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SB1265

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ENVTL BARRIER-ENFORCEMENT DATA

What this bill does

Amends the Environmental Barriers Act. Requires the Attorney General to provide, by January 31, 2026 and every January 31 thereafter (rather than by July 31, 2020 and every July 31 thereafter), data on the Attorney General's website about annual enforcement efforts performed under the Act. Effective immediately.

Sponsor: Karina Villa Chamber: Senate Introduced: 2025-01-28
PASSED INTO LAW

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Current stage: Signed into Law · Last action 241 days ago

How does a bill become law in Illinois?
  1. Introduction of Bill

    A member of the Senate or the House introduces a bill, which is assigned a unique identifying number (e.g., "H.B. ___" for House bills and "S.B. ___" for Senate bills). If not enacted, it must be reintroduced in the next General Assembly with a new number.

  2. Committee Work — Hearings

    The bill goes to the appropriate committee, which holds hearings to gather expert opinions and determine the need for the legislation.

  3. Committee Work — Markup, Amendments, Report

    The committee may make amendments to the bill. If approved, a committee report endorsing the bill is issued.

  4. Floor Debate

    The bill is debated and can be further amended. The debate transcripts are accessible online for public viewing.

  5. Passage and Consideration in Second Chamber

    If the bill passes in the first chamber, it moves to the second chamber for a similar review process. If both chambers approve, it goes to the governor.

  6. Gubernatorial Action

    The governor can sign the bill into law, veto it, or take no action (resulting in an automatic law after 60 days). The type of veto can be total or amendatory. Once signed, the bill becomes a Public Act and is assigned a Public Act number.

Sponsor Context

Campaign finance

This is SBE campaign receipts to the people on this bill, not Moneyball and not earmarked to the bill.

Money is campaign receipts to matched candidate committees, not earmarked to this bill. Window 2025-01-01 – 2026-09-13.

$1,878,437.32 Across sponsors / voters
3 Members with trails
10 Overlapping donors

Sponsor and voter funding

Member Role Receipts Total received Top donors
Karina Villa Chief sponsor 719 $1,679,224.77 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate ($289,418.12); Chicago Teachers Union ($112,500.00); United with Delia for Congress ($82,300.00)
Rachel Ventura Sponsor 90 $146,774.53 ISDF ($50,000.00); I.P.A.C.E ($15,000.00); West Suburban Teachers Union ($9,554.53)
Diane Blair-Sherlock Sponsor 40 $52,438.02 Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC ($6,500.00); I.P.A.C.E. ($5,000.00); international union of elevator constructors local 2 pol. comm ($5,000.00)

Overlapping donors

Donors who gave to more than one sponsor or voter on this bill. Still not earmarked to the bill.

Donor Members Total
ISDF Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura $118,716.36
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura, Diane Blair-Sherlock $77,800.00
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Karina Villa, Diane Blair-Sherlock $21,000.00
I.P.A.C.E. Karina Villa, Diane Blair-Sherlock $17,500.00
IBEW Illinois PAC Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura $17,000.00
Cook County College Teachers Union-COPE Karina Villa, Diane Blair-Sherlock $9,000.00
Teamsters Volunteers in Politics Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura $5,500.00
Painters District Council #14 Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura $2,500.00
SUAAction Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura $1,750.00
Alan Gaffner Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura $750.00

Top donors across these members

Donor Occupation Employer Receipts Total
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate — — 7 $289,418.12
ISDF — — 13 $118,716.36
Chicago Teachers Union — — 3 $112,500.00
United with Delia for Congress — — 4 $82,300.00
SEIU HealthCare IL IN PAC — — 3 $78,800.00
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE — — 7 $77,800.00
SEIU Illinois Council PAC Fund — — 2 $72,800.00
Rashid for Illinois — — 3 $50,000.00
Day & Night Child Care Aurora Inc, — — 3 $40,000.00
Friends of Ram — — 6 $30,000.00
Friends of Kevin Olickal — — 4 $25,000.00
Friends of Bill Cunningham — — 2 $25,000.00
Gente for Graciela Guzman — — 4 $25,000.00
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC — — 6 $21,000.00
Health Care Council of Illinois PAC — — 2 $20,250.00
Friends of Dave Koehler — — 3 $20,000.00
Service Employees Local 1 IL Pol Educ Comm — — 1 $20,000.00
I.P.A.C.E. — — 4 $17,500.00
IBEW Illinois PAC — — 6 $17,000.00
Latino Leadership Council PAC — — 3 $16,500.00
Mary for Illinois — — 3 $15,000.00
Peters for Illinois — — 2 $15,000.00
I.P.A.C.E — — 2 $15,000.00
West Suburban Teachers Union Local 571 — — 8 $12,651.12
Don Harmon for State Central Committeeman — — 1 $10,000.00

Witness slips

2 slips filed. Proponent / opponent / no position as filed with the committee.

Name Organization Representing Position Hearing committee Hearing date
David Schwartz Self Self Proponent State Government 2025-02-19
Steve Walsh Office of the Illinois Attorney General Office of the Illinois Attorney General Proponent State Government 2025-02-19

Roll-call votes

Total votes and outcome per event. Deciding vote = margin of 1; those voters on the winning side could have changed the outcome by flipping.

Date Chamber Type Description Yea Nay Present NV Outcome Margin Deciding voters
H Committee State Government Administration 8 0 0 1 Passed 8 —
2025-05-21 H Floor Third Reading 111 0 0 7 Passed 111 —
S Committee State Government 8 0 0 2 Passed 8 —
S Floor Third Reading 54 0 0 5 Passed 54 —

Action History

26 actions recorded. Last action: 2026-02-11 — Added as Co-SponsorSen. Rachel Ventura. Each action's meaning and outcome signal are classified automatically.

2025-01-28 Introduction & Filing
Filed with Secretary bySen. Karina Villa Rule 2-7(b)
Bill officially submitted to the Senate Secretary during the session.
2025-01-28 Introduction & Filing
First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38
Formal introduction — title read into the official record. Required procedural step; bill now exists in the system.
2025-01-28 Committee Assignment
Referred toAssignments Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a)
Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2025-02-04 Committee Assignment
Assigned toState Government Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b)
Sent to a substantive committee (e.g., Transportation, Revenue). This is where the bill gets a real hearing and evaluation.
2025-02-20 Committee Action Positive
Do PassState Government; 008-000-000 Rule 3-11(a)(1), Rule 3-12(a)
Committee recommends passage. The most important positive gate — majority of bills never get here.
2025-02-20 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2025 Rule 3-12(a), Rule 4-4(7)
Bill placed on the order of Second Reading.
2025-02-27 Floor Process Positive
Second Reading Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)
Bill reaches the floor amendment stage. Floor amendments can be offered here.
2025-02-27 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025 Rule 4-4(8)
Bill placed on the Third Reading calendar — queued for final vote.
2025-04-03 Floor Vote Positive
Third Reading - Passed;054-000-000 Rule 5-1(f)
Bill PASSED a floor vote on Third Reading. Major milestone — bill has cleared one chamber.
2025-04-04 Cross-Chamber Positive
Arrived in House Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12)
Senate bill arrives in the House after passing the Senate.
2025-04-04 Cross-Chamber Positive
Chief House SponsorRep. Lindsey LaPointe Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12)
House sponsor assigned for a Senate bill — bill is being actively managed in the second chamber.
2025-04-07 Introduction & Filing
First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38
Formal introduction — title read into the official record. Required procedural step; bill now exists in the system.
2025-04-07 Committee Assignment
Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a)
Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2025-04-17 Committee Assignment
Assigned toState Government Administration Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b)
Sent to a substantive committee (e.g., Transportation, Revenue). This is where the bill gets a real hearing and evaluation.
2025-04-30 Committee Action Positive
Do Pass / Short DebateState Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b)
Committee recommends passage and places it on the Short Debate calendar (limited floor discussion time). Strong positive signal — committee believes bill has broad support.
2025-05-01 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52
Bill placed on the Second Reading calendar. Positive — bill is queued for floor action.
2025-05-13 Cross-Chamber
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed toRep. Diane Blair-Sherlock Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12)
Alternate chief sponsor designated.
2025-05-13 Floor Process Positive
Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)/52(a)(1)
Bill reaches the floor amendment stage on Short Debate calendar. Major milestone — bill has passed committee and is on the floor.
2025-05-13 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate Rule 4-4(8)
Bill placed on the Third Reading calendar — queued for final vote.
2025-05-21 Floor Vote Positive
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed111-000-000 Senate Rule 5-1(f)/7-1/7-2; House Rule 37(f)/49/50
Bill PASSED on Short Debate Third Reading. Bill cleared the chamber.
2025-05-21 Concurrence Positive
Passed Both Houses Rule 8-1, Rule 8-4
Bill PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS. Major milestone — bill goes to the Governor next.
2025-06-18 Governor Action Positive
Sent to the Governor Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82
Bill transmitted to the Governor for signature. Strong positive — bill has passed both chambers.
2025-08-01 Governor Action Positive
Governor Approved Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82
GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BILL. Bill is now law (pending effective date).
2025-08-01 Enacted Into Law Law
Effective Date August 1, 2025 Article IX
Law's effective date announced. Most IL laws take effect January 1 of the next year unless otherwise specified.
2025-08-01 Enacted Into Law Law
Public Act . . . . . . . . .104-0089 Article IX
Bill signed into law — assigned a Public Act number (e.g., PA 104-0032).
2026-02-11 Co-Sponsorship Mild +
Added as Co-SponsorSen. Rachel Ventura Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a)
A legislator added as co-sponsor.

All actions (table)

Date Chamber Action Category Signal
2025-01-28 Senate Filed with Secretary bySen. Karina Villa Rule 2-7(b) Introduction & Filing —
2025-01-28 Senate First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 Introduction & Filing —
2025-01-28 Senate Referred toAssignments Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) Committee Assignment —
2025-02-04 Senate Assigned toState Government Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) Committee Assignment —
2025-02-20 Senate Do PassState Government; 008-000-000 Rule 3-11(a)(1), Rule 3-12(a) Committee Action Positive
2025-02-20 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2025 Rule 3-12(a), Rule 4-4(7) Floor Process Positive
2025-02-27 Senate Second Reading Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b) Floor Process Positive
2025-02-27 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025 Rule 4-4(8) Floor Process Positive
2025-04-03 Senate Third Reading - Passed;054-000-000 Rule 5-1(f) Floor Vote Positive
2025-04-04 House Arrived in House Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12) Cross-Chamber Positive
2025-04-04 House Chief House SponsorRep. Lindsey LaPointe Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12) Cross-Chamber Positive
2025-04-07 House First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 Introduction & Filing —
2025-04-07 House Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) Committee Assignment —
2025-04-17 House Assigned toState Government Administration Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) Committee Assignment —
2025-04-30 House Do Pass / Short DebateState Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b) Committee Action Positive
2025-05-01 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52 Floor Process Positive
2025-05-13 House Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed toRep. Diane Blair-Sherlock Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12) Cross-Chamber —
2025-05-13 House Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)/52(a)(1) Floor Process Positive
2025-05-13 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate Rule 4-4(8) Floor Process Positive
2025-05-21 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed111-000-000 Senate Rule 5-1(f)/7-1/7-2; House Rule 37(f)/49/50 Floor Vote Positive
2025-05-21 Senate Passed Both Houses Rule 8-1, Rule 8-4 Concurrence Positive
2025-06-18 Senate Sent to the Governor Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82 Governor Action Positive
2025-08-01 Senate Governor Approved Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82 Governor Action Positive
2025-08-01 Senate Effective Date August 1, 2025 Article IX Enacted Into Law Law
2025-08-01 Senate Public Act . . . . . . . . .104-0089 Article IX Enacted Into Law Law
2026-02-11 Senate Added as Co-SponsorSen. Rachel Ventura Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a) Co-Sponsorship Mild +