# Illinois SB2394: FIRST 2025 GENERAL REVISORY Illinois SB2394, FIRST 2025 GENERAL REVISORY, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Bill Cunningham (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0417); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB2394-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB2394 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: FIRST 2025 GENERAL REVISORY - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-07 - Last action: 2025-08-15, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0417 - Sponsor: Bill Cunningham (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: assignments, state government, executive - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (193 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 132 ## Summary Creates the First 2025 General Revisory Act. Combines multiple versions of Sections amended by more than one Public Act. Renumbers Sections of various Acts to eliminate duplication. Corrects obsolete cross-references and technical errors. Makes stylistic changes. Effective immediately. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Immediate sealing after qualifying case outcomes: benefit, high. Qualifying records can be sealed immediately after an acquittal or dismissal with prejudice, even with other charges unresolved. The arrest or charge must date from January 1, 2018, or later. You must file with the circuit court clerk on the same day and during the same hearing as disposition. Stat… - Record relief after official authorization: benefit, high. A Governor's pardon or Prisoner Review Board certificate specifically authorizing expungement lets you file a verified court petition. You can seek arrest-record expungement and sealing of related court and Illinois State Police records. A Board certificate specifically authorizing sealing instead… - Record relief for trafficking survivors: benefit, high. Trafficking survivors can ask to vacate and expunge, or immediately seal, records for offenses caused by trafficking. You must meet the legal definition of a trafficking victim and have completed your last sentence. If challenged, you must show that victim status and the link to the offense are mor… - Fewer barriers to inpatient mental healthcare: benefit, high. Beginning January 1, 2026, covered plans cannot require prior approval for inpatient mental health admission at participating hospitals. The first 72 hours avoid review during treatment if the hospital reports admission and the initial treatment plan within 48 hours. Later review generally cannot d… - More breast screening and imaging coverage: benefit, high. Illinois Medical Assistance and municipal self-insured employee plans cover baseline mammograms at ages 35–39 and annual mammograms starting at 40. Under 40, a family or personal cancer history, positive genetic testing, or another risk factor supports medically needed screening. Municipal coverage… - Patients gain behavioral health coverage minimums: benefit, high. Covered policies issued, amended, delivered, or renewed from January 1, 2019, must cover at least 45 inpatient days and 60 outpatient visits yearly. These minimums cover mental, emotional, nervous, and substance use disorders, with no lifetime day or visit limits. Medication-management visits do no… - Patients gain broader necessary behavioral care: benefit, high. From January 1, 2023, applicable insurers and Medicaid managed care plans must cover medically necessary mental health and substance use treatment. They cannot impose fixed treatment-length limits or cover only care that relieves current symptoms. Reviews must follow accepted professional standards… - Medical debt relief avoids state income tax: benefit, high. For tax years beginning January 1, 2025, or later, eligible Illinois residents can subtract qualifying medical debt relief. The subtraction covers only relief included in federal adjusted gross income for that year. Relief must come from a nonprofit medical debt relief coordinator under the Medical… - Broader protections for behavioral health coverage: benefit, medium. Behavioral health protections cover diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and prescription drugs under specified individual, group, marketplace, and Medicaid managed care plans. Plans must provide hospital or medical coverage; their outside care reviewers must follow these protections too. Insurers can… - Care residents gain access to advocates: benefit, medium. Long-term care, supportive living, assisted living, and shared housing facilities must allow designated ombudsmen immediate access to residents. They must post the Long Term Care Ombudsman Office's address and phone number in visible public places. Private talks require the participant's consent, a… - Dependent coverage opens to qualifying parents: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2026, covered Illinois policies offering dependent coverage must make it available to qualifying parents and stepparents. The relative must meet the federal tax definition of a qualifying relative and live within the policy's service area. Exclusions include specified specializ… - Fewer insurance barriers to addiction treatment: benefit, medium. Applicable plans changed, issued, delivered, or renewed since January 1, 2019, cannot require step therapy for FDA-approved addiction medications. Prior approval cannot exceed American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria; brand and generic drugs belong on their lowest applicable tiers. Court ord… - Frequent hospital patients gain mobile care: benefit, medium. Plans issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, must cover medically necessary mobile integrated health care. Eligible people include those with at least three emergency department visits in four consecutive months during the past 12 months. A provider can also identify so… - Health plans cover longer postpartum care: benefit, medium. Covered Illinois health policies and managed care plans must cover care during the first 12 months after a pregnancy ends. This applies to plans changed, issued, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. Patients must remain enrolled when they receive care. Permitted limits on doula home v… - Home care residents gain complaint advocates: benefit, medium. With sufficient funding, Illinois's Long Term Care Ombudsman Program may help eligible people living at home or in community settings. This includes adults age 60 or older and adults with disabilities ages 18–59. Participants must qualify for a state medical-assistance waiver or a managed care orga… - Lower out-of-pocket costs for pregnancy care: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2026, many covered pregnancy and postpartum services have no cost-sharing, such as deductibles or copays. The rule excludes home-birth care and inpatient or residential mental health care. It also excludes substance use disorder care at ASAM Level 3.1 or higher. An exception ap… - Medicaid patients can choose refurbished equipment: benefit, medium. Medicaid and its managed care plans can offer refurbished durable medical equipment through the state assistive technology reuse program. Patients need a prescription or Certificate of Medical Necessity and cannot already receive the same or similar equipment elsewhere. Available equipment must be… - Medicaid patients gain broader HPV vaccination: benefit, medium. Medical Assistance must cover and reimburse a federally approved human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine for eligible people ages 9 through 45. Prior approval for vaccine administration is prohibited. Coverage for people age 46 or older requires federal approval. They must also have cervical dysplasi… - Medicaid patients gain formula coverage: benefit, medium. Medical Assistance must cover and reimburse amino acid-based elemental formulas for patients with an eosinophilic disorder or short bowel syndrome. A prescribing doctor must provide a written order stating that the formula is medically necessary. Coverage applies regardless of how the formula is de… - Medicaid patients get cancer care navigation: benefit, medium. Since January 1, 2016, adult Healthcare and Family Services care networks must offer an American College of Radiology-certified breast imaging center. All care networks must arrange timely cancer navigation and access to an in-network cancer program accredited by the Commission on Cancer. The breas… - Medicaid payment errors cannot erase claims: benefit, medium. Medicaid cannot deny or reduce payment solely because responsibility was wrongly assigned between managed care and fee-for-service Medicaid. The service must be covered and medically necessary, and the provider must have relied in good faith on documented eligibility information. The protection doe… - Medicaid plans face standard approval rules: benefit, medium. The state must adopt standard managed care approval rules before July 1, 2025, for services on or after that date. Rules cover published policies, appeal forms, repeat medical reviews, peer-to-peer reviews, and urgent and standard post-hospital care requests. They also address payment for specified… - More support after pregnancy loss: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2026, covered Illinois plans provide specified mental health and substance use benefits after miscarriage or stillbirth. Other diagnoses cannot reduce or block those benefits. Hospitals holding a fetus after spontaneous fetal death at 20 or more completed weeks must explain sti… - Patients gain independent behavioral health reviews: benefit, medium. Plans must share behavioral health medical-necessity criteria on request, including with potential members and contracting providers. Members requesting denial reasons must receive understandable explanations within a reasonable time. When an insurer disputes treatment necessity, it must supply sup… - Patients gain major jaw injury coverage: benefit, medium. Policies issued, amended, delivered, or renewed from January 1, 2026, must cover medically necessary care for major jaw injuries. The injury must result from an accident or disease. Covered care includes specified oral and facial surgery, implants, crowns, bridges, prosthetics, orthodontics, prosth… - Patients gain no-cost preventive health visits: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2025, covered plans must provide liver disease screenings without cost-sharing for high-risk people ages 35 through 64. These include liver ultrasounds and alpha-fetoprotein blood tests every six months. Beginning January 1, 2026, qualifying policies must cover an annual menopa… - Patients gain no-cost respiratory virus vaccines: benefit, medium. Plans issued, amended, delivered, or renewed from January 1, 2026, must cover COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus vaccines without cost-sharing. Coverage includes administration fees. Vaccines must be federally authorized or licensed and ordered and given under the federal advisory commi… - Pregnant Medicaid patients get addiction help: benefit, medium. Prenatal providers must immediately recommend a referral when they suspect a pregnant person has a substance use disorder. Referrals must go to a licensed local treatment program or a licensed hospital offering substance abuse treatment. Healthcare and Family Services, working with Human Services,… - School employees gain required insurance benefits: benefit, medium. School-district insurance benefits must include coverage required by Sections 356z.74 and 356z.77 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This applies to employees covered by those district benefits. The supplied provision does not describe those benefits or specify coverage amounts, premium changes, or an… - Seniors gain Medicare supplement switching rights: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2025, Medicare supplement policyholders ages 65–75 get an annual 45-day switching window starting on their birthday. The replacement must come from the same insurer or an affiliate authorized in Illinois. Its benefits must be equal to or less than the current policy's benefits.… - Child welfare specialists gain address privacy: benefit, low. Illinois child welfare employees with the title Child Welfare Advanced Specialist can use their work address on state ID applications. They can list that address instead of a home or mailing address. - Sex crime victims can seek sealing: benefit, low. Victims can ask the county State's Attorney to petition to seal court clerk records after qualifying sex crime convictions. Covered crimes include criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, and criminal sexual abuse or aggravated crimi… - Identity theft victims can correct arrests: benefit, low. People whose identity was used without permission in an arrest can file a verified petition with the circuit's chief judge. The petition goes to the court where the arrest occurred. The court may remove the victim's name and substitute the offender's name if known or ascertainable. The clerk's reco… - Surviving spouses can keep military plates: benefit, low. The law updates which special military plates a surviving spouse can keep. The spouse must live in Illinois and transfer registration into their name within 180 days after the service member's death. Only plates covered by the listed vehicle-law provisions qualify. - Children gain earlier behavioral crisis monitoring: benefit, low. The state must identify and analyze signs that children face elevated behavioral health crisis risks. Where state and federal law allow, it must share those signs with contracted managed care and similar care-coordination organizations. The state must reassess the indicators yearly and guide organi… - Insurance requirements reach more health plans: benefit, low. The state employee health program must provide coverage required by six listed Insurance Code sections. County and municipal self-insured employee plans must include benefits from two added sections. Health maintenance organizations must follow five added sections, and limited health service organi… - Limits on mandatory Medicaid plan expansion: benefit, low. The state cannot expand mandatory Medicaid managed care beyond counties designated as of June 1, 2014, for the specified population. This applies to people whose eligibility is not based on being a senior or having a disability. Expansion must wait until accountable care entities and managed care o… - Medicaid covers depression screening after pregnancy: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2022, Medical Assistance covers perinatal depression screenings for otherwise eligible people. Screenings must occur during the 12 months beginning on the last day of pregnancy. Providers must use a screening tool approved by the Department. - Medicaid must follow another coverage requirement: benefit, low. Medical Assistance must provide the coverage required by Section 356z.75 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The supplied provision does not identify the service or benefit. Its specific effect on members cannot be determined from this text. - Medicaid plans must update provider networks: benefit, low. A plan's payment responsibility starts on the latest of three dates: contract signing, complete approved roster submission, or state enrollment. Plans must add new practitioners of existing contracted providers to directories within 30 days after receiving a complete, accurate roster. Those practit… - Newborn parents get milk donation information: benefit, low. Hospitals with licensed obstetric beds must give newborns' parents free milk-donation information when the newborn leaves the hospital. Materials must explain milk banking and list nearby nonprofit banks accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America or its successor. Hospitals c… - Patients gain coverage for hair prostheses: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, covered Illinois plans must cover at least one wig or scalp prosthesis every 12 months. Hair loss must result from alopecia, chemotherapy, or radiation treatment for cancer or other conditions. - Patients retain drug coverage during shortages: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, covered Illinois plans must cover an eligible brand-name drug during a qualifying generic shortage. The generic drug or a therapeutic equivalent must be unavailable because of supply problems, and the dose cannot be adjusted. Coverage continues until the generic or equiva… - Protection for residents reporting care problems: benefit, low. The law protects long-term care residents and workers who contact or give information to the state ombudsman's office. Intentionally retaliating against them or discriminating against them is a business offense. Intentionally blocking an ombudsman representative's official work is also an offense.… - Counselor training approval can include rehabilitation: benefit, low. The state can set rules for approving graduate programs used to qualify for professional and clinical professional counselor licenses. Programs considered for approval may include rehabilitation counseling, professional counseling, clinical professional counseling, psychology, and similar fields. A… - Qualifying groceries gain state tax exemption: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, qualifying food sold for eating away from the sale location is exempt from Illinois tax. Alcohol, adult-use cannabis foods, soft drinks, candy, and food prepared for immediate eating are excluded. A separate exemption covers prepared food transferred with taxable services… - Qualifying leases receive state tax exemptions: benefit, low. Illinois exempts lessees' use of software under qualifying written licenses and property covered by qualifying local lease taxes. For leases beginning January 1, 2025, or later, qualifying lease receipts are also exempt from state tax. Software agreements need both parties' signatures; authenticate… - Illinois builders get state bidding preference: benefit, low. State construction agencies must make reasonable efforts to hire Illinois businesses. When an out-of-state firm also bids, qualifying projects carry a 4% base-bid preference for the lowest responsible, responsive Illinois bidder. Projects must exceed the procurement code's small-purchase maximum. E… - Federal objections require air permit action: benefit, low. Illinois must submit a revised covered air permit after federal environmental regulators object in response to a petition. If Illinois fails to do so, federal regulators must modify, terminate, or revoke the permit. The rule covers permits issued after the 45-day review period and before the federa… - Permit compliance protects irrigation wastewater reuse: benefit, low. Following an Illinois environmental agency permit authorizing wastewater reuse for irrigation satisfies the relevant water-pollution prohibition. The protection covers only reuse that follows that permit's terms. It does not exempt unpermitted wastewater reuse. - Specialty court judges need relevant training: benefit, low. Judges assigned to veterans and servicemembers courts or mental health courts must have relevant experience and training. They must also receive continuing education on required topics, including confidentiality. - Voters no longer handle separate ballots: benefit, low. Illinois election authorities must use the ballot form prescribed in Article 16 of the Election Code. The law removes the exception for matters covered by Article 8A. It also removes instructions requiring voters to deliver a separate representative ballot and judges to place it in a separate box. - Public reports help families compare care: benefit, low. Licensed long-term care facilities must complete consumer information reports for a public database run by the state long-term care ombudsman. The office can check reports, request updates, and add compliance records, satisfaction surveys, and quality measures. For facilities under the ID/DD Commun… - Emergency agencies must stock overdose medicine: benefit, low. State and local agencies employing police officers or firefighters must keep opioid-reversal medicine. They must set policies for buying, storing, transporting, and giving it. Those policies must include training on how to give the medicine. - Emergency medical directors can suspend providers: benefit, low. An emergency medical services director can suspend an individual provider from the local emergency medical system. This authority applies when the provider is considered not to meet the system's approved program plan. The rule adds no duty for patients. - Emergency medical suspensions need written reasons: benefit, low. An emergency medical services Medical Director must document an immediate suspension based on imminent danger to the public. The written order must state the suspension's length, terms, and reason. The requirement applies to the Director, not patients. - Hospitals gain more stroke center pathways: benefit, low. Illinois must try to designate qualified applicants as Thrombectomy Capable, Thrombectomy Ready, or Primary Stroke Centers Plus. Certification standards must follow current nationally recognized, evidence-based stroke guidelines. Designation lasts while certification remains in good standing. Hospi… - Hospitals get simpler overdose program enrollment: benefit, low. Licensed hospitals and University of Illinois hospitals meet overdose-program enrollment standards once they complete enrollment. They no longer need proof of a standing order or an attestation of program requirements. Enrolled qualifying hospitals can receive state fentanyl test strips for distrib… - Local groups can get overdose grants: benefit, low. Illinois Human Services can award grants for local overdose prevention, recognition, and response. Grants can fund opioid-reversal medicine and fentanyl test strips. Eligible applicants include health departments, correctional institutions, hospitals, universities, community groups, and faith-based… - Medicaid providers get claim correction time: benefit, low. When Medicaid or a managed care plan requires non-electronic claims, providers get at least 90 business days to correct rejected claims. That period starts when the provider receives the rejection notice. Late-filing denials are limited to claims submitted beyond 180 days after the latest service d… - Medicaid providers get payment timing protections: benefit, low. Medicaid managed care plans must pay complete claims within 30 days or notify the billing party they cannot process them. Late-payment penalties must at least match the Insurance Code's timely-payment interest penalty. Plans must calculate and pay interest automatically within 30 days after paying… - Stronger checks on mental health insurers: benefit, low. Illinois insurance and medical-assistance agencies must review parity complaints, audit treatment limits and denials, and publish findings. They may require comparisons explaining how plans design and apply treatment limits. Insurers and Medicaid managed care plans must train behavioral health revi… - Chicago renames noncitizen student advisory board: benefit, low. Chicago's school board renames its Diversity Advisory Board the Non-Citizen Advisory Board. The advisory body supports noncitizen students' opportunity to succeed in elementary and secondary school. It advises the school board on issues affecting those students and their families. The provision cre… - More candidates qualify for labor panels: benefit, low. Experience representing private employers now counts toward appointment to the Illinois Labor Relations Board's State and Local Panels. Other qualifying experience includes representing public employers or unions, teaching labor relations, and administering relevant orders or regulations. Appointee… - Olympic mandate costs regain reimbursement review: benefit, low. State mandate reimbursement rules now apply to qualifying costs of the specified 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games mandate. The law removes the prior exemption from those reimbursement rules. It does not set a reimbursement amount. - Utilities gain excavation notice volume exceptions: benefit, low. Some increases above historical averages in non-emergency excavation notices or dig-site notification areas count as beyond a utility's reasonable control. The requests must come from underground utility owners, operators, or their contractors or subcontractors. The exception excludes large project… - Utility goals include low-income communities: benefit, low. Illinois electric utilities serving more than 500,000 customers must include low-income communities in their reliability and safety goals. This requirement applies within the system that links utility rates to performance. It does not guarantee a specific service improvement or a lower household bi… - Breast care providers get payment standards: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2012, the Department pays qualifying providers Medicare rates for screening and diagnostic mammograms. Providers must join a Department-approved quality improvement program. Payments include increased digital mammography rates and, after January 1, 2023, breast tomosynthesis ra… - Care facilities gain monthly billing procedures: benefit, low. The Department must establish monthly reimbursement claim procedures for licensed skilled care facilities. It must also establish monthly procedures for facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act and MC/DD Act. Required system testing and changes support implementation. The law does not… - Medicaid raises dental sedation provider payments: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2025, Medicaid raises certain dental sedation payments by 33%, subject to federal approval. The increase is measured against rates in effect December 31, 2024. It covers sedation evaluations, deep sedation, and intravenous sedation, but not nitrous oxide. Payments go to provide… - Improving school districts can receive more: benefit, low. Eligible districts can receive annual intervention money added to their minimum school funding. Eligibility includes prior-year Tier 1 or Tier 2 status, the required state-control history, a five-year plan, and academic, financial, and governance progress. The State Board reports a proposed amount… - Public university leaders face contract limits: benefit, low. The law limits president and chancellor contracts at the University of Illinois, Chicago State, Eastern Illinois, and Governors State. It covers contracts made, changed, renewed, or extended after January 1, 2017, but excludes collective bargaining agreements. Severance cannot exceed one year's sal… - Licensed cannabis businesses get tax deductions: benefit, low. For tax years beginning January 1, 2023, or later, qualifying Illinois cannabis businesses can subtract federally disallowed business deductions. The deductions must be disallowed under federal Section 280E and not otherwise added back under Illinois income tax law. Businesses must operate in Illin… - Long-term care applicants face higher threshold: cost, high. The law sets a July 1, 2012 start date for raising the long-term care need score from 29 to 37. The increase requires federal approval and covers applicants for institutional or home- and community-based care. Applicants below the higher threshold face restricted access if approval is granted. With… - School bond taxes can exceed limits: cost, medium. Districts can exclude certain school bond payments from the aggregate property tax extension limit. The exclusion covers principal and interest on bonds issued under School Code Section 17-2.11. It also covers bonds that refund those bonds, including later refunding rounds. Affected property taxpay… - License holders face impairment compliance checks: cost, medium. License holders with impairment-related terms, conditions, or restrictions must follow them. Failure to comply requires referral to the Secretary. The Secretary decides whether to suspend the license immediately while a Department hearing is pending. - Detention rules cover specified felony charges: cost, medium. The State can seek pretrial detention for specified nonforcible felonies requiring prison based on the charge or criminal history. Conviction must rule out probation, periodic imprisonment, and conditional discharge. The State must file a verified petition alleging a real, present safety threat sup… - Covered vehicle violations carry $150 assessments: cost, low. Courts must order a $150 conditional assessment for each sentenced violation covered by Vehicle Code Section 15-109.1. Half goes to the county general fund. Half goes to the arresting agency, or the State Treasurer when a state agency makes the arrest. - Later felonies limit record sealing: cost, low. A felony conviction after earlier felony records were sealed blocks sealing later felony convictions under this rule. The court can also order the previously sealed felony records reopened. - Legion decals cost drivers $25: cost, low. Drivers choosing a Sons of the American Legion decal pay $25 for the first issue and each renewal. Grants to the Illinois Detachment receive $10 from each first issue and $23 from each renewal. The Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund receives the remaining $15 and $2, respectively. - Olympic physical therapy license exception ends: cost, low. Physical therapists can no longer use the exception tied to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games licensing law. Ordinary physical therapy licensing requirements apply. The removed exception applied only while that 2016 law was operable. - Service-related property leases face state tax: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2025, Illinois applies a 6.25% tax to property leased as part of a service sale. The taxable amount cannot be less than the service provider's cost of the property. The resulting cost depends on the covered transaction. - Public access narrows for protected records: cost, low. Illinois agencies must withhold additional protected records from public records requests. These include data provided under the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act. They also include information protected by laws covering lawful health care, human rights, money transmission, and student-a… - Witness protection fund loses state money: cost, low. The law requires a $25 million transfer from the Violent Crime Witness Protection Program Fund to the General Revenue Fund. The transfer date is July 1, 2024, or as soon afterward as practical. It reduces the witness protection fund's balance, but the text does not specify service cuts. - Medicaid providers face claim filing deadlines: cost, low. Initial and resubmitted Medical Assistance claims generally must arrive within 180 days after the claim's latest service date. Late claims cannot be paid. Retroactive-eligibility claims have 180 days from the Department's eligibility decision. When another payer pays first, the deadline is 180 days… - Medicaid vendors face conditional enrollment: cost, low. Illinois Medical Assistance vendor enrollment is conditional for one year, with limits based on the vendor's risk category. The Department can apply added screening, oversight, and review during that period. It can terminate or disenroll a vendor without cause, generally without a hearing. A remove… - Medical equipment suppliers need approved accreditation: cost, low. Durable medical equipment suppliers must obtain approved accreditation to bill the Department for equipment supplied to Medical Assistance recipients. The accrediting organization must be federally approved and recognized by the Department. Suppliers must comply no later than 15 months after the ap… - Stroke centers pay annual data fees: cost, low. Facilities with specified stroke-center designations must pay an annual fee of $100 to $500. The Illinois Department of Public Health sets the fee within that range. Payments go into the Stroke Data Collection Fund. The law does not require patients to pay this fee. - Commercial building code timing protection ends: cost, low. The law removes a code-timing protection for new or substantially improved commercial buildings in places without building codes. It had locked requirements to January 1 of the permit-application year, or construction-start year when no permit was needed. Those requirements had stayed fixed for the… - Workers’ compensation insurers pay annual surcharge: cost, low. Qualifying workers’ compensation insurers pay a 1.092% annual surcharge on the previous year's applicable direct written premiums. The Director charges it within 15 days after June 5, 2024, and each July 1 afterward, until repeal January 1, 2027. Insurers must state the charge separately to employe… - Endowment gift credits trigger tax addbacks: cost, low. Trusts, estates, and partnerships must add back federal deductions for endowment gifts that also receive Illinois Gives tax credits. The amount of the federal deduction is added to income used for Illinois tax. This limits the combined state benefit of the deduction and credit. The provisions speci… - Vendors face monthly tax discount cap: cost, low. For returns due January 1, 2025, or later, vendors' combined tax-collection discounts cannot exceed $1,000 per month. The cap covers use, service use, retailers' occupation, and service occupation taxes. It also includes applicable local taxes administered by the Department of Revenue and reported… - State redirects money among major funds: mixed, high. At the Governor's direction, the law authorized General Revenue Fund transfers from June 7, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Caps were $1.5 billion for the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund and $424 million for the Build Illinois Bond Fund. It also provides up to $350 million for the… - More criminal records qualify for sealing: mixed, medium. More arrest, supervision, and conviction records qualify for sealing, subject to statutory exclusions. Some qualify immediately; others generally require 2 years after supervision or 3 years for specified convictions and first-offender probation. A new qualifying education credential earned during… - Families gain maternity coverage with limits: mixed, medium. Beginning January 1, 2026, qualifying Illinois plans must cover listed doula and licensed certified professional midwife services. Coverage includes home births, necessary equipment and supplies, home visits, and support during labor, miscarriage, or abortion. Plans may cap doula home visits at 16… - Hospitals face updated stroke care standards: mixed, medium. Illinois must designate applying Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers with approved national certification based on current evidence-based guidelines. Designations continue while certification remains valid and renew automatically when Illinois receives renewed certification; hospitals must rep… - Four districts received school borrowing authority: mixed, medium. The law authorized school bonds up to $40 million for Williamsville District 15 and $105 million for Berkeley District 87. It also authorized $33 million for Maroa-Forsyth District 2 and $3.5 million for Greenview District 200. Funds were limited to projects approved by voters on March 17, 2020. Ea… - School funding follows enrollment and withdrawals: mixed, medium. For 2018–2019 and later school years, minimum school funding uses prior-year funding and specified additional amounts. Regional programs established after June 5, 2019 also have initial minimum-funding rules. Regional-office and intermediate-service-center programs with zero enrollment lose their m… - Schools get revised funding need calculations: mixed, medium. Illinois calculates school funding needs using staffing, enrollment, student needs, facilities, administration, and regionally adjusted salaries. Formula amounts include $40 per student for gifted services, $125 for staff development, $190 for materials, and $1,038 for maintenance and operations. T… - Three districts can finance school upgrades: mixed, medium. Elmwood Park District 401 can borrow up to $55 million for school additions, renovations, safety, and site work. Schiller Park District 81 can borrow $30 million for replacement-school, safety, accessibility, land, and site projects. Iroquois County District 9 can borrow $17.125 million for school… - Drug testing rules for record relief: mixed, low. Specified felony sealing and felony qualified-probation expungement petitions must include proof of a drug test. The test must be taken within 30 days before filing and show no illegal substances defined by the cited laws. Courts cannot deny expungement or sealing because a test taken within those… - Optional driver decals fund community grants: mixed, low. Drivers choosing the electrical workers' decal pay $25 initially and at renewal; $10 and $23, respectively, fund local union chapter grants. The 100 Club decal costs $45 initially and $27 at renewal; $30 and $25, respectively, fund its grants. Those grants support children and spouses of first resp… - Record petition fees include a waiver: mixed, low. Illinois State Police and circuit court clerks can charge record-relief petition fees up to their respective processing costs. Clerks deposit $10 of the total filing fee into their operations and administrative fund. The State Police share goes into the State Police Services Fund. The expungement-p… - Sealing protects records, not unpaid debts: mixed, low. Courts cannot deny sealing solely because you owe most court, law-enforcement, or government debts. Victim restitution is excluded from this protection unless converted to a civil judgment, and debts remain collectible. On a motion, courts can release necessary sealed records solely to collect an o… - Antique vehicle owners must affirm safety: mixed, low. Owners applying to register an antique vehicle must affirm that it meets the required condition standard. Its glass, brakes, lights, mechanical and physical condition, and appearance must be the same as or as safe as originally equipped. The provision states no separate fee or penalty amount. - Medicaid record sharing requires signed permission: mixed, low. Providers must release health information when a Medicaid managed care plan requests it and the member signed a general insurance-carrier release. This sharing can support care coordination, but also gives the plan access to the member's health information. Disclosure remains subject to federal hea… - Foreclosure challengers pay their own lawyers: mixed, low. When an owner with redemption rights challenges a lender's certified foreclosure expenses, each side pays its own objection-related costs. That includes lawyer fees. The law removes the prior express qualification tied to Civil Procedure Section 2-611. Owners bear their own costs but are not assign… - Day care transportation rules become lighter: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, day care centers are exempt from the specified driver-qualification, state-verification, and related enforcement rules. Group homes and child care institutions must still follow those rules. The change reduces requirements for centers and removes those transportation safegua… - Large-city tow trucks need safety tests: mixed, low. Tow trucks owned or operated by local governments with populations of at least 1 million must pass applicable safety tests. They must also obtain a safety certificate instead of using the specified testing exemption. - Medicaid providers get payment dispute review: mixed, low. The state must maintain a portal for unresolved managed care denials or partial denials of provider payment. Providers must first use the plan's internal dispute process and wait at least 30 days before filing with the state. Filing deadlines are 30 days after an unsatisfactory internal resolution… - State funds receive grant oversight money: mixed, low. The law requires two $500,000 transfers from the General Revenue Fund to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Fund. The dates are July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024, or as soon after each date as practical. These are state fund transfers, not direct household payments. - Chicago sports authority can pledge assets: mixed, low. The Chicago Sports Facilities Authority can secure bonds with its property or income. This includes rents, rates, fees, charges, and other receipts payable to or received by the Authority. The law sets no bond amount or new household payment. - Port bond interest limits change reference: mixed, low. Covered district bonds now use the Bond Authorization Act to set their maximum interest rate. This replaces references to the 1970 public-corporation bond interest-limit law. Affected districts include Southwest Regional, America's Central, and White County port districts. The provision states no n… - Port districts gain more financing options: mixed, low. Jackson-Union Counties and Joliet port districts can use airport income to repay revenue bonds, payable solely from specified facility income. Shawneetown and Waukegan port districts can also use airfield and airport income for revenue-bond repayment. Covered districts, including Southwest Regional… - Public authority borrowing has rate ceiling: mixed, low. For Authority notes and bonds issued after July 1, 1983, the law sets a three-part interest-rate ceiling. The ceiling is the highest of the Bond Authorization Act maximum, 11% yearly, or 70% of the prime commercial rate. The prime rate is measured when the contract is made. This sets a borrowing li… - Public borrowers face revised debt rules: mixed, low. Build Illinois bonds issued in fiscal year 2025 can have unequal principal or required redemption amounts. For debt limits, lease and installment payments count as interest as designated or as tied to financed bonds. Otherwise, a notional-debt calculation uses the highest lawful rate, or 12% when n… - Local development debt gains voter safeguards: mixed, low. Municipalities may finance economic development projects by ordinance using pledged revenues or assets, with applicable maturity limits of 38 years. They may levy annual property taxes for full-faith-and-credit debt, reduced when other money is available. For covered debt or property-tax pledges, a… - Early classroom projects can skip referendums: mixed, low. Beginning September 1, 2024, school districts can build or buy instructional buildings without a referendum to add early classrooms. The board must first adopt a resolution finding that the project increases pre-kindergarten or kindergarten classroom space. This gives districts a simpler approval p… - Four school borrowing windows remain closed: mixed, low. These school bond exceptions exclude covered debt from usual limits, but their issuance deadlines have passed. Prairie Grove District 46 had a $30 million cap for projects approved in 2008, with issuance due December 31, 2012. Prairie Hill District 133 had a $13.9 million cap for projects approved… - Growing school districts gain borrowing options: mixed, low. Qualifying school districts can borrow up to $5.5 million above their usual debt limit. Boards must find that passenger-rail improvements cause projected enrollment growth of at least 7% in each of the next two school years. They must also find that school improvements are needed because of that gr… - Monticello and Milford borrowing windows closed: mixed, low. Monticello District 25 had authority for up to $35 million in bonds outside usual debt limits. The district formed from Milford Districts 280 and 233 had similar authority for up to $17.5 million. Both covered school projects approved by voters on or after November 4, 2014. Boards had to find a new… - Older school borrowing deadlines have passed: mixed, low. Sandoval District 501 had authority to borrow up to $2 million for projects approved on March 20, 2012. Its board had to document the need to replace its aging elementary school and qualify for a debt-limit exemption. Bonds had to be issued by March 19, 2022. Bureau Valley District 340 had authorit… - Past school construction borrowing deadlines remain: mixed, low. These four school bond exceptions exclude covered debt from usual limits, restrict spending to voter-approved projects, and have expired issuance deadlines. Belle Valley District 119 had a $47.5 million cap for projects approved on or after April 7, 2009; issuance was due March 31, 2014, with matur… - Peoria keeps older school lease exception: mixed, low. Peoria District 150 can exclude qualifying public building commission leases from usual debt limits when awarded state school construction grants. The exclusion cannot exceed the grants awarded by the State Board of Education or Capital Development Board. Only leases signed from January 1, 2007 thr… - School borrowing tied to voter approval: mixed, low. North Shore District 112's authority covers up to $150 million for building and site projects approved on or after March 15, 2016. Hall High School District 502's authority covers up to $32 million for a new school approved on or after April 9, 2013. Both authorities exclude covered debt from usual… - School renovation bonds carry local costs: mixed, low. Brookfield LaGrange Park District 95 received $20 million in borrowing authority for Brook Park Elementary and S. E. Gross Middle School. Voter-approved additions and renovations required board findings about enrollment growth, outdated facilities, modern learning spaces, and debt-limit exemption a… - Schools gain construction debt limit exceptions: mixed, low. Districts with approved state construction grants can exceed usual debt limits to finance the project's non-grant share. They must have an approved facilities plan, receive a grant entitlement, lack enough borrowing capacity, and obtain voter approval afterward. Bonds cannot exceed the Capital Deve… - Two districts gain refinancing debt exceptions: mixed, low. Ridgeland District 122 can issue up to $50 million to refinance bonds voters approved on November 7, 2000. The refinancing bonds are excluded from usual debt limits, can be issued in multiple rounds, and must mature within 25 years. East Prairie District 73's bonds approved November 8, 2016 are exc… - Two districts received building bond authority: mixed, low. Paxton-Buckley-Loda District 10 received authority to borrow up to $28.5 million for voter-approved school building projects. Eligible votes were on or after November 8, 2016. Hillsboro District 3 received authority for $34.5 million in school building and site projects, with eligible votes startin… - Waltham school debt uses redevelopment funds: mixed, low. Waltham District 185 received authority for up to $9.5 million in debt for a new school, equipment, and site improvements. The board had to document aging-building needs and debt-limit exemption authority. Repayment agreements had to pledge redevelopment tax funds from LaSalle I, LaSalle III, and U… - Wolf Branch gains mine damage financing: mixed, low. Wolf Branch District 113 can issue up to $17.5 million in bonds to repair or replace a mine-damaged school. Covered bonds and refinancing bonds are excluded from usual debt limits. State education or Capital Development Board grants specifically for that work reduce the maximum debt eligible for th… - Financial firms change Illinois income calculations: mixed, low. For tax years ending December 31, 2024, or later, financial organizations use receipts to assign investment and trading income. The Illinois share uses specified Illinois receipts divided by total receipts included in the formula. This replaces the method based on income assigned to fixed business… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Bill Cunningham (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Ann M. Williams (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-31 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 117 | 0 | | | 2025-04-30 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 56 | 0 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Do Pass State Government; | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-08-15: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0417 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Effective Date August 15, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2025-06-27: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-31: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2025-05-31: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-31: Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ann M. Williams (House) - 2025-05-23: Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2025 (House) - 2025-05-16: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-16: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-30: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-30: Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-17: Assigned to Executive Committee (House) - 2025-04-11: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-11: First Reading (House) - 2025-04-11: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel (House) - 2025-04-09: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Assigned to State Government (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-02-07: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2394eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2394enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2394.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/SB/PDF/10400SB2394eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2394enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2394.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-SB2394-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).