Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1456
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Medical Assistance Article and the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to cover kidney transplantation services for noncitizens under the medical assistance program. Removes provisions permitting the Department to provide medical services to noncitizens 42 years of age and older. Removes a provision requiring the Department to cover immunosuppressive drugs and related services associated with post kidney transplant management for noncitizens. Removes provisions concerning the adoption of emergency rules and other matters regarding medical coverage or services for noncitizens.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1457
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Increases the exclusion amount from $4,000,000 to $12,060,000 for persons dying on or after January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1458
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that motor carriers that sell items of tangible personal property to purchasers for use or consumption in addition to rendering service as a motor carrier are engaged in a profession or service occupation as a motor carrier and are not considered retailers or servicemen within the meaning of those Acts. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1459
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Gas Use Tax Law. Exempts certain business enterprises from taxation under the Act. Amends the Gas Revenue Tax Act. Provides that the definition of "gross receipts" does not include consideration received from certain business enterprises. Amends the Electricity Excise Tax Law. Provides that the tax under the Act is not imposed with respect to any use by the purchaser in the process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal property for wholesale or for retail sale or lease. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1460
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, or the MC/DD Act for whom payments are made under the Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $90. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, the personal needs allowance described in the amendatory Act shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1461
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Engrossed
4/7/25
Refer
4/9/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
5/1/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes it a non-exclusive easement. Provides that the conveyance of the authorized easement is made subject to: (1) existing public utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants and restrictions of record; (2) the entering into of a shared maintenance agreement for the land subject to the easement between the Department of Natural Resources and KSS Conservation Partners, LLC; and (3) the express condition that if either the Department of Natural Resources or KSS Conservation Partners, LLC ceases to have a shared maintenance agreement for the land that is the subject of the easement, the easement automatically terminates and the land fully reverts to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1462
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that tracking wounded wild birds or wounded wild mammals by use of unmanned aircraft is permissible under certain conditions, including that: (1) the wild bird or wild mammal is wounded when a properly licensed hunter has struck the animal with a projectile fired from a legal hunting device during the open season; (2) any person operating the unmanned aircraft has obtained permission from the public or private landowner, or the landowner's authorized representative, before launching or landing the unmanned aircraft from or on the landowner's property; (3) the person operating the unmanned aircraft does not possess or control a firearm, bow, or other implement whereby wildlife could be killed or taken while afield, whether acting singly or as a group of persons while the unmanned aircraft is in flight, except this prohibition does not apply to a person lawfully carrying a concealed firearm under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act if the concealed firearm is not used to take wildlife; and (4) the unmanned aircraft is operated in a manner that does not harass any wildlife. Exempts an operator of an unmanned aircraft that meets these conditions from hunting permit requirements if the operator is not the taker of the wounded animal. Effective July 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1463
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that procedural requirements regarding the Governor taking possession of property for and on behalf of the State must take place in cases where the sum that the owner is willing to accept as just compensation is less than $25,000 (currently, $1,000). Provides that if the Governor issues a proclamation declaring a disaster, the Governor may extend the proclamation or make an additional proclamation regarding the same disaster, but the extension or additional proclamation shall be void and have no legal effect unless within 5 days of the extension or additional proclamation (i) he or she receives written approval to extend the proclamation or make an additional proclamation from 3 legislative leaders or (ii) the General Assembly adopts a joint resolution approving the extension or additional proclamation. Provides that a disaster proclamation issued, or a disaster proclamation regarding the same disaster, shall be void and have no legal effect if at any time the General Assembly adopts a joint resolution declaring the proclamation to be void. Provides that after a disaster proclamation is issued a member of the General Assembly may at any time file a request with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate for a session to consider the proclamation if the request is signed by no fewer than 20 members of the General Assembly. Provides that upon such a filing, the House of Representatives and Senate shall convene within 5 calendar days and vote on a resolution declaring the proclamation void.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1464
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that any defendant whose fault is less than 50% (rather than 25%) of the total fault of all tortfeasors shall be severally liable for all other damages. Provides that any defendant whose fault is 50% (rather than 25%) or greater of the total fault of all tortfeasors shall be jointly and severally liable for all other damages. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to actions filed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1465
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires a trade union to provide sexual harassment prevention training to its workers. Provides that any trade union providing sexual harassment prevention training shall use the model sexual harassment prevention training program created by the Department of Human Rights, provide that training at least once a year to all workers, and maintain a log indicating each worker's yearly training status. Provides that a trade union worker is not required to participate in a sexual harassment prevention training program each time the worker is hired for a new job if the worker has already participated in a sexual harassment prevention training program during that calendar year.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1466
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a defendant in an action alleging malpractice or negligence against an architect, engineer, or surveyor may request an affidavit of merit within 56 days after the complaint or notice of the action is served on the defendant. Provides that within 56 days after a request for an affidavit of merit is made, the plaintiff in the action shall file an affidavit of merit signed by an individual who the plaintiff reasonably believes meets certain requirements. Provides that the court may grant one extension of time for filing an affidavit of merit. Provides for the dismissal of an action, with or without prejudice. Provides that a defendant's objection to an affidavit of merit shall be raised in a motion filed within 90 days after the affidavit of merit is served. Provides that if the court determines that an affidavit of merit does not fully comply with the requirements, the court shall allow the plaintiff 56 days to file one or more affidavits of merit that correct the deficiencies identified by the court. Provides that a defendant shall participate in discovery in the action as required by court rules. Provides that an affidavit of merit is not required in an action for breach of contract against an architect, engineer, or surveyor that does not involve the standard of care.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1467
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes an affirmative defense to the charge of patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution that the accused reasonably believed that the person was of the age of 18 years or over or was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the act giving rise to the charge.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1468
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Creates the Public Safety and Justice Privacy Act. Defines terms. Provides that governmental agencies, persons, businesses, and associations shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes a first responder's, member or former member of the Illinois General Assembly's, prosecutor's, public defender's, or probation officer's ("officials") personal information, provided that the governmental agency, person, business, or association has received a written request from the person that it refrain from disclosing the person's personal information. Provides injunctive or declaratory relief if the Act is violated. Includes procedures for a written request. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for any person to knowingly and publicly post on the Internet the personal information of an official or an official's immediate family under specified circumstances. Excludes criminal penalties for employees of governmental agencies who publish information in good faith during the ordinary course of carrying out public functions. Provides that the Act and any rules adopted to implement the Act shall be construed broadly to favor the protection of the personal information of officials. Amends various Acts and Codes allowing an official to list a business address rather than a home address. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1469
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Includes trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and involuntary sexual servitude of a minor in the definition of "sex offense" under the Act.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1470
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Wildlife Code. Repeals the definition of "single shot". Provides that the term "wildlife rifle" means a rifle that can hold up to 3 rounds in the magazine and chamber combined. Replaces references to single shot rifles with references to wildlife rifles. Provides that it is unlawful to possess or to be in close proximity to a rifle that is not a centerfire wildlife rifle while deer hunting. Deletes language providing that it is unlawful while deer hunting to possess or be in close proximity to a rifle that is not centerfire or to be in possession of or in close proximity to a magazine that is capable of making a rifle not a single shot.