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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1838
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act. Provides that if an applicant is seeking development assistance for a project that is a new office construction or office relocation that retains at least 100 jobs in the county in which the project is located or is being relocated to and the county has more than 25,000 residents but less than 50,000 residents, the applicant shall be eligible for development assistance under the Department of Transportation's Economic Development Program.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1839
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, if the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation does not process an application for a license within 30 days after receiving the application, the Division shall waive the applicant's application fee or, if the applicant has already paid the application fee, the Division shall refund the applicant's application fee.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1840
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Creates the Civilian Enforced No-Fly Zone Act. Provides that an individual who owns or lawfully occupies private property in the State is authorized to disable or destroy an unmanned aerial vehicle that is operating over the individual's property at an altitude of less than 400 feet without the individual's permission. Provides immunity from civil or criminal liability unless an individual intentionally causes harm to persons or property in the process of disabling or destroying an unmanned aerial vehicle under the Act. "Unmanned aerial vehicle" means any aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft. "Private property" means land or structures owned by individuals, including residential, agricultural, and commercial properties.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1841
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides an exception for alleged violations which remain the subject of disagreement between the Agency and the person complained against following waiver pursuant to certain provisions or fulfillment of the requirements of certain provisions if the person so complained against has made a reasonable effort to remedy the violation, as determined by the Agency. Provides that any violation from January 1, 2023, until January 1, 2024, brought by the Office of the Attorney General shall be reviewed within 30 days of the effective date of the amendatory Act for compliance with the changes made by the amendatory Act if the violation occurred in a municipality with a population larger than 900, but smaller than 1,100. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1842
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that part-time police officers shall not be assigned to supervise or direct full-time police officers of a police department, except in municipalities having a population of less than 3,000 (rather than part-time police officers shall not be assigned under any circumstances to supervise or direct full-time police officers of a police department). Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1843
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
6/2/25
Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may expend funds for the maintenance and restoration of the existing part of the National Road located in southeastern Illinois. Provides that the Department may make grants to contractors for the maintenance and restoration of the existing part of the National Road located in southeastern Illinois. Provides that the grants shall be made from State appropriations and to the extent permitted by federal law from federal funds for this purpose. Provides that moneys for this purpose may be received from local units of government or appropriate and allowable not-for-profit or private organizations.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1844
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Refer
6/2/25
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision prohibiting prior authorization mandates and utilization management controls under the fee-for-service and managed care medical assistance programs for FDA-approved prescription drugs that treat mental illness, requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and managed care organizations to report quarterly on compliance with the specified prohibitions beginning with dates of service on and after July 1, 2025. Requires the Department to post on its website a report on fee-for-service prescriptions and the reports from each managed care organization. Sets forth the information that must be contained in the quarterly reports, including, but not limited to: (i) the number of denied prescriptions and estimated net cost to the State for those covered prescriptions summarized by each of the allowed categories specified in the Code; (ii) the number of denied prescriptions and estimated net cost to the State for those prescriptions summarized by each of the non-allowed categories specified in the Code; and (iii) the number of denied prescriptions and estimated gross cost to the State for those prescriptions summarized by any other reason not specified in the Code. Requires the Department to sanction those managed care organizations that do not file the required reports. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1845
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
6/2/25
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In provisions concerning the Community Care Program, provides that subject to federal approval, within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, rates for adult day services shall be increased to $17.84 per hour and rates for each way transportation services for adult day services shall be increased to $13.44 per unit transportation.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1846
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act and other people of all immigration statuses the same medical coverage for family planning and family planning-related services and supplies as provided under Article V of the Code to eligible persons who are United States citizens. Requires lawful permanent residents and other people of all immigration statuses to meet all other eligibility qualifications under the HFS Family Planning Program in order to be eligible for family planning and family planning-related services and supplies under the amendatory Act. Prohibits the Department from requiring eligible lawful permanent residents or other people of all immigration statuses to complete a mandatory waiting period as a condition of receiving family planning and family planning-related services.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1847
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions listing the classes of persons eligible for medical assistance, provides that, to the extent permitted by federal law, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall by rule eliminate the consideration of assets when determining eligibility for any program of medical assistance. Requires the Department to seek federal authority to disregard all resources, including real and personal property, as authorized by the flexibilities provided under a specified federal law or other available authorities. Provides that if adjustment or elimination of the asset limit results in any disadvantage to receiving medical assistance in a community setting, the Department shall adopt rules rebalancing the programs so that, where medical assistance is available in a community setting, a medical assistance beneficiary has free choice between receiving those services in the community or in a long-term care facility. Makes conforming changes by: (i) removing a provision that requires the Department to establish, by rule, the amounts of assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility for medical assistance; (ii) removing a provision that permits the Department to establish resource standards for pregnant individuals applying for medical assistance that are more restrictive than those resource standards established under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; and (iii) removing a provision that permits the Department to allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 during periods of medical assistance eligibility for employed persons with disabilities and employed persons with a medically improved disability.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1848
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, requires a school district, if funds are available, to provide a minimum of 3 hours of instruction for students in any of grades 7 through 12 on (i) legal aspects explaining certain laws and penalties, (ii) responding to a police encounter, and (iii) the aftermath. Allows the State Board of Education to prepare and make available to school boards resource materials that may be used as guidelines for the development of the instruction. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1849
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that certain offenses for which the use of a firearm requires the court to add 15 years, 20 years, or 25 years or up to a term of natural life to the sentence, makes the additional sentences discretionary with the court. Deletes provisions that permit the court in those cases to impose a term of natural life imprisonment upon the defendant. Provides that the court may impose the additional sentences only if the defendant was personally armed with the firearm and was personally displaying the firearm. Provides that the penalty for aggravated criminal sexual assault in which the defendant personally discharged the firearm in the commission of the offense is a Class X felony for which up to 20 years may (rather than 20 years shall) be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court and up to 25 years may be added (rather than 25 years or up to a term of natural life imprisonment shall be added) to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court if the discharge proximately caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to another person; Provides that the penalty for home invasion is a Class X felony for which up to 20 years may (rather than 20 years shall) be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court if the defendant personally discharged a firearm during the commission of the offense.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1850
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning teacher evaluation plans, provides that for teachers not in contractual continued service who participate in a new teacher induction and mentoring program established by the school district in which they are employed, non-evaluative mentor observation and feedback may be used in place of one evaluation observation.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1851
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
6/2/25
Refer
6/2/25
Creates the Emergency Co-Response Grant Act. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall, subject to appropriation, make grants to law enforcement departments to establish or maintain a co-response unit. Defines terms, including "co-response unit" to mean a unit of a law enforcement department featuring a specially trained team focused on de-escalation that includes at least one law enforcement officer and at least one clinician or trained civilian directly dispatched to emergency calls in which a behavioral health crisis is likely to be involved. Establishes requirements for applications for grants and use of grant moneys from the Emergency Co-Response Grant Fund. Requires each law enforcement department receiving a grant under the Act to submit a report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Agency, which shall also be posted on each law enforcement department's website, after July 1, 2031 but before January 1, 2032 on the programmatic and fiscal savings associated with co-response units, key conclusions, populations served, the benefits conferred or realized, and resulting policy recommendations to provide guidance to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Agency in fully implementing and scaling permanent units. Requires joint adoption of rules to implement the Act, including requirements for law enforcement department co-response units receiving grants under the Act. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2033. Amends the State Finance Act creating the Emergency Co-Response Grant Fund. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB1852
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that all institutions and facilities of the Department of Corrections shall permit every committed person to receive the original, physical copy of any mail addressed to the committed person that the committed person is entitled and allowed to receive. Provides that any exceptions to the requirements of this provision must be based on evidence that complying with the requirements of this provision present a clear and present danger to the health and safety of the correctional employees or committed persons in the correctional institution or facility. Provides that the evidence must include evidence of contraband being sent through the mail, data on the number of mail items containing contraband, test results of mail tested due to suspicion of mail containing drugs, data on where inside a correctional institution or facility contraband has been found, and the method of entry of contraband into the correctional institution or facility. Provides that the data and evidence must be made publicly available monthly on the Department's website but no later than 60 days after the use of the exception to the requirements. Provides that no committed person shall be denied, or have communications limited, with an outside support person, whether by phone, mail, video, or in person visitation, as a result of a change in the committed person's grade level or housing status or as a disciplinary sanction. Provides that committed persons may contact outside supports via phone, mail, or electronic message free of charge. Defines "original, physical copy".