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2025 Regular Session

Provides a $647,600 General Revenue appropriation to fund two Cook County conservation corps programs (Greencorps Chicago and Forest Preserve Experience) via DCEO.

Died In Committee

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Summary — SB 2635 (104th General Assembly)

Status: Died in committee (record contains date inconsistencies — see note)
Introduced: March 12–13, 2025
Primary sponsor: Sen. Willie Preston; Co‑sponsor: Sen. Adriane Johnson
Subject: Appropriation for Conservation Corps programs (bill text); Title in record says “Motor Voter Registration Act” (apparent data mismatch)
Companion: HB 2719

Purpose and intent

Although the bill title in the header references a “Motor Voter Registration Act,” the text of SB 2635 is an appropriations measure. Its stated purpose is to provide a targeted appropriation to support the administration and operation of two Conservation Corps programs run by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County: Greencorps Chicago and the Forest Preserve Experience.

Key provisions

Appropriates $647,600 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO).

Directs DCEO to make a grant to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to administer and operate:

Greencorps Chicago, and
Forest Preserve Experience programs, both within the state Conservation Corps program.

Effective date: July 1, 2025.

Who would be affected

Forest Preserve District of Cook County: direct recipient of the grant and responsible for program administration.

DCEO: responsible agency for issuing the grant from the appropriation.

Program participants and local communities: beneficiaries of Greencorps Chicago and Forest Preserve Experience activities (workforce development, environmental restoration, conservation projects within Cook County).

State finances: a one-time or fiscal-year appropriation of $647,600 from the General Revenue Fund would increase spending in that fiscal year.

Procedural/timeline notes

Legislative steps listed include first reading, referral to committees (Assignments, Natural Resources, Elections shown in record), addition of a co‑sponsor, and final disposition as “Died In Committee.”

The provided legislative-action dates contain inconsistencies (for example, a “Died In Committee” date of 2025‑02‑04 predates the bill’s March 2025 introduction). These discrepancies suggest an error in the compiled record; users should consult the official Illinois General Assembly bill page or legislative clerk for authoritative procedural history.

Potential impact

Fiscal: a $647,600 General Revenue Fund outlay to support conservation corps programming in Cook County.

Programmatic: would sustain or expand local conservation and youth/workforce development initiatives (Greencorps Chicago; Forest Preserve Experience).

No policy changes to elections or voter registration appear in the bill text despite the title mismatch.

If you want, I can fetch the official bill page or the companion HB 2719 to confirm procedural history and resolve the title/content discrepancy.