Early voting; authorize.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by John Horhn

The bill would appropriate $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Attorney General’s Workplace Rights Bureau to fund its ordinary and contingent expenses and operations.

Died In Committee

#elections

Bill Summary: SB 2629

Title: Early voting; authorize.
Bill Number: SB 2629
Subject: Elections (record shows varying subjects)
Introduced: March 6–13, 2025 (records vary)
Status: Conflicting records (see “Procedural status” below)
Companion: HB 1926

Note: The available document text for SB 2629 is an appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General for the Workplace Rights Bureau, but the bill title and some metadata reference “early voting” and the subject “Elections.” Legislative action entries are internally inconsistent. See the “Notes on record inconsistencies” section.

Main purpose / intent

According to the bill text as introduced, SB 2629 would appropriate funds to expand operational capacity for the Office of the Attorney General’s Workplace Rights Bureau. The intent (per the text) is to provide additional general revenue support for ordinary, contingent, and operational expenses of that Bureau.

Key provisions

Appropriates $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General.

Funds are designated for “ordinary and contingent expenses and operational programs of the Workplace Rights Bureau.”

Text specifies an effective date of July 1, 2025.

The bill does not include further programmatic detail (no line-item breakdown, no new statutory duties, and no eligibility or grant formulas included in the text provided).

Who/what would be affected

Primary recipient: Office of the Attorney General (Workplace Rights Bureau).

Funding source: Illinois General Revenue Fund (a $2,000,000 appropriation would reduce available unobligated GRF balances or redirect budgeted funds).

Indirect effects: potentially increased enforcement, outreach, or operational capacity for workplace-rights enforcement and related activities administered by the AG’s bureau. No direct changes to employer or worker statutory rights are included in the text.

Procedural status & timeline (conflicting records)

Bill text shows introduction in March 2025 and an effective date of July 1, 2025.

Legislative action log contains many entries (committee hearings, readings, votes) and contradictory outcomes: entries list passage in both chambers, enrollment, signature by the Governor (signed 5/19/2025) and an effective date of 9/1/2025 in one place — but the header supplied by the user states “Died In Committee.”

Because of these contradictions, the bill’s final disposition is unclear from the materials provided.

Notes on record inconsistencies

Title (“Early voting; authorize”) does not match the bill text (an appropriation to the Attorney General for the Workplace Rights Bureau).

Dates, sponsors, and action history appear to mix records from different legislatures/jurisdictions (some sponsor names align with Hawaii legislators; bill text references Illinois 104th General Assembly).

Users should verify the official legislative database (state legislature website or bill tracking system) for authoritative status, final votes, enacted language, and the correct bill associated with the listed title or subject.

If you want, I can look up the authoritative status for SB 2629 in the relevant state legislative database (please tell me which state or provide a link).