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Congratulates The Suter Company on the occasion of its 100th anniversary while serving as a leading example of innovation and as an asset to the State. Commends all the contributions made by its leaders and employees who have had an impact on the health of the company, the community, the country, and the world.

Amends the School Code. Requires, beginning with the 2029-2030 school year, for a pupil entering grade 9 to complete one semester of a stand-alone financial literacy course as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, to be taken in grade 11 or 12. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a Financial Literacy Implementation Committee no later than …

Creates the Fixing Illinois Higher Education Funding Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to study the cost drivers of State universities and develop a comprehensive, 10-year plan to ensure the long-term performance and sustainability of higher education in the State that ensures funding supports education outcomes, assesses the affordability of higher education for students, and supports long-term economic and …

Specifies that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Educational Choice for Illinois Children Act. Amends the School Code. Provides that the General Assembly elects, on behalf of the State, to: (1) participate in the federal tax credit established under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act for individuals who make qualified contributions to scholarship granting organizations; and …

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Defines "off-grid electricity provider" as an entity, person, private company, electric cooperative, municipal agency, or other organization that (1) is engaged in any combination of generating, transmitting, distributing, or selling electricity at retail to consumers, (2) is not connected to any existing electric transmission or distribution system within this State for either primary or backup …

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a peace officer who reasonably believes that a person's presence within 14 feet of the peace officer will interfere with the performance of the peace officer's legal duties may warn the person not to approach or to remain within 14 feet of the peace officer. Provides that it is unlawful for a …

Amends the Probation Community Service Act. Provides that the court may give credit toward the fulfillment of community service hours for participation in activities and treatment as determined by court services.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Removes provisions concerning the duties of the Director of Insurance to promulgate reasonable rules requiring insurers doing business in the State of Illinois to report factual information in their possession that is pertinent to suspected fraudulent insurance claims, fraudulent insurance applications, or premium fraud after the Director has made a determination that the information is …

Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Changes the name of the Act to the State Agency Construction Act. Repeals provisions concerning the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that State agency's shall perform the functions that were previously performed by the Capital Development Board Act. Makes conforming changes. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Effective January 1, …

Amends the Environmental Protection Act to provide that in the case of water main installation projects, all water mains and appurtenances, including, but not limited to, fire hydrants and valves that are under the ownership and control of a public water supply and located in a public right of way or utility access easement, shall be included in the Environmental …

Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Provides that the changes made by Public Act 103-769 apply to pending actions as of August 2, 2024, and any actions commenced and complaints filed on or after August 2, 2024. Effective immediately.

Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that, in the case of a domestic or foreign corporation, no payment is required for a franchise tax that would have been due and payable on or after January 1, 2026. Provides that all amounts remaining in the Corporate Franchise Tax Refund Fund shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund no …

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that nothing in provisions prohibiting the payment or acceptance of rebates shall prevent the offer or provision by insurers or producers, by or through employees, affiliates, or third-party representatives, of value-added products or services at no or reduced cost when such products or services are not specified in the policy of insurance, so long …

Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that the Illinois High School Association shall be responsible for licensing all game officials. Provides that each applicant for licensure is required, as a condition of licensure, to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history records check to determine if such applicant has been convicted of any disqualifying, specified criminal or drug offenses. Provides that …

Amends the Illinois Prescribed Burning Act. Establishes the procedures required before conducting a prescribed burning. Provides that no landowner, agent of the landowner, or certified prescribed burn manager shall be liable for damage, injury, or loss caused by a prescribed burn or resulting smoke of a prescribed burn unless the landowner, agent of the landowner, or certified prescribed burn manager …

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the General Assembly shall not approve the extension of a redevelopment project and the retirement of its obligations to a date that is beyond the 35th calendar year after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment …