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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1508

Introduced
2/4/25  
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to, no later than July 1, 2026, establish the Office of Alumni Support (Office) to provide assistance, guidance, and support to any former youth in care needing or requesting assistance, guidance, or support. Provides that the Office shall link former youth in care to existing supports, determine what additional supports are necessary to improve outcomes for former youth in care based upon identified needs, including researching existing evidence-based and evidence-informed practice models of providing assistance to former youth in care, and implement necessary changes to provide the additional supports. Provides that current and former youth in care shall provide input, guidance, and direction on the establishment and operation of the Office. Sets forth a list of stakeholders the Department shall engage with when developing the Office. Creates the Former Youth in Care Crisis Support Services Program for the purpose of providing former youth in care in crisis immediate funds to address urgent needs, including, but not limited to, emergency housing, healthcare, food, transportation, and items urgently needed to maintain the former youth in care in a work or educational setting. Provides that the Office of Alumni Support shall manage and operate the program. Requires the Department to submit quarterly progress reports to the General Assembly on the establishment of the Office. Requires the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit to determine if the Department is meeting the requirements of the amendatory Act. Provides that the performance audit shall be conducted 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1502

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Amends the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Provides that the Division of Probation Services shall reimburse the county or counties for 100% of the salary for all probation officer and supervisor positions approved for reimbursement by the division to meet pretrial services programs and specialty court programs. Provides that for the remaining probation officer positions engaged in basic services and new or expanded services approved of the total statewide number as of July 1, 2023, beginning on July 1, 2026, 20% of that number shall be transferred to those requiring 100% salary reimbursement. Each subsequent July 1, another 20% of the July 1, 2023 population shall also be transferred under described circumstances.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1515

Introduced
2/4/25  
Amends the Attorney General Act. Creates an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls within the Office of the Attorney General. Provides that the Office shall: (1) serve as the legal and policy advisor to the Attorney General to ensure justice for missing and murdered Black women and girls; (2) develop recommendations for policies to address injustices in the criminal justice system's response to cases of missing and murdered Black women and girls; and (3) coordinate with State and local agencies to collect specified information and give technical assistance. Provides that, no later than January 1 after the effective date of the amendatory Act and biennially thereafter, the Office shall submit a report to the General Assembly on missing and murdered Black women and girls containing specified information.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1511

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Appropriates $1,000,000 from the Education Assistance Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for grants to eligible nurse educators to use for payment of their educational loans pursuant to Public Act 94-1020. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for nurse educator fellowships to supplement nurse faculty salaries. Appropriates $1,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for competitive grants for nursing schools to increase the number of graduating nurses. Appropriates $6,000,000 from the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for expenses related to the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Effective July 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1506

Introduced
2/4/25  
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates designated as Dolly Parton Imagination Library license plates. Provides that an applicant for the special plate shall be charged a $35 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee; of this fee, $25 shall be distributed to The Dollywood Foundation and $10 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that for each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged and distributed to The Dollywood Foundation for use by the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Illinois.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1538

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Amends the Renewable Energy Production District Act. Changes the definition of "renewable energy facility" to include, among other things, small modular reactors. Defines "small modular reactor". Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1549

Introduced
2/4/25  
Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Reduces various filing fees payable to the Secretary of State by 50%. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1547

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, if a majority of voters in a city of less than 100,000 inhabitants vote in favor of a proposition to stagger the terms of alderpersons, then in a city with an odd number of wards at the next regular election for alderpersons, one alderperson shall be elected from each odd-numbered ward for a term of 2 years and one alderperson shall be elected from each even-numbered ward for a term of 4 years
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1583

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Report Pass
2/19/25  
Engrossed
4/9/25  
Refer
4/9/25  
Refer
4/17/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Enrolled
5/31/25  
Chaptered
8/15/25  
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, individuals seeking a short-term approval for school support personnel, as defined in rules, are not required to take the test of content area knowledge prior to the short-term approval being issued.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1585

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Amends the Downstate Firefighter and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that until 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, creditable service may be transferred from municipal firefighters' pension funds to the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. Removes a provision restricting the amount of creditable service that may be transferred. Authorizes, until 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the transfer of creditable service from the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago to municipal firefighters' pension funds. Amends the State Mandates Act to provide for implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1581

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after January 1, 2026, the reimbursement rates for all dental services for children shall be increased 50% above the rates in effect on December 31, 2025. Effective January 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1592

Introduced
2/4/25  
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2030, a third-party delivery service shall not employ or contract with a person to deliver goods from a store or restaurant unless the person making the delivery uses a non-carbon emitting mode of transportation. Provides that the provision does not apply to a delivery that requires a person to travel 15 miles or more to complete the delivery. Provides that a third-party delivery service that violates the provision is subject to a business offense not to exceed $1,000. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1590

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Amends the Freedom of Information Act and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act information and documentary materials obtained by the Office of the Attorney general or a State's Attorney under certain provisions of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that certain materials are not available for examination, except by authorized employees of the Attorney General and authorized law enforcement, without the consent of the persons who produced the materials. Provides that certain materials obtained by the Attorney General from other law enforcement officials shall be treated as if produced pursuant to a subpoena for purposes of maintaining the confidentiality of such information.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1591

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
2/11/25  
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "leader-follower work zone vehicle" as a motor vehicle used in combination with another motor vehicle in a highway construction or maintenance zone that is: (1) equipped with an automated driving system; and (2) remotely connected to another motor vehicle allowing for coordinated or controlled movement within line of sight of the operator. Provides that the provision regarding following too closely does not apply to leader-follower work zone vehicles. Authorizes the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to implement the use of a leader-follower work zone vehicle in a highway construction or maintenance zone under their jurisdiction to create a safety system to protect their workers. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1554

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that certain forms of false personation may be accomplished by artificial intelligence. Defines "artificial intelligence".