SB0807sam001 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Christopher Belt

Filed: 4/14/2026

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 807

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 807 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Grant Accountability and Transparency Act is amended by adding Section 135 as follows:

(30 ILCS 708/135 new)

Sec. 135. No permanent ineligibility for governmental entities.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in this Act shall render a unit of local government, school district, or other governmental entity permanently ineligible to receive State grant funds.

(b) Any determination under this Act that a unit of local government, school district, or other governmental entity is ineligible, either temporarily or permanently, to receive State grant funds or should be placed on a noncompliance, stop payment, or disqualification list shall be limited to a maximum period of one year from the date the determination becomes final.

(c) Upon expiration of the one-year period described in subsection (b), the affected governmental entity shall be automatically restored to eligibility for all State grant programs governed by this Act, subject only to standard application requirements applicable to all applicants.

(d) No State agency, pass-through entity, or oversight body may extend, renew, toll, or otherwise continue a governmental entity's period of ineligibility beyond the one-year limitation established by this Section without a separate finding that the governmental entity remains ineligible or noncompliant.

(e) A governmental entity that has had its eligibility restored under this Section may not be denied eligibility solely on the basis of the conduct, omission, or finding that gave rise to the original determination of ineligibility.

(f) Any governmental entity that, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, is listed as ineligible, noncompliant, or suspended, or that has been otherwise restricted under this Act from receiving grant funds for a period exceeding one year shall be immediately deemed eligible for participation in all State grant programs governed by this Act as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.

(g) No rule, policy, guidance, or administrative practice may be adopted or enforced that has the purpose or effect of circumventing the limitations established in this Section.".