Illinois

Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Requires the policy to be adopted by the 2027-2028 (rather than the 2026-2027) school year. Provides that the policy shall require the school district to provide a list of approved artificial intelligence models to all schools at the start of each school year and promptly after any revisions to the list. Provides that nothing in the Act may be construed to conflict with a school district's obligations under federal law. Effective immediately.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act and the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. Required the Department of Human Services to provide informational materials about the Senator Scott Bennett ABLE Program to: persons who are placed in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013; persons with disabilities who receive services funded by or administered in conjunction with the Department, including, but not limited to, home and community based services, home-based support services, PUNS services, home care services, and services at a Center for Independent Living. Provides that the informational materials shall be provided when a person first enrolls for such services and as part of any annual process required for the person to maintain eligibility for such services. Requires the Office of the State Treasurer to prepare and deliver the informational materials in an electronic format to the Department and distribute the materials to eligible persons.

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that law libraries in counties with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants may close, even when the courthouse is open, based on operational necessity or as determined by the county board.

Creates the Artificial Intelligence Companion Model Safety Act. Provides that an operator shall not make available or deploy an artificial intelligence companion unless the artificial intelligence companion maintains and implements a protocol to detect and address suicidal ideation or expressions of self-harm by a user to the artificial intelligence companion. Requires an operator to provide a clear and conspicuous notification to a user, either verbally or in writing, in the language that the user is interacting with the artificial intelligence companion, that the user is communicating with an automated system and not with a human. Provides that an operator shall, for a user that the operator determines to be a minor, or if the operator's artificial intelligence companion is directed to minors, implement reasonable measures to prevent its artificial intelligence companion from generating or producing material that is harmful to minors or directly stating that the minor should engage in conduct that is harmful to minors. Provides that a violation of specified provisions constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Specifies that the remedies provided in the Act are cumulative and do not preclude any other lawful civil, administrative, or criminal remedy available under State or federal law, including, but not limited to, product liability actions. Amends the State Finance Act, the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act, and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2027.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In provisions regarding environmental laboratory certification assessment, repeals provisions establishing the Environmental Laboratory Certification Committee and deletes references to the Committee.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that any indebtedness of any kind that is secured by a mortgage or deed of trust in the nature of a mortgage has a 10-year period to commence an action. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that in any proceeding to sell or mortgage real estate, if the secured creditors cannot be satisfied in full, then the court shall not direct the sale without the secured creditors' approval to accept partial satisfaction; and if the secured creditors cannot be satisfied in full, a sale of the property is not considered necessary for the proper administration of the estate. Effective immediately.

Declares August 29, 2026 as Chicago Cubs Day. Congratulates the Chicago Cubs on 150 years.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that, in response to all applications for a policy of automobile insurance received by an insurance company, the insurance company or its agent shall provide the applicant information regarding the availability of coverage for loss of use of an insured vehicle as a result of a cause of loss covered by the policy contract. Provides that, at least 30 days prior to each renewal of a policy of automobile insurance, the insurance company or its agent shall provide the insured information regarding the availability of coverage for loss of use of an insured vehicle as a result of a cause of loss covered by the policy contract. Effective July 1, 2027.

Congratulates Laura Rodriguez, Gregory Pratt, and editor Erika Slife on receiving the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. Thanks them for their commitment to truth, justice, accountability, and the people of Illinois.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Delays the implementation date for the direct support professional credential pilot program to State Fiscal Year 2028 (rather than 2025). Effective immediately.

Creates the Consumer Artificial Intelligence Notice Act. Provides that a person who uses a conversational customer service artificial intelligence system in a chat interface to communicate with a consumer shall provide the consumer with a clear and conspicuous disclosure that the consumer is communicating with an automated system and not with a human. Provides that a violation of the provision constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Sets forth procedures concerning notice of violation. Preempts home rule powers. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make a conforming change.

Directs the Auditor General to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the utilization of the 340B Drug Pricing Program by covered entities within Illinois to assess the amount of 340B profit, defined as total patient and payer reimbursement less the total 340B acquisition cost, generated by 340B covered entities from both self-administered and physician-administered drugs, the amount spent on third party administrators for the management of the 340B Program, the amount going to pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) in contract pharmacy arrangements, the amount going to contract pharmacies, whether covered entities maintain title to 340B drugs in contract pharmacy locations, the average mark-up imposed by covered entities on 340B priced drugs, and the extent to which 340B entities pass 340B discounts to vulnerable patients at the point of sale for both in-house and contracted pharmacies and to also examine the impact of these practices on state health programs, such as Medicaid and the State Employees Group Insurance Program, and to make recommendations for improvement.

Amends the Illinois Antitrust Act. Makes it a violation of the Act to make any contract with or engage in any combination or conspiracy with any other person who is, or but for a prior agreement would be, a competitor of such person for the purpose or with the effect of (1) fixing, controlling, or maintaining rental pricing, fees, or any other rental term for residential rental units in the State; or (2) engaging in price coordination for residential rental units in the State, including through the sale, licensure, or provision of any service or product that involves price coordination of residential rental units. Makes it a violation of the Act to engage in price coordination or use, subscribe to, or contract with a service that involves price coordination for residential rental units in the State, including through the sale, licensure, or provision of any other service or product that involves price coordination of residential rental units. Defines terms.

Reinserts the provisions of the bill with the following changes. Defines "allied legal staff" to mean a person or persons who are not licensed as attorneys who access attorney-client and work-product privileged information in their work to include, but not be limited to, paralegals and legal assistants. Provides that any attorney or law firm that is party to an agreement with a management services organization must disclose in its attorney-client contracts that the attorney or law firm is party to such an agreement and the terms of the agreement. Provides that the provisions of the Act apply to all Illinois attorneys and law firms that represent clients in whole or in part on a contingent fee basis. Prohibits an entity owned, operated, or controlled in whole or in part by persons not licensed as attorneys, including management services organizations, that is involved with a law firm or lawyer's practice may not charge any fee to the attorney or law firm that is directly or indirectly based on the attorney's fees, revenues, or profits of the attorney or law firm. Provides that this prohibition does not apply to the repayment of a loan or extension of credit that the attorney or law firm is obligated to repay if the amount of the borrower's obligation is not contingent upon or calculated on the basis of the borrower's attorney's fees, revenues, profits, or other financial performance. Effective immediately.

If and only if Senate Bill 243 of the 104th General Assembly, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, becomes law, then the Open Meetings Act is amended to allow a public body to hold closed meetings to consider self evaluation, practices and procedures, or professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of a statewide association (rather than a statewide or regional association) of which the public body is a member. Effective upon becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 243 of the 104th General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.

Amends the School Code. Prohibits, except for legitimate instructional purposes, as determined by a school district, a school district from purchasing or otherwise acquiring biometric systems to use on students. Provides that this prohibition does not apply to a school district that purchases or acquires a biometric system but disables the biometric capabilities of that system so it cannot be used on students or has no reasonable knowledge that the software the school district purchased or otherwise acquired has biometric capabilities. Requires, by the 2027-2028 school year, a school district to ensure that the biometric systems it uses are used only for legitimate instructional purposes. Makes other and conforming changes.

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Adds definitions of the terms "construction industry", "employee", and "employer". Makes changes in provisions that establish sanitary safety standards for construction workers who menstruate, express milk, or both. Adds provisions that make it unlawful for an employer to take retaliatory actions or to use a request for an accommodation under the Act as the basis for an adverse employment action. Makes changes in provisions concerning penalties. Specifies that an employer that in good faith provides menstrual products in sealed packaging for employee use as required under the Act shall not be liable in any civil action for injuries resulting from the use of the product, except for willful or wanton conduct by the employer. Provides that the amendatory Act takes effect January 1, 2027 (rather than immediately).

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Defines "long-form content", "short-form content", "video programming", and "video streaming service". Provides that "normalization" means adjusting the audio of short-form content by measuring and scaling the average loudness of the audio to match the target loudness of the audio of the accompanying long-form content distributed by a video streaming service or third-party advertising manager consistent with established industry standards. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2027, a video streaming service or third-party advertising manager that serves consumers residing in the State shall exercise reasonable care in normalizing the audio of short-form content so that the audio is not transmitted at a louder volume than the audio of the accompanying long-form content, consistent with the regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act (Public Law 111-311) for television broadcast stations, cable operators, and other video programming distributors. Provides that a video streaming service that engages a third-party advertising manager to solely control the loudness of the audio of short-form content on the video streaming service shall not be liable under the amendatory provisions for short-form content distributed by the third-party advertising manager on the video streaming service if the video streaming service enters into a written agreement with the third-party advertising manager that requires the audio of short-form content distributed by the third-party advertising manager to not be louder than the target loudness of the audio of the accompanying long-form content distributed by the video streaming service, consistent with established industry standards. Provides that the amendatory provisions do not create a private right of action and that the Attorney General shall have exclusive authority to enforce the amendatory provisions. Requires the Attorney General to provide a video streaming service or third-party advertising manager written notice of an alleged violation of the amendatory provisions before initiating any action pursuant to the amendatory provisions. Makes other changes.

Declares June 14, 2026 as Race Amity Day. Invites communities across the United States of America to join in introspection and reflection on the beauty and richness of the diverse peoples of this great nation while reaching out with a spirit of amity toward one another on Race Amity Day.

Deletes a provision concerning a waterworks system or a common source of supply of water, or both, and the parameters of its purchase or construction. Makes other technical and conforming changes.

Creates the Illinois Consumer Data Privacy Act. Specifies that the Act applies to legal entities that conduct business in Illinois or produce products or services that are targeted to Illinois residents and that either (i) collect or process, during a calendar year, personal data of 100,000 or more consumers, excluding personal data controlled or processed solely for the purpose of completing a payment transaction, or (ii) derive more than 25% of their gross revenues from the sale of personal data and process or collect personal data of 25,000 or more consumers. Describes classes of persons that are exempt from the Act. Outlines the responsibilities of data controllers and data processors. Sets forth various consumer personal data rights, including, but not limited to (i) the right to confirm whether or not a controller is processing personal data concerning the consumer and to access the personal data the controller is processing, (ii) the right to correct inaccurate personal data concerning the consumer, (iii) the right to delete personal data concerning the consumer, (iv) the right to opt out of the processing of personal data concerning the consumer for specified purposes, or (v) the right, under certain circumstances, to question the result of profiling. Requires a controller to allow a consumer to opt out of any processing of the consumer's personal data for enumerated purposes. Contains provisions concerning the processing of deidentified data or pseudonymous data, responsibilities of controllers, requirements for small businesses, data privacy policies, data privacy and protection assessments, enforcement of the Act by the Attorney General and State's attorneys, and other matters. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Specifies that a violation of the Act constitutes an unlawful practice under the Act. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt from disclosure data privacy and protection assessments made available to the Attorney General and State's Attorneys under the Act. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2027.

Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that the Illinois Stop Payment List shall contain the names of those individuals and entities that are ineligible from receiving an award of grant funds from the State (currently, ineligible either temporarily or permanently). Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act to make conforming changes.

Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution concerning the decennial redistricting of Legislative and Representative Districts. Provides that Legislative and Representative Districts shall each be drawn, in order of priority, (1) to be substantially equal in population; (2) to ensure that no citizen is denied an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of his or her choice; (3) to create, where practical, racial coalition or influence Districts; (4) to be contiguous; and (5) to the extent practicable, to be compact. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the design and color of registration plates shall be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Provides that plates for veterans with disabilities who have been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act shall pay a specified fee (instead of $24). Authorizes the Secretary to suspend or revoke a certificate or the special plates issued to tow truck or wrecker operator upon determining that the person is not lawfully entitled thereto or has made or knowingly permitted any illegal use of the plates or has committed fraud in the registration of vehicles or failed to give notices of transfers. Prohibits a vehicle from being registered in the name of a person who is not an owner or lessee of that vehicle. Requires a vehicle owner seeking to register a vehicle in the State to register that vehicle to a State address. Provides that it is a violation for a person to alter, forge, or counterfeit a license plate or digital license plate. Provides that if no assignable title is available when auctioning a vehicle, the auctioneer or dealer must apply for Illinois title for the purpose of assigning title. Provides that the renewal fee for licenses and permits issued to 18, 19, and 20 year olds is $5. Provides that the Secretary shall issue a meter-exempt decal or device to the parent of a person with a disability who is under 18 years of age and incapable of driving or the legal guardian of a person with a disability incapable of driving. Makes other changes.

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