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SB 2596

Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force; extend operation of.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by David Parker and 1 co-sponsor

Allocates about $2.1B from Illinois General Revenue to SURS to cover the state’s pension contributions and related health/insurance costs for FY 2025-26.

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Bill Summary · SB 2596

Summary — SB 2596 (104th General Assembly, 2025)

Important note: the metadata supplied with this request contains conflicting titles and content. The header lists a Mississippi mental‑health task force bill, but the text of SB 2596 is an Illinois appropriations bill providing funding for the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). This summary follows the actual bill text provided (Illinois appropriations for SURS). Where the record contains inconsistent dollar totals or garbled lines, those inconsistencies are noted below.

Main purpose

SB 2596 is an appropriations bill that would fund the State of Illinois’ contributions to the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) and related pension/health insurance obligations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. Its stated effective date is July 1, 2025.

Key provisions and dollar amounts (as written)

  • Section 5: Appropriates $2,104,446,000 (or so much as necessary) from the General Revenue Fund to SURS for the State’s contribution “as provided by law.”
  • Section 10: Appropriates $215,000,000 (or so much as necessary) from the State Pensions Fund to SURS pursuant to Section 8.12 of the State Finance Act.
  • Section 15: Appropriates $10,966,632 (text in the file is garbled) — the provision references a deposit and community college health insurance/security fund and appears intended to fund certain State contributions for community college health insurance obligations, but the exact source/target text is unclear in the provided copy.
  • Section 20: Appropriates $9,000,000 (or so much as necessary) from the General Revenue Fund to SURS for additional State contributions associated with adjustments to the earnings limitation under subsection (b) of Section 15‑111 of the Illinois Pension Code.
  • Synopsis vs. bill text: an earlier synopsis line lists totals of General Funds $2,124,412,632; Other State Funds $215,000,000; Total $2,339,412,632. Those totals do not exactly match the line items in the bill text; the summary above reflects the amounts shown in the bill sections.

Who/what would be affected

  • State Universities Retirement System (SURS) — receives the appropriated sums to cover employer/State pension contributions and related obligations.
  • State of Illinois General Revenue Fund and State Pensions Fund — are the funding sources for the appropriations.
  • Public universities, community colleges, and their employees/retirees — indirectly affected insofar as the bill funds the State’s pension and related insurance obligations tied to higher education employers.

Procedural status and timeline

  • Introduced by Senator Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (primary sponsor).
  • Dates in the provided record are inconsistent; however, the bill is recorded as having “Died In Committee” on March 4, 2025.
  • Effective date (if enacted): July 1, 2025.
  • Companion: HB 3388.

Impact and considerations

  • The bill would have provided roughly $2.1 billion (plus additional specified amounts) to satisfy the State’s fiscal obligations to SURS for FY 2026. That funding sustains pension benefit payments, employer contribution obligations, and (per the garbled section) some community college health insurance funding.
  • Because the measure died in committee, these appropriations did not become law; implementation would have required enactment before the stated July 1, 2025 effective date.

If you want, I can:
- Reconcile the conflicting dollar totals and dates by checking legislative records,
- Prepare a short explainer on how SURS funding typically affects institutional budgets, or
- Summarize companion HB 3388 for comparisons.

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

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