Illinois legislation · 104th General Assembly
Illinois HB4496: PROCUREMENT-STATE LABS
Status: In committee, July 1, 2026
Amends Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, after exhausting the list of master contracts and cooperative agreements, procurement expenditures necessary for the Department of Public Health, the Department of Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to operate State laboratories are exempt from the Code.
What the bill says
A bill FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB4496Introduced 1/20/2026, by Rep. Jay HoffmanSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCS 500/1-10 30 ILCS 500/1-10 ILCS 500/1-10 Amends Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, after exhausting thelist of master contracts and cooperative agreements, procurementexpenditures necessary for the Department of Public Health, the Departmentof Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, or the Illinois EnvironmentalProtection Agency to operate State laboratories are exempt from the Code…
From the introduced text, January 20, 2026:
A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB4496Introduced 1/20/2026, by Rep. Jay HoffmanSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCS 500/1-10 30 ILCS 500/1-10 ILCS 500/1-10 Amends Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, after exhausting thelist of master contracts and cooperative agreements, procurementexpenditures necessary for the Department of Public Health, the Departmentof Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, or the Illinois EnvironmentalProtection Agency to operate State laboratories are exempt from the Code. LRB104 20171 HLH 33622 b LRB104 20171 HLH 33622 b LRB104 20171 HLH 33622 b A BILL FOR HB4496LRB104 20171 HLH 33622 b HB4496 LRB104 20171 HLH 33622 b HB4496 LRB104 20171 HLH 33622 b AN ACT concerning State government. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 5.The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by changing Section 1-10 as follows: (30 ILCS 500/1-10) Sec. 1-10.Application. (a) This Code applies only to procurements for which bidders, offerors, potential contractors, or contractors were first solicited on or after July 1, 1998. This Code shall not be construed to affect or impair any contract, or any provision of a contract, entered into based on a solicitation prior to the implementation date of this Code as described in Article 99, including, but not limited to, any covenant entered into with respect to any revenue bonds …