Amends the Department of Early Childhood Act. In a provision requiring procedural safeguards for families by each public agency involved in the provision of early intervention services, provides that a parent or guardian, a provider, a regional intake entity, or the Department must request an impartial hearing on the due process complaint within 2 years after the date the parent or guardian, lead agency, or early intervention services provider knew or should have known about the alleged action that forms the basis of the due process complaint. Effective January 1, 2027.

Amends the Children's Mental Health Act. Requires each school district to ensure that every student in grades K-12 receives direct instruction in social and emotional learning no fewer than 4 times each academic year, approximately once per academic quarter. Requires social and emotional learning instruction to be delivered by a trained professional, provided during a class period, and address age-appropriate competencies as outlined in the Illinois Learning Standards for Social/Emotional Learning. Requires classroom teachers to reinforce social and emotional learning concepts through integrated academic curriculum and classroom practices. Requires each school district to provide professional development to assist educators in aligning instructional practices with social and emotional learning principles. Effective January 1, 2028.

Amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. Requires employers to compensate employees at the employee's regular rate of pay for time that the employee served on jury duty.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, to the extent permitted under federal law and regulations, the Department of Human Services shall, as soon as practical after the effective date of the amendatory Act but not later than March 1, 2027, implement an electronic benefits transfer system that uses industry-standard commercial electronic funds transfer technology, including, at a minimum, the use of cards with EMV chips.

Appropriates $5,000,000 to the State Board of Education to award funding under the Education of Homeless Children and Youth State Grant Program to be used to support programming for students at risk for or experiencing homelessness. Effective July 1, 2026.

Removes a provision concerning the exceptions to the confidentiality privileges established under the Act for any communication made by an employee of an emergency services provider, law enforcement agency, or peer support advisor in a peer support counseling session. In provisions concerning the confidentiality privileges applied to any communication made by an employee of an emergency services provider, law enforcement agency, or peer support advisor in a peer support counseling session, provides that the privileges do not apply if: (1) the communication indicates an intent to engage in conduct likely to result in imminent death or serious physical injury to the participant or another individual; (2) the person receiving the peer support counseling session or critical incident stress management services discloses information that is required to be reported under the mandated reporting laws, including, but not limited to, the reporting of maltreatment of minors or the reporting of maltreatment of vulnerable adults, provided the disclosure is only for the purpose of reporting maltreatment and limited to information necessary to make such a report; (3) the participant expressly waives the privilege or gives consent to disclosure of the privileged communication; (4) the participant is deceased and the surviving spouse or the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased participant expressly waives the privilege or gives consent to disclosure of the privileged communication; or (5) the participant sought or obtained the peer support counseling services or critical incident stress management services to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit what the participant knew, or reasonably should have known, was a fraud or other crime. Defines terms.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall use, or cause or allow the use of, any site on which a former waste disposal operation is located in a manner that is inconsistent with the closure of the waste disposal operation. Lists prohibited uses.

Creates the Companion Artificial Intelligence Protection Act. Provides that an operator of a companion artificial intelligence product shall not deploy or operate a companion artificial intelligence product that incorporates specified features. Provides for auditing and reporting requirements. Provides that an operator shall provide a clear notification during an interaction with a companion artificial intelligence product informing the user that the user is communicating with a companion artificial intelligence product. Requires the implementation of mandatory user safeguards, including a crisis intervention protocol. Sets forth provisions concerning liability and enforcement. Effective January 1, 2027.

Creates the Preserving Illinois Neighborhoods Act. Provides that, for taxable years that begin on or after January 1, 2027 and end on or before December 31, 2032, qualified taxpayers who incur qualified new construction expenditures or qualified rehabilitation expenditures during the taxable year are entitled to a credit. Effective immediately.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning coverage for medically fragile and technology dependent children, provides that subject to federal approval, on and after July 1, 2026 the reimbursement rates paid to providers of private duty nursing services for children eligible for medical assistance shall be 25% higher than the reimbursement rates in effect for nursing services on June 30, 2026. Effective July 1, 2026.

Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for a grant to the Alexander-Cairo Port District for all costs associated with non-bondable development expenses of the Cairo Port. Effective July 1, 2026.

Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Provides that, at a minimum, the rules of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation regarding continuing education shall permit continuing education credits to be earned for: (1) verified attendance at lectures and scheduled courses or workshops at local, regional, national, or international conferences concerning speech-language pathology, audiology, or related disciplines if the lectures, scheduled courses, or workshops meet the criteria set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code; (2) verified attendance at lectures, workshops, or in-service programs concerning speech-language pathology, audiology, or related disciplines if the lectures, workshops, or in-service programs meet the criteria set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code; and (3) presentation before an audience of speech-language pathologists, audiologists, or related professionals at lectures, workshops, or in-service programs concerning speech-language pathology, audiology, or related disciplines if the lectures, workshops, or in-service programs meet the criteria set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code.

Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Requires all service officers and any supervisors, including the field manager, within the field division to be currently serving reservists or national guardsmen in good standing or honorably discharged veterans from service in the Armed Forces of the United States, active or reserve component. Removes a requirement that service officers and supervisors serve during a time of hostilities with a foreign country and meet one or more listed conditions.

Expresses support for National Safety Month in June 2026 and strongly urges the citizens and businesses of Illinois to observe National Safety Month by practicing safe and healthy behaviors in all aspects of their lives.

Appropriates $8,620,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Auditor General for its Fiscal Year 2027 ordinary and contingent expenses. Appropriates $37,401,560 from the Audit Expense Fund to the Office of the Auditor General for administrative and operations expenses and for audits, studies, investigations, and expenses related to actuarial services. Effective July 1, 2026.