Bill Text: IL SB3686 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that all moneys payable from funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services in State Fiscal Year 2027 for grants to counties with court-based eviction early resolution programs and associated legal assistance, mediation, and other services shall be distributed by the Department in proportion to the volume of eviction filings by judicial circuit and prioritizing support for counties that are providing at least 50% in matching funds. Effective July 1, 2026.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3686 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB3686-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3686 Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1305/10-85 new
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that all moneys payable from funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services in State Fiscal Year 2027 for grants to counties with court-based eviction early resolution programs and associated legal assistance, mediation, and other services shall be distributed by the Department in proportion to the volume of eviction filings by judicial circuit and prioritizing support for counties that are providing at least 50% in matching funds. Effective July 1, 2026.
LRB104 18516 KTG 31958 b
A BILL FOR
SB3686 LRB104 18516 KTG 31958 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
by adding Section 10-85 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1305/10-85 new)
Sec. 10-85. Fiscal Year 2027 eviction early resolution
grants. All moneys payable from funds appropriated to the
Department in State Fiscal Year 2027 for grants to counties
with court-based eviction early resolution programs and
associated legal assistance, mediation, and other services
shall be distributed by the Department in proportion to the
volume of eviction filings by judicial circuit and
prioritizing support for counties that are providing at least
50% in matching funds.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2026.