Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1846
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that assessment complaints shall be filed with the board of review within 60 calendar days (currently, 30 calendar days) after publication of the assessment list.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1847
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Garden Act. Provides that a person may save the seeds grown in a vegetable garden for personal consumption or non-commercial sharing. Provides that a unit of local government may not adopt a regulation or ordinance that precludes saving seeds grown in vegetable gardens.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1848
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Deletes a provision prohibiting political fundraising on the day immediately before a day the legislature is in session.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1849
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Amends the Energy Efficient Building Act. Provides that the term "Code" means the 2021 edition of the International Code Council's International Energy Conservation Code (currently, the latest published edition). Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1850
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1851
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. In provisions regarding the Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee, provides that the Advisory Committee shall comply with all provisions of the Open Meetings Act except that the Advisory Committee is exempt from the provisions that specifically require a quorum of members of a public body to be physically present at the location of an open meeting. Allows Advisory Committee members to attend meetings of the Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee remotely by video or audio conference with all attending members counting toward a quorum, provided there is at least one member in physical attendance at the publicly posted physical location of the meeting.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1852
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes provision stating that no organization licensee conducting its race meeting in a county bordering the Mississippi River and having a population greater than 230,000 may be a host track for its race meeting. Makes changes in provisions regarding organizations that may not conduct a horse race meeting, the standardbred racetrack in Cook County, the application for an organization license, and wagering. Adds provisions concerning the standardbred racetrack in Macon County. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1853
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that the State Treasurer shall establish and administer the Invest in Illinois Higher Education Program for the purposes of expanding access to higher education through scholarships awarded from the Invest in Illinois Higher Education Fund. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Invest in Illinois Higher Education Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to any donations made by the taxpayer to the Invest in Illinois Higher Education Fund. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1854
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that if a defendant is found guilty of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof where the violation has resulted in the death of another, the court shall order the defendant to pay an amount reasonable and necessary for support of any child of the victim. Sets forth factors the court shall consider when determining a reasonable and necessary amount of child support. Allows the Office of the Attorney General to enforce a child support order issued under the provisions. Makes a corresponding change in the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1855
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes the judicial branch and components of the judicial branch of the State. Exempts records that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Excludes denials of requests of records from the judicial branch or components of the judicial branch from the jurisdiction of the Public Access Counselor.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1856
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes judicial bodies of the State. Exempts preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, memoranda and other records in which opinions are expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Exempts judicial records already subject to fees imposed under the Clerks of Courts Act.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1857
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
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 after January 1, 2027 shall provide coverage for disposable incontinence supplies for any person with a disability. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require coverage under those provisions.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1858
Introduced
1/28/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a petitioner for post-conviction relief who was convicted of a felony offense committed when that person was under 21 years of age who seeks leave to file a successive post-conviction petition claiming that his or her sentence violates the proportionate penalties clause of the Illinois Constitution does not have to demonstrate cause for filing the subsequent petition. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1859
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Engrossed
4/7/25
Refer
4/8/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
5/15/25
Enrolled
5/30/25
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that each board of trustees of a community college district shall require the faculty member who teaches a course to be an individual who meets the qualifications in the Illinois Administrative Code and any other applicable rules adopted by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that a course may not, in lieu of a faculty member, use artificial intelligence as the sole source of instruction for students. Provides that nothing shall be construed to prohibit a faculty member from using artificial intelligence to augment course instruction.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1860
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person shall not distribute, or enter into an agreement with another person to distribute, materially deceptive media if: (1) the person knows the media falsely represents a depicted individual; (2) the distribution occurs within 90 days before an election; (3) the person intends the distribution to harm the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate in an election or otherwise deceive voters; and (4) the person intends the distribution to change the voting behavior of electors in an election by deceiving the electors into incorrectly believing that the depicted individual in fact engaged in the speech or conduct depicted, and the distribution is reasonably likely to cause that result. Sets forth exceptions to the provision and penalties for violations of the provision. Effective immediately.