Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1861
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
4/8/25
Refer
4/10/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
4/30/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that for a child residing in a long-term, acute care facility serving a majority of patients who are (i) minor children and (ii) Medicaid-eligible in Harvey School District 152, if a parent or guardian moves out of the State after the child is placed in such a facility, that parent or guardian shall enroll the child in a school in the other state to initiate reimbursement to Illinois. With respect to determining the location of a student's parent or guardian, provides that the information submitted to the State Superintendent of Education must include an affidavit from that school district's superintendent or the facility's director attesting that the location of the parent or guardian is unknown and at least 3 satisfactory attempts (rather than 4 items of documentary evidence that a minimum of 4 separate attempts) were made on 3 separate days to locate the parent or guardian and no response was received from the parent or guardian within 14 days after such satisfactory attempts. Provides that for a child residing in a long-term, acute care facility serving a majority of patients who are (i) minor children and (ii) Medicaid-eligible in Harvey School District 152, the following apply: (1) if the child is not currently enrolled in a school district or if the resident school district is unknown, the appropriate resident school district must be identified and the child must be enrolled in that district prior to the placement of the child, except in emergency situations; (2) for a child with an out-of-state resident district whose out-of-state resident district has refused to enroll the child in the district, despite being contacted by both the nonpublic school within the applicable facility and the State Board of Education, the resident district shall be the student's most recent resident district in Illinois and that resident district shall be the responsible payee; and (3) the equivalent of each applicable child's tuition receipts for the 2025-2026 school year shall be paid to the resident district. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1862
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Refer
4/7/25
Report Pass
4/8/25
Engrossed
4/11/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
5/6/25
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that unless otherwise required by State law or federal requirements, a service provider shall not be subject to a matching funds requirement in order to be eligible to receive funds from the Department for the Emergency and Transitional Housing Program or the Supportive Housing Program. Provides that, when making funding determinations, the Department of Human services retains discretion to take into consideration the ability of a service provider to leverage other funding sources, as well as other factors that may demonstrate fiscal solvency of the service provider and that the service provider is not solely reliant on State funds for the provision of services. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1863
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
5/8/25
Report Pass
5/15/25
Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1864
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Engrossed
4/9/25
Refer
4/10/25
Refer
5/6/25
Report Pass
5/14/25
Enrolled
5/31/25
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. Sets forth exemptions from the requirements of the Act, and requires a dental care provider who is exempt from the requirements of the Act to file a form with the Department of Insurance indicating the applicable exemption. Requires each dental plan carrier to establish a portal that provides certain benefit and billing information. Requires a dental plan carrier to establish an electronic portal that allows dental care providers to submit claims electronically and directly to the dental care provider; accept attachments in an electronic format with the initial electronic claim's submission; and provide remittance advice with the corresponding payment. Provides that nothing in the Act requires a dental care provider to only accept electronic payment from a dental plan carrier. Provides that dental plan carriers shall allow alternative forms of payment, without additional fees or charges, to a dental care provider, if requested. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1865
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
4/7/25
Refer
4/9/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
4/30/25
Enrolled
5/21/25
Amends the Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that, unless certain requirements are met, it is an unfair method of competition and unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance to: (A) solicit either an individual who is a resident of a nursing home or long-term care facility or an individual who is over the age of 65, to purchase accident or health insurance or (B) enter into or amend an accident or health insurance policy with an individual who is over the age of 65 and who has executed a health care power of attorney or has a medical condition, such as dementia, that reduces the person's capacity to make informed decisions independently. Provides that if, after a hearing, the Director of Insurance determines that a person has violated either of these prohibitions, then the Director may declare void and unenforceable any agreement or policy of insurance solicited, entered into, or amended as a result of that violation. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes it an unlawful practice for a nursing home or long-term care facility to make substantive changes likely to be disruptive to a resident or move a resident's place of living without prior approval from a family member, guardian, or power of attorney of the resident if the resident suffers from dementia or suffers from a medical condition that reduces the resident's capacity to make informed decisions independently.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1866
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Engrossed
4/7/25
Refer
4/8/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
5/8/25
Enrolled
6/1/25
Makes changes to the definitions of terms defined in the Act. Requires a municipality with a population over 500,000 to establish a network to network interface with the State. Provides that, before January 1, 2026, all local public agencies operating a 9-1-1 system shall operate under a plan that has been filed with and approved by the Commission or the Administrator. Makes changes to method of calculating and collecting surcharges imposed under the Act. Provides that an entity engaged in the business of installing, managing, or operating multiline telephone systems in the State shall comply with applicable federal laws. Removes references to "enhanced 9-1-1". Repeals provisions concerning the responsibilities of emergency telephone system boards; local wireless surcharges; grandfathered private residential switch or MLTS 9-1-1 service; grandfathered private business switch or MLTS 9-1-1 service; wireless emergency 9-1-1 service; requirements for MLTS installed after February 16, 2020; compliance with certification of 9-1-1 system providers by the Illinois Commerce Commission; configuration of MLTS; transfer of rights, functions, powers, duties, and property to Illinois State Police; rules and standards; and savings provisions. Provides that the Act is repealed on December 31, 2027 (rather than December 31, 2025). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1867
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the maximum income limitation under the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption shall be adjusted each year by the annual cost of living increase, if any, in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits that took effect during the immediately preceding calendar year. Amends the Energy Assistance Act. Provides that eligibility limits under the energy assistance program may not exceed the greater of (1) 150% of the federal nonfarm poverty level as established by the federal Office of Management and Budget or 60% of the State median income for the current State fiscal year as established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, whichever is higher; or (2) the eligibility limit for the immediately preceding calendar year, increased by the annual cost of living increase, if any, in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits that took effect during the immediately preceding calendar year. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1868
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Hospital Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to create a pool of funding of at least $50,000,000 annually to be disbursed among safety-net hospitals that maintain perinatal designation from the Department of Public Health, provides that no safety-net hospital eligible for funds shall receive less than $5,000,000 annually.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1869
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Engrossed
4/11/25
Refer
4/23/25
Amends the Regional Superintendent of Schools Article of the School Code. Allows the State Superintendent of Education to designate a regional office of education or intermediate service center as a learning partner in any iteration of the statewide system of support so that services are provided to schools that are identified for school improvement under (i) the accountability system and (ii) the definition for Targeted, Comprehensive, or Intensive. Provides that the status of learning partner may be revoked at the State Superintendent's sole discretion. Effective July 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1870
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. In provisions regarding personnel policies and work time requirements, specifies that State employees of public institutions of higher education classified as faculty and those not eligible for overtime pay may satisfy the time sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their contract with the public institution of higher education. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1871
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/6/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a member who is eligible to receive an alternative retirement annuity may elect to receive an estimated payment that shall commence no later than 30 days after the later of either the member's last day of employment or 30 days after the member files for the retirement benefit with the System. Provides that the estimated payment shall be the best estimate by the System of the total monthly amount due to the member based on the information that the System possesses at the time of the estimate. Provides that if the amount of the estimate is greater or less than the actual amount of the monthly annuity, the System shall pay or recover the difference within 6 months after the start of the monthly annuity. Excludes a benefit increase resulting from the amendatory Act from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1872
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
4/29/25
Refer
6/2/25
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that, no later than 45 days after a youth in care is removed from the youth's home and placed in the temporary custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services, and every year thereafter, a youth in care shall receive mental health prevention and wellness screenings unless the youth in care is (1) less than 6 months of age; (2) 12 years of age or older and does not consent to receiving mental health services; or (3) already being treated by a mental health clinician. Provides that, if the required screening results in a recommendation of mental health care for the youth, the youth's caseworker shall coordinate the delivery of mental health care and related services recommended for the youth. Specifies that, if the youth in care is covered under the State's Medicaid managed care program, the managed care plan shall ensure that the youth has access to a mental health provider who will begin serving the youth within 30 days after receipt of the referral from the screening and who satisfies certain availability and proximity requirements. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to ensure that any managed care plan that is in effect, amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 will require managed care organizations to meet these obligations if the managed care plan serves youth in care under the State's Medicaid managed care program. Specifies that any mental health care and related services provided to the youth shall be in addition to any other care or services the youth receives from the youth's primary care provider. Grants the Department of Children and Family Services rulemaking powers to implement these provisions, including the power to adopt rules to promote a holistic and proactive approach to the provision of mental health care for youth in care. Defines "mental health and wellness screening".
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1873
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Provides that the public right to access and use navigable waters includes all rights recognized by State or federal law, including the rights set forth in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the federal navigational servitude, and all rights arising under the public trust doctrine, which shall be understood and applied in a manner consistent with the spirit of the Act to maximize the full and free enjoyment of State waters by the public. Provides that any segment of a lake, river, or stream that is capable of supporting use by commercial or recreational watercraft for a substantial part of the year, or that is actually so used, shall be deemed navigable, and shall be open to public access and use, unless the contrary is proven in litigation by a preponderance of the evidence. Provides that public uses in such waters shall include boating, tubing, fishing, swimming, and wading. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to protect such public uses against interference or encroachment as provided in the Act. Provides that no action or inaction by the Department of Natural Resources shall create a presumption, in any civil or criminal litigation, against the navigability of any waterway segment. Provides that the public right to access and use navigable waters shall be subject to specified protections and limitations, a violation of which shall be punished as otherwise provided by law, and, if likely to continue, enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Provides that nothing in the Act shall limit the right of any person to challenge the legality of alleged interference with the public right to access or use navigable waters in any appropriate civil or criminal litigation.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1874
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property on which a community-integrated living arrangement is located is entitled to a reduction in its equalized assessed value in an amount equal to the product that results when the number of occupants who use the community-integrated living arrangement as a primary residence is multiplied by $2,000. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1875
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "immediate hazard". Provides instances in which an individual operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign may proceed through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign.