Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity Scholarship Program. Effective July 1, 2025.
Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for continued funding to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. Effective July 1, 2025.
Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that during the period where authorized payments are required, Des Plaines commits to share 40% of the gaming tax revenue that remains after the authorized payment, less the amounts received by the named municipalities from the proceeds of a specified casino, with the following municipalities: Chicago Heights; Dixmoor; Ford Heights; Harvey; Hodgkins; Markham; Phoenix; Riverdale; Robbins; and Summit. Provides that the amount received by each named municipality shall be allocated proportionally to the population of each municipality and reduced by the amount received by that municipality from the proceeds of the specified casino. Defines "authorized payments".
Appropriates the amount of $647,600 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for the administration and operation of Greencorps Chicago and Forest Preserve Experience programs within the Conservation Corps program. Effective July 1, 2025.
HB 2018 appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to Northern Illinois University. This allocation is designated for the university's ordinary and contingent expenses for fiscal year 2026, becoming effective on July 1, 2025.
Appropriates $1,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for a comprehensive study of the Kaskaskia River watershed in coordination with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Effective July 1, 2025.
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2025.
Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago for costs associated with funding equitable mortgage lending, homeownership rehabilitation and development, and homebuyer subsidies and support. Effective July 1, 2025.
Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center for the purpose of constructing a new building on the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center’s campus to house the Chicago Advocacy Network for Hope initiative and to increase capacity for mental health treatment for children and adults affected by sexual and domestic violence. Effective July 1, 2025.
Makes appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for grants to the City of Morris for costs associated with landfill closures and landfill well monitoring. Effective July 1, 2025.