104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1072 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act105 ILCS 5/27A-5 Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Requires, for the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education to issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school district. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code to make a conforming change. Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 04498 LNS 14525 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1072 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act105 ILCS 5/27A-5 New Act 105 ILCS 5/27A-5 Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Requires, for the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education to issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school district. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code to make a conforming change. Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 04498 LNS 14525 b LRB104 04498 LNS 14525 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1072 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Requires, for the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education to issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school district. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code to make a conforming change. Effective January 1, 2026.
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title; references to Act. This Act may be
5 cited as the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. This Act may be
6 referred to as Alyssa's Law.
7 Section 5. Mobile panic alert system.
8 (a) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public
9 school, including a charter school, shall implement a mobile
10 panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency
11 services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between
12 multiple first responder agencies. Such system, to be known as
13 "Alyssa's Alert", must integrate with local public safety
14 answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and
15 mobile activations.
16 (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a
17 school district may implement additional strategies or systems
18 to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first
19 responder agencies in a school security emergency.
20 (c) For the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education
21 shall issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a
22 mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school
23 district. The State Board shall consult with the Illinois
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1072 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Requires, for the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education to issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school district. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code to make a conforming change. Effective January 1, 2026.
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1 State Police and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in
2 the development of the competitive solicitation for the mobile
3 panic alert system.
4 Section 90. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 27A-5 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-466)
8 Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
9 (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian,
10 nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter
11 school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
12 corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
13 authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
14 (b) A charter school may be established under this Article
15 by creating a new school or by converting an existing public
16 school or attendance center to charter school status. In all
17 new applications to establish a charter school in a city
18 having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the
19 charter school shall be limited to one campus. This limitation
20 does not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or
21 before April 16, 2003.
22 (b-5) (Blank).
23 (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by
24 its board of directors or other governing body in the manner
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1 provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter
2 school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and
3 the Open Meetings Act. A charter school's board of directors
4 or other governing body must include at least one parent or
5 guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school
6 who may be selected through the charter school or a charter
7 network election, appointment by the charter school's board of
8 directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's
9 Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent.
10 (c-5) No later than January 1, 2021 or within the first
11 year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter
12 school's board of directors or other governing body shall
13 complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development
14 leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient
15 familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and
16 responsibilities, including financial oversight and
17 accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and
18 school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information
19 Act and the Open Meetings Act, and compliance with education
20 and labor law. In each subsequent year of his or her term, a
21 voting member of a charter school's board of directors or
22 other governing body shall complete a minimum of 2 hours of
23 professional development training in these same areas. The
24 training under this subsection may be provided or certified by
25 a statewide charter school membership association or may be
26 provided or certified by other qualified providers approved by
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1 the State Board.
2 (d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular
3 health and safety requirement" means any health and safety
4 requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain,
5 preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for
6 students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or
7 prevent threats to the health and safety of students and
8 school personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety
9 requirement" does not include any course of study or
10 specialized instructional requirement for which the State
11 Board has established goals and learning standards or which is
12 designed primarily to impart knowledge and skills for students
13 to master and apply as an outcome of their education.
14 A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular
15 health and safety requirements applicable to public schools
16 under the laws of the State of Illinois. The State Board shall
17 promulgate and post on its Internet website a list of
18 non-curricular health and safety requirements that a charter
19 school must meet. The list shall be updated annually no later
20 than September 1. Any charter contract between a charter
21 school and its authorizer must contain a provision that
22 requires the charter school to follow the list of all
23 non-curricular health and safety requirements promulgated by
24 the State Board and any non-curricular health and safety
25 requirements added by the State Board to such list during the
26 term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) precludes
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1 an authorizer from including non-curricular health and safety
2 requirements in a charter school contract that are not
3 contained in the list promulgated by the State Board,
4 including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the
5 authorizing local school board.
6 (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a
7 charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a
8 charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks,
9 instructional materials, and student activities.
10 (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the
11 management and operation of its fiscal affairs, including, but
12 not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each
13 charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an
14 outside, independent contractor retained by the charter
15 school. The contractor shall not be an employee of the charter
16 school or affiliated with the charter school or its authorizer
17 in any way, other than to audit the charter school's finances.
18 To ensure financial accountability for the use of public
19 funds, on or before December 1 of every year of operation, each
20 charter school shall submit to its authorizer and the State
21 Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form 990 the
22 charter school filed that year with the federal Internal
23 Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for proper
24 financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer may
25 require quarterly financial statements from each charter
26 school.
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1 (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of
2 this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act,
3 all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public
4 schools that pertain to special education and the instruction
5 of English learners, and its charter. A charter school is
6 exempt from all other State laws and regulations in this Code
7 governing public schools and local school board policies;
8 however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
9 (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code
10 regarding criminal history records checks and checks of
11 the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer
12 and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants
13 for employment;
14 (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 22-100, 24-24, 34-19,
15 and 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of students;
16 (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
17 Tort Immunity Act;
18 (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit
19 Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of
20 officers, directors, employees, and agents;
21 (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
22 (5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and
23 subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code;
24 (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
25 (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school
26 report cards;
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1 (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act;
2 (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying
3 prevention;
4 (10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student
5 discipline reporting;
6 (11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code;
7 (12) Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 of this Code;
8 (13) Sections 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 of this Code;
9 (14) Sections 22-90 and 26-18 of this Code;
10 (15) Section 22-30 of this Code;
11 (16) Sections 24-12 and 34-85 of this Code;
12 (17) the Seizure Smart School Act;
13 (18) Section 2-3.64a-10 of this Code;
14 (19) Sections 10-20.73 and 34-21.9 of this Code;
15 (20) Section 10-22.25b of this Code;
16 (21) Section 27-9.1a of this Code;
17 (22) Section 27-9.1b of this Code;
18 (23) Section 34-18.8 of this Code;
19 (25) Section 2-3.188 of this Code;
20 (26) Section 22-85.5 of this Code;
21 (27) subsections (d-10), (d-15), and (d-20) of Section
22 10-20.56 of this Code;
23 (28) Sections 10-20.83 and 34-18.78 of this Code;
24 (29) Section 10-20.13 of this Code;
25 (30) Section 28-19.2 of this Code;
26 (31) Section 34-21.6 of this Code;
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1 (32) Section 22-85.10 of this Code;
2 (33) Section 2-3.196 of this Code;
3 (34) Section 22-95 of this Code;
4 (35) Section 34-18.62 of this Code;
5 (36) the Illinois Human Rights Act; and
6 (37) Section 2-3.204 of this Code; and .
7 (38) the Mobile Panic Alert System Act.
8 The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection
9 (g) is declaratory of existing law.
10 (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a
11 school district, the governing body of a State college or
12 university or public community college, or any other public or
13 for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a
14 school building and grounds or any other real property or
15 facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert
16 for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and
17 maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service,
18 activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required
19 to perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
20 Except as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, a school
21 district may charge a charter school reasonable rent for the
22 use of the district's buildings, grounds, and facilities. Any
23 services for which a charter school contracts with a school
24 district shall be provided by the district at cost. Any
25 services for which a charter school contracts with a local
26 school board or with the governing body of a State college or
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1 university or public community college shall be provided by
2 the public entity at cost.
3 (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established
4 by converting an existing school or attendance center to
5 charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is
6 deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter
7 agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other
8 costs for the operation and maintenance of school district
9 facilities that are used by the charter school shall be
10 subject to negotiation between the charter school and the
11 local school board and shall be set forth in the charter.
12 (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age
13 or grade level.
14 (k) If the charter school is authorized by the State
15 Board, then the charter school is its own local education
16 agency.
17 (Source: P.A. 102-51, eff. 7-9-21; 102-157, eff. 7-1-22;
18 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-445, eff. 8-20-21; 102-522, eff.
19 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-676, eff. 12-3-21;
20 102-697, eff. 4-5-22; 102-702, eff. 7-1-23; 102-805, eff.
21 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-175,
22 eff. 6-30-23; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24;
23 103-641, eff. 7-1-24; 103-806, eff. 1-1-25; revised 10-9-24.)
24 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-466)
25 Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
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1 (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian,
2 nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter
3 school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
4 corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
5 authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
6 (b) A charter school may be established under this Article
7 by creating a new school or by converting an existing public
8 school or attendance center to charter school status. In all
9 new applications to establish a charter school in a city
10 having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the
11 charter school shall be limited to one campus. This limitation
12 does not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or
13 before April 16, 2003.
14 (b-5) (Blank).
15 (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by
16 its board of directors or other governing body in the manner
17 provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter
18 school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and
19 the Open Meetings Act. A charter school's board of directors
20 or other governing body must include at least one parent or
21 guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school
22 who may be selected through the charter school or a charter
23 network election, appointment by the charter school's board of
24 directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's
25 Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent.
26 (c-5) No later than January 1, 2021 or within the first
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1 year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter
2 school's board of directors or other governing body shall
3 complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development
4 leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient
5 familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and
6 responsibilities, including financial oversight and
7 accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and
8 school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information
9 Act and the Open Meetings Act, and compliance with education
10 and labor law. In each subsequent year of his or her term, a
11 voting member of a charter school's board of directors or
12 other governing body shall complete a minimum of 2 hours of
13 professional development training in these same areas. The
14 training under this subsection may be provided or certified by
15 a statewide charter school membership association or may be
16 provided or certified by other qualified providers approved by
17 the State Board.
18 (d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular
19 health and safety requirement" means any health and safety
20 requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain,
21 preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for
22 students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or
23 prevent threats to the health and safety of students and
24 school personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety
25 requirement" does not include any course of study or
26 specialized instructional requirement for which the State
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1 Board has established goals and learning standards or which is
2 designed primarily to impart knowledge and skills for students
3 to master and apply as an outcome of their education.
4 A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular
5 health and safety requirements applicable to public schools
6 under the laws of the State of Illinois. The State Board shall
7 promulgate and post on its Internet website a list of
8 non-curricular health and safety requirements that a charter
9 school must meet. The list shall be updated annually no later
10 than September 1. Any charter contract between a charter
11 school and its authorizer must contain a provision that
12 requires the charter school to follow the list of all
13 non-curricular health and safety requirements promulgated by
14 the State Board and any non-curricular health and safety
15 requirements added by the State Board to such list during the
16 term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) precludes
17 an authorizer from including non-curricular health and safety
18 requirements in a charter school contract that are not
19 contained in the list promulgated by the State Board,
20 including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the
21 authorizing local school board.
22 (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a
23 charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a
24 charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks,
25 instructional materials, and student activities.
26 (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the
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1 management and operation of its fiscal affairs, including, but
2 not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each
3 charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an
4 outside, independent contractor retained by the charter
5 school. The contractor shall not be an employee of the charter
6 school or affiliated with the charter school or its authorizer
7 in any way, other than to audit the charter school's finances.
8 To ensure financial accountability for the use of public
9 funds, on or before December 1 of every year of operation, each
10 charter school shall submit to its authorizer and the State
11 Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form 990 the
12 charter school filed that year with the federal Internal
13 Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for proper
14 financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer may
15 require quarterly financial statements from each charter
16 school.
17 (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of
18 this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act,
19 all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public
20 schools that pertain to special education and the instruction
21 of English learners, and its charter. A charter school is
22 exempt from all other State laws and regulations in this Code
23 governing public schools and local school board policies;
24 however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
25 (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code
26 regarding criminal history records checks and checks of
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1 the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer
2 and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants
3 for employment;
4 (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 22-100, 24-24, 34-19,
5 and 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of students;
6 (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
7 Tort Immunity Act;
8 (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit
9 Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of
10 officers, directors, employees, and agents;
11 (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
12 (5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and
13 subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code;
14 (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
15 (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school
16 report cards;
17 (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act;
18 (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying
19 prevention;
20 (10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student
21 discipline reporting;
22 (11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code;
23 (12) Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 of this Code;
24 (13) Sections 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 of this Code;
25 (14) Sections 22-90 and 26-18 of this Code;
26 (15) Section 22-30 of this Code;
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1 (16) Sections 24-12 and 34-85 of this Code;
2 (17) the Seizure Smart School Act;
3 (18) Section 2-3.64a-10 of this Code;
4 (19) Sections 10-20.73 and 34-21.9 of this Code;
5 (20) Section 10-22.25b of this Code;
6 (21) Section 27-9.1a of this Code;
7 (22) Section 27-9.1b of this Code;
8 (23) Section 34-18.8 of this Code;
9 (24) Article 26A of this Code;
10 (25) Section 2-3.188 of this Code;
11 (26) Section 22-85.5 of this Code;
12 (27) subsections (d-10), (d-15), and (d-20) of Section
13 10-20.56 of this Code;
14 (28) Sections 10-20.83 and 34-18.78 of this Code;
15 (29) Section 10-20.13 of this Code;
16 (30) Section 28-19.2 of this Code;
17 (31) Section 34-21.6 of this Code;
18 (32) Section 22-85.10 of this Code;
19 (33) Section 2-3.196 of this Code;
20 (34) Section 22-95 of this Code;
21 (35) Section 34-18.62 of this Code;
22 (36) the Illinois Human Rights Act; and
23 (37) Section 2-3.204 of this Code; and .
24 (38) the Mobile Panic Alert System Act.
25 The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection
26 (g) is declaratory of existing law.
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1 (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a
2 school district, the governing body of a State college or
3 university or public community college, or any other public or
4 for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a
5 school building and grounds or any other real property or
6 facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert
7 for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and
8 maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service,
9 activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required
10 to perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
11 Except as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, a school
12 district may charge a charter school reasonable rent for the
13 use of the district's buildings, grounds, and facilities. Any
14 services for which a charter school contracts with a school
15 district shall be provided by the district at cost. Any
16 services for which a charter school contracts with a local
17 school board or with the governing body of a State college or
18 university or public community college shall be provided by
19 the public entity at cost.
20 (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established
21 by converting an existing school or attendance center to
22 charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is
23 deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter
24 agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other
25 costs for the operation and maintenance of school district
26 facilities that are used by the charter school shall be
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1 subject to negotiation between the charter school and the
2 local school board and shall be set forth in the charter.
3 (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age
4 or grade level.
5 (k) If the charter school is authorized by the State
6 Board, then the charter school is its own local education
7 agency.
8 (Source: P.A. 102-51, eff. 7-9-21; 102-157, eff. 7-1-22;
9 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-445, eff. 8-20-21; 102-466, eff.
10 7-1-25; 102-522, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-676,
11 eff. 12-3-21; 102-697, eff. 4-5-22; 102-702, eff. 7-1-23;
12 102-805, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff.
13 6-30-23; 103-175, eff. 6-30-23; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-605,
14 eff. 7-1-24; 103-641, eff. 7-1-24; 103-806, eff. 1-1-25;
15 revised 11-26-24.)
16 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
17 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
18 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
19 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
20 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
21 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
22 Public Act.
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