Bills & Legislation

RECYCLING MASCOT-LOOP THE CART

Declares Loop the Cart the official recycling mascot for the State of Illinois and commends the great work that has been done by the Chicago Metro Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) collaboration and the reach of the Feed The Cart campaign over the past two years in recognition of Loop's first birthday on October 20, 2026. Recognizes Loop as a unifying and positive ambassador of recycling messaging, affirming and amplifying the State's commitment to achieving its waste diversion goals.

Joyce MasonDemocrat

CPL MELVIN C WHEELER JR HWAY

Designates the portion of Illinois Route 108 passing through the city limits of Carrollton as the "CPL Melvin Carter Wheeler Jr. Memorial Highway".

Christopher "C.D." DavidsmeyerRepublican

MEMORIAL-BRIAN A. PATE

Mourns the death of Brian Arthur Pate.

Jehan Gordon-BoothDemocrat

JACK AND JILL ON SPFD HILL DAY

Declares November 18, 2026 as Jack and Jill on Springfield's Hill Day in the State of Illinois. Expresses support for and the promotion of the development of the Jack and Jill of America, Inc. teen legislative day of advocacy.

Jehan Gordon-BoothDemocrat

MEMORIAL-REV. MERLON JACKSON

Mourns the passing of Reverend Merlon M. Jackson Sr.

Michael CrawfordDemocrat

MEMORIAL-DALE W. CULLY

Mourns the death of Dale William Cully of Jacksonville.

Joyce MasonDemocrat

CONGRATS-GEOFFREY S. PORTER

Congratulates Geoffrey S. Porter on his 80th birthday on October 16, 2026.

Curtis J. Tarver, IIDemocrat

MEMORIAL-DJ SAM CHATMAN

Mourns the death of DJ Sam Chatman of Chicago.

Kam BucknerDemocrat

MEMORIAL-BRENNEN C. SAELE

Mourns the passing of Brennen Chase Saele of New Lenox.

Anthony DeLucaDemocrat

MEMORIAL-LAURA E. S. CULLINAN

Mourns the passing of Laura Elizabeth Schachtrup Cullinan of Peoria.

Jehan Gordon-BoothDemocrat

CONGRATS-JOHN BUCKNER

Congratulates Executive Director John Buckner on his retirement from the Special Recreation Association of Central Lake County (SRACLC). Thanks him for his extraordinary leadership and unwavering dedication. Wishes him a healthy, happy, and well-deserved retirement.

Laura Faver DiasDemocrat

COMMENDS-JOLIET/THRIVEWORKS

Commends the City of Joliet and the City of Joliet Fire Department for their partnership with Thriveworks to provide mental health services to the residents of Joliet.

Jessica Dixon HeitmanDemocrat

CONGRATS-MICHAEL KRELOFF

Congratulates Michael "Mike" Kreloff on his 80th birthday. Commends him for his decades of dedicated public service and legal advocacy on behalf of the people of Illinois. Wishes him continued health and happiness.

Jennifer Gong-GershowitzDemocrat

IDNR-RETURN TAFT CAMPUS

Urges the Governor's Office of the State of Illinois to direct the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to begin transferring the land of the Lorado Taft Field Campus from Northern Illinois University (NIU) back to the State.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

IND. COSTUME STORE DAY

Declares October 10, 2026 as Independent Costume Store Day in Illinois and encourages all Illinoisans to celebrate and support the independent costume stores and costume professionals serving our communities.

Lindsey LaPointeDemocrat

CONGRATS-DONNA FREITAG

Congratulates Donna Freitag on the occasion of achieving 50 years of dedicated service to the Lake County Farm Bureau. Thanks her for her continued commitment and dedication.

Joyce MasonDemocrat

MEMORIAL-MIKE DITKA

Mourns the passing of former Chicago Bears player and head coach Michael Keller "Mike" Ditka of Chicago.

John M. CabelloRepublican

MEMORIAL-MIKE DITKA

Mourns the passing of former Chicago Bears tight end and head coach Mike Ditka.

Patrick SheehanRepublican

CONGRATS-FRANK J. CHRISTENSEN

Congratulates Frank J. Christensen on his retirement as general president of the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC). Commends his decades of dedicated leadership to organized labor, working families, and elevator safety. Wishes him continued health and happiness in his future endeavors.

Diane Blair-SherlockDemocrat

IND. COSTUME STORE DAY

Declares October 10, 2026 as Independent Costume Store Day in Illinois and encourages all Illinoisans to celebrate and support the independent costume stores and costume professionals serving our communities.

Ann M. WilliamsDemocrat

COMMENDS-ENOCH MUHAMMAD

Commends Enoch Muhammad on his dedicated service to community development and advancement for more than three decades. Wishes him all the best in his future endeavors.

La Shawn K. FordDemocrat

CELEBRATE-WORLD POLIO DAY

Commends the global efforts to eradicate polio and celebrates World Polio Day to emphasize the continued need for vigilance, partnership, and sustained investment until polio is eradicated worldwide.

La Shawn K. FordDemocrat

MEMORIAL-CHARISSA H. BERRINI

Mourns the passing of Charissa Helena (Bilotto) Berrini of New Lenox, formerly of Blue Island.

Robert "Bob" RitaDemocrat

CONGRATS-PATTI GRATTON

Congratulates Executive Director Patti Gratton on the occasion of her retirement from the Community Workshop and Training Center (CWTC). Thanks her for her service to CWTC and the State of Illinois.

Ryan SpainRepublican

CONGRATS-NICHOLAS BROOKS

Congratulates Nicholas Brooks on the occasion of achieving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout. Wishes him all the best in his future endeavors.

Sue SchererDemocrat

HONOR-WHITE STAR FAMILIES

Honors veterans who have lost their lives to PTSD and other invisible wounds of military service and acknowledges that their service, courage, and sacrifice will never be forgotten. Honors the families of these fallen service members as White Star Families, expressing our deepest gratitude and respect for the unique sacrifices they have endured and affirms that they remain a valued and integral part of the military family. Encourages all citizens, organizations, and communities across Illinois to listen without judgment, offer compassion, support White Star Families, and assist in connecting veterans and their families with vital mental health resources.

Stephanie A. KifowitDemocrat

LOC GOV-WIND/SOLAR FACILITIES

Amends the Counties Code, the Township Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a commercial solar energy facility, commercial wind energy facility, or energy storage facility may not be constructed in a county, a township, or within 1.5 miles of a municipality unless the facility has the approval of (1) the county board of the county or, if the facility is located in Cook County, the Cook County Board of Commissioners; (2) if the facility would be located within a township, the township board of trustees; and (3) if the facility would be located within a municipality, the corporate authorities of the municipality. Effective immediately.

Chapin RoseRepublican

PTELL-AGGREGATE EXTENSION

Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Provides that the extension limitation shall be: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 10 years immediately preceding the levy year for which the extension limitation is being calculated; or (b) the rate of increase approved by the voters. Effective immediately.

Darby A. HillsRepublican

VEH CD-ENHANCE FLEEING PENALTY

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 4 felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor and that a third or subsequent violation is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class 4 felony. Provides that aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class 4 felony and that a second or subsequent violation is a Class 2 felony instead of a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.

John F. CurranRepublican

ENERGY-GENERATION TASK FORCE

Creates the Illinois Regional Generation Reliability Task Force Act. Sets forth findings of the General Assembly. Creates the Illinois Regional Generation Reliability Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall monitor the reliability of the Illinois power grid. Contains provisions concerning: the membership of the Task Force; duties of the Task Force; administrative support; and an annual report. Effective immediately.

Jil TracyRepublican

EPA-GREENHOUSE GASES

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Reverts provisions regarding greenhouse gases to the language existing before changes made by amendment under P.A. 102-662. Repeals a provision defining "clean energy". Effective immediately.

Jil TracyRepublican

DCEO-BUSINESS ASSIST REFORM

Amends the Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform Act. Modifies requirements concerning the Office of Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance. Provides that the Office shall implement reforms to improve interagency coordination and encourage expeditious permit issuance. Provides that the Office shall use information technology tools to track project schedules and metrics in order to improve transparency and accountability of the permitting process, reduce uncertainty and delays, and reduce costs and risks to taxpayers. Modifies and adds requirements concerning the expediting of permit reviews. Provides for the creation of an Interagency Permitting Advisory Committee. Provides additional requirements to improve the coordination of permit reviews. Defines terms. Makes other changes.

Jil TracyRepublican

IEMA-WEATHER RADAR STUDY

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act . Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Homeland Security shall conduct a comprehensive study of weather radar in the State. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Homeland Security shall prepare a written report summarizing the findings of the study. Requires the report to include recommendations, if any, for legislative or administrative action to improve or expand weather radar coverage in the State. Requires the Agency to submit the report to the Governor and the General Assembly by no later than one year after the effective date of the Act.

Chapin RoseRepublican

INC TAX-MANUFACTURING

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to 10% of the manufacturing capital expenditures incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year or, if the taxpayer is located in a rural or economically challenged area, 15% of those expenditures. Provides that the total amount of credits awarded under these provisions may not exceed $10,000,000 for any particular taxpayer in any taxable year, except that, if the capital investment is made in a rural or economically challenged area, then the maximum amount awarded for any particular taxpayer in any taxable year shall be $20,000,000. Effective immediately.

Chapin RoseRepublican

WIND & SOLAR AFFECT WATER FLOW

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the owner of a commercial wind energy facility or commercial solar energy facility must compensate landowners in full if the facility adversely affects the flow of water within the landowner's land, land adjoining landowner's land, or drainage district land, including, but not limited to, by affecting a drainage tile. Provides that the compensation shall be determined by the Department of Agriculture.

Sally J. TurnerRepublican

SCH CD-SUPERINTENDENT AGREEMNT

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall, upon passage of a referendum after submission of a petition signed by no less than 8% of the school district's voters in the last consolidated election, or may, by resolution, enter into a joint agreement with other school boards to share the services of a superintendent or other administrator. Provides that any savings realized by sharing services must be divided equally between classroom needs and property tax relief. Provides that a school district wishing to withdraw from the joint agreement shall obtain from its school board a written resolution approving the withdrawal and shall present a petition for withdrawal to the other member school districts within the timelines designated by the joint agreement if the school district entered into the joint agreement by resolution. Provides that a school district wishing to withdraw from the joint agreement shall submit to the voters of the district the question of whether the school district shall withdraw from the joint agreement if the school district entered into the joint agreement by a referendum vote (also provides for a referendum upon submission of a petition).

Sue RezinRepublican

SCH CD-EDUCATOR PREP PROG INST

Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Allows an institution of higher education approved to offer educator preparation programs to pursue accreditation by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). Provides that an institution of higher education that receives and retains CAEP accreditation may forgo the State reauthorization process. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules for the reauthorization of a CAEP-accredited institution of higher education.

Terri BryantRepublican

CRIM PRO-DETAINABLE OFFENSES

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon verified petition by the State, the court shall hold a hearing and may deny a defendant pretrial release if the defendant is charged with any of the following offenses, and it is alleged that the defendant's pretrial release poses a real and present threat to the safety of any person or persons or the community, based on the specific articulable facts of the case: (1) aggravated driving under the influence for a third or subsequent time; (2) manufacture or delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, an amount of a controlled or counterfeit substance, not otherwise specified in the statute, containing dihydrocodeine or classified in Schedule I or II, or an analog of those substances that is: (i) a narcotic drug, (ii) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) or an analog of those substances, (iii) any substance containing amphetamine or fentanyl or any salt or optical isomer of amphetamine or fentanyl, or an analog of those substances, or (iv) any substance containing N-Benzylpiperazine (BZP) or any salt or optical isomer of N-Benzylpiperazine (BZP), or an analog of those substances; or (3) possession of any amount of fentanyl.

Chris BalkemaRepublican

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES-FENTANYL

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that in addition to any other penalties provided by law, a person unlawfully selling or dispensing any scheduled drug containing a detectable amount of fentanyl is guilty of a Class X felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 9 years and not more than 40 years or fined not more than $250,000, or both. Provides that it shall be a Class 1 felony for which a fine not to exceed $100,000 may be imposed for any person to knowingly use an electronic communication device in the furtherance of controlled substance trafficking involving a substance containing any amount of fentanyl. Provides that this penalty shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed by law. Defines "electronic communication device".

Sally J. TurnerRepublican

CRIM CD-HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases by one class the penalties for trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. Provides that if the penalty is a Class X felony, the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 9 years and not exceeding 45 years.

Sally J. TurnerRepublican

CRIM CD-DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction of a child care institution or day care center building or property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed against persons at a child care institution or day care center, a child care institution or day care center function, or a child care institution or day care center event, whether or not the child care institution or day care center is in session. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.

Steve McClureRepublican

CRIM PRO-PRETRIAL DETENTION

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that notwithstanding the pretrial release and denial of pretrial release provisions of the Code, if the defendant is charged with any of the following offenses, then the burden is on the defendant to show by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant's pretrial release does not pose a real and present threat to the safety of any person or persons or the community, based on the specific articulable facts of the case: (1) a violation of an order of protection issued under the Code or the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, a stalking no contact order under the Stalking No Contact Order Act, or of a civil no contact order under the Civil No Contact Order Act; or (2) domestic battery or aggravated domestic battery under the Criminal Code of 2012.

John F. CurranRepublican

LOC GOV-ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning energy storage systems, provides that the farmland drainage plan that a facility owner must file with a county shall include, among other things, plans to repair any subsurface drainage affected during construction or deconstruction using procedures outlined in the agricultural impact mitigation agreement (rather than outlined in the decommissioning plan) and procedures for the repair and restoration of surface drainage affected during construction or deconstruction. Provides that a county shall (rather than may) require a facility owner to provide a decommissioning plan to the county. Makes changes to the requirements of a decommissioning plan. Provides that a county shall (rather than may) require the facility owner to submit to the county (i) a commercial operation a commissioning report meeting specified requirements of specified publications of the National Fire Protection Association; (ii) a hazard mitigation analysis meeting specified requirements of specified publications of the National Fire Protection Association; (iii) an emergency operations plan meeting specified requirements of specified publications of the National Fire Protection Association; and (iv) a warning that complies with specified publications of the National Fire Protection Association. Provides that the energy storage system owner shall enter into one agricultural impact mitigation agreement for each energy storage system. Requires the agricultural impact mitigation agreement for an energy storage system to include specified plans. Requires a commercial renewable energy facility owner to make available a copy of the signed agricultural impact mitigation agreement at the site of the commercial renewable energy facility during any construction or deconstruction activities. Makes other changes.

Christopher BeltDemocrat

PROP TX-STATEMENT OF EXEMPTION

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each property tax bill shall contain a statement of any exemption that was granted to the property in the immediately preceding tax year but was not granted to the property in the current tax year. Effective immediately.

Steve McClureRepublican

DRAINAGE CD-ELECT COMMISSIONER

Amends the Illinois Drainage Code. In provisions concerning the election of commissioners in drainage districts organized under the Farm Drainage Act and certain other districts, provides that an adult owner of property in a drainage district is entitled to one vote per acre or part of an acre within each parcel of land owned by the owner and located in the district. Provides that, if a parcel of land is owned by more than one adult owner, only one of the owners representing all of the owners may cast a ballot for that parcel. Provides that the votes represented by the ballot shall equal the number of acres or part of an acre shown on the face of the ballot. Provides that, by casting a ballot, the voter certifies that he or she is the owner of the land or, when the land is owned by multiple owners, the voter casting the ballot certifies that a majority of the owners have granted him or her the authority to cast the ballot on behalf of all the owners. Changes the time that the polls may be open. Provides that the commissioners acting as the judges of the election shall not be responsible for determining the ownership of any parcel of land and may rely upon the representations of the person presenting himself or herself as the owner of the parcel or the person authorized by a majority of the other owners of the parcel to cast the ballot on behalf of all the owners. Makes conforming and other changes.

Patrick J. JoyceDemocrat

IFA-FIRE TRUCK LOANS

Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Makes changes concerning the fire truck revolving loan program, the fire station revolving loan program, and the ambulance revolving loan program. Provides that those loans shall be paid out of certain locally held funds established by the Illinois Finance Authority. Provides that loans for the purchase of fire trucks may not exceed $750,000 per truck. Provides that loans for the purchase of ambulances may not exceed $350,000 to any fire department, fire protection district, or non-profit ambulance service. Makes other changes.

Patrick J. JoyceDemocrat

DIGITAL PURCHASE DISCLOSURES

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a seller of a digital good to offer for sale or advertise a digital good to a consumer using the terms "buy" or "purchase" or any other term that a reasonable person would understand to confer an unrestricted ownership interest in that digital good unless specified disclosures are made by the seller. Sets forth exemptions to the provision.

Steve StadelmanDemocrat

REVENUE-SMALL NUCLEAR REACTOR

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers that make an investment in the manufacture of a small modular nuclear reactor in the State during the taxable year. Provides that the amount of the credit is 20% of the amount of that investment. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that tangible personal property purchased for use in the construction or operation of a small modular nuclear reactor in the State is exempt from taxation under those Act. Effective immediately.

Sue RezinRepublican