Bill
SB 2564
Allocates about $491.4M to ICJIA for FY2026 to support operations, violence prevention, reentry, victim services, and related grants; died in committee.
Short summary: The introduced version of SB 2564 (Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.) is an omnibus appropriation bill that would provide funding to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) for FY 2026 to support operations, grants, and a broad set of violence‑prevention, diversion, reentry, victim‑service, and programmatic initiatives. The bill appropriates funds from multiple sources totaling roughly $491.4 million. The bill ultimately “Died in Committee.”
Note: The bill metadata includes an inconsistent title referencing use tax revenue and the State Highway Fund. The actual bill text furnished here concerns appropriations for ICJIA. There are also some inconsistent dates in the procedural log; see “Procedural history & status” below.
To fund ICJIA’s ordinary and contingent expenses and to provide grants, contracts, administrative costs, and program funding for statewide public‑safety, prevention, diversion, reentry, victim services, and related initiatives administered or overseen by ICJIA.
Totals shown near the top of the bill (as introduced):
- General Funds: $98,946,100
- Other State Funds: $211,728,300
- Federal Funds: $180,734,473
- Total: $491,408,873
Selected line‑item appropriations (amounts payable from General Revenue Fund, as listed in the bill):
- ICJIA operations (personal services, contracting, EDP, telecom, equipment, etc.): $6,131,600
- Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council Program: $525,000
- Bullying prevention: $700,000
- Grant Accountability & Transparency Act navigation / technical assistance: $259,900
- Adult Redeploy and Diversion Programs (awards, grants, admin): $13,000,000
- Safe From the Start Program (grants/contracts/admin): $3,000,000
- Community‑Based Violence Prevention Programs (including prior years): $16,342,700
- Metropolitan Family Services — street intervention support: $6,694,300
- Safer Foundation — violence prevention grant: $1,000,000
- Grants for Community Partnership for Deflection and Addiction Treatment Act participants: $1,000,000
- Pretrial Fairness Act implementation costs: $623,700
- Statewide deferred prosecution grants: $1,500,000
- Ad Hoc Statewide Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee: $350,000
- Institute 2 Innovate (grants/admin): $566,600
- Trauma recovery centers (grants/admin): $3,176,200
- Grants for less‑lethal devices and training to local law enforcement: $5,000,000
- Co‑responder pilot grants to law enforcement/first responders: $10,000,000
- Targeted community‑based violence prevention grants (named entities): $15,000,000
- Center for Housing and Health — transitional & supportive housing for returning residents: $1,000,000
(Portions of the text are truncated in the provided version; additional line items may appear in the full bill.)
Large statewide appropriation package with nearly $491.4 million in combined General, Other State, and Federal funds. The General Revenue share identified in the introduced sections is roughly $98.9 million (with many specific line items listed). Implementation would direct significant new or continuing funding to local grants and programs administered by ICJIA.
Note: The procedural dates in the provided record contain inconsistencies (e.g., a “Died In Committee” date that predates filing). Users should consult the official Illinois General Assembly docket for definitive dates and the complete bill text.
The introduced SB 2564 is a substantial, multi‑million dollar appropriations vehicle focused on funding ICJIA operations and a wide range of community safety, diversion, reentry, and violence prevention efforts. It did not advance out of committee in the 2025 session (status: Died In Committee).
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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