Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that in cases in which a person who has had his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card revoked or denied because he or she was a patient in a mental health facility and who has received a mental health evaluation by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, and has received a certification that he or she is not a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or others to receive a restoration of his or her right to obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall provide all collateral records to the physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner making the certification and the person shall attest, by signature, that all collateral records have been provided to the evaluator prior to the mental health evaluation. In the definitions of "clinical psychologist", "physician", and "qualified examiner", provides that these persons conducting the mental health examinations shall be up to date on their continuing education and must possess a valid certification from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that an investigator or attorney employed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation investigating any provider of mental health or developmental disabilities services who is a licensee of the Department shall be entitled to inspect and copy a recipient record or any part thereof upon the presentation of a Department subpoena. Provides that a subpoena for records issued to a federally assisted substance use disorder program must be accompanied by a court order if required by 42 CFR 2.66. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall notify recipients upon receiving records obtained via subpoena. Nothing in this Act prohibits the use of a recipients records in an administrative proceeding conducted by the Department. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Further amends the Department of Human Services Act. Removes a repealer provision concerning the creation of the Autism Research Checkoff Fund. Instead provides that, on July 1, 2025, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the remaining balance from the Autism Research Checkoff Fund into the Autism Awareness Fund. Provides that upon completion of the transfers, the Autism Research Checkoff Fund is dissolved, and any future deposits due to that Fund and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of that Fund shall pass to the Autism Awareness Fund. Provides that the provision creating the Autism Research Checkoff Fund is repealed on January 1, 2026. Amends the Department of Early Childhood Act. Extends early intervention services to children who have been found eligible for early childhood special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and have an individualized education program. Effective immediately.

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act. Provides that provisions limiting the vendor's discount to $1,000 per month do not apply on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes a provision that requires that, at a minimum, any person ordered to pretrial home confinement with or without electronic monitoring must be provided with movement spread out over no fewer than 2 days per week, to participate in basic activities.

Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall review an applicant's application for a license to practice medicine under the Act concurrently with the applicant's application for a controlled substances registration. Requires the Department to issue an applicant's license and controlled substances registration concurrently. Effective immediately.

Commends the many local businesses that donated their time, money, and support to O'Fallon Fraternal Order of the Police (FOP) Lodge 198 in order to bestow a custom-designed, 14-passenger bus to the Parent Teacher Organization for Exceptional Children (PTOEC).

Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the School District Extension Freeze Law. Provides that, if at the end of any levy year, a school district has reserves of 50% or more of its operating budget, then the school district's extension for all purposes may not exceed its extension for the previous levy year. Provides that, if the school district has reserves of 60% or more at the end of the immediately preceding levy year, then the district's extension shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the district's reserve amount for the immediately preceding levy year and a reserve amount of 60% for that levy year. Effective July 1, 2025.

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, by January 15, 2027 and January 15 of each subsequent school year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, shall prepare and release a State Data Dashboard Report and Data Dashboard Report for each public institution of higher education and each private college and university in the State. Lists the data required to be collected by the report. Requires the Board to publish the report on a publicly available website. Allows the Board to adopt rules to administer the provisions.

Creates the Extended Producer Responsibility and Recycling Refund Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that whenever a municipality is required to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by law, order of court, or contract, the municipality may publish the notice on an official municipal website instead of in a newspaper if the notice published on the official municipal website is also published electronically on a searchable online database website and that website provides independent certification of the publication. Provides conditions concerning the availability and format of the searchable online database website. Repeals a Section concerning the placement of published notices on a statewide website and makes corresponding changes throughout the Act and in the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the sum of $17,653,153 shall be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Audit Expense Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Removes provisions providing that the pass-through entity level election applies only for tax years beginning prior to January 1, 2026. Provides that an addition modification and corresponding deduction for a bonus depreciation deduction under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code also apply to a bonus depreciation deduction for qualified production property under subsection (n) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code. Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Makes changes concerning the credit amount. Provides that wages paid to no more than 2 executive producers per accredited production may be considered Illinois labor expenditures. Creates an exception to the 2-producer limitation for executive producers who receive compensation for other positions on the accredited production. Makes changes concerning conditions under which wages paid to nonresidents qualify as Illinois labor expenditures. Provides that no new credits may be awarded under the Act for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2039. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, with respect to compensation paid for in-State services performed for an accredited production under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act, if the compensation is paid through a loan out company, then the production company or its authorized payroll service company shall withhold taxes on that compensation. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago Police and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a widow's annuity shall be equal to 66 2/3%(instead of 50%) of the retirement annuity the deceased policeman or fireman was receiving at the time of death or 66 2/3% (instead of 50%) of the retirement annuity the policeman or fireman would have been eligible for if the policeman or fireman retired from service on the day before the policeman's or fireman's death. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Adds 2 members to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board representing a statewide lodge representing law enforcement. Provides the procedures for appointing the 2 members the amendatory Act.

Creates the Commission to End Gun Violence in Disproportionately Impacted Areas Act. Establishes the Commission to End Gun Violence in Disproportionately Impacted Areas. Provides that the purpose of the Commission is to study, analyze data, make recommendations, and develop policy proposals addressing the root causes of violence and resulting trauma to drastically reduce gun violence in Disproportionately Impacted Areas. Sets forth provisions concerning membership; terms; compensation; and administrative support. Provides that the Commission shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2026 and each year thereafter, including, at a minimum, detailed findings and recommendations related to the reduction of gun violence in Disproportionately Impacted Areas. Effective immediately.

Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System by members of the General Assembly to persons who become participants before January 1, 2026 and provides that, beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new participants who are members of the General Assembly. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.