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HJR 27

GOOD FOOD TASK FORCE

104th Regular Session Introduced by Sharon Chung and 4 co-sponsors

Creates a time-limited Task Force to study and recommend GFPP-style, healthful, local, fair, and sustainable state food procurement, with pilots possible.

Adopted Both Houses
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Bill Summary · HJR 27

Summary — HJR 27 (Good Food Task Force)

Status: Adopted by both houses (June 1, 2025)
Type: House Joint Resolution (Joint resolution)
Primary sponsor: Rep. Holcomb (House); Chief Senate sponsor: Sen. Willie Preston
Introduced: (per document) August 19, 2025 — note: legislative history shows activity and final adoption in 2025 (see timeline below)

Purpose / Intent

HJR 27 expresses the General Assembly’s support for the principles of the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) and creates a time‑limited Illinois Good Food Purchasing Policy Task Force. The resolution directs the Task Force to study current State food procurement practices and to explore how GFPP-style standards — prioritizing health, affordability, local sourcing, fair labor and animal welfare, and environmental stewardship — could be implemented, including pilots in selected State agencies or facilities.

Key provisions

  • Creates the Illinois Good Food Purchasing Policy Task Force to:
    • Survey State agencies and State‑owned facilities that purchase food (examples listed: mental health facilities, facilities for persons with developmental/physical disabilities, correctional facilities, public higher education).
    • Collect information including total annual food spending; number and types of food‑service sites; procurement methods; operational models (Food Service Management Company, self‑operation, mixed/vended); barriers to adopting Good Food Purchasing; and procurement calendars.
    • Identify 1–3 State agencies, facilities, or programs that are well‑positioned for Good Food Purchasing pilot programs and include detailed survey results in recommendations.
  • Task Force composition: ~25 members who serve without compensation. Membership includes the Lieutenant Governor (or designee), legislative leaders’ designees, directors/designees from multiple State agencies (Commerce & Economic Opportunity; Environmental Protection; Public Health; Natural Resources; Agriculture), chief procurement officers from a set of State offices (Central Management Services, Corrections, Human Services, Secretary of State, etc.), and appointed representatives nominated by statewide/local food advocacy, environmental, labor, nutrition, farm‑animal welfare, and farmer advocacy organizations.
  • Administrative support: Department of Agriculture provides administrative support.
  • Organization: members select a chair at first meeting; meetings at the chair’s call.
  • Deliverable and timeline: a final report to the Governor and General Assembly due no later than December 31, 2026. The Task Force is dissolved upon filing that report.
  • No appropriation or mandate to change procurement law is contained in the resolution; it is a study and recommendation vehicle.

Who is affected / potential impacts

  • Directly: the State agencies and State‑owned facilities that purchase food (procurement offices, food service operators, correctional and long‑term care facilities, public colleges/universities).
  • Indirectly: local/regional farmers and producers, food service management companies, food chain workers, vendors, and communities that could benefit from increased access to locally sourced, nutritious foods.
  • Impact: the resolution does not itself change procurement rules or create procurement requirements, but it could lead to pilot projects and policy recommendations that alter future State purchasing toward GFPP standards — potentially increasing demand for local/sustainable products, influencing contracts, and highlighting barriers (legal, logistical, budgetary) to implementation.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • House Committee Amendment No. 1 was filed and adopted during committee consideration.
  • Final report due: December 31, 2026. Task Force dissolved after filing.
  • Legislative actions: filed and referred through several committees; recorded as Adopted Both Houses on June 1, 2025 (resolution adoption votes recorded in legislative history).

If you want, I can:
- Extract the exact, line‑by‑line Task Force membership list in a compact table, or
- Draft a short briefing memo on likely legal or procurement barriers the Task Force may identify.

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

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