Bill Text: IL HB5819 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security shall, during Fiscal Years 2027 and 2028, award grants to units of local government in Alexander, Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Ford, Fulton, Kane, Lake, La Salle, Marshall, McLean, Pulaski, Tazewell, Vermilion, and Will Counties to reimburse those units of local government for expenses incurred to provide disaster relief services and disaster restoration services in response to the disasters declared in the proclamation issued by the Governor on August 18, 2026. Authorizes rulemaking by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security as necessary to facilitate the award of grants under the amendatory Act. Provides that the rules, at a minimum, shall include a prioritization system for awarding grants and shall require the unit of local government that is applying for financial assistance: (1) to provide to the Agency invoices quantifying the damage and the total cost of repairs within the unit of local government on account of the disasters declared in the proclamation issued by the Governor on August 18, 2026; (2) to demonstrate that the claimed damage is the result of the disasters declared in the August 18, 2026 gubernatorial disaster proclamation and not the result of unrelated events; and (3) to demonstrate that the grant funds will be used for public purposes. Defines "disaster relief services" and "disaster restoration services". Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, during Fiscal Years 2027 and 2028 only, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may expend moneys from the Budget Stabilization Fund in the amount authorized by appropriation in the applicable fiscal year for the purpose of providing for the award of grants in accordance with the amendatory Act. Makes conforming changes to the Budget Stabilization Act and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-10-06 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anthony DeLuca [HB5819 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB5819-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB5819 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 100/5-45.71 new
30 ILCS 105/6z-51
30 ILCS 122/5
20 ILCS 3305/13.1 new
Amends Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security shall, during Fiscal Years 2027 and 2028, award grants to units of local government in Alexander, Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Ford, Fulton, Kane, Lake, La Salle, Marshall, McLean, Pulaski, Tazewell, Vermilion, and Will Counties to reimburse those units of local government for expenses incurred to provide disaster relief services and disaster restoration services in response to the disasters declared in the proclamation issued by the Governor on August 18, 2026. Authorizes rulemaking by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security as necessary to facilitate the award of grants under the amendatory Act. Provides that the rules, at a minimum, shall include a prioritization system for awarding grants and shall require the unit of local government that is applying for financial assistance: (1) to provide to the Agency invoices quantifying the damage and the total cost of repairs within the unit of local government on account of the disasters declared in the proclamation issued by the Governor on August 18, 2026; (2) to demonstrate that the claimed damage is the result of the disasters declared in the August 18, 2026 gubernatorial disaster proclamation and not the result of unrelated events; and (3) to demonstrate that the grant funds will be used for public purposes. Defines "disaster relief services" and "disaster restoration services". Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, during Fiscal Years 2027 and 2028 only, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may expend moneys from the Budget Stabilization Fund in the amount authorized by appropriation in the applicable fiscal year for the purpose of providing for the award of grants in accordance with the amendatory Act. Makes conforming changes to the Budget Stabilization Act and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
amended by adding Section 5-45.71 as follows:
(5 ILCS 100/5-45.71 new)
Sec. 5-45.71. Emergency rulemaking; disaster relief
funding. To provide for the expeditious and timely
implementation of Section 13.1 of the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency Act, emergency rules implementing Section
13.1 may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland
Security. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to be necessary for the
public interest, safety, and welfare.
This Section is repealed 2 years after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 6z-51 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/6z-51)
Sec. 6z-51. Budget Stabilization Fund.

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(a) The Budget Stabilization Fund, a special fund in the
State treasury Treasury, shall consist of moneys appropriated
or transferred to that Fund, as provided in Section 6z-43 and
as otherwise provided by law. All earnings on Budget
Stabilization Fund investments shall be deposited into that
Fund.
(b) The State Comptroller may direct the State Treasurer
to transfer moneys from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the
General Revenue Fund in order to meet cash flow deficits
resulting from timing variations between disbursements and the
receipt of funds within a fiscal year. Any moneys so borrowed
in any fiscal year other than Fiscal Year 2011 shall be repaid
by June 30 of the fiscal year in which they were borrowed. Any
moneys so borrowed in Fiscal Year 2011 shall be repaid no later
than July 15, 2011.
(c) During Fiscal Year 2017 only, amounts may be expended
from the Budget Stabilization Fund only pursuant to specific
authorization by appropriation. Any moneys expended pursuant
to appropriation shall not be subject to repayment.
(c-1) During Fiscal Years 2027 and 2028 only, the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
may expend moneys from the Budget Stabilization Fund in the
amount authorized by appropriation in the applicable fiscal
year for the purpose described in Section 13.1 of the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency Act. Amounts expended pursuant to
this subsection are not subject to repayment.

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(d) For Fiscal Years 2020 through 2022, any transfers into
the Fund pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act may be
transferred to the General Revenue Fund in order for the
Comptroller to address outstanding vouchers and shall not be
subject to repayment back into the Budget Stabilization Fund.
(e) Beginning July 1, 2023, on the first day of each month,
or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller
shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $3,750,000
from the General Revenue Fund to the Budget Stabilization
Fund. This subsection (e) is inoperative from July 1, 2025,
through June 30, 2026.
(Source: P.A. 104-2, eff. 6-16-25.)
Section 15. The Budget Stabilization Act is amended by
changing Section 5 as follows:
(30 ILCS 122/5)
Sec. 5. Budget Stabilization Fund. The Budget
Stabilization Fund is a special fund in the State treasury
established for the purpose of reducing the need for future
tax increases, maintaining the highest possible bond rating,
reducing the need for short-term short term borrowing,
providing available resources to meet State obligations
whenever casual deficits or failures in revenue occur,
providing grants in accordance with Section 13.1 of the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, and providing the

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means of addressing budgetary shortfalls. In authorizing
transfers from the Budget Stabilization Fund, whenever
possible, priority consideration should be given to meeting
obligations for secondary and elementary education, child
care, and other programs that may provide a direct benefit to
children.
(Source: P.A. 93-660, eff. 7-1-04.)
Section 20. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act
is amended by adding Section 13.1 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3305/13.1 new)
Sec. 13.1. Disaster relief.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Disaster relief services" means the provision of
transportation, food and clothing, medical supplies and
personnel, bedding and temporary shelter, and repairs to
essential services in response to a disaster declared by the
Governor under Section 7.
"Disaster restoration services" means the mitigation,
remediation, and reconstruction activities that are taken in
response to a disaster declared by the Governor under Section
7 and that are required to return a damaged property and its
contents to their condition prior to the disaster.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall, during
Fiscal Years 2027 and 2028, award grants to units of local

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government in Alexander, Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Ford,
Fulton, Kane, Lake, La Salle, Marshall, McLean, Pulaski,
Tazewell, Vermilion, and Will Counties to reimburse those
units of local government for expenses they have incurred to
provide disaster relief services and disaster restoration
services in response to the disaster declared in the
proclamation issued by the Governor on August 18, 2026.
(c) The Agency shall adopt any rules necessary to
facilitate the award of grants under this Section. At a
minimum, the rules adopted by the Agency shall establish a
prioritization system for awarding grants under this Section
and shall require the unit of local government that is
applying for financial assistance:
(1) to provide to the Agency invoices quantifying the
damage and the total cost of repairs within the unit of
local government on account of the disaster declared in
the proclamation issued by the Governor on August 18,
2026;
(2) to demonstrate that the claimed damage under
paragraph (1) of this subsection is the result of the
disaster declared in the August 18, 2026 gubernatorial
disaster proclamation and not the result of unrelated
events; and
(3) to demonstrate that the grant funds will be used
for public purposes.