Bills & Legislation

ALGORITHMIC PRICING

Creates the Preventing Algorithmic Pricing Discrimination Act. Requires any person who knowingly advertises, promotes, labels, or publishes a statement, display, image, offer, or announcement of personalized algorithmic pricing using consumer data specific to a particular individual must disclose that this price was set by an algorithm using the individual's personal data. Prohibits the use of algorithmic pricing under certain conditions. Provides that if there is a violation of the Act, the Attorney General may file a civil action requesting that an injunction be issued against the defendant to enjoin and restrain the continuance of the violation. Provides that notice must be given to the defendant of not less than 5 days, and the court may issue an injunction enjoining and restraining any further violation without requiring proof that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged. Authorizes the court to impose a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation. Exempts any insurer licensed, regulated, or otherwise authorized to do business in the State or any excess lines insurer, including any persons, agents, or affiliates acting on behalf of the insurer. Exempts financial services, including, but not limited to, financial institutions, financial institution affiliates, broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, and entities that provide consumer credit products such as credit cards, personal loans, and mortgages. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a violation of the Preventing Algorithmic Pricing Discrimination Act an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Defines terms. Limits home rule.

Eva-Dina Delgado

GOVT ACCOUNT AUDIT THRESHOLD

Amends the Governmental Account Audit Act. Provides that, beginning in fiscal year 2027, any governmental unit receiving revenue of less than $1,500,000 (rather than $850,000) in the immediately preceding fiscal year shall, in lieu of causing an annual audit of the accounts of the unit to be made, either (i) cause an audit of the accounts of the unit to be made once every 4 years and file with the Comptroller an annual financial report containing information required by the Comptroller or (ii) file with the Comptroller an annual financial report containing information required by the Comptroller, a copy of which has been provided to each member of that governmental unit's board of elected officials, presented either in person or by a live phone or web connection during a public meeting, and approved by a 3/5 majority vote. Provides that, beginning in fiscal year 2027, governmental units receiving revenue of $1,500,000 or more (rather than $850,000) in the immediately preceding fiscal year shall, in addition to complying with the requirements for audits and audit reports, file with the Comptroller the financial report and immediately make one copy of the audit report and one copy of the financial report a part of its public record as required by the Act. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Diane Blair-Sherlock

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE

Creates the Household Hazardous Waste Stewardship Act. Requires that manufacturers implement a stewardship plan, beginning January 1, 2028, and establishes related prohibitions. Requires a manufacturer to establish, fund, and implement a stewardship program individually or collectively as part of a stewardship organization, with certain funding requirements. Lists other manufacturer and stewardship organization obligations and requirements. Requires each manufacturer who sells covered products in the State to register with a stewardship organization by April 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, and subsequently also with the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires stewardship organizations to post certain information on a website by January 1, 2028. Prohibits a manufacturer from selling a covered product, beginning in program year 2028, unless the manufacturer is registered and operates a stewardship program or is part of a stewardship organization. Requires stewardship organizations to jointly prepare, no later than January 1, 2027, a household hazardous waste needs assessment. Prohibits a retailer from selling a covered product unless the manufacturer is identified as a participant in a stewardship organization with an approved stewardship plan. Requires collection sites to keep certain records and provide certain data. Lists requirements and procedures for stewardship plans. Lists collection convenience standard requirements. Requires each stewardship organization to jointly submit, by June 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, a report to the Agency. Requires a stewardship organization to pay an annual fee to the Agency and lists responsibilities of the Agency. Exempts activities under the Act from antitrust laws. Allows the Agency to adopt rules. Provides civil penalties for violations. Specifies that it is a Class 4 or Class 3 felony to make a fraudulent material statement to the Agency under the Act. Allows for collection of covered products using a premium collection service. Makes findings. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Sharon Chung

ELECTION CODE-GA VACANCIES

Amends the Election Code. Provides the procedure for filling a vacancy of a Senator or Representative in the General Assembly. Provides that within 3 days after a vacancy, the committee for that legislative or representative district shall create a uniform application for candidates seeking appointment and determine the date, time, and location at which the committee shall make the appointment (allowing for at least 7 days of public notice). Provides that applications received within 2 days before the appointment shall be made publicly available. Provides that candidates shall be granted an opportunity to present their credentials publicly and take questions from the committeepersons. Provides for a proxy for a committeeperson that is ineligible to vote for an appointment. Effective immediately.

Lindsey LaPointe

INSURANCE-TORT-LIABILITY

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that if an insurer tenders the lesser of the policy limits or the amount demanded by the claimant in a statutory or common law action alleging bad faith within 90 days after receiving actual notice of a claim accompanied by sufficient evidence to support the amount of the claim, no liability may be imposed against the insurer. Provides that if a named insured, omnibus insured, or named beneficiary is awarded a declaratory judgment in an action in State or federal court to determine insurance coverage after the insurer has made a total coverage denial of a claim, the court must award reasonable attorney's fees to the named insured, omnibus insured, or named beneficiary who has prevailed in the action. Creates a presumption that, in any action by or against a company, if there is an issue of the liability of a company, and it appears to the court that such action or delay is vexatious and unreasonable, the court may allow as part of the taxable costs in the action reasonable attorney's fees, as determined by the lodestar fee method of multiplying the number of hours reasonably spent on a case by a reasonable hourly rate, adjusted up or down by a multiplier to account for factors such as the quality of the work, complexity of the case, or risk of loss. Provides that this presumption may be overcome only in rare and exceptional circumstances. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Changes the percentage from 25% to 50% that triggers joint and several liability of a defendant of all damages. Provides criteria for the admissibility of unpaid, past, and future medical expenses in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Amends the Premises Liability Act. Provides that in an action for damages against the owner, lessor, operator, or manager of commercial or real property brought by a person lawfully on the property who was injured by the criminal act of a third party, the trier of fact must consider the fault of all persons who contributed to the injury. Makes other changes. Applies to all actions filed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Dan Ugaste

STATE FINANCE-AUDIT FUND

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, within 30 days after July 1, 2026, or as soon thereafter as practical, specified sums shall be transferred from various named funds into the Audit Expense Fund. Effective immediately.

Robert "Bob" Rita

$AUDITOR GEN-OCE

Appropriates $8,620,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Auditor General for its Fiscal Year 2027 ordinary and contingent expenses. Appropriates $37,401,560 from the Audit Expense Fund to the Office of the Auditor General for administrative and operations expenses and for audits, studies, investigations, and expenses related to actuarial services. Effective July 1, 2026.

Robert "Bob" Rita

GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Public Official Safety and Privacy Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

La Shawn K. Ford

COMM HOSPICE & PALL CARE REPAY

Creates the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. By January 1, 2027, requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program, which shall be administered by the Commission. Provides that the Program shall provide loan repayment assistance to eligible hospice and palliative care professionals practicing in a hospice program that provides services in the State. Provides that, each year, the Commission shall receive and consider applications for loan repayment assistance under the Act. Sets forth provisions concerning the awarding of grants by the Commission; eligibility for the Program; hospice program work requirements; and rulemaking. Provides that the Act is repealed 10 years after the effective date of the Act. Effective immediately.

Nicolle Grasse

HIGHR ED ASSIST-SPEC ED TEACHR

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2026, funds for the special education teacher scholarship program shall be continuously appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that this requirement constitutes an irrevocable and continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary for the purpose specified by the requirement to the fullest extent such appropriation is required. Effective July 1, 2026.

Sharon Chung

HOSPITAL TRANSPORT DISCLOSURE

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that, before transporting a patient to a hospital facility, the hospital must inform the patient of the costs associated with transportation to the facility. Provides that a hospital must also conspicuously list on the hospital's publicly accessible website the cost of transporting a patient to a hospital facility. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act to require the University of Illinois Hospital to comply with those requirements.

Amy Briel

HEALTH FACILITY TRANSPARENCY

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require any health care facility receiving State or federal funding to publish the facility's financial records on the facility's publicly accessible website at the end of each fiscal year. Effective immediately.

Amy Briel

LOW-INCOME UTILITY RATES

Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning nondiscrimination, provides that the Commission is authorized to approve a low-income discount rate for residential electric and natural gas customers that applies to the entirety of a qualifying customer's bill, including, but not limited to, a qualifying customer's delivery service charges and energy supply charges. Provides that an electric or natural gas utility may fund low-income discount rates through a surcharge on customers' electric and natural gas bills. Provides that the changes to the Act apply retroactively on and after January 1, 2023. Amends the Energy Assistance Act. In provisions concerning eligibility under the Act, provides that, in setting the annual eligibility level for the use of State funds from the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall consider the amount of available funding and may not set a limit higher than 300% of the federal nonfarm poverty level. In provisions concerning the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, provides that the yearly administrative expenses of the Fund may not exceed 15% (rather than 13%) of the amount collected during that year, except when unspent funds from the Fund are reallocated from a previous year. Provides that any unspent balance of the 15% administrative allowance may be utilized for administrative expenses in the year they are reallocated. Provides that, of the 15% administrative allowance, no less than 9% (rather than 8%) shall be provided to Local Administrative Agencies for administrative expenses. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, the Base Energy Assistance Charge shall be $0.80 per month for each utility that is required by the Illinois Commerce Commission to implement a low-income discount rate and shall be $0.40 per month for each utility that is not required to implement a low-income discount rate and that contributes to the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. Makes other changes.

GENDER PRICING EQUITY ACT

Creates the Gender Pricing Equity Act. Provides that a person, firm, partnership, company, corporation, or business shall not charge a different price for any goods that are substantially similar if those goods are priced differently based on the gender of the individuals for whom the goods are marketed and intended. Provides that a violation of any of the provisions of the Act is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make a conforming change.

Amy Briel

TIF SPRING VALLEY

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Extends the estimated date of completion of a redevelopment project and the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs for an ordinance adopted on July, 31 2006 by the City of Spring Valley. Effective immediately.

Amy Briel

LOCAL GOVT OPEN BURN PERMIT

Creates the Local Government Open Burn Permit Act. Provides that any county or municipality may adopt ordinances or resolutions establishing requirements for permits issued by it under the Act and may enter into intergovernmental agreements to implement the Act. Allows the Environmental Protection Agency to propose and the Pollution Control Board to adopt rules. Requires any person seeking to perform an open burn in a municipality or county to obtain a local government open burn permit from the municipality or county, respectively, where the burn is taking place in addition to any applicable open burn permit from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency under the Environmental Protection Act and rules adopted under that Act. Requires every county and municipality to create an online publicly-accessible platform that contains certain information. Provides that municipalities and counties may charge up to $5 for each local government open burn permit, with the proceeds to be used for fire protection purposes. Provides for enforcement by a State's Attorney or the Attorney General, or a city attorney for ordinance violations authorized by the Act, and for a penalty of up to $100,000 for a person who conducts an open burn without a local government open burn permit, and a penalty of up to $500,000 for a person who conducts an open burn on a no burn day without a local government open burn permit. Limits home rule powers and functions. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Amy Briel

HOSPITALS-PATIENT TRANSFER

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that, upon request by a patient, a hospital must transfer the patient to the requested health care facility, regardless of whether the facility is part of the hospital's health care network. Effective immediately.

Amy Briel

HOSPITAL COLLECTION LIENS

Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. In provisions concerning hospitals and their agents pursuing collection actions, provides that, for any legal action initiated against a patient for unpaid medical debt, a hospital may not file for or be granted a lien upon that patient's primary residence or on any other real property owned by the patient. Effective January 1, 2027.

POWER OF ATTY-PROPERTY

Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Deletes two reasons for which it is deemed reasonable cause for a third party to refuse to honor a power of attorney for property: (i) the refusal by the agent to provide a copy of the original document that is certified to be valid by an attorney, a court order, or governmental entity; and (ii) the refusal of the principal's attorney to provide a certificate that the power of attorney is valid.

SUBSTITUTION OF GAL-DIS ADULT

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Authorizes a petitioner, cross-petitioner, or respondent to request a one-time substitution of a guardian ad litem that must be granted if the motion to do so was made at any time before the guardian ad litem files an appearance or at the first court appearance, whichever is later.

Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

INS-DENTAL COVERAGE REIMBURSE

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Prohibits an insurer, dental service plan corporation, professional service corporation, insurance network leasing company, or any other company or its contracted vendor that amends, delivers, issues, or renews an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act from requiring a dental care provider to only accept payment from a credit card or electronic funds transfer, in addition to the existing prohibition on incurred fees to access and obtain payment or reimbursement for services provided. Provides that any insurer, dental service plan corporation, professional service corporation, insurance network leasing company, or any other company or its contracted vendor that amends, delivers, issues, or renews an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance may initiate or change payment methodology to a dental care provider using electronic funds transfer payments, including virtual credit card payments, if the specified conditions are met. Sets forth provisions concerning claim payment methodologies and fees for transmitting payments. Provides that the specified dental coverage reimbursement provisions shall not be waived by contract. Effective January 1, 2027.

PTELL-ABATE-NUCLEAR FACILITY

Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in levy year 2026, if a specified taxing district provided a property tax abatement under a specified provision of the Energy Community Reinvestment Act in any levy year occurring before the current levy year and if the taxing district was subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the levy year of the abatement, then the district's aggregate extension base for each subsequent levy year after the levy year of the abatement but not earlier than levy year 2026 shall be calculated as through the district's aggregate extension for the levy year in which the abatement was granted included the amount of the abatement. Effective immediately.

Joyce Mason

$DCEO-ROSALIND FRANKLIN

Reappropriates $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science for costs associated with the Community Care Connection (CCC) Mobile Health Program. Effective July 1, 2026.

Rita Mayfield

ICE-CBP TRACKER ACT

Creates the ICE and CBP Tracker Act. Requires the Attorney General to create and maintain a statewide incident reporting system related to unlawful activity in Illinois by personnel employed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and U.S. Border Protection. Makes legislative findings. Authorizes the Attorney General to adopt rules to implement the Act.

Hoan Huynh

CONTRACT RENEWAL-CANCELLATION

Amends the Automatic Contract Renewal Act. Provides that any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation that sells or offers to sell any products or services to a consumer pursuant to a contract, where such contract automatically renews unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall provide a simple cancellation mechanism to the consumer.

Hoan Huynh

DHS-AFFORDABLE GENERIC DRUGS

Creates the Illinois Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall enter into partnerships with drug companies or manufactures to: (i) increase competition, lower prices, and address shortages in the market for generic prescription drugs; (ii) reduce the cost of prescription drugs for public and private purchasers, taxpayers, and consumers; and (iii) increase patient access to affordable drugs. Provides that such partnerships shall be made with the intent to ensure the wide availability of generic prescription drugs to public and private purchasers, providers and suppliers, and pharmacies as appropriate. Requires that such drugs must be produced or distributed by a drug company or generic drug manufacturer that is registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration. Sets forth price setting criteria and a list of the most common generic prescription drugs that are to be produced and distributed through the partnerships. Requires the Department to consult with other State agencies, licensed health care service plans, health insurers, hospitals, and pharmacy benefit managers in maintaining the list of generic prescription drugs. Contains provisions concerning minimum drug procurement thresholds; reporting requirements; and other matters. Makes implementation of the Act subject to appropriation. Effective immediately, except that certain provisions take effect on January 1, 2029.

Hoan Huynh

ANTICOMPETITIVE PHARMACEUTICAL

Creates the Prohibition on Anticompetitive Pharmaceutical Practices Act. Provides that, except as specified, a court before which the Attorney General brings an action under the Act shall presume that a resolution agreement that ends a dispute over an alleged infringement of a patent, or a violation of other protection for a protected drug, has anticompetitive effects and is a violation of the Act if, as part of or in connection with the resolution agreement, an alleged infringer: (1) receives an item of value; or (2) agrees to limit or stop researching, developing, manufacturing, marketing, or selling a competing drug. Provides that a resolution agreement does not violate the Act and a party to the resolution agreement may overcome the presumption of anticompetition if the party, by a preponderance of evidence, can demonstrate that: (1) the item of value that the alleged infringer received is fair and reasonable compensation solely for other goods or services that the claimant promised to provide to the alleged infringer; or (2) the agreement has directly generated procompetitive benefits within the relevant market and the procompetitive benefits of the resolution agreement favor competition to the extent that the procompetitive benefits materially outweigh the anticompetitive effects of the resolution agreement. Sets forth provisions concerning penalties and enforcement of the Act by the Attorney General. Provides that the Act applies to resolution agreements: (1) that are negotiated, completed, or entered into within the State on or after the effective date of this Act; (2) where the dispute arose out of or was substantially related to pharmaceutical sales that were made within the State; or (3) where a party to the resolution agreement is an entity registered to conduct business within the State.

Hoan Huynh

CRIM CD-CONVERTIBLE PISTOLS

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Responsible Gun Manufacturing Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of weapons when the person knowingly manufactures, sells, or offers to sell, purchases, receives, manufactures, imports, or transfers a convertible pistol. Establishes penalties. Provides exemptions. Provides that a machine gun also includes any convertible pistol equipped with a switch. Defines "convertible pistol", "switch", and "common household tool". Contains a severability provision.

Justin Slaughter

BLUE ENVELOPE PROGRAM

Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall establish a program to be known as the Blue Envelope Program through which the Office of the Secretary of State shall design and make publicly available blue envelopes that may be used by individuals who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to hold documents required for the operation of a motor vehicle. Sets forth additional requirements. Provides that an individual diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder may voluntarily participate in the program. Provides that any information provided on the outside of the envelope shall be used solely to support safe and effective communication during interactions with first responders and law enforcement officers and shall not be entered into any federal, State, or local database. Provides that the Secretary of State may adopt rules to implement and administer the program.

SOLID WASTE-RECYCLING GOALS

Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Requires each county waste management plan to include a recycling program to designed to recycle or compost (rather than just recycle) municipal waste at a specified recycling rate by a certain timeline. Defines the recycling rate as 25% until January 1, 2032, and 50% beginning January 1, 2032 (rather than 15% by the end of the third year of the program and 25% by the end of the fifth year of the program). Requires the waste management plan to provide for the reduction of the total release of dioxin and mercury to the environment with the goal of their continued minimization and, if feasible, ultimate elimination from the county's municipal waste stream.

Daniel Didech

BANKS-OVERDRAFT FEE BAN

Amends the Illinois Banking Act, the Savings Bank Act, and the Illinois Credit Union Act. Directs the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to adopt and enforce administrative rules that prohibit the imposition by a bank, savings bank, or credit union of charges in connection with (i) a check drawn or other written order upon, or electronic transfer sought to be effectuated against, insufficient funds or uncollected balances in a consumer account, whether or not the financial institution pays such check, written order, or electronic transfer or (ii) a check or other written order received by such an institution for deposit or collection drawn against a consumer account and subsequently dishonored and returned for any reason by the drawee. Amends the Uniform Commercial Code. Repeals a provision that authorizes the imposition of overdraft fees. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Interest Act to make conforming changes.

Hoan Huynh

CRIM PRO-SPECIAL ADVOCATES

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in a prosecution of a case involving the injury, health, or safety of a cat or dog, the court may, on its own motion or motion of any party, appoint a licensed attorney-at-law of the State or a law student authorized to provide services under Supreme Court Rule 711 as a special advocate to assist the court, as deemed appropriate by the court and on a pro bono basis, and represent the interests of justice regarding the health or safety of the cat or dog. Provides that the advocate may: (1) monitor the case; (2) consult any person with information that could aid the court and review records relating to the condition of the cat or dog and the defendant's actions, including, but not limited to, records from animal control officers, veterinarians, and police officers; (3) attend hearings; and (4) present information or recommendations to the court pertinent to determinations that relate to the interests of justice, provided that information shall be based solely on the duties undertaken under this provision. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall be construed to alter the legal status of animals as a unique class of personal property.

Justin Slaughter

MENTAL HEALTH REHABILITATION

Amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that each consumer shall be offered at least 15 hours of treatment programming per week and encouraged to attend the treatment domains that meet the consumer's needs, as reflected in the consumer's treatment plans. Provides that each consumer's program engagement and attendance shall be documented in the consumer's clinical record, and each consumer shall be prompted to attend programming regularly as documented in the consumer's clinical record at least quarterly. Effective July 1, 2026.

Lindsey LaPointe

EMS SYSTEMS-VARIOUS

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Defines "digital license", "Just Culture Matrix", and "physical license". Provides that the Department of Public Health, by rule, shall publish a Just Culture Matrix, and it shall recommend that each EMS System include the Just Culture Matrix in its Program Plan for evaluating and responding to errors or failures to perform emergency and nonemergency medical services in accordance with the defined scope of practice of the EMS personnel. Provides that the Just Culture Matrix shall be a framework for fairly and consistently applying EMS System participation suspensions. Sets forth provisions concerning membership of the local System review board. Provides that the local System review board shall only have the authority to affirm, reduce, or rescind the EMS Medical Director's suspension order. Provides that the function of the State Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board is to review and affirm, reduce, or rescind disciplinary orders (instead of review and affirm, reverse, or modify). Makes conforming changes. Provides that the Department shall issue to EMS personnel a physical license, and all EMS personnel shall have access to a digital license. Requires a licensee to possess a copy of a physical license or a digital license.

CANNABIS-VARIOUS

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Allows the Department of Professional Regulation to disclose to the Office of the Executive Inspector General confidential information collected during investigations. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Specifies that "prescription and nonprescription medicines and drugs" includes, in the specified circumstances, cannabis. Redefines "adult use cannabis" for purposes of these tax Acts. Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Limits the authority to tax cannabis. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Changes the name of the Opioid Alternative Pilot Program to the Opioid Alternative Patient Program. Deletes a provision that provided for the repeal of that program and a provision that granted emergency rulemaking powers for purposes of the program. Makes changes to various definitions and causes some definitions to become inoperative. Authorizes the Department of Public Health to enter into intergovernmental agreements. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Makes changes to various definitions. Removes certain references and repeals certain provisions related to the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides for mergers of certain licenses and medical patient prioritization. Provides for Adult Use Dispensing Organization licensee relocation. Provides for rescission of a conditional license. Makes changes to provisions regarding Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses. Adds to requirements for Responsible Vendor Program Training modules. Adds new prohibitions and exceptions to provisions regarding changes to a dispensing organization. Requires prioritizing qualifying patients, provisional patients, and dedicated caregivers. Adds certain State agencies and local health officials to provisions regarding investigations. Makes changes to provisions regarding Cultivation Center Licenses. Authorizes the Department and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to develop and implement an integrated system to issue an agent identification card. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Justin Slaughter

CONSUMER FRAUD-SOLICIT LOANS

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person shall not knowingly mail or send or cause to be mailed or sent a letter or postcard to a recipient in the State for the purpose of soliciting or inducing the recipient to borrow money, if the letter or postcard: (1) contains language that states or implies that any response by a consumer is required; or (2) resembles a check or tax document published and mailed by the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Revenue. Provides that any letter or postcard mailed or sent to a recipient in the State for the purpose of soliciting or inducing the recipient to borrow money shall be sent in a white envelope or postcard and include specified disclosures. Provides that a violation of the provisions constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.

Anne Stava

SCH CD-SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning sexual misconduct in schools, provides that guidelines established for certain situations and all available methods for how to report staff-student boundary violations within a school and to external agencies must be posted on the website, if any, of each school district, charter school, or nonpublic school and must be included in any staff, student, and (instead of or) parent handbook provided by the school district, charter school, or nonpublic school (instead of nonpublic, nonsectarian elementary or secondary school). In provisions concerning an employment history review, requires a job applicant to provide the name, address, telephone number, and other relevant contact information of the applicant's current employer only if the applicant has direct contact with children or students at the applicant's current employer. Provides that for a licensed substitute teacher who is seeking employment in more than one school district, a school district's regional office of education or intermediate service center may collect and share specified information and records. Provides that a regional office of education's or intermediate service center's participation in the employment history review shall be limited to collecting such information and records and sharing the information and records with the school district or school districts. Sets forth other provisions concerning a regional office of education's or intermediate service center's participation in the employment history review and how long the review remains valid. Makes corresponding changes.

Michelle Mussman

VEH CD-EXPEDITED TITLE

Amends the Certificates of Title Article of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Secretary of State to establish a program to deliver a certificate of title within 90 days of application for a motor vehicle that was manufactured at least 35 years ago. Effective immediately.

Jason R. Bunting

GENDER REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES

Creates the Prohibition on Gender Reassignment Procedures Act. Sets forth findings. Defines terms. Provides that a health care provider shall not perform or offer to perform on a minor, or administer or offer to administer to a minor, a medical procedure if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of: (1) enabling the minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex; or (2) treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity. Provides for a private right of action for a minor or a parent of a minor that was injured as a result of the Act and a right of action for the Attorney General. Provides that a violation constitutes a potential threat to public health, safety, and welfare and emergency action shall be taken by an alleged violator's appropriate regulatory authority. Provides that a minor upon whom a medical procedure is performed or administered must not be held liable for violating the Act. Makes other changes.

William E Hauter

VEH CD-MEDICAL CONDITION-DUTY

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if a person causes a fatality while operating a motor vehicle and it is determined that the fatality was caused entirely by the medical condition of the person, the Secretary of State shall suspend the person's driver's license until the person provides medical documentation that the medical condition is being treated. Effective immediately.

Michael J. Coffey, Jr.

$DCEO-NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago for costs associated with funding equitable mortgage lending and homebuyer subsidies, foreclosure prevention services, and other support. Effective July 1, 2026.

Michael Crawford

VEH CD-ORGAN DONOR REGISTRY

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that each applicant for issuance or renewal of a driver's license or identification card who is 16 years of age or older shall have his or her name included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. Requires the Secretary of State to offer, to each applicant for issuance or renewal of a driver's license or identification card who is 16 years of age or older, the opportunity to have his or her name removed from (rather than included in) the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Travis Weaver

REVENUE-TECH

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

Curtis J. Tarver, II

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Eva-Dina Delgado

TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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

Eva-Dina Delgado

CONSTRUCTION-SANITARY REQS

Amends the Construction Site Temporary Restroom Facility Act. Changes the Act's short title to the Construction Site Temporary Restroom Facility and Sanitary Conditions for Menstruation and Lactation Act. Repeals a provision which specifies that separate toileting facilities are not required for males and females if individual portable toilet facilities are used by an owner of a portable building or building under construction to provide access to a restroom. Provides that, if a woman or an individual who menstruates is present on a work site and there are 10 or more workers of any gender at the work site, then a separate toilet facility shall be provided at the work site and designated for use by women and individuals who menstruate. Requires the Department of Labor to adopt rules that govern construction safety standards, that apply only to employers in the construction industry, and that require employers in the construction industry to provide their workers who menstruate and are performing construction activities at a work site with minimum sanitary conditions and, upon request, to provide their workers who are lactating and are performing construction activities at a work site with reasonable accommodations necessary to express breast milk. Provides that, at multi-employer work sites, each employer is responsible for ensuring that facilities for their own workers are provided. Authorizes employees of construction sites to call the certified local public health agency to request an inspection of the construction site if noncompliance with the Act is suspected. Effective immediately.

Anne Stava

OPERATING ROOM SAFETY ACT

Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2028 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides that health care facilities located in a Health Professional Shortage Area or Medically Underserved Area, as determined by the federal government, shall be exempt as provided but shall have a hiring preference for surgical technologists who graduated from nationally accredited surgical technology programs and are certified through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting or the National Center for Competency Testing. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a person licensed in the State under any other Act from engaging in the practice for which the person is licensed, including, but not limited to, a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a nurse performing surgery-related tasks within the scope of the nurse's license or registration; or a student or intern from performing surgical technology services under direct supervision, as defined in the Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act.

Barbara Hernandez

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISABILITY

Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Provides that, whenever an eligible employee suffers any injury or illness in the line of duty (rather than suffers any injury in the line of duty) which causes that employee to be unable to perform the employee's duties, the employee shall continue to be paid by the employing public entity on the same gross pay basis, inclusive of all pensionable salary, as the employee was paid before the injury (rather than paid by the employing public entity on the same basis as he was paid before the injury), with no deduction from and with continued accrual of any sick leave credits (rather than with no deduction from his sick leave credits) and specified other compensation, with other requirements. Makes technical changes.

PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property that qualifies for the senior citizens homestead exemption is exempt from taxation under the Code. Effective immediately.

Paul Jacobs

MILITARY SERVICE-TECH

Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Dan Swanson