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HB4608 • 2026
PROCUREMENT-MID-SIZE BUSINESS
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PROCUREMENT-MID-SIZE BUSINESS
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Second Reading - Short Debate
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee ; 009-000-000
Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
PROCUREMENT-MID-SIZE BUSINESS
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Full Text of HB4608 Home Legislation Full Text HB4608 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB4608 Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 500/45-46 Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. In provisions concerning mid-size businesses, provides that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may award up to 4 contracts per calendar year under the provisions and may award up to a total of 10 contracts under the provisions. Provides that the provisions concerning mid-size businesses are inoperable 5 years after the award of the first contract under the provisions. Repeals the provisions on July 1, 2031 (instead of January 1, 2030). LRB104 19257 HLH 32703 b A BILL FOR HB4608 LRB104 19257 HLH 32703 b 1 AN ACT concerning finance. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by 5 changing Section 45-46 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 500/45-46) 7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 8 Sec. 45-46. Mid-size businesses. 9 (a) As used in this the Section, "mid-size business" means 10 a business that is independently owned and operated and that 11 is not dominant in its field of operation. "Mid-size business" 12 includes a construction business with annual sales and 13 receipts in excess of $14,000,000 but not over $45,000,000. 14 (a-5) This Section applies only to construction-related 15 procurements for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. 16 (b) The chief procurement officer shall adopt rules to 17 establish additional criteria to designate mid-size businesses 18 for the purposes of the mid-size business set-asides described 19 in subsection (c), including the number of employees and 20 annual sales and receipts of the business. When computing the 21 size status of a potential contractor, annual sales and 22 receipts of the potential contractor and all of its affiliates 23 shall be included. The maximum number of employees and the HB4608 - 2 - LRB104 19257 HLH 32703 b 1 maximum annual sales and receipts that a mid-size business may 2 have under the rules adopted by the chief procurement officer 3 may vary from industry to industry, to the extent necessary to 4 reflect differing characteristics of those industries, subject 5 to the limitation that no business shall qualify as a mid-size 6 business if its annual sales and receipts exceed $45,000,000. 7 (c) The applicable chief procurement officer shall 8 designate a fair proportion, as determined by the applicable 9 chief procurement officer in consultation with the Illinois 10 State Toll Highway Authority, of construction, 11 construction-related, and construction support contracts as 12 mid-size business set-asides for award to mid-size businesses 13 in Illinois. Advertisements for bids or offers for these 14 contracts shall specify designation as mid-size business 15 set-asides. In awarding the contracts, only bids or offers 16 from qualified mid-size businesses shall be considered. The 17 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may award up to 4 18 contracts pursuant to this Section per calendar year and may 19 award up to a total of 10 contracts pursuant to this Section. 20 The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall prepare an 21 annual report setting forth the use of this Section during the 22 preceding fiscal year and shall provide that report to the 23 applicable chief procurement officer no later than March 1 of 24 each calendar year. This Section is inoperable 5 years after 25 the award of the first contract under this Section. This 26 Section is repealed on July 1, 2031 5 years after the effective HB4608 - 3 - LRB104 19257 HLH 32703 b 1 date of this Section . 2 (Source: P.A. 103-865, eff. 1-1-25 .) 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