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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1860

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Refer
2/24/26  
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person shall not distribute, or enter into an agreement with another person to distribute, materially deceptive media if: (1) the person knows the media falsely represents a depicted individual; (2) the distribution occurs within 90 days before an election; (3) the person intends the distribution to harm the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate in an election or otherwise deceive voters; and (4) the person intends the distribution to change the voting behavior of electors in an election by deceiving the electors into incorrectly believing that the depicted individual in fact engaged in the speech or conduct depicted, and the distribution is reasonably likely to cause that result. Sets forth exceptions to the provision and penalties for violations of the provision. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1376

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
3/19/25  
Engrossed
4/9/25  
Refer
4/17/25  
Refer
4/17/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Enrolled
5/22/25  
Chaptered
8/15/25  
Creates the Historical Cost of Attendance Disclosure Act. Requires each public or private college or university to post its cost of attendance on its website for each of the 10 academic years immediately preceding the effective date of the Act and for every academic year thereafter. Requires the posted cost of attendance to delineate which expenses are included in the Internal Revenue Service's Form 1098-T and which expenses are not included in Form 1098-T.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1901

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a permanent polling place for early voting must remain open beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of the day before election day during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., on weekdays (currently, during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays).
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HR0086

Introduced
1/29/25  
Recognizes the cultural and historical significance of the Lunar New Year to Asian American communities. Expresses the deepest respect for Asian Americans and people throughout Illinois and the world who celebrate the Lunar New Year. Wishes those who celebrate a happy and prosperous new year.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1890

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that responsible alcohol service training must contain at least one hour of training on sexual assault prevention, as prescribed by Illinois Liquor Control Commission rule.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1360

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Amends the Illinois State Police Radio Act. In provisions about public safety radio interoperability, defines interoperability and includes legislative findings. Provides that the Illinois Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) shall oversee advisory boards in the governance, interoperability, and land mobile radio standards for Illinois' land mobile radio communications system and shall collaborate with the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator and the Homeland Security Advisory Council to strengthen Illinois' emergency communications ecosystem. Modifies the membership of the SIEC. Provides that the advisory boards of the SIEC shall include, but are not limited to, the Governance Advisory Board, the Statewide Interoperability Advisory Board, and the STARCOM21 Advisory Board. Removes references to the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee. Requires the SIEC to adopt bylaws for its effective operation, as well as that of its advisory boards, and allows the SIEC to appoint advisors from the public safety communications community to serve on its advisory boards at the pleasure of the SIEC. Requires the SIEC to establish, no later than July 1, 2026, standards necessary to ensure land mobile radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois; compliance with these standards shall be implemented as funding becomes available; planning, training, and evaluation standards necessary to enhance public safety communications operational readiness; and standards necessary for the unification of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide. Requires the SIEC to, no later than July 1, 2026, develop and recommend a plan to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, and interoperability statewide. Allows the Illinois State Police to use any money appropriated to it for the purpose promoting public safety radio interoperability if the use of the funds is consistent with any standards set forth by the SIEC and to adopt emergency rules or jointly adopt emergency rules with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to make conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1899

Introduced
1/29/25  
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for the amount of overtime compensation that is paid to the taxpayer during the taxable year and that is included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1902

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that dog breeders must genetically test or have their dogs genetically tested for diseases that cause early death or physical impairments. Provides that if the dog breeder finds that a dog he or she breeds has a genetic defect or mutation that causes early death or physical impairments, the dog breeder must have that dog sterilized.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1904

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act and the Civil No Contact Order Act. Provides that the court shall (rather than may) award the petitioner costs and attorney's fees if a stalking no contact order is granted. Provides that the court shall award the petitioner costs and attorney's fees if a civil no contact order is granted.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1863

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
3/13/25  
Engrossed
4/10/25  
Refer
4/14/25  
Refer
5/8/25  
Report Pass
5/15/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Enrolled
10/30/25  
Chaptered
11/21/25  
Creates the Boards and Commissions Review Act. Provides that, during odd-numbered years, beginning in 2027, a person or entity authorized or required by the Illinois Constitution, a statute, or an executive order of the Governor to appoint a majority of the appointed members of a board, commission, task force, or other body that is authorized or created by the Illinois Constitution, a statute, or an executive order of the Governor and to which that person or entity is authorized to make appointments may review the activity of that board to determine whether the board has conducted business or held meetings in the prior 2 years, has been abolished by executive order, or has submitted a final statutory report. Based on the findings of its review, the appointing authority shall consider whether to submit a report to the General Assembly recommending abolition of the board. Provides that, on or before December 31 of each odd-numbered year, beginning in 2027, an appointing authority may submit a report to the General Assembly that recommends the abolition of one or more boards to which the appointing authority is authorized or required to make appointments and that sets forth the basis for each of its recommendations. Prohibits a report of an appointing authority under the Act from recommending for abolition any board that was authorized or created during the 2-year period immediately before the report's submittal. Specifies that a board that is recommended for abolition by an appointing authority shall be considered inactive upon submission of the report recommending its abolition to the General Assembly. Provides that, in an even-numbered year following the report, the Legislative Reference Bureau shall draft a revisory bill that (i) proposes the repeal of the boards found by appointing authorities in the immediately preceding year to be inactive and (ii) makes all other conforming changes that the Bureau deems necessary to provide for the repeal of those boards and their powers and duties. Requires the Bureau to provide copies of the revisory bill required under this Act to each legislative leader of the General Assembly. Amends and repeals various Acts by abolishing various State governmental entities to effect changes in the statutes to conform the statutes to the changes in law made by Executive Order 2018-11 and by making other conforming changes. Excludes changes made by the Executive Order to the Equity in Long-term Care Quality Act. Amends and repeals provisions in various Acts relating to various boards and commissions. Repeals the Illinois Global Partnership Act, the Governor's Council on Health and Physical Fitness Act, the Green Governments Illinois Act, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transportation Act, the Interstate Sex Offender Task Force Act, the Wabash Valley Compact Act, the Military Family Interstate Compact Implementation Statute Drafting Advisory Committee Act, the Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act, the White County Port District Act, the Grand Avenue Railroad Relocation Authority Act, the Southwest Suburban Railroad Redevelopment Authority Act, the Elmwood Park Grade Separation Authority Act, the Sewage and Water System Training Institute Act, the Auction License Act, the Advisory Board for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Programs Act, and the Bikeway Act. Amends the State Salary and Annuity Withholding Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Technology Advancement and Development Act, the Women's Business Ownership Act of 2015, the State Finance Act, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Franchise Tax and License Fee Amnesty Act of 2007, the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, to remove provisions concerning specified funds. Amends the State Finance Act to repeal specified funds on January 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to repeal provisions concerning certain special registration plates on January 1, 2026. Amends the State Employee Housing Act, the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department of Public Health Act, the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the School Code, the Higher Education Veterans Service Act, the Older Adult Services Act, the Fish and Aquatic Life Code, and the Wildlife Code to make other changes. Repeals the Farm Fresh Schools Program Act, the Emergency Budget Implementation Act of Fiscal Year 2010, the Institution for Tuberculosis Research Act, and the Problem Pregnancy Health Services and Care Act. Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning Evidence-Based Funding for student success, provides that, on or before March 31, 2026, the Professional Review Panel shall make a report to the Governor and the General Assembly assessing the impact of the property tax relief pool grant program to determine if the grant program is meeting the legislative intent of reducing property taxes in high-tax areas of the State. Effective immediately, except that certain provisions take effect on July 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1888

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that March of each year is designated as Prescribed Fire Awareness Month, to be observed throughout the State as a month to celebrate the multiple ecological, economic, and cultural benefits of prescribed fire to the State of Illinois.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1897

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure program. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide grants to petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any other companies that the Department of Agriculture determines are eligible for grant funding. Provides that eligible expenditures include tank modifications, tanks, piping, and fuel dispensers. Provides that an eligible grant recipient shall not receive more than $1,000,000 in grant funding. Provides that no funding under the program shall be made available to a public body. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, $3,000,000 each calendar quarter from the Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Fund, unless the Underground Storage Tank Fund has a balance at or below $75,000,000. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Task Force. Sets forth membership and duties of the Task Force. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1881

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning dental services for children and adults under the medical assistance program, lists the codes for certain dental procedures that shall be reimbursed at specified amounts. Provides that on and after January 1, 2026, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in cooperation with the Department of Veterans' Affairs, shall establish and administer a 5-year pilot program to help improve dental care access for veterans. Provides that under the pilot program, veterans with income at or below 300% of the federal poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shall be eligible for comprehensive dental care coverage at local community dentists who agree to discount their fees and provide needed dental care to eligible veterans. Provides that the Department may require veterans to meet other eligibility requirements as established by rule. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1386

Introduced
1/29/25  
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that each public body shall designate one or more public body officials or employees (rather than officials or employees) to act as its Freedom of Information officer or officers. Provides that "public body officials" means elected or appointed office holders of the public body but does not include private attorneys or law firms appointed to represent the public body.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1389

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Expands the list of mandated reporters under the Act to include broker-dealers and officers, managers, and employees of financial institutions. Provides that financial exploitation of an adult with disabilities or a person aged 60 or older occurs when a person or entity (i) takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; (ii) assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; (iii) knowingly aids and abets in the taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining of real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; or (iv) takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains, or assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining, real or personal property of an eligible adult by undue influence. Sets forth when a financial institution or an officer, manager, or employee of a financial institution, a broker-dealer, or an investment adviser is deemed to have assisted in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining real or personal property of an eligible adult. Sets forth when all other mandated reporters are deemed to have assisted in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining real or personal property of an eligible adult. Exempts from liability nonsupervisory employees of a financial institution. Contains other provisions.