Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Prohibits a public institution of higher education from entering into the federal Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Creates the High School and Area Vocational Center Grant Program. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall award grants to high schools, area vocational centers, and area career centers for the instruction and training of preapprenticeship students in the clean energy industry and the construction industry. Lists purposes for the Program. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to adopt rules.

Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, an executive official of a municipality may not hold any office or employment with a township if there is a contractual relationship or pecuniary interest between the municipality and the township during the executive official's term of office. Provides that "executive official" includes, but is not limited to (1) the mayor of a city; (2) a member of the board of alderpersons, or similar body, of a city; (3) the president of a village or unincorporated town; (4) a member of the board of trustees, or similar body, of a village or unincorporated town; or (5) a commissioner of a municipality under the commission form of municipal government.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In provisions concerning the reports a municipality is required to provide to the Comptroller under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, if a municipality fails to file the Tax Increment Financing Report within the time required, then the Comptroller may order the municipality to cease all distributions from its Special Tax Allocation Fund for redevelopment project costs other than debt service on bonds until the municipality files the Tax Increment Financing Report. Requires the municipality to comply with the Comptroller's orders.

Amends the Township Code. Provides that resignations of officers become effective only if the resignations are made in writing, signed by the person holding the office, notarized, and accepted by the township or multi-township board (rather than upon acceptance by the township or multi-township board).

Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Provides that, in addition to any other transfers that may be provided by law, the Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund the following amounts: $300,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2030; $400,000,000 for Fiscal Years 2031 through 2033; and $600,000,000 for Fiscal Years 2034 through 2049.

Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Denies home rule units the power to regulate, license, or tax sports wagering. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning the recovery of costs associated with the provision of delivery and other services, provides that electric utilities shall not require or collect any security deposit, cash deposit, letter of credit, advance payment, or any other equivalent financial assurance from a large demand project applicant who submits a service or interconnection request if that applicant (1) submitted an application for interconnection or service under existing Commission-approved tariffs and (2) is in good standing with the interconnection and construction requirements applicable to the applicant's service request. Provides that electric utilities shall not delay investment to support, provide service, or interconnect large demand project applicants as a result of the changes made by the amendatory provisions. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not be construed to limit the following: (1) a utility's enforcement of Commission-approved technical standards for interconnection, (2) a utility's enforcement of reasonable milestones for construction progress, and (3) a utility's ability to recover all costs prudently and reasonably incurred. Provides that the amendatory provisions are inoperative September 1, 2026. Defines "large demand project applicant". Effective immediately.

Appropriates $10,000,000 from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the purpose of a grant to the Chicago Park District for costs associated with the reconstruction of the field house at Ogden Park in the City of Chicago. Effective July 1, 2026.

Creates the Prohibition on State Interference in Museum Content Act. Sets forth the purpose of the Act. Defines "museum" as an institution or entity located in the State that: (1) is operated by the State, a local governmental unit, a non-profit corporation, a trust, an association, or an educational institution that receives State funds; (2) is operated primarily for educational, scientific, historic preservation, cultural, or aesthetic purposes; and (3) owns, borrows, cares for, exhibits, studies, archives, or catalogues property. Provides that "museum" includes, but is not limited to, any one or more of the following institutions or entities that receive State funds: historical societies; historic sites; landmarks; parks; archives; monuments; botanical gardens; arboreta; zoos; nature centers; planetaria; aquaria; libraries; technology centers; and art, history, science, and natural history museums. Provides that a State or local governmental unit shall not interfere in the creation or content of (i) exhibits and programming in museums or (ii) events in museums that are related to race, gender, or historical events. Provides that a museum shall base its exhibits and programming on credible scholarship and inclusive narratives. Provides that a museum shall prioritize partnerships between the museum and historians, educators, and cultural leaders regarding exhibits in the museum to ensure that the exhibits are balanced and fact-based. Effective January 1, 2027.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, effective December 31, 2029, no person shall manufacture or accept for sale a personal care product that contains nonbiodegradable plastic glitter. Specifies that, until December 31, 2030, a person may continue to accept for sale an existing stock of personal care products containing nonbiodegradable plastic glitter that was acquired and transported into the State before December 31, 2029. Defines "nonbiodegradable plastic glitter". Effective January 1, 2028.

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.

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that the sum of $10,000 (rather than $8,000) for burial expenses shall be paid by the employer to the widow or widower, other dependent, next of kin, or person or persons incurring the expense of burial.

In addition to any amounts heretofore appropriated for Community-Based Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities and for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled and Alternative Community Programs, appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to fund transition grants awarded under the Section 14(c) transition program to assist community agencies with active or pending 14(c) certificates transition away from subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that each licensee shall make a reconciliation payment 3 years after the date the licensee begins operating in an amount equal to 75% of the adjusted gross receipts for the most lucrative consecutive 12-month period of operations, minus an amount equal to (i) the initial payment per gaming position paid by the specific licensee and (ii) the $15,000,000 reconciliation fee.