HB4496 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

PROCUREMENT-STATE LABS
Last Action
4/28/2026 - Senate: Assigned to Executive
House Sponsors
Rep. Jay Hoffman

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Cristina Castro)
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
30 ILCS 500/1-10  
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, after exhausting the list of master contracts and cooperative agreements, procurement expenditures necessary for the Department of Public Health, the Department of Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to operate State laboratories are exempt from the Code.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, after exhausting any procurement method available through a contract already established under a chief procurement officer joint purchasing program or cooperative purchasing program, procurement expenditures by or on behalf of the Department of Public Health, the Department of Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, the Department of Natural Resources, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for laboratory supplies, laboratory equipment, software necessary for laboratory operations, or service contracts that are necessary for the applicable agency to operate State laboratories are exempt from the Code. Provides that the exemption applies only if the applicable State agency has made a good faith determination that it is necessary and appropriate for the expenditure to fall within the exemption.
Actions
DateChamberAction
1/20/2026HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
1/20/2026HouseFirst Reading
1/20/2026HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2/11/2026HouseAssigned to State Government Administration Committee
2/25/2026HouseDo Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000
2/26/2026HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/10/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
3/10/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/18/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
4/07/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
4/07/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
4/08/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
4/08/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000
4/10/2026HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2026HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/14/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
4/14/2026HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/14/2026HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000
4/14/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled
4/15/2026SenateArrive in Senate
4/15/2026SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/15/2026SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
4/15/2026SenateFirst Reading
4/15/2026SenateReferred to Assignments
4/28/2026SenateAssigned to Executive