Bills & Legislation

JAIL RELEASE-OPIOID ANTAGONIST

Amends the County Department of Corrections Division of the Counties Code, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act. Provides that, upon the release of a prisoner or committed person from a county correctional institution, county jail, or Department of Corrections correctional institution or facility, the sheriff, warden, or Department shall provide the prisoner or committed person with an opioid antagonist if the prisoner was incarcerated for drug-related charges or was identified as having a substance abuse disorder.

Lindsey LaPointeDemocrat

FOREST PRESERVE-REVENUE

Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Allows the board of a forest preserve district to establish a special forest preserve district retailers' occupation tax and service occupation tax after referendum of the voters. Allows the tax to used exclusively for general purposes, including education, outdoor recreation, maintenance, operations, public safety at the forest preserves, trails, acquiring and restoring land, and any other lawful purposes or programs determined by the board of that district. Includes referendum language and additional ballot informational language. Incorporates provisions from the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act to implement the tax. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Special Forest Preserve Retailers' and Service Occupation Tax Fund. Effective immediately.

Stephanie A. KifowitDemocrat

INC TX-UNION DUES

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction for the full amount of union dues paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year if the taxpayer was not allowed a federal deduction under the Internal Revenue Code. Provides that, if any amount of union dues representing federal miscellaneous itemized deductions was allowed as a federal deduction, then the amount allowed as an Illinois deduction shall be a specified percentage of the union dues disallowed under the Internal Revenue Code. Provides that the deduction is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.

Harry BentonDemocrat

DHFS-MCO-MENTAL HLTH MEDS

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision prohibiting prior authorization mandates and utilization management controls under the fee-for-service and managed care medical assistance programs for FDA-approved prescription drugs that treat mental illness, requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and managed care organizations to report quarterly on compliance with the specified prohibitions beginning with dates of service on and after July 1, 2025. Requires the Department to post on its website a report on fee-for-service prescriptions and the reports from each managed care organization. Sets forth the information that must be contained in the quarterly reports, including, but not limited to: (i) the number of denied prescriptions and estimated net cost to the State for those covered prescriptions summarized by each of the allowed categories specified in the Code; (ii) the number of denied prescriptions and estimated net cost to the State for those prescriptions summarized by each of the non-allowed categories specified in the Code; and (iii) the number of denied prescriptions and estimated gross cost to the State for those prescriptions summarized by any other reason not specified in the Code. Requires the Department to sanction those managed care organizations that do not file the required reports. Effective immediately.

Lindsey LaPointeDemocrat

ELEC CD-APPLICATION INTERFACE

Amends the Election Code. Provides that, no later than December 31, 2025, the State Board of Elections shall implement an application programming interface to allow third-party organizations approved by the State Board of Elections to submit complete voter registration applications in a standardized data format. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Maurice A. West, IIDemocrat

CRIM CD-SEXUAL ASSAULT

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the sentence for aggravated criminal sexual assault, which does not otherwise provide for an enhanced penalty, is a Class X felony for which 5 years shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. Provides that the sentence for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, which does not otherwise provide for an enhanced penalty, is a Class X felony with a minimum term of imprisonment of 11 (rather than 6) years.

Michael J. KellyDemocrat

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Lawful Health Care Activity Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Citizen Participation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Removal of Private Compromising Images Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Removal of Private Compromising Images Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Illinois Antitrust Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the State of Illinois Recreational Use of Leased Land Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and purpose.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the State of Illinois Recreational Use of Leased Land Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and purpose.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Non-Support Punishment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Child Support Payment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Illinois Trust Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Conveyances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Oil and Gas Lien Act of 1989. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

HUMAN RIGHTS-TECH

Amends the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

BUSINESS-TECH

Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

BUSINESS-TECH

Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

BUSINESS-TECH

Amends the Uniform Commercial Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short titles.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

BUSINESS-TECH

Amends the Illinois Fairness in Lending Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

EMPLOYMENT-TECH

Amends the Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Charles MeierRepublican

EMPLOYMENT-TECH

Amends the Union Employee Health and Benefits Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

ETHICS-AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to any criminal or civil charge under the Act that the person fully disclosed all relevant facts to the person's ethics officer and relied in good faith on the ethics officer's advice.

Daniel DidechDemocrat

LOCAL GOV COMPENSATION-DEFINE

Amends the Local Government Officer Compensation Act. In provisions relating to the time and manner of fixing compensation of elected officers of school districts and units of local government, provides that "compensation" means all remuneration for service as an elected officer, including wages, salary, health insurance benefits, and all other payments made on behalf of or for the benefit of the elected officer for service as an elected officer. Provides that "compensation" shall be construed liberally to require all elected officer compensation to be fixed in accordance with the provisions.

Daniel DidechDemocrat

PEN CD-SURS-TIER 2 RETIREMENT

Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a Tier 2 member who has at least 20 years of service in this system as a police officer or firefighter is entitled to a retirement annuity upon written application on or after the attainment of age 55 (instead of age 60) if a specified rule is applicable to the participant. Provides that the changes apply retroactively to January 1, 2011. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase".

Rick RyanDemocrat

FOIA-CYBERSECURITY

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that electronic requests for public records must appear in their entirety within the body of the electronic submission and that no public body shall be required to open electronically attached files or hyperlinks to view or access the details of such a request. Effective immediately.

Jennifer Gong-GershowitzDemocrat

$IDPH-LOCAL HEALTH PROT GRANT

Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2025.

Anna MoellerDemocrat

FANTASY SPORTS PROTECTION ACT

Creates the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board may regulate the conduct of fantasy contest operators under the Act. Allows the Board to levy and collect fees, surcharges, civil penalties, and, on adjusted gross fantasy contest receipts imposed under the Act, monthly taxes, and identifies other powers and duties of the Board. Includes restrictions, including requiring licensing, of fantasy contest operators. Includes license requirements and requirements for allowable fantasy contests. Contains provisions relating to denial of a license, independent audits, reporting and investigation of prohibited conduct, taxes, compulsive gambling and voluntary self-exclusion, and supplier diversity goals for fantasy contest operators. Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Excludes fantasy contests from the definition of "sports wagering". Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that participants in fantasy contest wagering shall not be convicted of the offense of gambling when conducted in accordance with the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act. Excludes any real estate, vehicle, boat, or any other property whatsoever used for the purposes of gambling under the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act from the definition of "gambling place" under the offense of keeping a gambling place. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Illinois Gaming Board emergency rulemaking authority to implement the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act. Effective immediately.

Terra Costa HowardDemocrat

CANNABIS SOCIAL EQUITY

Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Department of Agriculture may share with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity any licensee information necessary to support the administration of social equity programming. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Adds a definition. In various provisions, adds Social Equity Lottery Licensees to provisions that include Social Equity Applicants. Provides that the Cannabis Business Development Fund shall be exclusively used for certain purposes, to include providing financial assistance to support lending to, or private investment in, Qualified Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery Licensees, or to facilitate access to the facilities needed to commence operations as a cannabis business establishment. In provisions regarding loans and grants to Social Equity Applicants, adds financial assistance to provisions that include loans and grants. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has the power to enter into financial intermediary agreements to facilitate lending to or investment in Qualified Social Equity Applicants, Social Equity Lottery Licensees, or their subsidiaries or affiliates, to ensure the availability of facilities necessary to operate a cannabis business establishment. Provides that certain loans made shall contain terms and provisions with respect to forgiveness. Provides that those loans also may be distributed by lot if the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity determines that the amount of funding available is insufficient. Provides that, to the extent registration with the federal System for Award Management requires a grant applicant to certify compliance with all federal laws, the grant applicants shall not be required to register for a unique entity identifier through the federal System for Award Management. Makes other and conforming changes.

Marcus C. Evans, Jr.Democrat

PROP TX-PROP RECORD CARDS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2026, in counties with a population of more than 700,000 residents and fewer than 725,000 residents, at the request of the supervisor of assessments, property record cards supplied by the townships shall be in a digital format compatible with the system used by the supervisor of assessments. Effective immediately.

Laura Faver DiasDemocrat

PROP TX-PTAB HEARINGS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of more than 700,000 residents and fewer than 725,000 residents, upon motion of any party and provided that other parties to the appeal do not object, hearings upon appeal to the Property Tax Appeal Board shall be heard online with parties to the appeal participating in the hearing remotely. Requires the Property Tax Appeal Board to amend its rules of practice and procedure within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act to accommodate the remote hearings. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Authorizes the Property Tax Appeal Board to adopt emergency rules to implement the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Laura Faver DiasDemocrat

$DPH-HEALTHY ILLINOIS SURVEY

Appropriates $4,700,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health to be used to pay costs and administrative expenses associated with the Healthy Illinois Survey. Effective July 1, 2025

Nabeela SyedDemocrat

CORRECTIONS-SUPERVISED RELEASE

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall be the authority for setting conditions for mandatory supervised release under specified provisions and determining whether a violation of those conditions warrant revocation of mandatory supervised release or the imposition of other sanctions. Provides that the Board shall hear by at least one member and through a panel of at least 3 members determine the conditions of mandatory supervised release, determine the time of discharge from mandatory supervised release, impose sanctions for violations of mandatory supervised release, and revoke mandatory supervised release for those sentenced under specified provisions. Provides that if a person was originally prosecuted under the provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, sentenced under the provisions of the Act pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and convicted as an adult and committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Juvenile Justice shall, no less than 120 days prior to the date that the person reaches the age of 21, send written notification to the Prisoner Review Board indicating the day upon which the committed person will achieve the age of 21. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to conduct a hearing with no less than 3 members to determine whether or not the minor shall be assigned mandatory supervised release or be transferred to the Department of Corrections prior to the minor's 21st birthday.

Kevin John OlickalDemocrat

PROP TX-BOARD OF REVIEW

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no more than 2 members of the board of review may be affiliated with the same political party (currently, 2 members of the board shall be affiliated with the political party polling the highest vote for any county office in the county). Effective immediately.

Sharon ChungDemocrat

BODY CAMERAS-AUXILIARY OFFICER

Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that an auxiliary officer is a law enforcement officer for purposes of the Act. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Specifies that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board must make grants to units of local government in Illinois and Illinois public universities for, among other things, purchasing or leasing officer-worn body cameras and associated technology for auxiliary officers and training auxiliary officers. Defines "auxiliary officer" for purposes of both Acts.

Gregg JohnsonDemocrat

FISH-TECH

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the administration of the Code.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

WILDLIFE-TECH

Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican

WILDLIFE-TECH

Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombieRepublican