Illinois Senate Bill 2811

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act. Provides that, beginning one year after the effective date of the Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide $500 monthly cash payments to 3,250 low-to-moderate-income families in the State for a period of 2 years. Provides that the recipients of the monthly cash payments shall be determined by lottery. Provides that the Department may not limit how the recipients of the monthly cash payments use the monthly cash payments or require the recipients of the monthly cash payments to provide receipts demonstrating how the recipients of the monthly cash payments use the monthly cash payments. Requires the Department to adopt rules to implement the Act. Provides that the Act is repealed 5 years after the effective date of the Act.

GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM ACT

Sen. Mike Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-22	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2026-05-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
2026-04-24	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
2026-03-13	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
2026-02-03	Senate	Assigned to Appropriations
2026-01-13	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2026-01-13	Senate	First Reading
2026-01-13	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Simmons

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2811&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=164914&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=206262&DocName=10400SB2811&DocNum=2811&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=164914&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=