Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 23)

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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1916

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law. Provides that provisions prohibiting the sale of certain recyclable metal materials shall not apply if the seller produces written documentation reasonably demonstrating that the seller is the owner of the recyclable metal material or is authorized to sell the recyclable metal material on behalf of the owner. Provides that the recyclable metal dealer shall copy the documentation provided by the seller and maintain the copy of the documentation along with the purchase records. Provides that the sale of a detached catalytic converter may occur at the fixed business address of the seller or of the recyclable metal dealer (rather than at the fixed business address of the licensed recyclable metal dealer). Changes references from "licensed recyclable metal dealer" to "recyclable metal dealer".
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3136

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property that is owned by an immediate family caregiver of a veteran with a disability or a veteran of World War II is eligible for the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities and veterans of World War II if the immediate family caregiver resides with the veteran on a full-time basis.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3052

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Superintendent, in the determination of indicators and the presentation of the school report card, does not need to include the 5 absences for the mental or behavior health of a student in the percentage of students with less than 10 absences in a school year.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3096

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/12/25  
Engrossed
4/10/25  
Refer
4/25/25  
Refer
4/29/25  
Report Pass
5/7/25  
Enrolled
5/22/25  
Chaptered
6/30/25  
Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each high school must designate at least one member of its staff as a contact for matters related to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), annually provide the individual's name and contact information to the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and inform high school seniors that this individual is available to answer questions about FAFSA or to refer them to an appropriate resource. Provides that the contact shall serve as a designated point of contact for information from the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission related to FAFSA, and shall be required to participate in annual training for which the individual shall be eligible to receive continuing professional development units. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1870

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that a distributor of wine or spirits shall deliver to any retailer within any geographic area in which that distributor has been granted by a wholesaler the right to sell its trademark, brand, or name at least once every 2 weeks if the retailer agrees to purchase at least $200 of wine or spirits from the distributor every 2 weeks. Removes language setting forth a $50 minimum purchase of wine or spirits for a retailer located in a county with a population of less than 3,000,000 that is not adjacent to a county with a population of at least 3,000,000 inhabitants. Makes a conforming change.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3045

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that evidence of a defendant's voluntary intoxication is not admissible for the purpose of negating the defendant's mental state, nor shall any such argument to the trier of fact be permitted. Provides that evidence of a defendant's voluntary intoxication is admissible for any other relevant purpose. Provides that if evidence of the defendant's intoxication, either voluntary or involuntary, is admitted, the trier of fact shall be instructed that voluntary intoxication is not a defense to the crime charged.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3135

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment that is located within the designated amount of feet, as designated by the municipality in which the establishment is located, from a school or a place of worship (rather than 100 feet of a school or a place of worship) is ineligible to operate a video gaming terminal. Provides that the distance between the establishment and any such location shall be measured from the front door of the establishment to the front door of such location.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1865

Introduced
2/6/25  
Creates the Campus Free Speech Act. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college to develop and adopt a policy on free expression; sets forth what the policy must contain. Requires the Board of Higher Education to create a Committee on Free Expression to issue an annual report. Requires public institutions of higher education to include in their freshman orientation programs a section describing to all students the policies and rules regarding free expression that are consistent with the Act. Contains provisions concerning rules, construction of the Act, and enforcement.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3154

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall annually prepare and publicly release a report containing the aggregate number of complaints and the type of complaints the Department received under each Act that the Department administers.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3137

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/12/25  
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for construction contracts procured by the Department of Transportation, a requirement that a contract, a contract renewal, an order against a master contract, or an amendment to an existing contract requires the signature of the chief executive officer of the agency, the chief legal counsel of the agency, and the chief fiscal officer of the agency applies only if the contract is in the amount of $750,000 or more or is increased to or by $750,000 or more in a fiscal year. Provides that the Department of Transportation may, by rule, adjust that applicable monetary threshold on a yearly basis to reflect inflationary costs in highway construction. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3111

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With respect to identification, evaluation, and placement, provides that, beginning no later than the first annual review meeting after a child turns 13 years of age, the individualized education program (IEP) team shall determine at each annual review meeting whether it would be appropriate for the child to participate in IEP meetings with the child's IEP team.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1935

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides that, in the calendar year 2 years before the agency or program is scheduled for termination, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall study the performance of each regulatory agency and program scheduled for termination under the Act. Provides that, in determining whether an agency or program should be recommended for termination, modification, or continuation, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall consider the extent to which the profession, occupation, business, industry, or trade that it licensed, supervised, exercised control over, issued rules regarding, or otherwise regulated is subject to regulation in other states or territories.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1850

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning teacher evaluation plans, provides that for teachers not in contractual continued service who participate in a new teacher induction and mentoring program established by the school district in which they are employed, non-evaluative mentor observation and feedback may be used in place of one evaluation observation.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1886

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may license and regulate all commercial operations within the municipality's boundaries, whether for profit or not for profit, but may not impose any tax upon its operations except as otherwise authorized by law.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1822

Introduced
2/6/25  
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the costs and benefits of the construction of the South Suburban Airport. Prohibits the State from allocating any additional funds to the construction of the South Suburban Airport until the analysis is completed. Prohibits the Department from using any funds granted to it under the Airport Improvement Program for the construction of the South Suburban Airport until the analysis is completed. Provides that any request for proposal under the Department's current request for quote process submitted to the Department after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall require any private developer to certify to the Department that no additional funds will be used for the construction of the South Suburban Airport until the analysis is completed. Effective immediately.