Creates the Payday Advance Consumer Protection Act. Provides that no person shall engage in the business of providing payday advance services without licensure under the Act. Provides that the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall administer the Act. Sets forth requirements for initial licensure; renewals; revocations; grounds for discipline; and administrative procedures. Provides that any payday advance provider that offers payday advance services to a consumer in the State shall comply with specified consumer protection provisions. Provides that a violation of the Act constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make a conforming change. Effective July 1, 2027.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Expands medical assistance coverage to certain categories of lawfully present noncitizens. Sets income guidelines for qualifying persons age 19 through 64 and income guidelines for persons 65 years of age or older. Removes a provision permitting medical assistance coverage for up to 24 continuous months from the initial eligibility date, if otherwise eligible.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2026, the Department of Corrections shall adhere to a standardized process for all incoming publications. Provides that the process shall not prohibit a committed person's access to physical, hard copy publications, and allow members of the public to mail committed persons publications. Provides that, even if the Department adopts a policy that requires or contracts with a vendor for the digitization or photocopying of incoming mail or publications, the Department shall still provide access to physical, hardcopy publications. Effective immediately.

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Prohibits a hospital or health care professional from disclosing or threatening to disclose to any other person, entity, or agency information regarding or relating to gender-affirming care of a minor or personally identifiable information regarding a minor receiving gender-affirming care, unless disclosure is in strict accordance with all applicable local, State, and federal law.

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who has had the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card revoked or denied under certain provisions because the person was a patient in a mental health facility shall not be permitted to obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, after the 5-year period has lapsed, unless the person has received a mental health evaluation by a licensed clinical mental health professional (rather than a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code). Provides that the person receiving a mental health evaluation shall share all collateral records with the licensed clinical mental health professional making the certification and shall attest that all collateral records have been provided before the evaluation. Provides that the licensed clinical mental health professional shall attest that the licensed clinical mental health professional has requested, received, reviewed, and considered all of the person's collateral records in making the licensed clinical mental health professional's determination that the person is not a clear and present danger to self or others. Provides that the licensed clinical mental health professional shall identify the types of collateral records received. Requires the licensed clinical mental health professional to make all reasonable attempts to obtain collateral records, and, if no collateral records are obtained, requires the licensed clinical mental health professional to document the efforts used to obtain such collateral records. Provides that the results of the mental health evaluations that are performed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be transmitted to the Illinois State Police. Defines terms.

Amends the Illinois Health Care Facilities Planning Act. Repeals the January 1, 2027 inoperative date affecting a change of ownership among related persons. Amends the Illinois Antitrust Act. Repeals the January 1, 2027 inoperative date affecting notice provisions to the Attorney General before a health care merger or affiliation. Amends provisions requiring health care entities to notify the Attorney General within 30 days before a merger or affiliation to include a "covered transaction" even if the parties to the transaction are not themselves a health care facility or provider organization but own or control, directly or indirectly, one or more of the 2 or more health care facilities or provider organizations that will be under common ownership or contracting affiliation if the transaction is consummated, including if parties to the covered transaction are private equity companies. Defines "private equity company" to mean any company or partnership that collects capital investments from individuals or entities and purchases, as a parent company, at any level of corporate ownership, or through another entity or entities so that the company completely or partially owns or controls, a direct or indirect ownership share of an Illinois health care entity or an out-of-state health care entity that generates $10,000,000 or more in annual revenue from patients residing in this State. Changes notice provisions. Defines terms.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes it a violation of the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Act to unlawfully discriminate using credit score and history, including insufficient credit history. Limits these provisions to landlord and tenant agreements only in which a tenant or prospective tenant is seeking to use a rental subsidy.

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that "rent" means any money or other consideration given for the right to use, possess, or occupy property.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Creates an eviction moratorium for residential real estate for a 12-month period against a tenant or a member of the tenant's household who: (1) has been unable to work for any period of time because of detention by immigration authorities within the previous 12 months; or (2) has experienced termination of benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, or Social Security within the previous 12 months; and (3) the detention or benefit termination has materially affected the tenant's ability to pay the agreed rent. Provides that the court may issue a residential eviction order if a covered tenant poses a direct threat to the health and safety of other tenants or an immediate and severe risk to property. Prohibits a residential landlord from commencing or continuing a residential eviction action a tenant who has provided the landlord with a declaration that the tenant is a covered tenant under the Act during the 12-month period. Prohibits a residential landlord from charging any fees, penalties, or other charges related to the nonpayment of rent by a covered tenant during the 12-month period. Provides that nothing in the Act may be construed as relieving any individual of the obligation to pay rent or comply with any other obligation that an individual may have under a lease or rental agreement. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority may adopt rules to create the required form for a declaration.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish a Small Business Grant Program to provide grants to eligible small businesses.

Amends the Judicial Privacy Act to expand coverage to federal judicial officials and State judicial officials that includes judges and clerks of the State and federal judicial system. Amends "personal information" that may be protected to include financial, date of birth, race and ethnicity, and biometric information. Provides the method of making a written request to protect personal information by a federal and State judicial official. Creates form for the written request. Allows a court file or document to be sealed. Makes other changes.

Amends the Property Owned By Noncitizens Act. Provides that a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business may not acquire by grant, purchase, devise, descent, or otherwise any interest in public or private land in the State. Provides that a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business entity in violation of the provisions has 2 years to divest of the public or private land, and if a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business entity does not divest the public or private land, the Attorney General shall commence an action in the circuit court within the jurisdiction of the public or private land. Provides that a prohibited foreign party may not acquire by grant, purchase, devise, descent, or otherwise any interest in agricultural land in the State regardless of whether the prohibited foreign party intends to use the agricultural land for nonfarming purposes. Provides that a prohibited foreign party who is a resident alien of the United States has the right to acquire and hold agricultural land in the State upon the same terms as a citizen of the United States during the continuance of residence in the State, but if a prohibited foreign party is no longer a resident alien, that party has 2 years to divest of the agricultural land, and that if the prohibited foreign party does not divest of the agricultural land as required, the Attorney General shall commence an action in circuit court within the jurisdiction of the agricultural land. Provides that if a prohibited foreign party that owns agricultural land or a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business violates any of the Act's provisions, that violation may be a Class 4 felony punishable by not more than 2 years' imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections or a $15,000 fine, or both. Creates the Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to collect and analyze information concerning the unlawful sale or possession of agricultural land by prohibited foreign parties and administer and enforce the provisions of the Act.

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education may provide statewide guidance to school districts concerning a workforce development curriculum or programming or both that can be adopted at the school district, school, or classroom level and that provides best practices for teaching artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and other types of rapidly growing technologies as deemed necessary, in a manner that prepares students for workforce, job, and career competencies in the future and informs students of new or growing job or career opportunities in these new fields. Provides that the State Board shall prepare a comprehensive review of any workforce development preparation curriculum and programming specifically designed around technology implemented or considered in other states through other state actions, policies, pilot programs, or school-based programs implemented or tested on a statewide or school-district basis. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may convene meetings with stakeholders from the public or private sector in preparing the guidance and may allow for the submission of public comments from individuals, organizations, or other entities prior to finalizing the prepared guidance.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for dates of service starting January 1, 2027, reimbursement calculations and direct payments for services provided by facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act are the responsibility of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that appropriations for facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act must be shifted from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall prohibit the Department of Healthcare and Family Services from paying more than the rates specified in the amendatory Act. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall affect certain reporting requirements under the ID/DD Community Care Act.

Amends the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish the Mental Health Council. Establishes the student membership of the Council. Provides that the Council shall make recommendations to the Board regarding youth mental health. Requires the Council to meet at least 4 times annually.