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IllinoisHB3595104th General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
INS CD-PET INSURANCE
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Signed by Governor
Summary
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates the Pet Insurance Article of the Code. Defines terms. Requires a pet insurer to disclose coverage exclusions, limitations, waiting periods, and other information. Provides that pet insurance applicants shall have the right to examine and return the policy, certificate, or rider to the company or an agent or insurance producer of the company within 30 days of its receipt and to have the premium refunded if, after examination of the policy, certificate, or rider, the applicant is not satisfied for any reason. Provides that a pet insurer may issue policies that exclude coverage on the basis of one or more preexisting conditions with appropriate disclosure to the consumer. Provides that a pet insurer may issue policies that impose waiting periods upon effectuation of the policy that do not exceed 30 days for illnesses or orthopedic conditions not resulting from an accident. Prohibits waiting periods for accidents. Provides that no pet insurer or insurance producer shall market a wellness program as pet insurance. Sets forth provisions concerning wellness programs sold by a pet insurer or insurance producer.
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65 provisions identified: 36 benefits, 4 costs, 25 mixed.
Lead pipe replacement gets state support
Water supplies with known or suspected lead lines must submit a first replacement plan by April 15, 2024, annual updates by April 15 from 2025 through 2027, and a complete final plan by April 15, 2027. Required annual replacement rates range from 7% for systems with 1,200 or fewer lines to 2% for systems with more than 99,999 lines; maximum timelines range from 15 to 50 years. The state created a grant fund for planning, design, construction, and property restoration, but a recipient must pay the full cost of replacing all lines covered by its grant. When water mains are replaced, supplies must identify and replace connected lead lines; affected owners must give 45 days’ notice before planned work, and emergency repairs require filters in each kitchen area. Water supplies must notify affected owners and residents at least 14 days before planned lead-line work, or when emergency or meter work begins.
More energy-saving programs from utilities
Large electric utilities must meet yearly energy-saving goals: by 2030, 21.5% for utilities serving over 3 million customers and 16% for those serving over 500,000 but fewer than 3 million. Other-fuel savings can count for no more than 10% of a yearly goal. Utilities can offer approved voltage optimization and continue some joint gas-and-electric programs if a gas utility stops funding them. They can also offer measures that replace fossil fuels if total energy use falls; at least 33% of those measures’ costs must support programs for low-income households, with a limited exception. Counted electrification savings are capped at 5% per year through 2025 and 20% beginning in 2026.
More support for eligible former foster youth
Eligible young people can receive child welfare services to help them live independently. They must qualify for possible reinstatement of wardship and agree to services. Support ends when they turn 21, withdraw consent, or meet the self-sufficiency goal in their service plan.
More weatherization help for low-income homes
Utilities must spend at least 25% of approved efficiency-program funds on measures for households earning no more than 80% of area median income. At least 80% of low-income funding must support whole-building weatherization. A health-and-safety fund must equal at least 15% of the income-qualified weatherization budget. Utilities must coordinate with state weatherization services and community action agencies, subject to agency capacity. A committee advises on these programs and receives 0.25% of each utility’s yearly efficiency funding for grants, outreach, and related work.
More childcare help for working families
Public aid recipients can get help with child care costs caused by job search, training, or work programs. Beginning July 1, 2026, qualifying parents or relatives who work or join approved employment, education, or training can receive care services as resources permit. The state must provide care for children of seasonal agricultural workers where services are needed. DHS runs Smart Start through June 30, 2026; the Department of Early Childhood takes over July 1, 2026. Smart Start funding depends on appropriations and may support preschool, child care workers, buildings, and scholarships.
More payments and help for relative caregivers
Beginning July 1, 2025, certified relative caregiver homes caring for children placed by DCFS qualify for at least the payment made to licensed foster homes. Other covered relative homes that are neither certified nor licensed qualify for at least 90% of that payment. DCFS can reimburse or prepay reasonable home-safety costs and provide short-term emergency funds when adding a youth in care causes extreme hardship. DCFS must pursue federal funds for kinship navigator services and post progress updates twice a year until approved for those funds. It must also provide voluntary family-preservation services to families in extreme hardship while caring for a child with a pervasive developmental disorder, based on need and available annual funding. DCFS must keep subsidized guardianship and adoption support accessible, including phone and anonymous requests, and add an electronic request option by July 1, 2026.
More review rights in child welfare
Children placed by private child-welfare agencies and their caregivers receive procedural and appeal rights. DCFS must handle certain placement-change appeals quickly and review specified complaints. The Department was required to adopt rules by July 1, 2025, for reconsidering denials of relative certification, placement, or visitation. DCFS must also document efforts to prevent removal, reunite families when required, and place children with relatives; it must try to address resource barriers to emergency relative placement.
More support for guardians and adoptive families
The Department must maintain accessible support services for children under 18 who enter guardianship or adoption after Department custody or guardianship under the stated juvenile law. A toll-free number must respond to requests within one business day, and callers may remain anonymous. By July 1, 2026, the Department must offer an electronic way to request information. The Department also includes early care and education in its statewide child welfare service programs; the usual advance-payment rules do not apply to certain payments to local public agencies.
More support for relative caregivers
Beginning July 1, 2025, certified relative caregiver homes receive at least the foster-care maintenance payment licensed foster homes receive. Other qualifying relative homes caring for a child placed by the state receive at least 90% of the comparison payment. DCFS also provides family-preservation services to help keep children safely at home, reunite families, or maintain an adoption or guardianship. Eligible youth under 21 can receive help to live independently; services end when they turn 21, withdraw consent, or meet their goals. A homeless shelter is not suitable housing for youth receiving those services.
More housing support in redevelopment areas
A municipality cannot approve a redevelopment plan that removes occupied low-income housing without affordable replacement housing and relocation help. Housing studies must report residents’ racial and ethnic makeup and, when homes may be removed, describe relocation help and replacement housing. Municipalities can use tax-increment revenue for eligible low-income housing, including up to 50% of eligible construction costs. Some interest-payment limits rise from 30% to 75%, subject to annual and total-cost caps.
New rules for child care workers
Eligible child care workers can receive wage supplements every six months, based on qualifications, education, and time on the job. Workers need six months of continuous service with one employer and proof of their qualifications; payments depend on appropriations. Beginning July 1, 2026, nanny work involving child care or child monitoring counts as domestic work, while certain child-care assistance home providers are excluded from the domestic-worker definition. From that date, care providers can hire someone on probation after qualifying fingerprint and state-record checks, but must supervise the person at all times until all checks are complete. For school before- and after-school programs serving kindergarten through sixth grade, the chief administrator and coordinators must be certified teachers or meet child-care center supervisor requirements; districts can hire additional staff without those qualifications.
Stronger safety rules for child care
Licensed child care centers, homes, and group homes must test for radon at least every 3 years, post the latest report, and provide it to parents who ask. Centers must follow named pest-control rules, and parents must receive at least 4 business days’ notice before pesticide is used on center grounds, except during an urgent threat. Smoking is banned in covered care settings. Beginning July 1, 2026, covered facilities must have CPR- and first-aid-trained staff on site; some other covered providers must also meet HIB vaccination-proof and safe-sleep training rules. Early care centers, homes, and group homes are excluded from those HIB and safe-sleep rules. Covered early care providers may use the safety measure allowed under the Epinephrine Injector Act when allergy risks may be present.
More energy help for low-income homes
Utilities must put at least 15% of the income-qualified weatherization budget into a health and safety fund. The fund can pay for repairs and technical help that lets eligible low-income homes, some charity buildings, and child-care settings join energy-efficiency programs. Utilities must coordinate low-income energy programs when practical and guide customers through enrollment in programs they qualify for. They must also test ways to reach low-income customers with high unpaid bills, high energy use, or energy-assistance participation. Utilities must direct set shares of efficiency funding to public entities: at least 10% for utilities serving over 3 million customers and 7% for those serving over 500,000 but fewer than 3 million; public housing receives a share based on its portion of public-building energy use.
Utility efficiency funding reaches public buildings
Utilities serving more than 3 million customers must use at least 10% of yearly efficiency funding for cost-effective measures from public entities. Utilities serving more than 500,000 but fewer than 3 million customers must use at least 7%. Public housing receives a share based on its portion of public-building energy use. Through December 31, 2026, utilities must also use cost-effective programs aimed at cutting peak demand by 0.1% from the prior year; customers declared competitive are excluded.
Energy-saving help for low-income households
Electric utilities must offer energy-saving measures to households with income at or below 80% of area median income. Utilities with more than 3 million customers must spend at least $40 million a year on low-income programs; those with more than 500,000 but fewer than 3 million customers must spend at least $13 million. At least 80% of each utility’s low-income budget must fund whole-building weatherization. Utilities may count qualifying electrification savings toward their goals, subject to caps of 5% for 2022–2025, 10% for 2026–2029, and 15% from 2030 onward; at least 25% of counted savings must come from low-income housing. Before installation, utilities must give customers an estimate of their bill and energy costs; the law does not promise individual savings.
More limits near child care centers
Illinois law applies child sex offender restrictions to more early care settings, including centers, homes, group homes, and some programs for people under 18. Restrictions include living within 500 feet of listed places and working, volunteering, or being present at covered providers. People on conditional release may be barred from living near or visiting early care centers without advance approval, and must report incidental contact with a child within 72 hours. The Department can set a similar approval condition for some youth released from juvenile custody who must register as sex offenders. After an individual assessment, the Prisoner Review Board can impose an approval condition on some people released from prison who must register.
Tougher penalties for crimes near child care
Robbery and burglary at listed child care sites carry Class 1 felony penalties, with an exception for burglary at a center or home operated in a private residence used as a dwelling. Making a dog-fighting site available within 1,000 feet of a listed early care setting carries a Class 3 felony penalty for a first violation and Class 2 for later violations. A child sex offender who violates the child-photography rule at an early care provider’s location commits a Class 1 felony. For certain crimes against a child, a trusted child care worker’s role or an offense near a center can also support imprisonment or a longer sentence; neither factor requires a particular sentence.
Lead lines must be replaced fully
Water supplies must prioritize inspections in high-risk places, including preschools and listed child care sites. They must replace lead service lines fully, including parts on private property, except for specified emergencies. After an emergency partial replacement, the supply must give written warnings and a qualifying filter, then replace the rest within 30 days—or within 120 days when conditions beyond its control prevent work. If it cannot meet the deadline, it must notify the state health department within 24 hours. Owners of nonresidential or rental properties who refuse full replacement must maintain qualifying filters at specified fixtures until the line is replaced.
More child health checks and information
Illinois pays for needed health, vision, hearing, or dental screening exams for eligible children under 21 when required for licensed child care enrollment or child-welfare placement. Licensed child care centers must provide vision and hearing screenings during a child’s first year and periodically afterward. For children ages 1 to 7, covered providers must ask parents for a health care provider statement about lead assessment or testing; CCAP providers also give an annual lead-awareness pamphlet. Beginning July 1, 2026, families can search a free state website for specified provider license actions from the previous 5 years. State agencies must also run toll-free lines with provider complaint and license-violation information, subject to privacy rules.
Safer rules for child care providers
Beginning July 1, 2026, the Department must immediately close a covered provider it finds puts children at risk and start license-revocation proceedings within 10 working days when required. Providers that regularly transport children must use drivers who are at least 21 and meet license, medical, and driving-history rules, including no unlawful fatal crash in the prior 5 years. Noncompliance can bring a fine of up to $1,000 per day. The Department of Public Health can fine licensed centers for violations; unpaid fines may go to collections after 60 days, and failure to pay can lead to license suspension or revocation. The fine provision is scheduled to end December 31, 2029.
New child care licensing options
The Department of Early Childhood takes over child care licensing on July 1, 2026. Providers that do not need a license may apply for one. Starting July 1, 2027, some part-day, religious, and school-age programs can register instead of getting a full license. These programs must meet safety and registration rules; park district programs have until July 1, 2028. Some programs are exempt from licensing or registration, but exempt extracurricular programs cannot receive Child Care Assistance Program payments. Providers that refuse to register or fix violations must apply for a full license.
Stronger safety rules for child care providers
Beginning July 1, 2026, agencies must act on covered failures by child care staff to report suspected abuse or neglect. They must respond promptly, check whether failures are isolated or systemic, and use corrective plans and supervisory teams. The Department must revoke or deny certain licenses when providers fail to fix dangers to children, operational violations, or inadequate finances. It must immediately close covered providers it finds put children at risk and, when required, start license-revocation proceedings within 10 working days. These actions can protect children, but a required closure can disrupt care for families using that provider.
New utility energy-saving requirements
Beginning in 2027, utilities with more than 3 million customers must save energy equal to 2% of average annual sales from 2021–2023. Utilities with more than 500,000 but fewer than 3 million customers must reach 1.4% in 2027, 1.7% in 2028, and 2% in 2029 and later. The law also sets peak-demand goals and rules for how long savings must last, with adjustments tied to low- and moderate-income spending. Utilities must coordinate weatherization with local agencies when capacity allows, use advanced meter data when practicable while protecting privacy, and report on vendor and workforce equity. Committees advising on low-income and public-housing programs receive 0.25% of each utility’s annual efficiency-program funding. For covered work, local contractors and contractors with at least 85% of workers living in the utility area each receive a 2% bid preference; utilities must also monitor vendor compliance at least quarterly.
Rules shape utility efficiency programs
An electric utility can keep a joint efficiency program running when a gas utility stops funding it, and low-income home programs get priority when practicable. Other-fuel savings generally cannot meet more than 10% of a year’s savings requirement; additional limits apply by utility size, including a weatherization limit for the largest utilities beginning January 1, 2027. Utilities can spend no more than 4% of program revenue on research, development, or pilot projects, and utilities seeking changed annual savings goals must give up research spending. Covered utilities also follow rules for measuring low-income upgrades and voltage-saving measures; voltage savings count for 15 years unless added investment is shown and independently reviewed. Utilities serving over 500,000 but under 3 million customers had to plan cost-effective voltage upgrades through December 31, 2024; the savings-goal benchmark includes 1% for 2025 and later years.
Utility efficiency costs and bill credits
Utilities can recover reasonable, approved energy-efficiency costs from customers, without recovering the same cost twice. A formula rate sets the cost of equity using the average monthly Treasury-bond yield plus 580 basis points. When a utility ends an adjustment tariff, it must compare collections with costs within 60 days; it can recover a shortfall, but must give customers a one-time bill credit for an over-collection. Average plan-cost increases are capped at 4% for the four years starting January 1, 2022, and 4.25% for the four years starting January 1, 2026; later four-year limits adjust for inflation. One year can exceed its cap by up to 10% if the plan’s multi-year average stays within the limit.
Utility efficiency costs can change bills
Utilities can recover approved, reasonable efficiency-program costs from customers and may defer spending while earning a return on deferred costs. Utilities using an efficiency formula rate must file updated costs each year; customers receive a credit for over-collection or an added charge for under-collection. Through December 31, 2026, utilities serving over 500,000 customers receive return adjustments based on savings performance, capped at 200 basis points under the applicable rules. Beginning January 1, 2027, performance adjustments continue, with separate energy and peak-demand adjustments for mid-sized utilities. Cost caps limit efficiency plans: for plans starting in 2027, the cap is 4.25% for utilities serving over 3 million customers and 4.21% for mid-sized utilities, rising to 5.25% in 2028 and 6.06% in 2029. A utility can spend up to 10% above the cap in one year if average spending over the plan period stays within the limit.
New rules for energy storage projects
Before commercial operation, energy storage owners must offer local responders training and provide the emergency plan; integrated batteries must meet listed safety standards. Setbacks near occupied early care facilities include 150 feet from the building and 50 feet from its property line. Counties must approve compliant permits and allow at least 3 years to get a building permit or start construction; they cannot use zoning to block systems in agricultural or industrial districts. County application fees are capped at the lower of $5,000 per megawatt or $50,000. Counties may require natural-resource and historic-preservation information, but cannot require a property-value guarantee or escrow for nearby owners.
Utility bill estimates before home electrification
Before installing or promoting a covered electrification measure, a utility must estimate its effect on your average monthly electric bill and yearly energy costs. Utilities must also report program details and results to the Commission.
One-time credits for electric overcharges
If a utility’s review finds it collected more than its costs under the specified tariff, it must give retail customers a one-time bill credit. The review covers June 1, 2016, through cancellation of the tariff. The law does not state each customer’s credit amount.
Child care in disability support services
Child care can be included in habilitation services, which aim to improve a person’s physical, mental, social, or economic functioning. Developmental disability facilities may also provide early care and education as habilitation. These changes expand the services that may be offered but do not guarantee care or set a payment amount.
Local governments can support childcare
Townships can fund early care or hire licensed providers. For subsidized care, they use the state standard unless the township board approves another recognized public standard. In cities over 100,000 people, redevelopment funds can pay for care for children of employees whose family income is no more than 80% of local or regional median income, adjusted for family size. A designated organization in a River Edge zone can also arrange volunteer care with municipal coordination and required approvals. These rules allow local support but do not guarantee a child care place.
School and hospital childcare options
A school district with a grant for an alternative education program can offer child care needed for a student to attend, but it does not have to. Districts may also start school-based care programs; student parents cannot be charged, while school staff must pay a fee. Licensed hospitals may offer temporary care for mildly ill children who cannot attend school or their usual program. Hospitals must separate children with contagious conditions from those recovering from non-contagious conditions, and get written parent permission before giving non-prescription medicine.
Child care cost help for jurors
A county-court juror may receive reimbursement from the county for actual early care costs incurred during jury service if a judge orders payment. The juror may waive the reimbursement, and the law sets no fixed amount.
More child care access and protections
Licensed centers must protect information about a child’s or associated person’s citizenship or immigration status unless State or federal law requires disclosure. If a parent or guardian faces immigration enforcement, the center must use emergency contacts or a properly appointed short-term guardian. At a parent’s request, a court clerk must send a protective order to the child’s care facility; the facility must protect records when the order blocks the other person’s access. Beginning July 1, 2026, centers can care for a child for up to 12 hours when a parent works regular shifts and at least 8 hours pass between visits. Licensed homes may allow children to bring lunch, and eligible household members may be driven to and from care using a restricted permit when no reasonable alternative exists, undue hardship is shown, and driving is safe.
More privacy for special education records
Schools must keep a confidential performance summary in the permanent record of a student who received special education services. Disclosure follows the School Student Records Act. The student and parent or guardian can agree in writing to leave out the summary after notice that records are kept for five years and that leaving it out could affect future State or federal benefits.
Child abuse reports reach more officials
The law adds authorized people to the groups that can receive pending child-abuse or neglect reports. This expands access to reports for people authorized under the law.
Housing funds reimburse schools and libraries
For qualifying assisted-housing redevelopment areas, municipalities use tax-increment funds to reimburse eligible school districts for added costs as revenue comes in. School reimbursement caps are 25%, 17%, or 8% for specified districts below the $5,900 threshold, and 40%, 27%, or 13% for specified districts at or above it. Eligible library districts can receive up to $120 per added patron and 2% of the tax increment from assisted housing. Both types of districts must submit evidence after July 1 and before September 30 each year or lose that year’s claim; additional eligibility rules apply.
Limits on adult venues near child care
The law sets distance limits for adult entertainment facilities near early care centers in covered areas. One rule sets a 3,000-foot limit in certain unincorporated areas, while another sets a general 1,000-foot buffer; one-mile limits apply in specified counties and areas of Cook County. Municipalities may also regulate adult entertainment signs within 1,000 feet of a center.
Child care centers gain public-access protections
Non-sectarian early care and education centers are included as places of public accommodation under the Illinois Human Rights Act. They are covered by the Act’s protections and requirements.
Child-care sites limit nearby retailers
A cannabis cultivation center cannot be within 2,500 feet of a pre-existing covered child-care site, and a cannabis dispensary generally cannot be within 1,000 feet. The dispensary rule does not apply to organizations registered on or after July 1, 2019. A new firearm retail location cannot be within 500 feet of a school, preschool, or child-care provider that was already there; the distance is measured between the nearest building corners.
More notice before lead pipe replacement
At least 45 days before planned lead service line replacement, the water supplier must mail the building owner an access request. If the owner does not respond within 15 days, the supplier must try to post the request at the entrance. If access approval is not obtained, the supplier must request a waiver available in the owner’s language and report a refusal or no response to the Department within 15 working days.
More safety in court orders for families
Courts can include a person’s child-care location in stalking or civil no-contact orders. If requested, a clerk must send a stalking order to the child-care provider within 24 hours when the petitioner is enrolled there. In protection-order cases, child-care details can be kept out of filed papers when sharing them could risk abuse. A provider that receives an order barring someone from a child’s records must not give that person access.
Safer child care sites and better notices
Early care providers cannot use or keep unsafe children’s products where children can reach them. Providers must make safety information available to staff and parents, and state departments must maintain searchable public product databases if money is available. Covered schools and child care providers must give parents, guardians, and employees at least 10 business days’ notice before applying certain sealants, including listed health hazards.
Child care listed in outage plans
When a municipality requires an emergency energy plan, a qualifying utility must list early care centers that could be affected by rotating power interruptions. The rule applies to utilities serving more than 1,000,000 customers in Illinois and operating in that municipality.
Limits on redevelopment of protected land
Redevelopment plans cannot include developing vacant land with a golf course and related facilities. Plans also cannot include government-designated land used for outdoor recreation or nature preservation within the 5 years before the plan is adopted. For this rule, recreation means camping or hunting.
Statewide child-care planning and referrals
Beginning July 1, 2026, the Early Childhood Department coordinates child-care planning, information, and referrals statewide. It also coordinates grants to create or expand centers in high-need communities when funds are specifically appropriated.
More areas qualify for transit redevelopment
Municipalities can include land near certain transit projects in redevelopment areas without meeting the usual listed classifications. The rule covers land within one-half mile of an existing or proposed STAR Line station, with unanimous joint review board approval, and land within a qualifying transit facility improvement area. These rules expand local redevelopment eligibility; they do not provide a direct household payment.
Early care groups qualify for payroll deductions
Organizations can count early care and education services toward the service requirement for payroll-deduction participation. They must still certify that their programs meet the law’s health and welfare requirements.
State covers contracted early care costs
The Department of Children and Family Services pays 100% of reasonable costs for covered early care services under a written contract. State-reimbursed early care centers are also covered by rate-survey rules. The law does not state a total spending amount.
Tax breaks support child care programs
A municipality can cut corporate-purpose taxes by up to 50% of a donation of at least $10,000 to an approved child care program in a designated target area. The tax cut cannot exceed the taxpayer’s property-tax amount for that year. Licensed early care centers run by qualifying nonprofits are also included in an educational-purpose tax classification; the law does not state how much their taxes change.
Local taxes may fund lead line replacement
A municipality may approve a local tax for lead service line cleanup and replacement. The tax must be approved by ordinance or resolution and is in addition to general-purpose taxes. The law does not require a municipality to impose it or set a tax rate.
New reporting for residential care providers
Licensed Illinois residential providers that contract with or receive reimbursement from named State departments for children’s services must submit required data. This includes information about capacity, staffing, and occupancy. The departments must handle the information under State and federal privacy laws.
Changes to public worker rights
Public employers must base confidential and managerial employee classifications on actual job duties, not only written job descriptions. Some State employees who regularly work to influence legislation lose public-employee status and related labor rights. Licensed and license-exempt home child-care providers keep representation by the labor group chosen before January 1, 2006. Home providers in the child care assistance program can bargain only over work terms the State controls.
Child care insurance costs and protections
Vehicles used for private child care purposes that require a school bus driver permit must carry at least $1 million in liability coverage per crash. That is the coverage limit, not the premium. Insurers cannot cancel or refuse to renew a policy solely because the insured runs a licensed child care home on the property, subject to other cancellation rules. Child care institutions can also qualify for group travel insurance, but do not have to buy it.
Alcohol service follows child care hours
At the Michael Bilandic Building, alcohol can be delivered, sold, or dispensed only after the normal business hours of an early care and education facility in the building. Existing consent, official-activity, and insurance requirements still apply.
Child-care centers in sentencing rules
The law changes the child-care center definition used in an extended-sentence rule. A covered center must be state-certified and licensed, and its property must display a sign identifying it as an early care and education center.
More safety rules at child-care centers
Beginning July 1, 2026, leaders of licensed care homes and onsite center directors must complete basic training on caring for children with disabilities. Centers must use pest-management plans when economically feasible; if costs make a plan infeasible, they must report projected costs and provide approved training every 5 years. Centers must give at least 2 business days’ notice before covered pesticide use, except during an urgent threat; that notice rule is scheduled to end December 31, 2029. Center directors and assistants must report suspected abuse right away, and centers cannot use kerosene heaters while children are present. Pest-management implementation depends on an appropriation.
Food handlers renew training every three years
Food handlers in covered nursing homes, child-care settings, hospitals, schools, and long-term care facilities must renew their food-handler training every 3 years. The requirement supports food safety and adds a recurring training duty for workers.
Local governments get child-care exemptions
Qualifying local-government activity programs do not need child-care registration or a license. Programs must follow age and time limits, give parents written notice that they are not licensed, and check staff and volunteers at least every 5 years. Beginning July 1, 2027, programs must also have emergency plans. They cannot take part in the Child Care Assistance Program or receive Early Childhood Block Grant money.
New rules for child care advertising
Beginning July 1, 2026, licensed child care agencies can advertise services they are approved to provide, but centers, homes, and group homes are excluded from that authorization. Covered child care advertisements must show the provider’s Illinois Department of Early Childhood license number. Licensed child care facilities and foster family homes also do not count as day camps under the updated definition.
New rules for child-care providers
Beginning July 1, 2026, the Early Childhood Department manages licensing for child-care centers, homes, and group homes. Licenses last 3 years, providers receive at least yearly monitoring, and limited permits can last 6 months, 2 months, or up to 90 days. Providers and workers face fingerprint and child-abuse checks; the state can deny or revoke licenses for listed violations. Some providers can reapply without the former 12-month wait, but alternative providers cannot advertise as preschools or licensed providers beginning July 1, 2027. Providers may be charged no more than the actual cost of fingerprint checks.
New safety and repair duties for storage sites
Before an energy storage facility operates, a county may require safety reports, an emergency plan, and warnings that follow the named safety standards. Facility lighting must meet safety and operating needs, be shielded, and point down away from nearby homes and properties. Owners must file a farmland drainage plan. If construction damages drainage, they must repair it or pay for repairs and cover related crop or agricultural losses.
Large energy users can avoid plan charges
Qualifying large private customers can opt out of an electric utility’s efficiency plan for a plan cycle. They must meet a demand threshold above 10,000 kilowatts, submit the required notice and energy audit, and describe planned internal efficiency investments. Public customers cannot opt out, and a new request is needed for each later cycle. Starting the next January 1, opted-out accounts avoid plan charges but cannot participate in or directly benefit from that cycle.
New rules for energy storage sites
Counties cannot require new siting approval for work that keeps a storage system near its original capacity. A county has 60 days to approve or deny a building permit; no decision means the permit is granted. A building permit fee up to $5,000 per megawatt, capped at $50,000, is presumed reasonable. Counties can also require site restoration within 18 months and financial assurance of up to removal costs minus salvage value, provided in stages: 25% before operation, 50% before year five, and 100% by year ten. Owners must pay reasonable costs for road work caused by construction.
Water suppliers reach diverse contractors
Community water supplies must make good-faith efforts to reach certified diverse businesses when contracting. They can meet diversity goals through direct awards or diverse subcontractors and vendors. They must collect compliance data at least twice a year and report on progress, vendors, and employee diversity.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Bob Morgan
Democratic • House
Dave Vella
Democratic • House
Joyce Mason
Democratic • House
Julie A. Morrison
Democratic • Senate
Justin Cochran
Democratic • House
Laura Faver Dias
Democratic • House
Margaret A. DeLaRosa
Democratic • House
Maura Hirschauer
Democratic • House
Nicolle Grasse
Democratic • House
Suzanne M. Ness
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/31/2026
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs
Yes: 80 • No: 33
House vote • 5/31/2026
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education;
Yes: 9 • No: 4
House vote • 5/31/2026
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education;
Yes: 9 • No: 4
House vote • 5/31/2026
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs
Yes: 80 • No: 33
Senate vote • 5/30/2026
Third Reading - Passed;
Yes: 50 • No: 7
Senate vote • 5/13/2026
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive;
Yes: 9 • No: 4
House vote • 4/14/2026
Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed
Yes: 104 • No: 0
House vote • 4/9/2026
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Insurance Committee;
Yes: 16 • No: 0
House vote • 3/24/2026
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Insurance Committee;
Yes: 15 • No: 0
House vote • 2/11/2026
Approved for Consideration Rules Committee;
Yes: 5 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2025
Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee;
Yes: 17 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0480
6/26/2026HouseEffective Date July 1, 2026
6/26/2026HouseGovernor Approved
6/26/2026HouseSent to the Governor
6/23/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret A. DeLaRosa
5/31/2026HousePassed Both Houses
5/31/2026HouseHouse Concurs
5/31/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 080-033-000
5/31/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 080-033-000
5/31/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 009-004-000
5/31/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 009-004-000
5/31/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education
5/30/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education
5/30/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
5/30/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
5/30/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Joyce Mason
5/30/2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Joyce Mason
5/30/2026HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2
5/30/2026HouseArrived in House
5/30/2026HouseThird Reading - Passed; 050-007-000
5/30/2026SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
5/30/2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Morrison
5/30/2026SenateRecalled to Second Reading
5/30/2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
5/29/2026SenateAlternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Julie A. Morrison
5/29/2026Senate
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Amendment 1
House Amendment 2
House Amendment 3
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1
Senate Amendment 2
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