HB4496 - 104th General Assembly

PROCUREMENT-STATE LABS
Last Action
4/15/2026 - Senate: Referred to Assignments
House Sponsors
Rep. Jay Hoffman

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Cristina Castro)
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
Synopsis As Introduced
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.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, after exhausting any procurement method available through a contract already established under a chief procurement officer joint purchasing program or cooperative purchasing program, procurement expenditures by or on behalf of the Department of Public Health, the Department of Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, the Department of Natural Resources, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for laboratory supplies, laboratory equipment, software necessary for laboratory operations, or service contracts that are necessary for the applicable agency to operate State laboratories are exempt from the Code. Provides that the exemption applies only if the applicable State agency has made a good faith determination that it is necessary and appropriate for the expenditure to fall within the exemption.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
1/20/2026 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
1/20/2026 House First Reading
1/20/2026 House Referred to Rules Committee
2/11/2026 House Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
2/25/2026 House Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000
2/26/2026 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/10/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
3/10/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/18/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
4/07/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
4/07/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
4/08/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
4/08/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000
4/10/2026 House Second Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2026 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/14/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
4/14/2026 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/14/2026 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000
4/14/2026 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled
4/15/2026 Senate Arrive in Senate
4/15/2026 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/15/2026 Senate Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
4/15/2026 Senate First Reading
4/15/2026 Senate Referred to Assignments