# Illinois HB1075: BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ACT

Illinois HB1075, BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ACT, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-06-16 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0002); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Illinois HB1075
- State: Illinois
- Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ACT
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-12-20
- Last action: 2025-06-16, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0002
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: state government administration, assignments, executive
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (306 yes, 113 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 128

## Summary

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that, in accordance with the official day recognized by the government of the Republic of India, the 15th day of the Hindu lunisolar month of Kartika is designated as Diwali Day, to be observed throughout the State by the many Illinoisans who celebrate Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, as a day of thanksgiving and reflection.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Higher home service caps for adults: benefit, high. Eligible adults with mental disabilities who live alone receive higher monthly limits for state-provided home-based services. The cap equals 315% of the monthly federal Supplemental Security Income payment when not enrolled in local special education. For adults enrolled in a local education agency…
- Violence survivors gain cash assistance protections: benefit, high. Illinois must automatically waive applicable TANF work, child-support cooperation, and time-limit rules for domestic or sexual violence survivors. The Department must notify applicants, offer service referrals, and decide waiver claims within 15 calendar days. Survivors unable to safely obtain proo…
- Backup pension payments for public employees: benefit, high. Affected Tier 2 members of the state employee, teacher, and state university retirement systems can receive supplemental pension payments. An enforceable finding after the law's effective date must establish that benefits fall below federal minimum requirements. It must also find that the shortfall…
- Clean energy contractors gain loan support: benefit, high. Participating Clean Energy Primes Contractor Accelerator businesses gain support for low- or zero-interest loans, subject to an appropriation. Loan-loss reserves or other assistance can support up to $7 million in loans in each of three delivery areas. The Department must work with the Illinois Fin…
- More research grants for Illinois businesses: benefit, high. Illinois can award federal SBIR/STTR research matching grants to for-profit businesses with their main place of business in Illinois. Phase I grants rise from $50,000 to $75,000; new Phase II grants offer up to $250,000, subject to appropriation. Businesses need a qualifying federal Phase I award,…
- New lasting-home option for foster children: benefit, medium. Courts can choose continuing foster care as a lasting placement goal for children in state custody and guardianship. The court must find all other goals inappropriate for the child's best interest and record compelling reasons. The child must have lived with the current relative, certified relative…
- State aid for immigrant crime victims: benefit, medium. Otherwise eligible foreign-born victims and qualifying family members can receive Illinois cash or food aid when immigration status blocks comparable federal benefits. Aid depends on available funding. Single adults without qualifying family members need an approved or pending formal T or U status…
- More crisis help for families' housing: benefit, medium. Eligible families facing a loss of shelter can receive crisis help when program funds are available. The Department must notify families and provide at least $1,250 for up to four months. The provision does not establish a payment frequency or household total. Families are no longer limited to assi…
- New homelessness program eases provider funding: benefit, medium. Subject to an appropriation, Illinois must establish Home Illinois to prevent and end homelessness. It can support prevention, emergency and transitional housing, rapid rehousing, outreach, capital projects, and related services. The Department sets eligibility and other requirements by rule. Separ…
- Higher pay funding for disability workers: benefit, medium. For services delivered beginning January 1, 2026, covered disability-service rates must fund an $0.80 hourly increase for specified frontline workers. At least $0.60 must directly increase base wages; the remaining $0.20 supports flexible base-wage increases. Providers cannot use this money for ope…
- Higher wage floor for homemaker workers: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2026, Community Care Program homemaker service rates rise to $30.80, subject to federal approval. The rate supports a minimum direct-service-worker wage of $18.75 per hour. Providers must certify ongoing wage compliance and cannot cut fringe benefits because of the rate increas…
- State gets more bill payment flexibility: benefit, medium. The Treasurer can invest eligible state money to pay vouchers when they exceed available general funds by $500 million, previously $1 billion. Investments cannot exceed $2 billion at any time. Eligible money must be unneeded for current spending or set aside for state bond principal and interest. B…
- Gaming money increases education fund transfers: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the State Gaming Fund must transfer $28 million monthly to the Education Assistance Fund. Transfers follow required gaming-fund spending and distributions. Each transfer also includes unpaid amounts from earlier months in that fiscal year. Remaining money generated by the Ac…
- School funding targets include student supports: benefit, medium. Illinois school funding targets include staffing, supplies, buildings, and student supports; these are calculations, not guaranteed payments or staffing levels. Per-student amounts include $40 for gifted education, $125 for teacher training, $190 for materials, $25 for tests, and $285.50 for techno…
- Technology support for lower-funded school districts: benefit, medium. Beginning with the 2018–2019 school year, qualifying school units get an extra $285.50 per student in their funding target. This technology amount applies to units placed in Tier 1 or Tier 2 during the prior school year. It raises the formula's estimate of needed school funding, not a direct paymen…
- Campers can get one free night: benefit, low. Illinois may offer coupons waiving the final night's camping fee at sites owned, leased, or managed by the state. Campers must be at least 18, buy another night, and stay at least two nights. Coupons are available August 1 through December 31, 2025, first come, first served, while supplies last. Ca…
- Police graduates keep college scholarship access: benefit, low. Police Training Academy Job Training Program graduates accepted by an Illinois public college remain eligible for tuition and mandatory-fee scholarships. The law removes the requirement to use the program's named scholarship fund. Awards still depend on an appropriation and existing eligibility rul…
- Distressed communities get fuller park grants: benefit, low. Distressed local governments can receive grants covering up to 100% of eligible open-space acquisition and capital project costs. This applies to awards from new appropriations in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. The Department defines distressed status through administrative rules. During those yea…
- Fare subsidies support students and seniors: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Illinois can spend up to $23.067 million from the Road Fund on reduced-fare subsidies. These support half-fare student rides and reduced fares for older riders. The cap applies from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The provision does not set each rider's savings.
- Fund supports families of homicide victims: benefit, low. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority uses the Death Penalty Abolition Fund for services for families of homicide victims. The fund also supports law-enforcement personnel training. The law states no funding total or individual payment amount.
- Funding authority supports rides for disabled people: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law authorizes up to $11.5 million from the Road Fund for PACE paratransit expenses. The grant goes through the Regional Transportation Authority and depends on a state appropriation. The authorization covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It does not set a fare disc…
- Funding routes for child and family safety: benefit, low. Child abuse prevention, shelter, and service programs use approved funding from the DCFS Children's Services Fund and General Revenue Fund. Net proceeds from commemorative birth certificates are split equally between the children's fund and Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund. Issuing costs…
- Habitat funds accept gifts and grants: benefit, low. Natural Resources can accept gifts, grants, bequests, money, and securities from all sources for the Illinois Habitat Fund. Interest stays in the fund. Approved spending must exclusively preserve and maintain high-quality habitat lands. Roadside Monarch Habitat Fund grants support developing, impro…
- Health nonprofits gain security grant eligibility: benefit, low. Medical and behavioral health nonprofits are expressly included among groups eligible for state security grants. Organizations must face a high risk of terrorist attack. Illinois Emergency Management Agency grants from the IEMA State Projects Fund can cover security staff, physical protection, and…
- Local pretrial agencies gain salary support: benefit, low. Local agencies or the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services can provide courts with felony background data and supervise release conditions. Their pretrial officers count as peace officers when they take the required oath and provide court services. From appropriated funds, the Office reimburses 10…
- New funds for courts and pretrial services: benefit, low. New dedicated funds hold federal administrative-cost reimbursements for the Illinois Supreme Court and Office of Statewide Pretrial Services. Each office can use its reimbursements for administrative costs, subject to appropriation. A separate pretrial State Projects Fund receives state-agreement m…
- Sexual assault service funding shifts agencies: benefit, low. Human Services replaces Public Health as administrator of the Sexual Assault Services Fund. It makes grants to contracted organizations for community services for victims. The law also adds specified revenue deposits and sets spending rules under the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. No total fu…
- State conservation funding continues through 2026: benefit, low. Illinois transfers $14 million from the General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2026. The money supports conservation programs. Transfers come in 12 equal monthly installments through June 30, 2026.
- State supports round-the-clock community helpline: benefit, low. The state can assist approved providers with the statewide 2-1-1 system and database. Grants can support developing, evaluating, and running services, including operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The law states no grant amount.
- State takes charge of coroner training: benefit, low. The Illinois Department of Public Health takes control of the Coroner Training Board and oversees training standards, applicants, and schools. It can require information from local governments. The department can waive training only on the board's recommendation, based solely on prior death- or hom…
- Tire cleanup funds support more projects: benefit, low. For fiscal years 2025 and 2026, 55% of Used Tire Management Fund money above $4 million annually is available for specified projects. Uses include tire cleanup, facilities, technology, research, and research grants. The environmental agency and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity can us…
- Child abuse services receive redirected funds: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the DCFS Children's Services Fund receives 100% of each covered fine's portion above $10,000. This applies to specified child sexual abuse material offenses. The fund supports grants to private groups providing treatment and counseling for child sexual abuse victims. The Chi…
- Donations can support disability home services: benefit, low. The state can accept public and private gifts, grants, and donations for community developmental disability services. That money must enter the Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund. Human Services can also accept contributions for the Home Services Program, deposited into…
- Long-term care oversight keeps fee money: benefit, low. The Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver Fund no longer transfers its year-end balance above $1 million to the General Revenue Fund. It keeps that license-fee money for state costs of appointing long-term care monitors and receivers. The law does not state how much additional money remains in the fund.
- Lyme research funding options broaden: benefit, low. The Lyme Disease Innovation Program can receive approved state funding from any lawful source. This replaces the prior funding language involving the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund. The Illinois Department of Public Health must approve grants. The law sets no funding amount or guaranteed grant.
- Unpaid care facilities get funding opportunity: benefit, low. During fiscal year 2026, Illinois may make authorized payments to eligible care providers that received none in earlier years. This includes qualifying long-term care providers, nursing homes, and licensed specialized mental health rehabilitation facilities. Payments require an appropriation from t…
- Families can review school spending plans: benefit, low. School units must submit annual funding plans to the State Board by October 31. Plans explain intended spending, including supports for low-income students, English learners, and special education, plus student goals and public input. Units serving students under Article 14C must continue their exi…
- Struggling schools can receive intervention funding: benefit, low. Eligible school units can add intervention money to their minimum funding. They must meet State Board control or school-year criteria and have a prior-year Tier 1 or Tier 2 designation. They also need a sustainable five-year plan and demonstrated progress in governance, academics, and finances. The…
- County fairs gain flexible funding sources: benefit, low. During fiscal year 2026, Agriculture can use the Fair and Exposition Fund for county fair payments otherwise due from the Agricultural Premium Fund. Existing payment conditions and each fair's prior fund election stay unchanged. Premium formulas apply to both funds, including the existing 30% depar…
- Department gains facility improvement powers: benefit, low. The department responsible for the covered facilities can buy land for training or building sites. It can also build, repair, maintain, and make capital improvements to those facilities or properties. All work requires approved state funding. The provision sets no spending amount.
- Early childhood agencies can shift funding: benefit, low. During fiscal year 2026 only, the Governor can transfer general-fund appropriations set aside for Department of Early Childhood costs. The money can go to the Department of Early Childhood or the Department of Human Services. Both department leaders or their designees must certify that the transfer…
- Grant recipients get more spending time: benefit, low. Recipients of state fiscal year 2023 and 2024 grants can spend the money within three years after distribution. The law also adds exceptions to the usual two-year spending limit for certain Department of Human Services grants. Those exceptions cover grants identified in Section 80-45(b) and (c) of…
- Horse racing purses receive fund transfer: benefit, low. The law requires a $2 million transfer on July 3, 2025, to the Horse Racing Purse Equity Fund. The money comes from the Horse Racing Fund. It supports qualifying Illinois horse-racing purse accounts, not household checks.
- New reserve covers state revenue delays: benefit, low. The law creates the Budget Reserve for Immediate Disbursements and Governmental Emergencies, called the BRIDGE Fund. It can supplement state funds when unexpected revenue delays or failures prevent them from carrying out approved spending. Transfers out and later repayments require the Governor's w…
- Port districts gain infrastructure grant authority: benefit, low. During fiscal year 2026, the Illinois Department of Transportation can use Road Fund money for port district infrastructure grants. Spending depends on a state appropriation. Improvements must meet the Illinois Constitution's transportation-funding requirements. The authority ends June 30, 2026, an…
- Racetracks receive specified prize fund shares: benefit, low. The law extends the 2024 Horse Racing Purse Equity Fund distribution formula to the 2025 division. Stickney Township racetracks receive 45% for thoroughbred purses and 30% for harness purses; a Madison County racetrack receives 25% for thoroughbred purses. Eligible licensees must hold purse money s…
- State agencies gain limited budget flexibility: benefit, low. During fiscal year 2026, covered agencies can move money between operating or lump-sum budget lines within the same treasury fund. Total transfers cannot exceed 4% of the agency's combined appropriation for those expenses. The Attorney General, Comptroller, Treasurer, courts, and legislative branch…
- State construction and purchasing authority continues: benefit, low. Specified Central Management Services construction purchases fall under the chief procurement officer, and the department can use design-build contracts. The Design-Build Procurement Act's repeal moves from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2027. The Capital Development Board Revolving Fund and its au…
- State procurement offices receive operating set-asides: benefit, low. For fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, the Executive Ethics Commission must reserve money for four chief procurement officers. The set-asides cover the officers' and their offices' ordinary and contingent expenses. Money comes from the Commission's appropriation, and the law sets no dollar amount.
- Waste energy facilities stop paying assessment: benefit, low. Qualified waste-energy facilities selling electricity to Illinois utilities no longer pay the $0.0006-per-kilowatt-hour assessment. They also stop filing the related monthly forms. The law removes the related Municipal Economic Development Fund transfer, refund, and municipal audit rules. It does n…
- State gains temporary bill payment flexibility: benefit, low. From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, state voucher-payment investments can be deposited into other Treasury funds. The Governor must request each deposit, and the Treasurer must approve it for outstanding or expected payment requests. Repayment can come from the fund the Governor identifies. I…
- Annual receipts reserved for pharmacy grants: benefit, low. The law establishes a pharmacy-grant transfer rule tied to enactment of House Bill 1697 with Senate Amendments 2, 4, and 5. That rule directs the first $25 million collected each fiscal year under the pharmacy benefit manager registration provisions to pharmacy grants. The money goes through the DC…
- Housing agency gets flexible grant deadlines: benefit, low. The Department of Human Services must make grants available to the Illinois Housing Development Authority when the State distributes them. The housing authority is exempt from the specified Grant Funds Recovery Act deadline to spend or return that money. The change does not set a grant amount or ch…
- State manages affordable housing funds: benefit, low. The law assigns an Illinois department to manage affordable housing funds used by the Illinois Housing Development Authority. The department can make agreements with government agencies needed for this role, following state and federal law. This provision sets no funding amount and does not change…
- University can transfer unused state property: benefit, low. The University of Illinois can sell, lease, or otherwise transfer surplus real estate and improvements to a state agency. Transfers can happen with or without payment. The Board of Trustees must find the terms serve the university's best interests and purposes. Sale proceeds remain subject to State…
- Community groups gain Illinois Works funding: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2024, annual transfers to the Illinois Works Fund rise from $20 million to $27.5 million. The money comes from the Capital Projects Fund and supports community-based organizations across Illinois. Transfers occur each July 1 or as soon afterward as practical. The provision does no…
- Reserve supports public workers' retirement systems: benefit, low. The law creates the Tier 2 SSWB Reserve Fund for extra state contributions tied to specified Tier 2 earnings-limit adjustments. Distributions require an appropriation. Of each distribution, 5.1% goes to the State Employees' Retirement System and 83.3% to the Teachers' Retirement System. The State U…
- Gaming operators can claim tax adjustments: benefit, low. Qualifying gaming owners can reduce privilege taxes when specified taxes leave after-tax receipts below their 2018 level, within an annual cap. Reductions become credits against the following year's payments, not refunds; owners authorized under the specified excluded license category cannot qualif…
- Insulin affordability law is repealed: cost, medium. The law repeals the Access to Affordable Insulin Act. The supplied provision does not describe that Act's protections, eligibility rules, or repeal date. It therefore does not establish how much insulin costs or access change for any patient.
- Video gaming operators pay higher tax: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, video gaming terminal operators pay 35% of net terminal income in tax. Of that revenue, 83.7% goes to capital projects and 14.3% to the Local Government Video Gaming Distributive Fund. The remaining 2% goes to the State Gaming Fund. Earlier tax rules apply through June 30, 2…
- Covered vehicle violations carry $150 assessment: cost, low. A person found in violation of Illinois Vehicle Code Section 15-109.1 owes a $150 assessment per violation. Half goes to the county general fund. The other half goes to the arresting local law enforcement agency or through the State Treasurer when a state agency arrests.
- Drivers lose two special plate options: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, the law ends authorization for two special license plates. Drivers can no longer apply for or renew EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training plates under the repealed section. The same applies to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital plates. These provisions do not specify c…
- New charity license plates carry extra fees: cost, low. Illinois residents can choose four new special plate decals by identifying the organization; receiving charities must follow state charity laws. Electrical Workers and Sons of the American Legion decals each cost an extra $25 initially and at renewal. Each organization's fund gets $10 initially and…
- Farmers market technology assistance law ends: cost, low. The law repeals the Farmers' Market Technology Improvement Program Act. Farmers' markets and participating farms lose that Act as a basis for technology improvement assistance. The provision names no replacement program or funding amount.
- Animal abuse fund authorization ends: cost, low. The Illinois Animal Abuse Fund's statutory section is repealed January 1, 2027. The provision does not identify supported activities or explain how remaining money is handled. It does not specify changes to enforcement or related services.
- Child abuse prevention fund authorization ends: cost, low. The Child Abuse Prevention Fund's statutory section is repealed January 1, 2026. The provision does not state its balance or explain how remaining money is handled. It does not identify prevention services that end or change for families.
- Dedicated defibrillator fund section ends: cost, low. The law repeals the Heartsaver AED Fund's State Finance Act section on January 1, 2027. This provision does not explain how remaining money is handled. It does not specify any change in access to automated defibrillators or related services.
- Radioactive waste fund authorization ends: cost, low. The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Closure, Post-Closure Care and Compensation Fund's statutory section is repealed January 1, 2026. The provision does not explain how closure or later care will be financed afterward. It does not specify a new household charge or service change.
- Some health nonprofits lose security grants: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2024, the state cannot award these nonprofit security grants to entities meeting the law's primary-purpose exclusion. The exclusion covers entities primarily providing reproductive or maternal health care and reproductive or maternal health counseling services. The provision does…
- Veterans rehabilitation fund authorization ends: cost, low. The Illinois Veterans' Rehabilitation Fund's statutory section is repealed January 1, 2027. The provision does not state the balance or explain what happens to remaining money. It also does not identify veterans' services that end or change.
- Youth substance prevention funding transfer pauses: cost, low. The law pauses a transfer to the Youth Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Prevention Fund from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The regular transfer from the General Revenue Fund equals $50 for each retail liquor license issued that fiscal year. The pause reduces money available for programs suppor…
- Dedicated heart defibrillator grant fund closes: cost, low. On June 30, 2026, or as soon afterward as practical, the Heartsaver AED Fund transfers its balance to General Revenue. The fund supported matching grants for automated external defibrillators. It closes after the transfer, with future deposits, obligations, and liabilities moving to General Revenue…
- Youth prevention funding authorities wind down: cost, low. Through June 30, 2026, general funds support the Youth Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Prevention Fund using a liquor-license formula. The transfer equals $50 times the number of retail liquor licenses issued for that fiscal year's license period. That transfer authority becomes inoperative afterwar…
- Education funding dedication paused for 2026: cost, low. For state fiscal year 2026, the law suspends a required dedication of new school funds. In other years, new funds above $300 million go to specified education purposes, up to $50 million. The law does not specify where money freed from this requirement goes.
- Emergency medical scholarship fund section repealed: cost, low. The Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund's State Finance Act section is repealed January 1, 2026. This provision does not explain how remaining money, scholarships, or training are handled.
- Intercity rail subsidies face spending cap: cost, low. From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, Road Fund spending on Illinois intercity rail subsidies cannot exceed $76 million. This is a ceiling, not a promise to spend the full amount. The provision does not specify fare or service changes.
- Military funds face scheduled funding limits: cost, low. The law ends the specified transfer authority for the Illinois Veterans' Rehabilitation Fund after fiscal year 2026. It also repeals the National Guard and Naval Militia Grant Fund's State Finance Act section on January 1, 2027. These provisions give no dollar amounts or direct changes to military…
- Public airport loan fund authorization ends: cost, low. The Airport Land Loan Revolving Fund's statutory section is repealed January 1, 2026. That section names the fund as the source for appropriations supporting loans to public airport owners. The provision does not say whether another funding source replaces it. It does not change household loan term…
- Public airports lose land loan program: cost, low. The law ends the Airport Land Loan Program for public airport owners and removes its transportation bond deposit authority. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, the remaining loan fund balance moves to the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund. The loan fund closes, an…
- Higher education research fund section ends: cost, low. The law repeals the BHE Data and Research Cost Recovery Fund's State Finance Act section on January 1, 2027. It does not specify a replacement fund, balance transfer, or change to services used by households.
- Returned college grants cannot be redistributed: cost, low. Beginning when the law takes effect, the state cannot redistribute certain returned college grant money. The restriction covers remaining grants returned by institutions that failed to qualify as an independent college. The provision does not state how much money is affected.
- Farm loan guarantee funds lose reserves: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state must move $6 million from the Illinois Agricultural Loan Guarantee Fund into general revenue. It must also move $4 million from the Illinois Farmer and Agribusiness Loan Guarantee Fund into general revenue. Transfers must occur as soon as practical. These transfers…
- Small business environmental fund provision ends: cost, low. The Small Business Environmental Assistance Fund provision ends January 1, 2026. A separate transfer provision moves its remaining balance, future deposits, and outstanding obligations to the Clean Air Act Permit Fund. This repeal does not itself specify any change to business eligibility for assis…
- School funding uses specified salary estimates: mixed, medium. The state superintendent must calculate specified average salaries to the nearest dollar using state public-school employment data. The data excludes special education and vocational cooperatives, Department of Juvenile Justice schools, and charter schools. For positions missing from the data, firs…
- State moves money among budget funds: mixed, medium. At the Governor's direction, up to $370 million can move from General Revenue to the Fund for Illinois' Future through June 30, 2025. The law also requires $200 million from General Revenue for the Technology Management Revolving Fund. That transfer must occur on or after enactment, as soon as prac…
- Regional wage rules reshape school funding: mixed, medium. Starting in Evidence-Based Funding's fourth year, the state superintendent must update the wage index using a University of Illinois study. Updates must occur at least every five years. With more than two adjacent Illinois counties, the county wage value gets 25% weight and the adjacent-county aver…
- School aid uses revised local-resource formulas: mixed, medium. School funding calculations multiply the specified local-capacity ratio by 9/13 for kindergarten–grade 8 units and 4/13 for grades 9–12 units. Local capacity equals its target when local receipts do not exceed it; otherwise, the excess times the local-capacity percentage is added. Targets also acco…
- College retirement plans allow more marketing: mixed, low. The law expands permitted marketing in public college defined contribution plans and the State Universities Retirement System's deferred compensation plan. Recordkeepers can use participant information to offer nonplan products at a participant's request or the responsible board's or System's reque…
- Animal abuse fund joins livestock account: mixed, low. On June 30, 2026, or as soon afterward as practical, the Illinois Animal Abuse Fund balance moves to the Livestock Management Facilities Fund. Future deposits, debts, and obligations also move, and the Animal Abuse Fund closes. The related section is repealed January 1, 2027. The law does not state…
- Drug assessment money shifts toward enforcement: mixed, low. For covered felony and misdemeanor drug assessments, the Criminal Justice Information Projects Fund share rises from $28 to $66. The $38 Prescription Pill and Drug Disposal Fund share ends; the amount charged to individuals does not change. This covers specified controlled-substance, cannabis, and…
- Election funds merge into project fund: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, the ERIC Operations Trust Fund transfers its remaining balance. The money goes to the Elections Special Projects Fund. The old fund closes, and its future deposits, unpaid obligations, and liabilities move to the receiving fund.
- Habitat funding combines accounts and oversight: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, the Illinois Habitat Endowment Trust Fund balance moves to the Illinois Habitat Fund. The trust fund closes, and future deposits, debts, and obligations move with it. The advisory committee reviews and recommends Habitat Fund allocations without w…
- Hazardous waste fund gains quarterly transfers: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Solid Waste Management Fund transfers $750,000 quarterly to the Hazardous Waste Fund. Transfers occur January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. This moves $3 million per full year between the funds. The provision does not specify how the receiving fund spends the money.
- Parole supervision fund merges into corrections: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, the parole supervision fund transfers its remaining balance. The money goes to the Department of Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund. The old fund closes, and future deposits, unpaid obligations, and liabilities move to the receiving fund…
- Police funding shares change; fund expires: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, motor vehicle insurance assessment revenue is divided among three law-enforcement funds. The State Police administration fund gets 10%, the State Police vehicle fund gets 10%, and law-enforcement training gets 80%. This replaces the prior 10%/90% split and does not itself se…
- Police funding shifts toward vehicle costs: mixed, low. Through June 30, 2025, added insurance producer and car rental license-fee revenue is split 10% for police administration and 90% for training. Beginning July 1, 2025, police administration gets 10%, police vehicles get 10%, and training gets 80%. The law updates the training fund's revenue rule to…
- Police training funds merge and broaden: mixed, low. On June 30, 2026, or as soon afterward as practical, two funds transfer their balances to the Law Enforcement Training Fund. They are the Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund and Police Training Board Services Fund. Both close, passing future deposits, obligations, and liabilities to the…
- Radioactive waste money changes funding accounts: mixed, low. Civil penalties under two radioactive waste laws now go to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Development and Operation Fund. This replaces deposits into the Closure, Post-Closure Care and Compensation Fund. The development and operation fund also replaces the former fund in interstate calcul…
- Road fund money shifts to police: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, $8 million moves from the Road Fund. It goes to the Illinois State Police Federal Projects Fund. The money must be used for purposes allowed by the Illinois Constitution's transportation-funding restrictions.
- State police money shifts toward operations: mixed, low. The law requires a $10 million transfer from the State Police Services Fund to the State Police Operations Assistance Fund. The transfer is due July 1, 2025, or as soon as practical afterward. The provision does not specify which police activities receive support.
- State shifts money toward brownfield redevelopment: mixed, low. The law requires $5 million to move from the Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund. The transfer is due July 1, 2025, or as soon as practical afterward. The provision does not identify cleanup sites or grant recipients.
- Cancer research funds move together: mixed, low. On June 30, 2026, or as soon afterward as practical, the Penny Severns cancer research fund transfers its remaining balance. The money goes to the Carolyn Adams Ticket For The Cure Grant Fund. The old fund then closes, with future deposits, obligations, and liabilities moving to the receiving fund.…
- Children's charity funds move together: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, the Children's Wellness Charities Fund transfers its remaining balance. The money goes to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Fund. The old fund closes, and future deposits, unpaid obligations, and liabilities move to the receiving fund. The trans…
- Crisis hotline fund receives temporary funding: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law requires $12.5 million to move into the Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund. The money comes from the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund, with the transfer made as soon as practical. Beginning June 30, 2026, the Secretary of Human Services can direct $12.5 million bac…
- Drug treatment funding sources shift: mixed, low. Human Services uses approved Drug Treatment Fund spending for community and nonprofit residential or nonresidential treatment and prevention grants. The fund can receive deposits and support other uses allowed by law; no grant amount is guaranteed. The law redirects 12.5% of covered drug fines and…
- Medicaid managed care enrollment counts broaden: mixed, low. Illinois no longer excludes Medicaid Medicare Alignment Initiative Plan enrollment months from managed-care member-month calculations. Those months can now count in the Department's totals. The provision does not specify changes to patients' coverage, benefits, or costs.
- Schools get revised minimum funding rules: mixed, low. School funding floors for 2018–2019 onward use prior-year funding and specified district amounts. The 2022–2023 floor includes specified 2019–2022 enrollment corrections and fiscal year 2022 property tax relief grants. Regional programs use earlier state allocations; programs started after June 5,…
- Worker protection fund gains broader uses: mixed, low. Civil penalties under the Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act now go to the Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund. Its former restriction to enforcing employer violations of that hiring law is removed. The fund also receives 20% of collected employer penalties…
- Agrichemical facilities gain reimbursement eligibility paths: mixed, low. Illinois agrichemical facilities gain ways to meet the historical-fee requirement for response-cost reimbursement. Facilities absent during 1991–1993 that did not pay those years' fees can make a one-time $1,500 payment. Facilities present during those years can pay unpaid $500 annual fees, but pay…
- Driver fees support broader office costs: mixed, low. The law names the account holding temporary visitor's license fees and the $5 adult driver education fee the DMV Transformation Fund. The Secretary of State can use it for broader office operations, not only temporary visitor's license costs. Allowed costs include staff, facilities, computer progra…
- Drug disposal fund moves to justice: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, the remaining Prescription Pill and Drug Disposal Fund balance transfers. The money goes to the Criminal Justice Information Projects Fund. The disposal fund dissolves when the transfer finishes, and future deposits, obligations, and liabilities p…
- Specialty plate funds combine state accounts: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, two funds move into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. They are the Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund and the St. Jude Children's Research Fund. Each former fund closes after its balance, future deposits, debts, a…
- State funds executive administration and grant oversight: mixed, low. The law requires $500,000 to move from the General Revenue Fund to the Governor's Administrative Fund. Another $100,000 moves from general revenue to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Fund. Both transfers are due July 1, 2025, or as soon as practical afterward. The provisions do not specify…
- State funds must cover audit expenses: mixed, low. The Comptroller must order scheduled transfers from listed state funds to the Audit Expense Fund. The Treasurer must carry them out within 30 days after July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical. Each source fund's transfer follows the amount in the statutory schedule.
- State program balances fund emergency reserve: mixed, low. By July 31, 2025, Illinois must transfer specified program balances into the BRIDGE emergency budget reserve. Major transfers include $15 million from medical cannabis, $10 million each from open-space grants and DHS community services, and $8 million from fire prevention. They also include $7.5 mi…
- State reserve money joins general budget: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, the MPEA Reserve Fund balance moves to the General Revenue Fund. Future deposits, debts, and obligations also move, and the reserve fund closes. The related section is repealed January 1, 2026. The law does not state the transfer amount.
- State shifts capital money between accounts: mixed, low. The law requires a $4 million transfer from the Capital Projects Fund to the Capital Development Board Revolving Fund. The transfer is due July 1, 2025, or as soon as practical afterward. The provision does not identify construction projects or direct household benefits.
- Waste funding transfers continue through 2026: mixed, low. Illinois continues transfers from the Solid Waste Management Fund to the General Revenue Fund through fiscal year 2026. The Comptroller directs the transfers, and the Treasurer makes them monthly. Each installment is one-twelfth of $5 million, for $5 million per fiscal year. The provision does not…
- State can redirect identification security funding: mixed, low. During fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of State can redirect money to the Identification Security and Theft Prevention Fund. Caps are $400,000 from the Division of Corporations Registered Limited Liability Partnership Fund and $5.5 million from the Department of Business Services Special Operations…
- Public pension funding shifts in 2027: mixed, low. For fiscal years 2006 through 2026, available State Pensions Fund money must be appropriated to the State Universities Retirement System. The law delays broader retirement-system sharing of unclaimed-property deposits from fiscal year 2026 to 2027. Beginning in fiscal year 2027, the Treasurer must…
- Autism care money moves between funds: mixed, low. On June 30, 2026, or as soon afterward as practical, the Autism Care Fund balance moves to the Autism Awareness Fund. Future deposits, debts, and obligations also move, and the Autism Care Fund closes after the transfer. The related sections are repealed January 1, 2027. The law gives no transfer a…
- Hospital transfers must protect unpaid obligations: mixed, low. After overdue hospital assessments and penalties are paid, the Department can move money from the Hospital Provider Fund. Transfers go to the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund. Enough must remain to cover all outstanding assessment-related payments owed to hospitals. The rule covers amounts overdue w…
- State research funds merge and expire: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon afterward as practical, the Autoimmune Disease Research Fund's balance moves to the Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund. The old fund dissolves, and future deposits, obligations, and liabilities pass to the receiving fund. The transfer section is repealed January 1, 2026. T…
- State shifts money into human services funds: mixed, low. On July 1, 2025, or as soon as practical afterward, the law requires transfers into Department of Human Services funds. Its State Projects Fund receives $5 million from the General Revenue Fund. Its Community Services Fund receives $15 million from the Criminal Justice Information Projects Fund. Th…
- Family housing money joins homelessness fund: mixed, low. On June 30, 2026, or as soon afterward as practical, the Housing for Families Fund balance moves to the Homelessness Prevention Revenue Fund. Future deposits, debts, and obligations also move, and the former fund closes after the transfer. Its State Finance Act section is repealed January 1, 2027.…
- Housing and parks revenue gets split: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the first $300,000 in yearly revenue collected under Property Tax Code Section 31-15 goes to the Governor's Administrative Fund. After required deposits, the remaining revenue is split among three funds. Affordable housing gets 50%, open-space acquisition and development get…
- Schools get later special education reimbursement dates: mixed, low. For claims payable in fiscal year 2026, school districts have until September 15 instead of August 15 to submit claims. The State Board of Education's first approved reimbursement voucher moves from September 30 to November 30. Other vouchers go to the Comptroller on December 30 and March 30, with…
- Tax receipts shift among state funds: mixed, low. For fiscal year 2026, 9.15% of specified individual, trust, and estate income-tax receipts goes to the Income Tax Refund Fund. The share for the other specified income-tax receipts is 14%; these are not household tax rates. The Commitment to Human Services Fund receives 1/26 of specified receipts a…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark L. Walker (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Napoleon Harris III (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robyn Gabel (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Will Guzzardi (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-31 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 House Concurs | pass | 74 | 41 |   |
| 2025-05-31 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; | pass | 3 | 2 |   |
| 2025-05-31 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs | pass | 74 | 41 |   |
| 2025-05-31 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; | pass | 3 | 2 |   |
| 2025-05-31 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 32 | 23 |   |
| 2025-05-15 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Executive; | pass | 9 | 4 |   |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 103 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075eng.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075enr.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075.pdf)
- Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075sam001.pdf)
- Senate Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075sam002.pdf)
- Senate Amendment 3: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075sam003.pdf)
- Senate Amendment 4: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075sam004.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house)
- SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate)
- HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee)
- HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee)
- SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate)
- SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed)

## Sources
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075eng.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075enr.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075.pdf)
- [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075sam001.pdf)
- [Senate Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075sam002.pdf)
- [Senate Amendment 3 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075sam003.pdf)
- [Senate Amendment 4 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1075sam004.pdf)

## Related
- [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026)
- [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026)
- [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026)
- [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026)
- [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026)
- [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB1075-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).
