May 15, 2026

GOOD DAY and GOOD FRIDAY!

The Illinois House convenes at 10:00 today. The Senate is not in session today.

RECAP OF THE LAST SESSION DAY- Both chambers were in session for their third scheduled legislative session day of the week. Senators and Representatives spent their morning in committees prior to gaveling in of the chambers for floor action. The Senate was assembled en banc for over three hours considering bills. For the assembled House, after voting on several resolutions on the floor, the House Rules Committee met to assign several bills to committees and waived the posting requirements. Four committees quickly convened to vote out a handful of measures. Readout of relevant committee action follows.

Substantive Committee Action of Note

House Executive Committee 

SB 714 (AUTO INSURANCE RATES) passed out of committee on partisan leave (8-4-0). Provides that no insurance company may impose renewal premium increases of more than 10% for policies of automobile insurance unless the company alerts the named insured of the notice of the increase in renewal premium at least 30 days before the policy renewal or anniversary date. Grants the Department of Insurance authority to determine through actuarial review that a filing is excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory.

Senate Consumer Protection Committee 

HB 45-(GROCERY COUPONS) passed out of committee on full leave (6-0-0). This legislation requires grocery stores to offer in-store alternatives for digital-only coupons found on a company website or mobile application. This alternative can be offered in the form of automatic discounts, POS assisted discounts, the use of barcodes, or other outlined forms.

ORDER OF THE DAY- No committees are posted for the day; however, that could change as the morning evolves. With the wonky House schedule, no predictions on today’s trajectory.

House Committee Postings

Senate Committee Postings

SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD-
--With the split of the House in session and the Senate not in session today, we are getting to the end w/11 legislative working days remaining, except for today’s unicameral working day today, until scheduled May 31st adjournment.
--Analysis-There is a lot of work to be done as we get closer to adjournment. There are closed door/hallway discussions to perfect legislation and compromise agreements to advance legislative initiatives. With the speaker and Senate president designating bills reflecting the governor’s proposed FY 27 State Operating Budget and the Commission on Government Forecasting and the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget providing forecasted revenue estimates, the lines have been drawn per se on limited revenues. Budget discussions and negotiations are ongoing behind closed doors as well as programmatic execution that will appear in the Budget Implementation Bill (BIMP). Conceptually, big topics for the BIMP that are being worked are transferring duties of the Independent Tax Tribunal to the Department of Revenue and consolidating the Gaming Board and Racing Board into one agency w/o Boards among other programmatic areas. At this phase, the forms are being set but the cement has not been poured. 
--It is difficult at this stage to determine the cooperation and communication between the speaker, Senate president, and the governor. There have been missives of tension on issues. The governor has a soft touch in the process and is less than visible. Bicameral cooperation is necessary to get items over the finish line.
--The Senate returns to the Capitol on Monday @ 4:00 p.m.  
--ICPAS Legislative Tracking Reports-Legislative Tracking Reports continue to be updated with my annotated notes and their statuses. 

General Legislative Tracking Report
Tax Legislative Tracking Report