Bill Text: IL SB2811 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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 Provides that the Act is repealed 5 years after the effective date of the Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2811 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2811-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB2811 Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
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 Provides that the Act is repealed 5 years after the effective date of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act.
Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "Department"
means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Section 10. Pilot program. Beginning one year after the
effective date of this Act, the Department shall provide $500
monthly cash payments to 3,250 low-to-moderate-income families
in the State for a period of 2 years. The recipients of the
monthly cash payments shall be determined by lottery.
Section 15. Spending limitations. 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.
Section 20. Rulemaking. The Department shall adopt rules
to implement this Act.

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Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed 5 years after the
effective date of this Act.