All Roll Calls
Yes: 136 • No: 48
IllinoisSB2280104th General Assembly (2025–2026)Senate
OFFICE FIREARM VIOLENCE PREV
Sponsored By: Robert Peters (Democratic)
Became Law
assignmentsstate governmentgun violence prevention
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Grants and rules for service providers
The office gives grants, when funded, for evidence‑based prevention services in cities with 1,000,000+ people. Training providers build learning communities, and grantees focus on people at the highest risk of being shot. Grants can pay for behavioral health care, capacity‑building, legal aid that is not for criminal cases, housing for Reimagine program participants, workforce programs, re‑entry help, and victim services. Grantees must build expertise using data, conflict mediation ties, trauma recovery supports, and training for local law enforcement without doing policing or prosecution.
Illinois office to reduce gun violence
Illinois created the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention inside the Department of Human Services. The office started by October 1, 2021. It coordinates state programs to reduce shootings and reports to the Secretary of Human Services and the Governor. The office can make grants and buy services to fund violence prevention, youth development, high‑risk youth work, training, and evaluations.
Local conveners coordinate anti-violence efforts
The office names a Lead Violence Prevention Convener in each eligible area and gives it a grant. The convener runs monthly meetings of prevention and youth groups, keeps notes, and makes consensus recommendations, including during emergencies. Conveners share strategies with youth specialists and can choose approved technical‑assistance providers. The office collects these recommendations and reports them to the General Assembly. The office also selects 2–3 approved training providers, which can get a base grant up to $250,000 plus agreed service rates.
Targeted funding for hardest-hit areas
For cities with 1,000,000+ people, the office identifies the 10 neighborhoods with the highest rates of shooting victims from 2016–2020. Those neighborhoods qualify for grants and help coordinating other state services. For places with 35,000 to under 1,000,000 people, the office identifies the 10 areas with the highest per‑person victim rates from 2016–2020. The office may add up to five more areas in large cities and up to five more in mid‑sized places, and can add up to five more areas after weighing extra risk factors. The list uses the latest five full years of data and is updated no more than once every three years.
Assistant Secretary role and pay set
The Governor appoints an Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention, with Senate approval. Pay is at least $170,000 a year, or higher if the Governor sets it higher. Starting July 1, 2023, pay comes from state appropriations to the Comptroller, and it rises each July 1 with a cost‑of‑living increase. The Assistant Secretary reports to the Human Services Secretary and the Governor.
Limits and deadlines on provider funding
Grant money for behavioral health services ends on July 1, 2026. Providers paid from those funds must file a plan to become Medicaid‑certified for violence‑prevention community support team services by July 1, 2026. No more than 20% of a grant may go to capacity‑building, and those funds must support current or potential Reimagine providers. A provider may serve no more than three eligible service areas unless the office cannot find other coverage. Approved training providers cannot deliver direct prevention services unless no qualified local provider is available.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Robert Peters
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Justin Slaughter
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/23/2025
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed
Yes: 71 • No: 36
House vote • 4/30/2025
Do Pass / Short Debate Gun Violence Prevention Committee;
Yes: 9 • No: 4
Senate vote • 4/9/2025
Third Reading - Passed;
Yes: 47 • No: 8
Senate vote • 3/19/2025
Do Pass State Government;
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0140
8/1/2025SenateEffective Date January 1, 2026
8/1/2025SenateGovernor Approved
8/1/2025SenateSent to the Governor
6/20/2025SenatePassed Both Houses
5/23/2025SenateThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-036-000
5/23/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/23/2025HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
5/16/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
5/16/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
5/1/2025HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Gun Violence Prevention Committee; 009-004-000
4/30/2025HouseAssigned to Gun Violence Prevention Committee
4/17/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
4/9/2025HouseFirst Reading
4/9/2025HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
4/9/2025HouseArrived in House
4/9/2025HouseThird Reading - Passed; 047-008-000
4/9/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
4/9/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
4/4/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2025
4/1/2025SenateSecond Reading
4/1/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025
3/19/2025SenateDo Pass State Government; 009-000-000
3/19/2025SenateAssigned to State Government
3/4/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
2/7/2025Senate
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
Introduced