The new bill, authored by State Rep. Daniel Didech in the Illinois House, seeks to expand exemptions and adjust procedures for accessing law enforcement records and related video, according to the Illinois State House.
The bill, introduced as HB5733 on March 24, 2026, during the general assembly session 104, was summarized by the state legislature as follows: “Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that records containing law enforcement in-car camera and officer-worn body camera video and audio recordings that a public body received from another public body are exempt from inspection or copying under the Act. Provides that records concerning the work of the threat assessment team of a law enforcement agency are exempt from inspection or copying under the Act. Provides that criminal history records are exempt from inspection or copying under the Act. Provides that personal and private information submitted to and maintained by the Illinois State Police under the Criminal Identification Act is exempt from inspection or copying under the Act. Provides that, if a public body received more than 1,000 requests under the Act in the preceding year, then (i) the public body shall either comply with or deny a request for a record that includes video records within 30 business days (rather than 5 business days) after its receipt of the request and (ii) the time for response to any request the public body receives may be extended by not more than 10 business days (rather than 5 business days) from the original due date for specified reasons. Provides that, if a request is made for an audio or video file that is maintained in an electronic format, then the public body may not charge for the first 60 minutes of staff time to prepare the response, including conducting necessary research regarding the request, as well as locating, collecting, reviewing, and redacting any responsive audio or video files. Provides that, after the first 60 minutes of staff time, the public body may charge the preparation costs of the public body’s lowest paid staff member employed in a position that performs the work to prepare the response (rather than charging specified dollar amounts for specified megabytes of data). Makes technical and other changes. Effective January 1, 2027.”
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
In essence, this bill amends the Illinois Freedom of Information Act to expand exemptions and adjust procedures for access to law enforcement records and video. It makes criminal history record information and specified personal data held by the Illinois State Police confidential, and exempts law enforcement body and in-car camera recordings received from another public body, as well as records of law enforcement threat assessment teams, from disclosure. It creates longer response deadlines for requests that include video when an agency handled more than 1,000 FOIA requests in the prior year, and replaces per-megabyte fees for electronic audio or video with labor-based preparation costs after the first 60 minutes of staff time. The bill takes effect January 1, 2027.
Didech has proposed another 119 bills since the beginning of the 104th session, with seven of them being adopted.
Bills in Illinois follow a multi-step legislative process, beginning with introduction in either the House or Senate, followed by committee review, floor debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching the governor for approval or veto. The General Assembly operates on a biennial schedule, and while typically thousands of bills are introduced each session, only a fraction successfully pass through the process to become law.
You can read more about bills and other measures here.
Didech graduated from Roosevelt University in 2010 with a BA and again in 2014 from Valparaiso Universit with a JD.
Didech, a Democrat, was elected to the Illinois State House in 2019 to represent the state’s 59th House District, replacing previous state representative Carol Sente.
Bills Introduced by Daniel Didech in Illinois House During General Assembly Session 104
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB5733 | 03/24/2026 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that records containing law enforcement in-car camera and officer-worn body camera video and audio recordings that a public body received from another public body are exempt from inspection or copying under the Act. Provides that records concerning the work of the threat assessment team of a law enforcement agency are exempt from inspection or copying under the Act. Provides that criminal history records are exempt from inspection or copying under the Act. Provides that personal and private information submitted to and maintained by the Illinois State Police under the Criminal Identification Act is exempt from inspection or copying under the Act. Provides that, if a public body received more than 1,000 requests under the Act in the preceding year, then (i) the public body shall either comply with or deny a request for a record that includes video records within 30 business days (rather than 5 business days) after its receipt of the request and (ii) the time for response to any request the public body receives may be extended by not more than 10 business days (rather than 5 business days) from the original due date for specified reasons. Provides that, if a request is made for an audio or video file that is maintained in an electronic format, then the public body may not charge for the first 60 minutes of staff time to prepare the response, including conducting necessary research regarding the request, as well as locating, collecting, reviewing, and redacting any responsive audio or video files. Provides that, after the first 60 minutes of staff time, the public body may charge the preparation costs of the public body’s lowest paid staff member employed in a position that performs the work to prepare the response (rather than charging specified dollar amounts for specified megabytes of data). Makes technical and other changes. Effective January 1, 2027. |
| HB5396 | 02/06/2026 | Creates the Healthy Soils Task Force Act. Establishes the Healthy Soils Task Force in the Department of Agriculture, with specified members. Provides timelines for initial appointments and the first meeting. Lists duties of the Task Force. Allows the Task Force to consult with specified agencies and entities. Requires the Task Force to submit a report on or before December 31, 2027. Dissolves the Task Force and repeals the Act on July 1, 2028. Makes findings. Defines terms. |
| HB5397 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the School Code. Establishes within the State Board of Education the shortage differential salary incentive program to support licensed teachers who provide instruction in special education and hard-to-staff locations. Sets forth the various shortage differential grants under the program based on specified criteria. Provides that teachers who receive an annual shortage differential grant for being assigned to a position in a hard-to-staff location shall be assigned to a position in: (1) a complex area identified as a hard-to-staff location by a school district; (2) a complex area whose rate of teachers who have completed a State-approved educator preparation program has been below this State’s average rate of teachers who have completed a State-approved educator preparation program for the last 3 years; (3) a geographically isolated complex area; or (4) a complex area whose combined number of vacant teaching positions and emergency hires was higher than 10% in the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. |
| HB5398 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In the provisions concerning disability history and awareness, requires a school district to also provide instruction on disability awareness and inclusion education. Provides that the instruction on disability history and awareness shall include: (1) grade-appropriate content on understanding different disabilities and accessible practices; (2) peer inclusion training and collaborative classroom projects promoting interaction between students with and without disabilities; (3) hands-on workshops; (4) school-wide programming during March; and (5) recognition systems for students, classes, and schools demonstrating exemplary inclusion practices. |
| HB5399 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person committed to the Department of Corrections who is paid wages performing a work assignment must receive a rate of compensation that is not less than the minimum wage required under the Minimum Wage Law. |
| HB5400 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the Time Standardization Act. Exempts the State, after Iowa and Missouri are exempt, from daylight saving time under the exemption provisions of the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966 and declares the standard time in the State year-round to be United States standard central time. Makes findings. |
| HB5401 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that as part of the required minimum 4-hour professional development leadership training, each voting member of a board of trustees shall complete a minimum of one hour of training covering the topic of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. |
| HB5402 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the Homeowners’ Energy Policy Statement Act. Provides that the Act applies to any building with a shared roof if (1) a solar energy system is located entirely within that portion of the shared roof owned and maintained by the property owner or (2) all property owners sharing the shared roof agree to install a solar energy system. Provides that the governing entity of a homeowners’ association, common interest community association, or condominium unit owners’ association may adopt for those buildings with a shared roof that are under its control and that are subject to the Act bylaws or other requirements that set standards regarding the installation, maintenance, and use of solar energy systems, including, but not limited to, regulations that require the governing entity to approve the vendor that will supply, install, or maintain the solar energy system and regulations that grant vendors exclusive rights to perform those functions. Provides that, when exercising powers over properties with shared roofs, a governing entity must act solely in the collective interest of the members of the association; must cooperate with property owners interested in installing, maintaining, or using a solar energy system on property under their ownership or control; and must not delay any request for a decision involving the installation, maintenance, or use of a solar energy system by an association member for more than 60 days. Provides that the failure of a governing entity to comply with these provisions renders voidable any bylaw or other requirement adopted by the governing authority pursuant to the provisions of the amendatory Act. |
| HB5403 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Changes the definition of “petitioner” to include any medical personnel, social services and mental health personnel, crisis intervention personnel, or education personnel as described in a provision of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. |
| HB5404 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity as matters in which discrimination is prohibited under the Educational Article. |
| HB5405 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Creates a process for one parent to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of the other parent in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, or any proceeding in which parental responsibilities are allocated under the Act or in a proceeding under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that a court may terminate parental rights if the petitioning parent proves by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent parent has abandoned the child; or engaged in a prolonged failure, without good cause, to provide reasonable financial support for or to maintain meaningful contact or visitation with the child, although able to do so. Provides defenses if the court finds that the failure to support or maintain contact or visitation was due to interference or obstruction by the petitioning parent; a court-ordered limitation, restriction, or suspension of parenting time; or other good cause beyond the respondent parent’s control. Provides that an order of termination does not extinguish any child support arrearages accrued before termination unless expressly ordered by the court. |
| HB5406 | 02/06/2026 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Defines “business day” as Monday through Friday, not including Saturday, Sunday, and specified holidays. In provisions regarding requests for commercial purposes, changes a reference to 21 working days to a reference to 21 business days. |
| HB5139 | 02/05/2026 | Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that an applicant or licensee is not in violation of the Act or certain Illinois Gaming Board rules and shall not be subject to disciplinary action, delay of any Board consideration, or denial of any license for operating a gaming device if operation of the gaming device is in compliance with, and not considered gambling under, the Criminal Code of 2012. Removes language providing that nothing shall be deemed to prohibit the use of a game device only if the game device is used in an activity that is not gambling under the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that of the tax collected on net terminal income, 80.84% (rather than 83.7%) shall be deposited into the Capital Projects Fund and 17.16% (rather than 14.3%) shall be deposited into the Local Government Video Gaming Distributive Fund. Repeals a provision regarding the prohibition of video gaming by political subdivisions. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a gambling offense involving a vending or other electronic machine or device, is a Class 4 felony. Makes other and conforming changes. |
| HB5140 | 02/05/2026 | Creates the Family Amusement Wagering Prohibition Act. Prohibits an owner or operator of a family amusement establishment from facilitating wagering on amusement devices. Prohibits a family amusement establishment from engaging in advertising that promotes wagering on amusement devices. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a family amusement establishment from offering certain types of games. Defines terms. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes changes in provisions concerning gaming and syndicated gaming. Effective immediately. |
| HB5141 | 02/05/2026 | Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Specifies that, for purposes of the Act, the term “sports event” includes any awards show. Provides that “awards show” means the Emmy Awards Show, the Grammy Awards Show, the Academy Awards Show, the Tony Awards Show, or any other live competition or talent contest. Grants rulemaking and emergency rulemaking powers to the Illinois Gaming Board to authorize wagering on awards shows. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| HB5142 | 02/05/2026 | Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that “sports wagering” also includes participation in any prediction market involving a sports event or any portion of a sports event, or the individual performance statistics of athletes in a sports event, including the offering, listing, solicitation, purchase, sale, trading, exchange, or settlement of any event contract, sports-event contract, or other contract, agreement, or transaction, whether described as a derivative, option, binary contract, or similar instrument, in which a person risks something of value on the occurrence, nonoccurrence, or outcome of such sports event or any portion of a sports event or athlete performance statistics; such activity constitutes sports wagering regardless of whether the contract, agreement, or transaction is entered into on a peer-to-peer basis, whether participants take positions against one another rather than against the operator, whether the operator is not a counterparty to the transaction, or whether the operator describes the activity as an investing opportunity, exchange, marketplace, or prediction market. |
| HB5143 | 02/05/2026 | Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that the tax imposed on each master sports licensee for each individual wager placed with the master sports licensee for sports wagering over the Internet or through a mobile application shall end on July 1, 2026. Effective immediately. |
| HB5368 | 02/05/2026 | Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to collaborate with the State Board of Education to the extent the Board develops instructional resources for substance use or gambling disorder prevention and awareness that may be used by school districts. Permits the Department to provide funding programs for parents on healthy gaming and play habits; appropriate financial planning and investment strategies; how to talk about gambling and related activities; and how to talk about substance use or gambling. In provisions requiring the Department to establish a public education, research, and training program regarding gambling disorders, expands the scope of the program by requiring that the program utilize screening, crisis intervention, treatment, public awareness, prevention, in-service training, and other innovative means, to decrease the incidents of suicide attempts related to a gambling disorder or gambling issues. Permits the Department to establish a program to provide for the production and publication, in electronic and other formats, of gambling prevention, recognition, treatment, and recovery literature and other public education methods. Permits the Department to support gambling disorder prevention, recognition, treatment, and recovery projects by facilitating the acquisition of gambling prevention curriculums, providing trainings in gambling disorder prevention best practices, connecting programs to health care resources, establishing learning collaboratives between localities and programs, and assisting programs in navigating any regulatory requirements for establishing or expanding such programs. Permits the Department to award grants to create or support local gambling prevention, recognition, and response projects. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| HB4929 | 02/04/2026 | Creates the Privately-Owned Carbon Capture Device Rebate Act. Establishes a rebate program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency for eligible purchasers of privately-owned carbon capture devices that use biological processes, including microalgae photosynthesis, for residential use. Lists eligibility criteria for applicants and devices. Provides rebate amounts and timelines, prioritizing low-income applicants. Requires ownership and residency conditions and sets limits on rebate frequency. Authorizes auditing and reimbursement for noncompliance. Imposes a 5% user fee on device sales to fund rebates. Creates the Privately-Owned Carbon Capture Device Rebate Fund in the State treasury and amends the State Finance Act to add the Fund. Grants rulemaking authority to the Agency and the Department of Revenue. Effective immediately. |
| HB4946 | 02/04/2026 | Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property leased, subleased, or rented, in whole or in part, to a taxing district and used exclusively for a bona fide taxing district purpose is exempt. Provides that the exemption applies only to the portion of the property used for bona fide taxing district purposes. Effective immediately. |
| HB4947 | 02/04/2026 | Amends the Election Code. Provides that each petition or certificate of nomination may include a voluntarily waiver of personal service of process and consent to notice of any objection by registered or certified mail and posting on the website of the unit of local government associated with the proper local election official or, if the unit of local government does not maintain a website, by posting at the principal office of the unit of local government. Makes conforming changes. |
| HB5002 | 02/04/2026 | Appropriates $1,760,144 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Office of Firearm Violence Prevention for a grant to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office for a violence interrupter program, including administrative and operating costs. Effective July 1, 2026. |
| HB5023 | 02/04/2026 | Amends the Article in the Illinois Trust Code governing the duties and powers of trustees to provide a procedure for settlement of accounts. Provides that a trustee may obtain a settlement of its accounts if a trust terminates under the terms of the trust, a trust terminates early, a trustee resigns or is removed, or a trustee seeks discharge of an interim accounting period if the interest of one or more beneficiaries has terminated and the trust is continuing. Provides that a trustee who elects to use the new provisions must provide notice and a statement of information to the qualified beneficiaries of the trust and the successor trustee, if applicable, within a reasonable time after termination of the trust under its terms, the resignation or removal of the trustee, or the end of the period for which the trustee is seeking discharge. Provides that, if, after receiving the notice and trust information, a qualified beneficiary or any other party that received the notice and trust information objects to a disclosed act or omission, the qualified beneficiary must provide written notice of the objection to the trustee not later than 60 days after the notice was sent by the trustee. Provides that, if no written objection is provided in the 60-day time period, the information provided is considered approved by the recipient. Requires the trustee, in the case of a trust terminating under the terms of the trust or the trustee’s resignation or removal, within a reasonable period of time following the expiration of the 60-day time period, to distribute the assets as provided in the trust or to the successor trustee. Provides that, if a qualified beneficiary gives the trustee a written objection within the applicable 60-day time period, the trustee or the qualified beneficiary may (i) submit the written objection to the court for resolution and charge the expense of commencing a proceeding to the trust or (ii) resolve the objection by a nonjudicial settlement agreement or other written agreement. Makes other changes. |
| HB5038 | 02/04/2026 | Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Law within the Code. Provides that neither the State nor any State agency shall allow any person having a contract with the State or with a State agency to purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product for use in completing a contract with the State or with any State agency, subject to certain exceptions. Requires contractors who enter into contracts with the State to certify that the commodity furnished to the State was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or primary forest and old-growth forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately. |
| HB4814 | 02/03/2026 | Amends the Debt Management Service Act. Provides that every applicant for a license to engage in the debt management service business in the State shall submit to the Secretary, at the time of the application for a license, a bond to be approved by the Secretary in which the applicant shall be the obligor, in the sum of $50,000 (rather than $25,000) or the specified amount. In provisions concerning fees or penalties that may be charged by a debt management service provider, permits the charging of additional fees at the completion of the initial counseling services, which shall not exceed: (A) 15% of the amount disbursed monthly to creditors or $75, whichever is less, if there are fewer than 6 creditors enrolled in the debt management plan; or (B) 15% of the amount disbursed monthly to creditors or $100, whichever is less, if there are 6 or more creditors enrolled in the debt management plan. |
| HB4681 | 01/29/2026 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Changes the definition of “commercial purpose”. Defines “business day” or “working day”, as well as “mass requester” and “vexatious requester”. Requires a public body to respond to a request for records submitted by a mass requester within 21 days after receipt. Sets forth procedures and requirements regarding mass requesters. Provides that it is a violation of the Act to knowingly obtain a public record as a mass requester without disclosing the person’s status as a mass requester, if requested to do so by the public body. Requires persons denied access to inspect or copy any public record to first notify the public body of intent to file suit and provide an opportunity to confer orally, within 10 business days after receipt of the notification, about curing or resolving the issue. Requires a court to award a public body attorney’s fees and costs against a commercial purpose requester, a recurrent requester, a mass requester, or a vexatious requester. Allows a public body to petition the Public Access Counselor for relief from a requester that the public body alleges is a vexatious requester, including an order that the public body need not comply with the current request and other requests from the vexatious requester for up to one year. Sets forth procedures and requirements regarding vexatious requesters. Makes conforming changes. |
| HB4682 | 01/29/2026 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that repeated requests for commercial purposes shall be deemed unduly burdensome if the requests are from the same person and seek similar or updated records. |
| HB4683 | 01/29/2026 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Requires a public body to respond to a request for records submitted by a mass requester within 21 business days after receipt. Requires the response to (i) provide to the requester an estimate of the time required by the public body to provide the records requested and an estimate of the fees to be charged, which the public body may require the person to pay in full before copying the requested documents, (ii) deny the request pursuant to one or more of the exemptions set out in the Act, (iii) notify the requester that the request is unduly burdensome and extend an opportunity to the requester to attempt to reduce the request to manageable proportions, or (iv) provide the records requested. Provides that, unless the records are exempt from disclosure, a public body shall comply with a request for records within a reasonable period considering the size and complexity of the request and giving priority to records requested by requesters who are not mass requesters. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for a person to knowingly obtain a public record without disclosing the person’s status as a mass requester, if requested to do so by the public body, within 5 business days. Allows the public body to deny the request based upon the violation. Requires a mass requester to notify the public body of an objection before seeking review of a denial of a request with the Public Access Counselor, and requires review by a Public Access Counselor before judicial review. Limits awards of attorney’s fees to mass requesters under the Act. Defines “mass requester”. Makes conforming changes. |
| HB4684 | 01/29/2026 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Changes the definition of “commercial purpose”. Defines “purposeless mass request”. Provides that a public body may designate a request as a purposeless mass request under specified conditions. Establishes procedures for notice, requester response, and a final determination concerning the request. Sets timelines for processing such requests and authorizes responses to them. Prohibits attorney’s fees in actions where the public body reasonably determined a request was a purposeless mass request. |
| HB4705 | 01/29/2026 | Creates the Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act. Provides that a frontier artificial intelligence model developer or large chatbot provider shall write, implement, comply with, and clearly and conspicuously publish on its website a public safety and child protection plan. Provides that the Attorney General shall establish a mechanism to be used by a large frontier developer, a large chatbot provider, or a member of the public to report a safety incident related to specified artificial intelligence models or chatbots. Sets forth provisions concerning the protection of whistleblowers; third party audits of large frontier developers; and civil penalties. Provides for rulemaking by the Attorney General. Effective January 1, 2027. |
| HB4670 | 01/28/2026 | Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act. Includes within the Act’s coverage a “property owners’ association”. Provides that a property owners’ association means any association, organized group of property owners, corporation, not-for-profit corporation, or other entity that is identified in a declaration, or other documents recorded by a developer in which (1) the entity owns property in the development over which unit owners possess an easement; and (2) the entity is provided the power to impose regulations on easement holders regarding the use of the property burdened with the easements. Provides that if these conditions are met, unit owners who possess easements rights have an obligation to pay for the maintenance, improvement, insurance premiums, or real estate taxes of the property burdened by their easements, unless the declaration or other documents recorded by the developer expressly state otherwise. Effective immediately. |
| HB4524 | 01/21/2026 | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that “plug-in solar energy system” means a moveable photovoltaic generation device that (i) may or may not include an energy storage system; (ii) exports no more than 1,200 watts to an outlet; (iii) is designed to be connected to a building’s electrical system through a standard outlet; (iv) is intended primarily to offset part of an eligible customer’s electricity consumption; and (v) is certified by Underwriters Laboratories or an equivalent nationally recognized testing laboratory. Provides that an electricity provider shall not require an eligible customer who uses, or intends to install and use, a plug-in solar energy system to do certain actions. Provides that a plug-in solar energy system is exempt from interconnection requirements under provisions concerning net electricity metering and any rules adopted pursuant to those provisions. Provides that a plug-in solar energy system is not eligible for net electricity metering or any distributed generation rebate. Provides that an electricity provider is not liable for any damage or injury caused by an eligible customer’s plug-in solar energy system. Provides that a plug-in solar energy system that has a maximum power output to a receptacle outlet of 391 watts or less is exempt from any product listing standard that would require alterations to a building’s premises, wiring, or electrical panels. Provides that landlords, homeowners’ associations, common interest community associations, and condominium unit owners’ associations shall not adopt, enforce, or attempt to enforce any restriction, covenant, bylaw, regulation, lease stipulation, or other rule that directly or indirectly restricts, prohibits, or imposes unreasonable conditions on the installation, use, or operation of a plug-in solar energy system. Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the Homeowners’ Energy Policy Statement Act. Provides that “solar energy system” includes a plug-in solar energy system. Makes other changes. |
| HB4473 | 01/16/2026 | Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Requires each county waste management plan to include a recycling program to designed to recycle or compost (rather than just recycle) municipal waste at a specified recycling rate by a certain timeline. Defines the recycling rate as 25% until January 1, 2032, and 50% beginning January 1, 2032 (rather than 15% by the end of the third year of the program and 25% by the end of the fifth year of the program). Requires the waste management plan to provide for the reduction of the total release of dioxin and mercury to the environment with the goal of their continued minimization and, if feasible, ultimate elimination from the county’s municipal waste stream. |
| HB4444 | 01/15/2026 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a public body may charge the actual cost (rather than up to $10) for each hour spent by personnel in searching for and retrieving a requesting record or in examining the record for necessary redactions. Specifies that no fees shall be charged for the first 2 hours (rather than the first 8 hours) spent by personnel searching for or retrieving a requested record. Deletes a provision that limits the applicability of these cost recovery provisions to commercial requests. |
| HB4445 | 01/15/2026 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, if a public body determines that a request for a body-worn camera recording is reasonably likely to be used for a commercial purpose, then the public body’s response to the requester shall inform the requester: (1) if the recording contains one or more identifiable subjects; (2) that use of the recording for any commercial purpose triggers obligations under the provisions if the recording contains an identifiable subject; and (3) that failure to comply with the provisions may result in civil liability. Provides that prior to disclosing a body-worn camera recording to a requester, the public body shall provide written notice to each identifiable subject in the recording that is known to the public body. Provides that prior to any publication, posting, dissemination, or distribution, a person intending to use a body-worn camera recording for a commercial purpose must provide written notice to each identifiable subject. Provides that, if a person engages in a profit-derived use of a body-worn camera recording, then the person shall remit not less than 50% of the gross revenues derived from the use of the body-worn camera recording to the identifiable subjects depicted in the recording. Provides that an identifiable subject who is aggrieved by a violation of the provisions may bring a civil action against any person who violates the provisions or who knowingly directs, assists, or benefits from a violation of the provisions. Provides that a person who is aggrieved by a violation of the provisions may recover damages and any other appropriate relief, including reasonable attorney’s fees. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall be construed to limit, diminish, or adversely affect any rights, remedies, causes of actions, or protections under any other State or federal law. Provides that a public body, its officers, and its employees are immune from liability for any failure by a person other than the public body to comply with the provisions. Defines “body-worn camera recording”, “identifiable subject”, “profit-derived use”, “duration of appearance”, and “officer-worn body camera”. |
| HB4446 | 01/15/2026 | Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. In provisions concerning whether recordings made with the use of an officer-worn body camera are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, provides that any recording disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act may, rather than shall, be redacted to remove identification of any person that appears on the recording and is not an officer, a subject of the encounter, or directly involved in the encounter. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall prohibit the disclosure of any recording or portion of any recording regardless of whether it would be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, rather than require the disclosure of any recording or portion of any recording which would be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. |
| HB4394 | 01/13/2026 | Amends the Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act. Provides that a law enforcement officer shall inform a victim of sexual assault or sexual abuse of the right to request that any interview or statement be conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer of a particular sex or gender, if one is reasonably available. Provides that if a law enforcement officer of the requested sex or gender is not reasonably available, the interview or statement shall proceed without unnecessary delay. |
| HB4333 | 01/07/2026 | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if, at the time an act is alleged to have been committed by any person while driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, there was an alcohol concentration of 0.05 (rather than 0.08) or more, it shall be presumed that the person was under the influence of alcohol. Makes conforming changes in the Act, the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, the Boat Registration and Safety Act, and the Workers’ Compensation Act. |
| HB4301 | 01/06/2026 | Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that “school student record” also means any written or electronic communications and any accompanying attachments in whole or in part sent to or from a parent, guardian, or other family member of a student that are maintained by a school or at its direction or by an employee of the school and that relate to the education, health, safety, discipline, or well-being of the student, regardless of whether the student may be individually identified. |
| HB4302 | 01/06/2026 | Amends the Interest Act. Provides that, whenever the rate of interest exceeds an annual percentage rate of 8% on any written contract, agreement or bond for deed providing for the installment purchase of residential real estate made primarily for personal, family, or household purposes (rather than for the installment purchase of residential real estate), or on any loan secured by a mortgage on residential real estate made primarily for personal, family, or household purposes (rather than on any loan secured by a mortgage on residential real estate), it shall be unlawful to provide for a prepayment penalty or other charge for prepayment. |
| HB4265 | 01/05/2026 | Amends the Township Code. In provisions concerning disorderly conduct at township meetings, provides that if a person who has been ordered to withdraw from a township meeting by the moderator of a township meeting because of the person’s disorderly conduct refuses to withdraw, then the moderator may report the person to an appropriate law enforcement agency (rather than order any police officer or other person to take the disorderly person from the meeting and confine the person in some convenient place until the meeting is adjourned). Removes provisions providing that the person refusing to withdraw shall, for that offense, forfeit a sum not exceeding $10 for the use of the township to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the township in the circuit court. |
| HB4266 | 01/05/2026 | Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township that has a website that the full-time staff of the township maintains shall also post on its website the notice and agenda of the annual and any special township meetings. Provides that a notice and agenda of the annual or a special township meeting that is posted on a township’s website shall remain posted on the website at least until the annual or special township meeting is concluded. |
| HB4267 | 01/05/2026 | Amends the Township Code. Provides that 3 members of the township board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Provides that the affirmative vote of 3 members of the township board is necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance, unless a greater number is otherwise required by State law. |
| HB4268 | 01/05/2026 | Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township board of trustees or township official may not enter into, amend, or renew an employment, equipment, or service contract during the 14 days before a consolidated election through the third Monday in May following the consolidated election. Provides that a township board or township official may enter into, amend, or renew a contract that does not extend more than 60 days after the third Monday of May following the consolidated election to address an emergency. Provides that an employment, equipment, or service contract entered into, amended, or renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act in violation of the Section is voidable. |
| HB4269 | 01/05/2026 | Amends the Township Code. Repeals provisions concerning the dissolution of townships in McHenry County. Makes conforming changes in the Election Code, the Motor Fuel Tax Law, and the Counties Code. |
| HB4270 | 01/05/2026 | Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires a township (rather than any township in Lake County or McHenry County) to abolish a road district of that township if the roads of the road district are less than 15 centerline miles in length. |
| HB4271 | 01/05/2026 | Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township that maintains public parks pursuant to the Township Parks Article of the Township Code shall have, in addition to the rights, powers, and obligations granted to townships under the Township Code, all the rights, powers, and obligations of a park district organized under the Park District Code, except the authority to levy taxes pursuant to Taxing Powers Article of the Park District Code. |
| HB4273 | 01/05/2026 | Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that, subject to any contrary provision in the articles of incorporation of a corporation, a director, officer, key employee, or other fiduciary of the corporation shall not take advantage of a corporate opportunity unless the person first tenders the opportunity to the corporation and the corporation rejects the opportunity. Provides that, if the rejection is by a disinterested board of directors or by disinterested shareholder action, the director, officer, key employee, or other fiduciary of the corporation may then take advantage of the opportunity. Effective immediately. |
| HB4176 | 10/22/2025 | If and only if Senate Bill 243 of the 104th General Assembly, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, becomes law, then the Open Meetings Act is amended to allow a public body to hold closed meetings to consider self evaluation, practices and procedures, or professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of a statewide association (rather than a statewide or regional association) of which the public body is a member. Effective upon becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 243 of the 104th General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later. |
| HB4171 | 10/20/2025 | Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Denies home rule units the power to regulate, license, or tax sports wagering. Effective immediately. |
| HB4141 | 09/26/2025 | Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or a municipality may not adopt any ordinance or resolution or exercise any power that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of a solar energy system. Limits home rule powers. |
| HB4093 | 08/01/2025 | Amends the Election Code. Provides that a candidate may apply for a Residency Verification Certificate from the appropriate election authority no earlier than 180 days before the last day for filing petitions. Provides that a candidate who has received a Residency Verification Certificate may, wherever required to list a residential address, state “Residency Verified” and include a copy of the certificate. Sets forth requirements for application and certification. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change. |
| HB4083 | 07/09/2025 | Amends the Election Code. Provides that provisions restricting political committee expenditures to a public official or candidate or his or her family member do not apply to expenditures by a political committee for expenses related to security at a public official’s or candidate’s residence or for other security services, if the security services are reasonably necessary due to risks arising from the public official’s or candidate’s political or governmental duties. |
| HB4084 | 07/09/2025 | Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Changes the name of the short title of the Act to the Government Official Privacy Act. Provides that the Act applies to a government official. Defines “government official” as a judicial officer, legislative officer, or executive officer. Defines “legislative officer” and “executive officer”. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. |
| HB4019 | 03/10/2025 | Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a civil action for violation of the Act may be brought within 60 days after the discovery of failure to comply with specified notice requirements. |
| HB3861 | 02/13/2025 | Appropriates $1,500,000 from the Capital Development Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to Lamb’s Farm, Inc., for capital improvements. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| HB3324 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction in an amount equal to the taxpayer’s losses from certain wagering transactions. Effective immediately. |
| HB3368 | 02/07/2025 | Creates the American Hostage Tax Liability Postponement Act. Provides that, if a person was unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or held hostage abroad, any tax liability of that person shall be postponed until 90 days after the person is no longer unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or held hostage abroad. Provides that the person shall be exempt from paying any interest or penalty that accrues while the tax liability is postponed. Effective immediately. |
| HB3506 | 02/07/2025 | Creates the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Protocol Act. Provides that a developer shall produce, implement, follow, and conspicuously publish a safety and security protocol that includes specified information. Provides that, no less than every 90 days, a developer shall produce and conspicuously publish a risk assessment report that includes specified information. Provides that, at least once every calendar year, a developer shall retain a reputable third-party auditor to produce a report assessing whether the developer has complied with its safety and security protocol. Sets forth provisions on the redaction of sensitive information and whistleblower protections. Provides for civil penalties for violations on the Act. |
| HB3635 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that the definition of “wages” includes any severance, back pay, front pay, or any concomitant relief owed to an employee pursuant to a separation or severance agreement between the 2 parties, policy of the employer, judicial ruling, or administrative ruling. Provides that the definition applies to former, current, or future employees. Makes a conforming change to the definition of “employee”. |
| HB3824 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| HB3825 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| HB3826 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| HB3827 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Video Gaming Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| HB3829 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section. |
| HB3830 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of “33 1/3″%. |
| HB3831 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| HB3832 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| HB3833 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| HB3834 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| HB3835 | 02/07/2025 | Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms. |
| HB3090 | 02/06/2025 | Amends the School Code. Removes language providing that a local program for the education of gifted and talented children may be approved for funding by the State Board of Education if funds for that purpose are available and if the local program submits an application for funds that includes a comprehensive plan. Removes language providing that the State Board of Education staff person in charge of educational programs for gifted and talented children shall be responsible for developing an approval process for educational programs for gifted and talented children. With respect to the evidence-based funding provisions, provides that in the adequacy target calculation, each organizational unit shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12 for advanced academic programs (rather than for gifted investments). Makes related changes. |
| HB3111 | 02/06/2025 | Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With respect to identification, evaluation, and placement, provides that, beginning no later than the first annual review meeting after a child turns 13 years of age, the individualized education program (IEP) team shall determine at each annual review meeting whether it would be appropriate for the child to participate in IEP meetings with the child’s IEP team. |
| HB3195 | 02/06/2025 | Amends the 2-1-1 Service Act. Makes changes to a provision concerning the designation of a lead entity to administer the statewide 2-1-1 system. Requires the lead entity to have: (1) demonstrated expertise in providing access to health and human services; and (5) a demonstrated track record of securing diversified funding sources in order to support sustainable operation of 2-1-1. Requires the lead entity to establish standards consistent with prevailing national standards established for providing information about and referrals to human services agencies to 2-1-1 callers. Requires the lead entity to provide annual reports to the Department of Human Services on the 2-1-1 system, including information on call volume and interactions, caller demographics, reasons for contact, service referral gaps, and other matters. Makes changes to the definitions of “approved 2-1-1 service provider”, “2-1-1 service area”, and “Human services”. Removes the definitions for “pay telephone”, “private branch exchange”, and “recognized 2-1-1 service provider”. Amends the Human Services 2-1-1 Collaboration Board Act. Provides that the Act is repealed on July 1, 2025. Effective immediately. |
| HB3197 | 02/06/2025 | Creates the Deforestation-Free Illinois Act. Provides that neither the State nor any government agency of the State shall purchase, at wholesale or retail, or obtain for any purpose any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that no bid proposal or solicitation, request for bid or proposal, or contract for the construction of any public work, building maintenance, or improvement for or on behalf of the State or any government agency of the State shall require or permit the use of any tropical hardwood or tropical hardwood product. Provides that every contract entered into by a State agency that includes the procurement of any product that consists, in whole or in part, of a forest-risk commodity shall require the contractor to confirm that the commodity furnished to the State under the contract was not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or forest degradation occurred. Effective immediately. |
| HB3198 | 02/06/2025 | Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Repeals provisions regarding disability history and awareness. Provides instead that, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying disability history and culture. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials, some of which must be used in the unit of instruction and others of which may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of instruction. Provides that the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction is one hour and the minimum required cumulative total instructional time through grades kindergarten through 12 is 10 hours. Requires the regional superintendent of schools to monitor a school district’s compliance with the curricular requirements during his or her annual compliance visit. Sets forth requirements concerning the unit of instruction. Provides for what the instruction, study, and discussion in grades kindergarten through 5 may include and what the instruction, study, and discussion in grades 6 through 12 shall include. Provides for collaboration. |
| HB3322 | 02/06/2025 | Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code to prohibit a county or municipality from adopting any ordinance or resolution that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of a solar energy system or low voltage solar powered device. Provides that, in any litigation arising under the Act or involving the application of the Act, the prevailing party shall be entitled to costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. Exempts from the Act any building that: (1) is greater than 60 feet in height or (2) has a shared roof and is subject to a homeowners’ association, common interest community association, or condominium unit owners’ association. Provides that the provisions of the amendatory Act may apply to a shared roof if: (1) the solar energy system is located entirely within that portion of the shared roof owned and maintained by the property owner and (2) all property owners sharing the shared roof are in agreement to install a solar energy system. Amends the Homeowners’ Energy Policy Statement Act to make the same changes. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that residential and small commercial customers of an electric cooperative and municipal utility system have the right to interconnect renewable energy systems sized up to and including 25 kW AC. Provides that the policies of municipal utility systems and electrical cooperatives regarding self-generation and credits for excess electricity shall be consistent with specified standards. Requires each electric cooperative and municipal utility system to update its policies to comply with the standards within days after the amendatory Act. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately. |
| HB2724 | 02/05/2025 | Creates the Family Amusement Wagering Prohibition Act. Prohibits an owner or operator of a family amusement establishment from facilitating wagering on amusement devices. Prohibits a family amusement establishment from engaging in advertising that promotes wagering on amusement devices. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a family amusement establishment from offering certain types of games. Defines terms. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes changes in provisions concerning gaming and syndicated gaming. Effective immediately. |
| HB2731 | 02/05/2025 | Creates the Victim Centered Approach Pilot Program Act. Provides that the Lake County State’s Attorney shall develop a program to represent noncitizen victims of violent crimes in the filing of victim remedies before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Office administrative body. Provides that the Lake County State’s Attorney shall use any funding provided to the pilot program to represent or give counsel to 50 noncitizen victims annually for the next 5 years who were victimized by violent crimes in Lake County. Provides that the to be eligible for assistance under the program, an individual must: (1) be a noncitizen victim, who has never been placed in removal proceedings; (2) have suffered a violent crime in Lake County; and (3) not be barred from the immigration remedies before the administrative body. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of more than 500,000, a State’s Attorney may act, without fee or appointment, as an attorney to a noncitizen victim in an immigration case only if the noncitizen victim was victimized within the county the State’s Attorney serves and is located within the geographic boundaries of the county served by the State’s Attorney. |
| HB2913 | 02/05/2025 | Creates the Data Broker Registration and Accessible Deletion Mechanism Act. Provides that, annually, on or before January 31, a data broker operating in the State shall register with the Attorney General. Provides that, in registering with the Attorney General, a data broker shall pay a registration fee in an amount determined by the Attorney General and shall also provide specified information. Provides that the Attorney General shall create a page on its website where the registration information shall be made accessible to the public. Provides for civil penalties. Provides that all moneys received by the Attorney General under the provisions shall be deposited into the Data Broker Registry Fund. Provides that, no later than January 1, 2027, the Attorney General shall establish an accessible deletion mechanism that allows a consumer, through a single verifiable consumer request, to request that every data broker that maintains any personal information delete any personal information related to that consumer held by the data broker. Amends the State Finance Act and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make conforming changes. |
| HB2529 | 02/04/2025 | Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the maximum reduction for the senior citizens homestead exemption is $8,000 in all counties (currently, $8,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $5,000 in all other counties). Effective immediately. |
| HB2530 | 02/04/2025 | Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the amount of unreimbursed medical and dental expenses incurred by members of the applicant’s household during the taxable year may be deducted from the applicant’s income for the purpose of determining eligibility for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption. Effective immediately. |
| HB2544 | 02/04/2025 | Creates the Single-Use Foodware Reduction Act. Imposes a single-use foodware fee of $0.10 on each item of single-use foodware used by a customer at a retail establishment in the State. Requires liability for payment of the fee to be borne by the customer. Specifies how the fee is to be collected and allocated. Contains provisions regulating the use of the single-use foodware fee by counties and municipal joint action agencies. Provides that, except in specified circumstances, single-use foodware is only to be provided upon request. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Single-Use Foodware Fee Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. |
| HB2578 | 02/04/2025 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Changes the definition of “person”. Allows, within 5 business days after its receipt of the request, a public body that has a reasonable belief that a request was not submitted by a person to require the requester to verify orally or in writing that the requester is a person. Provides that the deadline for the public body to respond to the request shall be tolled until the requester verifies that he or she is a person. Provides that, if the requester fails to verify that he or she is a person within 30 days after the public body requests such a verification, then the public body may deny the request. |
| HB2370 | 01/31/2025 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from disclosure records in the possession of any public body created in the course of administrative enforcement proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that disclosure would do one of a number of things, including create a reasonable inference (rather than substantial likelihood) that a person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial hearing. |
| HB2330 | 01/30/2025 | Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to any criminal or civil charge under the Act that the person fully disclosed all relevant facts to the person’s ethics officer and relied in good faith on the ethics officer’s advice. |
| HB2331 | 01/30/2025 | Amends the Local Government Officer Compensation Act. In provisions relating to the time and manner of fixing compensation of elected officers of school districts and units of local government, provides that “compensation” means all remuneration for service as an elected officer, including wages, salary, health insurance benefits, and all other payments made on behalf of or for the benefit of the elected officer for service as an elected officer. Provides that “compensation” shall be construed liberally to require all elected officer compensation to be fixed in accordance with the provisions. |
| HB1777 | 01/27/2025 | Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold closed meetings to consider self evaluation, practices and procedures, or professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of a statewide or regional association (rather than only a statewide association) of which the public body is a member. |
| HB1711 | 01/24/2025 | Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township official may not prohibit an organization from receiving township funds based upon the national origin of the person who would receive those funds from the organization. Defines “national origin”. |
| HB1584 | 01/22/2025 | Amends the Illinois Municipal Code, the Park District Code, the Illinois Local Library Act, and the School Code. In provisions concerning vacancies in certain elected offices, requires that, if a vacancy occurs in a specified office with at least 32 months remaining in the term of the office and at least 141 days before the next election for that office, then the vacancy shall be filled in that election. Provides that, if a vacancy occurs in a specified office with less than 32 months remaining in the term of the office or less than 141 days before the next election for that office, then the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by the person that was appointed to the office to fill the vacancy. In provisions concerning vacancies in offices with 2-year terms, requires that, if a vacancy occurs in a specified office at least 141 days before the next election for that office, then the vacancy shall be filled in that election. |
| HB1451 | 01/21/2025 | Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a public education program regarding gambling disorders, requires the program to (i) promote public awareness to create a gambling informed State regarding the impact of gambling disorders on individuals, families, and communities and the stigma that surrounds gambling disorders and (ii) use screening, crisis intervention, treatment, public awareness, prevention, in-service training, and other innovative means to decrease the incidents of suicide attempts related to a gambling disorder or gambling issues. Requires the Department to determine a statement regarding obtaining assistance with a gambling disorder, which each licensed gambling establishment owner shall post and each master sports wagering licensee shall include on the master sports wagering licensee’s portal, Internet website, or computer or mobile application. Permits the Department: to provide advice to State and local officials on gambling disorders; to support gambling disorder prevention, recognition, treatment, and recovery projects; to collaborate with other community-based organizations, substance use disorder treatment centers, or other health care providers engaged in treating individuals who are experiencing gambling disorder; and to perform other actions. Permits the Department to award grants to create or support local gambling prevention, recognition, and response projects. Makes other changes. |
| HB1433 | 01/17/2025 | Creates the Educational Credit for Election Judges Act. Provides that each institution of higher education may adopt a policy regarding its awarding of academic credit or a non-credit alternative for election judges. Provides that the policy may apply to any individual who has been an election judge while enrolled in the institution of higher education. Amends the Election Code. Provides that if an election judge receives academic credit, the judge may not receive any other compensation under the Election Code. |
| HB1370 | 01/15/2025 | Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2030, no person shall sell or offer for sale in the State a new washing machine for residential, commercial, or State use unless the washing machine: (1) contains a microfiber filtration system with a mesh size of not greater than 100 micrometers; and (2) bears a conspicuous label that is visible to the consumer, in the form of a sticker or any other label type, that includes a specified statement. Provides that a person or entity who violates this prohibition shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for a first violation and not to exceed $30,000 for each subsequent violation. |
| HB1278 | 01/13/2025 | Amends the Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act. Provides that every employer covered under the Act shall permit an employee or an employee’s family or household member who is a victim or alleged victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence to utilize for personal use an employer-provided electronic device to document or communicate an act of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence committed against the employee or the employee’s family or household member. Requires employers to grant an employee who is a victim or alleged victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence or an employee who has a family or household member who is a victim or alleged victim or domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence access to any photographs, voice or video recordings, sound recordings, or any other digital documents or communications stored on an employer-provided electronic device issued to the employee whenever such photographs, voice or video recordings, sound recordings, or other digital documents or communications are needed by the employee or the employee’s family or household member during a criminal action or proceeding to establish or support an allegation of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence. Provides that, if an employee is seriously injured or incapacitated, the employer shall grant access to the described materials to a family or household member of the employee who requests access from the employer and whose interests are not adverse to the employee as it relates to the domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or other crime of violence. Provides that every employer covered by the Act shall post and keep posted, in conspicuous places where employees are employed, a notice, to be prepared or approved by the Director of Labor, explaining these provisions. Effective immediately. |
| HB1280 | 01/13/2025 | Creates the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act. Allows parents to enter into a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility during military deployment. Allows a court, after a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and until the deployment terminates, to issue a temporary order granting custodial responsibility. Allows either parent to file a motion, at any time after a deploying parent receives notice of deployment, regarding custodial responsibility of a child during deployment. Allows a court, on motion of a deploying parent, to grant caretaking authority or limited contact to a nonparent who is an adult family member of the child or an adult with whom the child has a close and substantial relationship. Provides that an agreement or grant of authority is temporary and terminates after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the agreement has been terminated before that time by court order or modification. Provides that if a court has issued an order granting caretaking authority, the court may enter a temporary order for child support. Allows the court, after a deploying parent returns from deployment until a temporary agreement or order for custodial responsibility is terminated, to issue a temporary order granting the deploying parent reasonable contact with the child. Includes provisions regarding expedited hearings, testimony by electronic means, and the effect of prior judicial orders or agreements. Sets forth notice requirements related to pending deployments and change of mailing addresses. |
| HB1308 | 01/13/2025 | Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities and veterans of World War II, provides that, if the veteran has a permanent and total disability rating from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, then the property is exempt from taxation under the Code. Effective immediately. |
| HB0018 | 01/09/2025 | Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police has authority to deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card previously issued under the Act if the Illinois State Police finds that the applicant or the person to whom the card was issued is or was at the time of issuance a person who has been convicted of misdemeanor stalking in another jurisdiction or a similar misdemeanor offense in another jurisdiction. |
| HB0019 | 01/09/2025 | Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Requires a person to have a currently valid Firearm Owner’s Identification Card issued in his or her own name by the Illinois State Police in order to acquire or possess a flamethrower. Exempts certain military, law enforcement, and other specified persons. Defines flamethrower. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony to deliver a flamethrower to a person, incidental to a sale, without withholding delivery of the flamethrower for at least 72 hours after application for its purchase has been made. |
| HB0020 | 01/09/2025 | Amends the Election Code. Provides that any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate shall be affiliated with the same political party as the person vacating the office if the person vacating the office was elected as a member of an established political party that is still in existence at the time of appointment. Provides that the appointee shall establish his or her political party affiliation by his or her record of voting in party primary elections or by holding or having held an office in a political party organization before appointment. Effective immediately. |
| HB0021 | 01/09/2025 | Amends the Freedom of Information Act and the Local Records Act. In the definition provisions of those Acts, defines the term “junk mail” and specifies that the term “public record” does not include junk mail. |
