New Illinois laws for 2027
251 laws passed by the General Assembly take effect in 2027, 226 of them on January 1, 2027. Each links to its full record.
Effective dates and Public Act numbers are from the General Assembly's bill histories. The plain-English summaries are written by AI from each law's official synopsis and checked against it (54 of 251 so far; the rest show the opening of the official synopsis until theirs is written).
January 1, 2027 (226)
HB1864, Public Act 104-0203, DENTAL CARE-ELECTRONIC BILLING, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Amends the Uniform Electronic Transactions in Dental Care Billing Act. Provides that beginning January 1, 2028 (instead of 2026), no dental plan carrier is required to accept from a dental care provider eligibility for a dental plan transaction or dental care claims or equivalent encounter information transaction.…
HB2987, Public Act 104-0262, WAREHOUSE TORNADO PREPAREDNESS, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning tornado safety plans, provides that the operator of a warehouse should coordinate with the warehouse's local emergency services and disaster agency and fire department or fire…
HB3363, Public Act 104-0300, STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Deletes provision that the initial State Public defender shall be nominated by the Illinois Public Defender Association and appointed for a 2-year term by a majority vote of the Supreme Court.…
HB3796, Public Act 104-0333, INSURANCE-PROVIDER PANELS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. In provisions concerning continuity of care for beneficiaries, provides that the network plan shall permit the beneficiary to continue an ongoing course of treatment with that provider during a transitional period for 90…
SB710, Public Act 104-0361, REGULATION-TECH, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall adopt rules that allow landowners to have other individuals destroy deer responsible for damage under permits issued to that landowner. Provides that landowner deer and turkey permits shall…
SB1999, Public Act 104-0404, TRANSPORTATION-VARIOUS, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall develop and implement a life-cycle costs analysis for each new construction, reconstruction, or replacement road project, except for State rehabilitation and preservation…
HB2949, Public Act 104-0466, FY27 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Implementation Act. Adds, deletes, and makes changes to various statutory provisions as needed to implement the State budget for Fiscal Year 2027. Effective immediately, except some provisions take effect on other dates.
SB3365, Public Act 104-0470, MEDICARE/MEDICAID DUAL ELIGIBL, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides medical assistance coverage for sickle cell disease (rather than sickle cell anemia); coverage for seizure detection devices; and coverage for virtual intensive outpatient program services.…
HB228, Public Act 104-0472, BUSINESS-TECH
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act for a person to advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or surcharges.…
SB318, Public Act 104-0474, BUSINESS-TECH
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that an owner or operator of a place of entertainment that sells tickets to events, and any agent who conducts or facilitates those sales, shall report any violation (rather than known…
HB45, Public Act 104-0476, CONSUMER FRAUD-GROCERY COUPONS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Sale Price Ad Act. Provides that a retail mercantile establishment that owns and operates a mobile or computer application through which the retail mercantile establishment advertises, offers, delivers, or redeems digital promotions available in the retail…
HB3460, Public Act 104-0478, COSMETOLOGY/BARBER-APPRENTICES
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Defines terms. Provides that an application shall not be automatically placed on hold, delayed, denied, or otherwise not processed by the Department of Financial and Professional…
HB3564, Public Act 104-0479, HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-REAL ESTATE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Adds provisions concerning rental fee transparency by requiring all non-optional fees, regardless of whether they are one-time fees or recurring fees, to be explicitly contained on the first page of a lease agreement. Provides that a…
HB4206, Public Act 104-0481, CHARITABLE ORG BFY-PROBATE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill with these changes. Provides that a "beneficiary designation" means a provision in an instrument designating a beneficiary, other than in a will or an instrument creating a trust, and may also mean the instrument itself, including, but…
HB4217, Public Act 104-0482, COUNTIES CD-DEFENDER POWERS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Officers and Employees Article of the Counties Code. Allows a public defender who is representing a client in a criminal case to also represent the client in a statutory summary suspension proceeding under a specified provision in the Illinois Vehicle Code…
HB4247, Public Act 104-0484, SCH CD-ASTHMA MEDICATION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the administration of asthma medication, epinephrine injectors, opioid antagonists, and oxygen, provides that "trained personnel" includes coaches and athletic trainers. Defines "coach" as a volunteer or employee of a…
HB4277, Public Act 104-0486, NOTARIES-APPLICATION BY FELON
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Provides that every applicant for appointment and commission as a notary shall complete an application in a format prescribed by the Secretary of State stating, among other things, that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony within the 10 years immediately preceding the…
HB4361, Public Act 104-0487, CTY/MUNI CD-BUILDING INSPECTOR
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a building inspector who performs inspections or examinations under the provisions may be credentialed through a nationally or state-recognized inspection certification or…
HB4420, Public Act 104-0488, COLLEGE PRESS ACT-PUBLIC MEDIA
From the official synopsis: Amends the College Campus Press Act. Defines "public media produced at a State-sponsored institution of higher learning". Provides that all public media produced at a State-sponsored institution of higher learning is a public forum for expression by the employees producing the media at the institution of higher…
HB4421, Public Act 104-0489, ENTREPRENEUR INSTITUTE-REPEAL
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois State University Law. Repeals a provision regarding the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education.
HB4461, Public Act 104-0490, HOSPITAL COLLECTION LIENS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions amending the Fair Patient Billing Act, provides that, for any legal action initiated against a patient for unpaid medical debt, a hospital may not file for or be granted a lien upon…
HB4464, Public Act 104-0491, INS-DENTAL COVERAGE REIMBURSE
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Prohibits an insurer, dental service plan corporation, professional service corporation, insurance network leasing company, or any other company or its contracted vendor that amends, delivers, issues, or renews an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance on or…
HB4472, Public Act 104-0492, BLUE ENVELOPE PROGRAM
From the official synopsis: Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall establish a program to be known as the Blue Envelope Program through which the Office of the Secretary of State shall design and make publicly available blue envelopes that may be used by individuals who have been diagnosed with autism…
HB4514, Public Act 104-0493, GENERAL RATE INCREASE HEARINGS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Rates Article of the Public Utilities Act. Provides that when any public utility providing electric, gas, water, or sewer service proposes a general rate increase, in addition to other notice requirements, the public utility must notify its customers of their…
HB4517, Public Act 104-0494, ELECTRONIC MONITORING
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act. Includes residents of assisted living establishments under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act to the provisions of the Act. Replaces references to "facility" throughout the Act with…
HB4533, Public Act 104-0495, MONEY TRANSMITTER DREAM DONATE
From the official synopsis: Amends the Uniform Money Transmission Modernization Act. Provides that licensees may offer every customer who transmits money internationally the option to make a voluntary donation to the Illinois DREAM Fund, as specified. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to provide to licensees under…
HB4620, Public Act 104-0500, DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL
From the official synopsis: 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…
HB4695, Public Act 104-0501, CREMATORY-CEMETERY REGULATION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts provisions of the bill with these changes. Restores definition of "alternative container" to current law. Provides the Comptroller may inspect crematory records and premises at the crematory authority's place of business to review a licensee's compliance with…
HB4702, Public Act 104-0502, DIAPER LABELING ACT
From the official synopsis: Creates the Diaper Labeling Act. Provides that, no later than 12 months after the effective date of the Act, each package or box containing diapers sold in the State shall contain a plain and conspicuous printed list of all ingredients in order of predominance that shall either be printed on the package or box or…
HB4896, Public Act 104-0506, CIV PRO-TENANTS IN COMMON
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with these changes. Requires that a person or persons seeking to commence an action under the Act each have a household income of under 80% of area median income as determined by the United States…
HB4977, Public Act 104-0508, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PATHOGENS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Defines "pathogens of epidemiological concern". Provides that each hospital shall develop and implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control pathogens of epidemiological concern (instead of multidrug-resistant organisms) that take into consideration guidelines of the…
HB5047, Public Act 104-0509, LONG TERM CARE-NOTICE
From the official synopsis: Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the MC/DD Act, and the ID/DD Community Care Act. Provides that notice of closure of an establishment or facility licensed under those Acts shall be given to the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman.
HB5148, Public Act 104-0512, CONT SUB-PMP-SCHEDULE II&IV
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a prescriber is not subject to civil or criminal liability or professional discipline for failure to register with the Prescription Monitoring Program due to technological or electrical failures or operational…
HB5376, Public Act 104-0519, MINE SUBSIDENCE INSURANCE FUND
From the official synopsis: Amends the Mine Subsidence Insurance Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that the moneys in the Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund shall be derived primarily from premiums for mine subsidence insurance ceded by insurers to the Fund pursuant to the Article and from…
HB5411, Public Act 104-0522, RABIES VACCINES IN SHELTERS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Provides that a certified veterinary technician who has completed the required 2-hour rabies vaccination continuing education course may administer rabies vaccinations only under the direct supervision of a…
SB2713, Public Act 104-0526, HEALTH CARE VIOLENCE PREVENT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes changes to defined terms. Removes provisions concerning workplace safety, violent incident investigations, and penalties. Provides that, on or before November 30, 2027, the Department of…
SB2859, Public Act 104-0527, STATE PARKS-SCOTT BENNETT
From the official synopsis: Amends the State Parks Designation Act. Provides that the railroad trestle bridge that is part of the Kickapoo Rail Trail and that is located at the Kickapoo State Recreation Area in Vermilion County shall be known as the Senator Scott Bennett Memorial Bridge. Further provides that, subject to appropriation,…
SB3223, Public Act 104-0530, PRACTICE OF PHARMACY
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that every pharmacy licensed in this State shall post in a conspicuous place near the pharmacy counter and drive-up window, a sign that includes a QR code informing patients of the ability to sign up for medication recalls via…
SB4006, Public Act 104-0534, CLIMATE RISK & STRENGTHEN HOME, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Strengthen Illinois Homes Fund. On or before July 1, 2028, and depending on availability of funds, provides that the Department of Insurance shall identify areas of need to administer a pilot grant…
HB5095, Public Act 104-0536, ID CARD-GENDER DESIGNATION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may not disclose or reveal the existence of any gender designation form…
SB315, Public Act 104-0538, BUSINESS-TECH
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act. Defines terms. Requires large frontier developers to create, implement, publish, and annually update a frontier AI framework addressing catastrophic-risk assessment, mitigations, cybersecurity, internal governance,…
HB4438, Public Act 104-0539, STATE BEE DESIGNATION
From the official synopsis: Amends the State Designations Act. Designates the Black-and-Gold Bumblebee (Bombus auricomus) as the official State bee of the State of Illinois.
HB5524, Public Act 104-0541, UTILITY CHARGE TRANSPARENCY
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability to publish a report that contains a list of any charges, either required or permitted by law or approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission, that are charged by an…
HB3811, Public Act 104-0547, PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL GUARDIANS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts provisions of House Amendment No.1 with the following changes. Provides that if a private professional guardian is serving as a limited or plenary guardian of a person with a disability and intends to name the Office of State Guardian or public guardian as…
HB4535, Public Act 104-0552, SCH CD-E-LEARNING DAY-ELECTION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding e-learning days, provides that an e-learning day used by a school district due to a school being selected as a polling place does not count toward the school district's minimum number of…
HB4577, Public Act 104-0555, KINDERGARTEN-PLAY-BASED LEARN
From the official synopsis: Amends the School Code regarding the establishment of kindergartens. With respect to a provision stating that kindergarten should provide opportunities for play-based learning, defines: (1) "play-based learning" as either guided play or student-initiated play; (2) "guided play" as intentional teacher-directed play…
HB4659, Public Act 104-0556, DOMESTIC VIOL-COERCIVE CONTROL
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Provides that in any lawsuit or arbitration to collect a debt, subject to the Act, it is an affirmative defense that the debt is or is partially coerced debt to the plaintiff and the court or arbitrator. Provides that a plaintiff…
HB4757, Public Act 104-0557, HEALTH CARE FACILITY PLANNING
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Removes provisions concerning the consideration by the Health Facilities and Services Review Board of specified permits and exemptions. Makes changes in provisions concerning the construction,…
HB5393, Public Act 104-0562, LIMITED HEALTH SERVICE ORGS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Limited Health Service Organization Act. Makes changes to defined terms. In provisions concerning the offering of a point-of-sale contract by a limited health service organization (LHSO), removes a provision requiring the LHSO to include an annual maximum benefit allowance not to exceed $2,500 per year that…
SB118, Public Act 104-0563, DHS-GAMBLING DISORDERS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Requires the Attorney General to, with the consent of an applicant, request and obtain supporting documentation required to verify a claim for compensation. Includes provisions regarding supporting documentation for applications…
SB2909, Public Act 104-0565, SCH CD-TEACHER EVALUATION-AI
From the official synopsis: Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Prohibits an evaluator from using an artificial intelligence tool to assign a numerical score or qualitative rating for any component of a teacher's evaluation or any evaluation task that requires professional judgment. However, allows an…
SB2968, Public Act 104-0566, NON-PROFIT INVESTMENT POOL
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, in order to be eligible to participate in the non-profit investment pool, a not-for-profit corporation shall: (1) not be on the federal system for award management (SAM) exclusion…
SB3113, Public Act 104-0567, CREDIT UNIONS-VARIOUS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes changes to senior management official and executive officer provisions. In provisions concerning the delegation of duties by the board of directors, provides that the board of directors may…
SB3341, Public Act 104-0570, BIRTH CONTROL-MINORS CONSENT
From the official synopsis: Amends the Birth Control Services to Minors Act. Provides that any minor may give effective consent for contraceptive services or supplies and the consent of no other person is required. Provides that for such purposes, a minor is deemed to have the same legal capacity to act and has the same powers and obligations as…
SB3967, Public Act 104-0571, NURSING HOME SURVEYOR REPORT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning pay increments to nursing facilities for the purpose of increasing compensation to certified nursing assistants (CNA), provides that such pay increments, including tenure wage…
SB3737, Public Act 104-0574, SERVICEMEMBERS-SERVE ACT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: In the definition of "service member student", deletes language expanding the definition to include the spouse of a service member. Provides that accommodations made by an institution of higher…
SB3818, Public Act 104-0575, DEPT MILITARY AFF-JEEP PGRAM
From the official synopsis: Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Military Affairs has the authority to make grants from the Military Affairs Trust Fund for the purpose of incentivizing recruitment into the Illinois National Guard. Provides that the Joint Enlistment Enhancement Program (JEEP) is established for…
SB3926, Public Act 104-0576, VETERAN SUICIDE PREVENTION
From the official synopsis: Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Provides that the Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention Program Advisory Council created by Public Act 103-8 is continued within the Department of Public Health, with modifications to its duties and composition. Amends the Department of Healthcare and Family…
SB1700, Public Act 104-0578, DEPUTY SHERIFF-APPOINTMENT AGE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the statutory provisions regarding appointment of deputy sheriffs. Specifies that persons appointed as a county police officer shall be not less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of age and have successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at an…
HB4323, Public Act 104-0579, COMMEMORATIVE DAY-EMMETT TILL
From the official synopsis: Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates July 25 of each year as Emmett Till Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day to honor and remember Emmett Till.
HB67, Public Act 104-0580, COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY-VEH
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act and the Condominium Property Act. Prohibits an association from defining or designating a marked law enforcement vehicle that is assigned to a law enforcement officer or a marked firefighter vehicle that is assigned to…
HB1353, Public Act 104-0581, VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKERS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that employment protections for volunteer emergency workers apply to volunteer emergency workers participating in required training, including a prohibition on termination and penalizing (rather than only termination). Provides that the employer may…
HB2137, Public Act 104-0582, LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH
Requires any local government, county or municipality that has a website to post on it where the public can find all of its audit and financial reports, including a link to the Comptroller's website.
HB2190, Public Act 104-0583, REGULATION-TECH
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. In provisions concerning standards for licensing, provides that each child care institution, maternity center, day care center, group home, day care home, and group day care home shall have on its premises during its hours of operation…
HB2270, Public Act 104-0584, TRANSPORTATION-TECH
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person may be retained in service as an investigator to investigate and enforce provisions of the Act administered by the Secretary of State after he or she has reached 65 (instead of 60) years of age. Removes the…
HB2539, Public Act 104-0585, DHS-BILLING CODES-UPDATE TERMS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to revise all Department forms and billing codes to remove the term "mental retardation" and replace it with "intellectual disability".
HB3169, Public Act 104-0586, ANCRA-MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that in any investigation in which the Department of Children and Family Services will request a professional's medical or forensic opinion about whether a child's presenting injury or medical condition may be…
HB3175, Public Act 104-0587, VEH CD-PASSING SCHOOL BUS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, for each violation of a provision of the Code or a local ordinance recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system, the county or municipality having jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the violation to the registered owner of the vehicle who shall be…
HB3250, Public Act 104-0588, SCH CD-GLOBAL SCHOLAR CERTIFY
From the official synopsis: Amends the School Code. Provides that if the provider of the micro-credential or digital badge determines and can demonstrate that a student meets all of the criteria required to earn State Global Scholar Certification, then the school district or nonpublic school shall designate that the student has earned State…
HB3769, Public Act 104-0591, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY REFERRALS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. Requires a licensed occupational therapist or licensed occupational therapy assistant who intends to provide services for individuals, groups, and populations concerning occupational therapy needs without a referral to do so within the licensee's scope of…
HB3860, Public Act 104-0592, SCH CD-DEACTIVATE SCH-CONTRACT
From the official synopsis: Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that the length of a contract between a deactivating school district that is seeking to send its students to more than one district and the receiving district shall be for 4 (rather than 2) school years, but the districts may renew the contract for a length…
HB4239, Public Act 104-0596, SCH CD-HIGH SCH COURSE CREDIT
From the official synopsis: Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that the school board of a school district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which a student enrolled in grade 7 or 8 who is enrolled in the unit school district or would be enrolled in the high school…
HB4242, Public Act 104-0597, DCFS-NOTICE OF APPEAL PROCESS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In provisions concerning written notification to specified persons on the final determination of an indicated finding of abuse or neglect, requires the Department of Children and Family Services to include in such…
HB4284, Public Act 104-0598, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
From the official synopsis: Amends the Statute on Statutes and other various Acts. Changes all occurrences of "disabled person" to "person with a disability", changes all occurrences of "a person who is handicapped" to "a person who has a disability", changes all occurrences of "physically or mentally handicapped" to "having a physical or…
HB4300, Public Act 104-0600, CAMPGROUND LICENSING
From the official synopsis: Amends the Campground Licensing and Recreational Area Act. Changes the definition of "campground" so that the number of camping days increases to 10 or more (instead of 6 or more) during a calendar year.
HB4353, Public Act 104-0601, PRIVATE DETECTIVE BOARD MEMBER
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Reduces the number of members on the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Board from 13 to 11, removing one…
HB4394, Public Act 104-0604, SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTM INTERVIEW
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act. Provides that at law enforcement agencies that employ officers of more than one sex or gender who have the training in investigating sexual assault and sexual abuse cases under the Illinois Police Training Act and the…
HB4397, Public Act 104-0605, SCH CD-SCH PSYCHOLOGIST-DEGREE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Provides that the changes to the qualification requirements for a school psychologist apply beginning on July 1, 2027 (rather than the changes applying to a psychologist…
HB4403, Public Act 104-0606, EPA-MEDICAL WASTE SHIPPING
From the official synopsis: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall cause or allow the delivery or transfer of any potentially infectious medical waste for transport unless, among other things, the potentially infectious medical waste is accompanied by completed shipping papers that meet the requirements of federal…
HB4426, Public Act 104-0607, MWRD-HIRING
From the official synopsis: Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that, among other things, notice of the duration of eligible lists of examinations of each position in the classified service shall be given by the Director of Human Resources by publication for 2 weeks preceding the examination in a daily newspaper of…
HB4462, Public Act 104-0609, POWER OF ATTY-PROPERTY
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Deletes two reasons for which it is deemed reasonable cause for a third party to refuse to honor a power of attorney for property: (i) the refusal by the agent to provide a copy of the original document that is certified to be valid by an attorney, a court order, or…
HB4477, Public Act 104-0610, EMS SYSTEMS-VARIOUS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require each EMS System to have a Department-approved Just Culture policy for evaluating and responding to human…
HB4491, Public Act 104-0611, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISABILITY
From the official synopsis: Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Provides that, whenever an eligible employee suffers any injury or illness in the line of duty (rather than suffers any injury in the line of duty) which causes that employee to be unable to perform the employee's duties, the employee shall continue to be paid by the…
HB4540, Public Act 104-0613, POSSESSION DISPUTES-PETS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Companion Animal Custody Equity Act. Amends the Replevin Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes "companion animals" subject to the Replevin Article. Defines a "companion animal" to mean an animal that is commonly…
HB4584, Public Act 104-0616, DHS-DEMENTIA TRAINING
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the amendatory changes apply to Home Services Program rehabilitation counselors and to those homemaker agency employees who provide direct care services to individuals participating…
SB638, Public Act 104-0617, LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if the moneys in the general fund of a municipality exceed the municipality's operating expenses for the immediately preceding calendar year, then the municipality may establish an OPEB trust or deposit moneys into an…
SB2704, Public Act 104-0624, PROBATE-SMALL ESTATES
From the official synopsis: Amends the Small Estates Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the following shall not be considered an excluded motor vehicle in determining the value of a decedent's personal estate: (i) motor vehicles used as living quarters; (ii) motor homes, mini motor homes, and van campers; (iii) a…
SB2756, Public Act 104-0627, WILDLIFE CD-WILDLIFE RIFLE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except (i) with a shotgun, centerfire handgun (rather than just a handgun), centerfire revolver, centerfire rifle (rather than single shot centerfire rifle), or muzzleloading rifle or (ii) as provided by…
SB2761, Public Act 104-0628, SCH CD-TRAINING-SERVICE ANIMAL
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning in-service training programs, provides that the instruction on the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, as it pertains to the school environment, includes, without limitation, service…
SB2769, Public Act 104-0629, MUNI CD-PARKWAYS/BUSINESS DIST
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may, by a two thirds-vote of its corporate authorities, transfer money among Business District Tax Allocation Funds of business districts if the business districts are under the control of the municipality and the transferred money is used for the…
SB2770, Public Act 104-0630, LOC FIRST RESPONDER INSURANCE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that deputy county medical examiners and deputy coroners (in addition to county medical examiners and coroners) are first responders for the purposes of provisions requiring a county to…
SB2773, Public Act 104-0631, PARAPROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Changes the requirements for issuance of a paraprofessional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations as follows: Requires the applicant to be at least 18 years of age and using the Educator…
SB2774, Public Act 104-0632, SANITARY FOOD PREPARATION
From the official synopsis: Amends the Sanitary Food Preparation Act. Provides that if a meal kit or ready-to-eat meal distribution facility is engaged in the collection, storage, packaging, or distribution of meal kits direct to consumers, then the local health department where a food distribution facility is located shall have the power to…
SB2782, Public Act 104-0633, SUDDEN DEATH IN EPILEPSY
From the official synopsis: Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Instructs the Department of Public Health to require a health care practitioner who is treating a patient diagnosed with epilepsy and at elevated risk for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and who has primary…
SB2826, Public Act 104-0634, PEN CD-IMRF-BOARD OF TRUSTEES
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a participating employee who, regardless of cause, is separated from the service of…
SB2838, Public Act 104-0636, INS-HEARING CARE PLAN
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Prohibits a hearing care organization that is an issuer or administrator of a hearing care plan or discounted hearing care plan issued, delivered, amended, or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act from issuing or…
SB2857, Public Act 104-0638, VEH CD-FRONT PLATE HOLDER
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a motor vehicle dealer in the State shall not sell a motor vehicle that requires a front registration plate without installing a mounted plate holder on the front of the motor vehicle. Defines "motor vehicle dealer". Removes language providing that a motor vehicle dealer…
SB2886, Public Act 104-0642, GENETIC INFO PRIVACY-BIOMARKER
From the official synopsis: Amends the Genetic Information Privacy Act. Provides that the use of genetic testing, biomarker testing, or both (rather than only genetic testing), and the information derived from testing is confidential and privileged and may be released only to the individual tested and persons specifically authorized in writing…
SB2891, Public Act 104-0643, ANIMAL SHELTER ADOPTION INFO
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that the animal shelter or animal control facility shall register a microchip in a national database with the adoptive owner's information at the time of adoption. Provides that the animal shelter or animal control facility shall…
SB2892, Public Act 104-0644, HUMANE CARE-ANIMALS-PENALTIES
From the official synopsis: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a law enforcement officer who arrests the owner of a companion animal for a violation of the owner's duties may lawfully take possession of some or all of the companion animals in the possession of the owner. Allows a State's Attorney 30 days (rather than 14 days)…
SB2910, Public Act 104-0645, INS-FAIR PLAN ASSOCIATION
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Changes the title of the Urban Property Insurance Article to the Availability of Property Insurance Article. Provides for regulation of an association, commonly referred to as the Illinois FAIR Plan Association, of all admitted insurers engaged in writing in the State, on a direct…
SB2918, Public Act 104-0648, PARENT-TEACHER ADVISORY COMM
From the official synopsis: Amends the School Code. In a provision related to student discipline policies and the establishment of a parent-teacher advisory committee, defines "parent-teacher advisory committee" and requires teachers to be selected for a parent-teacher advisory committee in cooperation with the school district's teachers or, if…
SB2949, Public Act 104-0650, MISSING PERSONS-DENTAL RECORDS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Provides that, if a missing person remains missing for 30 days after the date of the police report (rather than 60 days after the date of the police report and missing for 60 days after the date of the police report in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System…
SB2972, Public Act 104-0651, BOATS-INSURANCE REQUIRED
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that it is unlawful for the owner of a motorboat of more than 10 horsepower, a motorboat over 21 feet long, or a personal watercraft to operate or allow the operation of the motorboat or personal watercraft unless it…
SB3006, Public Act 104-0653, FATALITY REVIEW ACT
From the official synopsis: Amends the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act. Changes the Statewide Committee quorum from 7 voting members to a simple majority of voting members. Requires that Statewide Committee's annual report is due no later than September 1 instead of March 1 of each year. Requires that the biennial report is due no later…
SB3016, Public Act 104-0654, DNR-OSLAD ACCESSIBILITY
From the official synopsis: Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall prioritize projects that incorporate construction, materials, designs, products, or technologies that increase accessibility and usability beyond the highest standards established under the federal…
SB3051, Public Act 104-0655, SCH CD-UNDESIGNATED GLUCAGON
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Changes the term "undesignated ready-to-use glucagon" to "undesignated glucagon". Makes changes to allow a school nurse or trained personnel to provide undesignated glucagon to any personnel…
SB3066, Public Act 104-0656, CONSUMERS-SERVICE APPOINTMENTS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Creates the Service Appointment Fairness Act. Inserts the amendatory provisions as the provisions of the new Act. Provides that a violation of specified…
HB4509, Public Act 104-0659, NURSING HOME-MENTAL ILLNESS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that all persons admitted to a nursing home facility with a diagnosis of serious mental illness shall receive a follow-up visit by the Department of Human Services or its designee within…
HB4649, Public Act 104-0660, FINANCIALLY EXPLOITED ADULT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In provisions listing the type of relief a court might grant in a case of financial exploitation of an eligible adult, removes from the list: (i) specified fees to be paid by any financial…
HB5365, Public Act 104-0663, DISABILITY-DECISION MAKING
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Deletes changes to the Probate Act of 1975. Reinserts provisions amending the Supported Decision-Making Act with these changes. Deletes provisions that provide that the capacity of an adult should be assessed with any supports, including supported decision-making, that…
HB4612, Public Act 104-0666, HOME SERVICES REFERRAL
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning referral of licensed home services providers, changes the definition of "referral". Requires the Department of Public Health to distribute to each facility or…
HB4639, Public Act 104-0668, JUV CT-COMMUNITY MEDIATION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that either the court or the State's Attorney, or both, (rather than the State's Attorney) or an entity designated by the State's Attorney, may establish community mediation programs designed to provide citizen participation…
HB4643, Public Act 104-0669, DHS-OIG INVESTIGATIONS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. In the definition of "material obstruction of an investigation", defines the term to mean the intentional failure to timely report an allegation to the hotline or the interference (rather than purposeful interference) with an investigation of physical abuse, sexual abuse,…
HB4654, Public Act 104-0670, HUMAN TRAFFICKING-SIGNS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Human Trafficking Resource Center Notice Act. Requires that the Department of Transportation post a notice as required under the Act in all public restrooms of each roadside rest area.
HB4676, Public Act 104-0671, CRIM CD-ELDER ABUSE
From the official synopsis: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a caregiver also commits criminal abuse or neglect of an elderly person or person with a disability when he or she knowingly: (1) performs acts that create the substantial likelihood that the person's life will be endangered, health will be injured, or pre-existing…
HB4698, Public Act 104-0673, MEDICAL PRACTICE-FEE SPLITTING
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that every medical office, health care clinic, group practice, or other organizational structure for a licensed professional to provide health care services shall: (1) provide a notice stating that the patient may be billed…
HB4700, Public Act 104-0674, ASSIST LIVING-MANDATED REPORT
From the official synopsis: Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Includes any facility licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act in the definition of "long term care facility". Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Removes a supportive living facility from the definition of…
HB4714, Public Act 104-0675, CHILDREN'S MENTAL HLTH ACT
From the official synopsis: Amends the Children's Mental Health Act. In provisions concerning the Children's Mental Health Partnership, makes changes to the Partnership's list of duties to include (i) reviewing or facilitating needs assessments (rather than conducting research assessments) to better understand the challenges and gaps of…
HB4725, Public Act 104-0676, WORKER PROTECTION UNIT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Specifies that inspections of the premises and records and interviews with the employees of an employer may be conducted during normal business or working hours or at other reasonable times…
HB4788, Public Act 104-0678, SCH CD-CPR-FEMALE MANIKINS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions requiring secondary schools to include training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation in their curriculum, provides that, beginning with the 2029-2030 school year, cardiopulmonary…
HB4793, Public Act 104-0679, PHARMACIST DISPENSING ABILITY
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Allows a pharmacist who is exercising his or her professional judgment to add missing ancillary non-pharmaceutical devices or durable medical equipment that aid in the appropriate clinical usage of a medication or in achieving a positive…
HB4829, Public Act 104-0680, EPA-REPEAL ENVIR LAB CERT COMM
From the official synopsis: 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.
HB4842, Public Act 104-0681, FIRST RESPONDER-STRESS SERVICE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Removes a provision concerning the exceptions to the confidentiality privileges established under the Act for any communication made by an employee of an emergency services provider, law enforcement agency, or peer support advisor in a peer support counseling session. In…
HB4844, Public Act 104-0683, JUROR PAY-EMPLOYER
From the official synopsis: Amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. Requires employers to compensate employees at the employee's regular rate of pay for time that the employee served on jury duty. Provides that the requirement to compensate employees at their regular rate of pay for time serving on jury duty does not apply to employers…
HB4862, Public Act 104-0685, SCH CD-STAFF MENTAL HEALTH
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that by January 1, 2028, each school board must develop a procedure that, at a minimum, incorporates all the following elements: (1) a commitment to support employee mental health in the workplace; (2) opportunities for staff to provide…
HB4934, Public Act 104-0687, VEH-SICKLE CELL ANEMIA DECAL
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows a decal to be issued for sickle cell anemia awareness. Provides that a $25 fee for original issuance shall be paid with $10 to the Sickle Cell Anemia License Fund and $15 to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that a $25 fee for renewal shall be paid…
HB4941, Public Act 104-0688, OLD UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Underground Storage Tank Fund shall be accessible by owners and operators who intend to remove underground storage tanks installed over 30 years before removal if the eligibility requirements of specified provisions are satisfied and (1) neither the owner nor…
HB4943, Public Act 104-0689, TELECOMMUNICATIONS THEFT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law. Provides that a recyclable metal dealer shall not pay cash in payment for telecommunications wire having a value of $100 or more.…
HB4982, Public Act 104-0691, PHARMACIES-9-8-8 INFORMATION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that every licensed pharmacy directly serving patients at a physical location shall conspicuously post a sign provided by the Department of Human Services that contains the following: (i) a statement that a Suicide and Crisis…
HB5135, Public Act 104-0693, ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Adult Education Act and the Public Community College Act. With respect to the annual report on adult education for the preceding school year by the Illinois Community College Board, removes the requirement to include a summary of State reimbursement for adult basic education, adult secondary education,…
HB5167, Public Act 104-0694, TOWNSHIP CD-WEED CUTTING
From the official synopsis: Amends the Township Code. In a provision that authorizes a township board to provide for the cutting of weeds or grass, the trimming of trees or bushes, the removal of nuisance bushes or trees, or the maintenance of a retention pond or detention pond on any real estate in areas within the township, specifies that the…
HB5181, Public Act 104-0695, FUNDS AND MANDATES-VARIOUS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Election Code, the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Children and Family Services Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act, the Illinois Finance Authority Act,…
HB5193, Public Act 104-0696, EMS MENTAL FACILITY TRANSPORT
From the official synopsis: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. In provisions concerning when EMS personnel may contact Online Medical Control or an EMS Medical Director or Emergency Communications Registered Nurse to request bypass or diversion of the closest emergency department and request transport to the closest or…
HB5204, Public Act 104-0697, EARLY LEARNING COUNCIL
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Governor shall appoint to the Illinois Early Learning Council (i) a representative of a statewide advocacy organization that represents multiple Head Start and Early Head Start…
HB5269, Public Act 104-0698, GUARDIANSHIP-VARIOUS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Guardianship and Advocacy Act. Changes references from the federal Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act to the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000. Provides that a majority of members of the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission,…
HB5317, Public Act 104-0700, EPA-ORPHAN UST CLEANUP
From the official synopsis: Amends the Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks Title of the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a municipality or county may, to the same extent as an owner or operator, conduct tank removal, abandonment, site investigation, and corrective action with respect to a petroleum orphan underground storage tank in…
HB5435, Public Act 104-0702, SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE REQS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning qualifications for licensure as a licensed social worker, provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may grant a waiver for or an extension of…
HB5439, Public Act 104-0703, WILDLIFE CD-LANDOWNER PERMIT
From the official synopsis: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that deer, turkey, and combination permits shall be issued to specified Illinois resident landowners and tenants without charge. Provides that the total number of deer, turkey, and combination permits that may be issued by the Department of Natural Resources and the fees for those…
HB5471, Public Act 104-0705, COMMUNITY DEVELOP SERVICES
From the official synopsis: Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Changes the licensing term for a community developmental services agency from 3 years to 2 years.
HB5494, Public Act 104-0706, STROKE CARE MODERNIZATION
From the official synopsis: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Replaces references to Primary Stroke Centers with Stroke Centers. Provides that a hospital that no longer meets nationally recognized, evidence-based standards for Stroke Centers, loses its Stroke Center certification, or has any…
HB5541, Public Act 104-0707, FOOD WASTE&COMPOSTING
From the official synopsis: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Repeals the definition of "food scrap"; adds definitions for "anaerobic digestion", "biogas", "digestate", "food waste", "organic material", and "organic waste"; and updates the definitions of "compost" and "composting". In provisions regarding pollution control facilities,…
HB5580, Public Act 104-0709, CD CORR-DNA PROFILE
From the official synopsis: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if a consistent DNA profile has been identified by comparing evidence with a known standard from a suspect or with DNA profiles in the CODIS database, the Illinois State Police shall utilize the Electronic Laboratory Information Management System to notify the…
SB3087, Public Act 104-0712, SWIMMING FACILITY-LICENSE
From the official synopsis: Amends the Swimming Facility Act. In provisions concerning conditional licenses for swimming facilities, provides that the Department of Public Health or the ordinance health department may issue a conditional license setting forth the conditions on which the license is issued, the manner in which the swimming…
SB3116, Public Act 104-0713, BEES/APIARIES-CONSENT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Bees and Apiaries Act. Directs the Department of Agriculture, when practicable, to provide landowners and beekeepers with notification of inspections. Provides that a person may not produce, sell, resell, or transport packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives,…
SB3207, Public Act 104-0715, DHS-BOARDS&COMM CLEANUP
From the official synopsis: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. In provisions concerning appeals of the Department of Human Services' determination of services charges, removes all references to the Board of Reimbursement Appeals and instead provides that appeal hearings shall be conducted in accordance with specified…
SB3224, Public Act 104-0716, ILLINOIS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
From the official synopsis: Amends the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. Changes the name of the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired to the Illinois School for the Blind. Makes conforming changes to the Personnel Code, the School Code, the School Safety Drill Act, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, and the MRSA…
SB3275, Public Act 104-0718, IDOT-INTERSECTION REVIEW
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a road safety assessment for the 10 most hazardous intersections under State jurisdiction in Will County south of Interstate 80.…
SB3291, Public Act 104-0719, WILL DEPOSITORY-CIRCUIT CLERK
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts provisions of the bill with these changes. Authorizes a circuit court clerk of any county to develop and maintain a will depository. Provides a procedure for the clerk to accept for safekeeping a will that is defined as a document intended to be a testamentary…
SB3314, Public Act 104-0720, HIGHER ED-CREDIT HOUR REPORT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that, by September 1, 2028 and every September 1 thereafter, the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board, respectively, shall compile and make available to…
SB3329, Public Act 104-0721, DOM VIOLENCE ORDER-VIOLATION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Deletes provisions that a person commits the crime of violation of an order of protection if the person, knowingly transfers a firearm or firearm parts to the respondent or otherwise allows the respondent access to a…
SB3333, Public Act 104-0722, CD CORR-SENTENCE CREDIT
From the official synopsis: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the rules and regulations of the Department of Corrections shall also provide that sentence credit may be provided to an inmate who was held in pretrial detention prior to his or her current commitment to the Department of Corrections and successfully completed a…
SB3385, Public Act 104-0725, VEH CD-PLATES-ENGINEERS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue special registration plates for International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 license plates. Provides that an applicant for the special plate shall be charged a $30 fee for original issuance. Creates the Sweeney Classic Fund. Makes a…
SB3422, Public Act 104-0726, DNR-HEALTHY FORESTS GRANTS
From the official synopsis: Amends the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act. Provides that all grants issued under the Act shall be cost-share grants. Provides that the cost-share approved by the Department of Natural Resources may include in-kind contributions of the applicant. Provides that grants issued under the Act may be used as…
SB3434, Public Act 104-0727, DHS-COMMUNITY DAY SERVICES
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Further amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act by adding provisions concerning community day services certification, certification renewals, and application…
SB3487, Public Act 104-0729, HOSPITAL LICENSING-VACCINATION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. In provisions concerning required influenza and pneumococcal immunization policies required to be adopted by every hospital, requires the adoption of procedures for identifying patients eligible for influenza and pneumococcal…
SB3517, Public Act 104-0732, INS-GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning payment from a health insurance issuer to a nonparticipating ground ambulance service provider, provides that, for nonparticipating ground ambulance service providers…
SB3524, Public Act 104-0733, CHILD SUPPORT CHANGES
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides for a child support calculation for shared physical care in which each parent exercises 110 or more overnights per year with the child or 110 or more overnight equivalents as determined by a court as a deviation from guidelines or upon agreement by…
SB3527, Public Act 104-0734, CONDO-CI COLLECTION POLICIES
From the official synopsis: Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act and the Condominium Property Act. Requires an association under both Acts to adopt policies and procedures concerning the collection of unpaid assessments. Prohibits an association or a holder or assignee of the association's debt from taking legal action to collect…
SB3545, Public Act 104-0735, RECORDS-PRETRIAL SERVICES
From the official synopsis: Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that, with the approval of the Illinois State Police, pretrial services agencies may furnish fingerprints, charges, and descriptions to the Illinois State Police in the same manner as agencies making arrests. Amends the Pretrial Services Act. Provides that pretrial…
SB3608, Public Act 104-0737, TOLL HWY-TOLL HWY AUTHORITY
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Toll Highway Act. Modifies powers of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in regard to: the appointment of attorneys (rather than assistant attorneys) for the Authority, who shall be under the control, direction, and supervision of the Authority (rather…
SB3632, Public Act 104-0738, SURGICAL INSTITUTE-REPEAL
From the official synopsis: Repeals the Surgical Institute for Children Act.
SB3644, Public Act 104-0739, ROOFTOP SAFETY-BUILDING SURVEY
From the official synopsis: Amends the Rooftop Safety for First Responders Act. Provides that, no later than January 1, 2027, and every 2 years thereafter, each municipality shall complete a survey of new buildings (rather than just a survey of buildings) in its jurisdiction that have skylights and other openings located in the plane of a…
SB3706, Public Act 104-0740, ADOPTION-CONFIDENTIAL INTERMED
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that the surviving adult children and adult grandchildren of a deceased adopted or surrendered person may petition for the appointment of a confidential intermediary to obtain nonidentifying information as authorized under the Adoption…
SB3722, Public Act 104-0742, DHS-BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
From the official synopsis: Removes references to the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery in various Acts, including, but not limited to, the Substance Use Disorder Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, the Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Act,…
SB3917, Public Act 104-0747, EPA-WASTE DISCHARGE PERMIT
From the official synopsis: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that all National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits authorizing a discharge from a facility designated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a major facility, shall, at a minimum, require for…
SB3951, Public Act 104-0748, ROADS-BLUE REFLECTIVE MARKERS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Allows a unit of local government to place a pavement marker on any highway, street, or road to mark the location of a fire hydrant or water supply on the side of the highway, street, or road near the fire hydrant or water supply.…
SB4010, Public Act 104-0749, PEN CD-TRS-SERVICE CREDIT
From the official synopsis: 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…
SB4038, Public Act 104-0750, UNAUTHORIZE VIDEO-PHOTO-COURT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a video record, transmit live video of, or place or cause to be placed a device that makes a video record or transmits live video of another person whom the person knows to be…
SB4041, Public Act 104-0751, OHARE SOUND MITIGATION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Permanent Noise Monitoring Act. Provides that beginning no later than December 31, 2030 and every 5 years thereafter, the airport sponsor shall prepare or cause to be prepared a noise contour study for each covered airport in its jurisdiction. Establishes the…
SB3020, Public Act 104-0754, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-HARASSMENT
Changes the definition of harassment used for protective orders and domestic violence orders of protection, covering conduct such as contacting, following or tracking the petitioner, using digitally altered content to falsely and deceptively impersonate them, sharing private sexual images, and doxing. A petitioner cannot be denied a protective order only because either side is incarcerated. Remote hearings, when the petitioner asks for one, follow Illinois Supreme Court Rule 45. Makes other changes.
SB3325, Public Act 104-0755, MENOPAUSE CONTINUING ED COURSE
From the official synopsis: Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In provisions concerning implicit bias awareness training, provides that, on and after January 1, 2027, a course covering the topics of perimenopause and menopause may count toward the requirement that a health care…
HB3393, Public Act 104-0760, CRIM PRO--SPEEDY TRIAL TOLL
In cases of sexual assault, sexual abuse, aggravated battery and aggravated domestic battery, removes the presumption that a child victim under 13 testifies outside the courtroom by closed circuit television, along with the rule for overcoming it. Before allowing such testimony, the court must find that it does not unduly prejudice the defendant, rather than that it does not prejudice the defendant.
HB3408, Public Act 104-0761, COLOR VISION TESTING
Starting with the 2027-2028 school year, vision screenings for children in kindergarten, second grade and eighth grade must include color discrimination tests. The State Board of Education must post online resources to help school districts and teachers teach literacy to students with color vision deficiency. The Department of Public Health must adopt rules with the Secretary of State to carry this out.
HB3454, Public Act 104-0762, EPINEPHRINE DELIVERY DEVICE
Changes the wording in various state laws from "epinephrine auto-injector" or "epinephrine injector" to "epinephrine delivery system", and makes conforming, technical and other changes.
HB3659, Public Act 104-0763, PENCD-MWRD-ORDINARY DISABILITY
Allows ordinary disability benefits from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District pension fund to be paid for up to 60 days of disability before the application is made, instead of 30 days. Benefits for earlier periods are allowed only if the board finds a valid reason for the delay in applying.
HB3711, Public Act 104-0764, PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT
Requires health professionals licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, from doctors and nurses to counselors and pharmacists, to report to the Department within 24 hours when they witness sexual or intimate conduct at work, have reason to believe another health professional may have committed it, or get a patient or client report of it, with some exceptions. Organizations must also report within 24 hours when they investigate such an allegation or suspend, end or change a professional's privileges, or the professional resigns, after one. State's Attorneys must report such arrests and charges, and felony or Class A misdemeanor convictions of licensees.
HB3751, Public Act 104-0765, DCEO-EMPLOY SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Adds helping employment social enterprises to the work of the Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment at the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and defines what an employment social enterprise is.
HB4091, Public Act 104-0766, JUV CT-SUBSEQ FIREARM OFFENSE
Applies when a court puts a minor on probation for an offense involving having or firing a gun that injured no one, and the minor was already on probation once before for such an offense. The probation agency must assess the minor's needs, find services in the minor's community that may help, such as restorative justice, cognitive behavioral therapy, family engagement or mentoring, and tell the minor and their parent or guardian how to use them. The agency may ask the court to make using those services a condition of probation.
HB4304, Public Act 104-0768, HIGHER ED STUDENT BILL OF RTS
Creates the Higher Education Student Support and Academic Freedom Act for public colleges and universities. They may not unlawfully infringe on students' constitutional rights to free speech, press, assembly and petition, and students may inspect, review and ask to correct their education records. Schools are to strive to be free of unlawful discrimination and harassment, have clear disability accommodation policies, publish clear information on courses, credit transfer and graduation, offer a fair disciplinary process with appeals, and clearly disclose tuition and fees.
HB4365, Public Act 104-0770, METRO SANITARY DIST-RENAMING
Changes the rule for where some Metro-East Flood Prevention District commissioners must live: 2 must live in the part of the district in the county with the greater equalized assessed valuation within the district's boundaries, and 2 in the part in the other county. The mayor of the largest municipality in that county, or the mayor's designee, is a voting commissioner by virtue of the office.
HB4418, Public Act 104-0772, EPA-STORMWATER-PLASTIC PELLET
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency, one year after the law takes effect, to develop and start using stormwater pollution prevention plan requirements, or similar best management practices, in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for certain federally regulated facilities. The requirements cover controlling plastic pellets and other preproduction plastic materials in stormwater runoff from those facilities.
HB4665, Public Act 104-0774, CD CORR-REPORT HOSPICE CARE
Requires the Department of Corrections' yearly online report on hospice and palliative care in its facilities to include the cost of end-of-life care for people in its custody who died of natural causes and were not in hospice or palliative care programs.
HB4758, Public Act 104-0776, JOB APPLICATION-DRIVER LICENSE
Bars employers and employment agencies from saying in a job posting that applicants must have a valid driver's license, unless driving is an essential part of the job and a business necessity. When a job does require a valid driver's license, the posting must briefly explain why. Takes effect January 1, 2027.
HB4826, Public Act 104-0777, IDFPR-CONTINUING EDUCATION
Bars professionals licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from getting continuing education credit toward license renewal for courses that promote or teach how to perform prohibited services, treatments, practices or procedures, even if the Department approved the course or provider. Courses on recognizing, reporting or responding to crimes or victimization affecting clients still count, as long as they do not teach prohibited services. The Department does not have to review course content outside an audit. Takes effect January 1, 2027.
HB4868, Public Act 104-0778, NURSING HOME-INCIDENT REPORT
Requires facilities to tell the Department of Public Health within 24 hours about any incident or accident that causes serious physical harm or injury to a resident, by phone, fax, email or the Department's online portal. A written summary of each incident is due within 5 business days. Facilities may still report suspected abuse or neglect under the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act.
HB4949, Public Act 104-0780, FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS ACT
Adds the Department of Children and Family Services to lists of agencies, such as law enforcement, that work with Family Justice Centers, and says its staff at a center may interact with a survivor only if the survivor asks. Each center must consult statewide as well as local community-based agencies. Changes the rules on survivor consent, including removing a provision that let centers share a survivor's information without consent with mandated reporters, police or prosecutors required by law to report it. Makes other changes.
HB4953, Public Act 104-0781, DRUG DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS
Lets licensed drug manufacturers and wholesale distributors deliver prescription drugs to a licensee's registered business address, to the premises on its license, or, once the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has been told the licensee authorized it, to a health care entity where licensed practitioners provide medical, dental or veterinary care. Prescription drugs that are controlled substances may go only to a registered place of business or professional practice, as the Illinois Controlled Substances Act requires.
HB5000, Public Act 104-0782, HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNING
Keeps in place, past January 1, 2027, rules on changes of ownership among related persons under the Illinois Health Care Facilities Planning Act and the requirement that health care entities notify the Attorney General before a merger or affiliation. That notice, due within 30 days before the deal, now also covers deals by parties, including private equity companies, that own or control health care facilities or provider organizations coming under common ownership. Defines a private equity company by its stake in a health care entity earning $10,000,000 or more a year from Illinois patients. Antitrust penalties keep going into the Antitrust Enforcement Fund.
HB5020, Public Act 104-0784, JUV CT-EXTENDED JUR JUV PROS
In extended jurisdiction juvenile cases, if a minor is accused of a new qualifying offense other than a forcible felony or a Class 3 or higher felony involving a firearm, the court may carry out the adult sentence it imposed earlier if, after a hearing, it finds clear and convincing evidence that the minor committed the offense. If the court does not, it may keep the minor on the existing juvenile sentence, with or without changing its conditions. Makes other changes.
HB5021, Public Act 104-0785, GINSENG HARVESTING-FORFEITURE
Changes the Ginseng Harvesting Act. The final version leaves out the provisions on seizure and forfeiture that an earlier version contained, and no longer changes the Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
HB5107, Public Act 104-0789, SCH SAFETY-PANIC ALERT SYSTEM
Known as Alyssa's Law. Requires school districts and private schools to consider a mobile panic alert system when writing their emergency and crisis response plans, and has the Illinois State Police write rules for such systems and post them online, with the State Board of Education posting them too. Schools must coordinate with their local 9-1-1 authority before buying a system and must pay any cost of connecting it to the 9-1-1 call center. Makes other changes.
HB5136, Public Act 104-0790, FISH CD-ADMINISTRATIVE CLEANUP
People with lifetime fishing, hunting or sportsmen's combination licenses bought on or after January 1, 2027 pay resident or non-resident fees for permits and stamps based on where they live at the time, and lifetime holders living outside Illinois count as non-residents for lotteries, drawings, permits and stamps. The Department of Natural Resources must suspend the privileges of anyone found guilty of, or given court supervision for, violating fee fishing area rules, and may refuse, suspend or revoke licenses for areas that do not comply. Makes technical corrections and other changes.
HB5187, Public Act 104-0791, SW IL METRO/REGION PLANNING
Removes the non-voting member appointed by the Governor from the Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan and Regional Planning Commission. Makes technical changes.
HB5284, Public Act 104-0793, HUMAN RIGHTS-MENOPAUSE CARE, some provisions on other dates
Requires health insurance policies and managed care plans to cover medically necessary hormonal and non-hormonal therapy for menopause and perimenopause symptoms when a qualified provider recommends it and it is proven safe and effective, including all FDA-approved forms, medications for menopause-related osteoporosis and non-hormonal treatments for vasomotor symptoms. Adds flexible schedules and temperature-adjusted workspaces to pregnancy accommodations, and workplace notices must say the right to pregnancy accommodations includes menopause-related conditions. Takes effect January 1, 2027; the insurance changes take effect January 1, 2028.
HB5449, Public Act 104-0797, CONDO CI ASSN-DISCLSOURE INFO
Changes the rules in the Common Interest Community Association Act and the Condominium Property Act on the financial information associations give their members and the information association boards must post on their websites.
HB5474, Public Act 104-0800, OUTDOOR LIGHTING CONTROL
Contains the version of the bill passed by its first chamber, with a minor grammatical correction. The synopsis does not describe what that version does.
HB5574, Public Act 104-0804, DHFS-PACE-OUTREACH & EDUCATION
Requires the Director of Healthcare and Family Services to appoint a PACE Advisory Board to advise the Department on the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, including its rules and how its payment rates are set. When reviewing rules or rate methods, the Board must look at their economic and regulatory impact on the sustainability of PACE organizations and the quality of care for participants. Sets who sits on the Board and how it meets.
SB2771, Public Act 104-0808, SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION
Known as Tammurra's Act. Requires public colleges and universities to post contact information for the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in a prominent, visible place in each of their facilities, and requires hospitals to post it, physically or electronically, where patients, employees and visitors can see it. Allows the State Board of Education to offer, and post online, evidence-based, developmentally appropriate resources to help schools teach about mental health and illness.
SB2802, Public Act 104-0810, PEN CD-IMRF-DEATH BENEFIT, some provisions on other dates
Adds regional water commissions under the Illinois Municipal Code to the bodies that can take part in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Takes effect immediately, except that certain pension changes take effect January 1, 2027.
SB2824, Public Act 104-0811, DRIVER TRAINING INSTRUCTORS
Requires an application for a driver training instructor's license to include a medical exam report from a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a physician assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act, instead of from a competent medical examiner.
SB2945, Public Act 104-0812, VEH-OSF CHILD HOSPITAL PLATE
Creates an OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois vehicle decal. The first decal costs $25, with $10 going to the new OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois Fund and $15 to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Renewal costs $25, with $23 going to the hospital fund and $2 to the Secretary of State fund.
SB3037, Public Act 104-0813, DARK SKY ACT
Requires the Capital Development Board to adopt, by December 31, 2029, a stretch energy code for commercial buildings with lighting standards tied to ANSI/IES standards, including a limit of no more than 1.0 lux of light trespass from light fixtures. Makes technical changes.
SB3076, Public Act 104-0815, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISABILITY
From the official synopsis: Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Provides that, for purposes of provisions in the Act concerning disability benefits, "eligible employee" includes any part-time or full-time county correctional officer or any other full-time or part-time employee of a county sheriff. Provides that, when an eligible employee…
SB3208, Public Act 104-0817, VEH CD-HUSBANDRY IMPLEMENT DEF
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Excludes from the definition of "implement of husbandry" farm wagons, wagon trailers, or like vehicles exceeding 44,000 pounds on any 2 or more axles or 24,000 pounds on any single axle (rather than farm wagons, wagon trailers, or like…
SB3290, Public Act 104-0818, CYCLE SAFETY-PROVIDERS-GRANTS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. With regard to the examination of applicants for a driver's license, allows the Secretary of State to adopt rules regarding the administration of the demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of…
SB3565, Public Act 104-0823, PUB AID-TOWNSHIPS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Other Social Services Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in addition to financial aid provided to persons eligible for general assistance under the Code, a township, from moneys received and collected for public aid funds, may establish and…
SB3688, Public Act 104-0825, MENOPAUSE THERAPY & EDUCATION
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical School Curriculum Act. Requires each and every medical school established, maintained, and operated by the State of Illinois to include in the curriculum the study of perimenopause and menopause recognition and management, as specified. Removes…
SB3766, Public Act 104-0826, ASSISTED LIVING-CNA TRAINING
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall allow the supervised clinical portion of an approved certified nursing assistant training program to be completed either (i) on site at an assisted living establishment…
SB3798, Public Act 104-0828, MENTAL HEALTH 9-1-1 CALLS
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. In provisions amending the Emergency Telephone System Act, provides that the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator shall, with input from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, relevant…
SB3880, Public Act 104-0829, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Replaces all references to "case management" with "specialized case management". Defines "specialized case management".
SB3942, Public Act 104-0830, JUV CT-YOUTH RELEASE
From the official synopsis: Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that required notification by the court under the Act does not prevent the Department of Juvenile Justice from exercising its release authority under the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, if a youth is released to aftercare supervision prior to the date set by…
HB4534, Public Act 104-0831, DCFS-ABUSED CHILD-GROOMING
Expands the definition of an abused child to include a child whose parent, close family member, caregiver, household member or a parent's romantic partner acts or communicates toward the child 2 or more times in a way a reasonable person would see as grooming or luring the child for a sex offense or sexual misconduct. Schools must post how to report staff-student boundary violations on their websites and in staff, student and parent handbooks. Parents can opt students in pre-K through 8th grade out of classes on avoiding sexual abuse in writing, and schools must give at least 5 days' written notice before such a class.
SB3510, Public Act 104-0832, CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
Requires team members at Children's Advocacy Centers to access and share information about a child maltreatment investigation as far as state and federal privacy laws allow, through secure methods, so they can coordinate and protect the child. The investigating agency must tell a child and their parent or guardian of the right to ask for a forensic interview through a Children's Advocacy Center. A second or later violation of the law against endangering the life or health of a child, counting a similar offense in another state, is a Class 3 felony. Makes other changes to forensic interview rules.
SB3196, Public Act 104-0833, DCFS-YOUTH TRANSITIONS
Changes how the Department of Children and Family Services prepares youth in care for adulthood. The Department must regularly verify accounts held for a youth, adopt rules letting a youth ask for an accounting of their money, and make reasonable efforts to build a transition plan with each youth aged 15 and over that covers financial stability and financial literacy. Youth must be told about their Successful Transition to Adulthood Review (STAR) hearings at least 10 days ahead when practicable and helped to attend, and the court must let them share their goals. The Department must also seek input from the Statewide Youth Advisory Board on policies affecting youth in foster care.
SB3925, Public Act 104-0834, HOME EQUITY-FLOOD REBATE
Lets a governing commission under the Home Equity Assurance Act give a one-time rebate per household to members who own a home with flood damage. Members must turn in qualified receipts showing their flood damage costs. The rebate pays back up to 50% of costs, but no more than $1,000, and the commission may cap the total amount of rebates. The program lasts 3 years unless the commission approves it again.
SB3048, Public Act 104-0836, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-LETHALITY
Keeps information and recordings that police collect in a behavioral threat assessment or domestic violence lethality assessment out of public records requests under the Freedom of Information Act. By January 1, 2028, the Department of Human Services, working with the Illinois State Police, must recommend a domestic violence lethality tool kit for police. Feedback from interested groups on a template is due by August 1, 2027, and model policies will be built from it. Starting January 1, 2029, continuing education for police agencies that use lethality assessments is to include training on giving them.
SB3506, Public Act 104-0837, CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS, some provisions on other dates
Changes the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act so that a minor is anyone under 18. Under certain conditions, a qualified medical provider and a second health care professional (a physician, advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant) can give written permission for a medical forensic exam of a sexual assault survivor who is unconscious. Makes other changes.
SB807, Public Act 104-0839, STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Moves the start of certain changes to unemployment benefit and contribution rates to January 1, 2029, instead of January 1, 2027, and raises those rates. When an employer with 75 or more employees in Illinois lays off or separates 50 or more workers at a single site, it must securely send specified information about those workers to the Department of Employment Security. This does not apply to construction workers covered by a genuine union contract. Sets civil penalties. Takes effect immediately.
SB2645, Public Act 104-0841, FIRE STATION REHABILITATION
Lets the Office of the State Fire Marshal give grants to rebuild or build fire stations to not-for-profit fire departments that are exempt from federal income taxes, not only to local governments. Also changes the Illinois Stop Payment List so it names the people and groups that are ineligible to receive state grant money, instead of those ineligible either temporarily or permanently.
SB3111, Public Act 104-0844, COUNTY LAW LIBRARIES
Lets law libraries in counties with more than 2,000,000 people close, even while the courthouse is open, when operations require it or when the county board decides.
SB3211, Public Act 104-0845, TELEDENTISTRY EXAMINATIONS
Changes the rules for dental care given remotely (teledentistry). A dentist can have an Illinois-licensed dental hygienist clean teeth, apply fluoride (but not products like silver diamine fluoride) and process x-rays for an existing patient once a dentist has examined the patient and approved the work using synchronous systems. A patient can get only 2 such cleanings before an in-person exam by a dentist, and no local anesthetics or nitrous oxide may be used. Exams for orthodontia, sleep apnea, snoring, or replacing teeth must be in person, and dentists must have ongoing patients seen in person at least once a year.
SB3213, Public Act 104-0846, ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS
Lets prescriptions for drugs in Schedules II, III, IV and V be transferred to another pharmacy only once. When a patient asks, a pharmacy must transfer a prescription it has received but not yet filled, including for Schedule II drugs, unless the prescriber forbids it in writing with a clinical reason or federal law forbids it. Prescribers do not have to send prescriptions electronically if they are issued before January 1, 2028 and may need to be filled outside usual pharmacy hours, or may be hard to get because of drug shortages or limited pharmacy stock.
SB3465, Public Act 104-0850, CONSTRUCTION-SANITARY REQS
Sets sanitary standards for construction workers who menstruate, express milk, or both, and requires lactation accommodations. Employers may not retaliate against workers or use a request for an accommodation against them, and must meet certain requirements within 6 months after the law takes effect. An employer that honestly provides menstrual products in sealed packaging as required cannot be sued over injuries from using them, except for willful or wanton conduct. By January 1, 2027, the Department of Public Health must give employers guidance on lactation accommodations. Changes penalties and makes other changes. Takes effect January 1, 2027.
SB3707, Public Act 104-0851, VISION BENEFIT MANAGERS
Changes the rules for vision care organizations and the eye care providers they contract with. Before signing an agreement, an organization must tell the provider how to get its fee schedule, and it must share an updated fee schedule every calendar quarter. It may not stop providers from offering a cash price that costs the patient less than their out-of-pocket cost under the plan, require them to join a discount plan, require a security interest in their property, or retaliate against them for using their rights under the Vision Care Plan Regulation Act. Takes effect January 1, 2027.
SB3484, Public Act 104-0854, VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION
Sets titling rules for electric motor driven cycles of more than 750 watts and up to 8,000 watts, and for gas-powered bicycles that can go faster than 28 miles per hour. Electric micromobility devices need no title, registration, license or insurance. Riders under 18 may not carry a passenger on a low-speed gas or electric bicycle unless the passenger is their sibling, stepsibling, child or stepchild. Takes effect January 1, 2027.
June 1, 2027 (4)
HB1224, Public Act 104-0168, GOVT CONTRACT RETAINAGE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Provides that, before the completion of 50% of the contract for public works, the State or a local governmental unit, except for the Department of Transportation, may not withhold retainage from any payment to a contractor who…
HB5492, Public Act 104-0537, PRESCRIPTION HORMONE THERAPY
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes provisions concerning out-of-network coverage and provisions amending the Pharmacy Practice Act. Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health…
SB3777, Public Act 104-0744, HUMAN RIGHTS-DISPARTE IMPACT
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for any employer, employment agency, or labor organization to use criteria or methods that have the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination on the basis of unlawful…
HB4379, Public Act 104-0771, ADULT CHANGING STATIONS
Requires the owner or operator of each public building built after January 1, 2029 to install at least one adult changing station, keep it repaired, clean it as often as other public restrooms, and leave enough floor space to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards. Public buildings include one designated building, not an athletic stadium, at a school designed for 1,500 students or more, and some State park facilities count as State-owned buildings. Restroom entrances must have signs showing where changing stations are; at schools, only the restroom with a station needs a sign.
July 1, 2027 (20)
SB126, Public Act 104-0001, INS CD-ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 shall provide coverage for all medically necessary diagnostic testing and U.S. Food and Drug…
HB862, Public Act 104-0465, STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Amends various Acts to provide for the creation, dissolution, renaming, and revised use of various statutorily created funds and for the transfer of moneys among funds. Amends the Illinois Human…
HB5295, Public Act 104-0471, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PRIVACY
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Makes changes to definitions of the terms "abortion-related health care services", "electronic health network", and "patient". Adds definitions of the terms "coded private health care information",…
HB4606, Public Act 104-0499, DHS-NEWBORN HOME VISITING
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the purpose of the amendatory Act is to authorize the Department of Human Services to identify, develop, and manage the administrative infrastructure needed to support existing and future short-term universal…
HB3772, Public Act 104-0546, SCH CD-SUSPENSION/EXPULSION, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Amends the School Code. Provides that early childhood programs receiving State funds shall restrict suspensions. Provides that the decision to suspend a student in preschool for 3 or more days may only be made by the superintendent of the school district, director of an early childhood program, or their equivalent and…
HB4340, Public Act 104-0550, COURT OF CLAIMS-PROCEDURE
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Requires the State agency to confirm, reject, or identify a claim under the Court of Claims Act that is a lapsed appropriation and valued at less than $2,500 within 60 days after being notified in…
HB4044, Public Act 104-0593, CONSUMER RIGHT TO RETURN
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Consumer Product Return Act. Provides that a retail mercantile establishment shall not limit the method of return or refund to the issuance of store credit when accepting the return of an unopened or unused consumer product from a consumer. Provides that a…
HB4112, Public Act 104-0594, ID/DD COMMUNITY CARE ADMIN
From the official synopsis: Amends the ID/DD Community Care Act. Changes the definition of administrator to a person who is charged with the general administration and supervision of a facility and who is at least 21 years of age and either is licensed under the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act; is a qualified…
HB4385, Public Act 104-0603, MILITARY PLATES-SECOND SET
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Special Plates Article of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person eligible to receive certain military special plates is entitled to receive, upon application to the Secretary of State, a second set of the special plates under the same terms and…
HB4728, Public Act 104-0661, DD FACILITY-ASSET MGMT COMPANY
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires specified entities to certify to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board whether the entity, its subsidiaries, its affiliates, its parent companies, or any contractual service providers under control of…
HB4911, Public Act 104-0662, VETERAN SCRATCH-OFF GAME
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Provides that any employee of a financial institution who willfully fails to report as required by the Act shall be referred to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for possible disciplinary action. Expands the…
HB5099, Public Act 104-0692, DEC-DAY CARE CRIMINAL CHECKS, some provisions on other dates
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Early Childhood Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2027, the authority and responsibility to conduct a fingerprint-based criminal history check on providers of day care at day care centers, part day child care facilities, day care homes, and…
HB4273, Public Act 104-0752, CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions regarding the notice of intention not to renew a policy of insurance, provides that no company may impose renewal premium increases of more than 10% for policies of fire and extended coverage insurance that are subject to…
SB714, Public Act 104-0753, REGULATION-TECH
From the official synopsis: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning the notice of intention not to renew a policy of insurance, provides that no company may impose renewal premium increases of more than 10% for policies of automobile insurance that are subject to certain…
HB3275, Public Act 104-0759, SCH-CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Requires the groups that run interscholastic sports and competitions to make all paid head coaches and chief activity sponsors get training in CPR, first aid and using an AED, repeated every 2 years. School districts must hold a yearly cardiac response drill with local emergency medical services to practice their cardiac emergency response plan, and students do not have to take part. Schools, their boards, staff and safety team members are not liable for acts or omissions under these rules unless they are willful or wanton. Takes effect July 1, 2027.
HB4160, Public Act 104-0767, AUTO INS-RIGHT TO APPRAISAL
Car insurance policies with physical damage coverage issued, renewed or delivered in Illinois on or after July 1, 2027 must let either the insured or the insurer call for an appraisal when they disagree on the amount of a loss. The insured can do this on their own, without the company's consent. Either side makes a written demand, appraisers are chosen, and an umpire is picked if they cannot agree. Sets rules for the award and for how costs are split. Takes effect July 1, 2027.
HB4587, Public Act 104-0773, CHILD CARE DIRECTORS
Lets a licensed day care center employ someone still completing the education requirements as an interim conditional child care director for 12 months, if they are enrolled in qualifying college courses and meet other conditions. A center may have no more than one interim director for every fully credentialed director, and a fully qualified director must supervise with at least monthly on-site check-ins. An interim director may not be scheduled when an interim conditional teacher is on duty, and parents must be notified and a notice posted. Takes effect July 1, 2027 and is repealed on June 30, 2032.
HB5081, Public Act 104-0787, VEH CD-ALTER SPEED LIMITS, some provisions on other dates
Lets local authorities and park districts lower speed limits without an engineering or traffic study: in urban districts to between 20 and 25 miles per hour, in alleys to 10, and in residence districts to 20. Roads where the 30 mile per hour limit is lowered by ordinance without a study are not safety zones for automated speed enforcement, and new limits must be posted. Local governments may ask the Department of Transportation to study speed limits on its highways within their boundaries, and it may lower them at their request. Makes other changes. Takes effect immediately; the Department's part takes effect January 1, 2027.
SB2524, Public Act 104-0840, VEH CD-DRIVER'S LICENSE
Lets people with an intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder ask for it to be shown on their driver's license. They must include a Secretary of State form, signed by a qualified medical specialist, confirming the condition and that they are fit to drive. The paperwork is kept confidential. Takes effect July 1, 2027.
SB3258, Public Act 104-0847, INS-RENTAL VEHICLE COVERAGE
Requires car insurance companies to give every applicant written notice that rental vehicle coverage is available for losses the policy covers. Policyholders get similar notice before each renewal. Takes effect July 1, 2027.
August 1, 2027 (1)
HB4859, Public Act 104-0684, SCH CD-UNUSED FOOD SHARING
From the official synopsis: Amends the School Code. Allows a school district to comply with provisions concerning school unused food sharing plans by implementing a share table. Provides that the school district may develop and follow a policy on standard operating procedures for share tables. Effective August 1, 2027.