Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1381
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Regional Fire Protection Agency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1382
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Legislative Ethics Commission shall adopt no rule requiring the Legislative Inspector General to seek the Commission's advance approval before issuing a subpoena. Provides that any existing rule, as of the effective date of the amendatory Act, requiring the Legislative Inspectors General to seek the Commission's advanced approval before issuing a subpoena is void. Provides that within 60 days after receipt of a summary report and response from the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency head, the Executive and Legislative Ethics Commissions shall make available to the public the report and response or a redacted version of the report and response (currently, report required to be made public only if it resulted in a suspension of at least 3 days or termination of employment). Removes language providing that the Legislative Inspector General needs the advanced approval of the Commission to issue subpoenas. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1383
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for gratuities that are included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1384
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Specifies that, as used in the Act, "official" includes specified officials of a unit of local government. Modifies "lobby" and "lobbying", as used in the Act, to add illustrative examples and to provide that a person has not communicated for the ultimate purpose of influencing a State or local governmental action solely by submitting an application for a government permit or license or by responding to a government request for proposals or qualifications. Changes the definition "lobbyist", as used in the Act, to mean a natural person who, on behalf of any person other than himself or herself, or as any part of his or her duties as an employee of another, undertakes to influence or lobby for any executive, legislative, or administrative action for State government or a unit of local government, and includes illustrative examples of lobbyists.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1385
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that an officer of the executive branch, a member of the General Assembly, a person whose appointment to office is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, or a person who is the head of a department, commission, board, division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit within the government of the State who takes office after the effective date of the amendatory Act may not engage in activities at the State level that require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act until 3 years after leaving office. Currently, officers of the executive branch and members of the General Assembly may not engage in activities at the State level that require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act during the term of which he or she was elected or appointed until 6 months after leaving office. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1386
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026 and beginning before January 1, 2029, the amount of the credit for volunteer emergency workers shall be $1,000 per eligible individual (currently, $500 per eligible individual). Provides that the aggregate amount of volunteer emergency worker credits shall be $6,000,000 per year (currently, $5,000,000 per year). Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1387
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the School Code. Prohibits a charter from being granted to an organization that operates a private, parochial, or non-public school or child care facility. Provides that a charter school shall spend no less than 90% of its budget on direct-service costs for students. Removes provisions regarding the closure of charter schools, the use of unspent public funds, and the procedures for disposition of property and assets. Requires the governing body of a charter school that is the subject of a school action to work collaboratively with local school educators and families of students attending the charter school to ensure successful integration of affected students into new learning environments. Requires, for a charter school closure, the governing body of the charter school to ensure that all students of the charter school at the time of the closure will be guaranteed a seat at a receiving school and that all teachers of the charter school at the time of the closure will be guaranteed a job at a receiving school. Sets forth requirements for school transition plans. Requires the governing body of the charter school to designate at least 3 opportunities for public comment at a hearing or meeting on the proposed school action.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1388
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
4/7/25
Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides the Illinois Gaming Board shall: allow sworn law enforcement personnel employed by the Board who retire in good standing to keep their previously issued Board identification cards; or issue photographic identification cards to sworn law enforcement personnel employed by the Board who retire in good standing that indicate their separation from service and identify the person as having been employed by the Board as sworn law enforcement personnel. Provides that if a Board-issued identification card is lost or stolen, the Board shall immediately reissue a replacement identification card upon written request by the retired sworn law enforcement personnel. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1389
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Expands the provisions regarding automated speed enforcement systems in safety zones to include municipalities in the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will (instead of just the City of Chicago). Provides that the net proceeds a municipality receives from civil penalties imposed under an automated speed enforcement system shall be expended or obligated by the municipality for, among other purposes, the remission of $5 from each civil penalty to the State Treasurer for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, which shall be remitted to the State Treasurer as determined by the State Treasurer. Provides that if an automated speed enforcement system is removed or rendered inoperable due to construction, then the Department of Transportation shall authorize the reinstallation or use of the automated speed enforcement system within 30 days after the construction is complete.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1390
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Refer
4/11/25
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that, on January 1, 2026, all valid and unrevoked supplier's licenses and their corresponding receiver's licenses issued by the Department of Revenue will be converted by the Department of Revenue to distributor's licenses and corresponding receiver's licenses. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2026, holders of these converted distributor's licenses are subject to the same provisions and requirements as other licensed distributors under the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that a distributor or receiver must have an Illinois bulk plant where he or she has active bulk storage capacity of not less than 20,000 gallons for motor fuel (under current law, 30,000 gallons for gasoline; in the introduced bill, the bulk storage requirement is removed). Effective January 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1391
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Deletes provisions that a defendant may refuse to waive service of summons. Provides that if a defendant located within the United States fails, without good cause, to sign and return a waiver requested by a plaintiff located within the United States, the court must impose on the defendant (1) the expenses later incurred in making service and (2) the reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, of any motion required to collect those service expenses.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1392
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Firemen's Disciplinary Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1393
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1394
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1395
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.