Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 278)

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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5158

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Creates the Agricultural Protection Area Act. Directs the Department of Agriculture to establish and administer a voluntary statewide program for the creation and recognition of agricultural protection areas and to adopt rules. Authorizes the Department to appoint an Agricultural Protection Area Commission to advise the Department and to make recommendations on applications to designate land as an agricultural protection area. Provides procedures for review of an initial application to designate land as an agricultural protection area, for renewal after 20 years, and for adding land to or removing land from an agricultural protection area. Requires recording of agricultural protection areas. Limits local regulations within agricultural protection areas and limits home rule powers and functions. Declares that agricultural activities within an agricultural protection area are not a public nuisance. Restricts eminent domain for nonagricultural purposes. Declares findings. Defines terms.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5107

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Engrossed
4/16/26  
Refer
4/21/26  
Refer
5/5/26  
Report Pass
5/13/26  
Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires school districts and private schools to consider the use of a mobile panic alert system in the development of their school emergency and crisis response plans. Requires the Illinois State Police, with advice from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board and in consultation with the State Board of Education and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, to develop rules for a mobile panic alert system. Requires the Illinois State Police to post information on the rules on its Internet website. Provides that anything posted by the Illinois State Police on the rules shall also be posted by the State Board of Education on its website. Requires each school district and private school to coordinate with its local 9-1-1 authority for integration requirements prior to purchase and implementation. Provides that any expense to a Public Service Answering Point for connectivity must be covered by the school district or private school. Makes other changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5142

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that "sports wagering" also includes participation in any prediction market involving a sports event or any portion of a sports event, or the individual performance statistics of athletes in a sports event, including the offering, listing, solicitation, purchase, sale, trading, exchange, or settlement of any event contract, sports-event contract, or other contract, agreement, or transaction, whether described as a derivative, option, binary contract, or similar instrument, in which a person risks something of value on the occurrence, nonoccurrence, or outcome of such sports event or any portion of a sports event or athlete performance statistics; such activity constitutes sports wagering regardless of whether the contract, agreement, or transaction is entered into on a peer-to-peer basis, whether participants take positions against one another rather than against the operator, whether the operator is not a counterparty to the transaction, or whether the operator describes the activity as an investing opportunity, exchange, marketplace, or prediction market.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5189

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Allows the Department of Public Health to contract for a statewide mobile pregnancy application to promote awareness of maternal and infant health programs for Medicaid participants, eligible individuals, and the uninsured. Sets application requirements, data reporting standards, and payment terms. Provides for nondigital outreach. Directs the Department to issue a request for proposals within 180 days.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5165

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Engrossed
4/16/26  
Refer
4/21/26  
Refer
4/28/26  
Creates the Public Waters Access Task Force Act. Sets forth findings. Creates the Public Waters Access Task Force to study and make recommendations for increasing and improving public access to rivers for boaters, paddlers, and anglers throughout the State. Lists membership and duties of the Task Force. Directs the Department of Natural Resources to provide support to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to submit a report no later than one year after the effective date of the Act, and dissolves the Task Force upon submission of the report. Repeals the Act 2 years after the effective date of the Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3796

Introduced
2/5/26  
Amends the Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that certain credits related to high impact businesses do not apply on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a construction jobs credit does not apply for taxable years ending on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a high impact business construction jobs credit does not apply for taxable years ending on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Makes changes concerning the business interest deduction. Creates an addition modification for the federal deduction for domestic research or experimental expenditures. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes changes concerning incentives for biodiesel, renewable diesel, and biodiesel blends. Makes other changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3775

Introduced
2/5/26  
Amends the Transportation Network Providers Act. Sets forth additional requirements for transportation network company drivers who provide services for students to or from school, school-related activities, or school-sanctioned activities. Provides that the Act, a municipal ordinance regulating transportation network providers, and any contract between a school or school district and the TNC shall exclusively govern the school TNC services. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5308

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
2/24/26  
Report Pass
3/26/26  
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if the court orders an unfit defendant to be placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services, during the period of time required to determine bed and placement availability at the designated facility, the defendant may (rather than shall) remain in jail. Makes technical changes in a provision concerning credit for good behavior.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5299

Introduced
2/5/26  
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections concerning the transfer of committed persons funds. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall not enter into or renew any contract with a vendor that provides electronic funds transfer services that include total fees and charges of more than 2% of the total amount of funds being transferred or $15 per transaction, whichever is less, for the privilege of electronically transferring funds. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3740

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Amends the Medicaid Technical Assistance Act. Requires the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center to collaborate with public and private partners throughout the State to identify, establish, and maintain best practices necessary for health providers to ensure their capacity to participate in the Illinois Medical Assistance Program (rather than ensure their capacity to participate in HealthChoice Illinois or YouthCare). Requires the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center to promote equitable delivery systems, remaining committed to the principle that all Medicaid recipients have accessible and equitable physical and mental health care services. Removes provisions concerning the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center's administration of network adequacy reports, and instead requires the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center to administer a network requirement plan. Provides that by using reports and data provided by the Department of Healthcare and Family Service's External Quality Review Organization on network adequacy, provider service deserts, and health care disparities by race and ethnicity, the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center shall propose for Department review and approval an annual plan for recruiting providers to participate in the Illinois Medical Assistance Program and report on outcomes of its recruitment efforts to the Department for continuous improvement. Repeals a provision requiring the Department to maximize federal financial participation for any moneys appropriated to the Department for the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center and to deposit all federal financial participation funds into the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center Fund. Repeals a provision creating the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center Fund. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides for the dissolution of the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center Fund on July 1, 2026, or as soon thereafter as practical, after the transfer of all remaining funds into the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund. Effective July 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5298

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Report Pass
3/26/26  
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the annual reports submitted by the Director of Corrections and the Director of Juvenile Justice to the Governor and General Assembly shall include various statistics concerning committed persons aged 18 or older, but younger than 22, who are incarcerated in the Department of Corrections or transferred to Department of Juvenile Justice facilities to participate in the High School Diploma Program.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3792

Introduced
2/5/26  
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for gratuities that are included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5312

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amends the Township Code. Provides that a participant in a caucus shall not, before or after participating in a township or multi-township caucus, take part in the proceedings of more than one established political party township and multi-township caucus for the same election. Defines "same election" to mean an election in the same township office held during the same election cycle.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3762

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Creates the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. Establishes a statutory right of first refusal for tenants and tenant associations if an owner seeks to sell a residential rental property in Illinois. Applies to all rental property with 11 exceptions. Allows tenants or a tenant association to purchase the property on the same terms as a third-party offer. Requires owners to provide advance notice of intent to sell no less than 60 days before listing for buildings with 5 or more units and no less than 30 days for buildings with 4 or fewer units. Requires that the notice must include property details, asking price, and a summary of tenant rights. Provides that after receiving a notice of sale, tenants of 5 or more units have 90 days to form a tenant association, for 3-4 units have 30 days; and for 1-2 units, at least one tenant has 15 days to declare intent to exercise the right of first refusal. Provides that tenants must match the third-party offer and provide the owner with a letter of intent of financing or preapproval within 120 calendar days from the date of the notice for 5 or more dwelling units and 60 days for 4 or fewer units. Prohibits the owner from requiring a tenant to pay a deposit of more than 5% of the contract sale price. Provides a civil cause of action and remedies for a violation of the Act. Authorizes the Illinois Housing Development Authority to adopt rules. Makes other changes.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5328

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
4/17/26  
Creates the Servicemember Education Rights Veneration Act. Requires institutions of higher education (institution) to accommodate service member student's academic military leave and grant prompt readmission when the service member student has not exceeded a cumulative academic military leave period beyond 5 years, provides advance notice of academic military leave to the institution, and provides notice of intent to return to the institution. Requires the institution to readmit a service member student on academic military leave into the next class, classes, or academic year division following the receipt of the notice of intent to return in accordance with the terms of the accommodation. Contains provisions on exemptions to readmission and related reporting requirements on service member students; investigations by the Attorney General's appointed ISERRA Advocate on whether a readmission exemption exists; and other matters. Requires service member students to provide advance notice of pending military service and prohibits institutions from imposing conditions for academic military leave not otherwise imposed under the Act. Contains provisions on military accommodation; academic obligations of service member students; reimbursement for school expenses; academic withdrawal due to military service; rejection of accommodation and the institution's burden of proof; a 5-year military service limitation; records documentation; advance notice requirements on service member students; notice of intent to return; anti-discrimination protections; academic leave for the spouses of servicemembers; Attorney General enforcement authority; remedies; rulemaking authority; and other matters.