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Read. Follow. Verify.Illinois General Assembly creates the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Implementation Act effective July 1, 2025
Last action · May 31, 2025: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules CommitteeSponsor: Chris Welch
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What This Bill Would Do
Illinois lawmakers introduced HB 197 to create the 2026 , which takes effect on July 1, 2025.
Establishes the legislative vehicle for the state's upcoming budget implementation without specifying dollar allocations or programmatic changes in the current text.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
People of the State of Illinois
State residents are represented in the General Assembly under the provisions of the Act.
Key Facts
- Creates the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Implementation Act.
- The Act takes effect on July 1, 2025.
- The introduced bill text contains a short title only.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
10 actions- May 31, 2025HouseCommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- Apr 11, 2025HouseFloorThird Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 31, 2025
- Mar 21, 2025HouseFloorHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate **
- Mar 21, 2025HouseFloorSecond Reading - Short Debate
- Mar 12, 2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- Mar 12, 2025HouseCommitteeDo Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
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- Mar 4, 2025HouseCommitteeAssigned to Executive Committee
- Jan 9, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Rules Committee
- Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
- Dec 16, 2024HouseIntroducedPrefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
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0–100- Significance25How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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