Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Starting no later than the 2025-2026 school year, exonerated individuals awarded a grant under the Higher Education Student Assistance Act may allocate any unused portions of the grant to one or more dependents.
On Nov. 22, 2024, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that eyewitness testimony is insufficient to hold a defendant guilty of murder when the testimony runs risk of errors according to modern social science research.
On Nov. 21, 2024, the Illinois Supreme Court held that fees charged to developers as a condition of annexation are not road improvement impact fees governed by the Impact Fee Law.
The Illinois Labor Relations Board adopted amendments to its hearing procedures and proceedings. An “administrative law judge” now means an Illinois-licensed attorney authorized by the board to conduct hearings and write recommended decisions and orders.
The administrator may deactivate a licensee’s terminal if the licensee: 1) fails to pay money owed to the board; 2) has their state or local liquor license suspended, revoked, or expire; or 3) fails to comply with a valid order from the board.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted the Uniform Money Transmission Modernization Act (MTMA) and adopted amendments to the Transmitters of Money Act (TOMA).
MTMA modernizes outdated and inconsistent regulatory requirements, creating a nationwide network of state payment regulations that protect the consumer. The adopted Part states that all rules and future amendments in TOMA will apply to all those subject to MTMA.
On Nov. 21, 2024, the Illinois Supreme Court held the state violates due process by prosecuting a defendant after previously dismissing charges through nolle prosequi as part of a binding agreement that the defendant performed.
On Jan. 24, 2025, the Illinois Supreme Court overruled all Illinois Appellate Court cases that restricted appeals to a single issue where a circuit court makes more than one finding that a minor is abused, neglected, or dependent.
On Feb. 4, 2025, the Fifth District of the Illinois Appellate Court held a sanction is not an abuse of discretion when the defendant violates its own motion.
On Jan. 14, 2025, the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that modifying a parenting plan to allow overnight visits every other weekend was not a minor modification of the plan when the plan originally restricted all overnight visits.
The Department of Agriculture adopted amendments to the Industrial Hemp Act. The rulemaking includes updated definitions and testing and sampling standards.
On Oct. 8, 2024, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that a court may not grant summary judgment if there is a genuine issue of material fact.
The Illinois General Assembly amended the Strengthening Community Media Act to create the Journalism Student Scholarship Program. The program’s purpose is to encourage students to pursue careers in journalism in Illinois, and to provide those students with financial assistance to increase the likelihood that they will fulfill that goal.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Allows law enforcement agencies to disclose law enforcement reports and records to the Office of the Illinois Attorney General in accordance with the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
On Jan. 23, 2025, the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that pretrial release sanctions are not exceptions to the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act.
Amends the Build Illinois Act so that the maximum loan amount for minority-owned small business loans increases from $400,000 to $2 million, or 50 percent of project costs.
