104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2607 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: Appropriates $628,298,600 to the Supreme Court for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the judicial system and various judicial programs. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 12288 JRC 22402 b 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2607 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: Appropriates $628,298,600 to the Supreme Court for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the judicial system and various judicial programs. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 12288 JRC 22402 b LRB104 12288 JRC 22402 b
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2607 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Appropriates $628,298,600 to the Supreme Court for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the judicial system and various judicial programs. 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 Section 5. In addition to other sums appropriated, the sum
5 of $545,164,700, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is
6 appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Supreme
7 Court for operational expenses, awards, grants, permanent
8 improvements, and probation reimbursements for the fiscal year
9 ending June 30, 2026.
10 Section 10. The sum of $29,131,200, or so much thereof as
11 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Mandatory
12 Arbitration Fund to the Supreme Court for Mandatory
13 Arbitration Programs.
14 Section 15. The sum of $708,800, or so much thereof as may
15 be necessary, is appropriated from the Foreign Language
16 Interpreter Fund to the Supreme Court for the Foreign Language
17 Interpreter Program.
18 Section 20. The sum of $20,793,900, or so much thereof as
19 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Supreme Court
20 Special Purposes Fund to the Supreme Court for the oversight
21 and management of electronic filing, case management systems,
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2607 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Appropriates $628,298,600 to the Supreme Court for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the judicial system and various judicial programs. Effective July 1, 2025.
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1 and committees and commissions of the Supreme Court.
2 Section 25.The sum of $10,000,000, or so much thereof as
3 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Supreme Court
4 Federal Projects Fund to the Supreme Court for expenses
5 relating to various federal projects.
6 Section 30. The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof may
7 be necessary, is appropriated from the Supreme Court Special
8 State Projects Fund to the Supreme Court for Expenses relating
9 to various state projects.
10 Section 35. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof may
11 be necessary, is appropriated from the Supreme Court Indirect
12 Cost Fund to the Supreme Court for various administrative
13 Expenses.
14 Section 40. The amount of $500,000, or so much thereof as
15 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis
16 Expungement Fund to the Supreme Court for the distribution to
17 clerks of the circuit court for the facilitation of petitions
18 of expungement of minor cannabis offenses pursuant to the
19 Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
20 Section 45. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as
21 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Mandatory
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1 Arbitration Fund to the Supreme Court for reduction of case
2 backlogs and managing increases in case filings, modernizing
3 court technology infrastructure and Supporting Access to
4 Justice Programs.
5 Section 50. The sum of $10,000,000, or so much thereof as
6 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Public Defender
7 Fund to the Supreme Court to provide funding to counties for
8 public defenders and public defender services.
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
10 2025.
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