Illinois House Bill 4730

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-05-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to, subject to available funding, establish a Families Receiving Emergency Support for Hunger (FRESH) Program to provide FRESH benefits to households subject to termination of the household's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, or a reduction in the household's monthly SNAP benefit allotment, if the termination or reduction in SNAP benefits occurred as a result of one or more members of the household failing to meet SNAP work requirements. Provides that, for eligible households whose SNAP benefits were reduced or terminated, FRESH benefits shall be provided as a one-time lump sum payment distributed via an Electronic Benefits Transfer card. Requires the Department to make FRESH program applications available online and at local Family and Community Resource Centers immediately upon the first of the month following the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that an application for FRESH benefits shall not be deemed an application for any other public aid provided under the Code. Requires the Department to provide within a specified time frame FRESH benefits to households' that experience a reduction or termination of SNAP benefits prior to or after the first month following the effective date of the amendatory Act, if certain application submission deadlines are met. Requires the Department to publish monthly data reports on the FRESH program and to include such data in the Department's annual report to the General Assembly. Prohibits the Department and local governmental units from considering a household's receipt of FRESH benefits when determining the household's eligibility for other assistance provided under the Code. Provides that the provisions of the amendatory Act are inoperative on and after January 1, 2028. Effective immediately.

SNAP-FRESH PROGRAM BENEFITS

Rep. Dagmara Avelar [D]	Rep. Sonya Harper [D]	Rep. Kambium Buckner [D]	Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]
Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Rep. Aaron Ortiz [D]	Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]
Rep. Nicolle Grasse [D]	Rep. Norma Hernandez [D]	Rep. William Davis [D]	Rep. Edgar Gonzalez [D]
Rep. Carol Ammons [D]	Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]	Rep. Gregg Johnson [D]	Rep. Theresa Mah [D]
Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Rep. Lilian Jimenez [D]	Rep. Kevin Olickal [D]	Rep. Camille Lilly [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
2026-05-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2026-05-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2026-05-15	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
2026-05-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2026-04-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
2026-04-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
2026-04-09	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2026-04-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2026-03-27	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2026-03-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
2026-03-25	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
2026-03-18	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
2026-03-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
2026-03-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
2026-03-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2026-03-05	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-05	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2026-03-03	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
2026-02-24	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
2026-02-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
2026-02-10	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2026-02-06	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-06	House	First Reading
2026-01-30	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	12-4.13f	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4730&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=165828&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=207174&DocName=10400HB4730&DocNum=4730&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=165828&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=209586&DocName=10400HB4730ham001&DocNum=4730&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=165828&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=