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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4594

Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 801/1-25

Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. In a provision that
directs the Department of Natural Resources to contribute to and support
the operations, programs, and capital development of public museums in the
State, deletes a provision requiring public museums that receive funds for
capital development to match State funds with local or private funding in
accordance with certain requirements.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning State government.

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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.
The Department of Natural Resources Act is
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amended by changing Section 1-25 as follows:

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(20 ILCS 801/1-25)
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Sec. 1-25.
Illinois State Museum.
In addition to its other
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powers and duties, the Department shall have the following
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powers and duties which shall be performed by the State
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Museum:
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(1) To investigate and study the natural resources and
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histories of the State and to prepare printed reports and
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furnish information fundamental to the conservation and
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development of natural resources, and, for that purpose
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and for the purpose of upholding federal requirements
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under the Native American Grave Protection and
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Repatriation Act, the officers and employees thereof may,
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pursuant to rule adopted by the Department, enter and
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cross all lands in this State, doing no damage to private
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property.
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(2) To cooperate with and advise departments having
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administrative powers and duties relating to the natural
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resources of the State, and to cooperate with similar

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departments in other states, with tribal nations, and with
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the United States Government.
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(3) To cooperate with the Illinois State Academy of
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Science and to publish a suitable number of the results of
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the investigations and research in the field of natural
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science to the end that the same may be distributed to the
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interested public. This cooperation shall not grant any
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special rights, authority, or privileges to the Academy.
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(4) To maintain a State Museum, and to collect and
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preserve objects of scientific, historic, and artistic
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value, representing past and present fauna and flora, the
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life and work of humankind, geological history, natural
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resources, and the manufacturing and fine arts; to welcome
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visitors of all ages to the State Museum; and to interpret
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for and educate the public concerning the foregoing. The
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State Museum shall work with Native Americans to create an
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interpretation of Native American histories and art
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directed by tribal partners.
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(5) At the sole discretion of the Department, the
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State Museum may cooperate with the Illinois State Museum
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Society for the benefit of the State Museum. This
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cooperation shall not grant any special rights, authority,
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or privileges to the Society. Upon the recommendation of
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the State Museum Director with the approval of the
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Director of the Department, the State Museum may enter
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into agreements with the Society for the operation of a

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sales counter and other concessions for the benefit of the
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State Museum and the Society. The State Museum may enter
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into agreements with the Society for programs at or
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outside the State Museum. The Society shall be solely
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responsible for its own budget and the preparation of the
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budget, its staff, its equipment, its supplies, and its
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programs.
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(6) To accept grants of property and to hold property
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to be administered as part of the State Museum for the
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purpose of preservation, research of interpretation of
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significant areas within the State for the purpose of
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preserving, studying, and interpreting history and
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archaeological and natural phenomena and for the purpose
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of upholding Native American Grave Protection and
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Repatriation Act requirements.
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(7) To contribute to and support the operations,
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programs and capital development of public museums in this
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State. For the purposes of this Section, "public museum"
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means a facility: (A) that is operating for the purposes
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of promoting cultural development through special
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activities or programs or through performing arts that are
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performed in an indoor setting, and acquiring, conserving,
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preserving, studying, interpreting, enhancing, and in
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particular, organizing and continuously exhibiting
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specimens, artifacts, articles, documents and other things
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of historical, anthropological, archaeological,

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industrial, scientific or artistic import, to the public
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for its instruction and enjoyment, and (B) that either (i)
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is operated by or located upon land owned by a unit of
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local government or (ii) is a museum that has an annual
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attendance of at least 150,000 and offers educational
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programs to school groups during school hours. A museum is
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eligible to receive funds for capital development under
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this subdivision (7) only if it is operated by or located
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upon land owned by a unit of local government or if it is
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certified by a unit of local government in which it is
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located as a public museum meeting the criteria of this
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Section.
Recipients of funds for capital development under
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this subdivision (7) shall match State funds with local or
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private funding according to the following:
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(a) for a public museum with an attendance of
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300,000 or less during the preceding calendar year, no
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match is required;
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(b) for a public museum with an attendance of over
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300,000 but less than 600,000 during the preceding
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calendar year, the match must be at a ratio of $1 from
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local and private funds for every $1 in State funds;
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and
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(c) for a public museum with an attendance of over
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600,000 during the preceding calendar year, the match
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must be at a ratio of $2 from local and private funds
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for every $1 in State funds.

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The Department shall formulate rules and regulations
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relating to the allocation of any funds appropriated by
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the General Assembly for the purpose of contributing to
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the support of public museums in this State.
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(8) To perform all other duties and assume all
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obligations of the former Department of Energy and Natural
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Resources and the former Department of Registration and
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Education pertaining to the State Museum.
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(9) To work in collaboration with the Division of
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Historic Preservation of the Department in the exercise of
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all the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon the
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Department under the Historic Preservation Act.
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(Source: P.A. 102-1005, eff. 5-27-22; 103-835, eff. 8-9-24.)

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