Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action
June 26, 2026
Today, Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action:
Bill Number: HB 45
Description: Amends the Sale Price Act to make digital coupons accessible in other formats.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 1700
Description: Makes technical changes to the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 3460
Description: Sets rules for apprenticeship registrations and establishes structured apprenticeship requirements for licensees under the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 3564
Description: Requires transparency for rental fees assessed by landlords and prohibits or limits certain rental-related fines and fees.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027, pursuant to HB 5234.
Bill Number: HB 3595
Description: Modernizes references from “day care” to “early care and education,” allows IDEC to tie background checks to the individual instead of the provider, and streamlines license exemption structure and application requirements to provide consistent licensing decisions and reduce delays.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2026
Bill Number: HB 4206
Description: Establishes a process for charities to claim assets when named as beneficiaries of non-probate instruments.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4217
Description: Grants statewide public defenders the ability to represent their clients in summary suspension or revocation hearings arising from the same arrest.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4235
Description: Ensures those individuals committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections and their correspondents are not charged any fee, surcharge, or cost for mail and scanning services exceeding the standard postage rate.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 4247
Description: Authorizes school coaches and athletic trainers to administer asthma medication, epinephrine injectors, opioid antagonists, and oxygen.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4255
Description: Expands the list of animals not allowed to participate in traveling animal acts in Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2026
Bill Number: HB 4277
Description: Expands eligibility for notary applicants for appointments and commission as noted by the Secretary of State.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4361
Description: Amends the Illinois Counties Code to require county building inspectors to meet minimum professional qualification standards beginning January 1, 2027.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4420
Description: Defines “public media produced at a state-supported institution of higher learning” to ensure that materials published at an institution are not subject to prior review by an institutional official and that produced public media do not represent the institution.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4421
Description: Repeals Section 20-115 of the Illinois State University Law.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4461
Description: Prohibits hospitals from filing a lien on a patient’s primary residence for unpaid medical debt.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4464
Description: Prohibits insurers from requiring dental care providers to accept payment from the insurer via credit card or electronic funds transfer.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4472
Description: Establishes the Blue Envelope Program at the statewide level.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4514
Description: Modifies forum requirements for public utility rate increase hearings.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4517
Description: Extends electronic audio and/or video monitoring rights to include consenting residents living in assisted living and shared housing establishments.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4533
Description: Allows customers who transmit money internationally to make a voluntary donation to the Illinois DREAM Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4541
Description: Clarifies that overpayments to government entities are considered unclaimed property, streamlining how people can recover excess fees and taxes.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 4560
Description: Amends the State Treasurer Act to clarify the Treasurer’s authority to recover State funds.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 4575
Description: Widens the filing period for trustee elections for the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 4606
Description: Allows IDHS to develop the statewide infrastructure for newborn home visiting services.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4620
Description: Requires DHS to provide service recipients with information about the Scott Bennett ABLE Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4695
Description: Makes several changes to the Crematory Regulation Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4702
Description: Beginning 18 months after the effective date of the bill, requires all diapers sold or distributed in Illinois to be labeled with an ingredients list.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4747
Description: Delays implementation of the DHS direct support professional credential pilot program to FY28.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 4754
Description: Requires private educational lenders to include additional data about default rates and loans originated with a cosigner in the reports that they submit to IDFPR.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 4770
Description: Modernizes the Illinois Credit Union Act, allowing credit unions, among other updates, to establish relationships with third-party providers of digital asset services.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 4896
Description: Creates a limited legal pathway for tenants in common to obtain full title to a property when someone dies without a will.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 4948
Description: Creates an Intelligent Speed Assistance Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2028
Bill Number: HB 4977
Description: Requires hospitals to develop comprehensive interventions to prevent and control all pathogens of epidemiological concerns.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 5047
Description: Adds the Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the list of individuals who must receive a notification when a long-term care facility intends to voluntarily close.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 5070
Description: Prohibits the Illinois Pollution Control Board from adopting federal environmental rules that are less stringent than current state regulations.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5093
Description: Modifies in-state tuition requirements by allowing students who attend an Illinois high school for at least three years to receive in-state tuition regardless of if the student had established residency outside of Illinois prior to enrolling.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5148
Description: Expands requirements for prescribers to check the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 5166
Description: Creates a dissolution procedure for drainage and sanitary districts.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5234
Description: Delays the effective date of HB 3564 to January 1, 2027.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5285
Description: Establishes an interest-bearing fund dedicated to supporting the ongoing monitoring, surveillance, and maintenance of the Sheffield Low-Level Radioactive Waste disposal site and its surrounding buffer zone in Sheffield, Illinois.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5290
Description: Makes changes to the Sales Finance Agency Act to eliminate outdated and inconsistent language and makes other changes to update license application fees for sales finance agencies.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5316
Description: Grants IEMA-OHS the authority to enter both public and private property to collect environmental samples in response to disasters that could cause radioactive contamination.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5364
Description: Allows the HFS Inspector General to maintain jurisdiction over programs moving from IDHS to IDEC.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5376
Description: Updates the Illinois Insurance Code regarding the Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 5384
Description: Amends the Currency Exchange Act, the Sales Finance Agency Act, the Debt Management Service Act, the Consumer Installment Loan Act, the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act, the Safety Deposit License Act, and the Payday Loan Reform Act to add language to set forth any fees in the various acts to be amended by rule.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5390
Description: Requires the Illinois Attorney General to adopt provisions for a uniform financial assistance form for hospital use.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5411
Description: Allows certified veterinary technicians to administer the rabies vaccine.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: HB 5480
Description: Updates the mandatory reporting standard for fire and hazardous material incidents from the older National Fire Incident Reporting System to the new National Emergency Response Information System.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB 5551
Description: Makes a series of changes to finance provisions of the School Code pertaining to annual retention bonuses, tuition reimbursements for youth-in-care, Equalized Assessed Value adjustments, and the Illinois Teaching Excellence Grant Program
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 454
Description: Exempts Minor League Baseball (MiLB) players who are under contract and compensated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) from Illinois Minimum Wage Law.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 2713
Description: Establishes stricter reporting procedures for violence perpetrated against healthcare providers in emergency care settings.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 2859
Description: Designates a railroad trestle bridge along the Kickapoo Rail Trail in the Kickapoo State Recreation Area as the Senator Scott Bennett Memorial Bridge
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 2899
Description: Expands insurance coverage for speech-language disorder rehabilitative services.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2026, except Sections 5 and 10, which are effective January 1, 2028.
Bill Number: SB 3205
Description: Extends the work of the Illinois Insurance Guarantee Fund.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 3223
Description: Requires pharmacies to post a notice with a QR code informing patients of the ability to sign up for medication recalls via the FDA website.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2027
Bill Number: SB 3295
Description: Expands insurance coverage for durable medical equipment
for insurance plans beginning on or after January 1, 2028,
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 3645
Description: Makes several changes to the Regulatory Sunset Act.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 3815
Description: Amends the Illinois Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, prohibiting health insurance companies from denying coverage because of past-due premiums from a prior policy.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: SB 4006
Description: Enhances homeowner insurance protections for consumers facing the worsening impacts of climate change.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately, expect for provisions on flood coverage notice, which are effective January 1, 2027.
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