Bill
SB 2566
Allocates $84,037,400 from the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund to the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority for corporate purposes (FY starting 7/1/2025); bill died in committee.
Note on document inconsistency
- The bill metadata/title describes a measure to remove a depiction of the Confederate flag from a Capitol rotunda and to create a commission to recommend a replacement image.
- The full text supplied with the file, however, is an appropriations provision for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority (ISFA) that appropriates $84,037,400 from the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund for the Authority’s corporate purposes (effective July 1, 2025).
- The legislative-action log also contains mixed and partly contradictory entries (committee reports, calendar placements in 2025, and earlier 2024 committee actions). Because of these inconsistencies, the summary below separates what is actually in the attached text from what the title/metadata suggests.
1) Summary of the attached bill text (actual document content)
- Main purpose: Appropriates funds to support the operations of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.
- Key provision:
- Appropriates $84,037,400 (Other State Funds) from the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund to the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority for corporate purposes for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
- Effective date: July 1, 2025.
- Who is affected: Illinois Sports Facilities Authority (recipient); programs and obligations funded from the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund. There is no line-item breakdown in the text; the appropriation is for “corporate purposes,” i.e., general authority operations and obligations.
- Impact: Provides the ISFA with budget authority for FY 2026; absent further detail, specific programmatic impacts and expenditure priorities are not specified.
2) Intended subject per title (NOT reflected in attached text)
- The title/metadata indicates a different policy objective: direct removal of a Confederate flag depiction from a Capitol rotunda and creation of a commission to recommend a replacement image. No draft language implementing those actions appears in the supplied document. Because the substantive text for that policy is not present, the following is a high-level description of what such a measure typically would address (hypothetical, not in the file):
- Direct executive/administrative removal of the image from a specified Capitol location and assignment of responsibility (e.g., Architect of the Capitol or Department of Administration).
- Establishment of a commission (membership, appointment authorities, purpose) to consider and recommend an alternate image or display and report by a set deadline.
- Possible provisions on public input, timeline for removal/replacement, and appropriation or authorization to cover removal/replacement costs.
- Potential stakeholders: state capitol authorities, historical commissions, legislators, civil-rights and veterans groups, and members of the public.
Procedural history and current status
- The record supplied lists multiple hearings, committee actions, and calendar placements (dates in 2024 and 2025), but the bill’s status is listed as “Died In Committee.” Given the inconsistent log entries, the definitive status in the supplied package is that the measure did not become law.
Takeaway
- The attached legislative text is an appropriations item for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority ($84,037,400, effective July 1, 2025).
- The title/metadata describe a substantially different policy (removal of a Confederate flag depiction and creation of a commission), but no implementing language for that policy appears in the provided document.
- Because of the inconsistency, readers seeking the substance of the Confederate-flag/removal measure should request the bill text that matches that title or consult the legislative sponsor’s office for the correct draft and status.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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