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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2536
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption, provides that the Chief County Assessment Officer in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may request full social security numbers or individual taxpayer identification numbers for all members of the applicant's household. Provides that the Chief County Assessment Officer may renew the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption without a new application if the Chief County Assessment Officer is able to confirm both that the applicant still owns and resides in the property and that applicant's household income qualifies for the exemption. Provides that a Chief County Assessment Officer who renews a low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption without an annual application shall notify the applicant of both the decision to renew the exemption and the applicant's ongoing duty to report changes in the eligibility of the property to receive the exemption.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2537
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Engrossed
4/7/25
Refer
4/8/25
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, by the school year in which a student turns 16, the transition planning process must include discussions with the student's individualized education program (IEP) team regarding the student's graduation status and the implications of high school graduation. Requires the transition planning process to include informing the student, the student's parent or guardian, and the student's designated representative that (i) graduation with a regular high school diploma terminates the student's eligibility for a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and (ii) the student can continue to receive IEP services until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22 when appropriate to meet the student's IEP goals. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2538
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that within 6 months of learning that an adult with a developmental disability has lost a parental guardian while living with that parental guardian or independently, the Department of Human Services shall request a wellness check from the designated adult protective services agency or provider agency as defined in the Adult Protective Services Act to: (1) verify that the adult with a developmental disability is not experiencing or at imminent risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect; and (2) establish mandatory standards for the provision of emergent casework and follow-up services to mitigate the risk of harm or death to the adult with a developmental disability.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2539
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
4/11/25
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".
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2540
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Provides a transfer of specified amounts from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund for fiscal years 2031 through 2041. Amends the Illinois Pension Code. With regard to each of the 5 State-funded retirement systems, provides that for State fiscal years 2027 through 2035, the minimum contribution to the System to be made by the State for each State fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of State fiscal year 2049. Makes conforming and other changes to the funding formulas. Provides that any person who earned service as a Tier 1 member or participant in any retirement system or pension fund established under this Code shall continue to earn service as a Tier 1 member and shall remain a Tier 1 member in any other retirement system or pension fund. Makes changes to the Tier 2 calculation of final average salary; the Tier 2 retirement age; and the amount of the automatic annual increases to Tier 2 annuities. Provides that, for a person who has reached the maximum percentage of salary allowed under the applicable system and who is within 5 years of the normal retirement age applicable for that member or participant, the reduction under provisions that reduce the retirement annuity due to age shall be 0%. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Provides that the Act takes effect January 1, 2028, except that certain provisions take effect upon becoming law.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2541
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Expands the definition of "developmental disability" to include a disability attributable to Prader-Willi syndrome. Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Expands the definition of "severe and multiple impairments" to include a substantial disability attributable to Prader-Willi syndrome. Exempts persons diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome from any assessment or evaluation to measure cognitive functioning or IQ for purposes of making determinations on whether such persons have severe and multiple impairments eligible for home-based and community-based services. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to include Prader-Willi syndrome as a developmental disability in any rule defining the term "developmental disability" and in any rule listing specific medical conditions or disabilities eligible for developmental disability services provided by the Department. Amends the Statute on Statutes. Provides that, except where the context indicates otherwise: (i) in any rule, contract, or other document the term "developmental disability" shall include a disability attributable to Prader-Willi syndrome; and (ii) whenever there is a reference in any Act to "development disability" the term shall be construed to include a disability attributable to Prader-Willi syndrome.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2542
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Changes the child support formula for shared physical care. Provides that if each parent exercises 3,504 hours or more (now, 146 or more overnights) per year with the child, the basic child support obligation is multiplied by 1.5 to calculate the shared care child support obligation.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2543
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides for a non-binding, advisory referendum on the question of whether a taxing district should reduce its aggregate extension by up to 10% from its aggregate extension for the previous taxable year. Provides that the referendum shall be initiated by a petition signed by a number of registered voters of the taxing district that is equal to or greater than 1% but less than 5% of the total number of votes cast in the taxing district in the preceding general election. Provides for a binding referendum on the question of whether a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension by up to 10% from its aggregate extension for the previous taxable year. Provides that the referendum shall be initiated by a petition signed by a number of registered voters of a taxing district that is equal to or greater than 5% of the total number of votes cast in the taxing district in the preceding general election. Preempts the power of home rule units to tax. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2544
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Creates the Single-Use Foodware Reduction Act. Imposes a single-use foodware fee of $0.10 on each item of single-use foodware used by a customer at a retail establishment in the State. Requires liability for payment of the fee to be borne by the customer. Specifies how the fee is to be collected and allocated. Contains provisions regulating the use of the single-use foodware fee by counties and municipal joint action agencies. Provides that, except in specified circumstances, single-use foodware is only to be provided upon request. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Single-Use Foodware Fee Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2545
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Engrossed
4/8/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
4/23/25
Amends the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeals Act. Permits the following persons to appeal a municipality's denial of a proposed supportive housing project, including a project to develop a permanent supportive housing apartment building or community integrated-living arrangement, for low-income persons with disabilities: (1) the affordable housing developer of the proposed project; (2) a person who would be eligible to apply for residency in the proposed project; and (3) the community group or supportive housing advocacy group advocating for the proposed project. Provides that if a municipality fails to respond to an appeal within 60 days of its receipt, the State Housing Appeals Board (Board) shall automatically reverse the municipality's decision to deny the proposed supportive housing project. Provides that if the municipality timely responds to the appeal, it must demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the proposed supportive housing project would be detrimental to the fair operation and interest of the municipality or would place an unreasonable and disproportionate financial burden on the municipality or on municipal services. Requires the Board to reverse the municipality's decision to deny the proposed supportive housing project if the Board determines that the municipality has not met this burden.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2546
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Engrossed
4/8/25
Refer
4/9/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
5/7/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In the provision concerning parole review of persons under the age of 21 at the time of the commission of an offense, provides that any date after serving the minimum term of years to become eligible for parole review or up to 3 years prior to becoming eligible for parole review, the eligible person may file his or her petition for parole review with the Prisoner Review Board. Provides that within 30 days of receipt of this petition, the Prisoner Review Board shall determine whether the petition is appropriately filed, and if so, shall set a date for parole review 3 years from receipt of the petition or the date the person is eligible for parole review, whichever date is sooner, and notify the Department of Corrections within 10 business days. Provides that in no such circumstance shall the hearing be scheduled sooner than one year from the date of the determination that the petition is appropriately filed.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2547
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/30/25
Refer
4/30/25
Report Pass
5/7/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Amends various Acts by replacing all references to the "Department of Veterans' Affairs" with "Department of Veterans Affairs". Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2548
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Engrossed
4/9/25
Refer
4/23/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
5/1/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Creates the Self-Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Ban Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to sell, market, promote, advertise, or otherwise distribute a self-administered sexual assault evidence collection kit to a consumer in the State. Sets forth provisions concerning private rights of action and enforcement. Effective January 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2549
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Creates the Right to Repair Act. Provides that every manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a specified wholesale price or direct sales price shall make service and repair facilities available to owners of the product. Provides that the manufacturer shall make available to service and repair facilities and service dealers sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms, to effect the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a product for a specified period after the last date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the period exceeds the warranty period for the product. Provides that a service and repair facility or service dealer that is not an authorized repair provider of a manufacturer shall provide a written notice to any customer seeking repair of an electronic or appliance product before the repair facility or service dealer repairs the product that informs the customer that it is not an authorized repair provider for the product and shall disclose if it uses any used replacement parts or replacement parts provided by a supplier other than the manufacturer of the product. Provides that no manufacturer or authorized repair provider shall be liable for any damage or injury caused to any electronic or appliance product, person, or property that occurs as a result of repair, diagnosis, maintenance, or modification performed by a service dealer or owner. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a manufacturer that provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement electronic or appliance product at no charge to the customer. Provides for limitations of the Act. Provides for civil penalties. Effective July 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2550
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, the rate must be multiplied by 5 for nursing facilities which have disclosed their status as Alzheimer's special care units under the requirements of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Special Care Disclosure Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to update the status for nursing facilities for rates in effect each January 1.