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HB4854 • 2026
FINANCE-PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
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FINANCE-PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
FINANCE-PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
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Full Text of HB4854 Home Legislation Full Text HB4854 - 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 HB4854 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new 30 ILCS 105/6z-149 new Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Public, Educational, and Governmental Programming Fund. Provides that moneys in the Public, Educational, and Governmental Programming Fund shall be used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for operational and administrative expenditures related to, as well as the award of grants to, public, educational, and governmental programmers and public, educational, and governmental studio operators with the purpose of subsidizing operational, capital, and equipment costs related to producing and procuring that programming. Effective immediately. LRB104 16907 HLH 30318 b A BILL FOR HB4854 LRB104 16907 HLH 30318 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 State Finance Act is amended by adding 5 Sections 5.1038 and 6z-149 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new) 7 Sec. 5.1038. The Public, Educational, and Governmental 8 Programming Fund. 9 (30 ILCS 105/6z-149 new) 10 Sec. 6z-149. The Public, Educational, and Governmental 11 Programming Fund; creation. 12 (a) The Public, Educational, and Governmental Programming 13 Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The 14 Fund may accept moneys from any lawful source. Any interest 15 earned on moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund. 16 (b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Public, 17 Educational, and Governmental Programming Fund shall be used 18 by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for 19 operational and administrative expenditures related to, as 20 well as the award of grants to, public, educational, and 21 governmental programmers and public, educational, and 22 governmental studio operators with the purpose of subsidizing HB4854 - 2 - LRB104 16907 HLH 30318 b 1 operational, capital, and equipment costs related to producing 2 and procuring that programming. 3 (c) On or before January 1, 2027, the Department of 4 Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall adopt rules 5 establishing requirements for the distribution of grant moneys 6 and the determination of which persons or entities are 7 eligible for grants under this Section and may adopt any other 8 rules necessary to implement this Section and administer the 9 Public, Educational, and Governmental Programming Fund. 10 Section 99. 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