Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 187)
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2791
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that on the effective date of the amendatory Act,any recipient of a scholarship, grant, or waiver that has been or may be converted to a student loan under a State program for which the Illinois Student Assistance Commission is responsible for collections shall be released from the remaining financial repayment obligations under that program. In provisions concerning the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program, the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program, special education teacher scholarships, the Optometric Education Scholarship Program, Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scholarships, and the iGROW Tech Scholarship Program and in the Nursing Education Scholarship Law, removes provisions concerning repaying funds received due to the specified failure of a recipient to fulfill the recipient's obligations. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2792
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, if a public body uses an electronic system for the submission of requests under the Act, then it shall employ a CAPTCHA test or other similar measures to verify that those electronically submitted requests are being made by a human.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2793
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the School Code. Provides that, on and after September 1, 2026, all teacher evaluation ratings on record as "excellent", "proficient", or "needs improvement" are considered "effective" and all teacher evaluation ratings on record as "unsatisfactory" are considered "ineffective" for the purposes of the Employment of Teachers Article. Makes other changes concerning the waiver or modification of mandates; school report cards; license suspension or revocation; contractual continued service; removal or dismissal of teachers; an optional alternative evaluative dismissal process; the content of evaluation plans; the appointment and promotion of teachers in Chicago; and alternative procedures for teacher evaluation, remediation, and removal in Chicago. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2794
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Employee Classification Act. Provides that a developer, general contractor, and subcontractor are jointly and severally liable for any subcontractor's failure to properly classify persons performing services as employees unless specified conditions are satisfied. Provides that it is a violation for a developer or a general contractor to utilize a subcontractor at any tier who commits a violation of the Act unless specified conditions are satisfied. Makes conforming and other changes. Defines terms.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2795
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. In a provision involving ethical principles for legislators in the event of a conflict situation, defines conflict situation as any circumstance that (i) involves a legislator, the legislator's immediate family, or a business in which the legislator or the legislator's immediate family holds a direct or indirect economic interest, (ii) is related to a specific matter pending before the legislator, and (iii) may result in a private pecuniary benefit to the legislator, the legislator's immediate family, or one or more businesses in which the legislator is involved. Provides that, upon discovery of a conflict situation, the legislator shall disclose the conflict by notifying the Office of the Legislative Inspector General. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Directs the Legislative Inspector General to examine any conflict situation notice filed by a member, as well as each bill that is related to the conflict situation and that has been filed and approved for consideration, and to either (i) provide the member with an informal advisory opinion or (ii) refer the notice to the Commission for a formal advisory opinion and an opportunity to respond. Requires the Legislative Ethics Commission to examine any conflict situation notice filed by a member and referred to the Commission by the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, as well as each bill that is related to the conflict situation and that has been filed and approved for consideration, and to provide such a member with a formal advisory opinion and an opportunity to respond to the Office of the Legislative Inspector General.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2796
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Pension Code. Provides for a Deferred Retirement Option Plan, under which a firefighter who is at least age 50 with 20 years of service may continue in active service for up to 3 years while having his or her retirement pension paid into a special account, to be distributed to the firefighter upon retirement. Bases the retirement pension on the firefighter's service and salary at the time of joining the DROP plan. Requires termination of service at the end of the DROP plan participation period. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2797
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority may reduce the number of judges of election in each precinct to 3 judges of election in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required. Makes conforming changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2798
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the State Finance Act. Provides for a sales tax holiday on school supplies during the first 7 days of August of each calendar year. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2799
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a copy of any nomination paper, certificate of nomination, or petition for a public question filed with an election authority for an immediately succeeding election shall be provided by the election authority within 48 hours after a written request is received by the election authority. Provides that a requester shall not be required to submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2800
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall complete the validation and counting of provisional ballots within 7 calendar days (currently, 14 calendar days) of the day of the election. Makes conforming changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2801
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Engrossed
4/9/25
Refer
4/23/25
Refer
4/29/25
Report Pass
5/7/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Provides that, by July 1, 2026, the State Board of Education shall provide a form, posted publicly on its website, for organizations to submit opportunities for high school students to participate in externships, internships, or volunteer work related to career and technical education career pathways. Requires the opportunities submitted to be reviewed and approved by the State Board of Education. Requires the State Board of Education to post a list of approved opportunities on its website and share the list with all school districts annually. Provides that, by July 1, 2027 and by July 1 each year thereafter, the State Board of Education shall compile and publish a report on its website listing the total number of organizations that submitted opportunities for high school students the previous year, and the report shall be disaggregated by the career areas under which each opportunity fell.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2802
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Engrossed
4/11/25
Refer
4/23/25
Refer
4/29/25
Report Pass
5/7/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the daily pupil attendance calculation, allows for participation in a supervised career development experience (instead of a supervised career development experience or any work-based learning experience) in which student participation and learning outcomes are approved (instead of directed) by a licensed educator for assessment of competencies. Provides that participation (instead of participation in a work-based learning experience) may include, but is not limited to, scheduled events of local, State, and national youth organizations, career and technical education student organizations, FFA associations, and 4-H programs as part of organized competitions, exhibitions, or conferences (instead of scheduled events of State FFA associations, the National FFA Organization, and 4-H programs as part of organized competitions or exhibitions). Allows for participation in any work-based learning experience, including supervised agricultural experiences, in which student participation and learning outcomes are approved by an educator who holds an Educator License with Stipulations with a Career and Technical Educator endorsement and a work-based learning designation, as required by rule. Allows for participation in a youth apprenticeship in which student participation and outcomes are approved (instead of directed) by a licensed educator for assessment of competencies. Provides that a student and the student's parent or legal guardian are responsible for obtaining coursework that is missed while the student participates in an activity from the student's teacher; makes related changes. Requires school district attendance policies to be updated, added to a district's student handbook, and publicly posted to reflect the activities allowed to be counted toward the calculation of clock hours of school work. Provides that these policies shall include, at a minimum, an approval process for students to attend allowable activities and provisions for making up missed coursework that do not penalize a student.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2803
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Election Code. Provides that ballots must be received by the election authority before the closing of the polls on election day (rather than returned to the election authority postmarked no later than election day). Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2804
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that in addition to any other penalties provided by law, a person knowingly and unlawfully selling or dispensing any scheduled drug containing a detectable amount of fentanyl is guilty of a Class X felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 9 years and not more than 40 years or fined not more than $250,000, or both. Provides that it is a Class 1 felony for which a fine not to exceed $100,000 may be imposed for any person to knowingly use an electronic communication device in the furtherance of controlled substance trafficking involving a substance containing any amount of fentanyl. Provides that this penalty shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed by law. Provides that in addition to any other penalties imposed, not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years shall be imposed with respect to any amount of carfentanil or fentanyl, or any analog thereof, in excess of 150 milligrams that is stored or transmitted as a powder, blotter paper, tablet, patch, or spray. Provides that in addition to any other penalties imposed, with respect to fentanyl, or an analog thereof, an additional sentence of 5 years shall be imposed if the fentanyl or analog thereof is in a form that resembles, or was mixed, granulated, absorbed, adsorbed, spray-dried, aerosolized as or onto, coated on in whole or in part, or solubilized with or into, a product, where the product or its packaging further has at least one of the following attributes: (1) a resemblance to the trade dress of a consumer food product, branded food product, or logo food product, or incorporates an actual or satirical version of a registered trademark, service mark, or copyright; (2) a bright color or coloring scheme; (3) the appearance of a cereal, candy, vitamin, gummy, or chewable product such as a gum or gelatin-based product; (4) a cartoon character imprint; or (5) incorporation into a separate product or package approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or approved by a regulatory agency for food or drug products in another country, if the addition of fentanyl, carfentanil, or any analog thereof, would render the approved product an adulterated product under the standards of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or any law of this State or administrative rule. Defines "electronic communication device".
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB2805
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
4/8/25
Refer
4/10/25
Refer
4/23/25
Refer
6/2/25
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In a provision requiring policies of group accident and health insurance to provide coverage for certain examination and testing services provided to a victim of specified criminal offenses, prohibits the policy from imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on the coverage provided, except to the extent that the coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account under the Internal Revenue Code. Effective January 1, 2026.