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Read. Follow. Verify.Illinois House Bill 159 appropriates $2 to the Judicial Inquiry Board for fiscal year 2026
Last action · July 1, 2025: Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules CommitteeSponsor: Chris Welch
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What This Bill Would Do
Illinois House Bill 159 appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Judicial Inquiry Board to cover for 2026, effective July 1, 2025.
Allocates nominal state funding specifically to the Judicial Inquiry Board for its upcoming operations.
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.
Judicial Inquiry Board
Receives an appropriation of $2 for its fiscal year 2026 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Judicial Inquiry Board.
- Funds are designated for ordinary and contingent expenses for fiscal year 2026.
- The Act takes effect on July 1, 2025.
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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
9 actions- Jul 1, 2025HouseCommitteeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- 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
- Mar 4, 2025HouseCommitteeAssigned to Executive Committee
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- Jan 9, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Rules Committee
- Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
- Dec 16, 2024HouseIntroducedPrefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance10How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz5Current news / social attention level
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