Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 442)
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2001
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/31/25
Refer
4/1/25
Report Pass
5/8/25
Engrossed
5/14/25
Refer
5/20/25
Refer
5/20/25
Report Pass
5/21/25
Enrolled
5/23/25
Chaptered
8/1/25
Passed
8/1/25
Amends the Auction License Act. In provisions concerning an auction contract, provides that sellers shall disclose, if the information is known to the seller, an acknowledgment that (i) all property or goods offered for sale or by auction are owned by the seller, (ii) the seller has full legal authority to sell such property or goods, and (iii) to the best of the seller's knowledge, the property or goods to be sold have been lawfully obtained, as well as other information.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2002
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
3/12/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Engrossed
4/3/25
Refer
4/8/25
Refer
4/17/25
Report Pass
4/23/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Chaptered
8/1/25
Passed
8/1/25
Amends the Illinois State Police Law, the State Finance Act, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act, the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act, the Unified Code of Corrections, the Sex Offender Registration Act, the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, and the Illinois False Claims Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning how certain moneys paid to the State are deposited into certain funds pertaining to the Illinois State Police. Provides that certain funds shall be dissolved after transferring the remaining balance in those funds to designated funds. Makes conforming changes. Effective September 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2003
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
6/2/25
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for any amounts paid by the taxpayer's employer on behalf of the taxpayer as part of an educational assistance program. Creates an income tax deduction for any amounts paid by the taxpayer on behalf of an employee of the taxpayer as part of an educational assistance program. Provides that the deductions are limited to the first $5,250 of such assistance so furnished to any individual. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2004
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Election Code. Creates the Ranked-Choice Voting Article. Provides that a unit of local government may allow for any local primary election, general election, or special election to be conducted by ranked-choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning ranked choice voting elections. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2005
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
6/2/25
Creates the Small Business Economic Incentive Act. Provides that at least 50% of the dollar value of all economic incentives awarded to businesses by the State or by any State agency on or after January 1, 2026 shall be awarded to businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees. Effective January 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2006
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Creates the Highway Work Zone Safety Act. Establishes the Highway Work Zone Speed Control Pilot Program. Provides that the Program's purpose is to enforce the speed limits established for construction or maintenance speed zones. Requires the Illinois State Police, in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, to set up and operate automated traffic control systems in highway construction and maintenance speed zones to detect violations of posted work zone speed limits. Provides that, before setting up an automated traffic control system for the purposes of the Program: (1) the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Department of Transportation may conduct a public information campaign to inform drivers about the use of automated traffic control systems to detect speeds in excess of a work zone speed limit; and (2) signs indicating that work zone speeds are enforced by automated traffic control systems shall be clearly posted in the areas where the systems are or will be in use. Provides that the Illinois Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Police may employ automated traffic control system operators to operate automated traffic control systems in construction or maintenance speed zones. Contains provisions concerning photographs and recorded images, violations, rented or leased vehicles, procurement, and rulemaking. Makes conforming changes in the Freedom of Information Act and in the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2007
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
6/2/25
Amends the School Code. Allows any school or school district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 to implement an advance academic studies ambassadors program with the following goals: (1) to improve the enrollment of students in advanced academic programs within the school or district; (2) to improve the retention and academic success of students enrolled in advanced academic programs within the school or district; (3) to provide students information, leadership opportunities, and foster a sense of community among the student body; and (4) to promote the importance and awareness of advanced academic programs offered at the school or school district to enrolled students and their families. Provides that the State Board of Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to schools and school districts that submit a grant application to the State Board requesting funds to implement an advance academic studies ambassadors program. Allows the State Board to adopt any rules necessary for the implementation of the provisions.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2008
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/6/25
Engrossed
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/17/25
Refer
5/9/25
Refer
5/27/25
Report Pass
5/30/25
Creates the Statewide Innovation Development and Economy Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to promote, stimulate, and develop the general and economic welfare of the State and its communities and to assist in the development and redevelopment of major tourism, entertainment, retail, and related projects within eligible areas of the State, thereby creating new jobs, stimulating significant capital investment, and promoting the general welfare of the citizens of the State, by authorizing municipalities and counties to issue sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds for the financing of STAR bond projects and to otherwise exercise the powers and authorities granted to municipalities to provide incentives to create new job opportunities and to promote major tourism, entertainment, retail, and related projects within the State. Provides that the Office of the Governor, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall have final approval of all STAR bond districts and STAR bond projects established under the Act, which may be established throughout the 10 Economic Development Regions in the State as established by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that regardless of the number of STAR bond districts established within any Economic Development Region, only one STAR bond project may be approved in each of the 10 Regions, excluding projects located in STAR bond districts established under the Innovation Development and Economy Act. Provides that each STAR bond district in which a STAR bonds project has been approved may only receive 50% of the total development costs up to $75,000,000 in State sales tax increment. Provides that a STAR bond district under the Act may not be located either entirely or partially inside of a municipality with a population in excess of 2,000,000. Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Changes the jurisdiction of the Auditor General to make post audits and investigations under the Act or Constitution. Amends the State Finance Act. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Amends the Counties Code. Amends the Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act. Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Creates the Advancing Innovative Manufacturing for Illinois Tax Credit Act. Creates the Advancing Innovative Manufacturing for Illinois Tax Credit program administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that the Program shall provide investment tax credit incentives to eligible manufacturers of critically demanded goods. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes changes concerning data centers. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may award grants to match the funds received by a business through an SBIR/STTR Phase I proposal up to a maximum of $75,000 (currently, $50,000). Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may award grants to match the funds received by a business through an SBIR/STTR Phase II proposal up to a maximum of $250,000. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make changes concerning the apprenticeship education expense credit. Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Makes changes authorizing additional Agreements under the Act. Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act to provide that certain economic development authorities may designate additional Enterprise Zones. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, if compensation is paid through a loan out company, as defined under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008, if the compensation is considered compensation paid in this State, and if the compensation is for in-State services performed for a production that is accredited under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008 and concludes on or after July 1, 2025, then the production company or its authorized payroll service company shall be considered the employer for the purpose of withholding tax on that compensation and shall withhold at the tax rate provided in the Act on all payments to loan out companies for services performed in Illinois by the loan out company's employees. Specifies that nonresident employees of loan out companies who perform services in Illinois shall be considered taxable nonresidents and shall be subject to the tax under the Act in the taxable year in which the employee performs services in Illinois. Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Modifies the definitions of the terms "credit", "Illinois labor expenditure", and "Illinois production spending". Provides that a taxpayer shall not be awarded any new credits under the Act for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2039 (rather than 2033). Contains other provisions. Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Provides that the term "Illinois labor expenditure" does not include: (1) above-the-line spending exceeding 40% of the total Illinois production spending for the production, unless the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity determines that the inclusion of such excess above-the-line spending is necessary for the production to be accredited; (2) above-the-line spending paid to related parties that exceeds, in the aggregate, 12% of the total Illinois production spending for the production; or (3) below-the-line spending paid to a related party that exceeds the fair market value of the transaction. Defines "above-the-line spending" and "below-the-line spending". Provides that the term "Illinois production spending" includes the fair market value of any transaction that (i) is entered into between the taxpayer and a related party or the taxpayer and an unrelated party, (ii) is related to the accredited production, and (iii) has terms that reflect the fair market value of the transaction. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2009
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "leader follower attenuator truck" as a driverless vehicle that is led by a human-driven vehicle that controls its position, speed, and heading data to the driverless vehicle while maintaining a set gap distance and is be equipped with sensors that can detect obstacles to stop the driverless vehicle if necessary. Allows the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to use leader follower attenuator trucks on State highways to increase safety of workers in construction and maintenance zones.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2010
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amends the Cemetery Care Act. Defines "average fair market value", "total return percentage", and "net income". Provides that a trustee may apply to the Comptroller to establish a master trust fund in which deposits are made. Allows a cemetery authority to take distributions from its fund either by distributing ordinary income or total return distribution. Requires an application for the implementation of the total return distribution method to be submitted to the Comptroller at least 120 days before the effective date of the election to receive total return distribution. Allows, where no receiver is available, a circuit court to order a willing local municipality, township, county, or city to take over the cemetery. Repeals a provision regarding the use of care funds. Makes other changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2011
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
6/2/25
Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that if a household's monthly benefit amount under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is determined to be less than $75, the State shall pay an additional amount to increase the household's total monthly benefit to $75. Effective October 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2012
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Refer
4/11/25
If and only if Senate Bill 867 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, amends the State Parks Act. Provides that the land management agreement with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and other necessary parties for the purpose of managing, maintaining, or operating the real property conveyed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation shall contain restrictions on gaming operations. Effective immediately or on the date Senate Bill 867 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, whichever is later.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2013
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for any third-party hotel booking service to facilitate the reservation or booking of a physical accommodation in the State without providing specified disclosures to the consumer. Sets forth requirements for the disclosure, including that it is clear and conspicuous. Defines terms. Effective January 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2014
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Creates the Gift Card Scam Prevention Act. Provides that a merchant shall not knowingly sell an open-loop gift card to a consumer unless the merchant satisfies specified requirements. Provides that a third-party gift card reseller that buys or sells an open-loop gift card as part of a transaction occurring in the State shall record and maintain a copy of specified information. Provides for enforcement of the Act by the Attorney General. Effective January 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2015
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Ticket Sale and Resale Act. Provides that a person or entity that does not have actual or constructive possession of an event ticket shall not sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale the event ticket unless specified conditions are satisfied. Prohibits a ticket issuer, ticket broker, or ticket reseller from offering for sale an event ticket unless the ticket issuer, ticket broker, or ticket reseller makes specified disclosures. Sets forth provisions concerning refunds, if an event is cancelled or postponed, and advertisements. Provides that whoever violates the amendatory provisions may be fined up to $5,000 for each offense. Defines terms.