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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2811 Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Creates the Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act. Provides that, beginning one year after the effective date of the Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide $500 monthly cash payments to 3,250 low-to-moderate-income families in the State for a period of 2 years. Provides that the recipients of the monthly cash payments shall be determined by lottery. Provides that the Department may not limit how the recipients of the monthly cash payments use the monthly cash payments or require the recipients of the monthly cash payments to provide receipts demonstrating how the recipients of the monthly cash payments use the monthly cash payments. Requires the Department to adopt rules to implement the Act. Provides that the Act is repealed 5 years after the effective date of the Act. |
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| | SB2811 | | LRB104 16841 RTM 30251 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "Department" |
| 7 | | means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
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| 8 | | Section 10. Pilot program. Beginning one year after the |
| 9 | | effective date of this Act, the Department shall provide $500 |
| 10 | | monthly cash payments to 3,250 low-to-moderate-income families |
| 11 | | in the State for a period of 2 years. The recipients of the |
| 12 | | monthly cash payments shall be determined by lottery.
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| 13 | | Section 15. Spending limitations. The Department may not |
| 14 | | limit how the recipients of the monthly cash payments use the |
| 15 | | monthly cash payments or require the recipients of the monthly |
| 16 | | cash payments to provide receipts demonstrating how the |
| 17 | | recipients of the monthly cash payments use the monthly cash |
| 18 | | payments.
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| 19 | | Section 20. Rulemaking. The Department shall adopt rules |
| 20 | | to implement this Act.
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