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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2728

Introduced 10/28/2025, by Sen. Willie Preston

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act
30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new
105 ILCS 5/27A-5

Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. Provides that the Act may
be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Requires, beginning with the 2026-2027
school year, each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system
capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure
real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Allows a
school district to implement additional strategies or systems to ensure
real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies in a
school security emergency. Sets forth provisions requiring a competitive
contract solicitation. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board
of Education to establish and administer a Mobile Panic Alert System Grant
Program for the purpose of issuing grants to reimburse school districts
for the cost of mobile panic alert systems from moneys appropriated from
the Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund. Amends the State Finance Act and
the School Code to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.
LRB104 16061 LNS 29332 b
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning education.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 1.
Short title; references to Act.
5

(a) This Act may be cited as the
Mobile Panic Alert System
6
Act.

7

(b) This Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law.

8

Section 5.
Mobile panic alert system.
9

(a) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public
10
school, including a charter school, shall implement a mobile
11
panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency
12
services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between
13
multiple first responder agencies. Such system, to be known as
14
"Alyssa's Alert", must integrate with local public safety
15
answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and
16
mobile activations.
17

(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a
18
school district may implement additional strategies or systems
19
to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first
20
responder agencies in a school security emergency.
21

(c) A school board is not required to procure or implement
22
new or additional capabilities if, prior to July 1, 2026, the
23
school board has already implemented a mobile panic alert

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system with capabilities that meet the requirements of
2
subsection (a).

3

Section 10.
Mobile panic alert system solicitation.
4

(a) For the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education
5
shall issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a
6
mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school
7
district. The State Board shall consult with the Illinois
8
State Police and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in
9
the development of the competitive solicitation for the mobile
10
panic alert system.
11

(b) Not later than December 1, 2026, the State Board of
12
Education shall conduct market research, in consultation with
13
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, to identify whether
14
an existing competitively procured source of supply is
15
available for a system that satisfies the requirements of
16
subsection (a) of Section 5 from multiple vendors for use by
17
school districts. If no existing source of supply exists, then
18
the State Board shall issue a competitive solicitation for
19
such source of supply no later than January 1, 2027.

20

Section 15.
Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program.
21

(a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education
22
shall establish and administer a Mobile Panic Alert System
23
Grant Program for the purpose of issuing grants to reimburse
24
school districts for the cost of the mobile panic alert

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systems described in subsection (a) of Section 5. Grants shall
2
be awarded from moneys appropriated for that purpose from the
3
Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund.
4

(b) The Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund is created as
5
a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Mobile
6
Panic Alert System Grant Fund shall be used, subject to
7
appropriation, by the State Board of Education for the Mobile
8
Panic Alert System Grant Program.

9

Section 85.
The State Finance Act is amended by adding
10
Section 5.1030 as follows:

11

(30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)
12

Sec. 5.1030.
The Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund.

13

Section 90.
The School Code is amended by changing Section
14
27A-5 as follows:

15

(105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
16

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-466
)
17

Sec. 27A-5.
Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
18

(a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian,
19
nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter
20
school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
21
corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
22
authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.

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(b) A charter school may be established under this Article
2
by creating a new school or by converting an existing public
3
school or attendance center to charter school status. In all
4
new applications to establish a charter school in a city
5
having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the
6
charter school shall be limited to one campus. This limitation
7
does not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or
8
before April 16, 2003.
9

(b-5) (Blank).
10

(c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by
11
its board of directors or other governing body in the manner
12
provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter
13
school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and
14
the Open Meetings Act. A charter school's board of directors
15
or other governing body must include at least one parent or
16
guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school
17
who may be selected through the charter school or a charter
18
network election, appointment by the charter school's board of
19
directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's
20
Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent.
21

(c-5) No later than January 1, 2021 or within the first
22
year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter
23
school's board of directors or other governing body shall
24
complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development
25
leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient
26
familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and

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responsibilities, including financial oversight and
2
accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and
3
school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information
4
Act and the Open Meetings Act, and compliance with education
5
and labor law. In each subsequent year of his or her term, a
6
voting member of a charter school's board of directors or
7
other governing body shall complete a minimum of 2 hours of
8
professional development training in these same areas. The
9
training under this subsection may be provided or certified by
10
a statewide charter school membership association or may be
11
provided or certified by other qualified providers approved by
12
the State Board.
13

(d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular
14
health and safety requirement" means any health and safety
15
requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain,
16
preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for
17
students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or
18
prevent threats to the health and safety of students and
19
school personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety
20
requirement" does not include any course of study or
21
specialized instructional requirement for which the State
22
Board has established goals and learning standards or which is
23
designed primarily to impart knowledge and skills for students
24
to master and apply as an outcome of their education.
25

A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular
26
health and safety requirements applicable to public schools

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under the laws of the State of Illinois. The State Board shall
2
promulgate and post on its Internet website a list of
3
non-curricular health and safety requirements that a charter
4
school must meet. The list shall be updated annually no later
5
than September 1. Any charter contract between a charter
6
school and its authorizer must contain a provision that
7
requires the charter school to follow the list of all
8
non-curricular health and safety requirements promulgated by
9
the State Board and any non-curricular health and safety
10
requirements added by the State Board to such list during the
11
term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) precludes
12
an authorizer from including non-curricular health and safety
13
requirements in a charter school contract that are not
14
contained in the list promulgated by the State Board,
15
including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the
16
authorizing local school board.
17

(e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a
18
charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a
19
charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks,
20
instructional materials, and student activities.
21

(f) A charter school shall be responsible for the
22
management and operation of its fiscal affairs, including, but
23
not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each
24
charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an
25
outside, independent contractor retained by the charter
26
school. The contractor shall not be an employee of the charter

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school or affiliated with the charter school or its authorizer
2
in any way, other than to audit the charter school's finances.
3
To ensure financial accountability for the use of public
4
funds, on or before December 1 of every year of operation, each
5
charter school shall submit to its authorizer and the State
6
Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form 990 the
7
charter school filed that year with the federal Internal
8
Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for proper
9
financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer may
10
require quarterly financial statements from each charter
11
school.
12

(g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of
13
this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act,
14
all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public
15
schools that pertain to special education and the instruction
16
of English learners, and its charter. A charter school is
17
exempt from all other State laws and regulations in this Code
18
governing public schools and local school board policies;
19
however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
20

(1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code
21

regarding criminal history records checks and checks of
22

the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer
23

and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants
24

for employment;
25

(2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 22-100, 24-24, 34-19,
26

and 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of students;

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(3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
2

Tort Immunity Act;
3

(4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit
4

Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of
5

officers, directors, employees, and agents;
6

(5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
7

(5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and
8

subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code;
9

(6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
10

(7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school
11

report cards;
12

(8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act;
13

(9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying
14

prevention;
15

(10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student
16

discipline reporting;
17

(11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code;
18

(12) Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 of this Code;
19

(13) Sections 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 of this Code;
20

(14) Sections 22-90 and 26-18 of this Code;
21

(15) Section 22-30 of this Code;
22

(16) Sections 24-12 and 34-85 of this Code;
23

(17) the Seizure Smart School Act;
24

(18) Section 2-3.64a-10 of this Code;
25

(19) Sections 10-20.73 and 34-21.9 of this Code;
26

(20) Section 10-22.25b of this Code;

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(21) Section 27-9.1a of this Code;
2

(22) Section 27-9.1b of this Code;
3

(23) Section 34-18.8 of this Code;
4

(25) Section 2-3.188 of this Code;
5

(26) Section 22-85.5 of this Code;
6

(27) subsections (d-10), (d-15), and (d-20) of Section
7

10-20.56 of this Code;
8

(28) Sections 10-20.83 and 34-18.78 of this Code;
9

(29) Section 10-20.13 of this Code;
10

(30) Section 28-19.2 of this Code;
11

(31) Section 34-21.6 of this Code;
12

(32) Section 22-85.10 of this Code;
13

(33) Section 2-3.196 of this Code;
14

(34) Section 22-95 of this Code;
15

(35) Section 34-18.62 of this Code;
16

(36) the Illinois Human Rights Act;
and
17

(37) Section 2-3.204 of this Code
; and

.
18

(38) the Mobile Panic Alert System Act.

19

The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection
20
(g) is declaratory of existing law.
21

(h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a
22
school district, the governing body of a State college or
23
university or public community college, or any other public or
24
for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a
25
school building and grounds or any other real property or
26
facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert

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for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and
2
maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service,
3
activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required
4
to perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
5
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, a school
6
district may charge a charter school reasonable rent for the
7
use of the district's buildings, grounds, and facilities. Any
8
services for which a charter school contracts with a school
9
district shall be provided by the district at cost. Any
10
services for which a charter school contracts with a local
11
school board or with the governing body of a State college or
12
university or public community college shall be provided by
13
the public entity at cost.
14

(i) In no event shall a charter school that is established
15
by converting an existing school or attendance center to
16
charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is
17
deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter
18
agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other
19
costs for the operation and maintenance of school district
20
facilities that are used by the charter school shall be
21
subject to negotiation between the charter school and the
22
local school board and shall be set forth in the charter.
23

(j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age
24
or grade level.
25

(k) If the charter school is authorized by the State
26
Board, then the charter school is its own local education

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agency.
2
(Source: P.A. 102-51, eff. 7-9-21; 102-157, eff. 7-1-22;
3
102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-445, eff. 8-20-21; 102-522, eff.
4
8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-676, eff. 12-3-21;
5
102-697, eff. 4-5-22; 102-702, eff. 7-1-23; 102-805, eff.
6
1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-175,
7
eff. 6-30-23; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24;
8
103-641, eff. 7-1-24; 103-806, eff. 1-1-25; revised 10-9-24.)

9

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-466
)
10

Sec. 27A-5.
Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
11

(a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian,
12
nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter
13
school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
14
corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
15
authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
16

(b) A charter school may be established under this Article
17
by creating a new school or by converting an existing public
18
school or attendance center to charter school status. In all
19
new applications to establish a charter school in a city
20
having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the
21
charter school shall be limited to one campus. This limitation
22
does not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or
23
before April 16, 2003.
24

(b-5) (Blank).
25

(c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by

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its board of directors or other governing body in the manner
2
provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter
3
school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and
4
the Open Meetings Act. A charter school's board of directors
5
or other governing body must include at least one parent or
6
guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school
7
who may be selected through the charter school or a charter
8
network election, appointment by the charter school's board of
9
directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's
10
Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent.
11

(c-5) No later than January 1, 2021 or within the first
12
year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter
13
school's board of directors or other governing body shall
14
complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development
15
leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient
16
familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and
17
responsibilities, including financial oversight and
18
accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and
19
school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information
20
Act and the Open Meetings Act, and compliance with education
21
and labor law. In each subsequent year of his or her term, a
22
voting member of a charter school's board of directors or
23
other governing body shall complete a minimum of 2 hours of
24
professional development training in these same areas. The
25
training under this subsection may be provided or certified by
26
a statewide charter school membership association or may be

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provided or certified by other qualified providers approved by
2
the State Board.
3

(d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular
4
health and safety requirement" means any health and safety
5
requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain,
6
preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for
7
students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or
8
prevent threats to the health and safety of students and
9
school personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety
10
requirement" does not include any course of study or
11
specialized instructional requirement for which the State
12
Board has established goals and learning standards or which is
13
designed primarily to impart knowledge and skills for students
14
to master and apply as an outcome of their education.
15

A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular
16
health and safety requirements applicable to public schools
17
under the laws of the State of Illinois. The State Board shall
18
promulgate and post on its Internet website a list of
19
non-curricular health and safety requirements that a charter
20
school must meet. The list shall be updated annually no later
21
than September 1. Any charter contract between a charter
22
school and its authorizer must contain a provision that
23
requires the charter school to follow the list of all
24
non-curricular health and safety requirements promulgated by
25
the State Board and any non-curricular health and safety
26
requirements added by the State Board to such list during the

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term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) precludes
2
an authorizer from including non-curricular health and safety
3
requirements in a charter school contract that are not
4
contained in the list promulgated by the State Board,
5
including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the
6
authorizing local school board.
7

(e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a
8
charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a
9
charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks,
10
instructional materials, and student activities.
11

(f) A charter school shall be responsible for the
12
management and operation of its fiscal affairs, including, but
13
not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each
14
charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an
15
outside, independent contractor retained by the charter
16
school. The contractor shall not be an employee of the charter
17
school or affiliated with the charter school or its authorizer
18
in any way, other than to audit the charter school's finances.
19
To ensure financial accountability for the use of public
20
funds, on or before December 1 of every year of operation, each
21
charter school shall submit to its authorizer and the State
22
Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form 990 the
23
charter school filed that year with the federal Internal
24
Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for proper
25
financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer may
26
require quarterly financial statements from each charter

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school.
2

(g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of
3
this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act,
4
all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public
5
schools that pertain to special education and the instruction
6
of English learners, and its charter. A charter school is
7
exempt from all other State laws and regulations in this Code
8
governing public schools and local school board policies;
9
however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
10

(1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code
11

regarding criminal history records checks and checks of
12

the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer
13

and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants
14

for employment;
15

(2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 22-100, 24-24, 34-19,
16

and 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of students;
17

(3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
18

Tort Immunity Act;
19

(4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit
20

Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of
21

officers, directors, employees, and agents;
22

(5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
23

(5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and
24

subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code;
25

(6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
26

(7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school

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report cards;
2

(8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act;
3

(9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying
4

prevention;
5

(10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student
6

discipline reporting;
7

(11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code;
8

(12) Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 of this Code;
9

(13) Sections 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 of this Code;
10

(14) Sections 22-90 and 26-18 of this Code;
11

(15) Section 22-30 of this Code;
12

(16) Sections 24-12 and 34-85 of this Code;
13

(17) the Seizure Smart School Act;
14

(18) Section 2-3.64a-10 of this Code;
15

(19) Sections 10-20.73 and 34-21.9 of this Code;
16

(20) Section 10-22.25b of this Code;
17

(21) Section 27-9.1a of this Code;
18

(22) Section 27-9.1b of this Code;
19

(23) Section 34-18.8 of this Code;
20

(24) Article 26A of this Code;
21

(25) Section 2-3.188 of this Code;
22

(26) Section 22-85.5 of this Code;
23

(27) subsections (d-10), (d-15), and (d-20) of Section
24

10-20.56 of this Code;
25

(28) Sections 10-20.83 and 34-18.78 of this Code;
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(29) Section 10-20.13 of this Code;

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(30) Section 28-19.2 of this Code;
2

(31) Section 34-21.6 of this Code;
3

(32) Section 22-85.10 of this Code;
4

(33) Section 2-3.196 of this Code;
5

(34) Section 22-95 of this Code;
6

(35) Section 34-18.62 of this Code;
7

(36) the Illinois Human Rights Act;
and
8

(37) Section 2-3.204 of this Code
; and

.
9

(38) the Mobile Panic Alert System Act.

10

The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection
11
(g) is declaratory of existing law.
12

(h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a
13
school district, the governing body of a State college or
14
university or public community college, or any other public or
15
for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a
16
school building and grounds or any other real property or
17
facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert
18
for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and
19
maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service,
20
activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required
21
to perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
22
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, a school
23
district may charge a charter school reasonable rent for the
24
use of the district's buildings, grounds, and facilities. Any
25
services for which a charter school contracts with a school
26
district shall be provided by the district at cost. Any

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services for which a charter school contracts with a local
2
school board or with the governing body of a State college or
3
university or public community college shall be provided by
4
the public entity at cost.
5

(i) In no event shall a charter school that is established
6
by converting an existing school or attendance center to
7
charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is
8
deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter
9
agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other
10
costs for the operation and maintenance of school district
11
facilities that are used by the charter school shall be
12
subject to negotiation between the charter school and the
13
local school board and shall be set forth in the charter.
14

(j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age
15
or grade level.
16

(k) If the charter school is authorized by the State
17
Board, then the charter school is its own local education
18
agency.
19
(Source: P.A. 102-51, eff. 7-9-21; 102-157, eff. 7-1-22;
20
102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-445, eff. 8-20-21; 102-466, eff.
21
7-1-25; 102-522, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-676,
22
eff. 12-3-21; 102-697, eff. 4-5-22; 102-702, eff. 7-1-23;
23
102-805, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff.
24
6-30-23; 103-175, eff. 6-30-23; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-605,
25
eff. 7-1-24; 103-641, eff. 7-1-24; 103-806, eff. 1-1-25;
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revised 11-26-24.)

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Section 95.
No acceleration or delay.
Where this Act makes
2
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
3
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
4
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
5
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
6
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
7
Public Act.

8

Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect January
9
1, 2026.

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