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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2678

Introduced 10/14/2025, by Sen. Adriane Johnson and Karina Villa

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2505/2505-817 new

Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code
of Illinois. Creates the State Empowerment Task Force. Provides that the
State Empowerment Task Force shall study methods by which the State may
retain moneys that are otherwise due to the federal government if the
federal government impounds or withholds moneys appropriated by Congress
to the State. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Effective
immediately.
LRB104 14417 HLH 27554 b

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 Revenue Law of the Civil
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Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
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2505-817 as follows:

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(20 ILCS 2505/2505-817 new)
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Sec. 2505-817.
State Empowerment Task Force; creation.
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(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:

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(1) the State of Illinois wishes to protect
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Illinoisans and to ensure uninterrupted services in the
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areas of education, healthcare, infrastructure, disaster
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recovery, environmental mitigation, and the Supplemental
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Nutrition Assistance Program in light of ongoing federal
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funding disputes; and

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(2) it is necessary to formulate a Statewide response
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to the unprecedented Constitutional violations and blatant
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abuse of presidential powers by the current presidential
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administration in order to ensure that Illinoisans
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continue to have access to vital services.

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(b) The State Empowerment Task Force is hereby created.
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The Task Force shall consist of the following members:

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(1) the State Comptroller or his or her designee;

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(2) the State Treasurer or his or her designee;

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(3) the Director of Revenue or his or her designee;

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(4) the Director of the Governor's Office of
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Management and Budget or his or her designee;

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(5) the Executive Director of the Commission on
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Government Forecasting and Accountability;

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(6) two members, appointed by the Governor, who
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represent taxpayer advocacy organizations;

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(7) two members, appointed by the Governor, who
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represent safety-net hospitals in the State;

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(8) two members, appointed by the Governor, who
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represent nonprofit organizations in the State other than
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safety-net hospitals;

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(9) one member of the General Assembly appointed by
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the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

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(10) one member of the General Assembly appointed by
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the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;

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(11) one member of the General Assembly appointed by
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the President of the Senate; and

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(12) one member of the General Assembly appointed by
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the Minority Leader of the Senate.

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Appointments to the Task Force shall be made within 30
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days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
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104th General Assembly. Vacancies in the Task Force shall be
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filled by the original appointing authority. The members
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appointed to the Task Force shall serve without compensation.

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The Department of Revenue shall provide administrative support
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to the Task Force.

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(c) The State Empowerment Task Force shall study methods
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by which the State may retain moneys that are otherwise due to
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the federal government if the federal government impounds or
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withholds moneys appropriated by Congress to the State. Those
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methods may include the establishment of a special State fund
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for those purposes, the collection and retention of taxpayer
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funds, or any other lawful remedy discovered by the Task
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Force. In conducting its work, the Task Force shall study
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legislation proposed or enacted in other States that attempts
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to address the problems set forth in this Section.

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(d) The Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor
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and the General Assembly no later than March 1, 2026. The
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report shall include specific legislative remedies and
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proposed statutory language. The Task Force is dissolved on
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July 1, 2026.

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(e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027.

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

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