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IllinoisHB1863104th General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
ONE HEALTH TASK FORCE
Sponsored By: Kam Buckner (Democratic)
Became Law
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87 provisions identified: 48 benefits, 12 costs, 27 mixed.
New fund for disability care
The law creates a Care Provider Fund for people with developmental disabilities. It pays intermediate care facilities under Medicaid and covers certain refunds and admin costs. The Comptroller pays out money on vouchers certified by the Department. Some transfers can go to pay principal on bonds issued in anticipation of fund receipts.
Standard policies for state workers
State agencies must adopt and file worker policies. Policies cover timekeeping, travel pay, compensation, and benefits accrual. Within 30 days, they must include a sexual harassment ban, reporting steps, anti‑retaliation, and consequences. Employees must submit timesheets to the nearest quarter hour, and records are kept for at least two years.
State secures jobless pay and pensions
If the State was your last employer, it finances your unemployment benefits through transfers to a clearing account. Generally the transfer equals 100% of regular benefits (or 50% in some cases set by law). The old State Employees' Unemployment Benefit Fund is abolished. Also, when pay comes from non‑General Revenue Funds, the State must deposit the full required retirement contribution at payroll time, unless the fund lacks available money.
Hospitals report staffing and birth outcomes
Hospitals must file quarterly reports by April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31. Reports include nursing hours per patient day, key infection measures, all preterm births and infant deaths, and each maternal death with race and ethnicity data. Hospitals also submit yearly nurse vacancy and turnover data. The Health Department checks methods and gives hospitals 30 days to correct data before publishing.
More support for home-based long-term care
State agencies use a “Money Follows the Person” approach to shift funds toward home and community long‑term care. The goal is to expand and stabilize services at home. The law bars cuts to facility quality, bans forcing residents into home care, protects facility pay rates as of July 1, 2008, and keeps full long‑term care options open.
Healthcare Workforce Council and five-year plans
The state creates a Healthcare Workforce Council. The Department of Public Health and the Council make a full workforce plan every five years with 25‑year projections. In other years, the Department gives an annual report by July 1. Doing this work depends on getting federal grant money.
More counselors, nurses, aides, principals, substitutes
The law funds one school counselor per 450 students in pre‑K with disabilities plus K–5, and one per 250 students in grades 6–8 and 9–12. It funds one nurse per 750 students (pre‑K with disabilities plus all K–12). It funds supervisory aides at one per 225 students in K–5 and middle school, and one per 200 in high school. Each prototypical school gets one librarian and one principal, and one assistant principal. Districts also get one media aide per 300 students. Substitute coverage is funded for 5.70% of minimum attendance days and paid at one‑third of average teacher or assistant pay, depending on the position.
More funding for teachers and tutors
The state funds core teachers based on student counts. For K–3: one teacher per 15 low‑income students and one per 20 other students. For grades 4–12: one teacher per 20 low‑income students and one per 25 other students. Elementary and middle schools get specialist teachers equal to 20% of core teachers; high schools get 33.33%. Districts also get one instructional facilitator per 200 students (pre‑K with disabilities plus all K–12) and one intervention teacher for each prototypical elementary, middle, and high school.
More per-student funds for schools
The law boosts key school dollars per student. Districts get $125 for staff training, $190 for instructional materials, and $25 for testing each year. They get $285.50 for technology per student, with an extra $285.50 if the district was Tier 1 or Tier 2 last year. Student activity funds are $100 for K–5, $200 for middle school, and $675 for high school per student. Maintenance gets $1,038 per student ($352.92 counts as salary for benefits), and central office gets $742 ($368.48 is the salary part). Benefits funding equals 30% of salary-based elements, and a certified pension normal cost is added if districts are made to pay it.
More staff for high-need students
Schools get funding for added staff based on need. For low‑income students: one intervention teacher and one pupil support staff per 125, plus one extended day and one summer teacher per 120. For English learners: the same four roles at those ratios, plus one core teacher per 100. For special education: one special education teacher and one instructional assistant per 141 combined ASE, and one psychologist per 1,000 combined ASE. Combined ASE means pre‑K children with disabilities plus all K–12 students.
New evidence-based school funding formula
Illinois uses an Evidence‑Based Funding formula for all school districts. The state sets an Adequacy Target, measures local capacity, and sends more new money to the least‑funded districts. Districts may use funds in any legally allowed fund. The goal is that, by June 30, 2027, each school has the resources the formula says it needs. The law also gives $40 each year for every K–12 Adjusted Student Enrollment to invest in gifted programs.
Stable school funding floor each year
For 2017–2018, each district’s Base Funding Minimum equals what it got in 2016–2017 from listed programs. Glenwood Academy’s floor is $952,014. Starting in 2018–2019, the floor rises by adding last year’s Evidence‑Based Funding, last year’s floor, and any listed Section 7 money. The State Board can add District Intervention Money to a district’s base if it meets strict conditions, reports to lawmakers by January 2, and is approved or not disapproved within 40 days.
What farm fair funds cover
The Agricultural Premium Fund can pay for the Illinois State Fair and DuQuoin State Fair, including prize money. It can fund county fairs, livestock expositions, farm advisors, equine disease research, and scholarships to the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. It can also cover fairground repairs, help for veterans with disabilities and their families, State Police costs under the Act, soil and water conservation, and other listed projects.
More state financing tools for tech projects
The Department can now give grants, loans, or investments to support technology work. It can accept funds, set fees, and require records, inspections, and audits. These programs run only when money is appropriated.
State budget cannot exceed resources
The law ties state spending to the official estimate of available money. The Governor cannot propose, and lawmakers cannot pass, budgets that spend more than that estimate. This can limit new or expanded programs if money is not available.
Changes to interstate passenger rail planning
Two sections of the interstate rail compact are repealed. If member states adopt the compact, they must run a joint study of an interstate passenger rail network. The study looks at buying or leasing rail equipment, may suggest Amtrak board representation, and reviews traffic estimates over time.
New fees and council for water testing
Community water systems that join the state lab program must pay an annual, nonrefundable fee. The Agency sets fee amounts and can require multi‑year participation, based on real testing and admin costs. Systems that do not join or do not pay must do all required drinking water tests on their own. All fees go into a dedicated state fund to pay for lab work and program costs. A new Testing Council advises on financing and reviews rules before public notice.
New rules and help for manufactured homes
The Department now licenses manufactured‑home makers and installers and collects fees. It must write rules to run the program. A new advisory board with residents, industry, and the state meets at least three times a year. The Department also serves as a liaison, takes complaints, and helps resolve disputes for homeowners and park residents.
Ends several special state funds
The law repeals many special state funds listed in the finance laws. The repeals take effect January 1, 2026. It also repeals some older budget and finance sections, including the Emergency Budget Implementation Act of Fiscal Year 2010. Which services change depends on what those funds paid for.
Annual statewide economic plan and updates
The state must publish a strategic economic development plan, update it each year by July 1, and fully redo it every five years. The plan uses data, consults stakeholders, and explains the money impact of any strategies with fiscal effects. The Department sends the plan to the Governor and General Assembly each year.
Where horse racing taxes go
The law sets fixed shares for horse racing privilege tax money. 50% goes to the Agricultural Premium Fund. 30% goes to the Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Fund until that fund is repealed, then to the General Revenue Fund. An additional 4.5% also goes to that same fund until repeal, then to General Revenue. 7% goes to the Fair and Exposition Fund; after old Metropolitan bonds are paid or refunded, $1,665,662 per year (paid as one‑twelfth each month) goes to the Build Illinois Fund, with the rest of the 7% staying in the Fair and Exposition Fund. If the Governor decides the Agricultural Premium Fund has more money than needed, excess may be moved to General Revenue.
License breaks for disabled people and veterans
Blind residents and people with a Class 2 disability can use commercial fishing devices without a sport fishing license, with an Illinois Disability ID as proof. Veterans with at least a 10% VA-certified disability or a total disability pension can also fish with commercial devices without a sport license during legal commercial periods, if they can do so safely. Veterans with at least 10% VA disability, those with a total disability pension, and former prisoners of war can hunt and trap protected species without buying licenses or habitat or waterfowl stamps, if they can do so safely. People under 16 are exempt from sport licenses, and the state can set up to four license-free sport fishing days each year and issue no-cost permits for some hospital patients and people with disabilities.
Stronger privacy for head and spinal injuries
Reports and records about head and spinal injuries stay private. The state can share a person’s name only with consent or for approved research. The advisory council gets only anonymized data unless identity is necessary for research and consent is obtained. The Department must send the council annual data without personal identifiers.
Payroll bond purchases and parking deposits
If you authorize payroll to buy U.S. Savings Bonds, the state buys a bond in your chosen amount as soon as your account has enough. The bond is issued in the name you directed. If you authorize payroll withholding for parking, the Comptroller deposits those amounts into the State Parking Facility Maintenance Fund.
Double SNAP dollars at markets
The state runs a program that doubles SNAP (LINK) buying power for eligible fruits and vegetables at participating farmers markets. Subject to funding, $500,000 a year goes to a nonprofit, and 100% of each grant goes out to the markets. The grantee must report results within 90 days after each grant cycle. DHS adopted rules to run the program.
Help with guardianship legal fees
The law creates a fund to pay grants to IDHS. IDHS uses the money to support legal aid groups that help pay guardianship fees. This helps private citizens willing to be guardians for people with developmental disabilities who cannot pay legal fees.
Team to find kids' behavioral care
Key state agencies form a team to review cases of children with serious behavioral needs and connect them to services. Agencies assign decision‑making staff and set clear review criteria, such as severe needs, residential placement, or juvenile justice involvement. Parents must consent before the State Board can present a child’s case. Agencies send a quarterly analysis while following privacy laws.
Clear rules for state worker housing
Listed agencies must keep housing applications, written selection rules, and records explaining housing picks for employee tenants. If you work for one of these agencies and apply for state housing, the process is clearer and documented.
More campus help for veterans
Public colleges must survey services for veterans and military students within 60 days and share the results on campus and with the State. Campuses with more than 1,000 full‑time students must appoint a Veterans Coordinator within six months. The coordinator advocates for veterans, posts contact info, and centralizes benefit information.
More options for state pay deductions
The law defines who is covered and expands what you can have withheld from pay, like savings bonds, insurance premiums, union dues, credit union deposits, parking, school payments, and optional retirement contributions. Savings‑bond withholdings go into a trust fund with the State Treasurer as trustee, and accounts can be audited. Offices must send withheld money to the named payees and send state income tax withholdings without delay. Withholding ends at job or annuity end, written cancellation, or when the total is reached; unused savings‑bond money must be returned right away.
Payroll deductions for bonds, insurance, unions
If you authorize it, the state withholds part of your pay to buy U.S. Savings Bonds and holds it in a trust fund until purchase. If you authorize insurance premiums or union dues, payroll sends payments to the named payee when payroll runs. Your withholding ends if your job or annuity ends, you cancel in writing (except irrevocable employer pickup retirement contributions), the time runs out, or the full amount is withheld. Any unspent bond withholding is returned to you.
Workplace violence pilot at five facilities
A two‑year pilot applies workplace‑violence‑prevention rules at five state sites: Chester, Alton, Douglas Singer, and Andrew McFarland Mental Health Centers, and Jacksonville Developmental Center. An 11‑member task force with lawmakers, nursing groups, public‑employee groups, and DHS reps evaluates the pilot. The task force reports to the General Assembly by January 1, 2008 on whether and how to expand the rules statewide.
State sends withheld tax promptly
If you authorize Illinois income tax withholding, the State office promptly sends your withheld tax to the Department of Revenue or its depositary. The withheld money counts toward your state tax bill.
Council to support women business owners
A nine‑member Women’s Business Ownership Council is created. At least five members are women business owners. The Council can accept grants, and the state reimburses member expenses. The Department provides staff support.
DHS support for safety task force
The Department of Human Services provides staff and administrative help to the health care workplace violence prevention task force so it can meet and report.
Grant funds for health and veterans groups
The state creates funds that can issue grants to named groups. These include a cancer research fund (starting January 1, 2025), a prostate cancer awareness fund, a PTSD awareness fund for K9s for Veterans, and funds for Navy Club chapters and the Sons of the American Legion in Illinois.
Grants for horsemen and youth tennis
New state funds provide grants to the Horsemen’s Council of Illinois and to the Illinois USTA/Midwest Youth Tennis Foundation. The tennis grants help districts expose youth to the game.
Grants for public safety dive teams
Starting January 1, 2025, the state creates a Public Safety Diver Fund. When money is appropriated, it can give need‑based grants for training, equipment, and standards to police, fire, and public safety diving and water‑rescue services. An advisory committee helps spread awards fairly.
New rules for Senate and HR posts
A Senate Operations Commission manages Senate facilities and staffing. The Secretary of State’s Director of Personnel needs Senate approval and personnel experience. The Comptroller’s HR Director needs Senate approval, must have personnel experience, and cannot be a recent or current party officer or committee member.
Quarterly state budget reports online
The Governor must send a quarterly financial report within 45 days after each quarter and post it online the same day. The report shows each agency and statewide totals and states the year‑to‑date surplus or deficit.
Roadside pollinator habitat grants
The state creates a Roadside Monarch Habitat Fund. Money in the fund provides grants to the Department of Natural Resources to plant and restore monarch and other pollinator habitat along roads.
Stronger ethics rules at the Capitol
An eight‑member Legislative Ethics Commission and an independent Legislative Inspector General are in place to oversee lawmakers and some staff. Committee and advisory members must publicly disclose income sources, ownerships, officer roles, and certain contracts for themselves, spouses, and household family at appointment and after changes.
Tighter stem cell program oversight
The law clarifies who runs and oversees the state’s stem cell program. It bars members and staff with conflicts from taking part in those matters and records recusals in meeting minutes. It also repeals two sections of the older prohibition act. Together, this tightens ethics and updates the legal framework for research.
Limits on tracking cookies on state sites
State websites cannot use permanent cookies or other invasive tracking that watches your browsing. Transactional cookies are allowed. The Internet Privacy Task Force can allow permanent cookies only when they add value and either do not track viewing habits or give full disclosure.
Single hub for digital access grants
A working group now reviews and lists grants and programs that improve internet access and digital skills. The Department of Commerce is the single contact for the Digital Divide Elimination Fund and shares this information with the public. This makes it easier to find help for digital access.
New health research grant funds
The law creates several special funds that send grants to named nonprofits. They support guide dog services, pediatric cancer treatment and research, pancreatic cancer research, Lyme disease work, and help for first responders’ families and mental health. Money in each fund goes to the listed purpose.
New public health councils and network
Subject to funding, the Department of Public Health sets up a statewide cord blood bank network and contracts with qualified banks. Banks must follow screening and privacy rules and can use up to 10% of inventory each year for peer‑reviewed research. The state also runs hepatitis education and creates an unpaid Advisory Council to plan prevention. A Food Systems Policy Council works on food access, health, and farmer incentives and may report yearly.
Stronger eminent domain and housing rules
The government can take property only for a defined public use and must prove need. For public ownership, it must show a government will own and control the property. For private‑control takings, it must show clear and convincing proof the public mostly benefits; blight claims must be challenged within 6 months. There are narrow exceptions for O’Hare projects and certain pre‑April 15, 2006 TIF plans, with limits. Private projects using condemnation must record a 40‑year use promise, and housing projects must keep at least 20% of units affordable to low‑income and very low‑income households for at least 15 years.
Fix to past school funding errors
For 2022–2023, the State Board uses corrected 2019–2022 amounts for Article 34 districts where enrollment errors happened. It also counts FY2022 property tax relief grants. This makes 2023 Evidence‑Based Funding amounts accurate for those districts.
Grants for community tech centers
The state can fund Community Technology Centers, up to $75,000 per center per year, subject to funding. Centers must serve communities that meet free or reduced‑price lunch percent rules. Eligible applicants include public hospitals, libraries, park districts, schools, nonprofits, for‑profits, and existing centers.
Grants for worker training and unions
The state may fund employee coalitions and local labor‑management‑community committees that meet rules, including being a nonprofit with labor, management, and community members and a professional CEO. Matching grants require the local group to put in at least 25%. The Mechanics Training Fund gives grants to the Mechanics Local 701 Training Fund. A separate fund gives grants to local IBEW chapters in Illinois.
More money for child labor enforcement
Fees and civil penalties from the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act go into a Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund. The money supports enforcement activities listed in the Child Labor Law of 2024.
Loans up to $4M for coal projects
The state offers below‑market loans for qualifying industrial coal projects. Your loan is capped at the lesser of $4,000,000 or 60% of total project cost. You must secure the rest of the financing and agree to use Illinois coal for the life of the loan.
Grants to boost international tourism marketing
The state runs an international tourism grant program. Eligible bureaus must match at least 50% of a grant, and up to half the match may be in‑kind. At least $1,000,000 each year goes to cities outside Chicago.
Matching grants for local business growth
The state may offer matching grants to local governments and nonprofits for projects that attract, recruit, or keep businesses. Applicants must match the state dollars one‑to‑one. Grants are only available when the legislature funds the program.
Driver license and title fee rules
You pay set fees for driver licenses and reinstatements, such as $30 for an original 4‑year license and $60 for an original 8‑year license. Some reinstatement fees can be several hundred dollars depending on the offense. For each vehicle title (original, duplicate, or corrected), the law splits the money: $2.60 to parks, $0.65 to fisheries, $48 as required by law, $4 to license plates, $30 to capital projects, $10 to Secretary of State services, and the rest to the General Revenue Fund. Salvage title money goes to the Common School Fund.
New charity plates and fees
The law creates several special license plates that you can request. You pay an extra fee at purchase and each year to renew. Examples: UAW and Police Benevolent plates cost $25 to get and $25 to renew; 4‑H is $40 to get and $12 to renew; National Wild Turkey Federation is $40 to get and $27 to renew; Curing Childhood Cancer is $65 to get and $52 to renew; Red Cross is $40 to get and $27 to renew; Public Safety Diver is $45 to get and $27 to renew; Committed to a Cure is $40 to get and $27 to renew. Most fees go to the named charity funds, with a small part to the Secretary of State fund. For several of these plates, any money left in their fund moves to the Secretary of State fund on July 1, 2025, and those sections end January 1, 2026. Grants from these funds are paid only if the legislature approves the spending.
New specialty plates and small fees
Retired members of Illinois’ congressional delegation can get special plates starting January 1, 2024. The extra fee is $15 at first and $2 at each renewal. A Chicago & Northeast Illinois District Council of Carpenters plate is also available. Its fee is $25 at first and $25 at renewal, with set splits between Council and Secretary of State funds. The Council Fund’s remaining balance moves to the Secretary’s fund on July 1, 2025, and the section ends on January 1, 2026.
Farm, nature, and community decals
You can buy decals that support farming, nature, and community groups. Future Farmers of America and Roadside Monarch Habitat cost $25 to get and $25 to renew, with $10 (then $23) to the cause fund and $15 (then $2) to the Secretary of State fund. The Child Abuse Council of the Quad Cities decal follows the same $25/$25 split. The Human Services volunteer decal costs $25 to get and $25 to renew, with all fees going to the Secretary of State fund. The 100 Club of Illinois decal costs $45 to get ($30 to the 100 Club fund, $15 to the Secretary fund) and $27 to renew ($25 to the fund, $2 to the Secretary fund).
Fee for Veterans' Homes decal
An Illinois Veterans’ Homes decal costs $26. Renewal also costs $26. All fees go to the Illinois Veterans’ Homes Fund.
Health and awareness decals: fees
You can buy health and awareness decals for your Universal plate. Most cost $25 to get and $25 to renew: $10 (then $23 on renewal) goes to the named cause fund and $15 (then $2) goes to the Secretary of State fund. This includes Health Care Workers, Autism Awareness, Lyme disease, Prostate Cancer Awareness, Developmental Disabilities Awareness, Pediatric Cancer Awareness, K9s for Veterans (PTSD), and the Theresa Tracy Trot Illinois CancerCare decal. The money supports the listed cause funds, and spending needs legislative approval.
Sports and hobby decals: fees
You can buy sports and hobby decals. USTA/Midwest Youth Tennis costs $40 to get ($25 to the youth tennis fund, $15 to the Secretary of State fund) and $40 to renew ($38 to the fund, $2 to the Secretary fund). Experimental Aircraft Association costs $25 to get and $25 to renew, with $10 (then $23) to the association fund and $15 (then $2) to the Secretary fund. Horsemen’s Council of Illinois costs $25 to get and $25 to renew with the same split pattern to its fund and the Secretary fund.
Union and trade decals: fees
You can buy union and trade decals. IBEW costs $25 to get and $25 to renew (split to the IBEW fund and the Secretary of State fund). The “Thank a Line Worker” decal costs $15 to get and $2 to renew (both to the Secretary of State fund). Machinists costs $35 to get ($20 to Guide Dogs of America, $15 to the Secretary of State fund) and $25 to renew ($23 to Guide Dogs, $2 to the Secretary fund). Local Lodge 701 costs $35 to get ($10 to Guide Dogs, $10 to Mechanics Training, $15 to the Secretary fund) and $30 to renew ($13 to Guide Dogs, $15 to Mechanics Training, $2 to the Secretary fund).
Veterans and service decals: fees
You can buy veterans and service‑related decals. Folds of Honor and Sons of the American Legion cost $25 to get and $25 to renew: $10 (then $23) goes to the group’s fund and $15 (then $2) goes to the Secretary of State fund. The Navy Club decal costs $5 to get and $18 to renew, with both fees going to the Navy Club Fund.
More licenses needed for commercial fishing
Commercial fishermen must hold a commercial license and a sport fishing license. People who help must first get a sport license. Helpers also need a commercial license unless they are under the licensed fisher’s direct supervision on the same boat.
Farm-to-school program is repealed
The Farm Fresh Schools Program Act is repealed. This ends state support set by that law for farm-to-school efforts. Schools and local farmers may lose program help that the old law provided.
Old business support laws repealed
The state repeals the Illinois Global Partnership Act and a section in the Women’s Business Ownership Act. This ends or reduces older business support tools named in those laws. Current programs outside these laws are unchanged.
Universal special plates and decals
The Secretary of State issues Universal special plates for groups approved by the General Assembly. You must tell the Secretary which approved group’s decal you will use, and only approved decals or renewal stickers can go on the plate. The Secretary collects any extra fees when you first get the plate and at renewal and sends the money to the named state fund or agency. Spending from those funds happens only if the legislature approves it.
Tighter definitions for head and spinal injuries
The law narrows who counts as having a head or spinal cord injury under the program. It excludes degenerative conditions, strokes, aneurysms, and congenital deficits. These definitions guide who can qualify for help tied to the Act.
Livestock advisory board membership updated
The livestock advisory board has 25 members, including 17 appointed by the Governor. New Governor appointments after the law take effect serve five-year terms. This changes who serves and for how long.
Old agency and energy sections repealed
The law removes certain sections from the Civil Administrative Code and the Commerce law. It also repeals Section 20 of the Electric Vehicle Act and Section 20 of the Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act. These are targeted cleanups and do not list new fees or benefits.
Old transport and energy boards end
The law repeals several older laws and sections that managed energy conservation, green government work, and agency coordination on transportation. It also ends the Wabash Valley Compact, some local port and rail authorities, and a section tied to the Elmwood Park grade separation authority. These changes remove boards and powers that are no longer used. Any impact on travel, energy, or local projects depends on follow-up actions by agencies.
Regular reviews to abolish boards
Beginning in 2027, appointing authorities review boards they control in odd‑numbered years. A report due by December 31 can recommend ending a board, except for boards created in the prior two years. A board named for abolition becomes inactive when the report is sent. The Legislative Reference Bureau drafts a repeal bill the next even‑numbered year.
Sex offender panels and rules cut
The state ends the Interstate Sex Offender Task Force. It also removes a section of law that set rules for sex offender evaluation and treatment providers. This reduces formal oversight structures and reporting. Public safety work continues under other laws.
Specialty plates wind down; tighter charity rules
Beginning July 1, 2025, the state moves any remaining money from the Public Safety Diver and Committed to a Cure funds into the Secretary of State special plate fund. On January 1, 2026, the laws for those plates and funds end. When lawmakers approve a Universal plate with an extra fee, they must set the fee and say who gets it. Extra fees can go only to a state agency or a charity that is fully compliant and files a yearly letter with the Secretary of State. The law also repeals several plate-related Vehicle Code sections and dissolves four named awareness funds on July 1, 2025.
When this law takes effect
Most of the law takes effect upon becoming law. One part, Article 40, starts later on July 1, 2026.
Worker camp and sewage rules changed
The law repeals a section in the Migrant Labor Camp Law and a section in the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act. This changes rules for worker housing and private sewage licensing. The repeal does not set new fees, but local practices and costs may change based on agency rules.
Child and newborn screening rules removed
The law repeals Section 7 of the Child Vision and Hearing Test Act and Section 7 of the Prenatal and Newborn Care Act. Schools, clinics, and families may see changes in rules or services those sections covered. The law does not add new funding or replacement steps in this text.
Epilepsy and injury program rules cut
The state removes two sections from the Epilepsy Disease Assistance Act and a section from the Head and Spinal Cord Injury Act. Patients and providers may see changes in services or procedures tied to those sections. No new funding or replacement programs are set in this text.
Health agencies and disability laws trimmed
The law repeals several health and disability statutes and sections. It removes parts of the Department of Public Health law, ends a health and fitness council, and trims health workforce planning. It repeals Article 2 of the Disabilities Services Act, a section in the long-term care quality law, and a section of the Public Aid Code. These changes streamline statutes; actual services continue under other current laws and programs.
Old health law sections repealed
The law repeals Section 5 of the Underserved Health Care Provider Workforce Act, Article V of the Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act, and Section 8 of the Department of Public Health Act. The text does not set replacement programs. Any real‑world effects depend on what those sections used to do.
Two old health program laws repealed
The law repeals the Institution for Tuberculosis Research Act. It also repeals the Problem Pregnancy Health Services and Care Act. These removals end those statutes; the law does not say if new programs replace them.
New rules for school funding math
The State Superintendent now uses public school EIS data to set average salaries each year. If a job is not in EIS, first‑year defaults are $30,000 for school site staff and $25,000 for certain aides, rising each year by the Education Cost Index. Salary amounts in formulas are multiplied by a Regionalization Factor. The law also sets how “Local Capacity” is figured using Adjusted or PTELL EAV and adjusts for grade spans (9/13 for K–8, 4/13 for 9–12).
School code changes and prison schools
The law repeals Section 2‑26 of the Public Community College Act and Section 2‑3.136 of the School Code. It also directs school receipts into a Corrections Education Fund to pay costs for Department of Corrections schools, like teacher pay, supplies, and upkeep. The board must adopt a budget by November 15 each year and share it with state agencies before adoption.
Horse racing and breeder funds
All other money the Racing Board gets goes into the Horse Racing Fund. The Agricultural Premium Fund pays Board member pay and testing and admin costs, like saliva and urine testing. Money named in Sections 30 and 31 goes into the Illinois Thoroughbred and Standardbred Breeders Funds. Registered breeders may see more support from these funds.
Budget due each February; finance cleanup
The law makes the Governor submit the state budget by the third Wednesday in February each year. It also repeals several small sections in finance, tax amnesty, gambling, and revenue laws. These deletions clean up statutes and may end or shift older programs or procedures. The text here does not change tax rates or set new spending amounts.
Insurance producer fees can fund overhead
Fees and fines from insurance producers go into the Insurance Producer Administration Fund. The state may transfer money from that fund to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund. This transfer authority ends January 1, 2027.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Kam Buckner
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
Democratic • Senate
Kimberly A. Lightford
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 10/30/2025
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs
Yes: 76 • No: 35
House vote • 10/30/2025
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 House Concurs
Yes: 76 • No: 35
House vote • 10/30/2025
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs
Yes: 76 • No: 35
House vote • 10/29/2025
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee;
Yes: 6 • No: 3
House vote • 10/29/2025
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee;
Yes: 6 • No: 3
Senate vote • 10/29/2025
Third Reading - Passed;
Yes: 39 • No: 18
House vote • 10/29/2025
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee;
Yes: 6 • No: 3
Senate vote • 5/15/2025
Do Pass as Amended Executive;
Yes: 9 • No: 4
House vote • 4/10/2025
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed
Yes: 113 • No: 0
House vote • 4/8/2025
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Public Health Committee;
Yes: 8 • No: 0
House vote • 3/13/2025
Do Pass / Short Debate Public Health Committee;
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0435
11/21/2025HouseEffective Date July 1, 2026; some provisions
11/21/2025HouseEffective Date November 21, 2025; some provisions
11/21/2025HouseGovernor Approved
11/21/2025HouseSent to the Governor
11/20/2025HousePassed Both Houses
10/30/2025HouseHouse Concurs
10/30/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 House Concurs 076-035-000
10/30/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 076-035-000
10/30/2025HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 076-035-000
10/30/2025House3/5 Vote Required
10/30/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 006-003-000
10/29/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 006-003-000
10/29/2025HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 006-003-000
10/29/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to State Government Administration Committee
10/29/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to State Government Administration Committee
10/29/2025HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to State Government Administration Committee
10/29/2025HouseAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
10/29/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
10/29/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
10/29/2025HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
10/29/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Kam Buckner
10/29/2025HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Kam Buckner
10/29/2025HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Kam Buckner
10/29/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2, 3
10/29/2025House
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Amendment 1
House Amendment 2
House Amendment 3
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1
Senate Amendment 2
Senate Amendment 3