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Making “Cents” of Jury Service: Illinois General Assembly Requires Pay for Certain Employees’ Civic Duty

108: Election Special!

Summer of 2026 is upon us, and election season is kicking off as spirited candidates, trusted election authorities, and municipalities across Illinois seek to address a host of com...

Illinois Intelligent Speed Assistance Law: What Drivers Should Know About Public Act 104-0507

Public Act 104-0507 creates Illinois’ Intelligent Speed Assistance Program for repeat excessive speeding offenders beginning in 2028. Illinois has enacted a major new traffic safet...

Illinois governor signs laws on utility bill transparency, financial assistance

Alignment between the state’s progressive governor and Republican state lawmakers underscores a bipartisan consensus on the urgency of addressing public anger over electricity bill...

Illinois Auto & Homeowners Insurance Reform Laws Take Effect July 2027

Illinois passed Senate Bill 714 as part of a statewide initiative to address rising automobile insurance costs and concerns about unfair and discriminatory ratemaking practices aff...

Illinois HB 4462: Proposed Changes to Power of Attorney Acceptance Requirements

Illinois HB 4462: Proposed Changes to Power of Attorney Acceptance Requirements addresses a practical problem that can arise when an agent attempts to use a valid power of attorney...

Let’s Talk Real Estate 2026 Summer Highlights

Illinois REALTORS® have been sitting down this summer with members of Congress for “Let’s Talk Real Estate” meetings—connecting face-to-face, talking issues and making sure the ind...

New Illinois Law Expands Attorney General Powers to Investigate Employers

On July 31, 2026, Governor Pritzker signed new legislation greatly expanding the already-broad investigatory powers of the Workplace Rights Bureau in the Attorney General’s Office...

Illinois Governor voices support for estate tax relief

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says the state’s agricultural producers need estate tax relief. “We ought to change the state tax in the state of Illinois.”  He says, “I am going t...

Governor Signs Bill Requiring Libraries and Other Facilities to Post Suicide Hotline (9-8-8) Information

On August 7, 2026, Governor Pritzker signed Public Act 104-0808 into law, also referred to as Tammurra’s Act (Act). The Act applies to various facilities and institutions, includin...

Illinois Enacts Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act

Illinois enacts new protections against abusive vision benefit practices

New law strengthens transparency, protects patient and provider choice and expands accountability for vision benefit middlemen, building on 2023’s Vision Care Plan Regulation Act.

New Illinois Law Expands Attorney General Powers to Investigate Employers

Illinois legislation signed July 31, 2026, expands the investigatory authority of the Workplace Rights Bureau within the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, effective Jan. 1, 2027....

First-in-the-Nation Illinois Digital Asset Tax Faces Constitutional Challenge

The first major legal challenge to Illinois’ newly enacted Digital Asset Tax Act has arrived. On July 21, 2026, the Chamber of Digital Commerce d/b/a The Digital Chamber filed a la...

Illinois Expands Project Labor Agreement Requirements for Renewable Energy Projects

Illinois’s renewable energy landscape shifted significantly in January 2026 with the enactment of the Illinois Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA). Among the law’s pro...

Pritzker Signs Bills Giving Insurance Department Power to Overturn Rate Changes

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker this week signed legislation that gives the state’s insurance department authority to object rates it deems are excessive, inadequate, or unfairly d...

Illinois Employers Face New Paid Leave for Jury Service + Stronger Protections for Volunteer Emergency Workers

Takeaways All Illinois employers are required to provide jury duty leave. Starting 01.01.27, Illinois employers with at least 26 employees must provide employees with paid leave f...

New Law Establishes Rules for Electric Bikes and Scooters

A new Illinois law governing who can use electric bikes and scooters, how fast they go, and where they can be used will go into effect next year. Last week, Illinois Governor Pritz...

Illinois Employers Must Provide Paid Jury Duty Leave Beginning January 1, 2027

Effective January 1, 2027, Illinois employers with 26 or more employees must pay employees at their regular hourly rate for their existing job-protected jury duty leave. The change...

Illinois offers judge online gambling in the way of wagering, horse rushing, fantasy football, lotto draws, and social c...

The fresh new Illinois Gambling Board in addition to issues licenses to brand new betting workers, performs the necessary background records searches on potential employees, and yo...

Illinois Will Finally Stop Stripping People of Their Home Equity—3 Years After the Supreme Court Outlawed It

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that promises property owners will receive the surplus proceeds when the government seizes their home to satisfy a tax debt.

GADS to help address the housing shortage

Illinois REALTORS® launched the Illinois Housing Supply Accelerator Program this week to address the state's housing shortage. If you are interested in increasing homes in your com...

Illinois Adds Gambling Disorder to State Addiction Law

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed legislation formally recognizing gambling disorder within the state’s addiction framework, expanding the government’s authority to support...

Illinois Supreme Court's Latest Judicial Screening Committee Includes Big Law, Midsize Attorneys

The committee—formed under Justice Sanjay Tailor, who was sworn in as the first Asian-American justice for the state Supreme Court earlier this year—may interview applicants, ask f...