{"id":40116,"date":"2026-06-09T15:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=40116"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:50:04","slug":"glock-ban-prescription-drug-board-among-measures-that-stall-in-final-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/40116-glock-ban-prescription-drug-board-among-measures-that-stall-in-final-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Glock Ban, Prescription Drug Board Among Measures That Stall in Final Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bills likely to be discussed throughout the summer for possible revival in veto session<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By BEN SZALINSKI, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NIKOEL HYTREK, &amp; JENNA SCHWEIKERT<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:news@capitolnewsillinois.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Article Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many key bills discussed in the General Assembly this year failed to move forward before lawmakers adjourned on June 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bills banning Glocks, creating a prescription drug board and regulating algorithmic pricing advanced in the final days of session, but not to the governor\u2019s desk.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sweeping election reform bill was also filed but didn\u2019t get called for a vote.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measures are expected to continue being discussed and negotiated throughout the summer and could advance during the fall veto session or possible January lame duck session.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPRINGFIELD \u2014 While hundreds of bills are heading to Gov. JB Pritzker\u2019s desk, several key measures debated during this spring\u2019s legislative session failed to move forward and will be put off to future months or years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stalled issues range from long-discussed proposals to create a prescription drug board and allow composting of human remains to bills banning Glocks or reforming election laws that surfaced in the final days of session. Though the bills didn\u2019t move this spring, negotiations could continue throughout the summer, allowing lawmakers to move them during the November veto session or January lame duck session.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Data centers\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite months of committee conversation and advocacy from environmental groups, a massive bill to regulate data centers. failed to advance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=5513&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=167488&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 5513<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or the POWER Act, would have required data centers to pay for and supply their own renewable energy, track and report how much water they use, and enter community benefits agreements in the places where they\u2019re built.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During committee hearings, lawmakers heard about the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/energy-demand-in-comed-territory-could-double-by-2040-in-part-driven-by-data-centers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">massive demand<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> data centers put on the electric grid, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/lawmakers-eye-water-use-transparency-requirements-for-data-centers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">risks posed to water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sources and impacts on communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They also heard warnings from labor unions and the data center industry that onerous regulations might lead to developers pulling their projects from Illinois, meaning communities could miss out on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/how-do-data-centers-benefit-the-places-where-theyre-built-local-mayors-give-mixed-reviews\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">property and utility tax benefits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawmakers said negotiations will continue over the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Glock ban<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois did not become the fourth state legislature to pass a bill banning the firing mechanism design of Glock guns. Despite <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/illinois-lawmakers-considering-ban-on-guns-like-glocks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passing it through a House committee on May 20<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the General Assembly did not take up <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocTypeID=HB&amp;DocNum=4471&amp;GAID=18&amp;SessionID=114&amp;LegID=165192\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 4471<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill would have banned the sale of any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar in Illinois, though current Glock owners would not be subject to any restrictions. Gun rights advocates and Republicans vigorously opposed the bill, arguing it would have no effect on public safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters said the design could be easily modified with already illegal switches and essentially turned into a machine gun. Rep. Justin Slaughter, D-Orland Park, said Chicago police have recovered 1,300 modified Glocks used in crimes. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/glock-must-face-city-chicago-lawsuit-over-ease-machine-gun-conversion-2025-09-19\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">city sued Glock two years ago<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, alleging the company makes guns that it knows can be easily modified with illegal switches. The lawsuit is still making its way through the courts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Prescription drug board\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A yearslong push to establish a board limiting the prices of certain prescription drugs fell short in the Senate after the House narrowly passed it May 21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a news conference on May 29, bill sponsors Rep. Nabeela Syed, D-Inverness, and Sen. Graciela Guzm\u00e1n, D-Chicago, said they were still talking with senators, suggesting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocTypeID=HB&amp;DocNum=1443&amp;GAID=18&amp;SessionID=114&amp;LegID=157490\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate Bill 3496<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> didn\u2019t have the 30 votes needed to pass in the upper chamber. They confirmed it wouldn\u2019t move forward in the final hours of session but said they will continue working on the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocates and lawmakers of both parties had varying concerns about the bill, including accountability and oversight. But they were most concerned that while other states have taken steps to pass similar legislation, none have implemented the maximum selling price, so it\u2019s hard for lawmakers to know what this board would do in practice \u2014including whether it would actually create savings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Election law changes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A late-arriving amendment to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?GAID=18&amp;DocNum=1832&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=159318&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 1832<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would have changed several election rules, particularly around mail voting, but it wasn\u2019t called for a vote in either chamber.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill would allow Illinois election authorities to begin counting mail-in ballots seven days before Election Day rather than after polls close. It also has a provisional measure that would go into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that states can\u2019t count mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day. Such a ruling would invalidate a state law allowing ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if received up to two weeks after the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the high court doesn\u2019t indicate when a ballot is considered received, the bill would provide that definition and consider a federal ballot received when it\u2019s in the custody of the election authority by the close of polls on Election Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill would also require clerks to establish websites to post election results and allow voters to request vote-by-mail ballots.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The State Board of Elections and county clerks would also be required to implement a statewide service for voters to track their mail-in ballots so they can see when their ballot is accepted and, if not, why it was rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Algorithmic pricing\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s becoming increasingly common for companies to alter their prices based on data stored in a consumer\u2019s device. Lawmakers tried to ban that process, known as surveillance or algorithmic pricing, but fell short.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=4248&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=164720&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 4248<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would\u2019ve banned companies from using a person\u2019s personal data \u2014 like zip code, age, income and browsing history \u2014 to create a personalized price for them. It would not apply to things like loyalty programs or any algorithms that use that data for a specific purpose like credit checks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey (consumers) cannot comparison-shop fairly if the price itself is changing based on hidden surveillance of their personal behavior,\u201d bill sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer, D-Batavia, said at a news conference May 21. \u201cConsumers should know that when they enter the marketplace, they are competing on equal footing, not against invisible algorithms trained on their personal lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measure originally passed 78-19 in the House and 41-16 in the Senate, but a Senate amendment did not receive a vote in the House before adjournment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Downtown Springfield development<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a wide-ranging megaprojects bill that included plans to help redevelop downtown Springfield blew up in the Senate, Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, separated a Springfield-centric proposal into <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=4496&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=165270&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 4496<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The bill would create the Capital Area Tourism Authority to facilitate economic development in downtown Springfield, including building a new hotel and expanding the Bank of Springfield convention center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I\u2019ve lived in Springfield all my life, I love this city, and as much as I hate to say it, it pains me to go, or even drive, through downtown,\u201d Turner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downtown Springfield has increasingly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/tourism-is-up-in-springfield-but-downtown-businesses-are-hurting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suffered economically<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in recent years from numerous business closures, including the city\u2019s largest hotel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill would also allow Sangamon County to impose a 3% tax on hotel stays, which would give Springfield the second-highest combined state and local hotel tax rate in Illinois at 14% behind Chicago\u2019s 19%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Republicans slammed the bill for its high tax rate and said it fails to address the root causes of downtown Springfield\u2019s economic issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The reason why downtown Springfield struggles is because all the jobs that have been shifted to Chicago or to the west side of Springfield,\u201d Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, said. \u201cState government needs to reinvest in downtown Springfield.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill passed the Senate shortly before midnight on Sunday and was not considered in the House. There it is sponsored by Rep. Mike Coffey, a Springfield Republican who owns a restaurant near the convention center and proposed hotel site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Human composting<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bill allowing human composting as a burial option stalled yet again. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?GAID=18&amp;DocNum=5425&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=167251&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 5425<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would have established a lengthy series of regulations for composting human bodies that cemeteries, crematories and other funeral service providers would follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill has struggled to move forward in Springfield despite years of debate. But despite new changes to the proposal this year, the bill is still opposed by the Catholic Church, Cemetery and Funeral Home Association and comptroller\u2019s office \u2014 which enforces cemetery regulations in Illinois. The latest amendment to the bill shifted sole responsibility for regulations to the comptroller rather than the Department of Public Health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill passed the House 64-36 in April but was not considered by the Senate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Abortion fund<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An abortion access measure that would allow people with limited or no insurance to get financial assistance for abortion care in Illinois also failed to advance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?GAID=18&amp;DocNum=5408&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=167214&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 5408<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would take advantage of an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs_external_products\/R\/PDF\/R41013\/R41013.5.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under-used provision of the Affordable Care Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that requires insurance plans that offer coverage for abortions in instances that go beyond rape, incest and life of the mother to collect at least $1 a month from enrollees to cover the cost of abortion claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal law requires the insurers to segregate that money and use it only for abortion care, and Illinois\u2019 bill would have allowed the state to exert greater authority over the funds and directly state how insurers should use the collected money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It passed the House in early April with a vote of 69-36, but it didn\u2019t get a committee hearing in the Senate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sexual assault in schools<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=939&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=SB&amp;LegId=158671&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate Bill 939<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sponsored by Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, would have require students who initiate sexual assault to be expelled for at least one year and at least six months for initiating nonconsensual sexual acts. The bill would apply to incidents that happen at school, school property such as buses, and school-related events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(SEN. McCLURE)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40117 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/260529-MCCLURE-JN-0653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/260529-MCCLURE-JN-0653.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/260529-MCCLURE-JN-0653-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/260529-MCCLURE-JN-0653-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/260529-MCCLURE-JN-0653-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill was filed last year after an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/parents-of-10-year-old-girl-file-federal-lawsuit-against-taylorville-school-district-for-alleged-assault\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">incident in Taylorville<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where a 10-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 14-year-old male student on the bus, who then chased the girl from the bus stop and raped her, according to the girl\u2019s mother. She obtained an order of protection, and the student was removed from the school for the rest of the semester but later returned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/senate-advances-bill-to-expel-students-who-commit-sexual-violence-at-school\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passed the Senate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in May 48-3, with two voting present, but never progressed in the House where it is only sponsored by Republicans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Home for Good<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite passing in the House in mid-April, legislation establishing secure, affordable housing and community services for those exiting the prison system languished in the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=624&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=156302&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 624<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would have provided rental assistance and established reentry housing developments to help the formerly incarcerated establish accessible housing. It would also provide reentry services and establish the Home for Good Institute, aimed at helping them access job training, health and behavioral services, transportation, food, furniture, childcare and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It carries an up-front cost of $50 million, a cost which bill sponsor Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, said would have been mitigated by helping these individuals reenter the community and therefore reducing rates of reoffending.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>State sandwich\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Senate apparently had a beef with a bill to establish an official state sandwich. Rep. Rick Ryan, D-Evergreen Park, filed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocTypeID=HB&amp;DocNum=4669&amp;GAID=18&amp;SessionID=114&amp;LegID=165631\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 4669<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to bestow the honor on the Italian beef as the official sandwich and the horseshoe as the official open-faced sandwich.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill was a result of a compromise between Chicago-area lawmakers who favored the beef and Central Illinois representatives who like the horseshoe \u2014 a Springfield creation of meat on a slice of bread with cheese fries on top. Though the bill passed the House in April, the Senate had no appetite for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. 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