Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, from July 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, use and occupation taxes on motor fuel and gasohol are imposed at the rate of 1.25%. Makes corresponding changes concerning the distribution of proceeds. Effective immediately.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that diapers for use by infants, children, or adults are exempt from the taxes under the Acts. Effective immediately.
Maddy summarySB 315 amends the Predatory Loan Prevention Act by making technical corrections to the section that states the law's short title. It does not change any lending regulations, borrower protections, or enforcement rules. The bill only updates the formal name of the law within its own text and has no impact on consumers, lenders, or existing policy. The "BUSINESS-TECH" title in the bill number is unrelated to its actual content, which is purely administrative. This is a procedural update with no real-world policy effect.
Encourages the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, acting through the Illinois Judicial College, to develop, approve, and offer a continuing legal education program for GALs serving in family law and juvenile matters that includes, at a minimum, instruction regarding chronic medical conditions affecting children, training addressing the distinction between medical advocacy and parental conflict, guidance on appropriate consultation with treating medical professionals, education concerning treatment adherence and risk assessment, and instruction regarding the ethical limits of a GAL's medical opinions. Encourages the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to promote participation in such training to GALs statewide and to communicate this recommendation to the Chief Judge of each judicial circuit for consideration in appointment and continued service determinations.
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Creates the Fairness in Property Tax Foreclosure Task Force. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study and make recommendations concerning issues associated with property foreclosure for failure to pay property taxes. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Arts Council for grants to public radio and television stations and related administrative expenses under the Public Radio and Television Grant Act. Effective July 1, 2026.
Appropriates $150,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Village of Barrington Hills. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is less than 16 years of age may ride as a passenger on a Class 3 low-speed electric bicycle that is designed to accommodate passengers if the operator is 18 years of age or older.
Amends the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act. Includes an establishment under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act in the definition of "facility". Makes a conforming change in a the definition of "resident's representative".
Maddy summarySB 1050 amends the Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1995 to correct a reference to the law's short title. It makes a technical change to a specific section of the statute, updating how the law is formally named within its own text. This bill does not change any substantive policy or create new requirements for local governments or taxpayers. It solely addresses a clerical error in the law's designation. (1 sentence, as it is a purely procedural amendment.)
