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State Senator
Linda Holmes
(D) - Illinois
Illinois Senate District 42
In Office - Started: 01/01/2007
contact info
Springfield Office
Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: 217-782-0422
Aurora Office
4255 Westbrook Drive
Suite 216
Aurora, IL 60504
Suite 216
Aurora, IL 60504
Phone: 630-820-8650
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB2108 | ST POLICE-HAZMAT-MOTOR CARRIER | Amends the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Illinois State Police (rather than the Department of Transportation) shall administer and enforce the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes related changes. Sets forth provisions concerning personnel and material transfers and requires transferred personnel to receive a background check and any additional screening requirements established by the Department. Makes conforming changes to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act. Effective July 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1922 | VEHICLE CD-EMERGENCY VEHICLE | Amends the Right-of-Way Article of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized emergency vehicle obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway, whether stationary or not, and displaying flashing lights as provided in the Act. Provides that the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to an emergency worker obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway at an emergency scene, and the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian upon a highway directly involved in the emergency scene. Makes corresponding changes to penalty provisions. | Passed |
| SB1740 | SCH CD-MANDATES-REORGANIZE | Amends the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act to make a change concerning school maintenance project grants. Amends the Soybean Ink Act to make a change concerning school districts. Amends the School Code. Removes outdated provisions regarding social science learning standards and provisions regarding meeting minimum higher education preparation and admission requirements. Removes language providing that students who do not take the State's final accountability assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not receive a regular high school diploma unless the student is exempted from taking the State assessments. Prohibits a school board from discriminating against, punishing, or penalizing a student because the student's parents or guardians are unable to pay any required fees or fines for the loss of school property. Removes the requirement that all paper purchased by a board of education, public schools, and attendance centers for publication of student newspapers be recycled newsprint. Increases the age for when an individualized education program must include transition services. Removes the minimum hour requirements for training on concussions and on issues related to domestic and sexual violence. Removes the requirement that a police training academy job training program be open to all students and that participation be tracked. Creates the School Code Mandate Reduction Council. Makes changes concerning commemorative holidays. Renumbers and reorganizes the Course of Study Article and other provisions. Makes conforming and other changes in various Acts. Repeals various Sections of the School Code, the Voting by Minors Act, and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Effective immediately. | Passed |
| SB2075 | CYCLE RIDER SAFETY-VARIOUS | Amends the Cycle Rider Safety Training Act. Removes motor driven cycle and moped from the definition of "cycle". Defines "Cycle Rider Safety Training Course Provider" and "Provider" as a for-profit or nonprofit business, community agency, community organization, community college, or State university that is capable of providing courses. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall put out notices to the public seeking Cycle Rider Safety Training Course Providers to provide courses in the State, and that such courses shall be open to all residents of the State who hold a currently valid driver's license and who have reached their 16th birthday before the first day of the course to be held. Allows providers to charge a nominal registration fee set by the Department. Provides that responses from potential providers shall include the location where classes are to be held at, the number of students they intend to train, whether they would be providing motorcycles or using motorcycles owned by the Department, and the cost for courses provided on a per student basis. Provides that contracts shall be awarded by the Department to providers based on training needs and cost effectiveness of each bid or proposal. Provides that a provider shall only be paid grant funds under one of the following conditions: a course was held; expenses submitted related to the maintenance of department owned equipment; or submitting other non-personnel expenses. Provides that a provider awarded a contract with grant funding shall: submit proof that each instructor employed by the provider meets the qualifications to teach the curriculum for the courses; have at least one employee on staff certified to do quality assurance or quality control visits where instructors are evaluated per curriculum standards on teaching; perform at least one quality assurance or quality control visit on each instructor employed during the year and submit the results of those visits to the Department; maintain appropriate liability insurance to cover training activities; submit requests for payment in a timely manner; and adhere to additional program rules and regulations. Prohibits a provider awarded a contract with grant funding from adopting any policy, requirement, or expectation regarding employee's manner of dress outside of the employee's scheduled work hours. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2026. | Passed |
| 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. | Passed |
| SB2303 | FIRE SPRINKLER SERVICE PENALTY | Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes language increasing the maximum civil penalty for offering fire sprinkler contractor services without being licensed or exempt from licensure or for practicing as a fire sprinkler inspector without being licensed or exempt from licensure. | Passed |
| SB0246 | NON-PROFIT INVESTMENT POOL | Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that the State Treasurer may establish and administer a non-profit investment pool and an electronic payment processing program to supplement and enhance investment opportunities and secure electronic payment options otherwise available to not-for-profit corporations in the State. Provides that the Treasurer may receive funds paid into the pool for the purpose of holding and investing those funds. Provides for surety bonds payable to not-for-profit corporations who participate in the pool. Provides that the Treasurer shall adopt rules for the efficient administration of the pool. | Passed |
| HB3309 | EDU LABOR RELATIONS-NOTICE | Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that employers shall provide the State labor organization with a copy of the information provided to the exclusive representative. Effective immediately. | Passed |
| HB3760 | IDNR-GRAY FOX SEASON | Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt with a gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow, gray fox, red fox, raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, bobcat, and opossum (rather than to trap or to hunt red fox, raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, bobcat, and opossum) except during the open season. Provides that, except as specified in the Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt gray fox with a gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow (rather than it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt gray fox), except during an open season. Effective immediately. | Passed |
| HB2785 | CREDIT UNIONS-VARIOUS | Makes changes to defined terms in provisions concerning billing for emergency services. Removes provision that made emergency billing provisions inapplicable to ground ambulance services. Sets forth provisions concerning coverage for ground ambulance services provided by nonparticipating ground ambulance service providers. Provides that, beginning on October 1, 2026, and each October 1 thereafter, each nonparticipating ground ambulance service provider shall file annually with the Department of Public Health, in the form and manner prescribed by the Department, its average gross charge rates and any other information required by the Department, by rule, for each of the specified ground ambulance charge descriptions. Requires the Department to publish the submitted rate information by January 1, 2027 and every January 1 thereafter. Permits the Department to request other information, as provided. Requires the Department of Insurance to direct the health insurance issuer to the location in which the information reported to the Department of Public Health is stored. Provides that a home rule unit may not regulate payments for ground ambulance service in a manner inconsistent with the specified provisions concerning billing for emergency services. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. | Passed |
| 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. | Passed |
| HB3339 | ROAD CAMERA-HUMAN TRAFFICKING | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts images from cameras under the Expressway Camera Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR) information used and collected by the Illinois State Police from inspection and copying. Amends the Expressway Camera Act. Provides that, as used in the Act, "forcible felony" means trafficking in persons and involuntary servitude (in addition to other specified offenses). Includes the counties of Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside in the program to increase cameras along expressways and the State highway system. Provides that images from the cameras, including, but not limited to, images of license plates collected by state-operated cameras and cameras operated by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, may be used by any law enforcement agency conducting an active law enforcement investigation. Removes provision allowing images from the cameras to be used by any law enforcement agency conducting an active law enforcement investigation. Provides that all images from the cameras that are exported through a law enforcement database shall be deleted from that law enforcement database within 120 days, unless the images are relevant to an ongoing investigation or pending criminal trial. Provides that any forcible felony, gunrunning, or firearms trafficking offense, as specified, respectively, committed on an expressway monitored by a camera system funded by money from the Road Fund or money from the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and investigated by officers of the Illinois State Police may be prosecuted by the Attorney General or the State's Attorney where the offense was committed. Provides that the Act supersedes provisions in the Toll Highway Act regarding the confidentiality of personally identifiable information obtained through electronic toll collection systems. Provides that the Act is repealed on July 1, 2028 (rather than July 1, 2025). Effective immediately. | Passed |
| HB3281 | DOM VIOLENCE-JUV-ASSISTANCE | Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that whenever a law enforcement officer has reason to believe that a person has been abused, neglected, or exploited by a family or household member, the officer shall, if appropriate, arrest the abusing, neglecting, and exploiting party except in situations in which the alleged offending party is a juvenile. Provides that if the alleged offender is a juvenile, then the officer, based on the totality of the circumstances, may choose not to arrest the juvenile and instead may divert the juvenile or may assist the juvenile and his family in finding alternative placement. | Passed |
| HB3140 | ISP-POLICE K-9 CARE PROGRAM | Creates the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program Act. Creates the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program within the University of Illinois System to provide a stable funding source for the veterinary care of retired police dogs. Provides that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall contract with a not-for-profit corporation to administer and manage the Program. Sets forth the required criteria a not-for-profit corporation must meet to be selected for a grant award. Subject to appropriation, requires the Board of Trustees to make grants to the not-for-profit corporation to be the disbursing authority for the Program. Provides that annual disbursements to a former handler or an adopter of a retired police dog to reimburse him or her for the cost of the retired police dog's veterinary care may not exceed $1,500 per dog. Requires the Board of Trustees to adopt rules to implement the Act. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all moneys in the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and distribution by the Secretary, for grants under the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program Act (rather than as grants to the Northern Illinois Police K-9 Memorial for the creation, operation, and maintenance of a police K-9 memorial monument). Provides that, if the Secretary of State has not received 2,000 plate applications to issue the special registration plates designated as Illinois Police K-9 Memorial license plates by January 1, 2028, then the Secretary of State's authority to issue the special plate is nullified and the plate shall not be issued. | Passed |
| 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. | Passed |
| SB1563 | EVICTION-CRIMINAL TRESSPASS | Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that nothing in the Eviction Article may be construed to: (i) prohibit law enforcement officials from enforcing the offense of criminal trespass under the Criminal Code of 1963 or any other violation of the Code; or (ii) to interfere with the ability of law enforcement officials to remove persons or property from the premises when there is a criminal trespass. | Passed |
| HB0024 | HOME REPAIR-ATTORNEY FEES | Amends the Home Repair and Remodeling Act. Provides that, if a home repair and remodeling contract that is subject to the Act contains a provision allowing attorney's fees to be awarded to any party to the contract, then, notwithstanding any terms in the contract to the contrary, that provision shall be deemed and construed to permit the award of reasonable attorney's fees to all parties to the contract. Effective immediately. | Passed |
| HB1842 | MUNI CODE-ADMIN ADJUDICATION | Amends the Administrative Adjudications Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an ordinance established under the Division to establish a system of administrative adjudication shall allow hearing officers presiding over adjudicatory hearings to enter orders prohibiting further code violations or compelling the remediation of existing code violations within a specified time and authorizing the municipality to take all necessary steps to remediate code violations. | Passed |
| HB3098 | CONSUMER ELECTRONICS RECYCLING | Amends the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act. Adds and changes definitions. Changes references to residential covered electronic devices (CEDs) to references to CEDs from covered entities. Adds a nonprofit organization or recycler to certain provisions regarding the use of a retail or private network (rather than only retail) collection site with the agreement of the applicable retailer under certain local agreements. Changes references to retail collection sites to references to retail or private network collection sites. Adds to requirements for certain agreements, including those to be reduced to writing and included in the manufacturer e-waste program plan. Adds to requirements for the manufacturer e-waste program plan. Adds conditions in certain provisions regarding the applicable county, municipal joint action agency, or municipality. Adds certain waivers for charges for shortfalls in provisions regarding collection of CEDs. Adds requirements for the Advisory Electronics Task Force to submit certain information to the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as to communicate regarding certain updates and certain feedback. Adds provisions regarding education and consumer awareness requirements. Deletes an automatic repeal provision. | Passed |
| SB2002 | ISP FUND CONSOLIDATION | Amends the Illinois State Police Law, the State Finance Act, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act, the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act, the Unified Code of Corrections, the Sex Offender Registration Act, the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, and the Illinois False Claims Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning how certain moneys paid to the State are deposited into certain funds pertaining to the Illinois State Police. Provides that certain funds shall be dissolved after transferring the remaining balance in those funds to designated funds. Makes conforming changes. Effective September 1, 2026. | Passed |
| SB2323 | HUMAN TRAFFICKING-VICTIMS | Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Illinois Statewide Trauma-Informed Response to Human Trafficking Act. Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall maintain a human trafficking unit to coordinate services, initiate prevention efforts, and provide access to resources for case-management staff to serve youth in care who have been determined to be victims of human trafficking or assessed to be at high risk of becoming a victim of human trafficking, as well as ensure a prompt response by the Department to recover youth in care in the custody of law enforcement. Provides that the Department shall incorporate services for all child trafficking victims into the community-based services provided by the Department. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall develop a strategic plan, in consultation with advocates and survivors, to establish a statewide system of identification and response to survivors of human trafficking and recommended levels of funding for phase-in of comprehensive victim-centered, trauma-informed statewide services for victims of human trafficking, including adults and children, and to sex and labor trafficking victims and require victim-centered, trauma-informed human trafficking training for caseworkers, treatment providers, investigators, foster parents, and residential home personnel. Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall develop a strategic plan to improve victim-centered, trauma-informed law enforcement response to victims of human trafficking across the State. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall work with the Illinois State Police, local law enforcement, victim-centered, trauma-informed human trafficking service providers, and survivor leaders to develop, curriculum standards for training on victim-centered, trauma-informed detection, investigation, and response to human trafficking victims certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Amends various other Acts concerning various agencies responsibilities of addressing human trafficking. Effective January 1, 2026. | Passed |
| HB2586 | ISP TRAINING/ACADEMY DIVISION | Provides that specified provisions of the Illinois State Police Law may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Amends the State Employee Indemnification Act. Provides that the term "employee" includes, among other things, (1) any Metropolitan Enforcement Groups created under the Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act if all sworn members of the Metropolitan Enforcement Group are employees under the Act; and (2) any law enforcement organization established under a written agreement under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act for the purpose of enforcing and investigating specified offenses, if the Illinois State Police is a party to the agreement and all sworn members of the law enforcement organization are employees under the Act. Authorizes the Division of Criminal Investigation to conduct investigations into Internet crimes against children and provide support to applicable statewide task forces. Defines "CJIS Systems Agency" and "Criminal Justice Information System". Provides that the CJIS Security Policy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation governs criminal justice information systems and requires all of those systems to be subject to a management control agreement controlled by the criminal justice agency that owns the criminal justice information system and to be subject to oversight by the CJIS Systems Agency. Provides that the CJIS Systems Agency shall establish principles and standards to provide consistency in the operation and use of criminal justice system information technology throughout the State. Provides that the CJIS Systems Agency may impose more stringent or additional protection measures than those measures outlined in the CJIS Security Policy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation if the protection measures are documented and maintained. Provides that State agencies and units of local government shall work with the CJIS Systems Agency to follow all principles and standards. Provides that, consistent with the CJIS Security Policy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, no State agency, unit of local government, or employee of a State agency or unit of local government shall usurp, replace, or diminish the role and responsibility of the CJIS Information Security Officer or the CJIS Systems Officer appointed by the head of the CJIS Systems Agency. Provides that the Division of Patrol shall serve as the lead State agency for administering the commercial vehicle safety plan and the only agency to enforce the provisions of Chapter 18b of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that certain provisions take effect October 1, 2025. | Passed |
| HB0850 | SAFETY-TECH | Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall conduct an analysis of the cumulative data regarding the disposition of cases involving a stolen firearm or a firearm with an obliterated serial number that was used or alleged to have been used in the commission of an offense and make that information available on the Illinois State Police publicly accessible databases. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall publish the results of its analysis in a report to the General Assembly, Governor, and Attorney General and shall make the report available on its website. Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the final disposition information that must be provided by the clerks of the circuit court to the Illinois State Police shall include for each charge in any case in which a firearm is alleged to have been used in the commission of an offense, the serial number of any firearm involved in the case, or if the serial number was obliterated, as provided by the State's Attorney to the clerk of the circuit court at the time of disposition. Deletes the amendatory changes to the sentencing hearing provisions of the Unified Code of Corrections. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police must deny the application or suspend or revoke a person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon receipt of a report from the Department of Human Services that an applicant or owner poses a clear and present danger. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide by rule for such a report. Makes similar changes if a law enforcement or school administrator notifies the Illinois State Police that a person poses a clear and present danger. Requires any information disclosed under the Act to be confidential. Prohibits the information from being redisclosed or used for any other purpose except as otherwise allowed by law. Provides that the identity of the reporting person, if the reporting person is a law enforcement officer or school administrator, may be disclosed only to the subject of the report if required by the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Review Board or a court as authorized under the Act. Requires that no later than January 1, 2026, the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Review Board must establish a process by which any person who is subject to the provisions of the Act can request expedited review from the Board. Requires that the Illinois State Police must provide the Board or any court with jurisdiction all records relevant to the request for relief. Allows the Illinois State Police and the individual seeking expedited relief to seek judicial review upon receipt of a final administrative decision under the Act. Provides that the Board, Illinois State Police, or employees and agents of the Board and Illinois State Police participating in the process under the Act may not be held liable for damages in any civil action arising from the alleged wrongful or improper granting, denying, renewing, revoking, suspending, or failing to grant, deny, renew, revoke, or suspend a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Provides that, if and only if Senate Bill 8 of the 104th General Assembly becomes law in the form passed by the Senate on April 10, 2025, then the Unified Code of Corrections is amended to delete from a provision concerning sentencing hearings the changes made to that provision by Senate Bill 8. Effective immediately, except that (i) some provisions take effect on January 1, 2026 and (ii) other provisions take effect immediately or upon the date Senate Bill 8 of the 104th General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB0742 | REGULATION-TECH | Amends the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act by changing the effective date of the Act to July 1, 2026 (currently, July 1, 2025). Effective immediately. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0126 | INS CD-ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT | 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 shall provide coverage for all medically necessary diagnostic testing and U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease or another related dementia, in accordance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration label, as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Provides that coverage of U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease or another related dementia shall not be subject to step therapy. Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require coverage under those provisions. Effective immediately. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2435 | TELE SOLICITATION-AUTO DIALER | Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Changes references from "automatic dialing and announcing" to "automatic telephone dialing system". Removes a provision limiting recoverable damages in the case of a class action. Makes conforming changes. | Crossed Over |
| SB0709 | REGULATION-TECH | Amends the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title of the Act. | In Committee |
| SB2144 | COMPETITIVELY NEUTRAL ENERGY | Creates the Transparent, Inclusive, and Competitively Neutral Energy Policy Act. Sets forth findings. Provides that the energy procurement process shall be transparent, inclusive, and competitively neutral and shall provide due consideration to the unique advantages of each developer from all segments of the energy sector and recognize that more inclusive procurements result in greater competition among developers and lower costs for consumers. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SB2387 | AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION | Creates the Agricultural Land Conservation Act. Makes findings. Defines terms. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a Farmland Conversion Fee shall be paid by the buyer or lessee in a transaction for any agricultural land that will be removed from production for the specific purpose to develop solar farms, wind farms, industrial parks, commercial areas, single and multiple family dwellings, or any other use that removes agricultural land from production, with certain requirements, of between $700 and $900 per acre, according to the amount of acres. Provides for certain exemptions. Provides for remittance to and collection by the Department of Revenue, with rulemaking required. Creates the Farmland Conversion Fee Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, with certain requirements. Provides that certain amounts must be expended from the Fund for certain purposes. Provides that all State real property being used in the commercial production of agricultural commodities shall use an established metric for the purpose of advancing adoption of conservation practices, with certain requirements. Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| HB3743 | SCH CD-RAILROAD SAFETY | Amends the School Code. Requires each school district to include in its student handbook for grades kindergarten through 12 railroad safety messaging. Allows a school district to opt-out of the messaging requirement if the school board of the school district determines that the inclusion of such messaging is unnecessary based on local context or the messaging's alignment with curriculum. Effective July 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SB2016 | SCH CD-RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN | Amends the School Code. Provides that, by July 1, 2027, the school board of each school district in the State that offers its employees a retirement savings plan established under Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may enter into a contract with one or more vendors to provide participants with plan investments options. Provides that a vendor selected under after the effective date of the Act must be mutually agreed upon by the affected collective bargaining unit or units and the school board must ensure that the vendor follows the specified investment guidelines. Permits a specified vendor offering a plan to charge an investment advisory representative fee not to exceed 0.50% annually. Provides that, if a new vendor is chosen to administer a retirement saving plan that is offered by the specified school board of a school district, an employee of the school district may opt out of having the employee's individual 403(b) assets transferred to that new vendor. Limits applicability of the provisions to contracts entered into, extended, or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| SB1449 | FOREST PRESERVE-REVENUE | Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Allows the board of a forest preserve district to establish a special forest preserve district retailers' occupation tax and service occupation tax after referendum of the voters. Allows the tax to used exclusively for general purposes, including education, outdoor recreation, maintenance, operations, public safety at the forest preserves, trails, acquiring and restoring land, and any other lawful purposes or programs determined by the board of that district. Includes referendum language and additional ballot informational language. Incorporates provisions from the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act to implement the tax. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Special Forest Preserve Retailers' and Service Occupation Tax Fund. Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| SB1360 | ISP RADIO INTEROPERABILITY | Amends the Illinois State Police Radio Act. In provisions about public safety radio interoperability, defines interoperability and includes legislative findings. Provides that the Illinois Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) shall oversee advisory boards in the governance, interoperability, and land mobile radio standards for Illinois' land mobile radio communications system and shall collaborate with the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator and the Homeland Security Advisory Council to strengthen Illinois' emergency communications ecosystem. Modifies the membership of the SIEC. Provides that the advisory boards of the SIEC shall include, but are not limited to, the Governance Advisory Board, the Statewide Interoperability Advisory Board, and the STARCOM21 Advisory Board. Removes references to the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee. Requires the SIEC to adopt bylaws for its effective operation, as well as that of its advisory boards, and allows the SIEC to appoint advisors from the public safety communications community to serve on its advisory boards at the pleasure of the SIEC. Requires the SIEC to establish, no later than July 1, 2026, standards necessary to ensure land mobile radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois; compliance with these standards shall be implemented as funding becomes available; planning, training, and evaluation standards necessary to enhance public safety communications operational readiness; and standards necessary for the unification of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide. Requires the SIEC to, no later than July 1, 2026, develop and recommend a plan to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, and interoperability statewide. Allows the Illinois State Police to use any money appropriated to it for the purpose promoting public safety radio interoperability if the use of the funds is consistent with any standards set forth by the SIEC and to adopt emergency rules or jointly adopt emergency rules with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to make conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| SB2156 | JUV DETENTION CENTR-TASK FORCE | Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning the following: claims for refunds; billing; tax deeds; the maximum income limitation under the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption; subdivisions; eligibility under the Energy Assistance Act; multi-township assessors; tax certificates; and affordable housing programs. Amends the Fox Waterway Agency Act. Allows the Agency to impose property taxes, subject to referendum approval. Effective immediately. | Crossed Over |
| SB1773 | CONTROLLED SUB-FENTANYL | Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes structural and other changes to the list of controlled substances. Adds xylazine as a Class III controlled substance. Defines "isomer". Effective January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| SR0273 | FSGS AWARENESS DAY | Declares June 10, 2025 as FSGS Awareness Day in Illinois to bring attention to the focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) disease. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB2306 | IFA-CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECT | Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Adds additional provisions concerning climate resilience projects. Further amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that the Illinois Finance Authority may finance or refinance any accounts receivable, working capital, liability, or insurance or noncapital cost or operating expense for any unit of government, participating health institution, private institution of higher education, academic institution, cultural institution, or other person authorized to borrow funds from the Authority pursuant to the Act. Provides that those agreements are included in the definitions of "lease agreement" and "loan agreement" under the Act. Effective immediately. | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SB1688 | ESTATE TAX-SPECIAL USE | Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Makes certain changes concerning estates that contain qualified farm property. Provides that, for the purposes of calculating the State Death Tax Credit, those estates are subject to an exemption of $6,000,000 (rather than an exclusion amount of $4,000,000), which shall be deducted from the net estate value after the net estate value is computed in accordance with the Act. Provides that the exemption shall be adjusted each year according to the increase in the Consumer Price Index. Makes changes concerning the calculation of the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for those estates. Provides for a special use valuation to provide that the value of the qualified farm property shall be calculated without regard to certain limitations under the Internal Revenue Code. Makes changes concerning the definition of "qualified heir". | In Committee |
| SB1862 | PROP TX-30 YEAR HOMESTEAD | Amends the Property Tax Code. Establishes a homestead exemption for qualified homestead property that has been continuously owned, used, and occupied as the primary residence by the qualified taxpayer for at least 30 years any time prior to January 1 of the taxable year for which the exemption would apply. Requires taxpayers who have been granted an exemption to reapply on an annual basis. Provides that the assessor or chief county assessment officer may determine the eligibility of residential property to receive the homestead exemption by application, visual inspection, questionnaire, or other reasonable methods. Sets forth provisions concerning the review of exemptions granted under the provisions. Defines "qualified homestead property" and "qualified taxpayer". Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| SB1416 | $IDPH-LOCAL HEALTH PROT GRANT | Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| SB1424 | COUNTIES CD-LEASE OF PROPERTY | Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county with a population of between 500,000 and 600,000 inhabitants may lease vacant real estate, structures, or facilities that are owned by the county if doing so promotes economic development, job creation, or community revitalization and does not interfere with existing public services. Provides that a lease to the public is not permitted under the provisions for properties, structures, or facilities currently used for government-operated services. Provides that a lease is not permitted under the provisions if the lease may result in the elimination or privatization of existing government-operated services. Provides that the authority to enter into a lease shall be exercised by an ordinance passed by three-fourths of the full county board then holding office, at any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose. Provides that the term of a lease entered into under the provisions may not exceed 99 years. Provides for the sunset of the provisions. Effective immediately. | Crossed Over |
| SB2625 | $AG-CROP INS REB INIT | Appropriates $6,100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs associated with the Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative to provide incentives for at least 1,000,000 acres of eligible land. Effective July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| SB2085 | LIQUOR-FROZEN DESSERTS | Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that "alcoholic liquor" and "alcohol-infused products" does not include frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor. Provides that "frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor" means ice cream or other frozen desserts that are made with liquor, wine, beer, cider, or any combination thereof and that contain more than 0.5% but not more than 5% of alcohol by volume. Provides that no person shall sell a package of frozen desserts that contains more than 5% alcohol by volume. Provides that no person shall sell, give, or deliver frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor to a person under the age of 21. Provides that a person under the age of 21 may not purchase, possess, or consume frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor. Provides that no person shall sell a package of frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor for consumption off the premises or for consumption on the premises unless it contains specified notices and warnings. Provides that no manufacturer or distributor of frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor shall sell the product to a person intending to sell at retail individual servings of frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor or packages of frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor for consumption off the premises, unless, with each shipment, the manufacturer or distributor provides a written notice that frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor may be sold at retail only if the retailer complies with specified requirements and provides a written copy of those requirements. Provides that frozen desserts containing alcoholic liquor are subject to all applicable food safety laws, rules, standards, and requirements, including, but not limited to, the provisions of the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to make a conforming change. | In Committee |
| SB1290 | REGULATION-TECH | Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. | In Committee |
| SB2638 | $DEPT AG-SWCD | Appropriates $10,500,000 to the Department of Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for ordinary and contingent administrative expenses. Effective July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| SR0213 | CHILD VACCINATIONS-SUPPORT | Urges the implementation of interventions to support vaccine uptake and reduce disparities in vaccine coverage among children. Urges the Illinois Department of Health, the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to work with pediatricians, clinicians, families, and other stakeholders to ensure infants and children are vaccinated on time and students begin school fully vaccinated. Urges the Illinois Department of Health, the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to continue to invest in immunization initiatives and infrastructure to ensure timely reporting of vaccine coverage to ensure children are protected from vaccine-preventable illness in public and private schools, child care facilities, and pre-kindergarten programs and beyond. | 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 |
| SB2178 | CONCEALED CARRY-RETIRED COPS | Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. In provisions prohibiting a person licensed under the Act from knowingly carrying a firearm on or into a building or portion of a building under the control of a unit of local government, provides that a retired police officer may carry a concealed firearm on the premises of the retired officer's former governmental employer if (i) the retired officer is authorized to carry a concealed firearm under the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and (ii) the retired officer's actions are authorized by ordinance. | In Committee |
| SB1951 | IDNR-GRAY FOX SEASON | Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt with a gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow, gray fox, red fox, raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, bobcat, and opossum (rather than to trap or to hunt red fox, raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, bobcat, and opossum) except during the open season. Provides that, except as specified in the Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt gray fox with a gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow (rather than it shall be unlawful for any person to trap or to hunt gray fox), except during an open season. Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| SB1472 | PROP TX-BOARD OF REVIEW | Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no more than 2 members of the board of review may be affiliated with the same political party (currently, 2 members of the board shall be affiliated with the political party polling the highest vote for any county office in the county). Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| SB2180 | GAS PIPELINE PERMIT/NOTICE | Amends the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. Provides that any person who has received a permit from the United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must submit a copy of the permit to the Illinois Commerce Commission within 2 weeks of the approval of the permit. Provides that the copy of the permit shall be publicly available on the Illinois Commerce Commission's website. Provides that any person who intends to engage in the transportation of gas via a pipeline facility or who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall file with the Illinois Commerce Commission a notice prior to the construction of a pipeline facility which shall be publicly available on the Commission's website. Sets forth requirements for the content of the notice. Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| SB2414 | CONSUMER ELECTRONICS RECYCLING | Amends the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act. Adds and changes definitions. Changes references to residential covered electronic devices (CEDs) to references to CEDs from covered entities. Adds a nonprofit organization or recycler to certain provisions regarding the use of a retail or private network (rather than only retail) collection site with the agreement of the applicable retailer under certain local agreements. Changes references to retail collection sites to references to retail or private network collection sites. Adds to requirements for certain agreements, including those to be reduced to writing and included in the manufacturer e-waste program plan. Adds to requirements for the manufacturer e-waste program plan. Adds conditions in certain provisions regarding the applicable county, municipal joint action agency, or municipality. Adds certain waivers for charges for shortfalls in provisions regarding collection of CEDs. Adds requirements for the Advisory Electronics Task Force to submit certain information to the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as to communicate regarding certain updates and certain feedback. Adds provisions regarding education and consumer awareness requirements. Deletes an automatic repeal provision. | In Committee |
| SB1698 | LAND TRANSFER-WILL COUNTY | Authorizes the Director of Central Management Services to execute and deliver a quit claim deed for specified real property in Will County to the Forest Preserve District of Will County upon the payment of $1, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| SB1239 | SCH CD-STUDENT BIOMETRIC INFO | Amends the School Code. Removes language allowing school districts that collect biometric information from students to adopt specified policies. Instead, prohibits a school district from purchasing or otherwise acquiring biometric systems to use on students. Provides that a school district may not do any of the following with respect to students: (1) obtain, retain, possess, access, request, or use biometric systems or biometric information derived from biometric systems; or (2) enter into an agreement with a third party for the purpose of obtaining, retaining, possessing, accessing, or using, by or on behalf of the school district, biometric systems. Provides that, within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, if a school district is in possession of student biometric information, then the school district shall destroy the biometric information and provide certified documentation of destruction to the State Board of Education. Provides that, within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any school district that has contracted with a third party to obtain, collect, or store student biometric information shall require the third party to destroy all biometric information in its possession and confirm in writing the completion of this destruction to the school district. During the 30-day period in which a school district may still have student biometric information in its possession, prohibits the school district from selling, leasing, or otherwise disclosing the biometric information to another person or entity unless: (1) the individual who has legal custody of the student or the student, if he or she has reached the age of 18, consents to the disclosure; or (2) the disclosure is required by court order. Makes other changes. | 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 |
| SB1522 | $ISBE-FED FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT | Appropriates $2,000,000 to the State Board of Education for grants, contracts, and administration expenses under the federal Farm to School State Formula Grant. Effective July 1, 2025. | 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 |
| SB0098 | SCH CD-EXPEL STU-SEX VIOLENCE | Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning a school board's suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that a student who is determined to have committed sexual violence, sexual assault, or sexual activity with an individual without the individual's consent at a school, a school-sponsored activity or event, or any activity or event that bears a reasonable relationship to school shall be expelled for a period of not less than one year. Effective immediately. | 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 |
| SB1413 | SCH CD-APPOINTED STATE WORK | Amends the School Code. Provides that any public school employee who is a member of a statewide association and is appointed to a State board, advisory council, committee, commission, or task force to represent the association in State work may spend up to 10 days during a school term representing the association in State work. Provides that no deduction of wages may be made for such absence. Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| SB1471 | INS-HEALTH CARE/AMBULANCE | Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall require an ambulance provider to bill a beneficiary, insured, enrollee, or health insurance issuer when prohibited by any other law, rule, ordinance, contract, or agreement. Limits home rule powers. Changes the definition of "emergency services" and "health care provider". Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Removes language providing that upon reasonable demand by a provider of emergency transportation by ambulance, a health maintenance organization shall promptly pay to the provider, subject to coverage limitations stated in the contract or evidence of coverage, the charges for emergency transportation by ambulance provided to an enrollee in a health care plan arranged for by the health maintenance organization. | In Committee |
| SB0076 | GOV IMMUNITY-DATA BREACHES | Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Provides that a public entity or a public employee is not liable for injury caused by any unauthorized access to government records, data, or electronic information systems by any person or entity. | In Committee |
| SB0077 | LIBRARIES-BIDDING THRESHOLD | Amends the Illinois Local Library Act and the Public Library District Act of 1991. Requires competitive bidding for contracts in excess of $35,000 (rather than $25,000) for specified improvements and equipment purchases. Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| SB0123 | ED-WAIVER PROCESS TASK FORCE | Amends the School Code. Creates the Waiver Process Task Force. Sets forth provisions concerning membership, meetings, and support services. Provides that the purposes of the Task Force are to examine the current waiver response process and make recommendations on a more equitable and fair waiver response at the elementary and secondary school levels in this State; develop and use metrics to access the viability of waiver requests and the impact of such requests on students in kindergarten through grade 12; promote training and professional development on creating waiver requests that include accountability measures for teachers and other community stakeholders across this State; identify and seek local, State, and national resources to support an equitable and fair waiver process; and complete such other strategies as may be identified by the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on how waivers should be requested, how waivers should be reviewed for approval, and how to demonstrate the ability to fulfill accountability measures proposed in requested waivers. Requires the Task Force to file a report with the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025. Effective immediately. | 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 |
| SB0257 | CAT DECLAWING ACT | Creates the Cat Declawing Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, a person may not request or perform surgical claw removal, declawing, or a tendonectomy on any cat or otherwise alter a cat's toes, claws, or paws to prevent or impair the normal function of the cat's toes, claws, or paws. Authorizes a veterinarian, for a medically necessary and therapeutic purpose, to perform surgical claw removal, declawing, or tendonectomy on a cat or otherwise alter a cat's toes, claws, or paws. Contains enforcement provisions. Effective 90 days after becoming law. | In Committee |
| SB2262 | EDU LABOR RELATIONS-NOTICE | Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that employers shall provide the State labor organization with a copy of the information provided to the exclusive representative. Effective immediately. | In Committee |
| SB1545 | ANIMAL WELFARE-DOG DEALER | Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that "dog dealer" does not include a person who sells dogs at retail to the public. Provides that a person who sells dogs at retail to the public, shall not be considered an animal shelter under the Act. Defines "at retail to the public". Provides that the Illinois Department of Agriculture may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke a license due to an individual operating without a proper license under the Act. | In Committee |
| SB1412 | MUNI CODE-ADMIN ADJUDICATION | Amends the Administrative Adjudications Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an ordinance established under the Division to establish a system of administrative adjudication shall allow hearing officers presiding over adjudicatory hearings to enter orders prohibiting further code violations or compelling the remediation of existing code violations. | In Committee |
| SB0255 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH | Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. | In Committee |
| SB0256 | WILDLIFE CD-KILLING CONTESTS | Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a person shall not organize, sponsor, promote, conduct, or participate in any contest, organized competition, tournament, or derby that has as its objective the taking of a fur-bearing mammal for cash, prizes, or other inducement. Provides an exception for field trials, certain wildlife damage control activities, and certain lawful hunting or trapping activities. Establishes penalties for violations. | In Committee |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1075 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ACT | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB0742 | REGULATION-TECH | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB0850 | SAFETY-TECH | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB1224 | GOVT CONTRACT RETAINAGE | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0039 | VETS-TINY HOMES-EV EXEMPTION | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0073 | BABY FOODS-TOXIC HEAVY METALS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0071 | IEMA-SCHOOL SAFETY | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0058 | DCEO-REGIONAL MANUFACTURING | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB1373 | PEACE OFFICER&FIREARMS-ETRACE | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0189 | SWIMMING POOL-EQUIPMENT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0103 | ADOPTION ACT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB1505 | IL RACING BOARD-VARIOUS | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB1607 | ELIMINATE FOOD DESERTS | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0328 | CIVIL LAW-TECH | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0407 | EDUCATION-TECH | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0408 | EDUCATION-TECH | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0637 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0405 | EDUCATION-TECH | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1181 | PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB0314 | BUSINESS-TECH | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB1823 | COURT REVIEW-PERMANENCY HEARNG | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1346 | MANAGED CARE & INSURANCE CARDS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1344 | WORK COMP-TIMING REQUIRED | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1343 | CMS-PROPERTY MANAGEMENT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1261 | IHDA-HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SJR0013 | LIBRARY ACCESS TASK FORCE | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB1866 | NEXT GEN 9-1-1 IMPLEMENTATION | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1523 | CTY CD-DEED VERIFICATION | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1583 | SCH CD-SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1583 | SCH CD-SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1602 | SEXUAL ASSAULT TREATMENT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1605 | SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCHOOL COURSE | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1548 | AMBER ALERTS-DISABLED PERSONS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB2682 | TANF-FAMILY VIOLENCE OPTION | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB2755 | REVENUE-VARIOUS | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB2771 | DPH-CERTIFICATE FEES | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1672 | SCH CD-EARLY LITERACY-SCREEN | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1740 | SCH CD-MANDATES-REORGANIZE | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1740 | SCH CD-MANDATES-REORGANIZE | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1740 | SCH CD-MANDATES-REORGANIZE | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB2978 | NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB3078 | DHS-HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1920 | SCH CD-ASL IMPLEMENTATION | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1922 | VEHICLE CD-EMERGENCY VEHICLE | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1947 | SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSURE-MISC | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1941 | VEH CD-FLASHING LIGHTS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB3140 | ISP-POLICE K-9 CARE PROGRAM | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1827 | FIRE DISTRICTS--DESIGN-BUILD | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1799 | SCH CD-NONINSTRUCTIONAL SERVIC | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Abstain |
| SB1884 | PERSONNEL-NO BACH DEGREE REQ | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1899 | FOID-DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1797 | DIGITAL ASSETS & CONS PROT ACT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1814 | DPH-AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1859 | CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT ACT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2075 | CYCLE RIDER SAFETY-VARIOUS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2044 | WEB-BASED SIGNATURES ACT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2044 | WEB-BASED SIGNATURES ACT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1994 | CREDIT UNIONS-VARIOUS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB3247 | SCH CD-PROHIBT DENIAL FREE ED | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1958 | TRANSFER REFORM-VARIOUS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB1958 | TRANSFER REFORM-VARIOUS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2039 | IBHE-DATA DASHBOARD REPORT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2057 | SCH SAFE DRILL-RULES | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB3363 | STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB3345 | HEARING INSTRUMENT EXTENSION | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB3438 | TRANSPORTATION-VARIOUS | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB3374 | BOND AUTHORIZATION ACT | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2456 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY-EXT REPEAL | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2201 | CD CORR-DOC-REPORT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2201 | CD CORR-DOC-REPORT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2201 | CD CORR-DOC-REPORT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB3662 | JAIL RELEASE-OPIOID ANTAGONIST | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2108 | ST POLICE-HAZMAT-MOTOR CARRIER | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2108 | ST POLICE-HAZMAT-MOTOR CARRIER | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2153 | PHYSICAL THERAPY TELEHEALTH | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2215 | DPH-FERTILITY OPT-WMN OVER 25 | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2431 | EXPLOSIVES & CONSUMER FIREWORK | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2149 | SCH CD-TUITION FOR ORPHANS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2437 | MEDICAID-MATERNAL HLTH-DOULAS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2437 | MEDICAID-MATERNAL HLTH-DOULAS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| SB2487 | HUMAN RIGHTS-IDHR CONFERENCE | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2487 | HUMAN RIGHTS-IDHR CONFERENCE | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2455 | DNR-VARIOUS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2503 | ROOFING LICENSING SUNSET | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2503 | ROOFING LICENSING SUNSET | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2459 | SILURIFORMES FISH REGULATION | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2426 | TREE TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| HB3790 | PROPERTY TAX-VARIOUS | Third Reading in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2510 | $APPROPRIATIONS-VARIOUS | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2493 | GEOLOGY ACT SUNSET EXTENSION | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB2319 | VIRTUAL CURRENCY CONSUM PROT | Concurrence in Senate | 05/31/2025 | Yea |
| 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 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL | District 42 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/01/2007 |