policies) and guidance informed by a phased approach to implementing universal mental health screening in schools. Provides that the model school district procedures (rather than policies) to facilitate the implementation of mental health screenings, shall include specified matters. Provides that mental health screenings shall be offered by school districts to students enrolled in grade 3 (rather than kindergarten) through grade 12, at least once a year, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year. Provides that the requirement to offer mental health screenings shall be in effect only for school years in which the State has successfully procured a screening tool that offers a self-report option for students and is made available to school districts at no cost. In provisions concerning youth left in a psychiatric hospital beyond medical necessity, requires a hospital to attempt to contact the youth and the youth's parents, guardian, or caregiver about the BEACON portal and assist with entering the youth's information into the BEACON portal to begin the process of connecting the youth and family to available resources (rather than assist with connections to the designated Family Support Program coordinator in the service area by providing educational materials developed by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services). Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1550 LIBRARY SYSTEMS-STATE GRANTS Amends the Illinois Library System Act. In provisions concerning State grants, provides that the grants shall include, among other things, planning and construction grants to library systems and public libraries that are members of a library system (rather than planning and construction grants to public libraries and library systems) and grants to improve or enhance security of libraries. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2464 INS-HEALTH/NEONATAL COST SHARE Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that if a beneficiary, insured, or enrollee receives neonatal intensive care from a nonparticipating provider or nonparticipating facility, a health insurance issuer shall ensure that the beneficiary, insured, or enrollee shall incur no greater out-of-pocket costs than he or she would have incurred with a participating provider or a participating facility, as long as the nonparticipating provider or nonparticipating facility bills the neonatal intensive care as emergency services. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1774 DHFS-SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Repeals provisions that require: (i) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to consult with stakeholders and General Assembly members for input on a plan to develop enhanced Medicaid rates for substance use disorder treatment and mental health treatment in underserved communities; and (ii) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to collaborate to review coverage and billing requirements for substance use prevention and recovery and mental health services with the goal of identifying disparities and streamlining coverage and billing requirements to reduce the administrative burden for providers and medical assistance beneficiaries. Effective January 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1928 HIGHER ED-MISCONDUCT SURVEY Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Requires each higher education institution to biennially (rather than annually) conduct a sexual misconduct climate survey of all students at the institution. Adds the Executive Director of the Illinois Community College Board, members appointed by the Board of Higher Education, and members appointed by the Illinois Community College Board to the Task Force on Campus Sexual Misconduct Climate Surveys. Removes some members of the Task Force who were appointed by the Governor. Requires the Task Force to meet to recommend updates and revisions to the base survey (rather than to review the results of the survey and to implement updates and improvements). Removes the civil fine imposed upon an institution that violates the provisions or fails to carry out the provisions. Makes other changes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1723 EPA-SOLE-SOURCE AQUIFER Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall conduct a carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. Specifies that this provisions does not deprive the Environmental Protection Agency of the authority to deny a carbon sequestration permit. Defines "sole-source aquifer". Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB2001 ONLINE MARKET-ILLEGAL GOODS Amends the Auction License Act. In provisions concerning an auction contract, provides that sellers shall disclose, if the information is known to the seller, an acknowledgment that (i) all property or goods offered for sale or by auction are owned by the seller, (ii) the seller has full legal authority to sell such property or goods, and (iii) to the best of the seller's knowledge, the property or goods to be sold have been lawfully obtained, as well as other information. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB2500 MOBILE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a mobile crisis response team may provide transportation if the mobile crisis response team is appropriately equipped and staffed to do so. Provides that, in any area where mobile mental health relief providers are available for dispatch, unless requested by mobile mental health relief providers, law enforcement shall not be used to provide transportation to access mental or behavioral health care, or travel between mental or behavioral health care providers, except where (i) no alternative is available; (ii) the individual requests transportation from law enforcement and law enforcement mutually agrees to provide transportation; or (iii) the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code requires or permits law enforcement to provide transportation (rather than the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code requires law enforcement to provide transportation). Removes changes to provisions concerning immunity. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1491 INTERVENTION TEAM-THERAPY DOG Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to develop a course and certification program for certified therapy dog teams consisting of officers employing the use of therapy dogs in relation to crisis and emergency response. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1910 LIBRARIES-OPIOID ANTAGONISTS Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes changes to definitions. Requires a library, during operating hours, to take reasonable steps to have (rather than to ensure that there is) at least one person present in the library who has completed training in how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose, including the administration of an opioid antagonist. Provides that training may (rather than shall) be conducted by an organization recognized for providing such training or may be created by the library using free resources available on the Department of Public Health's website or the Department of Human Services' website (rather than may be conducted online or in person). Provides that a library and its authorized personnel are immune from liability for the administration of an opioid antagonist under the provisions, except for wilful and wanton misconduct (rather than except for acts of gross recklessness or acts intended to cause harm). Specifies that a library may receive an opioid antagonist from any lawful source. Removes language allowing the Department of Human Services to adopt rules as necessary to implement the provisions. Removes changes to the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes other changes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1289 INS-SURPLUS LINE HOME STATE Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning surplus line insurance, changes the definition of "home state". Makes other conforming changes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0175 INS CD-KLINEFELTER SYNDROME Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall provide coverage for the cost of a karyotype test or related hormone testing to diagnose Klinefelter syndrome. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require coverage under those provisions. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0212 NURSING MOTHERS IN WORKPLACE Amends the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act. Provides that an employer shall compensate an employee during the break time provided under the Act at the employee's regular rate of compensation. Provides that an employer shall not require an employee to use paid leave during the break time or reduce an employee's compensation during the break time in any other manner. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1083 PROPERTY-GENDER NEUTRAL Amends the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Unions Act, the Conveyances Act, the Joint Tenancy Act, and the Rights of Married Persons Act. Inserts gender neutral descriptions showing marital status. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB2421 PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL FACILY Creates the Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF) Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish an Illinois Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF) program that is family-driven, youth-guided, and trauma-informed, and includes youth and family involvement in all aspects of care planning. Requires the Department to submit a State Plan Amendment, by January 1, 2026, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to establish coverage of federally authorized, medically necessary inpatient psychiatric services delivered by a certified PRTF to medical assistance beneficiaries under 21 years of age. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules to implement the PRTF program that at a minimum shall include: (i) certification and participation requirements for PRTF providers in compliance with all applicable federal laws, regulations, requirements, and policies; (ii) monitoring and oversight of PRTF services; (iii) a limit on allowable beds at any one PRTF, not to exceed 40 total beds; and other matters. Requires the Department to establish, and update as needed, a methodology for completing a statewide PRTF capacity analysis for the purposes of identifying capacity needs for PRTF services under the Illinois Medical Assistance Program. Requires the Department to establish a PRTF Advisory Committee responsible for reviewing and providing guidance on the Department's policies and implementations of the PRTF program. Requires the Department to publish on its website counts of reported emergency safety interventions and serious occurrences by State fiscal year and quarter. Makes conforming changes to the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the Child Care Act of 1969, and other various Acts. Effective immediately. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0008 SAFE GUN STORAGE Creates the Safe Gun Storage Act. Provides that a firearm owner shall not store or keep any firearm in any premises where the firearm owner knows or reasonably should know a minor without the lawful permission of the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person is likely to gain access to the firearm unless the firearm is secured in a locked container, properly engaged so as to render the firearm inaccessible or unusable to any person other than the owner or other lawfully authorized user. Provides that if the firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user, then the firearm is deemed lawfully stored or kept. Provides that a violation of the Act is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500, except (i) if any person knows or reasonably should know that a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person is likely to gain access to a firearm belonging to or under the control of that person, and a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains the firearm, the civil penalty shall not exceed $1,000 and (ii) if a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains a firearm and uses it to injure or cause the death of a person or uses the firearm in connection with a crime, the civil penalty shall not exceed $10,000. Provides that the court may order a person who is found in violation of the Act to perform community service or pay restitution in lieu of the civil penalties imposed under this Section if good cause is shown. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to preclude civil liabilities for violations of the Act. Provides that a violation of the Act is prima facie evidence of negligence per se in any civil proceeding if a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains a firearm and causes personal injury to the death of oneself or another or uses the firearm in the commission of a crime. Provides that an action to collect a civil penalty under the Act may be brought by the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurred. Provides that any money received from the collection of a civil penalty under the Act shall be deposited in the Mental Health Fund. Defines terms. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0054 SOIL HEALTH WEEK Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that first full week of March each year is designated as Soil Health Week to be observed throughout the State as a week to celebrate and raise awareness regarding the importance of soil health to Illinois agriculture and Illinois farmers. Effective immediately. Crossed Over
SB0268 INSURANCE RATE FAIRNESS Creates the Insurance Fairness and Consumer Protection Law Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that insurers must submit a request for approval to the Department of Insurance for any proposed rate increase for homeowners insurance premiums or automobile insurance premiums. Prohibits implementing any rate increase without prior written approval of the Department. Prohibits using nondriving factors, such as credit score, occupation, and education level, to determine automobile insurance premiums. Provides that, for homeowners insurance, factors unrelated to the insured property's location, age, and condition shall not be considered in rate setting. Requires a public disclosure and comment period for any proposed rate increase exceeding 10% in a 12-month period. Prohibits an insurer from increasing premiums by more than 15% per year for any policyholder without exceptional justification, which must include specified evidence. Sets forth provisions concerning definitions; penalties; reimbursement of consumers; market conduct actions; Department approval of rate increases; and rulemaking. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB0045 BAN DRAGGING BOVINE BY TAIL Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that no person may intentionally drag or pull any bovine by its tail by any means for the purpose of entertainment, sport, practice, or contest. In Committee
HB1085 INS CD-MENTAL HEALTH PARITY Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Establishes reimbursement rates for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for all group or individual policies of accident and health insurance or managed care plans that are amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 or for any contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer. Requires a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 or any contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer to cover certain medically necessary mental health and substance use disorder treatment services. Provides that, if the Department of Insurance determines that an insurer or a contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer has violated a provision concerning mental health and substance use parity, the Department shall by order assess a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation. Excludes certain health care plans serving Medicaid populations who are enrolled under the Illinois Public Aid Code or under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act from provisions concerning mental health and substance use parity. Requires the Department to review the impact of the proposed mental health and substance abuse mandate on network adequacy for mental health and substance use disorder treatment and access to affordable mental health and substance use care. Permits the Department to examine out-of-network utilization and out-of-pocket costs for insureds for mental health and substance use treatment and services for all plans to compare with in-network utilization. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the School Code to require coverage under those provisions. Effective immediately. Crossed Over
SB0270 $CIL FUNDING Appropriates $16,358,900 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services Rehabilitation Services Bureau for grants to independent living centers. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB1237 $PUBLIC HEALTH-CLINICS Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for continued funding to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB1306 $ISAC-HUMAN SERVICE LOAN REPAY Appropriates $7,500,000 to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB2252 $IEMA-OHS-NFP GRANTS Appropriates $18,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for deposit into the IEMA State Projects Fund for grants and operational expenses associated with the administration of Illinois’ Not-For-Profit Security Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB1950 SANITARY FOOD PREPARATION Creates the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Deb's Law. Makes findings. Defines terms. Authorizes a qualified patient with a terminal disease to request that a physician prescribe aid-in-dying medication that will allow the patient to end the patient's life in a peaceful manner. Contains provisions concerning: the procedures and forms to be used to request aid-in-dying medication; the responsibilities of attending and consulting physicians; the referral of patients for determinations of mental capacity; the residency of qualified patients; the safe disposal of unused medications; the obligations of health care entities; the immunities granted for actions taken in good faith reliance upon the Act; the reporting requirements of physicians; the effect of the Act on the construction of wills, contracts, and statutes; the effect of the Act on insurance policies and annuities; the procedures for the completion of death certificates; the liabilities and penalties provided by the Act; the construction of the Act; and other matters. Provides that the Department of Public Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs may adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the Act. Makes conforming changes in the Freedom of Information Act. Effective 9 months after the Act becomes law. Crossed Over
SB2418 YOUTH NONVIOLENT RESOURCE PGM Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide resources to persons under the 18 years of age who have been adjudicated delinquent for a nonviolent crime. Provides that a nonviolent crime does not include the use or threat of force toward a person. Provides that the resources shall include: (1) mentoring; (2) access to educational resources in collaboration with the State Board of Education; (3) employment training opportunities; (4) behavioral health services, including trauma informed services; (5) parent supports; and (6) any other resources that the Department deems helpful to youth convicted of nonviolent crimes. Provides that the Department may provide services through existing or new service contracts with community agencies. Provides that the circuit courts and probation departments may refer youth to this program. Provides that the Department shall not provide any supervision of court-ordered conditions under the program. Provides that on or before July 1, 2026, the Department shall publicize on its website the program and the process for referring eligible youth. Provides that the Department shall include the number of youth and families served and a summary of the types of services provided through this program in its annual report. Crossed Over
SB2405 INS-SURPRISE BILL PROTECT Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to create the Consumer Protection from Surprise Health Care Billing Act. Provides that, on or after July 1, 2025, notwithstanding any other applicable provision, when a beneficiary, insured, or enrollee receives services from a nonparticipating ground ambulance service provider, the health insurance issuer shall ensure that the beneficiary, insured, or enrollee shall incur no greater out-of-pocket costs than the beneficiary, insured, or enrollee would have incurred with a participating ground ambulance service provider. Provides that any cost-sharing requirements shall be applied as though the services provided by the nonparticipating ground ambulance service provider had been provided by a participating ground ambulance service provider. Sets forth provisions concerning payment for ground ambulance services; calculating the recognized amount; limitations for the cost sharing amount for any occurrence in which a ground ambulance service is provided to a beneficiary; appeals for payments made by health insurance issuers; the maximum allowable payment amounts, by individual service types, for nonparticipating ground ambulance service providers owned, operated, or controlled by a private organization; and payments to nonparticipating ground ambulance service providers owned, operated, or controlled, by a unit of government which participates in the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation program administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the failure by a health insurance issuer to comply with the specified requirements constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and enforcement authority is granted to the Attorney General. Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make corresponding changes. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SR0193 OCD AWARENESS WEEK Declares October 12 through October 18, 2025 as OCD Awareness Week in the State of Illinois. In Committee
HB3019 DENTAL PRACTICE ACT EXTENSION Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Establishes reporting requirements for a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage concerning the ratio of the incurred loss or incurred claims plus the loss adjustment expense or change in contract reserves to earned premiums. Requires compliance under federal reporting regulations. Requires supplemental reports to be filed with the Director of Insurance or supplemental rebate payments to be made, as provided, if specified federal regulation are amended to repeal the reporting or rebate requirements. In provisions concerning benefits for treatment services for inpatient and outpatient treatment of substance use disorders or conditions, provides that, except to the extent prohibited by provisions concerning mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorder or condition parity with respect to treatment limitations in a benefit classification or subclassification, the insurer may require the substance use disorder treatment provider or facility to notify the insurer of the initiation of treatment. In provisions concerning requirements, beginning January 1, 2026, for coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental, emotional, or nervous disorders or conditions, establishes prohibitions on prior authorization. Makes changes in provisions concerning treatment for autism spectrum disorders; pregnancy and postpartum coverage; and mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions to reflect the specified prohibition on prior authorization. Makes other changes. Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning the description of services to be offered through a network plan. Sets forth requirements for the plan or policy years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, regarding reimbursement to a beneficiary for costs including food, lodging, and travel. Provides that the requirements do not apply to policies issued or delivered in the State that provide medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code or the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to make corresponding changes. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides rulemaking authority to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to implement the applicable provisions of the amendatory Act. Effective January 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1697 9-1-1 TELECOMMUNICATOR CPR Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Prescription Drug Affordability Act. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall use moneys deposited into the DCEO Projects Fund pursuant to specified provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code to make a grant to a statewide retail association representing pharmacies to promote access to pharmacies and pharmacist services. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes changes to defined terms in provisions concerning pharmacy benefit manager contracts. Provides that a pharmacy benefit manager or an affiliate acting on its behalf shall not conduct spread pricing, steer a covered individual, or limit a covered individual's access to drugs from a pharmacy or pharmacist enrolled with the health benefit plan under the terms offered to all pharmacies in the plan coverage area by designating the covered drug as a specialty drug contrary to the specified definition. Provides that a pharmacy benefit manager or affiliated rebate aggregator must remit no less than 100% of any amounts paid by a pharmaceutical manufacturer, wholesaler, or other distributor of a drug. Provides that the contract between the pharmacy benefit manager and the insurer or health benefit plan sponsor must allow and provide for the pharmacy benefit manager's compliance with an audit at least once per calendar year of the rebate and fee records remitted from a pharmacy benefit manager or its affiliated party to a health benefit plan. Provides that the changes made to provisions concerning pharmacy benefit manager contracts by the Act shall apply with respect to any health benefit plan that provides coverage for drugs that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. Sets forth provisions concerning pharmacy benefit manager reporting requirements. In provisions concerning pharmacy benefit manager licensure requirements, provides that on or before August 1, 2025, the pharmacy benefit manager shall submit a report to the Department that lists the name of each health benefit plan it administers, provides the number of covered individuals for each health benefit plan as of the date of submission, and provides the total covered individuals across all health benefit plans the pharmacy benefit manager administers. Provides that on or before September 1, 2025, a registered pharmacy benefit manager, as a condition of its authority to transact business in the State, must submit to the Department an amount equal to $15 or an alternate amount as determined by the Director by rule per covered individual enrolled by the pharmacy benefit manager in the State. Provides that on or before September 1, 2026 and each September 1 thereafter, payments submitted in provisions concerning pharmacy benefit manager licensure requirements shall be based on the number of covered individuals reported to the Department in specified provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes changes to provisions concerning examinations of registered pharmacy benefit managers. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes changes to provisions concerning critical access care pharmacies. In provisions concerning pharmacy benefits, provides that a pharmacy benefit manager must comply with all provisions of the Pharmacy Benefit Managers Article of the Illinois Insurance Code to the extent that the provisions do not prevent the application of any provision of the Article or applicable federal law. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 and the School Code to require coverage from specified provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code under the provisions of those Acts. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act to require specified contracts and pharmacy benefit manager activities to be subject to the Pharmacy Benefit Managers Article of the Illinois Insurance Code and the authority of the Director of Insurance to enforce those provisions. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2026, except that certain provisions are effective immediately. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1598 OPERATING ROOM SAFETY ACT Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2027 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an individual from performing surgical technology services if the individual is acting within the scope of the individual's license or registration or is a student or intern under the direct supervision of a licensed health care provider. Crossed Over
SB0146 INC TX-SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for certain small businesses in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 10% of the property taxes paid by the qualified small business during the taxable year for eligible real property or (ii) $1,500. Effective immediately. In Committee
HB1432 ABLE ACCOUNT CONTRIBUTIONS Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Treasurer may make a matching contribution of $50 to an ABLE account opened on or after January 1, 2026 for a beneficiary who is a resident of Illinois. Provides that the matching contribution shall be limited to one contribution per beneficiary and shall not be treated differently from any other contributions to the account. Provides that if there are insufficient funds available, the State Treasurer may reduce the matching contribution amount or forgo contributions. Provides that the Illinois ABLE Matching Contribution Fund shall be the official repository of all contributions, appropriated funds, interest, and dividend payments, gifts, or other financial assets received by the State Treasurer in connection with matching contributions to ABLE accounts. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Illinois ABLE Matching Contribution Fund. Crossed Over
SB0005 METROPOLITAN MOBILITY AUTH ACT Creates the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act. Establishes the Metropolitan Mobility Authority. Provides that the Chicago Transit Authority, the Commuter Rail Division and the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, and the Regional Transportation Authority are consolidated into the Metropolitan Mobility Authority and the Service Boards are abolished. Creates the Suburban Bus Operating Division, Commuter Rail Operating Division, and the Chicago Transit Operating Division. Reinserts, reorganizes, and changes some provisions from the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and the Regional Transportation Authority Act into the new Act. Includes provisions concerning the operation of the Metropolitan Mobility Authority. Repeals the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Amends various Acts, Laws, and Codes to make conforming changes. Creates the Equitable Transit-Supportive Development Act. Establishes the Office of Equitable Transit-Oriented Development and the Transit-Supportive Development Fund. Provides that the Office and the Fund are to aid transit-supportive development near high-quality transit by providing specified funding to municipalities that have adopted the standards in the transit support overlay district for that area or that have adopted zoning and other changes that the Office determines have benefits greater than or equal to such a District, including transit support overlay districts. Includes provisions relating to Office standards, procedures, and reports. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Requires the Department to establish, staff, and support an Office of Public Transportation Support for the purpose of optimizing the operation of public transportation vehicles and the delivery of public transportation services on highways under the Department's jurisdiction in the Metropolitan Mobility Authority's metropolitan region. Describes the duties and operations of the Office. Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Chair of the Metropolitan Mobility Authority is a nonvoting member of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. In Committee
HB1234 INS RATEMAKING-AFFORDABILITY Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that, by January 1, 2026, the Secretary of State shall conduct a study on the affordability and availability of statutorily mandated automobile insurance in the State. Provides that, when conducting the study, the Secretary of State may use data or academic studies conducted by other sources, solicit feedback and testimony from constituents and community leaders, consider any guidance, written or otherwise, provided by insurance industry experts based in the State, and consider statutes and regulations in other states and national trends. Provides that the study shall include, but shall not be limited to, the use of zip codes, credit scores, and age in ratemaking and whether the specific factor results in inequitable rates being assessed to certain populations. Provides that, no later than January 1, 2026, the Secretary of State shall submit the report and its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. Effective immediately. Crossed Over
SB0062 BUILD ILLINOIS HOMES ACT Creates the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit Act. Provides that owners of qualified low-income housing developments are eligible for credits against the taxes imposed by the Illinois Income Tax Act or taxes, penalties, fees, charges, and payments imposed by the Illinois Insurance Code. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Insurance Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB0075 UTILITIES-WATER ACQUISITION Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that 20% of the lesser of (rather than the lesser of): (i) the purchase price or (ii) the fair market value shall constitute the rate base associated with the water or sewer utility as acquired by and incorporated into the rate base of the district designated by the acquiring large public utility, subject to any adjustments that the Illinois Commerce Commission deems necessary to ensure such rate base reflects prudent and useful investments in the provision of public utility service. Provides that the difference between the rate base and the purchase price or fair market value shall be borne by the shareholders of the acquiring large public utility. In provisions concerning the acquisition of a water or sewer utility, provides that, at the next election following the public meeting and notice requirements, a referendum shall be placed on the ballot for all electors within the area the water or sewer utility operates. Provides that, if a majority of the electors voting on the referendum within the service area of the water or sewer utility vote in favor of the referendum, then the acquisition may continue. Provides that, if less than a majority of the electors voting on the referendum within the service area of the water or sewer utility vote in favor of the referendum, the Commission shall not approve the large public utility's acquisition of the water or sewer utility. Removes a provision that provides that the Commission may authorize a water or sewer utility to file a surcharge which adjusts rates and charges to provide for recovery of costs associated with an investment in qualifying infrastructure plant, independent of any other matters related to the utility's revenue requirement. Makes other changes. In Committee
SB0088 AFFORDABLE HOUSING-COUNSELING Amends the Illinois Affordable Housing Act. Provides that funds in the Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund may be used for housing counseling. Defines "housing counseling" to mean services provided by an organization approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to be a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency. In Committee
HB0035 AI USE IN HEALTH INSURANCE ACT Creates the Artificial Intelligence Systems Use in Health Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Insurance's regulatory oversight of insurers includes oversight of an insurer's use of AI systems to make or support adverse determinations that affect consumers. Provides that any insurer authorized to operate in the State is subject to review by the Department in an investigation or market conduct action regarding the development, implementation, and use of AI systems or predictive models and the outcomes from the use of those AI systems or predictive models. Provides that an insurer authorized to do business in Illinois shall not issue an adverse consumer outcome with regard to the denial, reduction, or termination of insurance plans or benefits that result solely from the use or application of any AI system or predictive model. Provides that any decision-making process for the denial, reduction, or termination of insurance plans or benefits that results from the use of AI systems or predictive models shall be meaningfully reviewed, in accordance with review procedures determined by Department rules, by an individual with authority to override the AI systems and determinations. Authorizes the Department to adopt emergency rules to implement the Act and to adopt rules concerning standards for full and fair disclosure of an insurer's use of AI systems. Makes a conforming change in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Crossed Over
SB0009 END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS ACT Creates the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Authorizes a qualified patient with a terminal disease to request that a physician prescribe aid-in-dying medication that will allow the patient to end the patient's life in a peaceful manner. Contains provisions concerning: the procedures and forms to be used to request aid-in-dying medication; the responsibilities of attending and consulting physicians; the referral of patients for determinations of mental capacity; the residency of qualified patients; the safe disposal of unused medications; the obligations of health care entities; the immunities granted for actions taken in good faith reliance upon the Act; the reporting requirements of physicians; the effect of the Act on the construction of wills, contracts, and statutes; the effect of the Act on insurance policies and annuities; the procedures for the completion of death certificates; the liabilities and penalties provided by the Act; the construction of the Act; the definitions of terms used in the Act; and other matters. Effective 6 months after becoming law. In Committee
SB0708 REGULATION-TECH Amends the Corporate Fiduciary Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title of the Act. In Committee
SB1480 INS-BEHAVIORIAL HLTH SERVICES Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that all group and individual health insurance policies issued, delivered, amended, or renewed in Illinois that provide coverage for medical or surgical conditions shall also provide coverage for crisis services, regardless of any difference in billing codes used for such services. Provides that coverage for crisis services may not be denied or restricted based on the modality or setting of the services; and that crisis services shall be covered whether delivered in person, through telehealth, or in a residential or outpatient setting, to the extent that such services are covered in other settings or modalities under the policy. Makes conforming changes to the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Telehealth Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Amends the Strengthening and Transforming Behavioral Health Crisis Care in Illinois Act. Renames the Act the Crisis Continuum Sustainability Act. Provides that on or before December 31, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, the Department of Human Services shall, subject to available funding and in collaboration with relevant stakeholders and State bodies, develop and submit a Statewide Crisis Continuum Strategic Plan to the Office of the Governor and the General Assembly, with the goal of ensuring every Illinoisan has timely access to appropriate and supportive behavioral health response during a behavioral health crisis. Requires the strategic plan to identify statewide goals, key stakeholders, and performance metrics for expanding access to behavioral health crisis continuum services across Illinois; address gaps in service delivery; and other matters. In Committee
SB1397 COMPOST & DIGESTATE STUDY Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Comptroller and Treasurer shall transfer from the Solid Waste Management Fund into a separate account within the Solid Waste Management Fund, $225,000 on October 1, 2026, $234,000 on October 1, 2027, and $243,360 on October 1, 2028, for use in making grants to the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois to cover the costs of implementing a specified provision of the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall provide grants to incentivize the use of finished compost, liquid digestate, and solid digestate on private and public lands used for commercial farm and specialty farm operations. Provides that the Agency shall partner with the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois to conduct a study of finished compost, liquid digestate, and solid digestate use over fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028, with a final report submitted to the General Assembly and Governor by December 1, 2028. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1398 SOLID WASTE-BAN-FOOD WASTE Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines the terms "anaerobic digester", "anaerobic digestion", and "food". Deletes provisions that exempted certain composting facilities from regulation as a pollution control facility. Creates exemptions from the definition of "pollution control facility" for (i) the portion of a site or facility that is used for anaerobic digestion and (ii) the portion of a site or facility that is used to process food scrap at a food scrap processing facility. Provides for moneys that are appropriated from the Solid Waste Management Fund to the Agency in certain years for solid waste management activities to be segregated into a separate account for use by the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois for the costs of implementing the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Updates requirements for each county waste management plan's recycling program with respect to food scrap collection programs. Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Provides that a person that generates more than the applicable regulatory threshold of food and food scrap and that is located within 20 miles, prior to July 1, 2035, or 25 miles, on and after July 1, 2035, of an Agency-permitted composting facility or anaerobic digester that accepts food scrap and that has the permitted capacity to accept food scrap shall, among other things, source separate food and food scrap from other solid waste and either arrange for the transfer of the food or food scrap to a location that manages food and food scrap in a manner consistent with the food and food scrap management hierarchy set forth in the Act or manage the food and food scrap on site in accordance with other applicable State and local laws and rules. Grants the Agency rulemaking powers. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1465 NURSING HOME-STAFFING RATIO Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Adds infection preventionists, minimum data set assessment nurses, other social workers, certified nursing assistant interns, and medication aides to the list of direct care staff used to compute staff to resident ratios. Provides that, except as otherwise provided by law, 100% of the hours worked by the specified staff shall be counted toward the staff to resident ratio. Provides that no monetary penalties shall be imposed unless the variance between a facility's minimum staffing ratios and the Department of Public Health's computations exceeds 20%. Removes a provision prohibiting waiver of a monetary penalty for non-compliance. In provisions concerning reporting requirements for facilities that violate the minimum staffing requirements, provides that the facility must have a variance that exceeds 20% of the requirements. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1606 MEDICAID-NURSING FACILTY RATES Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, beginning on January 1, 2026, the reimbursement rates for the support component of the nursing facility rate for facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled or intermediate care facilities and for facilities licensed under the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 shall be the rate in effect on June 30, 2024 increased by the percent change in the Consumer Price Index-U from September 2016 to September 2025. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1652 MENTAL HLTH-HOME SERVICES Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. In provisions limiting the funding amount for home-based services provided by the Department of Human Services to an adult with a mental disability, provides that, subject to appropriation for these purposes, the Department may exceed such funding limits for an adult with a mental disability whose service and support needs require a higher level of funding based on a determination of need administered by the Department or its service coordination agent. Provides that such service and support needs must be incorporated into the service plan of the adult with a mental disability and must align with criteria adopted by the Department. Permits the Department to limit the use of the funds to services and supports the adult with a mental disability requires to continue to live in the community. Permits the Department to adopt rules. Effective immediately. In Committee
HB3081 SCH CD-OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME Amends the School Code. Creates the Out-of-School Time (OST) Advisory Council for the purpose of providing information and advice to the Governor and State agencies regarding State and federal policy and funding issues affecting out of school time programs. Sets forth membership, co-chairperson's and meetings. Provides that the OST Advisory Council shall: (1) provide information on the status of funding provided for OST programs in each fiscal year; (2) provide recommendations on legislative and administrative action needed to ensure that funding for before and after school programs is allocated promptly to qualified providers of OST programs; (3) provide information on the quality of services and accountability measures that are appropriate for school-age children and youth; (4) provide information regarding challenges faced by OST programs that impede the provision of the best possible services; (5) provide recommendations on the equitable reach of OST programs to ensure that the State has policies in place that promote access to the children and youth most in need of services; (6) make recommendations to the Governor and State agencies on reporting requirements, priority points, statewide evaluation, and licensure for OST programs; and (7) create and deliver to the Governor and General Assembly an annual report on statewide successes in OST and areas of growth for the future. Effective July 1, 2025. Crossed Over
SB1857 PUB AID-TRAFFICKING VICTIMS Amends the Survivor Support And Trafficking Prevention Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Extends eligibility for cash assistance and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes who are preparing to file an application for T Nonimmigrant status or other specified nonimmigrant status applications. Removes a provision conditioning such assistance on the availability of funding. Removes a provision excluding from cash assistance and SNAP eligibility foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes who are single adults without family members. Removes a provision excluding from SNAP eligibility foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes who reside in an institution or other setting that provides the majority of their daily meals. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1604 EDUC-SCH SOCIAL WORKER GRANTS Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the State Board of Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to school districts and other educational units that have school social work interns to assist those school districts and other educational units in the funding of school social work internships approved by the interns' educator preparation programs by providing stipends. Sets forth the stipend amount. Provides that the State Board of Education shall annually disseminate to school districts and other educational units that have school social work interns a request for applications for grants. Provides that grant applications shall be accepted on an annual basis. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish procedures for submitting requests for stipends and issuing funds to approved applicants. Provides for prioritizing grants if an appropriation is insufficient to fund all applications for grants. Provides that for any school year in which grants are awarded, the State Board of Education shall produce a report on the awarding of grants, in cooperation with the school districts and educational units that are awarded grants. Sets forth requirements for the report. Provides that the report shall be posted on the State Board of Education's Internet website each school year in which grants are awarded. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall establish and administer a grant program to support the field placement of social workers. Provides that the Board shall distribute the funds appropriated for this purpose in the form of grants to public or nonpublic institutions of higher education to expand opportunities for students who are intending to become social workers and to assist students in pursuing social-work related field placements, internships, and other work opportunities. Sets forth other requirements concerning the operation of the grant program. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1617 DHFS-DHS-DIRECT SUPPORT WAGE Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in residential and day programs and service coordination agencies serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Provides that for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after July 1, 2025 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $2.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2025 for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage as defined, by rule, by the Department. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for ID/DD facilities and MC/DD facilities, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after July 1, 2025, shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $2.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2025 for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage as defined, by rule, by the Department. Requires the same increase for front-line personnel employed at community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services emergency rulemaking authority. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1561 TANF-TRANSITION TO CASH PGM Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Cash Assistance to Strengthen Households (CASH) Act. Amends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program is inoperative after June 30, 2026 and is replaced by the Cash Assistance to Strengthen Households (CASH) program. Contains provisions concerning persons eligible for CASH assistance, including pregnant persons without dependent children and assistance units headed by a caretaker relative, as defined; income thresholds; immigration status; the amount of aid paid to eligible assistance units; application requirements; income verification requirements; eligibility redeterminations; substitute payees; transitioning assistance units from TANF to CASH; and Department rules to implement the CASH program. Makes conforming changes in other Articles of the Code. Effective July 1, 2026. In Committee
SB1505 SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT Amends the Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act. Renews the program for incentive periods beginning on or after July 1, 2025 and ending on or before June 30, 2032. Removes language concerning the Put Illinois to Work Program for the second series of incentive periods. Provides that the term "full-time employee" means an individual who is employed for a basic wage for at least 35 hours each week (currently, employed for a basic wage for at least 35 hours each week or renders any other standard of service generally accepted by industry custom or practice as full-time employment). Provides that a net increase in the number of full-time Illinois employees shall be treated as continuous if a different new employee is hired as a replacement within 8 weeks after the position becomes vacant (currently, a reasonable time). Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2005 SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVES Creates the Small Business Economic Incentive Act. Provides that at least 50% of the dollar value of all economic incentives awarded to businesses by the State or by any State agency on or after January 1, 2026 shall be awarded to businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees. Effective January 1, 2026. In Committee
SB2000 DEBT ASSIST-REPORTING Amends the Student Debt Assistance Act. Redefines "institution of higher education" to mean any publicly or privately operated university, college, community college, business, technical, or vocational school, or other educational institution in this State offering degrees and instruction beyond the secondary school level. Includes the following in the report regarding financial-based transcript and registration holds to the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board: the amount of student debt owed to the institution, number of students, and amounts written off, over certain time periods; the number of students with outstanding debt whose transcripts were released and the amount of the debt, the number of students with outstanding debt whose diplomas were released and the amount of the outstanding debt, and the number of students with outstanding debt whose transcripts were withheld because the request for release was not for a purpose outlined in the Act and the amount of outstanding debt; and the total number of students whose registration privileges are being withheld for financial reasons, the amount of outstanding debt for those students, and the total portion of that debt that has been written off for accounting purposes but the registration hold remains. In Committee
SB1844 MEDICAID-MENTAL HLTH-DRUG RPTS Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision prohibiting prior authorization mandates and utilization management controls under the fee-for-service and managed care medical assistance programs for FDA-approved prescription drugs that treat mental illness, requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and managed care organizations to report quarterly on compliance with the specified prohibitions beginning with dates of service on and after July 1, 2025. Requires the Department to post on its website a report on fee-for-service prescriptions and the reports from each managed care organization. Sets forth the information that must be contained in the quarterly reports, including, but not limited to: (i) the number of denied prescriptions and estimated net cost to the State for those covered prescriptions summarized by each of the allowed categories specified in the Code; (ii) the number of denied prescriptions and estimated net cost to the State for those prescriptions summarized by each of the non-allowed categories specified in the Code; and (iii) the number of denied prescriptions and estimated gross cost to the State for those prescriptions summarized by any other reason not specified in the Code. Requires the Department to sanction those managed care organizations that do not file the required reports. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1872 PLASTIC BAG REDUCTION ACT Creates the Single-Use Plastic Bag Reduction Act. Defines terms. Prohibits, starting July 1, 2026, a retail mercantile establishment from offering or making available a single-use checkout bag to consumers at the point of sale. Allows a retail mercantile establishment to offer a recycled paper bag or reusable bag to consumers. Requires a fee of at least $0.10 per recycled bag to be retained by the retail mercantile establishment. Exempts bags for certain governmental food assistance programs. Limits use of the fee with respect to credit card and other fees. Provides for educational material and signage. Provides for enforcement, including civil penalties. Limits home rule powers. In Committee
HB3511 LCSW LOAN/GRANT PROGRAM Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Establishes the Nonprofit Clinical Supervision Grant Program. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall provide grants to eligible nonprofit associations to provide grants to nonprofit associations to hire licensed clinical social workers and to administer programs for group clinical supervision to assist social workers in fulfilling their supervised clinical experience requirements for licensure. Sets forth eligibility requirements for nonprofit associations. Sets forth requirements regarding the use of grant funds. Describes annual reporting requirements for grant recipients. Allows the Department of Human Services to adopt rules needed to implement the Nonprofit Clinical Supervision Grant Program. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Changes the name of the School and Municipal Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program to the School and Municipal/County Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program. Increases the maximum amount of grants that may be awarded through the School and Municipal/County Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program. Allows a recipient to apply for additional grant funding in subsequent years only if the recipient verifies that the grant amount allocated in the prior year has been applied to reduce the balance of the recipient's educational loan. Crossed Over
SB2269 UTIL-2050 HEAT DECARBONIZATION Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a gas utility may cease providing service if the Illinois Commerce Commission determines that adequate substitute service is available at a reasonable cost to support the existing end uses of the affected utility customers. Provides for cost-effective energy efficiency measures for natural gas utilities that supersede existing provisions concerning natural gas energy efficiency programs and take effect beginning January 1, 2027. Provides that gas main and gas service extension policies shall be based on the principle that the full incremental cost associated with new development and growth shall be borne by the customers that cause those incremental costs. Provides that, no later than 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Commission shall initiate a docketed rulemaking reviewing each gas public utility tariff that provides for gas main and gas service extensions without additional charge to new customers in excess of the default extensions as specified in administrative rule. Adds the Clean Building Heating Law Article to the Act, with provisions concerning emissions standards for heating in buildings, as well as related and other provisions. Adds the 2050 Heat Decarbonization Standard Article to the Act, with provisions concerning options for compliance, measures for customer emission reduction, customer emission reductions, tradable clean heat credits, banking of emission reductions, equity in emission reductions, enforcement, the 2050 Heat Decarbonization Pathways Study, gas infrastructure planning, a study on gas utility financial incentive reform, and reporting requirements. Adds the Statewide Navigator Program Law Article to the Act, with provisions concerning creation of a statewide navigator program, as well as related and other provisions. Amends the Energy Transition Act to add electrification industries to clean energy jobs. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2198 STATE CONTRACTS-SMALL BUSINESS Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create a small business financing program to provide low-interest financing to small businesses that secure State contracts to assist with the fulfilment of those contracts. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall, in consultation with State agencies, develop a scorecard for the assessment of bids from businesses that have annual gross sales of less than $15,000,000 as evidenced by the federal income tax return of the business. Makes changes in provisions concerning the advertisement of bids to small businesses. In Committee
SB2473 UTIL-TIME-OF-USE PRICING Creates the Municipal and Cooperative Electric Utility Planning and Transparency Act. Provides that, by November 1, 2025, and by November 1 every 3 years thereafter, all electric cooperatives with members in the State, municipal power agencies, and municipalities shall file with the Illinois Power Agency an integrated resource plan. Sets forth provisions concerning the plan. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Authorizes the Illinois Power Agency to develop capacity procurement plans and conduct competitive procurement processes for the procurement of capacity needed to ensure environmentally sustainable long-term resource adequacy across the State at the lowest cost over time. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Changes the cumulative persisting annual savings goals for electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers for the years of 2025 through 2030. Provides that the cumulative persisting annual savings goals beyond the year 2030 shall increase by 0.9 (rather than 0.6) percentage points per year. Changes the requirements for submitting proposed plans and funding levels to meet savings goals for an electric utility serving more than 500,000 retail customers (rather than serving less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers). Provides that an electric utility that has a tariff approved within one year of the amendatory Act shall also offer at least one market-based, time-of-use rate for eligible retail customers that choose to take power and energy supply service from the utility. Sets forth provisions regarding the Illinois Commerce Commission's powers and duties related to residential time-of-use pricing. Provides that each capacity procurement event may include the procurement of capacity through a mix of contracts with different terms and different initial delivery dates. Sets forth the requirements of prepared capacity procurement plans. Requires each alternative electric supplier to make payment to an applicable electric utility for capacity, receive transfers of capacity credits, report capacity credits procured on its behalf to the applicable regional transmission organization, and submit the capacity credits to the applicable regional transmission organization under that regional transmission organization's rules and procedures. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2120 REVENUE-9-8-8 FUND Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services is authorized to implement and administer the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline system in compliance with the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020, the Federal Communication Commission's rules adopted to administer the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020, and national guidelines for crisis care. Amends the State Finance Act. In provisions concerning the Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund, provides that the Fund is administered by the Department of Human Services. Defines "statewide 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis system". Amends the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act. Increases the rate of tax on interstate and intrastate telecommunications from 7% to 8.65%. Provides that the 1.65% increase in the rate shall be designated as the "statewide 9-8-8 surcharge" and is established to support and enhance the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in compliance with the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020. Sets forth the distribution of proceeds from the tax imposed under the Act. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2413 FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act. Creates the Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Department of Labor. Requires the Division to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program that provides benefits to employees. Provides that the program shall be administered by the Deputy Director of the Division. Sets forth eligibility requirements for benefits under the Act. Provides that a self-employed individual may elect to be covered under the Act. Contains provisions concerning disqualification from benefits; compensation for leave; the amount and duration of benefits; payments for benefits under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund; employer equivalent plans; annual reports by the Department; hearings; penalties; notice; the coordination of leave provided under the Act with leave allowed under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, a collective bargaining agreement, or any local county or municipal ordinance; rulemaking; and other matters. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts certain documents collected by the Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave from the Act's disclosure requirements. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2483 AFN COMMITTEE TELECONFERENCE Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. In provisions regarding the Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee, provides that the Advisory Committee shall comply with all provisions of the Open Meetings Act except that the Advisory Committee is exempt from the provisions that specifically require a quorum of members of a public body to be physically present at the location of an open meeting. Allows Advisory Committee members to attend meetings of the Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee remotely by video or audio conference with all attending members counting toward a quorum, provided there is at least one member in physical attendance at the publicly posted physical location of the meeting. In Committee
SB1618 LIQUOR-DISTILLERIES Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Creates a distillery shipper's license, a class 3 craft distiller license, and a spirits showcase permit. Provides that a class 3 craft distiller license, which may be issued to a distiller or a non-resident dealer, shall allow the manufacture of no more than 100,000 gallons of spirits per year and shall allow the sale of spirits from the class 3 craft distiller's in-state or out-of-state class 3 craft distillery premises to retail licensees, class 3 brewers, and class 3 craft distillers as long as the class 3 craft distiller licensee meets certain requirements. Authorizes a class 3 craft distiller to self-distribute subject to certain requirements and limitations. Provides that a distillery shipper's license shall allow a person with an Illinois distiller license, a craft distiller license, a class 1 craft distiller license, a class 2 craft distiller license, or a class 3 craft distiller license or who is licensed to make spirits under the laws of another state to ship spirits directly to a resident of this State who is 21 years of age or older for that resident's personal use and not for resale. Provides that a spirits showcase permit shall allow an Illinois-licensed distributor to transfer a portion of its spirits inventory from its licensed premises to the premises specified in the spirits showcase permit license; in the case of a class 3 craft distiller, to transfer only spirits the class 3 craft distiller manufactures from its licensed premises to the premises specified in the spirits showcase permit license; and to sell or offer for sale at retail, only in the premises specified in the spirits showcase permit license, the transferred or delivered spirits for on or off premises consumption, but not for resale in any form and to sell to non-licensees not more than 156 fluid ounces of spirits per person. Sets forth provisions concerning licensure application; fees; recordkeeping; and shipping and delivery of spirits. Preempts home rule powers. Makes conforming and other changes. In Committee
SB1298 SNAP E&T PGRAM-PUBLIC COLLEGE Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment Number 2 with the following changes: Provides that beginning March 1, 2028 (rather than March 1, 2026) any undergraduate program of study that serves low-income students at a public institution of higher education shall be considered equivalent to an acceptable SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) program component, unless prohibited by federal law. In a provision requiring the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board to submit to the Department of Human Services specified data on the percentage of students receiving Pell or Monetary Award Program grants, changes the reporting date to on or before January 1, 2028, and every year thereafter (rather than on or before January 1, 2026, and every 3 years thereafter). Changes the reporting date by which public colleges and universities may elect to submit specified data on the income status of graduate students to January 1 of a given year, and every year thereafter (rather than January 1 of a given year, and every 3 years thereafter). In a provision requiring the Department of Human Services to publish an updated list of the programs of study that serve low-income students at public colleges and universities, requires the Department to publish the list beginning March 1, 2028 (rather than March 1, 2026), and every March 1 thereafter. Provides that rulemaking shall not delay the full implementation of the amendatory changes. Effective immediately. Crossed Over
SJR0025 MENOPAUSE AWARENESS WEEK Declares October 12 through October 18, 2025 as Menopause Awareness Week in the State of Illinois. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB2507 PARENTAGE-EQUALITY Specifies that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Equality for Every Family Act. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Declares it to be the public policy of Illinois that a child has the same rights and protections under law to parentage without regard to the marital status, age, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation of their parents, or the circumstances of the child's birth, including whether the child was born as a result of assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Changes the burden of proof for challenging a presumption of parentage from clear and convincing evidence to a preponderance of the evidence. Provides that a person who gave birth to a child and an alleged genetic parent of the child, a presumed parent under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, or an intended parent under the assisted reproduction provisions may sign an acknowledgment of parentage to establish the parentage of the child. Prohibits genetic testing from being used to: (i) challenge the parentage of a person who is a parent by assisted reproduction under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 or the Gestational Surrogacy Act; or (ii) establish the parentage of a person who is a donor. Changes the venue provisions for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage and the related notice provisions in such a proceeding. Provides that an individual who consents to assisted reproduction with the intent to be a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction is a parent of the child. Amends the Illinois Gestational Surrogacy Act. Contains provisions describing the consequences if a change in the martial status of a surrogate occurs. Sets out provisions concerning the termination of a gestational surrogacy agreement. Amends the Adoption Act. Provides a process for a confirmatory adoption for children born through assisted reproduction. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2642 $ISBE-PREPACKAGED MEALS Appropriates $18,000,000 to the State Board of Education for costs associated with implementing a statewide master contract for prepackaged meals. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB1587 CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act and the Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, the Illinois State Police shall submit to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, or provide to the Authority through a web-based portal, specified information concerning homicides on a quarterly basis. Requires the Authority to study and compile the information and, on a quarterly basis, publish the information on the Authority's public website in a form determined by the Authority. In Committee
HB3711 PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Defines "reportable misconduct" as specified sexual and violent misconduct. Requires health professionals and health institutions to report reportable misconduct to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Sets forth provisions concerning time lines for reporting, contents of the report, and confidentiality. Permits the Department to adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce the reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, rules that define terms and are necessary and appropriate to interpret and implement provisions concerning health professionals and health institutions. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall make a report to the Department within 30 days after opening an investigation into, making an arrest of, or bringing charges of a felony or Class A misdemeanor violation against a person who is licensed or registered by the Department. Provides that the State's Attorney shall report to the Department within 5 days after the conviction for a felony or Class A misdemeanor of a person who is licensed or registered by the Department. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Adds reporting requirements for specified serious incidents or events. Creates the Sexual Assault Survivors Fund. Makes changes in provisions concerning the posting of information; reports to the Department; penalties for failure to comply with the Act; and patient protection from abuse. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Amends the Illinois Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Law of 2005. Makes changes in provisions concerning the establishment of a reporting system. Amends various Acts pertaining to health professionals and health institutions. Adds the failure to report reportable misconduct to the causes that allow the Department to take disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as deemed appropriate by the Department with regard to a license. Makes conforming and other changes. Crossed Over
SB1300 UNIFORM CRIME REPORT-HOMICIDES Amends the Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall publish monthly on its website, and submit to the Illinois State Police in a form, manner, and frequency as required by the Illinois State Police, the following information that occurred in the law enforcement agency's jurisdiction: (1) how many homicides occurred in a month based on the time of death of a victim; (2) how many of the homicides had an alleged perpetrator arrested and charged; and (3) how many homicides are considered cleared or closed for a reason other than the arrest and charging of an alleged perpetrator. Provides that information required to be published on a law enforcement agency's website must be published on the website by the end of the month following the reporting month. Effective January 1, 2026. In Committee
SR0013 HINDU AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Declares the month of October 2025 as Hindu American Heritage Month in the State of Illinois. In Committee
SR0258 JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Declares May 2025 as Jewish American Heritage Month in the State of Illinois. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR0231 CONGRATS-CHIEF S. STEWART Congratulates Police Chief Schenita Stewart of the Evanston Police Department on being named the 2025 Police Chief of the Year by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police (ILACP). Thanks her for her service to the residents of Evanston and Cook County. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3751 DCEO-EMPLOY SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, in addition to other activities, the Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment shall provide assistance to employment social enterprises. Defines "employment social enterprise". Crossed Over
SB2105 BENEFITS EXCHANGE EASY ENROLL Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Provides that the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange shall allow a special enrollment period for an uninsured taxpayer and the uninsured taxpayer's qualified dependents, if applicable, if the uninsured taxpayer requested health insurance benefit information through the easy enrollment program under the Illinois Income Tax Act and the uninsured taxpayer and the uninsured taxpayer's qualified dependents, if applicable, are eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan through the Exchange. Establishes notification requirements for the Exchange. Provides that the uninsured taxpayer and the uninsured taxpayer's dependents shall have 60 days from the date of the letter to select and enroll in a qualified health plan. Provides that coverage shall be effective the first day of the month that follows the plan selection. Grants the Department of Insurance and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services rulemaking authority to implement an easy enrollment special enrollment period. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2420 EMS-OPIOID OVERDOSE REPORTS Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. In provisions concerning opioid overdose reporting, provides that overdose information reported by a covered vehicle service provider shall not be used in an opioid use-related criminal investigation, prosecution, welfare checks, or warrant checks of the individual who was treated by the covered vehicle service provider personnel for experiencing the suspected or actual overdose. Provides that any misuse of the information reported by a covered vehicle service provider shall result in, but is not limited to, the Department of Transportation reporting misuse to the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Overdose Detection Mapping Application or similar technology platform. Permits the Department of Health to adopt rules to set forth standards under which misuse of access may be reported to the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Overdose Detection Map or similar platform based on misuse or misconduct by a covered vehicle service provider or other individual or entity at the discretion of the Department. Provides that no data that allows for or creates a risk of identification of an individual or individuals experiencing a suspected or actual overdose treated by the covered vehicle service provider personnel shall be submitted to the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Overdose Detection Mapping Application or Similar technology platform. Provides that covered vehicle service provider personnel may report overdose surveillance through an identified technology platform for the use of overdose surveillance under exceptions to HIPAA and the reported data shall only be used to support public safety and public health efforts. Sets forth additional provisions concerning requirements for the Department concerning opioid overdose reporting. In Committee
SB2401 WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT Creates the Wetlands Protection Act. Provides that no person may discharge dredged or fill material into a State jurisdictional wetland except with a permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources. Exempts certain activities from the requirements of the Act. Sets forth procedures for individual permit applications and other related procedural requirements. Provides that the Department shall not issue an individual permit unless the Environmental Protection Agency certifies to the Department that there will not be a violation of State water quality standards. Provides that the Department may issue an after-the-fact permit in certain emergency circumstances. Sets forth financial assurance requirements. Authorizes the Department to adopt general permits under the Act. Provides that any person who intends to conduct a regulated activity may do so in accordance with a general permit issued by the Department, which pre-authorizes a category of activities with minimal adverse effects. Provides procedures and requirements regarding preconstruction notifications. Provides that certain entities may establish and operate a mitigation bank or in lieu fee program. Describes procedures and requirements for mitigation banks. Grants the Department rulemaking powers. Provides that the Department shall prepare certain reports and studies. Provides for the review of final decisions of the Department. Provides for investigations by the Department and enforcement by a State's Attorney or the Attorney General. Provides for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation, with interest after judgment, and with certain costs, fees, and expenses, payable to the Wetlands Protection Fund. Provides that any person may file a complaint with the Illinois Pollution Control Board concerning a violation of the Act, a rule adopted under the Act, a condition of a permit issued under the Act, or an order of the Pollution Control Board issued under the Act. Provides for county and special district stormwater program authorities to control or regulate activities in any wetlands within their jurisdiction. Establishes the Wetlands Protection Fund. Provides that a permit review fee for all permit applications is to be set by the Department by rule. Makes corresponding changes to the State Finance Act. Makes findings. Defines terms. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1420 LOCAL HEALTH DEPT-RMSF Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules requiring a local health department to make public announcements for the purpose of informing the general public when a positive case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is detected within a county or area under the local health department's jurisdiction. Crossed Over
SB2036 SCH CD-OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME Amends the School Code. Creates the Out-of-School Time (OST) Advisory Council for the purpose of providing information and advice to the Governor and State agencies regarding State and federal policy and funding issues affecting out of school time programs. Sets forth membership, co-chairperson's and meetings. Provides that the OST Advisory Council shall: (1) provide information on the status of funding provided for OST programs in each fiscal year; (2) provide recommendations on legislative and administrative action needed to ensure that funding for before and after school programs is allocated promptly to qualified providers of OST programs; (3) provide information on the quality of services and accountability measures that are appropriate for school-age children and youth; (4) provide information regarding challenges faced by OST programs that impede the provision of the best possible services; (5) provide recommendations on the equitable reach of OST programs to ensure that the State has policies in place that promote access to the children and youth most in need of services; (6) make recommendations to the Governor and State agencies on reporting requirements, priority points, statewide evaluation, and licensure for OST programs; and (7) create and deliver to the Governor and General Assembly an annual report on statewide successes in OST and areas of growth for the future. In Committee
SB1802 CONCEALED CARRY-FOREST PSRV Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a forest preserve district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into any botanic garden, swimming pool, grounds of a swimming pool, athletic venue, picnic grove, nature center, grounds of a nature center, pavilion, grounds of a pavilion, golf course, driving range, adventure course, grounds of an adventure course, zipline building, grounds of a zipline, equestrian center, grounds of an equestrian center, exercise venue, grounds of an exercise venue, or any public or private gathering or special event conducted on property that requires the issuance of a permit. Exempts a forest preserve district from the posting of a sign that states that the carrying of firearms is prohibited. Deletes language providing that a licensee under the Act shall not knowingly carry a firearm on any real property under the control of the Cook County Forest Preserve District. Defines "grounds". In Committee
SR0105 TARDIVE DYSKINESIA AWARE WEEK Declares May 4 through May 10, 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week (TDAW) in the State of Illinois. Expresses support for TDAW in recognition of the importance of early detection and intervention to improve outcomes for people living with mental health conditions and prescribed antipsychotics. Expresses support towards efforts to raise awareness about the causes and symptoms of tardive dyskinesia (TD) and the importance of routine TD screening. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR0100 COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK Declares the week of May 4 through May 10, 2025 as "Compost Awareness Week". Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB2637 $DPH-HIV/AIDS Provides legislative findings. Appropriates specified amounts to the Department of Public Health for grants, expenses, and administrative costs of programs relating to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus; the Getting to Zero-Illinois plan to end the HIV epidemic by 2030; the prevention, screening, and treatment services to address sexually transmitted infection cases; and the PrEP4Illinois Program to provide client navigation for pre-exposure prophylaxis services and medication access. Contains other provisions. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SR0116 EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE States that the new Department of Early Childhood and its planning process should prioritize appropriate attention to the facilities needs of our State's mixed-delivery system of early care and education. Additionally states that the State should move expeditiously to award its remaining Early Childhood Construction Grant monies to qualified applicants, to assist providers of critical birth-to-five programs in meeting their growing building-and-repair demands. Finally states that the State should also move as quickly as feasible to replenish Early Childhood Construction Grant resources to help Illinois achieve the long-term vision of the bipartisan Funding Commission for making services "simpler, better, fairer" for young children, their families, and communities statewide. In Committee
SR0265 WADEE DAY Declares September 21, 2025 as Wadee Day in the State of Illinois to inspire individuals to work together to make the world a more peaceful place. Mourns the passing of Wadee Alfayoumi. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB2295 DCEO-EMPLOY SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may enter into contracts, including, but not limited to, making grants and loans, with employment social enterprises. Defines terms. In Committee
SB1603 INS-BEHAVIORIAL HEALTH Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, shall not impose any prior authorization or utilization management controls on covered behavioral health services. Makes conforming changes to the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Insurance and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a process for receiving complaints from providers and covered individuals for violations of the mandate. Grants the Department of Insurance and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services the authority to issue cease and desist orders and administrative fines. Amends the Prior Authorization Reform Act. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt rules consistent with the Act. Provisions amending the Prior Authorization Reform Act are effective immediately. In Committee
SR0233 CONGRATS-IEC Congratulates the Illinois Environmental Council and its more than 130 affiliate members on the organization's 50th anniversary. Thanks IEC affiliate members, staff, and volunteers over the years for their collective efforts to safeguard Illinois, its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems. In Committee
SR0123 HUMAN SERVICES-REIMBURSEMENT Urges the State to increase reimbursement rates, state grants and contracts, and the minimum overhead allowance to meet the rising costs of providing essential human services in Illinois and support the workers who deliver those services. In Committee
SB2617 $AGING-FAMILY CAREGIVER Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for distribution to Area Agencies on Aging for services provided under the Family Caregiver Act. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB1622 LIQUOR-VARIOUS Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Increases the self-distribution limit for class 3 brewers that meet certain requirements to not more than 77,500 (instead of 6,200) gallons of beer from each in-state or out-of-state class 3 brewery premises, which shall not exceed 232,500 (instead of 18,600) gallons annually in the aggregate, that is manufactured at a wholly owned class 3 brewer's in-state or out-of-state licensed premises to retail licensees and class 3 brewers and to certain brewers, class 1 brewers, and class 2 brewers. Provides that a special event retailer's license (not-for-profit) shall allow the licensee to sell and offer for sale, at retail, alcoholic liquors for consumption on or off the premises specified in the license (instead of for use or consumption), but not for resale in any form and only at the location and on the specific dates designated for the special event in the license. Provides that, subject to certain conditions, a special use permit license shall allow the sale or offering for sale of certain transferred or delivered alcoholic liquor at retail for consumption on or off the premises specified in the license. Provides that a retail licensee or manufacturer with retail privileges may operate a loyalty program, reward program, or mug club for alcoholic liquors the retailer or manufacturer with retail privileges is licensed to sell so long as the price of the product is not below the retail licensee's or manufacturer with retail privileges' costs. Provides that a retail licensee or licensed manufacturer with retail privileges may offer incentives to consumers for participation in a rewards program, loyalty program, or mug club. Set forth further provisions concerning rewards programs, loyalty programs, and mug clubs. Makes conforming and other changes. In Committee
SB1662 ELEC CD-VOTERS PER PRECINCT Amends the Election Code. Provides that the County Board in each county, except in counties having a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over, shall, at its regular meeting in June or an adjourned meeting in July, divide its election precincts so that each precinct shall contain, as near as may be practicable, 1,800 registered voters (rather than 1,200 registered voters). Provides that the Board of Election Commissioners shall change the boundaries of election precincts after each decennial census as soon as is practicable following the completion of congressional and legislative redistricting and such precincts shall contain as nearly as practicable 1,800 registered voters (rather than 1,200 registered voters if the precinct is located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants; or 1,800 registered voters if the precinct is located in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants). Makes conforming changes. In Committee
SB1655 JUV CT-FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL Amends the Delinquent Minors Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Adds a Part concerning Fitness to Stand Trial. Specifies the unfitness standard for a minor. Sets forth procedures to raise the issue of the unfitness of a minor. Specifies the burden of proof and a presumption. Provides requirements for a fitness evaluation and hearing to determine the fitness of a minor. Provides the requirements for the services to attain fitness, the period to obtain fitness, initial and subsequent progress reports, periodic hearings, and in-court assistance to render a minor fit. Specifies time credit and sentencing guidelines for a minor who attains fitness. Provides for the legal disposition of a minor if fitness cannot be attained. Contains other provisions. Contains a severability provision. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB2438 SCH CD-RADON TESTING Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning radon testing, provides that every school building of a school district that is occupied or will be occupied shall be tested by January 1, 2029 and shall be retested every 5 years thereafter for radon (instead of recommending that every occupied school building of a school district be tested every 5 years for radon). Provides that all new schools of a school district shall be built using radon resistant new construction techniques in accordance with the American National Standards Institute/American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists CC-1000, Soil Gas Control Systems in New Construction of Multifamily, School, Commercial and Mixed-Use Buildings standard or a successor standard (instead of recommending that new schools of a school district be built using radon resistant new construction techniques, as shown in the United States Environmental Protection Agency document, Radon Prevention in the Design and Construction of Schools and Other Large Buildings). Removes a provision allowing a person to perform radon screening tests without a license. Makes changes concerning the exemption. Provides that if radon is found to exceed specified levels, then the school district shall (instead of may) hire a licensed radon professional to perform confirmatory measurements (instead of to perform measurements before any mitigation decisions are made). Sets forth provisions concerning mitigation. Provides that a school district may use life safety funds, if available, for radon testing and mitigation. Preempts home rule powers. In Committee
SB2260 CHILD CARE BACKGROUND CHECK Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that day care homes, group day care homes, and day care centers may hire on a probationary basis any employee or volunteer who authorizes a criminal background investigation and who meets the initial requirements set out by the Department of Children and Family Services or the Department of Early Childhood and any applicable federal laws or regulations. Provides that, pending completion of all of the background check requirements, the probationary employee or volunteer must be supervised at all times by an individual who received a qualifying result on all background check components. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2272 PROCUREMENT-SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that each chief procurement officer has the authority to designate as employment social enterprises set-asides a fair proportion of construction, supply, and service contracts for award to employment social enterprises in the State. Sets forth provisions administering employment social enterprises set-asides. In Committee
SB1788 FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Eliminates the felony murder provisions from the first degree murder statute. Provides that a person commits second degree murder when he or she, acting alone or with one or more participants, commits or attempts to commit a forcible felony, other than first degree murder, and in the course of or in furtherance of the crime or flight from the crime, he or she or another participant causes the death of a person, other than one of the participants. In Committee
SB2186 AGRI-FOOD INFRA INV TF Creates the Agri-Food Infrastructure Investment Task Force Act. Makes findings and declares a purpose. Creates the Agri-Food Infrastructure Investment Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the creation and development of locally produced food sources as an alternative use for the land designated for the South Suburban Airport, with certain other requirements. Lists the members of the Task Force, with certain other requirements. Provides for exemptions from certain training, disclosure, filing, and physical meeting requirements. Provides that Task Force members shall serve without compensation. Provides that the University of Illinois Extension shall provide administrative and technical support for the Task Force. Requires submission of a final report no later than December 31, 2026, after which, the Task Force is dissolved. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1425 AI USE IN HEALTH INSURANCE ACT Creates the Artificial Intelligence Systems Use in Health Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Insurance's regulatory oversight of insurers includes oversight of an insurer's use of AI systems to make or support adverse determinations that affect consumers. Provides that any insurer authorized to operate in the State is subject to review by the Department in an investigation or market conduct action regarding the development, implementation, and use of AI systems or predictive models and the outcomes from the use of those AI systems or predictive models. Provides that an insurer authorized to do business in Illinois shall not issue an adverse consumer outcome with regard to the denial, reduction, or termination of insurance plans or benefits that result solely from the use or application of any AI system or predictive model. Provides that any decision-making process for the denial, reduction, or termination of insurance plans or benefits that results from the use of AI systems or predictive models shall be meaningfully reviewed, in accordance with review procedures determined by Department rules, by an individual with authority to override the AI systems and determinations. Authorizes the Department to adopt emergency rules to implement the Act and to adopt rules concerning standards for full and fair disclosure of an insurer's use of AI systems. Makes a conforming change in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. In Committee
SB0262 TABLETING&ENCAPSULAT MACHINE Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to possess, purchase, deliver, sell, or possess with intent to sell a tableting machine or encapsulating machine knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the Act. Provides that a violation is a Class 3 felony. Defines "encapsulating machine" and "tableting machine". In Committee
SB1196 LOBBYISTS-FEE WAIVER Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Directs the Secretary of State to grant a waiver of the lobbyist registration fee for any not-for-profit entity with total expenses of less than $1,000,000 in the most recent fiscal year that is classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including a waiver for any lobbyist that exclusively lobbies on behalf of such an entity. In Committee
SB2259 HEALTH CARE GENERATIVE AI USE Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Defines terms. Provides that a health facility, clinic, physician's office, or office of a group practice that uses generative artificial intelligence to generate written or verbal patient communications pertaining to patient clinical information shall ensure that the communications meet certain criteria. Provides that a communication that is generated by generative artificial intelligence and read and reviewed by a human licensed or certified health care provider is not subject to the amendatory provisions. Provides that a violation of the amendatory provisions by a licensed health facility or a licensed clinic is subject to penalties as implemented by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation by rule. Provides that a violation of the amendatory provisions by a physician is subject to penalties as determined by the Illinois State Medical Board. In Committee
SB1328 NON-APPROVED SMOKE DETECTOR Amends the Smoke Detector Act. Bans the selling, offering for sale, or giving as a gift a smoke detector that is not designed to receive primary power from the building wiring or does not meet certain battery requirements set forth in the Act. Specifies that a person who violates this requirement is guilty of a petty offense and is subject to a fine. In Committee
SB2624 $DHS-2-1-1 SERVICES Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for Statewide 211. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB2486 CLEAN&EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION Creates the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act, and establishes the Metropolitan Mobility Authority. Provides that the Chicago Transit Authority, the Commuter Rail Division and the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, and the Regional Transportation Authority are consolidated into the Metropolitan Mobility Authority and the Service Boards are abolished, instead creating the Suburban Bus Operating Division, Commuter Rail Operating Division, and the Chicago Transit Operating Division. Reinserts, reorganizes, and changes some provisions from the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and the Regional Transportation Authority Act into the new Act and repeals those Acts. Includes provisions about the operation of the Metropolitan Mobility Authority. Creates the Equitable Transit-Supportive Development Act. Establishes the Office of Transit-Oriented Development. Provides that the Office and the Fund are to aid transit-supportive development near high-quality transit by providing specified funding to municipalities that have adopted the standards in the transit support overlay district for that area or that have adopted zoning and other changes that the Office determines have benefits greater than or equal to such a District, including transit support overlay districts. Includes provisions relating to Office standards, procedures, and reports. Creates the Zero-Emission Vehicle Act. Provides that all on-road vehicles purchased or leased by a governmental unit on or after January 1, 2029 must be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle, repowered zero-emission vehicle, manufactured near zero-emission vehicle, or repowered near zero-emission vehicle. Provides that on and after January 1, 2034, all on-road vehicles purchased or leased by a governmental unit must be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle or repowered zero-emission vehicle. Provides that, by January 1, 2049, all on-road vehicles operated by a governmental unit must be a manufactured or repowered zero-emission vehicle. Sets forth provisions implementing the Act, including requiring the Department of Central Management Services to adopt certain rules. Amends various Acts, Laws, and Codes to make conforming changes for the new Acts and to make other changes. Provides that some provisions are effective immediately. In Committee
SB0030 WASH MACHINE-MICROFIBER FILTER Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2030, no person shall sell or offer for sale in the State a new washing machine for residential, commercial, or State use unless the washing machine: (1) contains a microfiber filtration system with a mesh size of not greater than 100 micrometers; and (2) bears a conspicuous label that is visible to the consumer, in the form of a sticker or any other label type, that includes a specified statement. Provides that a person or entity who violates this prohibition shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for a first violation and not to exceed $30,000 for each subsequent violation. In Committee
SR0158 EQUAL PAY DAY Declares March 25, 2025 as Equal Pay Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0122 RIGHT TO REPAIR Creates the Right to Repair Act. Provides that every manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a specified wholesale price or direct sales price shall make service and repair facilities available to owners of the product. Provides that the manufacturer shall make available to service and repair facilities and service dealers sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms, to effect the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a product for a specified period after the last date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the period exceeds the warranty period for the product. Provides that a service and repair facility or service dealer that is not an authorized repair provider of a manufacturer shall provide a written notice to any customer seeking repair of an electronic or appliance product before the repair facility or service dealer repairs the product that informs the customer that it is not an authorized repair provider for the product and shall disclose if it uses any used replacement parts or replacement parts provided by a supplier other than the manufacturer of the product. Provides that no manufacturer or authorized repair provider shall be liable for any damage or injury caused to any electronic or appliance product, person, or property that occurs as a result of repair, diagnosis, maintenance, or modification performed by a service dealer or owner. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a manufacturer that provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement electronic or appliance product at no charge to the customer. Provides for limitations of the Act. Provides for civil penalties. Effective July 1, 2026. In Committee
SB1327 INS-HEALTH PARITY/DISABILITY Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that every insurer that amends, delivers, issues, or renews a group or individual policy or certificate of disability insurance or disability income insurance shall ensure parity for the payment of mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions. Changes the definition of "treatment limitation" to include benefit payments under disability insurance or disability income insurance. In Committee
SB1223 FAIR PATIENT BILLING Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that medical creditors and debt collectors are prohibited from communicating with a patient regarding unpaid charges for the purpose of seeking to collect the charges and initiating a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding against the patient regarding the unpaid charges while an appeal of a health insurance decision is pending or was pending within 180 days. Sets forth provisions concerning medical debt interest under a reasonable payment plan, the applicable interest rate for judgments on medical debt, the effect of medical debt forgiveness on the contractual relationship between the medical creditor and the insurer or payor, and the applicability of the provisions. In Committee
SB0055 INS CD-MENTAL HEALTH PARITY Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Establishes reimbursement rates for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for all group or individual policies of accident and health insurance or managed care plans that are amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 or for any contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer. Requires a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 or any contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer to cover certain medically necessary mental health and substance use disorder treatment services. Provides that, if the Department of Insurance determines that an insurer or a contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer has violated a provision concerning mental health and substance use parity, the Department shall by order assess a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation. Excludes certain health care plans serving Medicaid populations who are enrolled under the Illinois Public Aid Code or under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act from provisions concerning mental health and substance use parity. Requires the Department to review the impact of the proposed mental health and substance abuse mandate on network adequacy for mental health and substance use disorder treatment and access to affordable mental health and substance use care. Permits the Department to examine out-of-network utilization and out-of-pocket costs for insureds for mental health and substance use treatment and services for all plans to compare with in-network utilization. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the School Code to require coverage under those provisions. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB0086 CD CORR-PAROLE-25 YRS Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a committed person who has attained the age of 55 years and served at least 25 consecutive years of incarceration, excluding any person sentenced to natural life imprisonment for a Class X felony violation of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, or predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, shall be eligible to submit a petition to the Prisoner Review Board seeking parole. Specifies factors that the Board must consider as shown by the petition or as shown at the hearing. Provides that victims and victims' families shall be notified in a timely manner and be provided the opportunity to participate at the parole hearing concerning the petitioner's application for parole under this provision in accordance with the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, the Open Parole Hearings Act, and this provision. Provides that Prisoner Review Board hearings under this provision shall be conducted by a panel of at least 3 members of the Board and a majority vote of the panel is required to grant the petition and release the petitioner on parole. Provides that the Board shall render its decision within a reasonable time after the hearing. Provides that when the panel votes to deny parole, a rationale shall be prepared by at least one member of the panel that states the basis for the denial, including the primary factors considered. Provides that in its decision, the Board shall set the person's time for parole or if it denies parole, it shall provide for a rehearing no later than 3 years after denial of parole. Provides that this provision applies retroactively to all persons serving any sentence that was or is imposed before, on, or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, and the period of incarceration for eligibility of each such person to submit a petition for parole is based on all previous consecutive years of incarceration served by that person before, on, and after the effective date of the amendatory Act. In Committee
SB0167 PFAS-CHILD PRODUCTS Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State a juvenile product if the product or a product component contains intentionally added PFAS. Provides for enforcement. Exempts from the Act's requirements products that are federally preempted, products already regulated by the Act, used products, prosthetic or orthotic devices, and any medical device or drug used in a medical setting or in medical applications regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Defines terms. In Committee
SB1651 PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Expands the definition of "developmental disability" to include a disability attributable to Prader-Willi syndrome. Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Expands the definition of "severe and multiple impairments" to include a substantial disability attributable to Prader-Willi syndrome. Exempts persons diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome from any assessment or evaluation to measure cognitive functioning or IQ for purposes of making determinations on whether such persons have severe and multiple impairments eligible for home and community-based services for persons with developmental disabilities. Amends the Statute on Statutes. Provides that, except where the context indicates otherwise: (i) in any rule, contract, or other document the term "developmental disability" shall include a disability attributable to Prader-Willi syndrome; and (ii) whenever there is a reference in any Act to "development disability" the term shall be construed to include a disability attributable to Prader-Willi syndrome. In Committee
SB1693 COM COL-CHICAGO-ELECT BOARD Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for the election (rather than appointment) of the board of trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago beginning with the 2027 consolidated election. Provides that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 trustee districts by the General Assembly for seats on the board of trustees, in addition to one at-large trustee. Makes related changes. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1468 TOWNSHIP CD-PUBLIC SAFETY LEVY Amends the Township Code. Authorizes funds generated through a levy on property located in a special police district in an unincorporated area of a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants to be used to provide for public safety in unincorporated areas of the township. Prohibits the levied funds from being used to pay for (i) any portion of a school resource officer's wages or to facilitate any agreement with any law enforcement agency to hire a school resource officer or (ii) any portion of a red light camera, speed camera, or automated license plate reader. Defines "public safety" and "resource officer". Effective immediately. In Committee
SB1979 SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Employment Security shall create a self-employment assistance program to provide benefits to individuals who are working to start a business in the State and who are otherwise eligible to receive benefits under the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that a participant in the program shall be deemed to be actively engaged in seeking work as required under the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that benefits paid to a participant in the program are considered to be benefits paid under the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Employment Security shall adopt rules to implement and administer the program. In Committee
SB2402 NEW OCCUPATION REGULATION Creates the PRIOR Act. Defines terms. Provides that a Pre-Regulatory Impact Assessment shall be completed and presented to the General Assembly before legislation creating a new occupational regulation, expanding the scope of practice of a licensed occupation, or increasing the personal qualification for an occupational regulation can be voted on by a committee or the General Assembly. Provides that, on or before the first day of the General Assembly's legislative session, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Chair of each relevant committee shall assign to the relevant committee or legislative staff the responsibility to analyze legislation creating a new occupational regulation, expanding the scope of practice of a licensed occupation, or increasing the personal qualifications for an occupational regulation and the accompanying Pre-Regulatory Impact Application submitted by proponents of the legislation. Provides that the designated staff are responsible for (i) reviewing legislation that requires a Pre-Regulatory Impact Assessment to ensure the least restrictive regulation is being proposed and (ii) preparing a Pre-Regulatory Impact Assessment that shall be considered with the legislation by the General Assembly. Provides that a proponent of a piece of legislation shall submit a Pre-Regulation Impact Application to the designated staff. Sets forth requirements for an application. Sets forth actions that designated staff may take. Sets forth a temporary moratorium on the creation of new occupational regulations. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2251 HUMAN RTS-LANGUAGE CITIZENSHIP Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Changes the Public Accommodations and Financial Credit Articles to prohibit discrimination on the basis of citizenship, primary language, or immigration status that includes discrimination against a person because of the person's actual or perceived characteristic or characteristics within the listed categories or that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any particular characteristic or characteristics within the listed categories. "Citizenship" means the status of being: (i) a born U.S. citizen; (ii) a naturalized U.S. citizen; or (iii) a U.S. national. "Immigration status" means citizenship of some country other than the United States, including stateless persons, and the specific authority, or lack thereof, to reside in or otherwise to be present in the United States. "Primary language" means a person's preferred language for communication. Provides that it is not a civil rights violation to verify immigration status or any discrimination based upon verified immigration status if required by federal law. Nothing in the Act may be construed to require the provision of services or documents in a language other than English beyond that which is otherwise required by other provisions of federal, State, or local law. Provides that a civil rights violation for a violation of Articles 4 and 5 may include statutory damages of 3 times the amount of actual damages sustained or $8,000, whichever is the greater. In Committee
SB1696 IMMUNITY CHILD WELFARE AGENCIE Creates the Temporary Immunity for Child Welfare Agencies Act. Creates immunity from civil liability for a licensed child welfare agency that provides service for youth in foster care for a 2-year period unless the agency's acts or omissions constitute willful and wanton conduct. Provides that the immunity extends to the agency's employees, volunteers, and agents acting within the scope of their employment. Defines a "child welfare agency" to mean a public or private child care facility that receives a child or children for the purpose of placing or arranging for the placement or free care of the child or children in foster family homes, unlicensed pre-adoptive and adoptive homes, adoption-only homes, or other facilities for child care apart from the custody of the child's or children's parents. The term "child welfare agency" includes (i) all agencies established and maintained by a municipality or other political subdivision of the State to protect, guard, train or care for children outside their own homes; and (ii) all agencies, persons, groups of persons, organizations, corporations, institutions, centers, or group providing adoption services but does not include a circuit court, appointed juvenile probation officer, or youth counselor of the court who receive and place children under an order of the court. Creates the Child Welfare Agency Liability Task Force to develop and recommend a permanent solution to address the unavailability of liability insurance for child welfare agencies in the State. Requires that the Task Force submit its first report to the General Assembly no later than December 26, 2026. Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2205 EPA-UST FUND-DEDUCTIBLES Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision concerning the conditions for payment from the Underground Storage Tank Fund, provides that, in the case of any approved plan and budget for which payment is being sought, the Environmental Protection Agency shall make a payment determination within 120 days of receipt of both the complete application for payment and the report documenting completion of the activities approved in the plan, whichever is received later (rather than within 120 days after receipt of the application). Provides that, for underground storage tank releases reported before June 8, 2010, an owner or operator may access the Underground Storage Tank Fund for costs that are associated with an Agency-approved plan and that are incurred after the effective date of the amendatory Act after application of a $10,000 deductible (now, other deductibles are owed in some circumstances). Provides that the deductible shall be reduced by any deductible amount applied to costs incurred before the effective date of the amendatory Act. In Committee
SB2294 HEALTH CARE VIOLENCE PREVENT Amends the Health Care Violence Prevention Act. Makes changes to defined terms. In provisions concerning workplace safety, provides that a health care worker may not be discouraged from contacting law enforcement or the Department of Public Health regarding workplace violence, and a health care provider may not hold a policy that limits such contact. Adds additional requirements to the workplace violence prevention program, including reporting requirements and identifying the need for additional security and alarms, adequate exit routes, monitoring systems, barrier protections, lighting, entry procedures, and systems to identify and flag persons who have previously committed violent acts in the health care provider space. Sets forth provisions concerning violent incident investigations, and recordkeeping and reporting requirements for health care providers regarding violent incidents. Establishes penalties for failure to comply with the Act. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from public disclosure workplace violence records maintained by health care providers as required under a specified provision of the Health Care Violence Prevention Act. In Committee
SB2204 MEDICAID-ICF/DD PAYMENTS Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for dates of service starting July 1, 2025, reimbursement calculations and direct payment for services provided by facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act are the responsibility of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services instead of the Department of Human Services. Requires appropriations for the facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act to be shifted from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that nothing shall prohibit the Department of Healthcare and Family Services from paying more than the rates specified in the Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to work with the Department of Human Services to study and review the reimbursement calculations and direct payments for facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act and for facilities licensed under the MC/DD Act. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB2419 HUMAN RIGHTS-EMPLOYMENT Amends the Human Rights Act. Adds to the definition of "harassment" in the Employment Article to include "reproductive health decisions" that is covered under the Act. Provides that an employer is responsible for harassment and sexual harassment of the employer's employees by the employer's nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees, nonemployees, and third parties only if the employer becomes aware of the conduct and fails to take reasonable corrective measures. Provides that a "third party" includes, but is not limited to, customers, clients, vendors, or other visitors. In Committee
SB1910 SCH CD-TWICE-EXCEPTIONAL CHILD Amends the School Code. Provides that in the development of an individual education program (IEP) or Section 504 plan for a twice-exceptional child, if the child's ability or achievement indicates that the student would benefit from advanced academic programs, then those abilities or achievement levels shall be the primary focus of the child's IEP or Section 504 plan and be reflected in the individualized services, goals, and objectives for the child. Defines "twice-exceptional child". Effective immediately. In Committee
SB2071 MHDD-OIG INVESTIGATIONS Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes changes to a provision concerning initial Department of Human Services investigations of a facility employee's alleged abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of a recipient of mental health or developmental disability services. Expands the provision to include allegations of material obstruction of an investigation, physical abuse, sexual abuse, non-de minimis financial exploitation (such as financial exploitation totaling a cumulative value equal to or greater than $100), or egregious neglect. Adds provisions concerning Department investigations where a facility employee is the perpetrator of, at most, neglect, de minimis financial exploitation (such as financial exploitation totaling a cumulative value of less than $100), or mental abuse. In Committee
SB1737 DHFS-MCO-DURABLE MED EQUIPMENT Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to require Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse at no less than 100% of the Medical Assistance program's Durable Medical Equipment fee schedule for the same service or item of durable medical equipment, complex rehab technology, prosthetics, orthotics, or supplies. Provides that the reimbursement requirement shall also apply to a Medicaid managed care organization's subcontractors and third-party administrators. Provides that the Department has the authority to implement the reimbursement requirement on and after July 1, 2025 and prior to the completion of any regulatory process undertaken in order to effect such change. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB1582 EPA-APPLIANCE STANDARDS Creates the Appliance Standards Act. Directs the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to adopt minimum efficiency standards for covered products. Provides for testing, certification, and labeling of covered products. Contains provisions concerning enforcement of the Act's requirements. Provides for administrative rulemaking by the Agency. Makes findings. Defines terms. In Committee
SB1478 REGULATION-TECH Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. In Committee
SB1477 HEALTH-TECH Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. In Committee
SB1479 STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Human Services. In Committee
SB1476 SAFETY-TECH Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. In Committee
SB1341 FINANCE-TECH Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rules and regulations for the establishment and continuation of narrowly tailored sheltered markets. In Committee
SB1280 COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the first full week of May is designated as Compost Awareness Week to be observed throughout the State as a week to recognize and promote the importance of composting and the use of compost in growing healthier food, supporting healthier soils, and creating a more sustainable world, and shall include all relevant activities connected to the annual theme of International Compost Awareness Week. In Committee
SB0250 GENETIC INFORMATION PRIVACY Amends the Genetic Information Privacy Act. Removes language exempting insurers that are issuing a long-term care policy from specified provisions. Provides that, with regard to any policy, contract, or plan offered, entered into, issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 by a health insurer, life insurer, or long-term care insurer authorized to transact insurance in this State, a health insurer, life insurer, or long-term care insurer may not: (1) cancel, limit, or deny coverage or establish differentials in premium rates based on a person's genetic information; or (2) require or solicit an individual's genetic information, use an individual's genetic test results, or consider an individual's decisions or actions relating to genetic information or a genetic test in any manner for any insurance purpose. Provides that the provisions may not be construed as preventing a life insurer or long-term care insurer from accessing an individual's medical record as part of an application exam. Provides that nothing in the provisions prohibits a life insurer or long-term care insurer from considering a medical diagnosis included in an individual's medical record, even if the diagnosis is based on the results of a genetic test. Effective July 1, 2025. In Committee
SB0114 FRAGRANCE SAFETY ACT Creates the Fragrance Health and Safety Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute any cosmetic that contains any of the following intentionally added fragrance ingredients: Dibutyl phthalate, Diisononyl phthalate, Diethyl phthalate, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Dimethyl phthalate, Benzyl butyl phthalate, Di-n-octyl phthalate, Diisodecyl phthalate, Diethanolamine, Monoethanolamine, Triethanolamine, Formaldehyde, Benzophenone, Butylated hydroxyanisole, or Butoxyethanol. Provides for a $5,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $10,000 civil penalty for each subsequent violation, with enforcement by the Attorney General. Defines terms. In Committee
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
HB1075 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ACT Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB0742 REGULATION-TECH Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB0850 SAFETY-TECH Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB1224 GOVT CONTRACT RETAINAGE Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0039 VETS-TINY HOMES-EV EXEMPTION Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0073 BABY FOODS-TOXIC HEAVY METALS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0071 IEMA-SCHOOL SAFETY Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0058 DCEO-REGIONAL MANUFACTURING Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB1373 PEACE OFFICER&FIREARMS-ETRACE Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0189 SWIMMING POOL-EQUIPMENT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0103 ADOPTION ACT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB1505 IL RACING BOARD-VARIOUS Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB1607 ELIMINATE FOOD DESERTS Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0328 CIVIL LAW-TECH Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0407 EDUCATION-TECH Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0408 EDUCATION-TECH Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0637 LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0405 EDUCATION-TECH Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1181 PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB0314 BUSINESS-TECH Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB1823 COURT REVIEW-PERMANENCY HEARNG Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1346 MANAGED CARE & INSURANCE CARDS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1344 WORK COMP-TIMING REQUIRED Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1343 CMS-PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1261 IHDA-HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SJR0013 LIBRARY ACCESS TASK FORCE Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB1866 NEXT GEN 9-1-1 IMPLEMENTATION Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1523 CTY CD-DEED VERIFICATION Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1583 SCH CD-SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1583 SCH CD-SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1602 SEXUAL ASSAULT TREATMENT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1605 SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCHOOL COURSE Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1548 AMBER ALERTS-DISABLED PERSONS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB2682 TANF-FAMILY VIOLENCE OPTION Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB2755 REVENUE-VARIOUS Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB2771 DPH-CERTIFICATE FEES Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1672 SCH CD-EARLY LITERACY-SCREEN Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1740 SCH CD-MANDATES-REORGANIZE Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1740 SCH CD-MANDATES-REORGANIZE Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1740 SCH CD-MANDATES-REORGANIZE Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB2978 NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3078 DHS-HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1920 SCH CD-ASL IMPLEMENTATION Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1922 VEHICLE CD-EMERGENCY VEHICLE Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1947 SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSURE-MISC Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1941 VEH CD-FLASHING LIGHTS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3140 ISP-POLICE K-9 CARE PROGRAM Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1827 FIRE DISTRICTS--DESIGN-BUILD Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1799 SCH CD-NONINSTRUCTIONAL SERVIC Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1884 PERSONNEL-NO BACH DEGREE REQ Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1899 FOID-DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1797 DIGITAL ASSETS & CONS PROT ACT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1814 DPH-AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1859 CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT ACT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2075 CYCLE RIDER SAFETY-VARIOUS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2044 WEB-BASED SIGNATURES ACT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2044 WEB-BASED SIGNATURES ACT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1994 CREDIT UNIONS-VARIOUS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3247 SCH CD-PROHIBT DENIAL FREE ED Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1958 TRANSFER REFORM-VARIOUS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB1958 TRANSFER REFORM-VARIOUS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2039 IBHE-DATA DASHBOARD REPORT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2057 SCH SAFE DRILL-RULES Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3363 STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3345 HEARING INSTRUMENT EXTENSION Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3438 TRANSPORTATION-VARIOUS Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3374 BOND AUTHORIZATION ACT Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2456 ENERGY EFFICIENCY-EXT REPEAL Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2201 CD CORR-DOC-REPORT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2201 CD CORR-DOC-REPORT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2201 CD CORR-DOC-REPORT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3662 JAIL RELEASE-OPIOID ANTAGONIST Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2108 ST POLICE-HAZMAT-MOTOR CARRIER Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2108 ST POLICE-HAZMAT-MOTOR CARRIER Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2153 PHYSICAL THERAPY TELEHEALTH Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2215 DPH-FERTILITY OPT-WMN OVER 25 Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2431 EXPLOSIVES & CONSUMER FIREWORK Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2149 SCH CD-TUITION FOR ORPHANS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2437 MEDICAID-MATERNAL HLTH-DOULAS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2437 MEDICAID-MATERNAL HLTH-DOULAS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3772 SCH CD-SUSPENSION/EXPULSION Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2466 OPEN LANDS-GRANTS TO GOVTS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2487 HUMAN RIGHTS-IDHR CONFERENCE Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2487 HUMAN RIGHTS-IDHR CONFERENCE Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2455 DNR-VARIOUS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2503 ROOFING LICENSING SUNSET Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2503 ROOFING LICENSING SUNSET Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2459 SILURIFORMES FISH REGULATION Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2426 TREE TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB3790 PROPERTY TAX-VARIOUS Third Reading in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2510 $APPROPRIATIONS-VARIOUS Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2493 GEOLOGY ACT SUNSET EXTENSION Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
SB2319 VIRTUAL CURRENCY CONSUM PROT Concurrence in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HJR0027 GOOD FOOD TASK FORCE Motion To Adopt in Senate 05/31/2025 Abstain
HB0460 EDUCATION-TECH Third Reading in Senate 05/30/2025 Yea
HB1631 DOIT-POWERS AND DUTIES Third Reading in Senate 05/30/2025 Yea
HB1787 SCH SAFETY DRILLS-TRAIN SUBS Third Reading in Senate 05/30/2025 Yea
HB2155 EDUCATION-TECH Third Reading in Senate 05/30/2025 Yea
HB2436 PUBLIC DEFENDER-COOK COUNTY Third Reading in Senate 05/30/2025 Yea
HB2785 CREDIT UNIONS-VARIOUS Third Reading in Senate 05/30/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Illinois Senate Behavioral and Mental Health Committee Chair 1
Detail Illinois Senate Environment and Conservation Committee 4
Detail Illinois Senate Health and Human Services Committee 4
Detail Illinois Senate Insurance Committee Vice Chair 2
Detail Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee 3
Detail Illinois Senate Public Health Committee 4
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
IL Illinois Senate District 09 Senate Democrat In Office 01/09/2019
IL Illinois House District 017 House Democrat Out of Office 01/08/2013 01/16/2024