Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 649)
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1357
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the annual employer contribution shall include an amount sufficient to bring the total assets of the pension fund up to 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the pension fund by the end of municipal fiscal year 2050 (instead of 2040). Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1359
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
3/21/25
Creates the Protecting Illinois Native Landscapes Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution that prohibits or unreasonably restricts an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of privately owned residential land or a premises from allowing Illinois native species to voluntarily grow within the landscape or to install and maintain Illinois native species within a managed native landscape. Provides that native landscaping that may not be prohibited includes small or large areas of native landscaping in the front, back, or side yard or in areas that do not fit a standard definition of yard, such as areas on farms, rural properties, corporate campuses, school campuses, and large estates. Excludes from the scope of the Act an ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government that prohibits plants, trees, or other landscaping from interfering with public transportation, vehicular traffic, or driveway or entrance road sight lines or from crossing sidewalks or property boundaries. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1367
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Engrossed
4/8/25
Refer
4/9/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
5/15/25
Enrolled
5/21/25
Chaptered
8/1/25
Passed
8/1/25
Amends the Township Open Space Article of the Township Code. Reduces the acreage that constitutes open land or open space under the Article to 25 acres (currently, 50 acres). Provides, in the definition of "open space purposes", that development includes development for agricultural purposes. Provides that, after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a township board may lease open space that is a part of the township's open space program for a period not longer than 25 years from the date of the lease to an individual, a nonprofit organization, the federal government, a state government, or a local government for specified purposes consistent with open space purposes. Provides that, upon expiration of a lease of land that was leased after the effective date of the amendatory Act, title to all structures on the leased land shall be vested in the township. Provides that leased open space may be used for agricultural purposes. Provides that a township board may lease open space for open space purposes and buildings and facilities on the open space to an individual, a nonprofit organization, the federal government, a state government, or a local government. Provides that the township board may not sell, convey, donate, or otherwise dispose of open space without referendum approval by the majority of the voters of the township at a regular election, and provides that the board may certify the question of disposition of property to the appropriate election authority only if the board approves the question by at least a two-thirds majority of the board members. Provides that, if a township dissolves or is consolidated or merged or the boundaries of the township are altered, any affected open space shall continue to be used for open space purposes unless the open space is disposed of is approved by a two-thirds vote of the board of the unit of local government in control of that open space and after referendum of the voters of the unit of local government.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1368
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Engrossed
4/8/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
4/23/25
Report Pass
4/30/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Chaptered
8/15/25
Passed
8/15/25
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Requires an approved provider of professional development activities for the renewal of a Professional Educator License to ensure that professional development related to English language arts is aligned with the comprehensive literacy plan for the State developed by the State Board of Education. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1435
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Amends the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Act. Provides that the accounts established under the Secure Choice Savings Program shall be IRAs, into which enrollees contribute funds that are invested in investment options established by the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Board. Provides that a separate account shall be established for each enrollee and the accounts shall be owned by the enrollee. Provides that the savings accounts established under the Program shall be portable and allow for an enrollee to make contributions from multiple employers into a single account. Provides that an enrollee in the Program may have both a Roth IRA and a Traditional IRA through the Program. Provides that the Board shall have the duty to assess the feasibility of agreements with other governmental entities, including other states and their agencies and instrumentalities, to achieve greater economies of scale through shared resources and to enter into those agreements if determined to be beneficial. Provides that an employer who fails without reasonable cause to enroll an employee in the Program within the time provided and fails to remit their contributions (rather than fails without reasonable cause to enroll an employee in the Program within the time provided) shall be subject to a penalty. Makes changes in provisions concerning employer and employee information packets. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1446
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Creates the Temporary Firearm Storage Act. Requires all law enforcement agencies to establish temporary firearm storage programs. Provides that a law enforcement agency may only store a firearm if the owner of the firearm fills out an application stating (i) that the owner of the firearm is requesting the law enforcement agency to hold the firearm on the owner's behalf, (ii) the length of time the firearm will be held by the law enforcement agency, and (iii) that the owner of the firearm agrees that the firearm shall be turned over to the law enforcement agency if the owner of the firearm does not retrieve the firearm by the agreed upon time. Requires law enforcement agencies to send notice to the owner of a firearm before a storage agreement expires. Provides that, if a law enforcement agency has a public-facing website, then it must describe its temporary firearm storage program on the website. Allows an individual or business that has a Federal Firearms License and is certified by the Illinois State Police under the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act to establish a temporary firearm storage program. Provides that a law enforcement agency may not use a firearm stored under a temporary firearm storage program for any purpose without a warrant. Provides that neither a law enforcement agency nor a private entity that establishes a temporary firearm storage program shall be held liable for damage to a firearm stored under a temporary firearm storage program. Provides that a firearm may not be stored in a temporary firearm storage program without a safe storage mechanism. Effective one year after becoming law.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1519
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1592
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Illinois Local Library Act and the Public Library District Act of 1991. Requires competitive bidding for contracts in excess of $35,000 (rather than $25,000) for specified improvements and equipment purchases. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1595
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that, within 6 business days after an employer participating in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund approves a budget, that employer must post on its website the total compensation package for each employee having a total compensation package that exceeds $125,000 (rather than $75,000) per year. Provides that, at least 6 days before an employer participating in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund approves an employee's total compensation package that is equal to or in excess of $200,000 (rather than $150,000) per year, the employer must post on its website the total compensation package for that employee. Effective January 1, 2026.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1593
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Changes the name of the Act to the Homeowners' Free Community Library Act (rather than the Homeowners' Little Free Library Act in the introduced bill) and replaces "little free library" with "free community library" everywhere in the bill.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1594
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for an employer, employment agency, or labor organization to take certain employment-related actions on the basis of an individual's weight and size. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of a place of public accommodation, because of the weight and size of any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from, or deny to any individual any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of the place of public accommodation.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1605
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/23/25
Refer
4/29/25
Report Pass
5/8/25
Enrolled
5/21/25
Chaptered
8/1/25
Passed
8/1/25
Amends the Real Property Conservation Rights Act. Provides that a conservation right includes preserving cultural heritage sites. Provides that any owner of real property in the State may convey a conservation right in such real property to a federally recognized Indian tribe or a State-recognized Indian tribe. Provides definitions for federally recognized Indian tribe and State-recognized Indian tribe. Provides that any holder of a conservation right may transfer or assign a conservation right to an entity eligible to hold such rights as described in the Act. Provides that a conservation right may be enforced in an action seeking injunctive relief, specific performance, or damages by any federally recognized Indian tribe or State-recognized Indian tribe that owns the conservation right.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1613
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/28/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/21/25
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Removes the recovery of costs associated with an investment in a qualifying infrastructure plant from reasons the Commission may authorize a water or sewer utility to file a surcharge. Makes a conforming change.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1681
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/24/25
Refer
1/28/25
Amends the State Agency Student Worker Opportunity Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB1691
Filed/Introduced
8/8/26
Introduced
1/24/25
Refer
1/28/25
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Development Board for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.
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