Bills & Legislation

EMPLOYMENT-TECH

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

Charles Meier

EMPLOYMENT-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

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 Didech

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 Didech

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 Ryan

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-Gershowitz

$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 Moeller

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 Howard

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.

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 Dias

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 Dias

$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 Syed

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 Olickal

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 Chung

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.

FISH-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

WILDLIFE-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

WILDLIFE-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

CONSERVATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Forestry Development Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CONSERVATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Forestry Development Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Railroad Employees Medical Treatment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Railroad Employees Medical Treatment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Waterway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the construction of the Illinois Waterway.

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Brad Stephens

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Taxi Safety Act of 2007. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the DUI Prevention and Education Commission Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

COURTS-TECH

Amends the Supreme Court Historic Preservation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

ALT DISPUTE RESOLUTION-TECH

Amends the Uniform Arbitration Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Dennis Tipsword

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Display of Tobacco Products Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie

CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Tony M. McCombie