Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a political committee from making expenditures for taxable compensation to an immediate family member of a public official or candidate. Defines "immediate family member" and "payments". Effective immediately.
Creates the Research, Education, and Government Operations Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to protect Illinois' research, educational system, and government operations from malicious influence from foreign countries of concern. Requires a State agency, political subdivision, institution of K-12 education, or institution of higher education to disclose information about gifts and contracts from specified countries of concern, and requires approval from the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor for gifts and contracts from counties of concern. Restricts international cultural agreements and student associations within institutions of K-12 education and institutions of higher education. Requires institutes of higher education with a research budget of $10,000,000 or more to perform specified research and foreign travel screening before accepting applicants from countries of concern or allowing travel to countries of concern. Provides that, subject to the approval of the State Board of Higher Education and Illinois Community College Board, an institution of higher education shall only enter into a new or renew an existing academic partnership with an academic or research institution located in a country of concern under specified circumstances. Prohibits certain trade secret actions, imposing a Class X felony for violation of the provisions. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act and Whistleblower Act to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.
Creates the Foreign Adversary Divestment Act. Defines "foreign adversary" as the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic, or any other entity deemed to be a foreign adversary by the Governor in consultation with the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Provides that all State-managed funds and local-managed funds are prohibited from holding investments in any foreign adversary, State-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, company domiciled within a foreign adversary, or company owned or controlled by a foreign adversary, State-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, company domiciled within a foreign adversary, or other entity within a foreign adversary. Provides that all State-managed funds and local-managed funds are prohibited from investing or depositing public funds into any bank that is domiciled or has its principal place of business in a foreign adversary. Requires all State-managed funds to immediately in good faith begin divestment of prohibited holdings under the Act. Provides that total divestment must be achieved by January 1, 2027, or 2 years after the effective date of the Act, whichever is earlier. Requires the Illinois State Board of Investment to identify companies subject to the Act and to include those companies in a list of restricted companies to be distributed to each State-managed fund and local-managed fund. Makes other changes. Contains a severability provision.
Creates the Protecting Religious Assembly in States of Emergency Act, which may be referred to as the PRAISE Act. Provides that an order, rule, regulation, ordinance, resolution, or other directive issued by the State government or a unit of local government pursuant to an emergency or health or safety determination, declaration, or proclamation that requires closure or limitation of any business or other facility otherwise open to public use or patronage, but which exempts in whole or in part any particular entity or set of entities, shall exempt to the same extent a place of worship of a tax exempt religious organization as the other entities are exempted. Requires the provisions to be construed to afford to religious organizations and the organizations' places of worship the same degree of freedom to meet as is afforded to the most favored entity or set of entities. Allows a civil action by a person or religious organization that has been burdened or impaired by a violation of the provisions, including injunctive orders; compensatory damages; nominal damages; a finding of a violation; and, when malice or recklessness is demonstrated, punitive damages. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to make a conforming change.
Creates the Procurement Protection Act. Provides that a company domiciled within the jurisdiction of foreign adversary or a federally banned corporation shall be ineligible to bid or submit a proposal for contracts with the State. Provides that each bid or offer submitted for a contract with a State agency or political subdivision shall include a disclosure of whether or not the bidder, offeror, or any of its corporate parents or subsidiaries, within the 24 months before submission of the bid or offer had business operations that involved contracts with or provision of supplies or services from or to any foreign adversary, state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company domiciled within the jurisdiction of a foreign adversary. Provides that a bid or offer that does not include the disclosure required by the provisions may be given a period after the bid or offer is submitted to cure non-disclosure. Allows a chief procurement officer to consider the disclosure when evaluating the bid or offer or awarding the contract. Sets forth exceptions to the general provisions. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
Maddy summarySB 2360 cancels a scheduled July 1, 2025 increase to Illinois' motor fuel tax that would have been calculated using the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This bill directly affects all drivers and businesses selling motor fuel in Illinois by preventing a price hike tied to inflation. The key mechanism is a specific amendment to the Motor Fuel Tax Law that explicitly states the 2025 CPI-based tax adjustment "shall not occur," effective immediately upon enactment.
Creates the Salaried Board Confirmation Act. Provides that the Senate shall confirm or reject an appointee to any Governor-appointed board that receives a salary from the State within either 30 session days after the person has been appointed by the Governor or 90 calendar days after the person has been appointed by the Governor, whichever occurs first. Provides that failure of the Senate to confirm or reject the person appointed within this time period shall be deemed a rejection of the appointment by the Senate. Provides that an appointee to the board whose name has been withdrawn as a nominee to the board by the Governor is ineligible to serve on the board for a period of 2 years after the date of withdrawal. Effective immediately.
Maddy summarySB 964 amends the Illinois Criminal Code to update the section title regarding violations of court-issued orders of protection. The bill clarifies that these orders include those from domestic violence cases in Illinois as well as similar orders from other states, tribes, or territories, provided the issuing court had proper jurisdiction. It establishes that violating such an order is a Class 4 felony, which becomes a Class 3 felony if the defendant has prior convictions for related offenses like domestic battery or stalking. Additionally, the legislation sets a minimum 24-hour jail sentence for repeat violations and allows courts to order fines or restitution for victims.
Maddy summaryThis Senate Resolution honors the life of Mervin L. Kleinik, a resident of Mulberry Grove who passed away in October 2024. The bill formally records his death and expresses the Illinois Senate's condolences to his wife, children, grandchildren, and other surviving family members. It serves as a symbolic gesture to acknowledge his long career as a forklift operator and his personal legacy of hard work and dedication. No new laws or policies are enacted by this measure; it is strictly a commemorative document presented to the family.
Maddy summaryThis bill designates the portion of Route 51 passing through St. Johns as the "LCpl. Drew M. Uhles Memorial Highway" to honor Marine Lance Corporal Drew M. Uhles, who died in Iraq in 2004. The measure requires the Illinois Department of Transportation to install signs at appropriate locations to display the new name of the road. Copies of the resolution will be presented to Uhles' family, the mayor of St. Johns, and the state transportation secretary. This action is a commemorative gesture that does not alter traffic laws or funding but serves to recognize the service and sacrifice of the fallen Marine.
