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SB 2534

Alyssa's Law; enact to require school districts to implement a panic alert system making use of wearable panic alert devices.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Robin Robinson

This bill would appropriate about $2.19 billion for the Illinois Department of Corrections for FY2026, detailing funding across operations, personnel, IT, education, parole, and re

Died In Committee
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Bill Summary · SB 2534

Summary — SB 2534 (104th General Assembly, 2025)

Overview

SB 2534 is identified in the provided materials with two conflicting descriptions. The bill header supplied by the requester lists the title as “Alyssa’s Law; enact to require school districts to implement a panic alert system making use of wearable panic alert devices.” However, the officially introduced bill text for SB 2534 (filed by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.) is an appropriations act that would make fiscal-year 2026 appropriations for the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC). The text provided here is the introduced appropriations language — not statutory language creating Alyssa’s Law. The summary below focuses on the actual introduced text (DOC appropriations) and also notes the discrepancy.

Purpose / Intent (as reflected in introduced text)

  • To appropriate funds from the General Revenue Fund and other state sources to cover the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Department of Corrections for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
  • Allocations include statewide services, facility operations, education and re‑entry programs, parole and field services, medical/hospitalization expenses, IT upgrades, and other department needs.

Key provisions and dollar amounts (selected)

  • Total appropriations (top-level figures shown):
    • General Funds: $2,071,048,900
    • Other State Funds: $114,500,000
    • Total: $2,185,548,900
  • Specific line-item examples (as introduced):
    • General Office total: $115,119,000 (includes Personnel: $39,484,000; Electronic Data Processing: $33,500,000; Tort Claims: $12,500,000; Equipment: $4,590,000)
    • Department of Corrections Reimbursement & Education Fund totals (selected): school district program expenses $5,000,000; federal program-related expenses $5,000,000; miscellaneous program expenses $59,400,000; IT infrastructure upgrades $45,000,000.
    • Statewide hospitalization services: $26,000,000.
    • Education Services within DOC: $35,848,500.
    • Parole: $68,618,800.
    • Re‑entry Services: $46,975,600.
    • Field Services: $121,058,000.
    • Facility-level appropriations begin (example): Big Muddy River Correctional Center personnel $35,338,000 (text is truncated after facility line items).
  • The introduced text itemizes many functional budgets (personal services, social security contributions, contractual services, travel, commodities, equipment, telecommunication, etc.) for DOC divisions and correctional centers.

Who would be affected

  • Primary: Illinois Department of Corrections (operations, facilities, staff, inmates, parolees).
  • Secondary: County sheriffs (reimbursements for conveying prisoners), counties receiving salary reimbursements for assistant state’s attorneys, vendors and contractors for services and IT, school district programs paid from DOC-reimbursement fund line items, and health providers funded via hospitalization appropriations.

Procedural history and status

  • Filed with Secretary of the Senate / First reading: Feb 25, 2025 (filed by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.).
  • Read first time: Apr 3, 2025; referred to Health & Human Services (per listed actions).
  • Other listed entries indicate referrals to Education and Appropriations.
  • Status in provided materials: "Died In Committee" (date listed as 2025-02-04, which conflicts with later filing/read dates). Overall, the legislative action history in the materials contains inconsistent dates; the bill did not advance to enactment.

Notes and important caveats

  • The title/subject initially provided (Alyssa’s Law — school panic alert devices) does not match the attached introduced bill text, which is an appropriations act for DOC. It appears the bill number or metadata may have been conflated or mis‑assigned. No Alyssa’s Law substantive provisions appear in the introduced appropriations text supplied.
  • The bill text in the file is truncated; the full appropriations schedule (facility-level lines and any additional sections) is not included in the excerpt.
  • A companion bill is listed as HB 194.

If you would like, I can:
- Look up the official legislative source for SB 2534 to resolve the title/text mismatch and retrieve the complete introduced text, or
- Prepare a draft summary focused solely on “Alyssa’s Law” if you provide the correct bill language or a different bill number.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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