Bill Text: IL HB3897 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds; Other State Funds; Federal Funds;Total.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-21 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel [HB3897 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3897-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3897 Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds $27,747,500 Other State Funds $598,020,700 Federal Funds $1,601,143,852 Total $2,226,912,052
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AN ACT concerning appropriations.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
ARTICLE 1
Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
for the objects and purposes hereinafter named:
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
Payable from Radiation Protection Fund:
For Personal Services...............................243,400
For State Contributions to State
Employees' Retirement System.......................124,100
For State Contributions to Social Security...........18,700
For Group Insurance..................................99,600
For Contractual Services..........................1,866,500
For Travel............................................1,700
For Commodities......................................17,600
For Equipment........................................24,800
For Electronic Data Processing....................2,086,500
For Telecommunication Services.......................13,500
Total $4,496,400
Payable from Nuclear Safety Emergency

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Preparedness Fund:
For Contractual Services..........................4,941,300
For Travel...........................................30,800
For Commodities......................................72,000
For Printing.........................................18,000
For Equipment.......................................301,400
For Electronic Data Processing....................5,418,400
For Telecommunication Services......................143,500
For Operation of Auto Equipment.....................348,100
Total $11,273,500
Section 10. In addition to other amounts appropriated, the
amount of $15,147,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
for costs and expenses associated with operational expenses.
Section 15. The sum of $114,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Radiation Protection
Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for the ordinary and contingent expenses
incurred by the Agency.
Section 20. The sum of $500,000,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Disaster Response
and Recovery Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency

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and Office of Homeland Security for expenses associated with
disaster response and recovery, including prior years' costs.
Section 25. The sum of $125,500, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Nuclear Safety
Emergency Preparedness Fund to the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for the
ordinary and contingent expenses incurred by the Agency.
Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
for the objects and purposes hereinafter named:
OPERATIONS
Payable from Nuclear Safety Emergency
Preparedness Fund:
For Personal Services............................1,127,200
For State Contributions to State
Employees' Retirement System.......................568,100
For State Contributions to Social Security...........85,100
For Group Insurance.................................365,200
For Contractual Services............................255,900
For Travel..........................................119,700
For Commodities......................................31,300
For Printing..........................................3,000
For Equipment.......................................376,100

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For Telecommunication Services......................504,700
For Operation of Auto Equipment...........................0
Total $3,436,300
Section 35. The amount of $100,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for all costs associated with the Illinois
Civilian Cyber Auxiliary.
Section 40. The amount of $1,500,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the IEMA State
Projects Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
Office of Homeland Security for the purposes of conducting a
Mississippi Water Commission Southwest Illinois Levee Systems
Study.
Section 45. The amount of $100,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Emergency Planning
and Training Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
and Office of Homeland Security for costs associated with the
Safety and Aid for the Environment in Carbon Capture and
Sequestration Act (SAFE CCS).
Section 50. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the IEMA State

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Projects Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
Office of Homeland Security for the purposes of planning and
developing a statewide emergency broadcast system.
Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for the objects and purposes hereinafter
enumerated:
RADIATION SAFETY
Payable from Radiation Protection Fund:
For Personal Services.............................4,138,900
For State Contributions to State
Employees' Retirement System.....................2,109,500
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................316,700
For Group Insurance...............................1,228,400
For Contractual Services............................308,600
For Travel...........................................92,100
For Commodities......................................68,800
For Equipment.......................................483,000
For Telecommunication Services.......................57,200
For Refunds..........................................35,000
Total $8,838,200
Payable from Nuclear Safety Emergency
Preparedness Fund:

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For Personal Services.............................7,425,000
For State Contributions to State
Employees' Retirement System.....................3,784,300
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................568,100
For Group Insurance...............................2,068,400
For Contractual Services..........................2,853,800
For Travel..........................................238,500
For Commodities.....................................279,400
For Printing.........................................12,000
For Equipment.....................................2,085,400
For Telecommunication Services......................261,800
Total $19,576,700
Section 60. The sum of $525,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Radiation Protection
Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for licensing facilities where radioactive
uranium and thorium mill tailings are generated or located,
and related costs for regulating the decontamination and
decommissioning of such facilities and for identification,
decontamination, and environmental monitoring of unlicensed
properties contaminated with such radioactive mill tailings.
Section 65. The sum of $60,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Radiation Protection

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Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for all expenses related to solid hazardous
waste remediation, including prior years' costs, at the Ottawa
Radiation Areas Superfund site in LaSalle County, Illinois.
Section 70. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Radiation Protection
Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for recovery and remediation of radioactive
materials and contaminated facilities or properties when such
expenses cannot be paid by a responsible person or an
available surety.
Section 75. The amount of $1,250,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Indoor Radon
Mitigation Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
and Office of Homeland Security for expenses relating to the
federally funded State Indoor Radon Abatement Program,
including prior years' costs.
Section 80. The amount of $63,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Nuclear Safety
Emergency Preparedness Fund to the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for related
training and travel expenses and to reimburse the Illinois
State Police and the Illinois Commerce Commission for costs

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incurred for activities related to inspecting and escorting
shipments of spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste,
and transuranic waste in Illinois as provided under the rules
of the Agency.
Section 85. The sum of $275,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Sheffield February 1982
Agreed Order Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
and Office of Homeland Security for the care, maintenance,
monitoring, testing, remediation, and insurance of the
low-level radioactive waste disposal site near Sheffield,
Illinois.
Section 90. The sum of $650,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Nuclear Safety
Emergency Preparedness Fund to the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for
compensation to local governments for expenses attributable to
implementation and maintenance of plans and programs
authorized by Section 4 of the Nuclear Safety Preparedness
Act.
Section 95. The sum of $650,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Facility and Operation Fund to the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for use in

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accordance with Section 14 of the Illinois Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Management Act for costs related to
establishing a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.
Section 100. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
for the objects and purposes hereinafter named:
PREPAREDNESS AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATION
Payable from Nuclear Safety Emergency
Preparedness Fund:
For Contractual Services.............................31,000
For Travel...........................................21,800
For Commodities.......................................9,500
For Equipment.......................................270,000
For Telecommunication Services......................278,800
Total $611,100
Section 105. The sum of $10,000,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for all costs associated with homeland
security and emergency preparedness and response, including
grants and operational expenses.
Section 110. The amount of $500,000, or so much thereof as

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may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for all costs and expenses related to the
Office of Homeland Security.
Section 115. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for deposit into the IEMA State Projects
Fund for grants and operational expenses associated with the
administration of the Illinois' Not-for-Profit Security Grant
Program, pursuant to Subsection g-5 of Section 5 of the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
Section 120. The amount of $126,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Emergency Planning
and Training Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
and Office of Homeland Security for activities as a result of
the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know
Act.
Section 125. The amount of $918,100,000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal
Aid Disaster Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
and Office of Homeland Security for State administration of
the Federal Disaster Public Assistance Program, including

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prior years' costs.
Section 130. The amount of $252,000,000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal
Aid Disaster Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
and Office of Homeland Security for all costs related to
federal disaster mitigation programs, Flood Mitigation
Assistance, and Disaster Case Management, including prior
years' costs.
Section 135. The amount of $2,732,400, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Civil
Preparedness Administrative Fund to the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for
Hazardous Material Emergency Preparedness including prior
years' costs.
Section 140. The amount of $500,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the September 11th Fund
to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security for grants, contracts, and administrative
expenses pursuant to Section 3-660 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, including prior years' costs.
Section 145. The amount of $43,000,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the IEMA State

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Projects Fund to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
Office of Homeland Security for grants and operational
expenses associated with the administration of the Illinois'
Not-for-Profit Security Grant Program, pursuant to Subsection
g-5 of Section 5 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Act.
Section 150. The amount of $23,010,400, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Homeland
Security Emergency Preparedness Trust Fund to the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
for expenses related to the federally funded Emergency
Preparedness Grant Program, including prior years' costs.
Section 155. The amount of $75,017,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Homeland
Security Emergency Preparedness Trust Fund to the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
for expenses related to Terrorism Preparedness and Training,
including prior years' costs.
Section 160. The amount of $300,000,000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Homeland
Security Emergency Preparedness Trust Fund to the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
for expenses related to administrative and preparedness

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activities in the Chicago Urban Area, including prior years'
costs.
ARTICLE 2
Section 5. The sum of $51,816,860 or so much thereof as may
be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business
on June 30, 2025, from a reappropriation heretofore made for
such purpose in Article 130, Section 395 of Public Act
103-0589, as amended, is reappropriated from the State
Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
for any costs eligible for payment from Coronavirus State
Fiscal Recovery Fund moneys in accordance with the American
Rescue Plan Act and related federal guidance, or from any
other federal fund pursuant to any other provision of federal
law, including but not limited to, costs related to the
COVID-19 pandemic response, including purchases of protective
personal equipment, state agency health and safety measures,
costs associated with care sites, and other emergency response
costs, including prior years' costs, current and prior year
operational expenses, awards, and grants of the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
and other State agencies for the support of programs and
services that assist people and entities impacted by the
COVID-19 pandemic and the State's emergency response to the

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pandemic.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2025.