Bill Text: IL HB1586 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that, if requirements exist under federal law, regulation, or rule for administration of programs by methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis on January 1, 2025, those requirements shall remain in place for the purpose of administration of those programs by the State. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee [HB1586 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1586-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1586 Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 415/8b from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b
Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that, if requirements exist under federal law, regulation, or rule for administration of programs by methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis on January 1, 2025, those requirements shall remain in place for the purpose of administration of those programs by the State. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing
Section 8b as follows:
(20 ILCS 415/8b) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b)
Sec. 8b. Jurisdiction B - Merit and fitness.
(a) For positions in the State service subject to the
jurisdiction of the Department of Central Management Services
with respect to selection and tenure on the basis of merit and
fitness, those matters specified in this Section and Sections
8b.1 through 8b.17.
(b) Application, testing and hiring procedures for all
State employment vacancies for positions not exempt under
Section 4c shall be reduced to writing and made available to
the public via the Department's website or equivalent. All
vacant positions subject to Jurisdiction B shall be posted.
Vacant positions shall be posted on the Department's website
in such a way that potential job candidates can easily
identify and apply for job openings and identify the county in
which the vacancy is located. Vacant positions shall be
updated at least weekly.
(c) If a position experiences a vacancy rate that is

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greater than or equal to 10%, that position shall be posted
until the vacancy rate is less than 10%.
(d) If requirements exist under federal law, regulation,
or rule for administration of programs by methods relating to
the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a
merit basis on January 1, 2025, those requirements shall
remain in place for the purpose of administration of those
programs by the State.
(Source: P.A. 103-108, eff. 6-27-23.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.