Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 362)

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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1562

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Refer
3/18/26  
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer, no later than January 1, 2026, a 5-year pilot program that integrates an occupational therapy component into the State's home-delivered meals program, commonly known as Meals on Wheels, authorized under the federal Older Americans Act. Provides that under the pilot program, the Department shall award grants funded under the Section 14(c) transition program to eligible community agencies for the purpose of training and employing qualifying workers with disabilities to accompany Meals on Wheels drivers on their regular delivery routes and assist in the delivery of meals to homebound meal recipients who opt to participate in the pilot program. Provides that at the option of a participating homebound meal recipient, a qualifying worker may remain with the recipient for up to 2 hours after meal delivery to provide an opportunity for social engagement and interaction. Provides that a direct support professional shall travel with and supervise all deliveries made by a worker whose disability makes the worker less independent. Sets forth qualification requirements under the program for workers with disabilities. Provides that all workers with disabilities selected to participate in the pilot program shall be compensated at a rate level consistent with those wage standards applied for workers engaged in competitive integrated employment as defined in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Requires community agencies selected to receive grant funding under the pilot program to have active or pending subminimum wage certificates authorized under Section 14(c) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and meet any other eligibility requirements established by the Department by rule. Requires the Department to conduct annual surveys during the duration of the pilot program on participating homebound meal recipients and workers with disabilities to gauge such participants' overall satisfaction with the pilot program and to document any other additional benefits to program participants. Effective July 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1574

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes sheriff's law enforcement employee (SLEP) status for a person who is not eligible to participate in a downstate firefighter fund and is employed on a full-time basis by a participating municipality to perform duties as a paramedic, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT); but only if the governing authority of that municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee status for such employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. Provides that the resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be applicable to such employment occurring on or after the adoption of the resolution and that the resolution shall be irrevocable. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1579

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create and administer a bid credit program to provide economic incentives, through bid credits, for small and medium-sized manufacturers. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1580

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act, and the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides that, during State fiscal years 2025 and 2026, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall allow individuals in rural counties a one-time waiver of fees imposed under specific provisions in each Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HR0052

Introduced
1/22/25  
Mourns the passing of former State Representative Charles E. Jefferson and honors him for his years of dedicated service.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HR0053

Introduced
1/22/25  
Mourns the passing of Sergeant Gerald S. "Jerry" Schneider of the Illinois Secretary of State Police.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1572

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act or any other Illinois statute (rather than except as otherwise provided in the Act), a quorum of members of a public body must be physically present at the location of an open meeting or present by video or audio conference at the open meeting (now, members must be physically present at the meeting). Provides that a member is present by video or audio conference at an open meeting if the member can hear and be heard by all other members of the body who are participating in the meeting. Specifies that, if a member wishes to attend a meeting by video or audio conference, the member must notify the recording secretary or clerk of the public body before the meeting, unless providing that advance notice is impractical for the member. Repeals existing provisions concerning the participation of public body members in open meetings by video conference or other means.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1578

Introduced
1/22/25  
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of domestic assault. Provides that a person commits the offense when, without lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct that places any family or household member in reasonable apprehension of great bodily harm, or permanent disability or disfigurement. Provides that if the defendant is arrested for domestic assault, upon release of the defendant from custody pending trial, the court, at the preliminary examination, shall order that the defendant refrain from contact or communication with the victim of the domestic assault and refrain from entering or remaining at the victim's residence for a minimum of 72 consecutive hours. Provides that domestic assault is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "family or household member".
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1577

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Engrossed
4/9/25  
Refer
4/9/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Enrolled
5/22/25  
Chaptered
8/15/25  
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Excludes student health insurance coverage from a provision requiring group or individual policies of accident and health insurance that provide dependent coverage to make that dependent coverage available to the parent or stepparent of the insured if certain conditions are met. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1573

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for any amounts paid by the taxpayer's employer on behalf of the taxpayer as part of an educational assistance program. Creates an income tax deduction for any amounts paid by the taxpayer on behalf of an employee of the taxpayer as part of an educational assistance program. Provides that the deductions are limited to the first $5,250 of such assistance so furnished to any individual. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HR0050

Introduced
1/22/25  
Congratulates Distress Bandanna on their success in promoting driver safety and highlights the ongoing and future impact of their work.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1575

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
3/13/25  
Engrossed
4/7/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
Report Pass
5/1/25  
Enrolled
5/22/25  
Chaptered
8/15/25  
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county recorder may not impose a fee for filing a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawful restrictive covenant (currently a county recorder may impose a fee for filing a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawful restrictive covenant in an amount not to exceed $10). Provides that a county recorder may not charge a fee for any copies of records necessary for filing a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawful restrictive covenant.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1569

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Creates the Access to Medically Necessary Vaccinations Act. Provides that any health care provider in this State must provide a vaccination to a patient if: the patient has requested the specific vaccination to be administered; the health care provider has determined that the vaccination is medically necessary; and the health care provider has a stock of one or more doses of the vaccination that have not been reserved for another patient. Prohibits a health care provider from preventing a medically necessary vaccination from being administered to a patient by keeping separate stocks of the vaccination for patients with private insurance and stocks of the vaccination for patients with Medicaid.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1570

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that grants shall not restrict the amount of money used to pay for fringe benefits. Provides that grants shall not restrict administrative costs to less than 20% of the grant award. Defines "fringe benefits".
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1571

Introduced
1/22/25  
Creates the Land Bank Authority Act. Authorizes the corporate authorities of a municipality or county, or 2 or more municipalities or counties, to create a land bank by ordinance (for the corporate authorities of a home rule municipality or county), by entering into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement (for the corporate authorities of 2 or more municipalities and counties), or by authority already provided to a county, municipality, or other taxing district prior to the effective date of the Act. Includes provisions relating to legislative findings and purpose, definitions, and interpretation of the Act. Effective immediately.