Illinois Legislative Tracker
12 PRIMARY · 10 WATCH · refreshed weekly
| Tier | Summary | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| HB5040 LOCAL GOV-RESTRICTED FUNDS Structural Deficit | PRIMARY | HB5040 prohibits the State Comptroller from withholding or offsetting funds payable to local governments if those funds are restricted by federal or state law, county ordinance, or grant agreement. It also exempts such restricted funds from garnishment, attachment, or other legal processes to satisfy debts. For Champaign County, this bill directly protects restricted fund accounts — including federal and state grants and ordinance-designated funds — held by the Treasurer and finance department from being seized or offset to cover obligations. | 05/07/2026 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| HB4541 RUUPA OVERPAYMENTS Structural Deficit | PRIMARY | This bill amends Illinois's Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act to explicitly classify overpayments made to government entities — including counties — as "property" subject to unclaimed property requirements. This means Champaign County offices that collect taxes, licenses, or fees (e.g., the County Treasurer, Clerk) must treat any overpayments as unclaimed property, potentially requiring new tracking and remittance procedures. The bill states this is a clarification of existing law, effective immediately upon passage. | 04/30/2026 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2026 |
| HB0910 STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH Data Centers and Utility-Scale Energy Infrastructure | PRIMARY vehicle? | HB0910 creates a statewide "Megaproject Assessment Freeze and Payment Law" allowing DCEO to certify large qualifying projects for property tax assessment freezes and building materials sales tax exemptions, in exchange for annual special payments to the local municipality. It also creates Springfield/Sangamon County-specific entities (Capital Area Tourism Authority, Capital City Downtown Medical District) and various other Springfield-focused incentives. The megaproject property tax freeze could apply to qualifying large installations in Champaign County — including data centers or energy facilities — reducing taxing district revenues while providing local payment obligations under a required incentive agreement. | 04/28/2026 Referred to Assignments |
| HB1581 EQUITABLE UNIVERSITY FUNDING UIUC Institutional Health | PRIMARY | HB1581 creates the Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Act, establishing a new formula-based system through the Board of Higher Education for distributing general operating funds to Illinois public universities, including UIUC. The formula would set adequacy targets, resource profiles, and accountability metrics tied to student affordability and outcomes. As UIUC is Champaign County's dominant employer and economic engine, a shift in how state operating funds are allocated to it has direct regional economic implications Jon's constituents will expect him to understand and discuss. | 04/22/2026 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Cochran |
| HB0576 GOVERNMENT-TECH | PRIMARY | This bill creates the Public Official Safety and Privacy Act, requiring governmental agencies — including county offices — to remove publicly posted personal information of public officials within 5 business days of a written request. It amends the Election Code to require the County Clerk (as an election authority) to redact home addresses from nomination papers and political committee filings upon request. It also amends FOIA to exempt public officials' personal information from disclosure, affecting county FOIA response workflows. | 12/12/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0443 |
| HB1085 INS CD-MENTAL HEALTH PARITY | PRIMARY | This bill strengthens mental health and substance use disorder insurance parity by establishing reimbursement rate floors for behavioral health services and requiring insurers to cover all medically necessary same-day mental health/substance use disorder services from the same or different providers. Critically, it amends the Counties Code (along with the Illinois Municipal Code and School Code), meaning Champaign County's employee health plan will be required to comply with these expanded parity coverage requirements effective June 1, 2026 (for plans renewed on or after January 1, 2027). The County Board and HR/benefits staff will need to review and update the county's group health plan to ensure compliance with the new reimbursement floors and coverage mandates. | 12/12/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0446 |
| HB1312 POW MIA RECOGNITION DAY | PRIMARY vehicle? | HB1312 (titled "POW MIA Recognition Day" but a gut-and-replace vehicle bill) creates the Illinois Bivens Act, allowing civil suits against anyone conducting civil immigration enforcement who violates the Illinois or U.S. Constitution, and the Court Access Act, which creates civil liability for arresting persons attending court proceedings. It also imposes new policy mandates on hospitals, public universities (including UIUC), community colleges (including Parkland), and licensed day care centers regarding immigration enforcement interactions and immigration status disclosures. The Champaign County Sheriff's Office faces direct new civil liability exposure under the Bivens and Court Access provisions, and county-affiliated institutions face new compliance deadlines as early as January 1, 2026. | 12/09/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0440 |
| HB1575 RESTRICT COVENANT MODIFY FEE | PRIMARY | HB1575 (now Public Act 104-0187) eliminates the ability of county recorders to charge any fee for filing restrictive covenant modifications to unlawful restrictive covenants, removing the current $10 cap and also prohibiting fees for required record copies. The Champaign County Recorder must update their fee schedule and procedures to comply, as the existing discretionary fee authority has been eliminated effective August 15, 2025. | 08/15/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0187 |
| HB2419 EPA-LOCAL SITING REVIEW | PRIMARY | This bill amends the Environmental Protection Act to require county boards (and municipal governing bodies) conducting local siting reviews for pollution-generating facilities to consider vehicle emissions, cumulative pollution impacts, and disparate impacts on nearby communities. It also requires written statements on whether siting procedures were accessible to the public, including individuals with disabilities and non-English speakers. As enacted law (Public Act 104-0223), Champaign County Board must incorporate these new criteria and accessibility documentation requirements into its local siting review process immediately. | 08/15/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0223 |
| HB2586 ISP TRAINING/ACADEMY DIVISION | PRIMARY | HB2586, now Public Act 104-0157, makes several amendments to the Illinois State Police Law and related statutes, including establishing CJIS Systems Agency oversight of criminal justice information systems statewide. Critically, all units of local government — including the Champaign County Sheriff's Office and other county agencies — are required to work with the CJIS Systems Agency to follow its principles and standards, and are prohibited from usurping or diminishing the roles of CJIS information security officers. The Sheriff's Office will need to review and ensure compliance with any new ISP-established CJIS standards by the effective dates in the Act. | 08/11/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0157 |
| HB1697 9-1-1 TELECOMMUNICATOR CPR | PRIMARY vehicle? | Despite its title referencing "9-1-1 TELECOMMUNICATOR CPR," this is a vehicle bill whose actual content is the Prescription Drug Affordability Act, which comprehensively regulates pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in Illinois. Critically for Champaign County, it amends the County Jail Act to require that jail pharmacy benefit contracts and PBM activities comply with the new Pharmacy Benefit Managers Article of the Illinois Insurance Code, effective January 1, 2026. The county will need to review and potentially renegotiate its jail pharmacy contracts to ensure compliance with the new PBM rules, including spread pricing prohibitions, rebate remittance requirements, and audit rights. | 07/01/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0027 |
| HB2755 REVENUE-VARIOUS Structural Deficit | PRIMARY | This omnibus revenue bill, now enacted as Public Act 104-0006, makes sweeping changes across Illinois tax law including motor fuel taxes, grocery taxes, property tax credits, tobacco taxes, digital advertising taxes, and more. For Champaign County, the grocery tax provisions are directly relevant as the county levies a local grocery tax, and motor fuel tax changes affect Road Fund distributions that flow to counties. As enacted law, county staff need to assess compliance and budget implications across multiple revenue streams. | 06/16/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0006 |
| HB1843 MUNI CD-ZONING LIMITS | WATCH | This bill amends the Illinois Municipal Code to restrict municipal zoning authority by prohibiting municipalities from using family-relationship classifications, from banning unrelated individuals from living together, and from blocking community-integrated living arrangements. It also requires municipal zoning to comply with the Fair Housing Act and ADA. Champaign County government has no direct procedural role, but the bill materially affects housing discrimination protections and disability accommodations relevant to Champaign-Urbana constituents and local group home operators. | 05/08/2026 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2026 |
| HB2584 INS-PRIOR AUTH HIV DRUG ACCESS | WATCH | HB2584 prohibits prior authorization requirements for HIV prevention (PrEP/PEP) and treatment medications under private health insurance, fee-for-service Medicaid, and Medicaid managed care organizations, effective January 1, 2027. The bill has no direct operative effect on Champaign County government, but affects how local healthcare providers like Carle interact with insurers and Medicaid for HIV-related prescriptions, and may draw constituent inquiries given the healthcare access implications for local residents on Medicaid or private insurance. | 05/08/2026 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2026 |
| HB4472 BLUE ENVELOPE PROGRAM | WATCH | HB4472 directs the Illinois Secretary of State to establish a voluntary "Blue Envelope Program" allowing individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to store motor vehicle documents in specially designed envelopes that signal communication needs to first responders and law enforcement. The program is state-administered, with no county mandate, but Sheriff's deputies and other local law enforcement will encounter participants during traffic stops. Champaign County constituents with autism or family members will likely be aware of and ask about this program. | 05/06/2026 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026 |
| HB0799 REVENUE-TECH | WATCH | HB0799 amends the Property Tax Code to create a Cook County-only pilot program allowing the county to acquire tax certificates at annual tax sales for up to 200 homestead properties, with detailed procedures for redemption and judicial tax deed auctions. It also makes statewide changes to the Property Tax Code including modifications to redemption periods for occupied small residential properties, notice requirements, and anti-collusion provisions for tax sales. Champaign County's tax sale administration (Treasurer, Circuit Clerk) will need to be aware of the statewide procedural changes to redemption and notice requirements, though no new mandates are imposed. | 04/28/2026 Referred to Assignments |
| HB1302 VICTIMS-HUMAN TRAFFICKING | WATCH | This bill, now enacted as Public Act 104-0173, amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act to standardize victim notification timelines, requiring 7 days' notice of all court proceedings. For preliminary hearings and pretrial release hearings specifically, fewer days may suffice if 7 days is impossible, provided notice is given as soon as practicable. The Champaign County State's Attorney's Office will need to ensure its victim notification practices comply with the updated timing requirements. | 08/15/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0173 |
| HB1597 FACILITY-TRANSFER & DISCHARGE | WATCH | This bill strengthens protections for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Illinois, prohibiting unlawful involuntary transfers or discharges, adding new consent requirements before service reductions, and imposing a $2,500 fine on facilities that fail to comply with readmission orders. It is now enacted as Public Act 104-0191. While Champaign County government has no direct compliance obligation, local nursing homes and assisted living facilities (including Carle-affiliated facilities) must meet these new standards, and county constituents — particularly nursing home residents and their families — may raise questions about their rights. | 08/15/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0191 |
| HB2774 DHS-STATEWIDE DV HOTLINE | WATCH | This bill amends the Domestic Violence Shelters Act to require the Illinois Department of Human Services to establish and contract for a statewide, toll-free, 24/7 multilingual domestic violence hotline. The hotline will provide referral services to victims, perpetrators, and first responders including police. Already enacted as Public Act 104-0247, this is relevant to Champaign County's Sheriff's Office victim advocates and county social services staff who will refer constituents to the new hotline. | 08/15/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0247 |
| HB1806 THERAPY RESOURCES OVERSIGHT | WATCH | HB1806, now Public Act 104-0054, creates the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act, prohibiting therapy or psychotherapy services unless conducted by licensed professionals and restricting AI systems from making independent therapeutic decisions or directly interacting with clients. Violations are subject to civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation, enforced by IDFPR. Local behavioral health providers — including Carle Behavioral Health, Pavilion Hospital, and 708 Board-funded mental health agencies — will need to review and adjust any AI-assisted therapy workflows to comply with the new standards. | 08/01/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0054 |
| HB2336 LOCAL GOV-LIFT-ASSIST SERVICES | WATCH | HB2336 (now Public Act 104-0057) authorizes municipalities and fire protection districts to charge reasonable fees to assisted living and nursing home facilities for lift-assist services, but only after the 6th such service provided to that facility in a calendar year. This narrows the original bill's scope, which would have allowed fees on all nonemergency lift-assists including to individuals. The practical effect is that Champaign County fire protection districts gain a new optional revenue tool against high-volume facility users, while nursing homes and their residents face potential cost pass-through after a threshold is crossed. | 08/01/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0057 |
| HB0850 SAFETY-TECH | WATCH | HB0850 (now Public Act 104-0005) amends multiple Illinois statutes relating to firearms tracking and FOID card administration: it requires circuit court clerks to include firearm serial numbers (or notation of obliteration) in disposition reports sent to ISP, directs ISP to analyze and report on stolen/obliterated-serial-number firearm cases, and strengthens the FOID denial/revocation process for clear-and-present-danger reports from DHS, law enforcement, or school administrators. For Champaign County, the Circuit Clerk has a new data-reporting obligation at case disposition, and the Sheriff's Office should be aware of updated FOID notification procedures — both compliance items now that the bill is enacted law. | 06/16/2025 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0005 |
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