Illinois

104th General Assembly·12,019 bills·Adjourned

Track legislation moving through Illinois. Browse 12,019 bills and resolutions during the 104th General Assembly, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.

Bills

LIQUOR-TECH

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth Advisory Board Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

ELECTIONS-TECH

Amends the Illinois Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

ETHICS-TECH

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

GOVERNMENT-TECH

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

ELEC CD-ENFORCEMENT DUTIES

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall exercise the powers to impose campaign disclosure penalties; to hear and adjudicate alleged violations of registration requirements; to revoke or suspend the raffle licenses of political committees that violate the Raffles and Poker Runs Act; and to inform the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of credible alleged criminal violations.

EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.

REGULATION-TECH

Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title.

ETHICS-TECH

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

STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Council of State Governments Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

CANNABIS-PAYMENT-PROPERTY TAX

Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that, in addition to other grounds specified in this Act, the Department of Agriculture, upon notification by a county of a cultivation center's failure to pay all or part of any property tax or penalty due to the reporting county, shall refuse the issuance or renewal of a license, or suspend or revoke the license of the cultivation center. Effective immediately.

REGULATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

VETERANS-DOM VIOLENCE EXPENSES

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that in addition to any other amounts deposited into the Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, the State Treasurer shall deposit into the Fund all moneys donated to the State by private individuals or entities for purposes for which moneys in the Fund may be used as provided in these provisions. Provides that subject to appropriations, the Department of Human Services shall use moneys in the Fund to make grants to defray the reasonable and necessary travel expenses of victims of domestic violence who were members of the United States Armed Forces when the domestic violence occurred and who have been discharged from the United States Armed Forces to participate and travel to domestic violence proceedings. Military personnel may qualify for and have access to moneys from the Fund for the purposes set forth in these provisions. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules necessary for making grants under these provisions. Provides that County Veterans Assistance Commissions and qualifying veterans' organizations and their related auxiliaries that are organized in the United States or any of its possessions and are tax exempt under Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may receive grants under these provisions. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall use moneys in the Fund to make grants to defray the reasonable and necessary travel expenses of victims of domestic violence who were members of the United States Armed Forces when the domestic violence occurred and who have been discharged from the United States Armed Forces to participate and travel to domestic violence proceedings. Provides that military personnel may qualify for and have access to moneys from the Fund for the purposes set forth in this provision. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules necessary for making grants under this provision. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 to make conforming changes.

ELEC CD-AI ADVERT DISCLOSURE

Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a person, committee, or other entity creates, originally publishes, or originally distributes a qualified political advertisement, the qualified political advertisement shall include, in a clear and conspicuous manner, a statement that the qualified political advertisement was generated in whole or substantially by artificial intelligence that satisfies specified requirements. Provides for civil penalties and exceptions to the provision.

LIQUOR-COOPERATIVE PURCHASING

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Creates a cooperative agent license. Provides that a cooperative agent license shall allow the holder to act on behalf of a cooperative purchase group. Establishes a fee for licensure as a cooperative agent. Provides that a licensee with a combined on-premises and off-premises license may make purchases for on-premises use only through an on-premises cooperative purchase group and may make purchases for off-premises use only through an off-premises cooperative purchase group. Provides that cooperative purchase groups, cooperative agents, and the cooperative agents' owners, officers, principals, employees, and their spouse may not: (1) receive cash or anything of value from a retail licensee, importing distributor, distributor, non-resident dealer, or manufacturer as part of a cooperative purchasing agreement; (2) be employed by, consult for, or have an ownership interest in any business or enterprise that provides marketing services or activities on behalf of manufacturers, non-resident dealers, foreign importers, importing distributors, or distributors; or (3) accept things of value from, or provide marketing services or activities on behalf of, manufacturers, non-resident dealers, foreign importers, importing distributors, and distributors. Makes conforming and other changes. Provides that it is the duty of every cooperative agent and cooperative purchase group to make books and records available upon reasonable notice for the purpose of investigation and control by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission or any local liquor commission having jurisdiction over a licensee member of a cooperative purchase group. Makes changes concerning the surety bond a cooperative purchase group is required to retain. Changes references from "cooperative purchasing group" to "cooperative purchase group" to conform to the defined term.

ELEC CD-VOTE CENTERS

Amends the Election Code. Provides that, in addition to required vote centers, election authorities may establish additional vote centers under a specified model. Sets forth provisions concerning the number and location of additional vote centers.

LIQUOR-TECH

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION

Creates the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act. Applies the Act to a civil cause of action, including an action in federal court under its supplemental or diversity jurisdiction, against a person based on the person's: (i) communication in a legislative, executive, judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding; (ii) communication on an issue under consideration or review in any of these proceedings; or (iii) exercise of a right guaranteed by the United States Constitution or the Illinois Constitution on a matter of public concern. Provides that the Act does not apply to a cause of action asserted: (i) against a governmental unit or an employee or agent of a governmental unit acting or purporting to act in an official capacity; (ii) by a governmental unit or an employee or agent of a governmental unit acting in an official capacity to enforce a law to protect against an imminent threat to public health or safety; or (iii) against a person primarily engaged in the business of selling or leasing goods or services if the cause of action arises out of a communication related to the person's sale or lease of the goods or services. Creates a procedure for a special motion for expedited relief for a party being sued for issues covered by the Act to dismiss or strike the action in whole or in part within 60 days of being sued. Requires the court to rule on a special motion for expedited relief within 60 days after a hearing, and the court must conduct a hearing not later than 60 days after the filing of such a motion unless it continues it for discovery under the Act or for other good cause. Makes other changes. Makes a conforming change in the Citizen Participation Act. Effective immediately.

REVENUE-TECH

Amends the Rental Purchase Agreement Occupation and Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

MOBILE HOME LANDLORD/TENANT

Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Prohibits a landlord from imposing a rule, regulation, or lease provision, in any manner, that impairs any rights guaranteed to the tenant by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States or Section 4 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution, including the display of advertising pertaining to any political candidate or proposition.

PUBLIC AID-TECH

Amends the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the State Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

MINIMUM WAGE-GRATUITIES

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025 and ending before January 1, 2028, each taxpayer who employs an eligible tipped employee and does not take an allowance against the full minimum wage is entitled to a tax credit in each of those taxable years in an amount equal to the product of $1.50 multiplied by the total number of hours for which an allowance could have been claimed by the employer in the taxable year for eligible tipped employees but was not claimed by the employer in that taxable year. Effective July 1, 2025.

BD HIGHER ED-CAPITAL IMPROVE

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Removes language providing that each State university must submit its plan for capital improvements of non-instructional facilities to the Board of Higher Education for approval before final commitments are made if the total cost of the project as approved by the institution's board of control is in excess of $2 million.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Central Illinois Economic Development Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

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