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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
May 17, 2024 IL HB 4875 Prohibits the Use of Artificial Intelligence Including Deep Fakes Bill Passed - Senate (58 - 0)
May 15, 2024 IL HB 4762 Establishes Protections for Performers and other Individuals from Wrongful Use of AI Replicas Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 0)
May 15, 2024 IL HB 4206 Authorizes Tenants to Pay Landlords Through Cash or Paper Check to Avoid Transaction Fees Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 12)
May 2, 2024 IL SB 3751 Specifies Requirements for Provisions Relating to Illinois Health Outcomes Review Board Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
May 2, 2024 IL SB 3649 Prohibits Forced Partiicpation in Employer Mandated Religious or Political Meetings Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
May 2, 2024 IL SB 2234 Establishes the Small Business Financing Transparency Act Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
April 18, 2024 IL SB 3235 Amends the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 19)
April 17, 2024 IL SB 3592 Establishes the Strengthening Community Media Act Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 13)
April 17, 2024 IL SB 1087 Requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to Create a Public Health Awareness Campaign on Mold Exposure Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 0)
April 17, 2024 IL SB 462 Prohibits Public and Private Universities from Considering an Applicants Legacy Status During Enrollment Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 0)
April 12, 2024 IL SB 3207 Amends the Child Care Act of 1969 to Authorize 24 Hour Service Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 0)
April 12, 2024 IL SB 3762 Establishes the Language and Access Act Bill Passed - Senate (45 - 8)
April 12, 2024 IL SB 3779 Authorizes Social Workers to Carry and Administer Opioid Antagonists such as Naloxone Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 0)
April 12, 2024 IL SB 3297 Amends the Housing is Recovery Pilot Program Act Bill Passed - Senate (57 - 2)
April 11, 2024 IL SB 2979 Amends Liability Laws for Biometric Data Violations Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 13)
April 11, 2024 IL SB 461 Requires Public Universities Charge In-State Tuition for Illinois Residents Who Attended a State High School for At Least 2 Years or Graduated Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 16)
April 11, 2024 IL SB 2933 Establishes Revisions for the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act Bill Passed - Senate (58 - 0)
April 11, 2024 IL SB 3310 Extends the Timeline for Employees to File Human Rights Charges Against Employers Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
April 11, 2024 IL SB 3434 Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 19)
April 11, 2024 IL SB 2770 Amends the Illinois Freedom to Work Act Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 13)
April 11, 2024 IL SB 3136 Establishes the Family Recovery Plans Implementation Task Force Act Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 15)
April 10, 2024 IL SB 3350 Establishes a State Program to Distribute Fentanyl Test Strips Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 0)
April 10, 2024 IL SB 2690 Requires Public Universities to Pay or Reimburse Refugee Transcript Evaluation Fees Bill Passed - Senate (57 - 1)
April 10, 2024 IL SB 3784 Amends the Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 16)
April 10, 2024 IL SB 2960 Prohibits Hotels from Using Single Use Plastics Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 16)
April 10, 2024 IL SB 2872 Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
April 10, 2024 IL SB 2935 Amends the Mobile Landlord and Tenant Act Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 17)
April 9, 2024 IL SB 275 Authorizes Individuals to be Issued 8-Year Driver's Licenses for $60 Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 0)
April 9, 2024 IL SB 3098 Prohibits Online Individual Sales of Vape Products Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 0)
April 9, 2024 IL SB 2662 Prohibits Companies from Selling Vaping Products that are Made to Look Like Everyday Household Items Bill Passed - Senate (54 - 1)
April 9, 2024 IL SB 2849 Amends Illinois Aeronautics Act Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 3)
Nov. 8, 2023 IL HB 2473 Authorizes Construction of New Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 7)
Nov. 7, 2023 IL SB 508 Prohibits Employers From Putting Stricter Work Authorization Verification Requirements than Required by Federal Law Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 13)
May 25, 2023 IL SB 2123 Amends Various State Election Laws Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 18)
May 25, 2023 IL HB 3445 Amends Power Line Construction Regulation in Southern Illinois Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 9)
May 25, 2023 IL SB 250 Appropriates $50.7 Billion for General State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 22)
May 24, 2023 IL HB 3882 Authorizes Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain a Standardized Illinois Driver's License Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 18)
May 19, 2023 IL SB 1665 Exempts Unconditional Subsidies from Medical Financial Assistance Considerations Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
May 19, 2023 IL SB 2034 Requires Large Employers Provide 12 Weeks of Paid Family Leave for Employees that Experience the Loss of a Child Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (42 - 10)
May 19, 2023 IL SB 1476 Restructures the State Housing Appeals Board and Affordable Housing Plan Requirements Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (39 - 17)
May 19, 2023 IL SB 76 Repeals the Moratorium on New Nuclear Power Plant Construction Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
May 18, 2023 IL HB 2826 Prohibits the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation From Requiring Self-Disclosure of a Criminal Background Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
May 18, 2023 IL HB 1286 Authorizes Businesses to Designate Multi-Occupancy Restrooms as All-Gender Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
May 18, 2023 IL HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 20)
May 18, 2023 IL HB 218 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to Include Firearm Industry Members Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 22)
May 17, 2023 IL HB 2531 Establishes a South Suburban Airport in Peotone Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 20)
May 17, 2023 IL HB 3892 Authorizes the Development of Urban Gardening at Affordable Housing Projects Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 11)
May 11, 2023 IL HB 2222 Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act and Requires That the Attorney General Receive Notice of all Covered Transactions Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
May 11, 2023 IL SB 1769 Requires State Government Vehicles be Zero Emission by 2030 Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 20)
May 10, 2023 IL HB 1155 Authorizes Individuals Injured by an Impaired Minor to Sue the Individual Who Supplied the Drugs or Alcohol Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 2)
May 10, 2023 IL HB 3026 Amends the Illinois Code of Corrections Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 1)
May 10, 2023 IL HB 2528 Requires the Board of Higher Education to Establish a Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program Bill Passed - Senate (47 - 6)
May 5, 2023 IL HB 2220 Amends and Clarifies When Hotels Can Refuse Service Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 2)
May 4, 2023 IL HB 2231 Requires Ride Share Companies like Uber and Lyft be Liable for Accidents Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
May 4, 2023 IL HB 1596 Amends the Children Family Services Act by Removing Gender Specific Pronouns Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
May 4, 2023 IL HB 3762 Repeals the Death Penalty for First Degree Murder Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 19)
May 3, 2023 IL HB 2789 Prohibits Librarians From Banning Books Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 19)
March 31, 2023 IL SB 1909 Authorizes Lawsuits Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
March 30, 2023 IL SB 754 Prohibits Purchase of Explosive Devices Without a Firearm Identification Card Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 16)
March 29, 2023 IL SB 67 Requires the Department of Public Health to Provide Newborns with Screening Tests for the Presence of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 11)
March 24, 2023 IL SB 2243 Requires Completion of a Statewide Comprehensive Literacy Plan Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 0)
March 24, 2023 IL SB 724 Establishes the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act Bill Passed - Senate (54 - 0)
March 24, 2023 IL SB 1883 Prohibits Human Contact With Bears or Other Nonhuman Primates Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 9)
March 23, 2023 IL SB 1560 Increases Fees and Oversight on the Timber Buying Industry Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 14)
Jan. 9, 2023 IL HB 5471 Prohibits the Sale, Manufacture, Delivery and Purchase of Assault Weapons Across the State Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 20)
Jan. 6, 2023 IL HB 5107 Establishes Collective Bargaining Rights for Chicago School Principals but Prohibits Strikes Bill Passed - Senate (45 - 7)
Dec. 1, 2022 IL SB 1698 Amends Unemployment Insurance Law Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (45 - 8)
Dec. 1, 2022 IL HB 1095 Amends Previously Passed Criminal Justice Reforms Known as the SAFE-T Act Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 17)
Dec. 1, 2022 IL HB 4218 Requires Free Underwear and Menstrual Hygiene Products for Prisoners Bill Passed - Senate (52 - 0)
Nov. 30, 2022 IL HB 5189 Amends Tax Credit for Electric Vehicle Manufacturers Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 5)
April 8, 2022 IL HB 4383 Prohibits the Sale and Possession of "Ghost Guns" Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
April 8, 2022 IL HB 1091 Establishes the Illinois Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplace for Consumers Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 10)
April 8, 2022 IL HB 1571 Establishes the Off-Hours Child Care Act Bill Passed - Senate (56 - 0)
April 7, 2022 IL HB 716 Establishes Violence Reduction Fund Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 18)
April 6, 2022 IL HB 5201 Establishes Agriculture Equity Commission Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 2)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/17 HB 4875 Prohibits the Use of Artificial Intelligence Including Deep Fakes Bill Passed - Senate (58 - 0)
5/15 HB 4762 Establishes Protections for Performers and other Individuals from Wrongful Use of AI Replicas Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 0)
5/15 HB 4206 Authorizes Tenants to Pay Landlords Through Cash or Paper Check to Avoid Transaction Fees Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 12)
5/02 SB 3751 Specifies Requirements for Provisions Relating to Illinois Health Outcomes Review Board Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
5/02 SB 3649 Prohibits Forced Partiicpation in Employer Mandated Religious or Political Meetings Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
5/02 SB 2234 Establishes the Small Business Financing Transparency Act Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
4/18 SB 3235 Amends the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 19)
4/17 SB 3592 Establishes the Strengthening Community Media Act Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 13)
4/17 SB 1087 Requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to Create a Public Health Awareness Campaign on Mold Exposure Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 0)
4/17 SB 462 Prohibits Public and Private Universities from Considering an Applicants Legacy Status During Enrollment Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 0)
4/12 SB 3207 Amends the Child Care Act of 1969 to Authorize 24 Hour Service Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 0)
4/12 SB 3762 Establishes the Language and Access Act Bill Passed - Senate (45 - 8)
4/12 SB 3779 Authorizes Social Workers to Carry and Administer Opioid Antagonists such as Naloxone Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 0)
4/12 SB 3297 Amends the Housing is Recovery Pilot Program Act Bill Passed - Senate (57 - 2)
4/11 SB 2979 Amends Liability Laws for Biometric Data Violations Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 13)
4/11 SB 461 Requires Public Universities Charge In-State Tuition for Illinois Residents Who Attended a State High School for At Least 2 Years or Graduated Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 16)
4/11 SB 2933 Establishes Revisions for the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act Bill Passed - Senate (58 - 0)
4/11 SB 3310 Extends the Timeline for Employees to File Human Rights Charges Against Employers Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
4/11 SB 3434 Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 19)
4/11 SB 2770 Amends the Illinois Freedom to Work Act Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 13)
4/11 SB 3136 Establishes the Family Recovery Plans Implementation Task Force Act Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 15)
4/10 SB 3350 Establishes a State Program to Distribute Fentanyl Test Strips Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 0)
4/10 SB 2690 Requires Public Universities to Pay or Reimburse Refugee Transcript Evaluation Fees Bill Passed - Senate (57 - 1)
4/10 SB 3784 Amends the Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 16)
4/10 SB 2960 Prohibits Hotels from Using Single Use Plastics Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 16)
4/10 SB 2872 Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
4/10 SB 2935 Amends the Mobile Landlord and Tenant Act Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 17)
4/09 SB 275 Authorizes Individuals to be Issued 8-Year Driver's Licenses for $60 Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 0)
4/09 SB 3098 Prohibits Online Individual Sales of Vape Products Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 0)
4/09 SB 2662 Prohibits Companies from Selling Vaping Products that are Made to Look Like Everyday Household Items Bill Passed - Senate (54 - 1)
4/09 SB 2849 Amends Illinois Aeronautics Act Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 3)
11/08 HB 2473 Authorizes Construction of New Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 7)
11/07 SB 508 Prohibits Employers From Putting Stricter Work Authorization Verification Requirements than Required by Federal Law Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 13)
5/25 SB 2123 Amends Various State Election Laws Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 18)
5/25 HB 3445 Amends Power Line Construction Regulation in Southern Illinois Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 9)
5/25 SB 250 Appropriates $50.7 Billion for General State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 22)
5/24 HB 3882 Authorizes Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain a Standardized Illinois Driver's License Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 18)
5/19 SB 1665 Exempts Unconditional Subsidies from Medical Financial Assistance Considerations Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
5/19 SB 2034 Requires Large Employers Provide 12 Weeks of Paid Family Leave for Employees that Experience the Loss of a Child Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (42 - 10)
5/19 SB 1476 Restructures the State Housing Appeals Board and Affordable Housing Plan Requirements Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (39 - 17)
5/19 SB 76 Repeals the Moratorium on New Nuclear Power Plant Construction Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
5/18 HB 2826 Prohibits the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation From Requiring Self-Disclosure of a Criminal Background Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
5/18 HB 1286 Authorizes Businesses to Designate Multi-Occupancy Restrooms as All-Gender Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
5/18 HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 20)
5/18 HB 218 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to Include Firearm Industry Members Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 22)
5/17 HB 2531 Establishes a South Suburban Airport in Peotone Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 20)
5/17 HB 3892 Authorizes the Development of Urban Gardening at Affordable Housing Projects Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 11)
5/11 HB 2222 Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act and Requires That the Attorney General Receive Notice of all Covered Transactions Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
5/11 SB 1769 Requires State Government Vehicles be Zero Emission by 2030 Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 20)
5/10 HB 1155 Authorizes Individuals Injured by an Impaired Minor to Sue the Individual Who Supplied the Drugs or Alcohol Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 2)
5/10 HB 3026 Amends the Illinois Code of Corrections Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 1)
5/10 HB 2528 Requires the Board of Higher Education to Establish a Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program Bill Passed - Senate (47 - 6)
5/05 HB 2220 Amends and Clarifies When Hotels Can Refuse Service Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 2)
5/04 HB 2231 Requires Ride Share Companies like Uber and Lyft be Liable for Accidents Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 18)
5/04 HB 1596 Amends the Children Family Services Act by Removing Gender Specific Pronouns Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
5/04 HB 3762 Repeals the Death Penalty for First Degree Murder Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 19)
5/03 HB 2789 Prohibits Librarians From Banning Books Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 19)
3/31 SB 1909 Authorizes Lawsuits Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
3/30 SB 754 Prohibits Purchase of Explosive Devices Without a Firearm Identification Card Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 16)
3/29 SB 67 Requires the Department of Public Health to Provide Newborns with Screening Tests for the Presence of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 11)
3/24 SB 2243 Requires Completion of a Statewide Comprehensive Literacy Plan Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 0)
3/24 SB 724 Establishes the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act Bill Passed - Senate (54 - 0)
3/24 SB 1883 Prohibits Human Contact With Bears or Other Nonhuman Primates Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 9)
3/23 SB 1560 Increases Fees and Oversight on the Timber Buying Industry Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 14)
1/09 HB 5471 Prohibits the Sale, Manufacture, Delivery and Purchase of Assault Weapons Across the State Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 20)
1/06 HB 5107 Establishes Collective Bargaining Rights for Chicago School Principals but Prohibits Strikes Bill Passed - Senate (45 - 7)
12/01 SB 1698 Amends Unemployment Insurance Law Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (45 - 8)
12/01 HB 1095 Amends Previously Passed Criminal Justice Reforms Known as the SAFE-T Act Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 17)
12/01 HB 4218 Requires Free Underwear and Menstrual Hygiene Products for Prisoners Bill Passed - Senate (52 - 0)
11/30 HB 5189 Amends Tax Credit for Electric Vehicle Manufacturers Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 5)
4/08 HB 4383 Prohibits the Sale and Possession of "Ghost Guns" Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
4/08 HB 1091 Establishes the Illinois Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplace for Consumers Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 10)
4/08 HB 1571 Establishes the Off-Hours Child Care Act Bill Passed - Senate (56 - 0)
4/07 HB 716 Establishes Violence Reduction Fund Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 18)
4/06 HB 5201 Establishes Agriculture Equity Commission Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 2)
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