Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1921
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Creates the Small Business Financing Transparency Act. Contains only a short title provision.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1922
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning payments to nursing facilities to increase compensation for certified nursing assistants (CNA), removes language requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish, by rule, payments to nursing facilities equal to Medicaid's share of the tenure wage increments for all reported CNA employee hours compensated. Instead provides that, based on the schedule set forth in the amendatory Act, the Department shall pay to each facility Medicaid's share of the facility's estimated CNA hours performed by employees and agency workers, estimated overtime hours, and benefits and taxes paid to and on behalf of CNA workers at the beginning of each quarter. Provides that moneys paid by the Department to each facility and moneys paid by each facility to workers and agencies or on behalf of workers and agencies shall be reconciled at the end of each quarter. Sets for a schedule concerning the calculation of tenure compensation which shall include: (i) compensation for regular CNA hours; (ii) overtime calculated at time and a half; and (iii) benefits and taxes at 25%. Provides that estimates of overtime shall be calculated at time and a half and benefits and taxes at 25%. Requires the Department to pay the facility for qualifying promotions estimated at the beginning of each quarter and reconciled at the end of the quarter. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1923
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall require all school districts to supply all active classroom instructors, all school staff and administration, and district leadership with an educational document explaining the values of good indoor air quality. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms that are not mechanically ventilated have at least 2 properly functioning windows, or one window in situations where only one is present, that can open and can safely stay open. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with an air quality monitor that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with a portable air cleaner that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to supply each school with 5 additional portable air cleaners and 5 additional air quality monitors to be used in school health offices, libraries, cafeterias, and other similar spaces. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to undertake a ventilation verification assessment of all mechanical ventilation systems in the school district performed by a certified assessor or a mechanical engineer. Makes certain provisions subject to appropriation, and makes other changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1924
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Chicago Transit Authority shall, subject to appropriation, no later than July 1, 2026, establish a program that allows persons 18 or younger who enrolled as a student in a participating institution to use the Authority's buses and trains for transportation to youth programs or youth services without charge. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1925
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Creates the Education Prioritization Act. Beginning with fiscal year 2026, requires the General Assembly to appropriate for the evidence-based funding formula under the School Code an amount that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (i) the total amount appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; and (ii) 51% of total new general funds available for spending from estimated growth in revenues and funds available because of budgeted program growth and decline in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; but in no event shall the sum be less than a certain percentage required under the Act. Requires a continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations to fund the evidence-based funding formula. Amends the School Code to make changes concerning a system for accounting for revenues and expenditures and evidence-based funding. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1926
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. In provisions concerning postsecondary and career expectations, provides that, beginning in grade 6, students should be introduced to the importance of developing and applying a work ethic in a variety of contexts; sets forth what this introduction may include.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1927
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Engrossed
4/9/25
Refer
4/9/25
Refer
5/8/25
Report Pass
5/15/25
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1928
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Engrossed
4/11/25
Refer
4/25/25
Refer
5/8/25
Report Pass
5/15/25
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1929
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation: (1) to inquire into a person's conviction record prior to making a conditional offer to sell, lease, or rent real property; (2) for an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or salesman, because of conviction record, to (i) refuse to engage in a real estate transaction with a person or to discriminate in making available such a transaction, (ii) alter the terms, conditions, or privilege of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith, (iii) refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a bona fide offer to engage in a real estate transaction from a person, (iv) refuse to negotiate for a real estate transaction with a person, (v) represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or to fail to bring a property listing to his or her attention, or to refuse to permit him or her to inspect real property, (vi) make, print, circulate, post, mail, publish, or cause to be made, printed, circulated, posted, mailed, or published any notice, statement, advertisement, or sign, or use a form of application for a real estate transaction, or make a record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction, that indicates any preference or limitation, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination, or (vii) offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with knowledge that discrimination in a real estate transaction is intended; (3) use a conviction record as a basis to rescind a conditional offer to sell, lease, or rent real property, unless there is a substantial relationship between one or more of the previous criminal offenses and the offer made, the granting or continuation of the offer would involve an unreasonable risk to property or to the safety or welfare of specific individuals or the general public, or the use is otherwise authorized by law; and (4) for a third-party loan modification service provider, because of a conviction record to refuse to engage in loan modification services, alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of such services, or discriminate in making such services available. Provides that nothing shall prohibit: the owner of an owner-occupied residential building with 4 or fewer units from making decisions regarding whether to rent to a person based upon that person's conviction record; inquiry into or the use of a conviction record if the inquiry or use is otherwise authorized by State or federal law; and use of a criminal conviction that results in a current sex offender registration requirement or a current child sex offender residency restriction.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1930
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Provides that specified amounts are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to specified units of local government for non-competitively awarded grants to community-based organizations that address violence prevention using a culturally competent approach and that are capable of decreasing violence in the specified representative districts. Provides for the types of prevention, services, and programs the grants shall support. Effective July 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1931
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Insurance to conduct a study to better understand the gaps in health insurance coverage for uninsured residents, including the reasons why individuals are uninsured and whether insured individuals are insured through an employer-sponsored plan or through the Illinois health insurance marketplace. Requires the Department to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act shall provide health insurance coverage to all of their workforce.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1932
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall award a nursing in correctional facilities scholarship to each qualified applicant. Provides that, prior to receiving scholarship assistance for an academic year, each recipient of a scholarship must sign an agreement pledging that, within the one-year period following the termination of the academic program for which the recipient was awarded a scholarship, the recipient shall begin working as a nurse within the Department of Corrections for a period of not less than 3 years. Sets forth provisions concerning the scholarship amount, applicant eligibility, the selection of recipients, applications, the distribution of funds, the fulfillment of the agreement, funding, and rulemaking. Provides that the Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Commission, shall provide an annual report to the General Assembly on effectiveness, including the number of recipients, their service periods, and any challenges faced. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1933
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall exercise the powers to impose campaign disclosure penalties; to hear and adjudicate alleged violations of registration requirements; to revoke or suspend raffle licenses for political committees that violate the Raffles and Poker Runs Act; and to inform the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of credible alleged criminal violations.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1934
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Election Code. In provisions concerning primary election ballots, provides that the lettering of candidate names on a ballot shall be in both capital and lowercase letters in conformance with standard English language guidelines, unless compliance is not feasible due to the election system utilized by the election authority.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1935
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Educational Service Regions Article of the School Code. Provides that when a vacancy occurs in the office of regional superintendent of schools and more than 28 months remain in that term and the vacancy occurs at least 130 days before the next general election, appointment to fill the vacancy shall be until the next general election (rather than if more than 28 months remain in that term, the appointment shall be until the next general election). Provides that if the vacancy occurs during the time provided for filing nomination papers for county offices for the primary in the next even-numbered year following commencement of the term of office in which the vacancy occurs, the time for filing nomination papers for the primary shall not be more than 120 (rather than 91) days nor less than 113 (rather than 85) days prior to the date of the primary.