Illinois Legislative News: July 22, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group On July 12, Kathy Salvi was elected as Chair of the Illinois Republican Party after outgoing Chair Don Tracy announced his intent to step down following the Republican National Convention back in...

Illinois Legislative News: July 15, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group  On July 9, the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee held a subject matter hearing titled “How Public Transit Supports the Economy.” The hearing was the first of six scheduled throughout the...

Illinois Legislative News: July 8, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group FY 2024 closed on June 30, 2024. Illinois ended the fiscal year with total General Funds revenues of $52.589B, down -1.0% (or -$545M) from FY 2023. However, from a base revenue perspective, the...

Illinois Legislative News: June 17, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group After a turbulent end to the 2024 regular session of the Illinois General Assembly, Gov. J.B. Pritzker began signing some of the bills passed by both chambers. Of the 469 total bills passed this...

Illinois Legislative News: May 24, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group The regular session of the 2024 Illinois General Assembly adjourned for summer in the early morning hours on Wednesday, May 29. The Senate completed all their business and adjourned on Sunday, May...

Illinois Legislative News: May 24, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group As of Friday morning, House and Senate Democrat leadership and Gov. J.B. Pritzker reportedly reached a budget agreement. Even so, no FY 2025 budget amendments have been introduced yet. Gov....

Illinois Legislative News: May 20, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group The U.S. Census Bureau published its 2023 City and Town Population Estimates. Illinois’ estimated population stands at 12,549,689, ranking it as the sixth most populous state in the country. The...

Illinois Legislative News: May 13, 2024 Session Update Both the House of Representatives and the Senate were in session last week, following opposite chamber committee deadline on May 3. A few remaining bills in both chambers had their opposite chamber committee...

Illinois Legislative News: May 6, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group Election Omnibus Bill On Wednesday, Democrats in the Illinois House of Representatives filed HFA 2 to SB 2412, creating an election omnibus bill with three major provisions. Firstly, it changes...

Illinois Legislative News: April 22, 2024 Third Reading Consulting Group House Third Reading Deadline Week Both the House of Representatives and the Senate were in session this week. This was the House third reading deadline week, and House members passed over 200...