07/01/2025
New Illinois Bills and laws that start today.
Taxes on vapes, ni****ne pouches, ci**rs and other to***co products increase on July 1 from 15% to 45%.
From July 1 through June 30,2026, Illinois gas tax rates are increasing.
Gasoline will now be taxed $0.483 per gallon up from $0.47 per gallon last year. Diesel fuel will be taxed at $0.558 per gallon, up from $0.545 per gallon last year.
The Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Acttakes effect on July 1 and bans hotels with 50 rooms or more from providing small single-use plastic bottles containing shampoo, conditioner, soap and other personal care products.
Tax on online sports betting
Starting July 1, Illinois sportsbooks will pay $0.25 on the first 20 million online bets statewide annually, and then $0.50 on every bet after that.
Airbnb, VRBO subject to Hotel Occupation Tax
Starting July 1, short-term rentals offered through sites like Airbnb and VRBO will be subject to the state's Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax of 6% of 94% gross receipts.
House Bill 4895 will require public schools to teach students about the environmental and ecological effects of climate change by the 2026-2027 school year.
House Bill 5028 will make opioid antagonists such as Narcan available where state agencies are located.
House Bill 5000 will make assisted living facilities more accessible
House Bill 2189 will cap out-of-pocket costs that insurance companies can charge for insulin.
House Bill 4727 will waive fees for a new birth certificate or for a search for a birth record for those with a guardian.
ouse Bill 2297 will have state agencies collect and report gender-inclusive data.
Starting July 1, “male and female” categories will be removed. To conform with gender inclusive initiatives, state agencies will collect and report data for “man, woman, and persons who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming” categories.
Senate Bill 3182 will allow parents to receive a certificate of birth following a spontaneous fetal death during or after a 20-week gestational period.
House Bill 5172 will give witnesses and self-represented and poor litigants the right to access a foreign language translator.
Beginning July 1, judges will no longer determine but are rather mandated to ask if an individual needs interpretive assistance. The availability to foreign language translators will inform people in a contested case of their right to request interpretive assistance in at least 13 languages
House Bill 4410 will automatically seal felony prostitution arrests.
