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HB4179 • 2026

$DHS-DIGNITY IN PAY GRANTS

$DHS-DIGNITY IN PAY GRANTS

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Sponsor
Charles Meier
Last action
2026-07-01
Official status
Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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$DHS-DIGNITY IN PAY GRANTS

$DHS-DIGNITY IN PAY GRANTS

What This Bill Does

  • $DHS-DIGNITY IN PAY GRANTS

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Bill History

  1. 2026-07-01 Illinois General Assembly

    Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  2. 2026-05-07 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting

  3. 2026-03-31 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste

  4. 2026-03-24 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse

  5. 2026-03-12 Illinois General Assembly

    Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee

  6. 2026-02-24 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

  7. 2026-01-21 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha

  8. 2026-01-21 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson

  9. 2026-01-21 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts

  10. 2026-01-21 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick

  11. 2026-01-20 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  12. 2026-01-15 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik

  13. 2026-01-09 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart

  14. 2025-10-28 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman

  15. 2025-10-28 Illinois General Assembly

    First Reading

  16. 2025-10-28 Illinois General Assembly

    Referred to Rules Committee

  17. 2025-10-23 Illinois General Assembly

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier

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$DHS-DIGNITY IN PAY GRANTS

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4179

Introduced 10/28/2025, by Rep. Charles Meier and Jay Hoffman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

In addition to any amounts heretofore appropriated for
Community-Based Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities and
for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled and
Alternative Community Programs, appropriates $10,000,000 from the General
Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to fund transition grants
awarded under the Section 14(c) transition program to assist community
agencies with active or pending 14(c) certificates transition away from
subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. Effective immediately.
LRB104 15557 KTG 28723 b

HB4179
LRB104 15557 KTG 28723 b
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AN ACT concerning appropriations.

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

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Section 5.
"An Act concerning appropriations", approved
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with items reduced June 16, 2025, Public Act 104-3, is amended
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by adding Section 87 to Article 55 as follows:

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(P.A. 104-3, Art. 55, Sec. 87 new)
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Sec. 87.
In addition to any amounts heretofore
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appropriated to the Department of Human Services for
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Community-Based Services for Persons with Developmental
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Disabilities and for Intermediate Care Facilities for the
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Developmentally Disabled and Alternative Community Programs,
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the amount of $10,000,000, or so much of that sum as may be
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necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to
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the Department of Human Services to fund transition grants
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awarded under the Section 14(c) transition program to assist
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community agencies with active or pending 14(c) certificates
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transition away from subminimum wages for workers with
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disabilities.

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
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becoming law.

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