Bills & Legislation

$FY27 IELRB OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: Other State Funds $4,465,600.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 SFA OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: Other State Funds $89,539,400.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 ICDD OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $220,000; Other State Funds $0; Federal Funds $5,263,500; Total $5,483,500.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 PPB OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Procurement Policy Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $587,000.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 WCC OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: Other State Funds $32,734,700.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 ISBE OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $10,720,733,500; Other State Funds $93,575,900; Federal Funds $4,398,349,500; Total $15,212,658,900.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 IEMA OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $27,747,500; Other State Funds $619,453,700; Federal Funds $1,299,411,423; Total $1,946,612,623.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 SERS OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Employees' Retirement System for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $2,018,336,320.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 ILRB OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Labor Relations Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $2,855,100.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 DGRE OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Department of Gaming Regulation and Enforcement for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: Other State Funds $299,454,900.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 SPMB OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Police Merit Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: Other State Funds $2,432,900.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 SFM OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Office of the State Fire Marshal for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: Other State Funds $76,527,220; Federal Funds $1,000,000; Total $77,527,220.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 TRS OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $7,104,357,993.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 BHE OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of Higher Education to meet its operational expenses for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $60,637,601; Other State Funds $22,525,000; Federal Funds $5,500,000; Total $88,662,601.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 CSU OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Chicago State University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $41,747,900; Other State Funds $3,307,000; Total $45,054,900.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 EIU OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Eastern Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $49,884,200; Other State Funds $7,000; Total $49,891,200.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 GSU OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Governors State University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $27,650,500.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 NEIU OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Northeastern Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $42,401,300.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 WIU OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Western Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $59,116,600; Other State Funds $10,000; Total $59,126,600.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 ISU OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois State University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $82,997,100; Other State Funds $30,000; Total $83,027,100.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 NIU OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Northern Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $104,676,300; Other State Funds $22,000; Total $104,698,300.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 SIU OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Southern Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $234,246,700; Other State Funds $1,266,000; Total $235,512,700.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 PTAB OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Property Tax Appeal Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: Other State Funds $13,833,400.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 MI

Appropriations and Reappropriations for capital projects for the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026. Effective Immediately.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 UofI OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the University of Illinois for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $736,484,400; Other State Funds $10,240,800; Total $746,725,200.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 ICCB OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Community College Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $343,131,200; Other State Funds $121,395,000; Federal Funds $51,000,000; Total $515,526,200.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 ISAC OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $832,071,600; Other State Funds $28,530,000; Federal Funds $65,641,100; Total $926,242,700.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 SURS OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Universities Retirement System for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $2,127,851,648; Other State Funds $250,000,000; Total $2,377,851,648.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY27 SUCSS OCE

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Universities Civil Service System for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as follows: General Funds $1,581,400.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY26 CAPITAL

Makes appropriations and reappropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026. Effective immediately.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$FY26 SUPPLEMENTAL

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses.

Robyn GabelDemocrat

$CULTURAL DISTRICTS

Appropriates $150,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants to each State-designated cultural district in the amounts of $5,000,000 to each State-designated cultural district for the operation of the district and $5,000,000 to each State-designated cultural district for capital improvements to the district. Effective July 1, 2026.

Lilian JiménezDemocrat

WORK READINESS-SR SEMESTER GAP

Amends the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. Provides that the State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College Board, the Board of Higher Education, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, in furtherance of postsecondary and career expectations, shall jointly develop a Senior Gap Semester Pilot Program. Provides that the Pilot Program shall only be offered to students eligible for grade 12 in school districts located within Regional Office of Education 35. Provides that the Pilot Program shall offer a semester-long program in which a grade 12 student may explore a profession or career within the health care industry, agriculture industry, manufacturing industry, and early childhood education industry. Requires the State Board of Education to consult with statewide organizations representing health care, agriculture, manufacturing, and early childhood education, and publish and maintain on its website a current database of employer champions for work-based learning and career readiness systems and programs in each industry.

Amy BrielDemocrat

STATEWIDE BIDDER STANDARDS ACT

Creates the Statewide Responsible Bidder Standards Act. Provides that each local public body shall maintain, within its procurement ordinances, administrative rules, and bid documents, language requiring that any bidder on a public contract certify or provide evidence that: (1) the bidder and the bidder's proposed subcontractors are duly organized and in good standing under applicable law and authorized to do business in the State; (2) the bidder and the bidder's proposed subcontractors are properly registered with the Department of Revenue and the Department of Employment Security; (3) the bidder and the bidder's proposed subcontractors maintain workers' compensation insurance and maintains liability insurance in amounts required by the local public body; (4) the bidder and the bidder's proposed subcontractors will comply with all applicable State and federal labor and employment laws governing wages, safety, and equal opportunity; (5) the bidder and the bidder's proposed subcontractors are not currently debarred, suspended, or otherwise ineligible under any State or federal debarment list applicable to public contracts; and (6) the bidder submitted certifications and documents with the bid that are true and correct. Provides that failure to comply with the requirements of the Act shall not invalidate any contract awarded in good faith. Provides that a local public body that does not have a procurement ordinance, policy, or rule containing the minimum responsible bidder standards set forth in the Act in effect on the effective date of the Act shall adopt the required ordinance, policy, or rule within 180 days after the effective date of the Act. Provides that, if a local public body has a procurement ordinance or policy containing a responsible bidder provision in effect on the effective date of the Act, then the local public body shall be deemed in compliance with the Act and shall not be required to adopt new legislation to conform to the Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.

Mary Beth CantyDemocrat

CULTURAL DISTRICTS ACT

Creates the Cultural Districts Act. Provides that, if an area successfully establishes itself as a cultural district under the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law, then the area may be incorporated as a cultural district. Creates 15 cultural districts. Sets forth the method to create additional cultural districts. Provides that, unless the boundaries of a cultural district are the same as the boundaries of a county or municipality, the affairs of a cultural district shall be managed by a board of commissioners consisting of not less than 5 but not more than 9 commissioners, who shall be appointed by the presiding officer of the county board of the county in which the majority of the cultural district is located, with the advice and consent of the county board. Provides that a cultural district may sue and be sued, enter into contracts, acquire and hold real and personal property necessary for its corporate purposes, and adopt a seal. Provides that the board of commissioners of a cultural district may, for any of its authorized purposes, borrow money upon the faith and credit of the cultural district and may issue bonds. Provides that a cultural district may acquire lands for its purposes (i) by lease, (ii) in fee simple by gift, grant, legacy, purchase, or condemnation, or (iii) by easement.

Lilian JiménezDemocrat

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED LIVING

Creates the Community Supported Living Arrangement Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities shall work in coordination with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop, implement, and operate, and to submit, through the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, amendments to the Illinois Adults with Developmental Disabilities Section 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver, subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Provides for establishment of provider licensing, certification, and oversight standards for Community Supported Living-24 Hour services consistent with existing State authority for community-based residential services, but with the person's own home not requiring licensing or Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification reviews. Provides for 24-hour availability of trained personnel for individuals with intense physical, medical, or behavioral support needs. Contains provisions regarding: covered services; enrollment; the use of tools such as the Health Risk Screening Tool; housing independence; staffing and workforce standards; phased implementation; Person-Centered Plans; dignity of risk; compliance with mandates; quality assurance; evaluations; a Community Supported Living Advisory Council; reports; fiscal issues; administrative issues; and other matters. Effective immediately.

Anne StavaDemocrat

FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERS

Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides that, as soon as practical after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall study the current practices of funeral directing and embalming, including how other states regulate those practices and industries and the potential costs and benefits to licensing those professions separately, and shall determine what legislative and administrative changes would be necessary to establish separate funeral director licenses and embalmers licenses. Provides that the study and recommended legislative changes shall be presented to the General Assembly by no later than January 1, 2027. Sets forth findings. Effective immediately.

Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.Democrat

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP

Creates the Advanced Technology Leadership Act. Sets forth findings. Defines terms. Sets forth provisions concerning the qualification of credits under the Act. Provides that, beginning calendar year 2027, each covered data center shall self-generate or procure and then retire eligible energy attribute certificates equal to the certain percentages of the covered data center's annual State electricity consumption. Provides that a covered data center's compliance requirement shall be otherwise met by retirements of eligible energy attribute certificates produced by eligible energy facilities that are physically interconnected and located in the applicable grid region. Requires a covered data center to retire eligible energy attribute certificates that are matched on an hourly basis to the certain percentages of the covered data center's total State electricity consumption for the following compliance years. Provides that covered data centers shall account for and comply with the Act exclusively through the retirement of eligible energy attribute certificates. Requires the Illinois Power Agency to, on an ongoing basis, identify facilities that meet the definition of covered data center. Provides that the Agency shall strive to minimize administrative expenses in the implementation and regulation of activities related to the Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Jay HoffmanDemocrat

OMA&FOIA-NGO

Amends the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Changes the definitions of "public body" in the Acts to include a nongovernmental organization that receives the lesser of $10,000 or 20% of its funding from the State.

Chris MillerRepublican

SCH CD-PART-TIME ATTENDANCE

Amends the School Code. Provides that a request for part-time attendance may (rather than must) be submitted by the nonpublic school parents (rather than the nonpublic school principal) to the public school at any time (rather than before May 1). Provides that the school district that the student attends part-time shall receive State funding for the pupil's participation in the public school course or program. Provides that a part-time student shall not be required to pay fees for the part-time student's enrollment or participation in any public school program or course, except to the extent that a full-time student is required to pay the same fees. Allows the parent or guardian of a child of school age who is enrolled in a nonpublic school to enroll the child in any public school in the child's district of residence on a part-time basis for interscholastic extracurricular activities. Prohibits a local school board from discriminating against a child seeking enrollment in interscholastic extracurricular activities at a public school based on where the child attends school. Provides that a part-time student may participate in any interscholastic extracurricular activity available at the public school, subject to meeting the same eligibility requirements, responsibilities, and standards of behavior and performance as a resident student. Provides that a part-time student who participates in an interscholastic extracurricular activity shall pay any participating or activity fee in an amount equal to the fee charged to a full-time public school participant. Authorizes the State Board of Education to adopt rules to implement the provisions.

Travis WeaverRepublican

BUDGET STABILIZATION-PENSION

Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Provides that specified amounts shall be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund beginning in fiscal year 2030 and continuing until the end of fiscal year 2045 or when each of the designated retirement systems has achieved 100% funding, whichever occurs first. Effective immediately.

Travis WeaverRepublican

EDUCATION PROPERTY TAX RELIEF

Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Provides additional scheduled transfers to the Pension Stabilization Fund, sets termination conditions, and clarifies allocation and applicability of payments. Amends the School Code. Establishes a property tax relief grant program for school districts beginning in Fiscal Year 2030, funded from the Education Property Tax Relief Fund. Makes conforming changes in the State Finance Act.

Travis WeaverRepublican

REVENUE-PROP TAX RELIEF

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a program to award property tax relief grants to school districts in this State. Provides that, in exchange for receiving a grant, a school district's maximum aggregate property tax extension for the taxable year may not exceed its adjusted maximum aggregate property tax extension for that taxable year. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Education Property Tax Relief Fund.

Travis WeaverRepublican

OMA&FOIA-NGO

Amends the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Changes the definitions of "public body" in the Acts to include a nongovernmental organization that receives the lesser of $10,000 or 20% of its funding from the State.

David FriessRepublican

IHDA-HOUSING COUNSELING GRANTS

Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall make grants to nonprofit corporations for housing counseling services, subject to appropriation for that purpose and in accordance with rules adopted by the Authority.

Lilian JiménezDemocrat

PROPERTY RECORDS-HOUSING

Specifies that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Affordability Crisis in Housing Act. Amends the Financial Institutions Act. Requires that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation establish, maintain, and publish on its website a registry of nominees of mortgagees. Amends the Counties Code. Requires each county board to adopt revisions to its predictable fee schedule to include an additional $150 fee for a nominee of a mortgagee to record a mortgage, including an assignment, extension, amendment, or subordination, beginning no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Creates an exception for the recording of a release of mortgage by the nominee of the mortgagee. Provides that of the additional $150, $120 is to be collected by the county as an additional Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge and deposited into the Rental Housing Support Program Fund, and $30 is to be collected by the county as a county fee with $25 to be used by the county for development and maintenance of its affordable housing capacity and $5 to be deposited into the recorder's special funds created to defray the cost of providing electronic or automated access to the county's property records. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a lien is not created if a nominee of a mortgagee fails to provide the recorder with the cover sheet required to accompany a mortgage under the Conveyances Act. Amends the Conveyances Act. Requires that all mortgages or assignments of mortgage recorded by or for a nominee must be recorded with a cover sheet explaining any fees that are charged, the identity of the nominee of the mortgagee, and the process that may be used by the mortgagor to track the mortgage.

Mary Beth CantyDemocrat

LOCAL GOV-ANTI-GROWTH LAWS

Amends the Counties Code, the Township Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county, township, or municipality shall not enact or enforce an anti-growth law affecting property unless the anti-growth law is enacted or enforced (1) following a disaster declared by the Governor that occurred within the jurisdiction of the county, township, or municipality; or (2) to provide for the extension or acquisition of public infrastructure, public services, or water resources. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

Eva-Dina DelgadoDemocrat