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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1516 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 15 ILCS 335/12 | from Ch. 124, par. 32 |
| Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall not collect a fee for a standard Illinois Identification Card issued to a transgender person, or the immediate family of that person, moving to Illinois due to an act of persecution. Effective immediately. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 12 as follows:
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| 6 | | (15 ILCS 335/12) (from Ch. 124, par. 32) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12. Fees concerning standard Illinois Identification |
| 8 | | Cards. The fees required under this Act for standard Illinois |
| 9 | | Identification Cards must accompany any application provided |
| 10 | | for in this Act, and the Secretary shall collect such fees as |
| 11 | | follows: |
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| 12 | | a. Original card................................ | $20 | |
| 13 | | b. Renewal card................................. | 20 | |
| 14 | | c. Corrected card............................... | 10 | |
| 15 | | d. Duplicate card............................... | 20 | |
| 16 | | e. Certified copy with seal .................... | 5 | |
| 17 | | f. (Blank) | | |
| 18 | | g. Applicant 65 years of age or over ........... | No Fee | |
| 19 | | h. (Blank) | | |
| 20 | | i. Individual living in Veterans | | |
| 21 | | Home or Hospital ........................... | No Fee | |
| 22 | | j. Original card under 18 years of age.......... | $5 | |
| 23 | | k. Renewal card under 18 years of age........... | $5 | |
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| 1 | | l. Corrected card under 18 years of age......... | $5 | |
| 2 | | m. Duplicate card under 18 years of age......... | $5 | |
| 3 | | n. Homeless person.............................. | No Fee | |
| 4 | | o. Duplicate card issued to an active-duty | | |
| 5 | | member of the United States Armed Forces, | | |
| 6 | | the member's spouse, or dependent children | | |
| 7 | | living with the member...................... | No Fee | |
| 8 | | p. Duplicate temporary card..................... | $5 | |
| 9 | | q. First card issued to a youth | | |
| 10 | | for whom the Department of Children | | |
| 11 | | and Family Services is legally responsible | | |
| 12 | | or a foster child upon turning the age of | | |
| 13 | | 16 years old until he or she reaches | | |
| 14 | | the age of 21 years old.................... | No Fee | |
| 15 | | r. Original card issued to a committed | | |
| 16 | | person upon release from the | | |
| 17 | | Department of Corrections, the | | |
| 18 | | Department of Juvenile Justice, | | |
| 19 | | a Federal Bureau of Prisons | | |
| 20 | | facility located in Illinois, | | |
| 21 | | or a county jail or a county | | |
| 22 | | department of corrections . | No Fee | |
| 23 | | s. Limited-term Illinois Identification | | |
| 24 | | Card issued to a committed person | | |
| 25 | | upon release from the Department of | | |
| 26 | | Corrections, the Department of | | |
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| 1 | | Juvenile Justice, a Federal Bureau | | |
| 2 | | of Prisons facility located in | | |
| 3 | | Illinois, or a county jail or a | | |
| 4 | | county department of corrections . | No Fee | |
| 5 | | t. Original card issued to a | | |
| 6 | | person up to 14 days prior | | |
| 7 | | to or upon conditional release | | |
| 8 | | or absolute discharge from | | |
| 9 | | the Department of Human Services........... | No Fee | |
| 10 | | u. Limited-term Illinois Identification | | |
| 11 | | Card issued to a person up to | | |
| 12 | | 14 days prior to or upon | | |
| 13 | | conditional release or absolute discharge | | |
| 14 | | from the Department of Human Services...... | No Fee | |
| 15 | | v. Original card issued to a | | |
| 16 | | transgender person, or the immediate | | |
| 17 | | family of that person, moving to | | |
| 18 | | Illinois due to an act of persecution. | No Fee |
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| 19 | | All fees collected under this Act shall be paid into the |
| 20 | | Road Fund of the State treasury, except that the following |
| 21 | | amounts shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund: (i) 80% of |
| 22 | | the fee for an original, renewal, or duplicate Illinois |
| 23 | | Identification Card issued on or after January 1, 2005; and |
| 24 | | (ii) 80% of the fee for a corrected Illinois Identification |
| 25 | | Card issued on or after January 1, 2005. |
| 26 | | An individual, who resides in a veterans home or veterans |
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| 1 | | hospital operated by the State or federal government, who |
| 2 | | makes an application for an Illinois Identification Card to be |
| 3 | | issued at no fee, must submit, along with the application, an |
| 4 | | affirmation by the applicant on a form provided by the |
| 5 | | Secretary of State, that such person resides in a veterans |
| 6 | | home or veterans hospital operated by the State or federal |
| 7 | | government. |
| 8 | | The application of a homeless individual for an Illinois |
| 9 | | Identification Card to be issued at no fee must be accompanied |
| 10 | | by an affirmation by a qualified person, as defined in Section |
| 11 | | 4C of this Act, on a form provided by the Secretary of State, |
| 12 | | that the applicant is currently homeless as defined in Section |
| 13 | | 1A of this Act. |
| 14 | | For the application for the first Illinois Identification |
| 15 | | Card of a youth for whom the Department of Children and Family |
| 16 | | Services is legally responsible or a foster child to be issued |
| 17 | | at no fee, the youth must submit, along with the application, |
| 18 | | an affirmation by his or her court appointed attorney or an |
| 19 | | employee of the Department of Children and Family Services on |
| 20 | | a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the person is a |
| 21 | | youth for whom the Department of Children and Family Services |
| 22 | | is legally responsible or a foster child. |
| 23 | | The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be |
| 24 | | waived for any person who presents the Secretary of State's |
| 25 | | Office with a police report showing that his or her |
| 26 | | identification card was stolen. |
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| 1 | | The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be |
| 2 | | waived for any person age 60 or older whose identification |
| 3 | | card has been lost or stolen. |
| 4 | | As used in this Section, "active-duty member of the United |
| 5 | | States Armed Forces" means a member of the Armed Services or |
| 6 | | Reserve Forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois |
| 7 | | National Guard who is called to active duty pursuant to an |
| 8 | | executive order of the President of the United States, an act |
| 9 | | of the Congress of the United States, or an order of the |
| 10 | | Governor. |
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 103-782, eff. 8-6-24; revised 10-21-24.)
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| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 13 | | becoming law. |
