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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2641
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain homestead property that is owned by a person who will be 67 years of age or older during the taxable year is exempt from property taxes levied by a school district. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2642
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the limiting rate shall be calculated using the highest aggregate extension from any year in which the taxing district was subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (currently, the last 3 preceding levy years). Provides that an aggregate extension established for a levy year in which the taxing district was authorized to temporarily increase its limiting rate or its extension limitation may not be used.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2643
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that all witness slips filed in either house of the General Assembly concerning proposed legislation during the General Assembly committee hearing process shall track along with the legislation for which it was filed should such legislation be placed on another bill, by amendment, for purposes of legislative action. Provides that the General Assembly, in consultation with the Legislative Information System, shall provide for such witness slip tracking on the Illinois General Assembly website. Amends the Legislative Information System Act. Provides that the Legislative Information System shall provide for electronic tracking of all witness slips witness slips filed in either house of the General Assembly concerning proposed legislation during the General Assembly committee hearing by which the witness slips shall track along with the legislation for which they were filed should such legislation be placed on another bill, by amendment, for purposes of legislative action.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2644
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Expands the definition of "law enforcement officer" or "officer" to include any person working as a volunteer for the State or a local governmental entity in some position involving the enforcement of the law and protection of the public interest at the risk of that person's life, including, but not limited to, volunteers assisting with parking and traffic.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2645
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Appropriates $25,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants to the Barrington Area Council of Governments to facilitate implementation of its Water Resources Initiative that will monitor water quality and quantity in the shallow aquifer supporting the water needs of the Villages of Barrington, Barrington Hills, Deer Park, Lake Barrington, South Barrington, and Tower Lakes and the Township of Barrington, as well as surrounding areas. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2646
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall share the results of pathogen testing of ticks from State parks with the Department of Natural Resources annually. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall thereafter obtain, install, and maintain signs at all State-managed parks and outdoor recreation areas and facilities, including, but not limited to, recreational trail entryways, campgrounds, and any other location as defined and determined by the Department of Natural Resources as necessary and reflective of the results of the Department of Public Health's tick surveillance and pathogen testing, warning individuals that ticks may be found in the area and cause Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases. The Department of Natural Resources may use models already in use throughout the State or in another state or any model the Department of Natural Resources determines appropriate when determining the design and content for such signage. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2647
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that each board of trustees of a community college district shall provide a small business leadership fast-track program to help women who wish to become small business owners as contractors in trade fields.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2648
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act. Authorizes the imposition of a reasonable fee that may not exceed $375 for the cost of retrieving and copying association records that are properly requested. Authorizes the board to charge an additional rush fee of not more than $100 if the records are needed within 72 hours of the request being made. Requires any fees charged to be accompanied by an itemized statement detailing the basis of the fees. Provides that, beginning one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the $375 fee shall be increased or decreased, as applicable, by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the consumer price index-u during the preceding 12-month calendar year. "Consumer price index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2649
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Reenacts the Invest in Kids Act and makes the Act permanent. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2650
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an individual shall be eligible for benefits (rather than ineligible for benefits) for any week with respect to which it is found that the individual's total or partial unemployment is due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment, or other premises at which he is or was last employed. Makes conforming changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2651
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to identify days during the year when there may be a portion of the student body absent or unable to participate in a major school event due to cultural, religious, or other observances and, by February 1 of each year, to prominently post on its website and distribute to school districts a nonexhaustive list of the corresponding days and dates of potential cultural, religious, or other observances in the upcoming school year. Allows a school district to include additional days and dates based on community feedback or demographics. Requires the State Board to distribute the list by February 1 each year to regional offices of education, the Department of Early Childhood, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois High School Association, and other relevant associations or entities as determined by the State Board. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2652
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Human Services shall not approve any initial or renewal application for the licensure of a facility where substance use treatment or intervention services will be provided within 1,000 feet of: (i) any building or buildings or real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school, community college, college, or university, including any adjacent school yard, school playing field, or school playground; (ii) a public playground; or (iii) any public park building or real property comprising any public park. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall be construed to invalidate any initial or renewal application for licensure approved prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2653
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Petroleum Education and Marketing Act. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Natural Resources shall make appointments to the Board, of which 10 shall be oil and gas producers. Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to make these appointments based on names submitted to the Department of Natural Resources by oil and gas producers in the State. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2654
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Allows a licensed lottery sales agent to enter into an agreement with a third-party entity to assist with processing the sale of lottery tickets on behalf of the licensed lottery sales agent. Requires the licensed sales agent to provide a copy of agreement to the Lottery Control Board within 5 business days of execution. Requires the agreement to include at least the following: (1) terminal usage cannot be commingled at the location; (2) a ticket may only be sold to a person physically located in the State; (3) a third-party entity shall not share or sell user data to an entity unaffiliated with the retailer or third-party entity; and (4) the third-party entity shall adhere to all rules established by the Board related to the sale of lottery tickets.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2655
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to prepare and submit to the General Assembly a report on the state of artificial intelligence education and development in public and private institutions of higher education. Sets forth what information the report must contain. Repeals the provisions 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act.