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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2566
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Election Code. In provisions concerning the objection to specified election documents, adds references to declarations of intent to be a write-in-candidate.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2567
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Election Code. Provides that any county in which there is a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may establish that municipal board of election commissioners as a county board of election commissioners if approved by a referendum of the electors of the county. Provides that any county with a population of less than 300,000 persons (rather than less than 200,000 but more than 175,000 persons) as of the 2020 (rather than 2010) federal decennial census in which a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners is located may establish a county board of election commissioners by vote of the electors of the county. Provides that a county board of election commissioners may not be dissolved unless the dissolution is approved by a referendum of the electors of the county.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2568
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
5/8/25
Report Pass
5/15/25
Enrolled
5/31/25
Creates the Equality for Every Family Act. Amends the Illinois Paternity Act of 2015. Provides that the policy of this State is that a child has the same rights and protections under law to parentage without regard to the marital status, age, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation of the child's parents, or the circumstances of the child's birth, including whether the child was born as a result of assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Provides for who may sign an acknowledgment of parentage to establish the parentage of a child. Changes provisions regarding the use of genetic testing. Amends the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Provides that a parentage proceeding under the Gestational Surrogacy Act may be commenced in any county in the State. Makes requirements for a gestational surrogacy agreement and damages for a breach of such an agreement. Amends the Adoption Act. Provides for a process for a confirmatory adoption for children born through assisted reproduction. Makes other formatting and cross-referencing changes. Provides that a proceeding to adjudicate parentage that was commenced before the effective date of the amendatory Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the proceeding was commenced. Effective immediately, except that some provisions amending the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 are effective January 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2569
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that striped skunks and raccoons may be rehabilitated by a licensed wildlife rehabilitator for treatment and release. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to adopt rules to implement the amendatory Act.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2570
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the State Finance Act to create the Surrogacy Agreement Escrow Protection Fund. Amends the Gestational Surrogacy Act. Provides that the Fund is to be used solely for the purpose of providing restitution to those who have suffered monetary loss arising out of an escrow transaction related to a gestational surrogacy contract as regulated by the Act. Provides that the Fund is to be applied only to restitution ordered by the Director of Public Health and restitution may not exceed the amount actually lost.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2571
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if property was granted a homestead exemption for persons with disabilities for any taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and if the property remains eligible for the exemption in a subsequent consecutive taxable year, then the total property tax liability for the property for the applicable taxable year may not exceed the total property tax liability for (i) taxable year 2025 or (ii) the first year in which the property became eligible for the exemption, whichever occurs later, unless the chief county assessment officer finds that there were substantial improvements made to the property during the previous taxable year or years. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2572
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
4/8/25
Refer
4/23/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
5/7/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Amends the School Code and the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents Educational Opportunity Grant Act. In provisions concerning the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents scholarship and the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents Educational Opportunity Grant program, provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall determine, by rule, the eligibility of the persons who apply for the scholarship or grant (rather than the Department shall determine the eligibility of the persons who apply For the scholarship or grant).
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2573
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2574
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
Report Pass
4/30/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Amends the School Code. Requires, on or before July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education to report specified information for each assessment contract it enters into. Requires the State Board to make the compiled information available on its Internet website. Requires the State Board to engage with certain groups to enhance the transparency around assessments. Allows the State Board to adopt rules to carry out its responsibilities under the provisions. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2575
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the School Code. Provides that any public school employee who is a member of a statewide association and is appointed to a State board, advisory council, committee, commission, or task force to represent the association in State work may spend up to 10 days during a school term representing the association in State work. Provides that no deduction of wages may be made for such absence. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2576
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, upon written request for a traffic crash report by an attorney who provides an affidavit confirming representation of an individual in the traffic crash, the public body from whom the traffic crash report is requested shall disclose an unredacted copy of the traffic crash report to the requesting attorney.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2577
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Energy Conservation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2578
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Changes the definition of "person". Allows, within 5 business days after its receipt of the request, a public body that has a reasonable belief that a request was not submitted by a person to require the requester to verify orally or in writing that the requester is a person. Provides that the deadline for the public body to respond to the request shall be tolled until the requester verifies that he or she is a person. Provides that, if the requester fails to verify that he or she is a person within 30 days after the public body requests such a verification, then the public body may deny the request.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2579
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires the form for an application for a marriage license to include whether either party is under a court-ordered guardianship in any State in the United States. Provides that a county clerk shall issue a license to marry and a marriage certificate form, among other requirements, upon being furnished satisfactory proof that neither party to the marriage is under a court-ordered guardianship, or that if at least one party is under a court-ordered guardianship, there has been a judicial determination that the marriage is in the best interests of the person or persons under court-ordered guardianship. Amends the Guardians For Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Requires the court, when determining whether a marriage is in the best interests of a ward, to follow (rather than consider) specified standards. Provides that if a best interests hearing is not held before a judicial officer prior to a ward entering into marriage, then the marriage is without legal effect and void ab initio. Provides that any person who knowingly enters a marriage with a ward without following the required procedures shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2580
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a public education program regarding gambling disorders, requires the program to (i) promote public awareness regarding the impact of gambling disorders on individuals, families, and communities and the stigma that surrounds gambling disorders and (ii) use screening, crisis intervention, treatment, public awareness, prevention, in-service training, and other innovative means to decrease the incidence of suicide attempts related to gambling disorders or gambling issues. Requires the Department to select the statement regarding obtaining assistance with a gambling disorder, which each licensed gambling establishment owner shall post, and each master sports wagering licensee shall include, on the master sports wagering licensee's portal, Internet website, or computer or mobile application. Permits the Department to provide advice to State and local officials on gambling disorders; to support gambling disorder prevention, recognition, treatment, and recovery projects; to collaborate with other community-based organizations, substance use disorder treatment centers, or other health care providers engaged in treating individuals who are experiencing gambling disorders; and to perform other actions. Allows the Department to award grants to create or support local gambling prevention, recognition, and response projects. Makes other changes.