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SB2794 • 2026
FINANCE-BRIDGE FUND
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FINANCE-BRIDGE FUND
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
Assigned to Appropriations- Health and Human Services
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
FINANCE-BRIDGE FUND
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Full Text of SB2794 Home Legislation Full Text SB2794 - 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 SB2794 Introduced 1/13/2026___________, by SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 1405/1405-52 new 20 ILCS 3005/10 5 ILCS 100/5-45.71 new Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall establish and administer a State subsidy program to offset some, if not all, of the costs associated with the expiration of the enhanced federal tax credits that subsidize health insurance premiums. Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act. Provides that the Governor shall direct the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer to set aside the sum of $75,000,000 from the Budget Reserve for Immediate Disbursements and Governmental Emergencies (BRIDGE) Fund to fund that program. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately. LRB104 17549 HLH 30977 b A BILL FOR SB2794 LRB104 17549 HLH 30977 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 Department of Insurance Law of the Civil 5 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 6 1405-52 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 1405/1405-52 new) 8 Sec. 1405-52. State subsidy program for health insurance 9 premiums. The Department shall establish and administer a 10 State subsidy program to offset some, if not all, of the costs 11 associated with the expiration of the enhanced federal tax 12 credits that subsidize health insurance premiums. The 13 Department shall adopt any rules deemed necessary to implement 14 this Section. In order to provide for the expeditious and 15 timely implementation of this Act, the Department may adopt 16 emergency rules. 17 Section 10. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget 18 Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows: 19 (20 ILCS 3005/10) 20 Sec. 10. Budget Reserve for Immediate Disbursements and 21 Governmental Emergencies Fund. SB2794 - 2 - LRB104 17549 HLH 30977 b 1 (a) There is created in the State treasury as a special 2 fund the Budget Reserve for Immediate Disbursements and 3 Governmental Emergencies (BRIDGE) Fund. The Fund may receive 4 revenue from any authorized source, including, but not limited 5 to, gifts, grants, awards, transfers, and appropriated 6 deposits. Moneys in the fund shall be used to provide 7 supplemental moneys for other funds held in the State treasury 8 in the event of unanticipated delays in or failures of 9 revenues when supplemental moneys are required to effectuate 10 appropriations enacted by the General Assembly. 11 (b) Upon the written direction of the Governor, the State 12 Comptroller shall direct, and the State Treasurer shall 13 transfer, specified amounts held in the BRIDGE Fund to 14 specified funds in the State treasury for expenditure pursuant 15 to appropriations from funds so specified. Upon the written 16 direction of the Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct, 17 and the State Treasurer shall transfer, specified amounts from 18 funds in the State treasury that have received transfers from 19 the BRIDGE Fund to repay, in whole or in part, amounts 20 previously transferred pursuant to this subsection (b). 21 (c) The Governor shall direct the State Comptroller and 22 the State Treasurer to set aside the sum of $75,000,000 from 23 the Budget Reserve for Immediate Disbursements and 24 Governmental Emergencies (BRIDGE) Fund to fund the State 25 subsidy program established under Section 1405-52 of the 26 Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code SB2794 - 3 - LRB104 17549 HLH 30977 b 1 of Illinois. 2 (Source: P.A. 104-2, eff. 6-16-25.) 3 Section 15. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is 4 amended by adding Section 5-45.71 as follows: 5 (5 ILCS 100/5-45.71 new) 6 Sec. 5-45.71. Emergency rulemaking; health insurance. To 7 provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of 8 Section 1405-52 of the Department of Insurance Law of the 9 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, emergency rules 10 implementing the program established under Section 1405-52 of 11 the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative 12 Code of Illinois may be adopted in accordance with Section 13 5-45 by the Department of Insurance. The adoption of emergency 14 rules authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to 15 be necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare. 16 This Section is repealed one year after the effective date 17 of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly. 18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 19 becoming law. Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. 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