Bill
SB 2549
Authorizes FY2026 IDOT appropriation totaling $4,915,663,820 from Road Fund and federal funds to fund personnel, operations, planning, equipment, and liability payments.
Status note and discrepancy
- Provided metadata lists SB 2549 with the title "Department of Public Safety; prohibit distribution of logos or patches without authorization."
- The body text supplied is instead an appropriations bill for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
- Legislative action entries are internally inconsistent (dates and a "Died In Committee" entry conflict with later committee activity). Based on the action log, the bill was considered in committee, reported as substituted (05/09/2025), placed on the intent calendar, and had co‑authors added; the supplied top‑line status is "Died In Committee." If you need a definitive procedural status, please confirm with the Illinois General Assembly record.
Purpose and intent
- The document is an FY2026 appropriation measure that provides funding for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), drawing primarily from the Road Fund and a small federal funds share.
Key budgetary provisions and allocations (selected)
- Total appropriated (as shown near the top):
- Other State Funds (Road Fund): $4,899,739,695
- Federal Funds: $15,924,125
- Combined total reported: $4,915,663,820
- Department‑wide personal services: $573,994,000 (broken out by central administration, districts 1–9, aeronautics, intermodal, etc.)
- State contributions to retirement and Social Security:
- State Employees' Retirement System: $285,958,200
- Social Security: $45,951,700
- Central administration operating budgets (examples): Contractual services $28,550,000; travel $626,500; equipment and vehicle purchases included.
- Major lump sum or special line items:
- Hazardous material abatement: $500,000
- Auditing consultants (internal/external): $2,900,000
- Process modernization implementation: $200,000
- State Prompt Payment Act interest costs: $1,000,000
- Awards/grants and liability payments: Tort claims $3,280,000; auto liability payments $4,350,000; representation/indemnification $100,000 (for Road Fund portion of operations).
- Bureau of Information Processing: total ~$98,248,600 (including $83,778,400 for electronic data processing).
- Office of Planning & Programming: total ~$2,015,300; additional metropolitan planning and research line items ($93,417,000 and $25,523,000 noted).
Who is affected
- IDOT operational units (central administration, district offices, bureaus such as Information Processing, Planning & Programming).
- IDOT employees (personal services and benefits funded).
- Contractors, consultants, and vendors providing services and equipment to IDOT.
- Metropolitan planning organizations and local entities that receive federal/state planning funds.
- Parties with tort or auto liability claims against IDOT (funding for claims/indemnification).
Procedural/timeline points
- Introduced/first read in late Feb–Mar 2025 (sponsor: Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.; Suber listed as primary co‑sponsor).
- Committee hearings and testimony occurred in April and May 2025; committee reported the bill as substituted on 05/09/2025 and it was placed on the intent calendar in mid‑May.
- The provided record contains an inconsistent "Died In Committee" status; confirm final disposition with official legislative records.
Limitations
- Text supplied is truncated; additional appropriation lines and totals beyond the excerpt are not available here. If you want a line‑by‑line appropriation or the final enrolled version, I can look up or summarize the complete bill text given access to the full legislative record.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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