HB5724 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5724

Introduced 3/12/2026, by Rep. Justin Slaughter - Norma Hernandez - Theresa Mah

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Road to Census 2030 Act of 2026. Appropriates from the General Revenue Fund $500,000 to the Department of Human Services, $500,000 to the Secretary of State, and $1,600,000 to the Department of Public Health. Effective July 1, 2026.

AN ACT concerning appropriations.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Reference to Act. This Act may be referred to as the Road to Census 2030 Act of 2026.

Section 5. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for costs and expenses related to Census 2030. Funds may be used for costs and expenses including, but not limited to, the opening of the 2030 State Census Office by June 30, 2027, planning for a statewide Notice of Funding Opportunity to occur after June 30, 2027, and a 2030 Census Advisory Panel to be convened after June 30, 2027.

Section 10. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Secretary of State for costs and expenses related to Census 2030. Funds may be used for costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, the planning for the launch of a public communications campaign to support participation in the 2030 Census after June 30, 2027, and planning for the launch and administration of a 2030 Complete Count Commission after June 30, 2027.

Section 15. The sum of $1,600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for costs and expenses related to Census 2030. Funds may be used for personnel and other costs incurred by the Department's Demographer's office related to preparing for Census 2030. Funds may also be used by the Department to coordinate with tribal and local governments to plan for and participate in the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) of 2027, as authorized by the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994. Funds may be distributed as sub-grants to tribal and local governments who voluntarily participate in LUCA according to 13 U.S.C. 16, including, but not limited to, tribal and local governments in communities where populations estimated by the United States Census Bureau to have been undercounted during the 2020 Census are more likely to reside.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2026.