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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2810 Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 20 ILCS 605/605-1119 new | | 30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new | |
| Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish and administer a Small Business Restoration Grant Program to assist small businesses in the State that have been affected by the actions of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Operation Midway Blitz. Provides for the transfer of $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Small Business Restoration Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Small Business Restoration Fund. Effective immediately. |
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| | SB2810 | | LRB104 16858 HLH 30268 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
| 5 | | Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois |
| 6 | | is amended by adding Section 605-1119 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-1119 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 605-1119. Small business restoration grants. The |
| 9 | | Department shall establish and administer a Small Business |
| 10 | | Restoration Grant Program to assist small businesses in the |
| 11 | | State that have been affected by the actions of the United |
| 12 | | States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during |
| 13 | | Operation Midway Blitz. The Department may adopt rules to |
| 14 | | administer and implement the program under this Section. As |
| 15 | | used in this Section, "small business" means an |
| 16 | | independently-owned brick and mortar business in the State |
| 17 | | that had 25 or fewer full-time employees as of September 9, |
| 18 | | 2025. By July 1, 2026, the State Comptroller shall order |
| 19 | | transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of |
| 20 | | $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Small |
| 21 | | Business Restoration Fund, a special fund created in the State |
| 22 | | treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of |
| 23 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity to make grants under this |