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SB 2539

School resource officers; enhance provisions for.

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

SB 2539 allocates about $123.8 million from insurance funds to the Department of Insurance for FY 2026 to support operations, regulation, fraud programs, and Health Benefits Exchan

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Bill Summary · SB 2539

SB 2539 — Summary (Introduced 02/25/2025)

Title shown: "School resource officers; enhance provisions for."
Actual text/synopsis: Appropriations for the Department of Insurance for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
Primary sponsor: Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

Purpose / Intent

Despite the bill title referencing school resource officers, the bill text and introduced synopsis make clear SB 2539 is an appropriations measure that funds the Department of Insurance. Its stated purpose is to appropriate amounts from various insurance-related state funds to cover ordinary and contingent expenses, program operations, and specific initiatives of the Department for FY beginning July 1, 2025.

Key provisions and dollar amounts

  • Top-line: Other State Funds — Total $123,750,000 (shown on the bill cover page).
  • Insurance Producer Administration Fund (selected line items):
    • Personal services, retirement, benefits, EDP, contractual services, etc.; total listed: $31,454,900.
    • Additional appropriation: $5,000,000 (Section 10) for costs and expenses related to operations.
  • Insurance Financial Regulation Fund:
    • Line items (personal services, retirement, EDP, contractual services, etc.); total listed: $34,112,400.
    • Additional appropriation: $3,750,000 (Section 20) for agency operations.
    • $1,200,000 (Section 25) for the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit IT system.
  • Public Pension Regulation Fund:
    • Pension Division line items; total listed: $1,015,400.
    • Additional appropriation: $2,000,000 (Section 35) for agency operations.
  • Other targeted appropriations:
    • $3,200,000 (Section 40) from the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund for the Insurance Fraud Division (Anti-Fraud Program).
    • $2,000,000 (Section 45) from the Parity Advancement Fund for parity implementation, consumer education, and enforcement initiatives.
    • $39,267,300 (Section 50) from the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Fund for implementation of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange.
    • $375,000 (Section 55) from the Insurance Producer Administration Fund for the Division of Healthcare Access.
    • $375,000 (Section 60) from the Insurance Producer Administration Fund for administration/operations related to the Health Care Protection Act.

Who is affected

  • Department of Insurance (primary recipient/implementer).
  • Programs and divisions within the Department: Producer Administration, Financial Regulation, Pension Division, Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit, Insurance Fraud Division, Division of Healthcare Access, Illinois Health Benefits Exchange implementation.
  • Indirectly affects stakeholders in insurance regulation, parity enforcement, workers’ compensation fraud detection, and consumers served by the Health Benefits Exchange.

Procedural / timeline notes and discrepancies

  • Introduced to the Senate: 02/25/2025; effective date in bill: July 1, 2025.
  • The provided legislative action history contains conflicting entries:
    • It lists "Died In Committee" on 02/04/2025 (a date earlier than introduction), but also shows numerous later actions (committee reports, readings, passage on 05/09/2025, placement on calendars).
  • Recommendation: Verify final status and official history with the Illinois General Assembly legislative database or Secretary of the Senate, because the document contains inconsistent procedural information.

Bottom line

SB 2539, as introduced, is an appropriations bill allocating roughly $123.8 million from various insurance-related state funds to the Department of Insurance for FY 2026, with targeted funding for financial regulation, fraud programs, the Health Benefits Exchange, and other departmental functions. Confirm the bill’s official title and legislative disposition due to inconsistencies between the bill title and its content and between different procedural entries.

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

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