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House Bill 4621, effective immediately with some provisions
taking effect July 1, 2025, creates the Office of Statewide
Pretrial Services within the Administrative Office of the
Illinois Courts. The move allows the office to provide pretrial
services to circuit courts and counties that don’t currently
have pretrial services agencies. There has been an explosion of
pretrial hearings since cash bail was eliminated with the
Pretrial Fairness Act, a component of the SAFE-T Act.
With House Bill 5594, schools will be required to create cardiac
emergency response plans effective Jan. 1, 2025. The measure
builds on previous legislation that required Automated External
Defibrillators in schools.
Senate Bill 3414 requires private insurance to cover continuous
glucose monitors without cost-sharing and prohibits prior
authorization for continuous glucose monitors, Pritzker’s office
said. SB3414 is effective immediately.
Effective immediately, House Bill 4417 allows for public and
private schools to observe “Workplace Readiness Week” annually.
Advanced practice nurses and physician assistance will be able
to administer long-acting injectables for mental health or
substance use disorders, as well as medication that reverses the
effects of an opioid overdose beginning Jan. 1, 2025, under
House Bill 5530.
With House Bill 5559, beginning Jan. 1, 2025, auto insurance
companies will have to explain in detail how they decided a car
was a total loss to include repair costs, salvage value and
market value.
The minimum shotgun gauge allowed for hunting wild turkey goes
from 20 gauge to .410 bore beginning Jan. 1, 2025. Senate Bill
2767 allows the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to
restrict shot size, material or density through administrative
rule.
Under Senate Bill 2834, beginning Jan. 1, 2025, tenants of
mobile home parks cannot be evicted for not paying rent if the
park itself is not up to date on its license and associated
fees.
House Bill 4488 is an election omnibus bill, effective
immediately, that includes various provisions. One provision
codifies nursing home voters with the ability to cast ballots
through vote-by-mail procedures. Opponents of the measure raised
concerns poll watchers won't be able to verify vote-by-mail
procedures conducted in nursing homes where voters may be
physically and mentally incapacitated.
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