Bills & Legislation

$COUNCIL DEV DISABILITIES-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$CRIM JUSTICE INFO-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$DEAF COMM-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$EDUC LABOR REL BD-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$IEMA-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$FINANCE AUTH-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Finance Authority for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$GAMING BOARD-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Gaming Board for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$LABOR RELATIONS BD-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Labor Relations Board for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$IMSA-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$MED DIST COMM-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Medical District Commission for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$ILLINOIS POWER AGENCY-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Power Agency for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

FINANCE-CO2 PIPELINE

Amends the Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Tax Act. Provides that 80% of the moneys received under the Act on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be paid into the Pension Stabilization Fund and 20% of those moneys shall be paid into the Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Illinois Commerce Commission to supervise and regulate the operations of the carbon dioxide pipeline industry in Illinois. Effective immediately.

Charles MeierRepublican

GA-LIS-WITNESS SLIP TRACKING

Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that if a witness slip is filed in either chamber on a bill or amendment, and all of the text of that bill or amendment is subsequently incorporated into another bill or amendment, then that witness slip shall, with the consent of the person filing it, be associated in the database of witness slips maintained by the Legislative Information System with the bill or amendment into which the text is incorporated. Amends the Legislative Information System Act. Provides that the Legislative Information System shall establish and maintain a database for tracking witness slips.

Charles MeierRepublican

EVICTION MORATORIUM-LIMIT

Creates the Eviction Moratorium Clarification Act. Provides that in any eviction moratorium issued by the Governor through Executive Order or legislation passed by the General Assembly, the moratorium shall not prohibit the eviction of specified individuals. Provides that evictions may be filed, commenced, and enforced against the specified individuals, along with any individuals who otherwise fail to meet the stated requirements of an eviction moratorium. Provides that in a rental or lease agreement in which utility payments are included in the rent payment, the landlord or property manager shall not be responsible for a tenant's portion of a monthly utility payment for a tenant not paying rent who is protected by an eviction moratorium if the utility charges for that tenant are for more than 20% higher usage than any month in the previous year. Effective immediately.

Charles MeierRepublican

COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING

Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Removes provisions allowing the Department of Human Services to conduct site visits to an agency licensed under the Act, or to any program or placement certified by the agency, and inspect the records or premises, or both, of such agency, program or placement as it deems appropriate, for the purpose of determining compliance with the Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, and applicable Department rules and regulations. Requires the Department to establish a system of regular, ongoing, and unannounced on-site inspections, that shall occur at least annually, of each agency licensed under the Act or any program or placement certified by an agency licensed under the Act under the Department's jurisdiction. Provides that the inspections shall be conducted by the Department's central office to achieve specified goals.

Charles MeierRepublican

FIREARMS-JUDICIAL&PROSECUTORS

Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Permits certain judicial officers, the Attorney General, assistant Attorneys General, State's Attorneys and assistant State's Attorneys, some with specified written consent, to carry a concealed firearm in any building, parking area, or portion of a building under the control of an officer of the executive or legislative branch of government, any building designated for matters before a circuit court, appellate court, or the Supreme Court, or any building or portion of a building under the control of the Supreme Court and any building or portion of a building under the control of a unit of local government.

Charles MeierRepublican

USE/OCC TX-HOLIDAY

Amends the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Creates a sales tax holiday period for certain school supplies from August 2, 2025 through August 11, 2025. Effective immediately.

Kevin SchmidtRepublican

SCH CD-REMOTE ED PROGRAMS

Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Requires the adopted school board policy for a remote educational program to allow a student to apply to participate in the remote educational program if the student (i) provides an employee pay stub, (ii) has a medical need, including pregnancy, or (iii) needs to care for a family member, including the student's own child.

Kevin SchmidtRepublican

GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM-BAN

Creates the Prohibition on Taxpayer Funding of Guaranteed Income Act. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2025, no unit of government may use taxpayer money to fund a guaranteed income program. Preempts the exercise of home rule powers. Effective July 1, 2025.

Anthony DeLucaDemocrat

PROP TX-BALLOT INITIATIVES

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each tax bill shall include a statement of the dollar amount of the taxpayer's total tax bill that is attributable to a ballot initiative or referendum and the date on which each property tax-related change made by that ballot initiative or referendum will expire. Effective immediately.

Diane Blair-SherlockDemocrat

CONSUMER FRAUD-FEE DISCLOSURE

Creates the Junk Fee Ban Act. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for a person to: (1) offer, display, or advertise an amount a consumer may pay for merchandise without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the total price; (2) fail, in any offer, display, or advertisement that contains an amount a consumer may pay, to display the total price more prominently than any other pricing information; (3) misrepresent the nature and purpose of any amount a consumer may pay, including the ability to refund the fees and the identity of any merchandise for which fees are charged; (4) fail to disclose clearly and conspicuously before the consumer consents to pay, the nature and purpose of any amount a consumer may pay that is excluded from the total price, including the ability to refund the fees and the identity of any merchandise for which fees are charged; or (5) offer, display, or advertise, including through direct offerings, third-party distribution, or metasearch referrals, a total price for a place of short-term lodging that does not include all required fees. Requires total price disclosures for retail mercantile establishments and food service establishments; and the disclosure of delivery fees. Provides for limitations of the Act. Provides that the Attorney General may enforce violations of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Preempts home rule.

Bob MorganDemocrat

CRIM CD-NITROUS OXIDE-BUSINESS

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the sale or consumption of nitrous oxide is prohibited on the premises of any business whose gross revenues exceed 50% from the sale of alcoholic liquor, tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products. Provides that a violation is a Class 3 felony. Exempts the sale or consumption of food items containing nitrous oxide. Defines terms.

Anthony DeLucaDemocrat

HEMP REGULATION REFORM

Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a food, food ingredient, dietary supplement, cosmetic, or other consumer product shall not be considered adulterated solely because it contains hemp, hemp-derived cannabinoids, including, but not limited to, Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), Delta-8 THC, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa), or any hemp product, provided that the hemp used in the product complies with the definition of "hemp" as specified in federal law. Amends the Industrial Hemp Act. Conforms several provisions in the Act to federal regulations under the Domestic Hemp Production Program, including (i) definitions, (ii) requirements for the application for a license to cultivate hemp, and (iii) rulemaking requirements for the Department of Agriculture. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules for the distribution and retail sale of hemp products under conditions in specified provisions of the Act. Provides that hemp products that contain cannabinoids, that are intended for human consumption, and that are designated for retail sale within Illinois (i) must meet specified requirements, including federal requirements and rules adopted by the Department of Public Health, and (ii) must be distributed or sold in a container that includes specified information. Provides that hemp products that are intended for inhalation or ingestion and contain detectable amounts of hemp cannabinoids may not be sold in this State to a person who is under 21 years of age. Provides that hemp products distributed or sold in violation of specified provisions in the Act shall be considered adulterated or misbranded pursuant to the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and all other applicable State laws. Defines terms. Makes technical changes.

Sonya M. HarperDemocrat

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION PROPERTY

Creates the Remedy to Remove Unauthorized Persons from Residential Real Property Act. Allows a property owner or authorized agent to request a law enforcement officer to remove an unlawful occupant of a residential dwelling if certain conditions are met. Creates a complaint form for the property owner to complete and give to a law enforcement officer to use when requesting the removal of an unlawful occupant. Provides that if the law enforcement officer verifies the information in the form, the law enforcement officer must serve a notice on the unlawful occupant to vacate the dwelling. Requires the unlawful occupant to vacate the dwelling within 3 business days of receiving the notice. Authorizes the law enforcement officer, if appropriate, to arrest any person for trespass, outstanding warrants, or any other legal cause. Authorizes the property owner to request the law enforcement officer to remain on the premises to keep the peace while the locks are changed or the personal property of the unlawful occupant is removed. Authorizes the law enforcement officer to charge reasonable fees to provide notice and remain on the premises. Allows a person to bring an action for wrongful removal, and allows the property owner to file an answer contesting the claims of the person bringing the action. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits a Class 4 felony if he or she lists or advertises residential real property for sale knowing that the purported seller has no legal title or authority to sell the property, or rents or leases the property to another person knowing that he or she has no lawful ownership in the property or leasehold interest in the property. Provides that a person commits a Class A misdemeanor when he or she enters upon the land or premises of another and resides on such land or premises for any period of time knowingly acting without the knowledge or consent of the owner, rightful occupant, or an authorized representative of the owner.

Sonya M. HarperDemocrat

VEH CD-INSURANCE MINIMUMS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Establishes that a motor vehicle owner shall provide a liability policy and every such policy or bond is subject, if the motor vehicle crash has resulted in bodily injury or death, to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than $50,000 (rather than $25,000) because of bodily injury to or death of any one person in any one motor vehicle crash and, subject to said limit for one person, to a limit of not less than $100,000 (rather $50,000) because of bodily injury to or death of 2 or more persons in any one motor vehicle crash, and, if the motor vehicle crash has resulted in injury to or destruction of property, to a limit of not less than $40,000 (rather than $20,000). Requires a motor vehicle owner or any person that maintains, uses, or operates a motor vehicle to furnish proof of financial responsibility in the amounts provided. Establishes that a judgment arising out of a motor vehicle crash is deemed satisfied once the specified policy amount is credited toward the judgment. Effective immediately.

Diane Blair-SherlockDemocrat

BOTTLED WATER PRICE MAXIMUM

Creates the Bottled Drinking Water Sales Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, an entertainment venue operating in the State shall not charge more than specified amounts for bottled drinking water. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2031, and every 5 years thereafter, the Attorney General shall adjust the rates by the average of the annual percentage increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of Labor from the previous 5 years. Provides that an entertainment venue that violates the Act is subject to a civil penalty of not more than an amount equal to 10% of the total ticket sales from the entertainment event at which the violation occurred. Provides that the Attorney General may bring an action to enforce the collection of any civil penalty. Defines terms. Effective January 1, 2026.

Diane Blair-SherlockDemocrat

PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2025 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption is $75,000 for all qualified property. Effective immediately.

Diane Blair-SherlockDemocrat

PROP TX-DISABILITIES

Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the amount of the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities from $2,000 to $4,000 beginning in tax year 2025. Effective immediately.

Diane Blair-SherlockDemocrat

AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY-PENALTY

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the penalty for aggravated domestic battery is a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years when the person, in committing a domestic battery, strangles another individual.

Jackie HaasRepublican

HABITUAL MISDEMEANANT OFFENDER

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that, if a person has 3 or more pending charges for misdemeanor domestic battery, battery, violation of an order of protection, or criminal damage to property when the property belongs to a family or household member as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the defendant may be charged as a habitual misdemeanant offender. Provides that the 3 or more charges alleged do not have to be for the same offense. Provides that any offense that results from or is connected with the same transaction, or results from an offense committed at the same time, shall be counted for the purposes of this provision as one offense. Provides that: (1) the third offense must have occurred after the second offense; (2) the second offense must have occurred after the first offense; and (3) all of the charged offenses must be proved at trial in order for the person to be adjudged a habitual misdemeanant offender. Provides that, once a person has been adjudged a habitual misdemeanant offender, any of the following charges for domestic battery, battery, violation of an order of protection, or criminal damage to property in which the property belongs to a family or household member as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 shall be charged as a Class 4 felony. Provides that a habitual misdemeanant offender shall be sentenced as a Class 4 felony offender for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than 3 years. Provides that the court may deny pretrial release to a person charged as a habitual misdemeanant offender. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes.

Jackie HaasRepublican

OBSTRUCT JUSTICE-BODY CAMERAS

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person, in addition to other elements of the offense, obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, he or she knowingly takes a body camera or any part of a body camera from a person known to be a peace officer. Provides that a violation, if the body camera or any part of the body camera is taken from the peace officer during the commission of an offense that has caused great bodily harm to the officer or another person, is a Class 1 felony. Provides that any other violation of this provision is a Class 2 felony.

Jackie HaasRepublican

NO PROBATION FOR SEX OFFENDERS

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for a felony offense that requires registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act.

Jackie HaasRepublican

CRIM CD/CD CORR-HATE CRIME

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for enhanced penalties for hate crime. Provides that hate crime is: (1) a Class 1 felony if committed by a person 18 years of age or older while armed with a firearm or if the victim of the hate crime is under 18 years of age; (2) a Class X felony if a crime of violence as defined in the Crime Victims Compensation Act is committed against a person by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals; or (3) a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and not more than 60 years if a crime of violence that is a Class X felony is committed against a victim described in (2). Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person who commits any of these offenses is ineligible for a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment or conditional discharge. Provides that a prisoner serving sentence for the offenses described in (2) or (3) shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment. Provides if the underlying offense was first degree murder committed against a person by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of the victim or victims, the court may impose a term of natural life imprisonment upon the offender.

Jackie HaasRepublican

CD CORR-REENTRY PRGM-REIMBURSE

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if the county jail located in the county where the committed person was residing immediately before his or her conviction for the offense for which he or she is serving sentence in the Department of Corrections has a reentry program for committed persons, the Department of Corrections shall reimburse the county for any expenses incurred in the transfer of the committed person to the sheriff of the county where the reentry program is located, including the housing of the committed person transferred to the reentry program.

Jackie HaasRepublican

CONTROLLED SUB-XYLAZINE

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Schedules xylazine as a Schedule III controlled substance. Provides that notwithstanding the scheduling of xylazine as a Schedule III controlled substance, xylazine shall not be considered a controlled substance when: (1) used by licensed Illinois veterinarians dispensing or prescribing for, or administering to, a nonhuman species of a drug containing xylazine that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; (2) used by licensed Illinois veterinarians dispensing or prescribing for, or administering to, a nonhuman species that is permissible under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (3) manufactured, distributed, or used as an active pharmaceutical ingredient for manufacturing an animal drug approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (4) used by a licensed certified euthanasia technician employed by a certified euthanasia agency; or (5) used by a wildlife biologist engaged in legal or authorized fieldwork under the indirect supervision of a veterinarian.

Jackie HaasRepublican

AGGRAVATED FLEEING PEACE OFCR

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalties for aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class 4 felony for a first violation to a Class 2 felony and from a Class 3 violation for a second or subsequent offense to a Class 1 felony. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Defines "forcible felony" for the purposes of detainable offenses to include aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer.

Jackie HaasRepublican

$ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$CAPITOL ARCHITECT-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$ATTORNEY GENERAL-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$AUDITOR GENERAL-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Auditor General for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$BD HIGHER ED-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$CDB-OCE-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Development Board for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$CDB-CAPITAL PROJECTS-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Development Board for FY26 capital projects. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$CENTRAL IL ECON DEV AUTH-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Central Illinois Economic Development Authority for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$CSU-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to Chicago State University for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$CIVIL SERVICE COMM-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Civil Service Commission for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat

$CEI-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Commission on Equity and Inclusion for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Emanuel "Chris" WelchDemocrat