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SB 2558

Registered lobbyists; require disclosure of representation of foreign adversary client.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jeff Tate

SB 2558 would appropriate funds to the Illinois Commerce Commission for admin programs and grants, but it died in committee and would not take effect.

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Bill Summary · SB 2558

Summary — SB 2558 (104th General Assembly, 2025-2026)

  • Bill number: SB 2558
  • Sponsor: Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
  • Introduced: February 25 / March 13, 2025 (filed/read dates in record)
  • Stated subject classification: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  • Status: Died in Committee (did not advance)
  • Effective date in text (if enacted): July 1, 2025

Important note on content: Although the bill header in your request gives the title "Registered lobbyists; require disclosure of representation of foreign adversary client," the actual bill text provided is an appropriations measure for the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). This summary covers the appropriations bill text as introduced.

Purpose / Intent

The bill would appropriate specified sums from several state funds to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) for ordinary and contingent expenses for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and to fund specific ICC programs and grants (e.g., one-call system, Energy Transition Act administration, telecommunications access, consumer intervenor administration, pipeline responder training).

Key provisions and dollar amounts

Major appropriations and designated uses included in the introduced text:

  • Overall synopsis (as presented at top):

    • Other State Funds: $80,116,100
    • Federal Funds: $250,000
    • Total: $80,366,100

  • Transportation Regulatory Fund — Chairman and Commissioner’s Office (selected line items): $242,400 total (personal services, retirement, FICA, group insurance, travel, telecom).

  • Public Utility Fund — various ICC offices and public utilities operations: multiple line items totaling $36,169,300 (personal services, retirement contributions, group insurance, contractual services, equipment, EDP, telecom, refunds).

  • Public Utilities (larger program) — specified line items totaling $36,169,300 (personal services $17,725,000; retirement contributions $8,239,700; group insurance $4,814,000; contractual services $2,343,300; EDP $651,000; equipment $444,800; etc.).

  • Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention: $2,500,000 appropriated to the Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Fund for a grant to the Statewide One-call System.

  • Small refund appropriation: $1,000 from the Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Fund for refunds.

  • Transportation program appropriation (Transportation Regulatory Fund): $20,130,100 for ordinary and contingent expenses (including personal services $9,033,300; retirement $4,199,300; group insurance $2,556,400; contractual services $1,872,500; equipment $569,300; EDP $473,000; telecom $409,500).

  • Single State Insurance Registration / Unified Carrier Registration administrative program: $2,000,000 from Transportation Regulatory Fund for disbursements, administrative costs, and refunds/overpayments.

  • Telecommunications Access Corporation Fund: $1,500,000 for ICC administrative and distribution costs under section 13-703 of the Illinois Public Utilities Act.

  • Energy Transition Act administration: $12,000,000 from the Public Utility Fund for all costs associated with administration of the Energy Transition Act.

  • Consumer Intervenor Compensation Fund: $3,000,000 for costs and expenses related to administration of the Consumer Intervenor Compensation Fund and related statutory changes (ref: P.A. 102-0662).

  • ICC Federal Grants Trust Fund: $250,000 grant to the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association Educational & Research Foundation for pipeline-first-responder emergency planning and training.

Who would be affected

  • Illinois Commerce Commission (primary recipient/administrator) — operating budgets, programs and staff funding.
  • Regulated utilities and transportation carriers — indirectly, as ICC administrative and program activities are funded.
  • Statewide One-call system / underground utilities safety stakeholders — would receive a grant.
  • Telecommunications Access programs and recipients (e.g., support for hearing/speech access) via the Telecommunications Access Corporation Fund.
  • Consumer intervenors and parties participating before the ICC (administration of compensation).
  • First responders (pipeline emergency training) via grant to Illinois Fire Chiefs Association foundation.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced and filed in early 2025; read/referral actions recorded in February–April 2025.
  • Record shows the bill died in committee (did not advance to passage or become law).
  • If enacted as written, effective date would be July 1, 2025.

Observations

  • The introduced text is a line-item appropriation measure targeting ICC programs and specific statutory responsibilities (not a lobbyist-disclosure measure).
  • Because the bill died in committee, none of the appropriations would take effect.

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

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