Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 134)

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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1985

Introduced
2/6/25  
Creates the Stop Squatters Act. Creates a process for local law enforcement to remove a person who is unlawfully occupying residential or commercial property without any right to do so. Requires the property owner to file a complaint with local law enforcement alleging facts to trigger the Act. Provides that law enforcement is entitled to a reasonable fee to remove an unauthorized occupant and provides legal protection to law enforcement for acting on a complaint. Provides that if the complaint is found to be false, the property owner shall indemnity the law enforcement agency. Creates a civil action of action for a person who was wrongfully removed. Creates a civil cause of action for the property owner for damages by the wrongful occupant. Amends the Criminal Code of 20212. Creates a Class 4 felony for making a false statement to detain real property and fraudulent sale or lease of residential real property".
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3227

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include a separate line item request appropriating moneys to each State agency for: (1) estimated costs for services provided to undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers through various State grants, entitlements, or other programmatic services; and (2) expenditures for the previous fiscal year and estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year for services provided to undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers through various State grants, entitlements, or other programmatic services. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3266

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Report Pass
3/19/25  
Engrossed
4/10/25  
Refer
4/14/25  
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, the term "public works" also includes all private projects that are located in a tax increment financing district and paid for wholly or in part out of public funds, unless the total cost of the project is less than $25,000 or the project is performed in a designated historic district requiring specialty contractors because of that designation.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3206

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalty for fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony, and, for a third or subsequent violation, from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1961

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the School Code. Prohibits a district from charging tuition to non-resident pupils. Removes all other language regarding the tuition of non-resident pupils. Removes language regarding the application of provisions based on district population, hearings, and penalties related to non-resident pupil tuition. Removes language prohibiting certain transfers of students. Requires each school board to establish and implement a policy governing the transfer of non-resident students from outside of the school district to schools within the district. Makes other changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2099

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act. Creates a notice requirement for the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation regarding the expiration of licenses. Provides that, if an athletic trainer's license has been expired for no longer than 5 years, the athletic trainer was practicing in another jurisdiction during the period of expiration, and the athletic trainer furnishes to the Department an affidavit to that effect, then the Department shall waive any restoration fee or lapsed renewal fee for restoration of that license.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2070

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, on and after October 1, 2025, the default speed limit is 20 (instead of 30) miles per hour within an urban district, and 10 (instead of 15) miles per hour in an alley within an urban district. Requires, by September 1, 2025, the Secretary of State to communicate the speed limit change to every licensed driver in the State via direct postal mail and a broad statewide communications campaign. Provides that a county, municipality, or township with speed enforcement authority may only issue warnings for violations during the first 60 days after the change of the speed limit is enacted. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1975

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Amends the Illinois Securities Law of 1953. Provides that the Secretary of State may provide funds for restitution assistance to victims that were awarded restitution in a final order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in a legal action initiated by the Secretary of State and who have not received the full amount of restitution ordered one year after the date of the final order. Provides that the Secretary of State may adopt rules to implement this provision, including, but not be limited to, eligibility requirements for a restitution assistance award, applicable deadlines for applying for the award, and caps on the amount of restitution awards available from the Secretary of State. Provides that various additional fees collected by the Secretary of States shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2049

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Wildlife Code. Allows owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of, farm lands and their children, parents, brothers, and sisters actually permanently residing on their lands to have the right to hunt any of the species protected by certain provisions upon their lands and waters without procuring hunting licenses year-round (rather than only during periods of time).
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2022

Introduced
2/6/25  
Creates the Safe Patient Limits Act. Provides the maximum number of patients that may be assigned to a registered nurse in specified situations. Provides that nothing shall preclude a facility from assigning fewer patients to a registered nurse than the limits provided in the Act. Provides that the maximum patient assignments may not be exceeded, regardless of the use and application of any patient acuity system. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules governing the implementation and administration of the Act. Provides that all facilities shall adopt written policies and procedures for the training and orientation of nursing staff and that no registered nurse shall be assigned to a nursing unit or clinical area unless that nurse has, among other things, demonstrated competence in providing care in that area. Provides requirements for the Act's implementation. Establishes recordkeeping requirements. Provides rights and protections for nurses. Contains a severability provision and other provisions. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall not mandate that a registered professional nurse delegate nursing interventions. Makes changes concerning staffing plans. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Requires the exercise of professional judgment by a direct care registered professional nurse in the performance of his or her scope of practice to be provided in the exclusive interests of the patient.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2027

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that the exemption under the Acts for motor vehicles that are sold in this State to a nonresident and are not titled in this State does not apply if the purchaser is a limited liability company and a member of the limited liability company is a resident of Illinois. Provides that the rolling stock exemption for limousines applies only to limousines that are not subject to the provisions of the Transportation Network Providers Act. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the motor vehicle privilege tax does not apply if the motor vehicle is purchased for the purpose of resale by a retailer registered under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2047

Introduced
2/6/25  
Creates the Design Professional Self-Certification Act. Provides that the Executive Director of the Capital Development Board shall establish a self-certification program through which a qualified design professional within a participating municipality shall be permitted to: (1) take responsibility for a project's compliance with the baseline building code; and (2) self-certify that a permit application, plans, and specifications comply with the baseline building code. Requires the Executive Director to establish requirements for design professionals to qualify for the self-certification program. Sets forth program requirements; oversight; and recordkeeping. Effective January 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2046

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Appropriates $350,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for the construction, land acquisition, and any other required infrastructure changes for a new interchange at Minooka Road on I-80 to accommodate current and expected increases to traffic volume. Effective July 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3190

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Report Pass
3/19/25  
Refer
4/11/25  
Engrossed
4/15/26  
Refer
4/16/26  
Refer
4/28/26  
Refer
5/15/26  
Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Defines "critical infrastructure". Provides that a provision regarding publicly owned or controlled property that is intended or permitted to be used for recreational or conservation purposes does not authorize restricting or limiting the use of unmanned aircraft systems when such usage is by commercial users for business operations in connection with critical infrastructure. Provides that any rules adopted under a provision related to publicly owned or controlled property that is intended or permitted to be used for recreational or conservation purposes shall not: supersede the operation of an unmanned aircraft system by a person or entity for a commercial purpose in compliance with applicable Federal Aviation Administration authorization, regulations, or exemptions; or preclude an individual licensed under the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989 or the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 from operating an unmanned aerial vehicle within the scope of his or her professional practice. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3184

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Authorizes an authorized representative to sign the disclosure required under the Act before any contract relating to the ownership or use of real property is entered into by the State or a unit of local government disclosing the interest of an owner or beneficiary in the real property. Authorizes disclosure by providing a copy of a proxy statement or other official corporate document filed with the federal Securities Exchange Commission or similar federal regulatory body within the previous calendar year disclosing the overall ownership of the limited liability company, corporation, or general partnership. Removes the requirement for additional disclosure for contracts for the ownership or use of real property for highway purposes by the Department of Transportation for any entity that is wholly or partially owned by another entity. Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Allows a party authorized to take property to file a complaint in circuit court if the owner is unable or unwilling to provide documentation required by the acquiring party to obtain sufficient title to the property, consummate the transaction, or comply with all legal requirements for the transaction. Eliminates the requirement that the Illinois Department of Transportation obtain Illinois Commerce Commission approval before bringing an action to acquire property needed for highway projects owned by utilities and railroads. Allows notice to property owners to be sent by entities other than the United States Postal Service if a company provides the same function as certified mail with return receipt. Effective immediately.