104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1173
 
Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Mike Simmons
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 335/12  from Ch. 124, par. 32
    Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Removes a provision that requires the application of a homeless individual for an Illinois Identification Card to be accompanied by an affirmation by a qualified person, on a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the applicant is currently homeless.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended 
5by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 335/12)  (from Ch. 124, par. 32)
7    Sec. 12. Fees concerning standard Illinois Identification 
8Cards. The fees required under this Act for standard Illinois 
9Identification Cards must accompany any application provided 
10for in this Act, and the Secretary shall collect such fees as 
11follows:
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
16    All fees collected under this Act shall be paid into the 
17Road Fund of the State treasury, except that the following 
18amounts shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund: (i) 80% of 
19the fee for an original, renewal, or duplicate Illinois 
20Identification Card issued on or after January 1, 2005; and 
21(ii) 80% of the fee for a corrected Illinois Identification 
22Card issued on or after January 1, 2005. 
23    An individual, who resides in a veterans home or veterans 
24hospital operated by the State or federal government, who 
25makes an application for an Illinois Identification Card to be 
26issued at no fee, must submit, along with the application, an 
 
 
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1affirmation by the applicant on a form provided by the 
2Secretary of State, that such person resides in a veterans 
3home or veterans hospital operated by the State or federal 
4government.
5    The application of a homeless individual for an Illinois 
6Identification Card to be issued at no fee must be accompanied 
7by an affirmation by a qualified person, as defined in Section 
84C of this Act, on a form provided by the Secretary of State, 
9that the applicant is currently homeless as defined in Section 
101A of this Act.
11    For the application for the first Illinois Identification 
12Card of a youth for whom the Department of Children and Family 
13Services is legally responsible or a foster child to be issued 
14at no fee, the youth must submit, along with the application, 
15an affirmation by his or her court appointed attorney or an 
16employee of the Department of Children and Family Services on 
17a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the person is a 
18youth for whom the Department of Children and Family Services 
19is legally responsible or a foster child.
20    The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be 
21waived for any person who presents the Secretary of State's 
22Office with a police report showing that his or her 
23identification card was stolen. 
24    The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be 
25waived for any person age 60 or older whose identification 
26card has been lost or stolen. 
 
 
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1    As used in this Section, "active-duty member of the United 
2States Armed Forces" means a member of the Armed Services or 
3Reserve Forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois 
4National Guard who is called to active duty pursuant to an 
5executive order of the President of the United States, an act 
6of the Congress of the United States, or an order of the 
7Governor. 
8(Source: P.A. 103-782, eff. 8-6-24; revised 10-21-24.)