Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1561
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002. Provides that any person or business that, as of January 1, 1995, was practicing as an appraiser in the State of Illinois and had a minimum of 2 years of experience practicing as an appraiser is exempt from the required licensure as a certified general real estate appraiser under the provisions regarding an application for a State certified general real estate appraiser license. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2029, no person or business organization shall be issued a certified general real estate appraiser license using the grandfather clause exemption.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1562
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer, no later than January 1, 2026, a 5-year pilot program that integrates an occupational therapy component into the State's home-delivered meals program, commonly known as Meals on Wheels, authorized under the federal Older Americans Act. Provides that under the pilot program, the Department shall award grants funded under the Section 14(c) transition program to eligible community agencies for the purpose of training and employing qualifying workers with disabilities to accompany Meals on Wheels drivers on their regular delivery routes and assist in the delivery of meals to homebound meal recipients who opt to participate in the pilot program. Provides that at the option of a participating homebound meal recipient, a qualifying worker may remain with the recipient for up to 2 hours after meal delivery to provide an opportunity for social engagement and interaction. Provides that a direct support professional shall travel with and supervise all deliveries made by a worker whose disability makes the worker less independent. Sets forth qualification requirements under the program for workers with disabilities. Provides that all workers with disabilities selected to participate in the pilot program shall be compensated at a rate level consistent with those wage standards applied for workers engaged in competitive integrated employment as defined in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Requires community agencies selected to receive grant funding under the pilot program to have active or pending subminimum wage certificates authorized under Section 14(c) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and meet any other eligibility requirements established by the Department by rule. Requires the Department to conduct annual surveys during the duration of the pilot program on participating homebound meal recipients and workers with disabilities to gauge such participants' overall satisfaction with the pilot program and to document any other additional benefits to program participants. Effective July 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1563
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable year 2026, the maximum income limitation for the senior freeze shall be $75,000 for all qualified property (currently, $65,000). Provides that the maximum income limitation shall be adjusted each year according to the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1564
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall require every applicant seeking employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center to: (i) complete the Test for Adult Basic Education and obtain a score that demonstrates the applicant's ability to read and write at a 5th grade level; and (ii) complete a series of basic physical agility tests, including a test that demonstrates the applicant's ability to lift at least 50 pounds, a one-mile walk test, a shuttle run, and a patient transfer test. Provides that such testing shall be in addition to any other testing or application requirements for employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1565
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Creates the Anti-Click Gambling Data Analytics Collection Act. Provides that no entity that operates a remote gambling platform or a subsidiary of the entity shall collect data from a participant with the intent to predict how the participant will gamble in a particular gambling or betting scenario. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1566
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall report all shootings connected with the subject of an incident report when the shooting resulted in any property damage or bodily injury. Provides that each incident report that reports a shooting shall, at a minimum, state whether a firearm has been identified and if a magazine, round of ammunition, expended bullet, or shell casing was found at the scene of the crime.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1567
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that the Illinois Finance Authority and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board may jointly administer a squad car revolving loan program. Creates the Squad Car Revolving Loan Fund. Provides that loans under the program shall be paid out of the Squad Car Revolving Loan Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1568
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning medical assistance for employed persons with disabilities and employed persons with a medically improved disability, provides that, subject to federal approval, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall eliminate income eligibility standards for such persons to the extent permitted by federal law and shall eliminate the consideration of assets when determining such persons eligibility for medical assistance to the extent permitted by federal law.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1569
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Creates the Access to Medically Necessary Vaccinations Act. Provides that any health care provider in this State must provide a vaccination to a patient if: the patient has requested the specific vaccination to be administered; the health care provider has determined that the vaccination is medically necessary; and the health care provider has a stock of one or more doses of the vaccination that have not been reserved for another patient. Prohibits a health care provider from preventing a medically necessary vaccination from being administered to a patient by keeping separate stocks of the vaccination for patients with private insurance and stocks of the vaccination for patients with Medicaid.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1570
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that grants shall not restrict the amount of money used to pay for fringe benefits. Provides that grants shall not restrict administrative costs to less than 20% of the grant award. Defines "fringe benefits".
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1571
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Creates the Land Bank Authority Act. Authorizes the corporate authorities of a municipality or county, or 2 or more municipalities or counties, to create a land bank by ordinance (for the corporate authorities of a home rule municipality or county), by entering into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement (for the corporate authorities of 2 or more municipalities and counties), or by authority already provided to a county, municipality, or other taxing district prior to the effective date of the Act. Includes provisions relating to legislative findings and purpose, definitions, and interpretation of the Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1572
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act or any other Illinois statute (rather than except as otherwise provided in the Act), a quorum of members of a public body must be physically present at the location of an open meeting or present by video or audio conference at the open meeting (now, members must be physically present at the meeting). Provides that a member is present by video or audio conference at an open meeting if the member can hear and be heard by all other members of the body who are participating in the meeting. Specifies that, if a member wishes to attend a meeting by video or audio conference, the member must notify the recording secretary or clerk of the public body before the meeting, unless providing that advance notice is impractical for the member. Repeals existing provisions concerning the participation of public body members in open meetings by video conference or other means.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1573
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for any amounts paid by the taxpayer's employer on behalf of the taxpayer as part of an educational assistance program. Creates an income tax deduction for any amounts paid by the taxpayer on behalf of an employee of the taxpayer as part of an educational assistance program. Provides that the deductions are limited to the first $5,250 of such assistance so furnished to any individual. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1574
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes sheriff's law enforcement employee (SLEP) status for a person who is not eligible to participate in a downstate firefighter fund and is employed on a full-time basis by a participating municipality to perform duties as a paramedic, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT); but only if the governing authority of that municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee status for such employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. Provides that the resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be applicable to such employment occurring on or after the adoption of the resolution and that the resolution shall be irrevocable. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1575
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Engrossed
4/7/25
Refer
4/8/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
5/1/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county recorder may not impose a fee for filing a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawful restrictive covenant (currently a county recorder may impose a fee for filing a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawful restrictive covenant in an amount not to exceed $10). Provides that a county recorder may not charge a fee for any copies of records necessary for filing a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawful restrictive covenant.