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
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the operation of toy vehicles, motor driven cycles, and electric micromobility devices within the State, including provisions regarding certificate of title requirements, prohibition signage, licensing requirements, age requirements, equipment requirements, sale requirements, violations, and home rule limitations. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to adopt administrative rules for the regulation of low-speed electric bicycles on any and all properties owned, managed, or leased by the Department of Natural Resources. Allows a person to operate a Class 1 or Class 2 low-speed electric bicycle only if he or she is 15 years of age or older. Provides that a low-speed electric bicycle that is manufactured to accommodate passengers may not be operated by a person under the age of 18 with a passenger unless the passenger is a sibling, stepsibling, child, or stepchild of the operator. Repeals a provision regarding low-speed electric scooters. Makes other changes. Makes a conforming change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Effective July 1, 2027.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the operation of toy vehicles, motor driven cycles, and electric micromobility devices within the State, including provisions regarding certificate of title requirements, prohibition signage, licensing requirements, age requirements, equipment requirements, sale requirements, violations, and home rule limitations. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to adopt administrative rules for the regulation of low-speed electric bicycles on any and all properties owned, managed, or leased by the Department of Natural Resources. Allows a person to operate a Class 1 or Class 2 low-speed electric bicycle only if he or she is 15 years of age or older. Provides that a low-speed electric bicycle that is manufactured to accommodate passengers may not be operated by a person under the age of 18 with a passenger unless the passenger is a sibling, stepsibling, child, or stepchild of the operator. Repeals a provision regarding low-speed electric scooters. Makes other changes. Makes a conforming change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Effective July 1, 2027.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may reassign his or her registration plate to another person. Removes language allowing the Secretary of State to waive any transfer fee or vanity or personalized registration plate fee for a person seeking to reassign his or her registration plate.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may reassign his or her registration plate to another person. Removes language allowing the Secretary of State to waive any transfer fee or vanity or personalized registration plate fee for a person seeking to reassign his or her registration plate.
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that "shared roof" does not include a roof that serves townhouses. Provides that "townhouse" means a privately owned single-family dwelling unit that is attached to but separated from other privately owned single-family dwelling units by a common party wall that has no doors, windows, or other means of human passage or visibility.
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that "shared roof" does not include a roof that serves townhouses. Provides that "townhouse" means a privately owned single-family dwelling unit that is attached to but separated from other privately owned single-family dwelling units by a common party wall that has no doors, windows, or other means of human passage or visibility.
Appropriates the sum of $750,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the City of Wheaton. Effective immediately.
Appropriates the sum of $750,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the City of Wheaton. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to create the Chicago Cultural district. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to create the Chicago Cultural district. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $150,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Village of Barrington Hills. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $150,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Village of Barrington Hills. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for its FY 26 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for its FY 26 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Agency for grants to Community Resource Healing Centers (CHRC)for their operational expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Agency for grants to Community Resource Healing Centers (CHRC)for their operational expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.
Appropriates $700,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Illinois Center for Employee Ownership for the purpose of expanding education, outreach, and technical assistance related to employee ownership transitions and supporting small businesses in evaluating and pursuing succession through employee ownership. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $700,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Illinois Center for Employee Ownership for the purpose of expanding education, outreach, and technical assistance related to employee ownership transitions and supporting small businesses in evaluating and pursuing succession through employee ownership. Effective July 1, 2026.
Encourages all public school districts serving grades 6 through 12 to develop a plan to adopt school start times that reflect the biological sleep needs of adolescents.
Encourages all public school districts serving grades 6 through 12 to develop a plan to adopt school start times that reflect the biological sleep needs of adolescents.
Amends the Debt Management Service Act. Provides that every applicant for a license to engage in the debt management service business in the State shall submit to the Secretary, at the time of the application for a license, a bond to be approved by the Secretary in which the applicant shall be the obligor, in the sum of $50,000 (rather than $25,000) or the specified amount. In provisions concerning fees or penalties that may be charged by a debt management service provider, permits the charging of additional fees at the completion of the initial counseling services, which shall not exceed: (A) 15% of the amount disbursed monthly to creditors or $75, whichever is less, if there are fewer than 6 creditors enrolled in the debt management plan; or (B) 15% of the amount disbursed monthly to creditors or $100, whichever is less, if there are 6 or more creditors enrolled in the debt management plan.
Amends the Debt Management Service Act. Provides that every applicant for a license to engage in the debt management service business in the State shall submit to the Secretary, at the time of the application for a license, a bond to be approved by the Secretary in which the applicant shall be the obligor, in the sum of $50,000 (rather than $25,000) or the specified amount. In provisions concerning fees or penalties that may be charged by a debt management service provider, permits the charging of additional fees at the completion of the initial counseling services, which shall not exceed: (A) 15% of the amount disbursed monthly to creditors or $75, whichever is less, if there are fewer than 6 creditors enrolled in the debt management plan; or (B) 15% of the amount disbursed monthly to creditors or $100, whichever is less, if there are 6 or more creditors enrolled in the debt management plan.
Appropriates $1,745,500 to the State Universities Civil Service System for operational expenses. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $1,745,500 to the State Universities Civil Service System for operational expenses. Effective July 1, 2026.
Designates U.S. Highway 250 from the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Illinois Route 130 in Olney to 10 miles West of Olney on U.S. Highway 50 as the "Sgt. Levi Ridgley Memorial Road".
Designates U.S. Highway 250 from the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Illinois Route 130 in Olney to 10 miles West of Olney on U.S. Highway 50 as the "Sgt. Levi Ridgley Memorial Road".
Appropriates the sum of $2,100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for a grant to Safer Pathways to support the Supportive Reentry Network Collaborative. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates the sum of $2,100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for a grant to Safer Pathways to support the Supportive Reentry Network Collaborative. Effective July 1, 2026.
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or a municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, rule, or other measure that would regulate the installation or inspection of a residential energy backup system, including on a building with a shared roof. Defines "residential energy backup system". Effective June 1, 2026.
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or a municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, rule, or other measure that would regulate the installation or inspection of a residential energy backup system, including on a building with a shared roof. Defines "residential energy backup system". Effective June 1, 2026.
Appropriates $2,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of providing grants to emerging and socially disadvantaged farms for infrastructure, equipment, operations and market access. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $2,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of providing grants to emerging and socially disadvantaged farms for infrastructure, equipment, operations and market access. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $18,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for deposit into the IEMA State Projects Fund for grants and operational expenses associated with the administration of Illinois' Not-For-Profit Security Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $18,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for deposit into the IEMA State Projects Fund for grants and operational expenses associated with the administration of Illinois' Not-For-Profit Security Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2026.
Declares September 14, 2026 as Governor Jim Edgar Day in the State of Illinois in recognition of former Governor Jim Edgar's life, his legacy, and his extraordinary career in public service.
Declares September 14, 2026 as Governor Jim Edgar Day in the State of Illinois in recognition of former Governor Jim Edgar's life, his legacy, and his extraordinary career in public service.
Amends the Epinephrine Injector Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Epinephrine Injector Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Creates the Fairness in Property Tax Foreclosure Task Force. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study and make recommendations concerning issues associated with property foreclosure for failure to pay property taxes. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Creates the Fairness in Property Tax Foreclosure Task Force. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study and make recommendations concerning issues associated with property foreclosure for failure to pay property taxes. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Expands the list of mandated reporters under the Act to include investment advisers and investment adviser representatives as defined in the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, dealers and salespersons as defined in the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, and employees of financial institutions who serve as branch managers or members of the compliance team. Provides that the term "financial institution" is limited to a federally or State-chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. Requires the Department on Aging to develop by joint rulemaking with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation minimum training standards which shall be used by financial institutions for its employees. In provisions granting specified persons with access to Department records concerning reports of financial exploitation and other forms of abuse or neglect, extends such access to: (i) a court appointed executor or administrator (rather than an executor or administrator) of the estate of an eligible adult who is deceased, unless the executor or administrator is the abuser or the alleged abuser; and (ii) any court of competent jurisdiction with a valid court order for an in camera inspection (rather than a probate court with jurisdiction over the guardianship of an alleged victim). In cases where a coroner or medical examiner has reason to believe that an eligible adult has died as the result of abuse, abandonment, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect, requires the Department (rather than the provider agency) to provide the coroner or medical examiner with all records pertaining to the eligible adult as soon as practicable. Provides that the Department, at its discretion, may provide its report records to any professional licensing board or commission, investigatory unit, prosecutorial unit, or similar disciplinary body if any substantiated abuser falls under its purview. Provides that all records not generated by the Department but obtained during the course of an Adult Protective Service investigation or related to an Adult Protective Service case, including, but not limited to, financial records and medical records, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except at the Department's sole discretion. Provides that such records may be obtained through intergovernmental agreements with the Department and are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Requires the Department to establish, by July 1, 2028, a web-based portal to receive alleged or suspected reports of financial exploitation as well as other reports of alleged or suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, or self-neglect. Amends the Illinois Securities Law of 1953. Provides that dealers, salespersons, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives may issue an initial transactional hold when they have a reasonable suspicion that a transaction or disbursement from an account of an eligible adult may involve, facilitate, result in, or contribute to financial exploitation of that eligible adult. Grants criminal, civil, and administrative immunity to dealers, salespersons, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives who hold a transaction in good faith or who contact or elect not to contact an eligible adult's trusted contact person when they have a reasonable suspicion that a transaction or disbursement from the eligible adult's account may involve, facilitate, result in, or contribute to financial exploitation of that eligible adult. Contains provisions concerning the duration of initial transactional holds and extended transactional holds; transactional hold notice requirements; and other matters. Makes conforming changes to the Illinois Banking Act, the Savings Bank Act, and the Illinois Credit Union Act. Effective July 1, 2027.
Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Expands the list of mandated reporters under the Act to include investment advisers and investment adviser representatives as defined in the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, dealers and salespersons as defined in the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, and employees of financial institutions who serve as branch managers or members of the compliance team. Provides that the term "financial institution" is limited to a federally or State-chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. Requires the Department on Aging to develop by joint rulemaking with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation minimum training standards which shall be used by financial institutions for its employees. In provisions granting specified persons with access to Department records concerning reports of financial exploitation and other forms of abuse or neglect, extends such access to: (i) a court appointed executor or administrator (rather than an executor or administrator) of the estate of an eligible adult who is deceased, unless the executor or administrator is the abuser or the alleged abuser; and (ii) any court of competent jurisdiction with a valid court order for an in camera inspection (rather than a probate court with jurisdiction over the guardianship of an alleged victim). In cases where a coroner or medical examiner has reason to believe that an eligible adult has died as the result of abuse, abandonment, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect, requires the Department (rather than the provider agency) to provide the coroner or medical examiner with all records pertaining to the eligible adult as soon as practicable. Provides that the Department, at its discretion, may provide its report records to any professional licensing board or commission, investigatory unit, prosecutorial unit, or similar disciplinary body if any substantiated abuser falls under its purview. Provides that all records not generated by the Department but obtained during the course of an Adult Protective Service investigation or related to an Adult Protective Service case, including, but not limited to, financial records and medical records, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except at the Department's sole discretion. Provides that such records may be obtained through intergovernmental agreements with the Department and are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Requires the Department to establish, by July 1, 2028, a web-based portal to receive alleged or suspected reports of financial exploitation as well as other reports of alleged or suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, or self-neglect. Amends the Illinois Securities Law of 1953. Provides that dealers, salespersons, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives may issue an initial transactional hold when they have a reasonable suspicion that a transaction or disbursement from an account of an eligible adult may involve, facilitate, result in, or contribute to financial exploitation of that eligible adult. Grants criminal, civil, and administrative immunity to dealers, salespersons, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives who hold a transaction in good faith or who contact or elect not to contact an eligible adult's trusted contact person when they have a reasonable suspicion that a transaction or disbursement from the eligible adult's account may involve, facilitate, result in, or contribute to financial exploitation of that eligible adult. Contains provisions concerning the duration of initial transactional holds and extended transactional holds; transactional hold notice requirements; and other matters. Makes conforming changes to the Illinois Banking Act, the Savings Bank Act, and the Illinois Credit Union Act. Effective July 1, 2027.
Appropriates $1,000,000 to the Illinois Community College Board for the purpose of implementing the Community College Economic Empowerment Act. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $1,000,000 to the Illinois Community College Board for the purpose of implementing the Community College Economic Empowerment Act. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates the amount of $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants for the establishment of hydroponic agriculture facilities in existing vacant commercial buildings. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates the amount of $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants for the establishment of hydroponic agriculture facilities in existing vacant commercial buildings. Effective July 1, 2026.