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

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7/1/2026 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Amends the State Treasurer Act. Changes the name of the "College Savings Pool" to the "College, Secondary, and Elementary Education Savings Pool". In provisions relating to the College, Secondary, and Elementary Education Savings Pool established by the State Treasurer pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, provides that an "eligible educational institution" includes elementary or secondary public, private, or religious schools and "qualified expenses" include expenses, up to $10,000 per taxable year, for tuition in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary public, private, or religious school. Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act, Illinois Income Tax Act, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

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3/27/2026 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Creates the High School and Area Vocational Center Grant Program. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall award grants to high schools, area vocational centers, and area career centers for the instruction and training of preapprenticeship students in the clean energy industry and the construction industry. Lists purposes for the Program. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to adopt rules.

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3/27/2026 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In provisions concerning the reports a municipality is required to provide to the Comptroller under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, if a municipality fails to file the Tax Increment Financing Report within the time required, then the Comptroller may order the municipality to cease all distributions from its Special Tax Allocation Fund for redevelopment project costs other than debt service on bonds until the municipality files the Tax Increment Financing Report. Requires the municipality to comply with the Comptroller's orders.

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10/28/2025 - Referred to House Rules

Amends the Township Code, the Park District Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, and the Public Community College Act. Provides that if a township, park district, municipality, school district, or community college has been issued a credit card, then, each month, the governing authority of the township, park district, municipality, school district, or community college shall vote to verify the validity of an itemized statement of all purchases made using the credit card in the preceding month. Provides that the itemized statement must include all purchases made using the credit card in the preceding month and may not be redacted. Provides that the vote shall solely be for the approval of the itemized statement of all purchases made using the credit card and shall not include any other expense approval. Provides that, if a township, park district, municipality, school district, or community college has a website maintained by a full-time staff, then the township, park district, municipality, school district, or community college shall publish each itemized statement on its website.

House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that the itemized statement of all purchases made using the credit card in the preceding month that the townships, park districts, municipalities, school districts, and community colleges must vote to verify may not be redacted in a manner inconsistent with the Freedom of Information Act (rather than may not be redacted). Removes provisions requiring townships, park districts, municipalities, school districts, and community colleges to post itemized statements of their credit card purchases on their websites.

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4/17/2026 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Appropriates $5,500,000 to the State Board of Education for a grant to YouthBuild Illinois. Effective July 1, 2026.

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7/1/2026 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that the owner or operator of each State-owned building and the owner or operator of each public building (rather than only the owner or operator of each State-owned building) shall (1) ensure that one or more of the public restrooms is designated as an adult changing station, with certain requirements, (2) maintain, repair, and replace each adult changing table as necessary, (3) clean each adult changing station with the same frequency as the other public restrooms, and (4) provide sufficient floor space to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Provides that the owner or operator of each State-owned building and the owner or operator of each public building (rather than only the owner or operator of each State-owned building) shall ensure that the entrance to each restroom has conspicuous signage and that the central directory for the building, if it exists, indicates the location. Provides that any public building or State-owned building that is constructed on or after January 1, 2029, and any public building or State-owned building with an estimated renovation cost of at least $10,000 that requires the issuance of a building permit for the renovation and that is renovated on or after January 1, 2031, must contain and provide access to not less than one powered, height adjustable, adult changing table, installed per the manufacturer's recommendations, in a single occupancy restroom that is universal to gender and available to the public. Adds and changes definitions.

House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Deletes a requirement that any public building or State-owned building with an estimated renovation cost of at least $10,000 that requires the issuance of a building permit for the renovation and that is renovated on or after January 1, 2031 must contain and provide access to an adult changing table.

House Floor Amendment No. 4 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Changes the definition of "adult changing station" by adding references to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Changes the definition of "public building" by adding a requirement that the building be constructed on or after January 1, 2029, allowing the owner or operator of one building or structure located in a place of recreation to designate that building or structure as a public building, and specifying that places of education must be designed to educate 1,500 students or more, excluding school athletic stadiums. Changes the definition of "State-owned building" by adding specified State park facilities. Provides that the owner or operator of each public building built after January 1, 2029 shall have specified duties (rather than the owner of operator of each public building shall have specified duties), including, among other things, installing a minimum of one adult changing station, maintaining and repairing adult changing tables, cleaning adult changing stations with the same frequency as other public restrooms, and providing sufficient floor space around the adult changing table to comply with applicable Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility standards. Makes changes to signage requirements, including providing that, except for places of education, the entrance to each restroom must have conspicuous signage indicating the location of adult changing stations and that, for places of education, only the restroom that contains an adult changing station must have such signage. Deletes provisions in the introduced bill requiring that newly constructed or substantially renovated buildings contain and provide access to at least one powered, height-adjustable adult changing table in a single-occupancy restroom. Makes conforming and other changes.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. In the definition of "public building", deletes provisions clarifying the scope of certain types of buildings or structures that qualify as public buildings, includes in the definition a building or structure, not including an athletic stadium, that is located in a place of education designed to educate 1,500 students or more during a semester, and directs the owner or operator of the place of education or the owner's or operator's agent to designate the building or structure that is located in the place of education as the public building under the Act. Makes technical changes.

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8/7/2026 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0771

House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that changes in specified benefit and contribution rates begin on or after January 1, 2029 (rather than January 1, 2027). Provides for an increase in the benefit and contribution rates. Provides that, when an employer employing 75 or more employees in the State conducts a layoff or separation that results in 50 or more employees being separated at a single site of employment, the employer shall submit specified information concerning the employees to the Department of Employment Security in a secure manner prescribed by the Department. Excludes from the provision any employer with respect to employees working in the construction industry who are covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization. Provides for civil penalties. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

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8/21/2026 - Effective Date January 1, 2027

Appropriates $67,000,000 to the State Board of Education for costs associated with the Healthy School Meals for All Program. Effective July 1, 2025.

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4/28/2026 - Senate Appropriations- Education

Amends the School Code. Provides that the transportation of pupils, and reimbursement thereof, in school districts is in relation to pupils attending prekindergarten through grade 12.

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5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Allows a school district to implement additional strategies or systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies in a school security emergency. Sets forth provisions requiring a competitive contract solicitation. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program for the purpose of issuing grants to reimburse school districts for the cost of mobile panic alert systems from moneys appropriated from the Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund. Amends the State Finance Act and the School Code to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.

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3/13/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that no redevelopment plan shall be adopted unless the plan establishes a process for allocating funds for the project that includes the members of the join review board. Provides that municipalities may use some of the tax revenue attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the project area to fund grants to small businesses employing less than 50 people. Provides that these grants shall be considered "redevelopment project costs". Provides that estimated dates of completion of redevelopment project costs may be extended to the 35th calendar year for redevelopment project areas adopted on or before June 30, 2023 and to the 33rd calendar year for redevelopment project areas adopted on or after July 1, 2023 (rather than to the 22nd calendar year for all future extensions). Provides that municipalities shall give at least 90 days' notice before the extending the completion date, approving the creation of a new project area which overlaps with an existing area, or transferring surpluses between areas. Provides that the joint review board may issue a written report approving or disapproving of the municipality's proposal within the notice period. Provides that approval may be presumed if no report is filed. Provides that all surplus funds shall be distributed as soon as possible after they are calculated (rather than annually within 180 days of the close of the municipalities fiscal year). Provides that an amount equal to the change in the current equalized assessed valuation that is attributable to the change caused by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers during the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy may be subtracted from the portion of taxes which is attributable to the increase in the current equalized valuation of specified properties. Makes other and conforming changes. Effective immediately.

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5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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 August 10, 2010 by the Village of Bedford Park to create the 65th Street TIF District. Effective immediately.

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5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Subject to appropriation, requires the Board of Higher Education to create a school counselor stipend program. Provides that an educator preparation program shall notify the Board of all eligible students and eligible cooperating school counselors who qualify for the stipend program. Sets forth requirements for the disbursement of stipend funds under the program. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student from participating in the stipend program or from receiving a stipend from the stipend program. Requires an eligible cooperating school counselor who receives a stipend to complete specific training. Requires the Board to issue a report, in collaboration with the State Board of Education, evaluating the impact of the stipend program. Permits the Board to adopt emergency rules regarding the administration of the stipend program in certain circumstances. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to make corresponding changes. Effective immediately.

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5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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 March 2, 2015 by the Village of Lisle.

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5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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.

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5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that not more than 5% of all surplus funds in the special tax allocation fund may be distributed. Provides that surplus funds in the special tax allocation fund may be distributed not more than once every 10 years (rather than annually). Provides that, if the termination date for a redevelopment project area is extended beyond the 23rd calendar year after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project area was adopted, then following the 23rd calendar year, no surplus funds may be distributed until the redevelopment project area is terminated. Effective immediately.

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5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Appropriates $5,000,000 to the State Board of Education to award funding under the Education of Homeless Children and Youth State Grant Program to be used to support programming for students at risk for or experiencing homelessness. Effective July 1, 2026.

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7/2/2026 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after June 1, 2026, benefits shall be payable to an individual on the basis of wages for employment in other than an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity performed for an educational institution or an educational service agency, as long as the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits. Effective immediately.

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4/7/2026 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters

Amends the Chicago Municipal Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Beginning February 1, 2027, requires the Board of Education of the City of Chicago to make an annual contribution equal to the normal cost for all the employees of the Board of Education under the Article on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act and an apportioned contribution toward the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the fund equal to the percentage of the Fund's total current unfunded liability that is attributable to service credit earned by employees of the Board of Education of the city prior to January 1, 1994. Provides that the amount of the liability shall be determined by the Fund's actuary and amortized in a manner consistent with the statutory funding schedule applicable to the Fund, including the requirement to achieve a funded ratio of not less than 90% by the applicable target year. Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

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2/4/2026 - Referred to Senate Assignments

Amends the Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Police, Chicago Firefighter, Chicago Municipal, Cook County, Cook County Forest Preserve, Chicago Laborers, and Chicago Park District Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Establishes an accelerated pension benefit payment in lieu of any pension benefit under which an eligible person may elect to receive an amount determined by the Fund to be equal to 60% of the present value of his or her pension benefits in lieu of receiving any pension benefit. Establishes an accelerated pension benefit payment for a reduction in annual retirement annuity and survivor's annuity increases, as applicable, under which a Tier 1 member may elect to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment equal to 70% of the difference of the present value of the automatic annual increases to a Tier 1 member's retirement annuity and survivor's annuity using the formula applicable to the Tier 1 member and the present value of the automatic annual increases to the Tier 1 member's retirement annuity using a specified formula and survivor's annuity using a specified formula. Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Requires municipalities and counties with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants to establish an accelerated pension benefit program to implement the accelerated pension benefit payments. Provides that the county or municipality shall remit to the pension funds a contribution, which may be a contribution of zero dollars, that shall constitute the total funding for accelerated pension benefit payments for that fiscal year. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the county board of a county of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants and a municipality may (instead of shall) establish an accelerated pension benefit program. Makes conforming changes. Provides that participants' elections to receive the accelerated pension benefit shall be processed and paid in the order in which the complete applications are received by the fund. Sets forth provisions concerning notifying the pension fund that the county or municipality has elected to establish an accelerated pension benefit program and remitting a contribution for the program. Provides that moneys remitted to the pension fund for the purpose of the accelerated pension benefit program must be kept in a separate account. Provides that, if any moneys remain in this account at the end of the fiscal year, the fund must remit those moneys back to the employer within one month after the end of the fiscal year, unless the employer notifies the pension fund at least one month before the end of the fiscal year that the funds shall remain in the account to be used for the subsequent fiscal year. Further amends the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes accelerated pension benefit payments under the Chicago Teacher Article of the Code. Amends the Chicago Public Schools Article of the School Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

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5/28/2026 - House Personnel & Pensions

Appropriates $40,000,000 to the State Board of Education for the State English learner grant program. Effective July 1, 2026.

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7/2/2026 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

Amends the Transitional Bilingual Education Article of the School Code. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish and implement an English Learner Grant Program to support school districts' English learner programs. Effective immediately.

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5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the exemption for charitable purposes applies to organizations that are exempt under specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

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3/27/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Creates the Local Government Business Anti-Poaching Act. Provides that no municipality or county shall offer after the effective date of the Act any incentive to a business or corporation to move its headquarters located in Illinois, or any part of its business located in Illinois, away from the current location. Defines "incentive". Limits home rule powers. Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Adds 2 factors to the determination of a "blighted area" for improved, industrial, commercial, and residential buildings or improvements: (i) if the redevelopment project area has had an annual average unemployment rate of at least 120% of the State's annual average unemployment rate; and (ii) if the redevelopment project area has a poverty rate of at least 20%, 50% or more of children in the redevelopment project area participate in the federal free lunch program, or 20% or more households in the redevelopment project area receive assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Removes or modifies various factors from the definitions of "blighted area" and "conservation area" for improved and vacant areas. Provides that a new redevelopment project shall have a completion date no later than December 31st of the 10th year after the ordinance was adopted (rather than the 23rd year) and may be extended to 15 years (rather than 35 years). Provides that the joint review board and municipality shall approve surplus funds and extensions of redevelopment project area completion dates. Provides that surplus funds shall be distributed annually within 90 days (rather than 180 days) after the close of a municipality's fiscal year. Provides that a new or modified redevelopment project area that overlaps with any existing redevelopment project area shall not be approved. Provides that 10% of the moneys deposited into the special tax allocation fund shall be transferred, by the municipal treasurer, to the local chamber of commerce or chambers of commerce representing the redevelopment project area no later than 30 days after each deposit to the tax allocation fund. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2026, except that provisions concerning the Local Government Business Anti-Poaching Act are effective immediately.

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2/6/2026 - Referred to Senate Assignments

Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Provides that the extension limitation shall be: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 10 years immediately preceding the levy year for which the extension limitation is being calculated; or (b) the rate of increase approved by the voters. Effective immediately.

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9/2/2026 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Jacobs

Creates the Illinois Educational Choice for Children Act. Provides that on or before January 1, 2027 and annually thereafter, the Governor shall submit to the United States Secretary of the Treasury a list of scholarship granting organizations to opt-in to the federal school choice program under the federal Educational Choice for Children Act. Allows the Governor to develop the list of scholarship granting organizations in consultation with other appropriate State agencies. Requires the submission of the list of scholarship granting organizations to be in compliance with the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Governor to send a copy of the list of scholarship granting organization to the General Assembly, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Revenue. Effective immediately.

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5/20/2026 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox

Creates the Engineering Students of Illinois Scholarship Act. Creates the Engineering Students of Illinois Scholarship Program, to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, to provide scholarship assistance until July 1, 2031 to eligible students for engineering-related study at a public university who agree to work as an engineer for the Department of Transportation for a period of not less than 3 years. Allows the Commission to award scholarships to pay the tuition and fees of a student enrolled in an approved program of professional engineering education for the equivalent of 8 semesters or 16 quarters of full-time enrollment. Provides for an additional stipend in an amount not to exceed $10,000. Establishes the total amount of scholarship assistance, the application process, eligibility requirements, and payments and repayments. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act to require the Board of Higher Education to establish and administer a competitive grant program for public institutions of higher education that award degrees in engineering. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2032.

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7/8/2026 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Darby A. Hills

Creates the Circuit Breaker Property Tax Relief Act. Provides that an individual: (i) who is domiciled in this State; (ii) who is eligible for and receives either the general homestead exemption or the general alternative homestead exemption; (iii) who has experienced property tax bill spikes; and (iv) who has an income that meets a specified income eligibility limitation is eligible for a grant of a portion of the person's property tax bill spike. Provides that the maximum amount of grant to which a claimant is entitled is 50% of the claimant's tax bill spike. Creates the Circuit Breaker Property Tax Relief Fund for the purpose of making grants to claimants. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

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2/6/2026 - Referred to Senate Assignments

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision concerning the contribution required to establish service credit for certain service as a teacher or administrator employed by a private school recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education, changes the amount of the interest payment required to establish that service credit from interest at the actuarially assumed rate to regular interest.

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7/31/2026 - Effective Date January 1, 2027