Bill Watch List / 2025 Session

Updated: 4/15/2025 3:59 PM

SUPPORT:

• HB1129 – Introduced – Requires that a physician performing an abortion after 8 weeks must offer an active ultrasound to the mother.
• HB1139 – Introduced – Requires a 48 notice to an adult family member of a physicians intent to perform an abortion on a minor.
• HB1220 – Introduced – Provides that consent to an abortion is considered voluntary and informed only if the performing or referring physician, at least 24 hours prior, provides specified information to the woman orally and in person.
• HB1335 – Introduced – Requires that any live child born after an abortion be recognized as a human person and granted immediate legal protection. (Companion to HB2618)
• HB1472 – Introduced – Makes it illegal to use force or threaten a woman to undergo an abortion against her will.
• HB2620 – Introduced – Requires that a health care professional confer with a patient and discuss relevant medical indicators and risk factors related to the patient’s medical history and condition at least 72 hours before performing or inducing an abortion.
• HB2622 – Introduced – Requires physicians to use methods to preserve the life of a fetus likely to survive outside the womb and mandates immediate care for any child born alive from an abortion.
• HB2624 – Introduced – Requires a physician to give at least 48 hours notice to an adult family member of a pregnant minor or incompetent person of their intention to perform an abortion.
• HJRCA0003 – Introduced – Prohibits a person from knowingly perform an abortion on a minor or legally disabled person without providing at least 48 hours’ notice to an adult family member or legal guardian.

• HB1404 – Introduced – Restores cash bail.

• HB1478 – Introduced – Adds strong felony charges for knowingly exposing a child under 18 to fentanyl.
• SB0280 – Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments – Makes it a Class X felony to sell or dispense any scheduled drug that contains a detectable amount of fentanyl.

• SB1227 – Introduced – Requires schools to provide a list of the curriculum on their website.

• HB1539 – Introduced – Requires Voter ID to vote.

• HB1221 – Introduced – Repeals the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
• HB1233 – Introduced – Requires that a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card may only be revoked after a circuit court hearing has been held.
• HB3139 – Introduced – Extends the duration of both the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card and concealed carry license to the lifetime of the holder, regardless of the expiration date on previously issued cards or licenses.
• SB1213 – Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments – Removes the prohibition on carrying firearms on public transportation or in facilities funded by public money.
• SB1216 – Introduced – Requires a court hearing before a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card can be revoked, allowing the person to present evidence, and requires that revocation can only occur if the court finds clear, convincing evidence of ineligibility.
• SB1332 – Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments – Allows Concealed Carry licensees to carry firearms in Department of Transportation rest areas and buildings, and removes restrictions on carrying firearms in public transportation, public parks, and athletic facilities.
• SB1334 – Introduced – Lowers the minimum age for applying for a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card from 21 to 18, and requires 18-year-olds seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement to provide IRS Form 4029. (Companion to HB1128)

• HB1845 – Introduced – Protects a person’s right to refuse to speak, create art, perform or participate in a service that is contrary to the person’s conscience.
• HB2610 – Introduced – Grants individuals the right to exercise free speech by placing signs or displays on state-supported property, with exceptions for content that is obscene, invasive of privacy, violates laws, ridicules religious beliefs, or incites unlawful acts.

• HB1140 – Introduced – Prohibits plea deals for those charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, trafficking in persons, or grooming, and makes it a Class 4 felony for a child sex offender to be involved with or present at facilities providing entertainment exclusively for minors.

• SB0059 – in Assignments Committee. – Requires the Secretary of State to verify that the person is a US citizen when issuing a driver’s license, and prohibit that person from registering to vote.

• SB2376 – Introduced – Allows courts to deny pretrial release for defendants charged with any felony if there is a real and present threat to safety.

• HB1117 – Moving through House Committees – Provides that an athletic team or sport designated as being female is available only to participants who are female based on their biological sex.
• HB1209 – Introduced – Classification by Biological Sex Act. Sets forth the meaning of the following terms as used in any statute or any rule or regulation: sex; female and male; woman and girl; man and boy; and mother and father.
• HB1216 – Introduced – Provides that an athletic team or sport designated as being female is available only to participants who are female, based on their biological sex.
• HB2823 – Introduced – Prohibits a student athlete from participating in a sports program designated for the opposite sex.
• HB3819 – Introduced – Prohibits sex-reassignment procedures for patients younger than 18 years of age.
• SB1226 – Moving through Senate Committees – Regulates access to restrooms based on biological sex, while also providing gender-neutral/alternative options, and clarifies exceptions for minors with guardians, people with disabilities, and emergency situations.
• SB2078 – Introduced – Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism Act. Requires Illinois IDs to reflect that women are biologically female and men are biologically male. Ensures the right to single-sex spaces and binary sex identity in workplaces.
• SB2079 – Introduced – Mandates that public universities determine athletic eligibility based on sex, not gender, and prohibits male students from competing in female-designated athletics at the K-12 level.
• SB2474 – Introduced – Prohibits doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or performing surgeries related to gender dysphoria on minors under 18.

• SJRCA0003 – Introduced – Amends the Illinois Constitution to protect a parent’s right to make decisions regarding their child’s education and health care until the child reaches adulthood, except when the child is in state custody.

• HB1033 – Introduced – Repeals the Illinois law that allows non-citizens to become police officers.

• HB1103 – Introduced – Requires websites that publish material harmful to minors to verify that visitors are 18 or older before accessing such content.

• SB1448 – Introduced – Makes human trafficking and promoting prostitution crimes that involve recruiting or exploiting individuals for sex, expands penalties for cases involving multiple victims, and targets those who use interactive computer services to facilitate prostitution or sex trafficking.

• SB1627 – Introduced – An amendment to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which states that any government order limiting or closing places of worship due to emergency, health, or safety reasons is considered a substantial burden, even if the order applies to everyone.
• SB2358 – Introduced – Ensures that places of worship are exempt from emergency orders that limit public facilities to the same extent as other exempt entities, and allows religious organizations to sue if their rights are violated.

• HB1161 – Introduced – Prohibits the restriction of state funds to a school that provides separate sex-segregated bathrooms and locker rooms.
• SB1381 – Introduced – Requires a searchable database of a school library’s materials to be made available online to parents.

• HB1476 – Introduced – Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to include individuals who commit unauthorized video recording or live video transmission offenses in places like restrooms or locker rooms as child sex offenders if the victim is under 18.
• HB3625 – Introduced – Makes it illegal for a child sex offender to live within 250 feet of specific places where children under 18 are present, such as schools, playgrounds, child care facilities; the only exception is if their current residence was established before the institution or facility was built.
• HB3866 – Introduced – Prohibits sex offenders from being near schools and contacting children in certain places.
• SB2381 – Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025 – Provides that a registrable sex offense includes the offense of unauthorized video recording and live video transmission, when the victim is a person under 18 years of age and not committed by a parent.

• SB2316 – Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025 – Requires social media companies to obtain parental consent and verify the age of minors before allowing them to create an account, and restricts access to the platform between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

• HB1401 – Introduced – Repeals the law that authorizes the government to enforce COVID-19 restrictions.
• SB0048 – Introduced – Prohibits the purchase of Illinois property by Communist China.
• SB1783 – Introduced – Prohibits government sponsored sexual performances.

• HB1105 – Introduced – Requires blood banks to test for and blood donors to disclose a COVID-20 or other mRNA vaccine.
• HB1792 – Introduced – Removes requirement for any child to submit proof of having received COVID-19 vaccine, whether enrolling or already enrolled in the school.
• HB2597 – Introduced – Prohibits discrimination against an individual who refuses to accept a COVID-19 vaccine.
• HB2600 – Introduced – Prohibits an employer from requiring a proof of vaccine.

OPPOSE:

• SB2444 – Introduced – Requires public universities with student health services to provide access health providers to prescribe contraception and medication abortion.

• HB1019 – Introduced – Changes the age at which a person may possess and consume alcoholic liquor to the age of 18 (instead of 21) so long as a parent or guardian is present, including at licensed establishments.

• HB1328 – Introduced – Legalizes lethal drugs by a physician to end a person’s life. (Companion to SB0009)
• SB0009 – Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025 – Allows physicians to administer aid-in-dying medication to terminally ill patients. (Companion to HB1328)

• HB1143 – Introduced – Legalizes and declassifies psilocybin, a drug that causes altered sensory perception leading to hallucinations, and provides “service centers” where people can get high.
• SB1743 – Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025 – Removes the restriction on psychologists from prescribing opioids to patients under 17 or over 65 years old.

• SB1458 – Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments – Requires concealed carry licensees to store firearms in a secure, locked container (not a glove compartment) when leaving their vehicle unattended, with penalties for violations, including possible license suspension or revocation for repeat offenses.

• HB1429 – Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee – Prohibits the state or local governments from imposing fines against homeless individuals for occupying public property.

• HB2827 – Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee – Requires homeschool administrators to submit a Homeschool Declaration Form to the local public school or district, and sets immunization and health requirements for homeschool students seeking to enroll part-time in public schools or participate in activities. Amended to eliminate the truancy penalties on home education families, but it specifically allows is a truancy officer to come to your home and interview your children WITHOUT PARENTS BEING ABLE TO BE PRESENT.

• SB2065 – Moving through Senate Committees – Provides free education for illegals. Prohibits the school from disclosing immigration status to immigration agencies.
• SB2251 – Introduced – Amends the Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on immigration status.

• SB2462 – Moving through Senate Committees – Allows companies boycotting Israel to do business with our pension systems that were previously prohibited.

• SB1259 – Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments – Requires all accident and health insurance policies issued or renewed in Illinois after June 1, 2026, to cover standard fertility preservation, such as embryo freezing.

• HB1083 – Passed House – Senate Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2025 – Changes gender references to gender neutral descriptions in the Religious Freedom Protecting Act, the Civil Unions Act, and the Rights of Married Persons Act.
• HB3315 – Introduced – Prohibits mental health providers from engaging in conversion therapy, in order to “protect the well-being” of the LGBTQ.
• SB1516 – Moving through Senate Committees – Waves the fees for a State ID for a transgender person and family from out of state fleeing “persecution.”

• HB2493 – Passed House – On First Reading in the Senate – Allows people to get married over a Zoom call.
• HB3049 – Passed House – On First Reading in the Senate – Allows two people to marry themselves without an officiant.

• SB1567 – Introduced – Clarifies that minors who create images or materials where they are the sole subject are not subject to criminal penalties, and removes the previous exemption for these images from being classified as “child pornography.”

• HB3626 – Introduced – Repeals the criminal offense of prostitution, and ensures that a prostitution conviction will no longer prevent someone from getting certain jobs.
• SB2391 – Introduced – Ensures sex workers are not criminally prosecuted for consensual sex work, receive the same labor protections as other workers, and are safeguarded from discrimination, violence, and exploitation.