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ILSB0098Intro
25%
Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning a school board's suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that a student who is determined to have committed sexual violence, sexual assault, or sexual activity with an individual without the indivi...
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2025-02-28
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0039Intro
25%
Amends the Electric Vehicle Charging Act. Exempts any tiny home for veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and in need of secure, long-term affordable housing, if that tiny home is constructed by a specified nonprofit organization that ...
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2025-02-27
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
ILSB1546Intro
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Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Provides that, beginning with the budget prepared for Fiscal Year 2027, the rate of growth of appropriations from the State general funds over the preceding fiscal year appropriations from...
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2025-02-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSR0112Intro
25%
Declares June 13, 2025 as SURS Retiree Appreciation Day in the State of Illinois to honor and recognize the ongoing contributions and value of SURS retirees across the State.
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2025-02-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2276Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a limitation on carryover deductions for corporations applies for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2024 and prior to December 31, 2025 (currently, December 31, 2027). Amends the Business ...
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2025-02-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1888Intro
25%
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that an exemption for tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized...
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2025-02-27
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILSB1465Intro
25%
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Adds infection preventionists, minimum data set assessment nurses, other social workers, certified nursing assistant interns, and medication aides to the list of direct care staff used to compute staff to resident ra...
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2025-02-27
To Senate Appropriations - Health and Human Services Committee
ILSB2160Intro
25%
Amends the Human Services Act. Provides for grants to food banks for venison. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for an optional Hunter Food Bank Stamp to have hunters help end hunger in Illinois. In a provision regarding a separate harvest period fo...
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2025-02-27
To Senate Appropriations Committee
ILSB1699Intro
25%
Creates the Noncitizen Population Spending Transparency Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with relevant State agencies, shall prepare an annual report identifying all State spending on services and resources for no...
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2025-02-27
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1313Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois TRUST Act. Provides that certain limitations under the Act regarding actions that may be taken by law enforcement agencies and officials do not apply with respect to an individual who is not a citizen of the United States and who ...
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2025-02-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0029Intro
25%
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 inst...
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2025-02-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0082Intro
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Auditing Law of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that certain provisions concerning audit requirements shall become inoperable in fiscal year 2026. Provides that, beginning in Fiscal Year 2026, if a municipality has...
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2025-02-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSJR0012Intro
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Declares 2026 as the Illinois Route 66 Centennial Year in the State of Illinois. Encourages communities, historical societies, and state agencies to organize commemorative events and educational initiatives to honor this historic occasion.
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2025-02-25
[Hearing: Mar 4 @ 3:30 pm]
To Senate Transportation Committee
ILSB2046Intro
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Appropriates $350,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for the construction, land acquisition, and any other required infrastructure changes for a new interchange at Minooka Road on I-80 to accommodate current and expected increases to traffic...
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2025-02-25
To Senate Appropriations - Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee
ILSB2207Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Defines "health care professional" as a person licensed or registered by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Medical Prac...
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2025-02-25
To Senate Licensed Activities Committee
ILSB1689Intro
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Amends Public Act 103-0589. Increases the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriation to the Department of Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for ordinary and contingent administrative expenses ...
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2025-02-25
To Senate Appropriations Committee
ILSR0124Intro
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Affirms a commitment to supporting Illinois farmers and promoting a positive perception of their essential work. Encourages public education initiatives, outreach programs, and partnerships with agricultural organizations to highlight the economic an...
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2025-02-25
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0165Intro
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Creates the Ultrasound Opportunity Act. Sets forth legislative findings and definitions. Provides that at any facility where abortions are performed, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or another qualified person w...
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2025-02-25
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0168Intro
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the conviction of certain offenses as grounds for disqualification for licensure or suspension or revocation of a license, includes in the definition of "sex or other ...
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2025-02-25
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1360Intro
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 o...
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2025-02-20
To Senate Appropriations - Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee
ILSB1643Intro
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2025, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption shall be increased each year by the percentage increase, if any, in th...
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2025-02-20
To Senate Revenue Committee
ILSB0261Intro
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Reenacts the Invest in Kids Act and makes the Act permanent. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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2025-02-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0111Intro
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a continuance is requested and granted for a hearing on pretrial detention, the hearing shall be held within 72 (rather than 48) hours of the defendant's first appearance if the defendan...
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2025-02-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0139Intro
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Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2026, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Cod...
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2025-02-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1719Intro
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Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government required to store public records under the Act may satisfy the requirements of the Act by storing the public records in an electronic form.
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2025-02-19
To Government Operations
ILSB1783Intro
25%
Creates the Prohibition on Government Sponsored Sexual Performances. Provides that a unit of local government or a school district may not allow a live adult performance to be held on publicly owned or operated property under its control. Requires th...
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2025-02-19
To End of Life Issues
ILSB1761Intro
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 establish a program to award grants to units of local government for ...
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2025-02-18
To Senate Appropriations - Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee
ILSB1762Intro
25%
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the purpose of awarding grants to units of local government for the demolition or repair of commercial buildings that are detrimental to...
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2025-02-18
To Senate Appropriations - Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee
ILSB1759Intro
25%
Appropriates $50,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for the expansion of Route 6 from Brisbin Road to Ridge Road. Effective July 1, 2025.
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2025-02-18
To Senate Appropriations - Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee
ILSB2522Intro
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Makes appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for grants to the City of Morris for costs associated with landfill closures and landfill well monitoring. Effective July 1, 2025.
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2025-02-18
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1544Intro
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that any deer herd management plan established by the Department of Natural Resources, including length of seasons and bag and possession limits, shall take into account economic damage and public safety concerns ca...
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2025-02-14
To Senate Agriculture Committee
ILSB2128Intro
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that an institution of higher learning that participates in the Monetary Award Program may not release the personally identifiable information of any of its students for voter registration ...
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2025-02-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1316Intro
25%
Repeals the Illinois TRUST Act. Makes corresponding changes in the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.
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2025-02-14
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1734Intro
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the cost-of-living adjustment to the standard exemption applies on a permanent basis (currently, for taxable years that end on or before December 31, 2028). Effective immediately.
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2025-02-14
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
ILSB1637Intro
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Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys in the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund may not be appropriated, assigned, or transferred to another State...
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2025-02-11
To Senate Appropriations Committee
ILSB2211Intro
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall restore, within 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the site of the Dwight Correctional Center that was decommissioned on March 31, 2013, ...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2209Intro
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall restore, within 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the site of any warden's homes provided for the chief administrative officer or warden...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2210Intro
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Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall restore, within 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the site of the Illinois State Police building that was decommissioned in 2003 and that was ...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2113Intro
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Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy that prohibits employees of the public institution of higher education from offering incentives to students to vote.
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2208Intro
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle within the State while the alcohol concentration in the person's blood, other bodily substance, or breath is .04 or more for one ...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2114Intro
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Amends various Acts. Removes the requirement that the Senate provides advise and consent to specified nominations.
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2206Intro
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Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law. Creates the Kankakee and Iroquois Counties Floodwater Mitigation Commission. Provides that the Commission shall: study floodplain policies and actions in neighboring states and counties a...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2340Intro
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Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to submit an annual report available to the public, on or before July 1, on its website that includes for each school district: (1) the number of students in the school year seeking admiss...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2389Intro
25%
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Reinstates the exemption for the use or sale of tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois retailer by a taxpayer engag...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2341Intro
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon verified petition by the State, the court shall hold a hearing and may deny a defendant pretrial release if the defendant is charged with any of the following offenses, and it is alleg...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB2342Intro
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Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois to prepare and implement a defined contribution plan by July 1, 2027 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts tha...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1867Intro
25%
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that the State Board of Education and the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board are required to approve more than one assessment, n...
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2025-02-06
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1866Intro
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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2025-02-06
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1864Intro
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Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that if a student at a public institution of higher education is required to complete an instructor evaluation, the student shall evaluate the instructor's bias on whether the instructor displays any p...
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2025-02-06
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB1917Intro
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Creates the Illinois Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act. Requires an institution to file a disclosure report annually on July 1 when: (1) an institution received a gift from, o...
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2025-02-06
To Senate Assignments Committee
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