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HB 3517

Relating to obesity treatments.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Thuy Tran

Provides up to $3.5 million from GRF to DCEO to grant Joliet Area Historical Museum for restoring the former Joliet Correctional Center.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · HB 3517

Summary — HB 3517 (104th General Assembly, 2025–2026)

Short title / topic: Although bill header shown as "Relating to obesity treatments," the body of HB 3517 is an appropriations measure to fund restoration of the property formerly operated as the Joliet Correctional Center and to provide a grant to the Joliet Area Historical Museum. (The title/subject mismatch appears to be an error in the summary metadata.)

Purpose

Provide state General Revenue Fund (GRF) money to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to make a grant to the Joliet Area Historical Museum for expenses associated with restoring the former Joliet Correctional Center property.

Key provisions

  • Appropriates $3,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to DCEO for a grant to the Joliet Area Historical Museum for restoration expenses related to the former Joliet Correctional Center.
  • The statutory text inserts a new Section 835 into Public Act 103‑0589, Article 52, and repeats an identical appropriation in Article 2.
  • Article 998: Permits the appropriations made in Articles 1 and 2 to be used for prior year costs.
  • Article 999 (effective date): The Act takes effect upon becoming law, except Article 2 takes effect July 1, 2025.

Fiscal impact

  • The bill specifies $3,500,000 "or so much thereof as may be necessary" from the GRF. Because the same appropriation language appears in two separate articles (Article 1 and Article 2), it is unclear whether the legislature intends one combined appropriation of $3.5 million (covering FY2025 and FY2026) or two separate $3.5 million appropriations (one per article/fiscal year). The bill’s synopsis indicates funding for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, but the statutory duplication creates ambiguity. In any case, up to $3.5 million (or potentially up to $7 million if both articles are intended to be separate) would be allocated for this purpose.

Who is affected

  • Joliet Area Historical Museum: direct grantee and primary beneficiary for restoration expenses.
  • Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity: administering the grant.
  • State General Revenue Fund and Illinois taxpayers: source of appropriated funds.
  • Local contractors, preservation professionals, and stakeholders in Joliet potentially involved in restoration and subsequent operations/tourism.

Timeline / procedural status

  • Introduced: February 2025 (text shows both Feb. 18 and Feb. 28 entries).
  • Committee referrals include Rules, Behavioral Health and Health Care, Appropriations‑Public Safety and Infrastructure, and Elections (various procedural steps listed).
  • Legislative actions show the bill was read and referred in February–March 2025 and was "in committee upon adjournment" as of June 28, 2025.
  • Companion bill: SB 2363.

Notes / ambiguities

  • The bill metadata’s title (obesity treatments) does not match the substance (historic site restoration) — likely a clerical error.
  • The duplication of identical appropriations in separate articles creates uncertainty whether funding is $3.5 million total or $3.5 million per fiscal year (total $7 million). Review of engrossed/amended text or legislative intent statements would be needed to resolve this.

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

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