June 16, 2026

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House of Representatives,

104^th General Assembly

Today, I return House Bill 111, entitled “AN ACT making appropriations,” with item and reduction vetoes in the amount $500,418,129,782.

The bill, among other things, appropriates State moneys for the purposes of State operations and the making of grants to various entities. Majority Leader Robyn Gabel and Senator Elgie Sims, Jr., the House and Senate sponsors, respectively, of the bill have identified a number of individual appropriation lines included in the enrolled bill sent to me for consideration that either contain errors or are duplicative of other appropriation lines already contained in the bill. Upon review, I concur with their assessment. I note that the total dollar amount of item and reduction vetoes reflected in this message appears unusually high due in large part to a single typographical error.

Therefore, pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(d) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby veto the following appropriation items identified below:

Article	Section	Page	Line(s)			Enacted Amount
37	225	224	2	-	5	$300,000
41	120	252	13	-	16	$2,880,000
41	555	291	10	-	14	$5,000,000
41	575	292	8	-	12	$250,000
52	140	414	9	-	10	$450,000
52	140	414	11	-	12	$900,000
52	200	426	9	-	13	$2,000,000
52	255	429	1	-	4	$250,000
52	285	430	4	-	7	$500,250,000,000
52	430	435	18	-	21	$500,000
52	490	438	5	-	12	$17,500,000
52	495	438	13	-	16	$17,812,400
52	500	438	17	-	21	$1,000,000
52	505	438		-	22 and	$250,000
52	505	439	1	-	4
52	535	440	5	-	8	$250,000
52	540	440	9	-	12	$500,000
52	545	440	13	-	16	$250,000
52	550	440	17	-	20	$250,000
93	190	649	8	-	13	$20,000,000
93	195	649	14	-	18	$4,500,000
93	200	649	19	-	22 and	$30,000,000
93	200	650	1
118	1675	885	10	-	16	$1,500,000
118	1760	890	7	-	11	$2,000,000
118	1765	890	12	-	16	$1,000,000
118	1935	897	10	-	13	$250,000
118	1945	897	20	-	21 and	$636,000
118	1945	898	1	-	3
118	1985	899	14	-	18	$1,000,000
118	1995	900	5	-	9	$250,000
118	2000	900	10	-	14	$100,000

Further, I hereby reduce the following appropriation items and approve each item in the amount set forth in the “Reduced Amount” column below:

Article	Section	Page	Line(s)	Amount Enacted	Reduced Amount
15	476	93	4	$17,000,000	$1,700,000
15	1295	99	18	$17,000,000	$1,700,000
16	15	107	6	$38,104,782	$35,603,400
17	5	115	2	$6,339,600	$4,839,600
17	50	117	2	$8,292,000	$6,692,000
52	140	416	2	$60,000,000	$45,000,000
52	385	433	18	$650,000	$300,000
93	40	642	2	$35,000,000	$30,000,000

In addition to these specific item and reduction vetoes, I hereby approve all other appropriations in House Bill 111.

Sincerely,

JB Pritzker

Governor