Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1321 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/28/2025

                            104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 SB1321 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055 Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may make grants to small businesses for eligible security improvements that assist the small business in preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism. Sets forth requirements concerning eligibility, application, and Agency procedures. Defines "small business". Effective immediately. LRB104 08503 BAB 18555 b   A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 SB1321 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055 20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055 Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may make grants to small businesses for eligible security improvements that assist the small business in preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism. Sets forth requirements concerning eligibility, application, and Agency procedures. Defines "small business". Effective immediately.  LRB104 08503 BAB 18555 b     LRB104 08503 BAB 18555 b   A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 SB1321 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055 20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055
20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may make grants to small businesses for eligible security improvements that assist the small business in preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism. Sets forth requirements concerning eligibility, application, and Agency procedures. Defines "small business". Effective immediately.
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1  AN ACT concerning State government.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is
5  amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
6  (20 ILCS 3305/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1055)
7  Sec. 5. Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
8  (a) There is created within the executive branch of the
9  State Government an Illinois Emergency Management Agency and a
10  Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, herein
11  called the "Director" who shall be the head thereof. The
12  Director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice
13  and consent of the Senate, and shall serve for a term of 2
14  years beginning on the third Monday in January of the
15  odd-numbered year, and until a successor is appointed and has
16  qualified; except that the term of the first Director
17  appointed under this Act shall expire on the third Monday in
18  January, 1989. The Director shall not hold any other
19  remunerative public office. For terms beginning after January
20  18, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 100-1179) and
21  before January 16, 2023, the annual salary of the Director
22  shall be as provided in Section 5-300 of the Civil
23  Administrative Code of Illinois. Notwithstanding any other

 

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 SB1321 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055 20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055
20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may make grants to small businesses for eligible security improvements that assist the small business in preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism. Sets forth requirements concerning eligibility, application, and Agency procedures. Defines "small business". Effective immediately.
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1  provision of law, for terms beginning on or after January 16,
2  2023, the Director shall receive an annual salary of $180,000
3  or as set by the Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1,
4  2023, and on each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall
5  receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living
6  adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the
7  86th General Assembly.
8  For terms beginning on or after January 16, 2023, the
9  Assistant Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
10  shall receive an annual salary of $156,600 or as set by the
11  Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1, 2023, and on each
12  July 1 thereafter, the Assistant Director shall receive an
13  increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as
14  authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General
15  Assembly.
16  (b) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall obtain,
17  under the provisions of the Personnel Code, technical,
18  clerical, stenographic and other administrative personnel, and
19  may make expenditures within the appropriation therefor as may
20  be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. The agency
21  created by this Act is intended to be a successor to the agency
22  created under the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster
23  Agency Act of 1975 and the personnel, equipment, records, and
24  appropriations of that agency are transferred to the successor
25  agency as of June 30, 1988 (the effective date of this Act).
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1  the Governor, shall be the executive head of the Illinois
2  Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Response
3  Commission and shall be responsible under the direction of the
4  Governor, for carrying out the program for emergency
5  management of this State. The Director shall also maintain
6  liaison and cooperate with the emergency management
7  organizations of this State and other states and of the
8  federal government.
9  (d) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall take an
10  integral part in the development and revision of political
11  subdivision emergency operations plans prepared under
12  paragraph (f) of Section 10. To this end it shall employ or
13  otherwise secure the services of professional and technical
14  personnel capable of providing expert assistance to the
15  emergency services and disaster agencies. These personnel
16  shall consult with emergency services and disaster agencies on
17  a regular basis and shall make field examinations of the
18  areas, circumstances, and conditions that particular political
19  subdivision emergency operations plans are intended to apply.
20  (e) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and political
21  subdivisions shall be encouraged to form an emergency
22  management advisory committee composed of private and public
23  personnel representing the emergency management phases of
24  mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The Local
25  Emergency Planning Committee, as created under the Illinois
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1  serve as an advisory committee to the emergency services and
2  disaster agency or agencies serving within the boundaries of
3  that Local Emergency Planning Committee planning district for:
4  (1) the development of emergency operations plan
5  provisions for hazardous chemical emergencies; and
6  (2) the assessment of emergency response capabilities
7  related to hazardous chemical emergencies.
8  (f) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall:
9  (1) Coordinate the overall emergency management
10  program of the State.
11  (2) Cooperate with local governments, the federal
12  government, and any public or private agency or entity in
13  achieving any purpose of this Act and in implementing
14  emergency management programs for mitigation,
15  preparedness, response, and recovery.
16  (2.5) Develop a comprehensive emergency preparedness
17  and response plan for any nuclear accident in accordance
18  with Section 65 of the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 and in
19  development of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness
20  program in accordance with Section 8 of the Illinois
21  Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.
22  (2.6) Coordinate with the Department of Public Health
23  with respect to planning for and responding to public
24  health emergencies.
25  (3) Prepare, for issuance by the Governor, executive
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1  appropriate in coping with disasters.
2  (4) Promulgate rules and requirements for political
3  subdivision emergency operations plans that are not
4  inconsistent with and are at least as stringent as
5  applicable federal laws and regulations.
6  (5) Review and approve, in accordance with Illinois
7  Emergency Management Agency rules, emergency operations
8  plans for those political subdivisions required to have an
9  emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to this
10  Act.
11  (5.5) Promulgate rules and requirements for the
12  political subdivision emergency management exercises,
13  including, but not limited to, exercises of the emergency
14  operations plans.
15  (5.10) Review, evaluate, and approve, in accordance
16  with Illinois Emergency Management Agency rules, political
17  subdivision emergency management exercises for those
18  political subdivisions required to have an emergency
19  services and disaster agency pursuant to this Act.
20  (6) Determine requirements of the State and its
21  political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other
22  necessities in event of a disaster.
23  (7) Establish a register of persons with types of
24  emergency management training and skills in mitigation,
25  preparedness, response, and recovery.
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1  response resources available for use in a disaster.
2  (9) Expand the Earthquake Awareness Program and its
3  efforts to distribute earthquake preparedness materials to
4  schools, political subdivisions, community groups, civic
5  organizations, and the media. Emphasis will be placed on
6  those areas of the State most at risk from an earthquake.
7  Maintain the list of all school districts, hospitals,
8  airports, power plants, including nuclear power plants,
9  lakes, dams, emergency response facilities of all types,
10  and all other major public or private structures which are
11  at the greatest risk of damage from earthquakes under
12  circumstances where the damage would cause subsequent harm
13  to the surrounding communities and residents.
14  (10) Disseminate all information, completely and
15  without delay, on water levels for rivers and streams and
16  any other data pertaining to potential flooding supplied
17  by the Division of Water Resources within the Department
18  of Natural Resources to all political subdivisions to the
19  maximum extent possible.
20  (11) Develop agreements, if feasible, with medical
21  supply and equipment firms to supply resources as are
22  necessary to respond to an earthquake or any other
23  disaster as defined in this Act. These resources will be
24  made available upon notifying the vendor of the disaster.
25  Payment for the resources will be in accordance with
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1  Health shall determine which resources will be required
2  and requested.
3  (11.5) In coordination with the Illinois State Police,
4  develop and implement a community outreach program to
5  promote awareness among the State's parents and children
6  of child abduction prevention and response.
7  (12) Out of funds appropriated for these purposes,
8  award capital and non-capital grants to Illinois hospitals
9  or health care facilities located outside of a city with a
10  population in excess of 1,000,000 to be used for purposes
11  that include, but are not limited to, preparing to respond
12  to mass casualties and disasters, maintaining and
13  improving patient safety and quality of care, and
14  protecting the confidentiality of patient information. No
15  single grant for a capital expenditure shall exceed
16  $300,000. No single grant for a non-capital expenditure
17  shall exceed $100,000. In awarding such grants, preference
18  shall be given to hospitals that serve a significant
19  number of Medicaid recipients, but do not qualify for
20  disproportionate share hospital adjustment payments under
21  the Illinois Public Aid Code. To receive such a grant, a
22  hospital or health care facility must provide funding of
23  at least 50% of the cost of the project for which the grant
24  is being requested. In awarding such grants the Illinois
25  Emergency Management Agency shall consider the
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1  (13) Do all other things necessary, incidental or
2  appropriate for the implementation of this Act.
3  (g) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized
4  to make grants to various higher education institutions,
5  public K-12 school districts, area vocational centers as
6  designated by the State Board of Education, inter-district
7  special education cooperatives, regional safe schools, and
8  nonpublic K-12 schools for safety and security improvements.
9  For the purpose of this subsection (g), "higher education
10  institution" means a public university, a public community
11  college, or an independent, not-for-profit or for-profit
12  higher education institution located in this State. Grants
13  made under this subsection (g) shall be paid out of moneys
14  appropriated for that purpose from the Build Illinois Bond
15  Fund. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall adopt
16  rules to implement this subsection (g). These rules may
17  specify: (i) the manner of applying for grants; (ii) project
18  eligibility requirements; (iii) restrictions on the use of
19  grant moneys; (iv) the manner in which the various higher
20  education institutions must account for the use of grant
21  moneys; and (v) any other provision that the Illinois
22  Emergency Management Agency determines to be necessary or
23  useful for the administration of this subsection (g).
24  (g-5) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is
25  authorized to make grants to not-for-profit organizations
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1  501(c)(3) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code for eligible
2  security improvements that assist the organization in
3  preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks,
4  or acts of terrorism. To be eligible for a grant under the
5  program, the Agency must determine that the organization is at
6  a high risk of being subject to threats, attacks, or acts of
7  terrorism based on the organization's profile, ideology,
8  mission, or beliefs. Eligible security improvements shall
9  include all eligible preparedness activities under the federal
10  Nonprofit Security Grant Program, including, but not limited
11  to, physical security upgrades, security training exercises,
12  preparedness training exercises, contracting with security
13  personnel, and any other security upgrades deemed eligible by
14  the Director. Eligible security improvements shall not
15  duplicate, in part or in whole, a project included under any
16  awarded federal grant or in a pending federal application. The
17  Director shall establish procedures and forms by which
18  applicants may apply for a grant and procedures for
19  distributing grants to recipients. Any security improvements
20  awarded shall remain at the physical property listed in the
21  grant application, unless authorized by Agency rule or
22  approved by the Agency in writing. The procedures shall
23  require each applicant to do the following:
24  (1) identify and substantiate prior or current
25  threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism against the
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1  (2) indicate the symbolic or strategic value of one or
2  more sites that renders the site a possible target of a
3  threat, attack, or act of terrorism;
4  (3) discuss potential consequences to the organization
5  if the site is damaged, destroyed, or disrupted by a
6  threat, attack, or act of terrorism;
7  (4) describe how the grant will be used to integrate
8  organizational preparedness with broader State and local
9  preparedness efforts, as described by the Agency in each
10  Notice of Opportunity for Funding;
11  (5) submit (i) a vulnerability assessment conducted by
12  experienced security, law enforcement, or military
13  personnel, or conducted using an Agency-approved or
14  federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program self-assessment
15  tool, and (ii) a description of how the grant award will be
16  used to address the vulnerabilities identified in the
17  assessment; and
18  (6) submit any other relevant information as may be
19  required by the Director.
20  The Agency is authorized to use funds appropriated for the
21  grant program described in this subsection (g-5) to administer
22  the program. Any Agency Notice of Opportunity for Funding,
23  proposed or final rulemaking, guidance, training opportunity,
24  or other resource related to the grant program must be
25  published on the Agency's publicly available website, and any
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1  State legislative offices, the Governor's office, emergency
2  services and disaster agencies mandated or required pursuant
3  to subsections (b) through (d) of Section 10, and any other
4  State agencies as determined by the Agency. Subject to
5  appropriation, the grant application period shall be open for
6  no less than 45 calendar days during the first application
7  cycle each fiscal year, unless the Agency determines that a
8  shorter period is necessary to avoid conflicts with the annual
9  federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding cycle.
10  Additional application cycles may be conducted during the same
11  fiscal year, subject to availability of funds. Upon request,
12  Agency staff shall provide reasonable assistance to any
13  applicant in completing a grant application or meeting a
14  post-award requirement.
15  In addition to any advance payment rules or procedures
16  adopted by the Agency, the Agency shall adopt rules or
17  procedures by which grantees under this subsection (g-5) may
18  receive a working capital advance of initial start-up costs
19  and up to 2 months of program expenses, not to exceed 25% of
20  the total award amount, if, during the application process,
21  the grantee demonstrates a need for funds to commence a
22  project. The remaining funds must be paid through
23  reimbursement after the grantee presents sufficient supporting
24  documentation of expenditures for eligible activities.
25  (g-10) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office
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1  eligible security improvements that assist the small business
2  in preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats,
3  attacks, or acts of terrorism. To be eligible for a grant under
4  the program, the Agency must determine that the small business
5  is at a high risk of being subject to threats, attacks, or acts
6  of terrorism based on the small business' profile, ideology,
7  mission, or beliefs. Eligible security improvements shall
8  include, but shall not be limited to, physical security
9  upgrades, security training exercises, preparedness training
10  exercises, contracting with security personnel, and any other
11  security upgrades deemed eligible by the Director. The
12  Director shall establish procedures and forms by which
13  applicants may apply for a grant and procedures for
14  distributing grants to recipients. Any security improvements
15  awarded shall remain at the physical property listed in the
16  grant application, unless authorized by Agency rule or
17  approved by the Agency in writing. The procedures shall
18  require each applicant to do the following:
19  (1) identify and substantiate prior or current
20  threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism against the small
21  business;
22  (2) indicate the symbolic or strategic value of one or
23  more sites that renders the site a possible target of a
24  threat, attack, or act of terrorism;
25  (3) discuss potential consequences to the small
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1  by a threat, attack, or act of terrorism;
2  (4) describe how the grant will be used to integrate
3  small business preparedness with broader State and local
4  preparedness efforts, as described by the Agency in each
5  Notice of Opportunity for Funding;
6  (5) submit (i) a vulnerability assessment conducted by
7  experienced security, law enforcement, or military
8  personnel, or conducted using an Agency-approved, and (ii)
9  a description of how the grant award will be used to
10  address the vulnerabilities identified in the assessment;
11  and
12  (6) submit any other relevant information as may be
13  required by the Director.
14  The Agency may use funds appropriated for the grant
15  program described in this subsection to administer the
16  program. Any Agency notice of opportunity for funding,
17  proposed or final rulemaking, guidance, training opportunity,
18  or other resource related to the grant program must be
19  published on the Agency's publicly available website, and any
20  announcements related to funding shall be shared with all
21  State legislative offices, the Governor's Office, emergency
22  services and disaster agencies mandated or required pursuant
23  to subsections (b) through (d) of Section 10, and any other
24  State agencies as determined by the Agency. Subject to
25  appropriation, the grant application period shall be open for
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1  cycle each fiscal year. Additional application cycles may be
2  conducted during the same fiscal year, subject to availability
3  of funds. Upon request, Agency staff shall provide reasonable
4  assistance to any applicant in completing a grant application
5  or meeting a post-award requirement.
6  As used in this subsection, "small business" means a
7  corporation or a concern, including its affiliates, that is
8  independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field,
9  and employs fewer than 50 full-time employees or has gross
10  annual sales of less than $4,000,000.
11  (h) Except as provided in Section 17.5 of this Act, any
12  moneys received by the Agency from donations or sponsorships
13  unrelated to a disaster shall be deposited in the Emergency
14  Planning and Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to
15  appropriation, to effectuate planning and training activities.
16  Any moneys received by the Agency from donations during a
17  disaster and intended for disaster response or recovery shall
18  be deposited into the Disaster Response and Recovery Fund and
19  used for disaster response and recovery pursuant to the
20  Disaster Relief Act.
21  (i) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may by rule
22  assess and collect reasonable fees for attendance at
23  Agency-sponsored conferences to enable the Agency to carry out
24  the requirements of this Act. Any moneys received under this
25  subsection shall be deposited in the Emergency Planning and
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1  appropriation, for planning and training activities.
2  (j) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized
3  to make grants to other State agencies, public universities,
4  units of local government, and statewide mutual aid
5  organizations to enhance statewide emergency preparedness and
6  response.
7  (k) Subject to appropriation from the Emergency Planning
8  and Training Fund, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
9  and Office of Homeland Security shall obtain training services
10  and support for local emergency services and support for local
11  emergency services and disaster agencies for training,
12  exercises, and equipment related to carbon dioxide pipelines
13  and sequestration, and, subject to the availability of
14  funding, shall provide $5,000 per year to the Illinois Fire
15  Service Institute for first responder training required under
16  Section 4-615 of the Public Utilities Act. Amounts in the
17  Emergency Planning and Training Fund will be used by the
18  Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland
19  Security for administrative costs incurred in carrying out the
20  requirements of this subsection. To carry out the purposes of
21  this subsection, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
22  Office of Homeland Security may accept moneys from all
23  authorized sources into the Emergency Planning and Training
24  Fund, including, but not limited to, transfers from the Carbon
25  Dioxide Sequestration Administrative Fund and the Public
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1  (l) (k) The Agency shall do all other things necessary,
2  incidental, or appropriate for the implementation of this Act,
3  including the adoption of rules in accordance with the
4  Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
5  (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
6  102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23; 103-418, eff.
7  1-1-24; 103-588, eff. 1-1-25; 103-651, eff. 7-18-24; 103-999,
8  eff. 1-1-25; revised 11-26-24.)

 

 

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