# Illinois HB5408: ABORTION ACCESS FUND GRANTS Illinois HB5408, ABORTION ACCESS FUND GRANTS, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-04-15 (Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5408-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB5408 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: ABORTION ACCESS FUND GRANTS - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-06 - Last action: 2026-04-15, Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 20 - Subjects: human services, assignments - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (77 yes, 40 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish the Abortion Access Fund Grant Program to award grants from the Abortion Access Fund to support access to abortion care services throughout the State. Provides that grants awarded under the Program shall only be used to fund abortion services for which the use of federal funds is prohibited for patients who are uninsured or underinsured with respect to those services. Allows the Department to establish rules necessary to implement the Abortion Access Fund Grant Program, including eligibility criteria, grant limits, application standards, requirements for the distribution and obligation of grant funds, accounting for the use of the funds, and standards for monitoring compliance with the requirements of the Program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Abortion Access Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Requires specified health insurance issuers that have offered one or more qualified health plans through the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange to report to the Department of Insurance an accounting of receipts, disbursements, transfers of funds between accounts, total dollar claims paid, accrued interest, and the year-end balance for each reporting year for the separate allocation accounts that the issuer has established under specified provisions of federal law for abortion services for which federal funding is prohibited. Establishes further reporting requirements for health insurance issuers. Provides that, if the amount of premiums collected during the plan year for abortion services for which federal funding is prohibited exceeds total claims paid for such services rendered during the plan year, the Director of Insurance shall order the health insurance issuer to transfer funds, and the issuer shall complete the transfer, to the Abortion Access Fund. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Adriane L. Johnson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Ann M. Williams (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Anna Moeller (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Anne Stava (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Barbara Hernandez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Carol Ammons (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Celina Villanueva (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Daniel Didech (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Graciela Guzmán (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Karina Villa (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kelly M. Cassidy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kevin John Olickal (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lakesia Collins (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lilian Jiménez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mark L. Walker (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mary Beth Canty (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michelle Mussman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rachel Ventura (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-09 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 69 | 36 | | | 2026-03-25 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; | pass | 8 | 4 | | ## Actions (37) - 2026-04-15: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-10: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons (House) - 2026-04-09: Fiscal Note Filed (House) - 2026-04-09: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-036-000 (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy (House) - 2026-04-07: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-07: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-07: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-25: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 008-004-000 (House) - 2026-03-25: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote (House) - 2026-03-20: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee (House) - 2026-03-19: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-19: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller (House) - 2026-03-18: Assigned to Human Services Committee (House) - 2026-02-20: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman (House) - 2026-02-18: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech (House) - 2026-02-13: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-13: First Reading (House) - 2026-02-06: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5408eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5408ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5408.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/10400HB5408eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5408ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5408.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-HB5408-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).