104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1937 Introduced , by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 100/5-132 new30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Requires the Auditor General to conduct a survey of the Illinois Administrative Code to determine how many mandates and restrictions are imposed by the Illinois Administrative Code on (i) persons, firms, and other entities within the Illinois private sector and (ii) units of local government and taxing bodies other than the State of Illinois. Allows the Auditor General to contract with a private entity to fulfill some or all of these requirements. Allows the use of artificial intelligence for these requirements. Requires the Auditor General to prepare and submit a report within 2 years of the effective date of the Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that each State agency shall, within 9 months of the submission of the report by the Auditor General, submit a follow-up report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules acknowledging the findings within the report. Allows a State agency to use artificial intelligence for these requirements. Requires the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to supervise. Provides that the Joint Committee shall, within 3 months of the submission of the follow-up reports, calculate each State agency's share of the total amount of mandates and restrictions and submit a report with these calculations. Provides that each State agency shall, within 2 years of the submission of the follow-up reports, adopt, amend, or repeal rules sufficient to effectuate a reduction in the total amount of mandates and restrictions to 250,000 or 80% of the amount in the Auditor General's report, whichever is lesser. LRB104 07183 BDA 17220 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1937 Introduced , by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 100/5-132 new30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new 5 ILCS 100/5-132 new 30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Requires the Auditor General to conduct a survey of the Illinois Administrative Code to determine how many mandates and restrictions are imposed by the Illinois Administrative Code on (i) persons, firms, and other entities within the Illinois private sector and (ii) units of local government and taxing bodies other than the State of Illinois. Allows the Auditor General to contract with a private entity to fulfill some or all of these requirements. Allows the use of artificial intelligence for these requirements. Requires the Auditor General to prepare and submit a report within 2 years of the effective date of the Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that each State agency shall, within 9 months of the submission of the report by the Auditor General, submit a follow-up report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules acknowledging the findings within the report. Allows a State agency to use artificial intelligence for these requirements. Requires the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to supervise. Provides that the Joint Committee shall, within 3 months of the submission of the follow-up reports, calculate each State agency's share of the total amount of mandates and restrictions and submit a report with these calculations. Provides that each State agency shall, within 2 years of the submission of the follow-up reports, adopt, amend, or repeal rules sufficient to effectuate a reduction in the total amount of mandates and restrictions to 250,000 or 80% of the amount in the Auditor General's report, whichever is lesser. LRB104 07183 BDA 17220 b LRB104 07183 BDA 17220 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1937 Introduced , by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 100/5-132 new30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new 5 ILCS 100/5-132 new 30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new
5 ILCS 100/5-132 new
30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new
Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Requires the Auditor General to conduct a survey of the Illinois Administrative Code to determine how many mandates and restrictions are imposed by the Illinois Administrative Code on (i) persons, firms, and other entities within the Illinois private sector and (ii) units of local government and taxing bodies other than the State of Illinois. Allows the Auditor General to contract with a private entity to fulfill some or all of these requirements. Allows the use of artificial intelligence for these requirements. Requires the Auditor General to prepare and submit a report within 2 years of the effective date of the Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that each State agency shall, within 9 months of the submission of the report by the Auditor General, submit a follow-up report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules acknowledging the findings within the report. Allows a State agency to use artificial intelligence for these requirements. Requires the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to supervise. Provides that the Joint Committee shall, within 3 months of the submission of the follow-up reports, calculate each State agency's share of the total amount of mandates and restrictions and submit a report with these calculations. Provides that each State agency shall, within 2 years of the submission of the follow-up reports, adopt, amend, or repeal rules sufficient to effectuate a reduction in the total amount of mandates and restrictions to 250,000 or 80% of the amount in the Auditor General's report, whichever is lesser.
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1 AN ACT concerning government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
5 amended by adding Section 5-132 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 100/5-132 new)
7 Sec. 5-132. Restriction on burdensome content within the
8 Illinois Administrative Code.
9 (a) Each State agency shall, within 9 months of the
10 submission of the report under Section 1-14.5 of the Illinois
11 State Auditing Act, submit a follow-up report to the Governor,
12 the General Assembly, and the Joint Committee on
13 Administrative Rules acknowledging the findings of the
14 relevant portions of the report under Section 1-14.5 of the
15 Illinois State Auditing Act for the State agency. Each
16 follow-up report shall contain an explicit numerical
17 acknowledgment of how many rules with mandates and
18 restrictions under subsection (a) of Section 1-14.5 of the
19 Illinois State Auditing Act that State agency is maintaining.
20 A State agency may use artificial intelligence or similar
21 software to assist in this numerical acknowledgment under this
22 subsection. The requirements of this subsection (a) shall be
23 supervised by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1937 Introduced , by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 100/5-132 new30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new 5 ILCS 100/5-132 new 30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new
5 ILCS 100/5-132 new
30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new
Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Requires the Auditor General to conduct a survey of the Illinois Administrative Code to determine how many mandates and restrictions are imposed by the Illinois Administrative Code on (i) persons, firms, and other entities within the Illinois private sector and (ii) units of local government and taxing bodies other than the State of Illinois. Allows the Auditor General to contract with a private entity to fulfill some or all of these requirements. Allows the use of artificial intelligence for these requirements. Requires the Auditor General to prepare and submit a report within 2 years of the effective date of the Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that each State agency shall, within 9 months of the submission of the report by the Auditor General, submit a follow-up report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules acknowledging the findings within the report. Allows a State agency to use artificial intelligence for these requirements. Requires the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to supervise. Provides that the Joint Committee shall, within 3 months of the submission of the follow-up reports, calculate each State agency's share of the total amount of mandates and restrictions and submit a report with these calculations. Provides that each State agency shall, within 2 years of the submission of the follow-up reports, adopt, amend, or repeal rules sufficient to effectuate a reduction in the total amount of mandates and restrictions to 250,000 or 80% of the amount in the Auditor General's report, whichever is lesser.
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1 (b) The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules shall,
2 within 3 months of the submission of the follow-up reports
3 under this Section, calculate each State agency's share of the
4 total amount of mandates and restrictions under subsection (a)
5 of Section 1-14.5 of the Illinois State Auditing Act and
6 submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly with
7 these calculations. The Joint Committee shall make available
8 this report to each State agency.
9 (c) Each State agency shall, within 2 years of the
10 submission of the follow-up reports under subsection (a) of
11 this Section, adopt, amend, or repeal rules sufficient to
12 effectuate the lesser of the following requirements with
13 respect to the total amount of mandates and restrictions under
14 subsection (a) of Section 1-14.5 of the Illinois State
15 Auditing Act:
16 (1) a total amount of mandates and restrictions in the
17 Illinois Administrative Code of 250,000, inclusive of all
18 State agencies; or
19 (2) a total amount of mandates and restrictions in the
20 Illinois Administrative Code of 80% of the mandates and
21 restrictions enumerated in the report under Section 1-14.5
22 of the Illinois State Auditing Act, inclusive of all State
23 agencies.
24 The requirements of this subsection (c) shall be
25 supervised by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. The
26 Joint Committee shall report quarterly to the Governor and the
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1 General Assembly on the implementation of this subsection (c)
2 and shall submit a final report to the Governor and the General
3 Assembly when the implementation of this subsection (c) is
4 complete.
5 Section 10. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by
6 adding Section 1-14.5 as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 5/1-14.5 new)
8 Sec. 1-14.5. Survey of the Illinois Administrative Code.
9 (a) The Auditor General shall conduct a survey of the
10 Illinois Administrative Code to determine how many mandates
11 and restrictions are imposed by the Illinois Administrative
12 Code on (i) persons, firms, and other entities within the
13 Illinois private sector and (ii) units of local government and
14 taxing bodies other than the State of Illinois.
15 (b) The Auditor General may contract with a private entity
16 to fulfill some or all of the requirements under this Section,
17 subject to the determination by the Auditor General that the
18 private entity is capable and qualified of performing the
19 requirements under this Section, subject to appropriation, and
20 subject to the requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code.
21 The Auditor General or a contracted private entity under this
22 subsection may use artificial intelligence or similar software
23 to scrutinize the Illinois Administrative Code.
24 (c) The Auditor General shall prepare a report with the
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