Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action
August 21, 2026
Today, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
Bill Number: HB 2955
Description: Establishes the PFAS Wastewater Citizen Protection Committee to monitor developments related to PFAS.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 0807
Description: Delays changes to the Unemployment Insurance Act to January 1, 2029, and requires an employer with 75 or more employees to notify the Illinois Department of Employment Security if they plan to lay off 50 or more employees at any single employment site.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 2524
Description: Allows driver’s license applicants to request an intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder designation on their driver’s license.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 2645
Description: Strikes language that allows for permanent cessation of pay in the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act and allows the Office of the State Fire Marshal to award grants to not-for-profit fire departments.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 2951
Description: Clarifies that any debt secured by a mortgage or deed of trust is subject to a 10-year statute of limitations, ensuring consistency across mortgage-secured products.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 3049
Description: Revises the process for the Illinois Universal Newborn Screening Advisory Committee to review new health conditions added to the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 3111
Description: Amends the Counties Code’s provisions on the operating hours of county law libraries in counties with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 3211
Description: Amends the Dental Practice Act to allow dental hygienists to perform specified procedures under the supervision of a dentist and allows dentists to utilize teledentistry to assess acute pain, injury, or infection.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 3213
Description: Requires pharmacies to transfer prescriptions to another pharmacy, upon a patient’s request, if the prescription has been received but not yet filled.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 3258
Description: Requires insurance companies to provide a notice of rental vehicle coverage when applying for auto insurance or renewing a policy.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 3321
Description: Amends the Local Governmental Acceptance of Credit Cards Act allowing local governments to use their procured payment processing system.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 3403
Description: Establishes that, if the State Board of Investment’s external auditor does not timely complete its annual statutorily required audit opinion, then, in turn, ISBI shall not be liable for being late in preparing its own annual report. Also increases disability pension benefits for a category of deceased firefighters.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 3465
Description: Requires construction sites to provide sanitary working conditions for individuals who menstruate or lactate.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 3707
Description: Enforces fee transparency for vision benefit managers and ensures choice and access for vision care providers.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 3731
Description: Creates the First 2026 General Revisory Act, which makes only technical changes and corrections to existing law.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
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