SB2604 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2604

Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Effective July 1, 2025.

AN ACT concerning appropriations.

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

ARTICLE 1

Section 5. The sum of $90,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to meet its operational expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

Section 10. The sum of $11,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for payment of awards and grants under the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act.

Section 15. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses, awards and grants, and operational programs of the Crime Victim Services Division.

Section 20. The sum of $2,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses and operational programs of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Section 25. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for grants for organized retail crime enforcement.

Section 30. The sum of $6,850,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses and operational programs of the Child Support Enforcement Division.

Section 35. The sum of $1,200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Access to Justice Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation pursuant to the Access to Justice Act.

Section 40. The sum of $1,150,000, or so much thereof as is available for use by the Attorney General, is appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General from the Illinois Gaming Law Enforcement Fund for State law enforcement purposes.

Section 45. The sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General from the Domestic Violence Fund pursuant to Public Act 95-711 for grants to public or private nonprofit agencies for the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to victims of domestic violence who are married or formerly married or parties or former parties to a civil union related to order of protection proceedings or other proceedings for civil remedies for domestic violence.

Section 50. The sum of $3,750,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Tobacco Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the oversight, enforcement, and implementation of the Master Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of the State of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al (Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 96L13146), for the administration and enforcement of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Act, for the handling of tobacco-related litigation, and for other law enforcement activities of the Attorney General.

Section 55. The sum of $13,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for use, subject to pertinent court order or agreement, in the performance of any function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public education.

Section 60. The sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Charity Bureau Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of the Solicitation for Charity Act and to gather and disseminate information about charitable trustees and organizations to the public.

Section 65. The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses, including State law enforcement purposes.

Section 70. The sum of $23,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General's State Projects and Court Ordered Distribution Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for payment of interagency agreements, for court-ordered distributions to third parties, and subject to pertinent court order, for performance of any function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public education.

Section 75. The sum of $1,600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Expungement Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use as provided in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.

Section 80The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for payment of awards and grants under the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act.

Section 85.The sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for grants to public or private nonprofit agencies for the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to victims of domestic violence who are married or formerly married or parties or former parties to a civil union related to order of protection proceedings, or other proceedings for civil remedies for domestic violence.

Section 90.The sum of $215,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Sex Offender Awareness, Training, and Education Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to administer the I-SORT program and to alert and educate the public, victims, and witnesses of their rights under various victim notification laws and for training law enforcement agencies, State's Attorneys, and medical providers regarding their legal duties concerning the prosecution and investigation of sex offenses.

Section 100. The sum of $11,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Federal Grant Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for funding for federal grants.

ARTICLE 999

Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025.