104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2693
 
Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
    Creates the State Agency and Grantee Bonus Prohibition Act. Provides that no State agency or hospital shall pay from State funds, in whole or in part, and no employee of a State agency or hospital may receive a bonus as all or part of his or her compensation, including such bonuses as may be received for work on capital projects. Provides that no grantee shall pay, and no employee or contract worker of a grantee may receive, a bonus paid from grant funds awarded for operational expenses as all or part of his or her compensation, including such bonuses as may be received for work on capital projects. Provides that State agencies who use bonuses paid to State employees shall provide an annual report to the General Assembly itemizing each bonus awarded, including the amount of the bonuses awarded, the purpose of the bonus, the position of the employees to whom bonuses were awarded, and the overall agency fiscal impact for the bonuses awarded in the prior fiscal year. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State 
5Agency and Grantee Bonus Prohibition Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Employee" means any person employed, full-time, 
8part-time, or contractually, in any capacity by a State agency 
9or hospital, without regard to whether that person's 
10employment is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate 
11or is for a stated term. "Employee" does not include persons 
12subject to a collective bargaining agreement.
13    "Grant funds" has the meaning provided in Section 2 of the 
14Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act.
15    "Grantee" has the meaning provided in Section 2 of the 
16Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act.
17    "Hospital" has the meaning provided in Section 3 of the 
18Hospital Licensing Act.
19    "State agency" has the meaning provided in Section 
201-15.100 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
 
21    Section 10. Bonuses prohibited. 
22    (a) No State agency or hospital shall pay from State 
 
 
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1funds, in whole or in part, and no employee of a State agency 
2or hospital may receive a bonus as all or part of his or her 
3compensation, including such bonuses as may be received for 
4work on capital projects.
5    (b) No grantee shall pay, and no employee or contract 
6worker of a grantee may receive, a bonus paid from grant funds 
7awarded for operational expenses as all or part of his or her 
8compensation, including such bonuses as may be received for 
9work on capital projects.
10    (c) State agencies who use bonuses paid to State employees 
11shall provide an annual report to the General Assembly 
12itemizing each bonus awarded, including the amount of the 
13bonuses awarded, the purpose of the bonus, the position of the 
14employees to whom bonuses were awarded, and the overall agency 
15fiscal impact for the bonuses awarded in the prior fiscal 
16year. This report shall be due December 1, 2025 to the General 
17Assembly and annually thereafter. Recruitment or retention 
18bonuses for State employment shall be no more than $10,000 per 
19bonus unless the Department of Central Management Services 
20adopts rules increasing the monetary limit per bonus.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law.