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SB 2625

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Rod Hickman

Authorizes $6.1 million from General Revenue to IDA to fund a Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative targeting incentives for at least 1,000,000 acres.

Died In Committee
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Bill Summary · SB 2625

Summary — SB 2625 (104th General Assembly, 2025-2026)

Bill number: SB 2625
Introduced: March 2025 (filed/received March 13, 2025)
Subject: Appropriations / Agriculture (text provided)
Status: Died in Committee
Effective date if enacted: July 1, 2025
Companion: HB 4593

Note on content: the bill text supplied is an appropriation for a crop insurance rebate initiative. (The title provided by the user about affidavit voting and late registration does not match the bill text; this summary follows the bill text.)

Main purpose

Provide a targeted appropriation from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Department of Agriculture to support a "Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative" that would offer incentives covering at least 1,000,000 acres of eligible agricultural land.

Key provisions

  • Appropriates $6,100,000 (or so much as may be necessary) from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
  • Funds are designated for "all costs associated with the Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative to provide incentives for at least 1,000,000 acres of eligible land."
  • Effective date: the Act would take effect July 1, 2025.

The bill text as provided contains no further programmatic detail (for example, it does not define "eligible land," describe applicant eligibility, specify payment mechanics, or set program duration/administration rules).

Who would be affected

  • Illinois Department of Agriculture: would administer the initiative and receive the appropriation.
  • Farmers/landowners: potential recipients of crop-insurance-related incentives for qualifying acreage.
  • State finances: $6.1 million would be paid from the General Revenue Fund; depending on implementation, the appropriation would reduce available discretionary GRF resources by that amount.

Fiscal/metric note

  • If the $6.1 million were applied evenly across the targeted 1,000,000 acres, the implied average incentive would be about $6.10 per acre. Actual per-acre payments would depend on eligibility rules and program design.

Procedural history (selected)

  • Filed/Received by Secretary of the Senate: March 13, 2025
  • First reading / referred to committees: March–April 2025 (various entries)
  • Multiple senators added as co‑sponsors in March–May 2025.
  • Status recorded as "Died In Committee."

Implications and next steps

Because the bill as presented is narrowly drafted as an appropriation with few implementation details, program operation would depend on Department of Agriculture rules or separate implementing language. The bill did not advance (died in committee); proponents could pursue the companion HB 4593 or refile in a later session.

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

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