CHICAGO — Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use Artificial Intelligence and more.
Minimum Wage
Starting on New Years Day, minimum wage in Illinois will reach $15 per hour. Tipped workers will also see a minimum wage increase, from $8.40 an hour to $9 an hour, thanks to a state law that says tipped workers must earn at least 60% of the state’s minimum wage.
Getting an ID
HB4592 allows the secretary of state to begin issuing digital driver’s licenses and IDs. Physical IDs will still be issued, and private entities and agencies aren’t required to accept the digital version. The state can charge a maximum of $6 for a smartphone application that registers the digital ID or driver’s license.
Canceling gym memberships
HB4911 allows gym membership contracts to be cancelled over the phone, online, or via email.
Managing subscription renewals
SB2764 aims to help residents save money for products or services offered with a free trial or promotional period. It requires businesses to provide notice to their customers at least 3 days before an automatic renewal clause goes into effect after a free trial period of 15 days or more.
Clearing criminal records
SB3463 amends the Juvenile Court Act, mandating state courts to expunge the records of individuals charged as juveniles, two years after they have completed their sentences. The bill also speeds up the expungement process by scheduling expungement hearings when they are released.
Using Artificial Intelligence
HB4623 clarifies that Illinois’ child pornography laws apply to images and videos created by Artificial Intelligence technology.
HB4875 prohibits the use of digital replicas created by generative artificial intelligence in certain content without authorization of the recording individual.
HB3773 restricts employers from considering an applicant’s race or zip code when using artificial intelligence-powered predictive analytics to reject an employee in its hiring or firing practices.
Transparency in salary & benefits
An amendment to Illinois’ Equal Pay Act takes effect, requiring employers with 15 or more employees to include the pay scale and benefits on job postings, both internal and external. The new requirement applies to positions that will be performed in Illinois, including remote work. Companies will have 14 days from the start of the year to add salary and benefit information to job postings or face a $500 fine.
Politics & religion in the workplace
SB3649 creates the Worker Freedom of Speech Act, banning employers from disciplining employees who fail to attend mandatory meetings where opinions on political or religious matters are shared. It excludes nonprofit and advocacy groups where such topics may be part of the job responsibilities.
Catalytic converter thefts
HB4589 amends the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Act to require recyclable dealers to keep track of vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the vehicles from which the catalytic converter was removed and make a copy of the certificate of title or registration showing the seller’s ownership of the vehicle.
Enhancing ‘Scotts Law’
HB5370 requires drivers who are approaching an emergency scene or a stopped emergency vehicle, or a construction zone, must make a lane change to yield the right of way if it is possible. If not, the driver must reduce speed.
Employment Verification
HB0508 prohibits employers from terminating or suspending an employee due to a discrepancy with E-Verify. It also prohibits employers from imposing verification requirements beyond what is mandated at the federal level.
Preventing Child Abuse
HB4350 creates the Child Abuse Notice Act, requiring certain businesses, including daycare centers, schools, bus stations, hospitals, and doctors’ offices, to post signs in a conspicuous place that informs children under 18 what physical and sexual abuse is and how to report it.
No more ‘offenders’
An amendment to the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 changes references to “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals.” Lawmakers argued that no one should be defined by their worst day. The law also creates an Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board to oversee a plan to redeploy convicts into public life once they are no longer incarcerated.
Among the New Laws:
Bill Number: SB2697
Description: Requires insurance and Medicaid coverage of genetic cancer screening and testing for high-risk patients.
Bill Number: HB2154
Description: Counties, townships, and municipalities may not require a permit for non-residential battery-charged fences under conditions specified in the act.
Bill Number: HB4175
Description: Prohibits the use of corporal and physical punishment in all Illinois schools, with exceptions for specific restraints to prevent a student from imminent self-harm or harm to others.
Bill Number: HB4447
Description: Creates the Motor Vehicle Dealer Protection Act which prevents fraudulent warranty scams by protecting the intellectual property of vehicle dealerships.
Bill Number: HB4467
Description: Strengthens IDPH oversight of mobile home parks.
Bill Number: HB4634
Description: Repeals the Universal Telephone Service Assistance Program.
Bill Number: HB5574
Description: Directs funds from repealed fee ordinances of DuPage County into a dedicated transportation account.
Bill Number: SB0275
Description: Requires the Secretary of State to offer applicants the option to be issued an 8-year driver’s license, beginning no later than July 1, 2027.
Bill Number: SB0508
Description: Clarifies an employee’s rights in the event of an E-Verify no match.
Bill Number: SB0859
Description: Adds the Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment, an existing bureau, to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity administrative code.
Bill Number: SB1102
Description: Allows Shelby County to form and control a volunteer rescue squad.
Bill Number: SB2617
Description: Allows counties without local health departments to contract with one in an adjacent county, among other technical changes.
Bill Number: SB2743
Description: Creates the Water Plan Task Force Act to provide recommendations on addressing a variety of water-related issues.
Bill Number: SB2764
Description: Requires businesses to provide notice to their customers at least 3 days before an automatic renewal clause goes into effect after a free trial period of 15 days or more.
Bill Number: SB2781
Description: Creates the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant fund to allow DNR to make grants for the purpose of forest, prairie, and other landscape management, development, maintenance, and study to mitigate climate change impacts.
Bill Number: SB2850
Description: Changes compensation for members of River Conservancy Districts.
Bill Number: SB2938
Description: Allows mosquito abatement districts to annex additional territory as long as certain requirements are met, including the passage of an ordinance.
Bill Number: SB3202
Description: Allows a county or municipality to prepare a bicycle transportation plan.
Bill Number: SB3203
Description: Prohibits insurers from denying coverage for lifesaving inhalers and establishes a cap of $25 for a 30-day inhaler supply.
Bill Number: SB3207
Description: Provides that a day care center may operate for 24 hours or longer and may provide care for a child for a period of up to 12 hours if the parent or guardian of the child is employed in a position that requires regularly scheduled shifts and a 10-hour period elapses between day care visits.
Bill Number: SB3211
Description: Allows an individual previously licensed to practice as a marriage and family therapist in another US jurisdiction for at least 30 months in the last 5 years to receive licensure in Illinois by only submitting verification of licensure in the other state.
Bill Number: SB3232
Description: Codifies a provision regarding relinquished or abandoned infants who are left at hospitals to mirror the practice that already applies to both fire and police departments.
Bill Number: SB3239
Description: Eliminates the Health and Hazardous Substances Coordinating Council to streamline a DPH reporting process.
Bill Number: SB3277
Description: Requires DPH to develop mandatory protocols and best practices for providing the necessary medical guidance for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Illinois.
Bill Number: SB3279
Description: Finalizes the closure of the Kerr-McGee Rare Earths Facility in West Chicago that ceased operations in 1973 and has been in the process of decommissioning since 1994.
Bill Number: SB3284
Description: Adds clarifying language to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
Bill Number: SB3285
Description: Creates reasonable re-sentencing rules for survivors of domestic abuse and gender-based violence who previously took plea deals during their initial sentencing.
Bill Number: SB3297
Description: Expands the eligibility criteria for the Housing is Recovery Pilot Program by lowering the age of eligibility from 21 years to 18 years of age.
Bill Number: SB3318
Description: Requires the State Employees Group Insurance Program to provide coverage for all FDA-approved treatments of Alzheimer’s Disease, medications prescribed to slow Alzheimer’s Disease progression, and diagnostic testing necessary for physicians to treat Alzheimer’s Disease. Coverage begins July 1, 2025.
Bill Number: SB3350
Description: Allows DHS to establish and authorize programs for dispensing and distributing fentanyl test strips.
Bill Number: SB3378
Description: Eliminates an unnecessary requirement for the Department of Public Health to provide printed informational materials to schools for meningitis, which has been a mandatory vaccination for school children since 2015.
Bill Number: SB3389
Description: Raises the voting threshold for the CMAP Board to take any action from simple majority to 4/5ths, except for voting on contracts and other circumstances, and removes an outdated requirement for CMAP to create a Wastewater Committee that would otherwise make policy recommendations to IEPA.
Bill Number: SB3405
Description: Allows counties to use their transportation funds to pay for rides for people who need to go to “problem-solving courts” with programs that help people with substance use disorder, mental health issues, and/or veterans.
Bill Number: SB3406
Description: Requires the Rules of the Road publication to include information about transporting hazardous materials.
Bill Number: SB3407
Description: Eliminates certain requirements for deer meat processors and unclaimed processed meat to expand charitable donations to those in need.
Bill Number: SB3421
Description: Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act to clarify where it is reasonable for a third party to refuse to honor a power of attorney for property.
Bill Number: SB3430
Description: Requires HFS to develop and maintain a comprehensive informational guide on its website explaining the Medicaid 5-year look-back period as it applies to eligibility for long-term care coverage under the medical assistance program on or after July 1, 2025.
Bill Number: SB3434
Description: Authorizes the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to adopt rulemaking authority for state funded grant programs managed by the agency.
Bill Number: SB3460
Description: Makes updates to the requirements for rental agreements for self-storage units.
Bill Number: SB3471
Description: Permits the Secretary of State to issue license plates free of charge to individuals whose plates have been stolen.
Bill Number: SB3599
Description: Requires insurers to cover medically necessary mobile integrated health care services (provided by on-site EMS personnel) for frequent utilizers of emergency hospital care, with the goal of preventing patients from needing to go in and out of the hospital.
Bill Number: HB0255
Description: Amends the Illinois Veteran, Youth, and Young Adult Conservation Jobs Act to establish the Youth and Young Adult Conservation Education pilot program.
Bill Number: HB0277
Description: Grants driver’s license holders more notice time before required court appearances that may result in a potential suspension of their license for failure to appear before the court.
Bill Number: HB1837
Description: Amends the Environmental Protection Act with regards to burning landscape waste.
Bill Number: HB2161
Description: Makes it a civil rights violation for an employer to discriminate or harass based on an employee’s family responsibilities.
Bill Number: HB2323
Description: Creates the Uniform Statewide Crime Statistic Task Force.
Bill Number: HB2363
Description: Bans the sale, distribution and manufacture of a screw or bayonet base compact fluorescent lamp on and after January 1, 2026; and a pin-base compact fluorescent lamp or a linear fluorescent lamp on and after January 1, 2027.
Bill Number: HB2385
Description: Requires insurers to cover all medically necessary colonoscopies beginning January 1, 2026.
Bill Number: HB3446
Description: Provides that a school district’s expenditure of Base Funding Minimum and Evidence-Based Funding received from the State shall be published on the State Board’s website.
Bill Number: HB3773
Description: Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act protect employees from discrimination from the use of AI in the workplace, and ensures employers are transparent about their use of AI for employment-related decisions.
Bill Number: HB4059
Description: Requires DCFS to offer day care licensing orientations at least twice annually in each legislative district to help educate facilities about the licensing process.
Bill Number: HB4180
Description: Requires insurance coverage for molecular breast imagery (MBI) or MRIs of breast tissue when medically necessary.
Bill Number: HB4206
Description: Allows tenants to pay landlords through cash or a paper check to avoid transaction fees.
Bill Number: HB4276
Description: Establishes new consumer protection measures for life care facilities in Illinois.
Bill Number: HB4350
Description: Creates the Child Abuse Notice Act.
Bill Number: HB4357
Description: Outlines required criteria for a medical spa to perform non-ablative laser hair removal without a doctor on-site.
Bill Number: HB4460
Description: Requires the State Employees Group Insurance Program to provide coverage for joint mental health therapy services for any Illinois State Police Officer or members of self-insured fire protection districts and any spouse or partner of the officer who resides with the officer.
Bill Number: HB4500
Description: Retitles current criminal weapon possession charges in statute to provide more transparency and accurately reflect the nature of those crimes committed.
Bill Number: HB4592
Description: Allows the SOS to issue mobile ID cards and driver’s licenses.
Bill Number: HB4768
Description: Creates the Landlord Retaliation Act, outlining protections for tenants and prohibited actions by landlords when tenants attempt to resolve an issue.
Bill Number: HB4789
Description: Prohibits dental carriers from subsequently denying claims for procedures that were subject to prior authorization and approved unless a certain set of factors is met.
Bill Number: HB4804
Description: Allows public water distribution entities to use customer contact information to notify customers of any disruptions in public water distribution systems.
Bill Number: HB4819
Description: Requires the Illinois Department of Corrections to build and maintain lactation specific rooms for employees in each department facility.
Bill Number: HB4875
Description: Prohibits the use of digital replicas created by generative artificial intelligence in certain content without authorization of the recording individual.
Bill Number: HB4911
Description: Allows gym membership contracts to be cancelled over the phone, online, or via email.
Bill Number: HB4966
Description: Allows the SOS to issue more expansive specialty plates to motorcycles.
Bill Number: HB5086
Description: Allows health care facilities to be compensated by a nurse agency for any expenses, fines, or damages incurred related to the nurse agency’s negligence.
Bill Number: HB5087
Description: Allows for physical therapy services to be delivered via telehealth.
Bill Number: HB5097
Description: Requires the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to include a haircare plan during case review outlining the necessary training and resources needed to ensure each child receives culturally competent haircare.
Bill Number: HB5189
Description: Provides measures to protect the personal information of train crew members involved in fatal incidents.
Bill Number: HB5288
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to issue special 100 Club of IL plates.
Bill Number: HB5324
Description: Creates Reporting requirements for the Illinois Labor Relations Board and changes to Unfair Labor Practice schedule.
Bill Number: SB2625
Description: Prohibits certain retail establishments from displaying alcohol-infused products or co-branded alcoholic beverages immediately near similar products or products marketed towards youth and requires specific signage when displaying these products.
Bill Number: SB2628
Description: Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to ensure that all State agencies comply with the National Flood Insurance Program.
Bill Number: SB2641
Description: Requires every insurer to demonstrate to the Department of Insurance that each in-network hospital has at least one radiologist, pathologist, anesthesiologist, and ER physician as a preferred provider.
Bill Number: SB2643
Description: Sets requirements for inspections of funeral homes.
Bill Number: SB2644
Description: Establishes a statewide registry containing Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment Forms (POLST), describing preferred medical treatment.
Bill Number: SB2662
Description: Prohibits manufacturers from marketing e-cigarettes that are likely to cause a parent, legal guardian, teacher or other person to mistake the electronic cigarette for a product that is not a tobacco product.
Bill Number: SB2667
Description: Allows the Secretary of State to issue Illinois UTSA/Midwest Tennis Foundation Youth Tennis plate decals.
Bill Number: SB2737
Description: Prohibits covenants not to compete and covenants not to solicit for licensed mental health professionals providing services to veterans or first responders.
Bill Number: SB2740
Description: Requires condominiums to provide accessible parking spaces for tenants with disabilities.
Bill Number: SB2744
Description: Amends coverage requirements for vaccine administration fees for individual and group health insurance plans and managed care plans.
Bill Number: SB2770
Description: Prohibits covenants not to compete and covenants not to solicit for those employed in construction.
Bill Number: SB2779
Description: Requires counties to provide indemnification to physicians conducting autopsies in cases of unintentional misconduct.
Bill Number: SB2876
Description: Creates the Large Event Facilities Act, requiring event facilities to compost organic waste and transfer recyclable materials to recycling facilities.
Bill Number: SB2918
Description: A police officer cannot be discharged for a mental or physical disability that is the basis for their benefits application under the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code.
Bill Number: SB2919
Description: Establishes parameters in which foreclosed property may be sold online.
Bill Number: SB2959
Description: Allows qualified family members to have an identification card or driver license marked as a Gold Star family member. Provides free admission to public museums to any individual with a form of identification displaying their Gold Star status.
Bill Number: SB3081
Description: Requires each public university to provide all Illinois students transferring from a public community college in Illinois with the university’s undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver policy.
Bill Number: SB3112
Description: Makes it easier for the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board to meet and vote on administrative rules affecting those facilities.
Bill Number: SB3136
Description: Removes a finding of positive toxicology in an infant as evidence of neglect or abuse. Creates the Family Recovery Plans Implementation Task Force to address the treatment needs of infants with prenatal substance exposure.
Bill Number: SB3173
Description: Allows counties to lease, license, or grant access to infrastructure they own or control, such as fiber optic cables, to public or private entities to help expedite the delivery of broadband services.
Bill Number: SB3201
Description: Requires law enforcement and correctional officers to go through training on autism-informed responses, as well as best procedures and techniques when engaging with individuals with autism.
Bill Number: HB5408
Description: Prohibits drivers from stopping or parking their vehicles on shoulders of highways within a one-half mile radius of the eastern entrance to the Chicago O’Hare airport.
Bill Number: HB1168
Description: Prohibits an individual’s DNA profile from being entered into any DNA database if their profile was collected due to the individual being a victim of a crime.
Bill Number: HB4934
Description: If remains over 100 years old are identified as belonging to a veteran, the Department of Natural Resources will allow a veterans’ organization to place a marker to designate the grave.
Bill Number: HB5357
Description: Requires insurance companies to provide homeowners insurance applicants coverage information for loss caused by a sewer backup or overflow from a sump pump.
Bill Number: HB5371
Description: Omnibus of Illinois Human Rights Act changes to further enhance and clarify civil rights protections under Illinois law.
Bill Number: HB5405
Description: Requires any state entity or hospital funded by the National Institutes of Health to adopt policies and practices that promote the inclusion of underrepresented demographic groups in clinical trials.
Bill Number: HB5450
Description: Amends Sec. 15-158.3 removing subsection (b), (d), and (e) the requirement for IBHE jointly with GOMB to prepare the annual report of accumulation of ending sick leave for higher education employees under the retirement system.
Bill Number: HB5488
Description: Creates the Legacy Tree Program Task Force to generate recommendations for the creation of a statewide legacy tree recognition program.
Bill Number: HB5561
Description: Prohibits employers from taking retaliatory action against whistleblowers.
Bill Number: HB5596
Description: Exempts day care homes and group day care homes serving children of military personnel from DCFS licensing if located on a military base or government property.
Bill Number: HB5655
Description: Provides that the governing board of each public institution of higher education shall adopt a policy to allow a student who is a member of the National Guard of any state, the District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the United States or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States to submit classwork and complete any other class assignments missed due to the student participating in a drill required as a member of the National Guard or the reserve component.
Bill Number: SB0426
Description: Grants the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) and Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) the ability to transfer emerging adults who qualify to earn their high school diplomas to a IDJJ facility so that they can receive those education services from IDJJ’s school district.
Bill Number: SB0461
Description: Expands eligibility for in state tuition at Illinois universities.
Bill Number: SB0694
Description: Modernizes storage techniques of county recordings and establishes fee changes.
Bill Number: SB0839
Description: Makes updates to the Environmental Protection Act and the Paint Stewardship Act to clarify processes for managing and recycling postconsumer paint.
Bill Number: SB1087
Description: Establishes a public health campaign to be created by the Department of Public Health to inform the public about the threat of mold and modernizes various provisions of the Mold Remediation Registration Act.
Bill Number: SB1089
Description: Requires state-owned buildings to install and maintain at least one public adult changing station.
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB1479
Description: Strengthens and clarifies the Department of Insurance’s market conduct examination processes.
Bill Number: SB2442
Description: Prohibits hospitals from billing uninsured patients whose income is below 138% of federal poverty guidelines if they qualify for free care under the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Requires hospitals to provide the patient with information on insurance they may qualify for.
Bill Number: SB2960
Description: Bans small and single plastic bottles in hotels with 50 rooms or more starting July 1, 2025. Then beginning January 1, 2026, any hotel regardless the size cannot provide small and single use plastic bottles.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2025
Bill Number: SB2968
Description: Makes technical changes to the Equity and Racial Justice Act (ERJA) to allow for more accurate statistical data on participants in programs administered by state agencies.
Bill Number: SB3081
Description: Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year each public university shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public community college in this State with the university’s undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the university’s transfer admissions process.
Bill Number: SB3098
Description: Prohibits e-cigarettes from being ordered or purchased online or by mail by any individual under the age of 21 in Illinois, excluding tobacco distributors or retailers.
Bill Number: SB3208
Description: Requires employers to maintain copies of pay stubs for 3 years after the date of payment and imposes a civil penalty on employers who fail to provide a pay stub to a current or former employee.
Bill Number: SB3219
Description: Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may provide grants for equipment upgrades for farmer-owned grocery stores or markets.
Bill Number: SB3235
Description: Enables the Commission on Equity and Inclusion to hire a consultant to conduct a study to look at disparities in lending and access to financial products and services.
Bill Number: SB3288
Description: Updates the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act (MHDDCA) to facilitate HIPAA-permissible sharing of information for research purposes to, ultimately, better serve patients facing mental health issues.
Bill Number: SB3305
Description: Amends the insurance code to require coverage for treatments to address serious jaw injuries caused by accidents or diseases beginning January 1, 2026.
Bill Number: SB3310
Description: Extends the time limit for filing charges of civil rights violations with the Department of Human Rights from 300 days to 2 years from the date of the alleged violation.
Bill Number: SB3314
Description: Clarifies that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall promulgate rules regarding the refinancing of consumer legal funding agreements
Bill Number: SB3342
Description: Creates the Pesticide Application on Rights-of-Way Notification Act.
Bill Number: SB3343
Description: Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (“RUUPA”) to address virtual currency liquidation while also authorizing the Treasurer’s Office to pay custodial fees for securities and virtual currency.
Bill Number: SB3349
Description: Provides that 6 units of credit shall be required to achieve State Global Scholar Certification (instead of not specifying how many units of credit are required). Provides for global collaboration or (instead of and) dialogue.
Bill Number: SB3351
Description: Grants elderly parents of adult children with disabilities the right to live in larger subsidized housing units with more than one bedroom.
Bill Number: SB3402
Description: Allows counties to take over ambulance services from fire protection districts.
Bill Number: SB3418
Description: Allows non-residents to serve as highway commissioners and clerks in smaller townships and road districts and allows contracting with neighboring districts when no qualified resident candidates are available.
Bill Number: SB3448
Description: Requires the State Emergency Response Commission to provide and maintain a Tier II reporting system for Tier II chemicals.
Bill Number: SB3467
Description: Clarifies licensing requirements for speech language pathologists.
Bill Number: SB3481
Description: Establishes registration requirements for sites that store used EV batteries and requires rulemaking to address safe storage of used EV batteries.
Bill Number: SB3501
Description: Creates the Responsible Outdoor Lighting Control Act to require specific conditions for luminaries purchased by the State on land owned or managed by the Department of Natural Resources.
Bill Number: SB3513
Description: Allows attorneys and judges and their employees to renew their appointment as a notary public without taking additional classes or examinations.
Bill Number: SB3529
Description: Repeals an unnecessary requirement for DPH to distribute a pertussis vaccine pamphlet because similar information is already required to be provided to patients, parents or guardians by Federal law in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.
Bill Number: SB3538
Description: Requires certain health insurance plans to cover mental health counseling for first responders beginning June 1, 2025.
Bill Number: SB3550
Description: Updates the Financial Institutions Code to remove antiquated language and provisions and to align the Code with other related statutes.
Bill Number: SB3551
Description: Establishes regulations of shared appreciation mortgage products.
Bill Number: SB3566
Description: Requires landfills in counties with a population over 250,000 to provide facilities for cleaning mud, gravel, waste, and other materials from the wheels and undercarriages of trucks exiting the landfill site, and requires trucks use those facilities before exiting.
Bill Number: SB3571
Description: Provides that a school district shall require a school to have present at the school during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity at least one automated external defibrillator and one or more trained AED users.
Bill Number: SB3601
Description: Repeals outdated language requiring registration of hazardous waste underground storage tanks by May 8, 1986.
Bill Number: SB3615
Description: Permits the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice to hold the “trust funds” for youth in custody in non-interest-bearing accounts so long as the accounts would not accrue a minimum of $1 in interest.
Bill Number: SB3622
Description: Amends the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council Act to allow the Council to recommend the removal from the National Register of Historic Places a bridge that meets specific criteria.
Bill Number: SB3631
Description: Allows the Department of Transportation to work with more accurate GIS data and aligns Illinois with federal best practices for geographical data reporting.
Bill Number: HB3046
Description: Allows the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules allowing the use of treated wastewater for potable use and allows treated municipal wastewater from a publicly owned treatment works to be used for irrigation with a permit.
Bill Number: HB3521
Description: Requires leadership at all hospital affiliates, not just a hospital’s main campus, to report allegations of abuse to IDPH within 24 hours and follow the same reporting protocol required of hospitals.
Bill Number: HB4623
Description: Clarifies that Illinois’ child pornography laws apply to images and videos created by Artificial Intelligence technology.
Bill Number: HB4660
Description: Mandates subcontractors to notify owners of payment claims through certified mail.
Bill Number: HB4757
Description: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a poster highlighting member benefits, services, and protections that the Illinois Department of Labor shall post on their website.
Bill Number: HB4926
Description: Prohibits a landlord from charging a prospective tenant a fee to access a tenant screening report if the tenant provides a reusable tenant screening report that meets certain criteria.
Bill Number: HB4942
Description: Provides that county coroners must report suspicious levels of fentanyl found in official toxicology reports of the deceased to relevant local law enforcement agencies.
Bill Number: HB5643
Description: Requires private insurance and Medicaid coverage of at-home, urine-based pregnancy tests.
Bill Number: SB0536
Description: Amends the Public Funds Investment Act. Provides that a public agency may adopt an ordinance or resolution to allow for investment of public funds in instruments that are not specifically listed as authorized investments.
Bill Number: SB0860
Description: Allows individuals with mental health or developmental disabilities living in care facilities to administer certain medications themselves if deemed independent by a nurse trainer.
Bill Number: SB1779
Description: Creates a certified medication aide program at the Illinois Department of Public Health for long term care facilities.
Bill Number: SB2682
Description: Creates the Increasing Representation of Women in Technology Task Force.
Bill Number: SB3116
Description: Requires IDPH, ISP and ILETSB to develop a training program for first responders to access and use life-saving medical information stored in cell phones during emergencies.
Bill Number: SB3362
Description: Amends the Retailers’ Occupation Tax Act to align definitions with the Use Tax Act and impose the Retailers’ Occupation Tax on retailers maintaining a place of business in this State.
Bill Number: SB3592
Description: Creates transparency requirements for the sales of local media outlets and creates a journalism scholarship program at ISAC.
Bill Number: SB3661
Description: Expands background checks to include all employees of Comprehensive Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs).
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2025
Bill Number: SB3691
Description: Requires the Department on Aging to provide family caregiver support services in compliance with federal requirements.
Bill Number: SB3696
Description: Makes various updates to the Uniform Commercial Code.
Bill Number: SB3713
Description: Increases accessibility to the Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: The provisions changing Sections 2, 2.5, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, and 10.1 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act take effect January 1, 2025. This Section and the provisions changing Sections 4.1 and 18.5 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 take effect upon becoming law.
Bill Number: SB3716
Description: Removes duplicative Lake Michigan water testing and surveying requirements.
Bill Number: SB3740
Description: Seeks to modernize and ensure consistency in Real Estate License Act of 2000.
Bill Number: SB3751
Description: Creates a 22-25 person Health Outcomes Review Board, housed at IDPH, to annually review and report data to “promote equitable health care outcomes, decrease health care costs, and ensure quality health care for all.”
Bill Number: SB3753
Description: Allows DHS to impose progressive sanctions on mental health and developmental disability providers that fail to comply with requirements the Department has issued by rule, contract, or policy.
Bill Number: SB3763
Description: Repeals a DPH reporting requirement for Reye’s Syndrome, a medical condition that hasn’t been reported in Illinois in over 25 years.
Bill Number: SB3767
Description: Permits applicants from foreign countries to apply for licensure by endorsement under the design profession practice acts.
Bill Number: SB3768
Description: Requires the State Board of Education to maintain, operate, or contract the operation of the Philip J. Rock Center for eligible deafblind persons of all ages.
Bill Number: SB3771
Description: Allows Illinois Student Assistance Commission grants to exonerated persons to be awarded to qualified dependents.
Bill Number: SB3775
Description: Requires drivers in Illinois to require notice to law enforcement when involved in a crash with circumstances specified in the act and amends the responsibilities of the DUI Prevention and Education Commission.
Bill Number: SB3779
Description: Authorizes social workers to possess and administer opioid antagonists, such as naloxone, after receiving training.
Bill Number: SB3793
Description: Changes the minimum membership number for a Community Action Board from 15 to 9 individuals.
Bill Number: SB3807
Description: Amends the Build Illinois Act by raising the cash limit of the minority, veteran, female, or disability act not exceeding $2,000,000.
Bill Number: SB3426
Description: Makes changes to the Motor Fuel Tax Law to amend the method for calculating percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the purpose of annual adjustment in the tax rate and makes a clarification to the sales tax exemption for certain aircraft materials.
Bill Number: SB2765
Description: Clarifies statutes related to limited liability companies and piercing the corporate veil.
Bill Number: SB3115
Requires that when a nursing home undergoes a change of ownership, the new owner and prior owner must work together to develop and submit a plan of care for residents.
Bill Number: HB5429
Requires assisted living facilities to submit plans for construction or major renovations for approval by IDPH prior to commencing construction.
Bill Number: HB4667
Imposes new inspection requirements for mobile home parks and changes the fees for licensing mobile home parks.
Bill Number: HB5370
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code, requiring drivers who are approaching an emergency scene or a stopped emergency vehicle, or a construction zone, must make a lane change to yield the right of way if it is possible. If not, the driver must reduce speed.
Bill Number: SB3455
Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall conduct a study to evaluate the property tax system in the State. Provides that the Department may also determine whether the existing property tax levy, assessment, appeal, and collection process is reasonable and fair and may issue recommendations to improve that process.