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2025 and 2026 SB2604 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Effective July 1, 2025. SDS104 00018 JMS 10018 b 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2604 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Effective July 1, 2025. SDS104 00018 JMS 10018 b SDS104 00018 JMS 10018 b
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2604 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Effective July 1, 2025.
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1 AN ACT concerning appropriations.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 ARTICLE 1
5 Section 5. The sum of $90,000,000, or so much thereof as
6 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
7 Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to meet its
8 operational expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
9 Section 10. The sum of $11,000,000, or so much thereof as
10 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
11 Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for payment of
12 awards and grants under the Violent Crime Victims Assistance
13 Act.
14 Section 15. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as
15 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
16 fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and
17 contingent expenses, awards and grants, and operational
18 programs of the Crime Victim Services Division.
19 Section 20. The sum of $2,500,000, or so much thereof as
20 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2604 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Effective July 1, 2025.
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1 Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and
2 contingent expenses and operational programs of the Medicaid
3 Fraud Control Unit.
4 Section 25. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as
5 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
6 Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for grants for
7 organized retail crime enforcement.
8 Section 30. The sum of $6,850,000, or so much thereof as
9 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
10 Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and
11 contingent expenses and operational programs of the Child
12 Support Enforcement Division.
13 Section 35. The sum of $1,200,000, or so much thereof as
14 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Access to Justice
15 Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to
16 the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation pursuant to the Access
17 to Justice Act.
18 Section 40. The sum of $1,150,000, or so much thereof as is
19 available for use by the Attorney General, is appropriated to
20 the Office of the Attorney General from the Illinois Gaming
21 Law Enforcement Fund for State law enforcement purposes.
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1 Section 45. The sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as may
2 be necessary, is appropriated to the Office of the Attorney
3 General from the Domestic Violence Fund pursuant to Public Act
4 95-711 for grants to public or private nonprofit agencies for
5 the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic
6 violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to victims of
7 domestic violence who are married or formerly married or
8 parties or former parties to a civil union related to order of
9 protection proceedings or other proceedings for civil remedies
10 for domestic violence.
11 Section 50. The sum of $3,750,000, or so much thereof as
12 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General
13 Tobacco Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the
14 oversight, enforcement, and implementation of the Master
15 Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of the
16 State of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al (Circuit Court of
17 Cook County, No. 96L13146), for the administration and
18 enforcement of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Act,
19 for the handling of tobacco-related litigation, and for other
20 law enforcement activities of the Attorney General.
21 Section 55. The sum of $13,000,000, or so much thereof as
22 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General
23 Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund
24 to the Office of the Attorney General for use, subject to
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1 pertinent court order or agreement, in the performance of any
2 function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the
3 Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public
4 education.
5 Section 60. The sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as
6 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Charity
7 Bureau Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to enforce
8 the provisions of the Solicitation for Charity Act and to
9 gather and disseminate information about charitable trustees
10 and organizations to the public.
11 Section 65. The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as
12 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General
13 Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund to the Office of the
14 Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses,
15 including State law enforcement purposes.
16 Section 70. The sum of $23,000,000, or so much thereof as
17 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General's
18 State Projects and Court Ordered Distribution Fund to the
19 Office of the Attorney General for payment of interagency
20 agreements, for court-ordered distributions to third parties,
21 and subject to pertinent court order, for performance of any
22 function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the
23 Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public
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1 education.
2 Section 75. The sum of $1,600,000, or so much thereof as
3 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis
4 Expungement Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for
5 disbursement to the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use
6 as provided in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
7 Section 80The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as may
8 be necessary, is appropriated from Violent Crime Victims
9 Assistance Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for
10 payment of awards and grants under the Violent Crime Victims
11 Assistance Act.
12 Section 85.The sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as may
13 be necessary, is appropriated from Violent Crime Victims
14 Assistance Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for
15 grants to public or private nonprofit agencies for the
16 purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic violence
17 legal advocacy, assistance, or services to victims of domestic
18 violence who are married or formerly married or parties or
19 former parties to a civil union related to order of protection
20 proceedings, or other proceedings for civil remedies for
21 domestic violence.
22 Section 90.The sum of $215,000, or so much thereof as may
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1 be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Sex
2 Offender Awareness, Training, and Education Fund to the Office
3 of the Attorney General to administer the I-SORT program and
4 to alert and educate the public, victims, and witnesses of
5 their rights under various victim notification laws and for
6 training law enforcement agencies, State's Attorneys, and
7 medical providers regarding their legal duties concerning the
8 prosecution and investigation of sex offenses.
9 Section 100. The sum of $11,000,000, or so much thereof as
10 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General
11 Federal Grant Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for
12 funding for federal grants.
13 ARTICLE 999
14 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
15 2025.
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