# Illinois HB3200: UNEMPLOYMENT INS-RECOVERY Illinois HB3200, UNEMPLOYMENT INS-RECOVERY, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0285); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB3200-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB3200 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: UNEMPLOYMENT INS-RECOVERY - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-08-15, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0285 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: labor & commerce, assignments, labor - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (352 yes, 47 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides for the recovery of benefits awarded to individuals who are determined to not be eligible for those benefits, plus any penalties and interest, in accordance with specified provisions of the Act. Provides that the Director of Employment Security is authorized to cooperate with and enter into appropriate agreements with the State Treasurer for the recovery of unclaimed property held by the State Treasurer in the name of an individual who received benefits that the individual was determined to not be eligible to receive or in the name of an employer who owes contributions, interest, or penalties under the Act. Authorizes the Director to directly request and accept the return of funds from a debit card issuer for any debit card account that received benefits under specified circumstances. Makes other changes. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More unemployment access after health-related quits: benefit, high. Workers who leave jobs for health reasons have broader access to unemployment benefits. For physical limits, a licensed, practicing doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant must find the worker unable to perform the job. The employer must be unable to accommodate the worker. A mental heal… - Clearer repayment rights for unemployment recipients: benefit, low. People found to have received unemployment benefits they were not eligible for must receive written notice of their appeal rights. The notice must also explain their right to request a repayment waiver and the standard for granting one. The notice does not itself erase the debt or guarantee a waive… - Stronger enforcement of employers' unemployment duties: cost, medium. Illinois can collect employers' unpaid unemployment contributions, interest, penalties, and fees from unclaimed property held in their names. Recovery cannot exceed what the employer owes. A court can also bar an employer from operating anywhere in Illinois for willfully failing to file new-hire or… - Inactive unemployment cards face fund recovery: cost, low. Illinois can ask card issuers to return unemployment funds from two types of inactive accounts, as federal law allows. Never-activated accounts must have received benefits and had no benefits-system transfers in the past 12 months. Activated accounts must have received benefits, had no transactions… - More ways to collect unemployment overpayments: cost, low. Illinois can use unclaimed property held by the State Treasurer in a recipient's name to collect unemployment overpayments. Collection is limited to benefits the person was ineligible to receive and applicable penalties. Recovered property funds return to the fund that paid the benefits. For fraud-… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Bill Cunningham (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Camille Y. Lilly (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jawaharial Williams (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jay Hoffman (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-30 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs | pass | 115 | 0 | | | 2025-05-29 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; | pass | 28 | 0 | | | 2025-05-22 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 54 | 0 | | | 2025-05-20 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Labor; | pass | 16 | 0 | | | 2025-05-07 | Senate | Do Pass Labor; | pass | 17 | 1 | | | 2025-04-11 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 85 | 30 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; | pass | 18 | 8 | | | 2025-03-19 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; | pass | 19 | 8 | | ## Actions (51) - 2025-08-15: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0285 (House) - 2025-08-15: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (House) - 2025-08-15: Governor Approved (House) - 2025-06-24: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-30: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2025-05-30: House Concurs (House) - 2025-05-30: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 115-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-29: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams (House) - 2025-05-29: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 028-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-28: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Labor & Commerce Committee (House) - 2025-05-22: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-05-22: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) - 2025-05-22: Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 (House) - 2025-05-22: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-05-22: Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cunningham (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Recalled to Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Labor; 016-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor (Senate) - 2025-05-19: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-19: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Do Pass Labor; 017-001-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Assigned to Labor (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-23: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-11: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled (House) - 2025-04-11: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 085-030-000 (House) - 2025-04-11: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-11: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-008-000 (House) - 2025-04-07: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee (House) - 2025-04-04: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-04: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) - 2025-04-02: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-02: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) - 2025-03-26: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-26: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-20: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-19: Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 019-008-000 (House) - 2025-03-11: Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee (House) - 2025-02-18: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-02-18: First Reading (House) - 2025-02-06: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200ham002.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200sam001.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/10400HB3200eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200ham002.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3200sam001.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) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB3200-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).