Illinois · Senate Resolution 116 · 104th General Assembly

EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE

SR 116 Sponsored by Kimberly A. Lightford In committee

  1. Introduced Feb 18, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 18, 2025
  3. Adopted by the Senate Next

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

States that the new Department of Early Childhood and its planning process should prioritize appropriate attention to the facilities needs of our State's mixed-delivery system of early care and education. Additionally states that the State should move expeditiously to award its remaining Early Childhood Construction Grant monies to qualified applicants, to assist providers of critical birth-to-five programs in…

Read the full title (108 words)

States that the new Department of Early Childhood and its planning process should prioritize appropriate attention to the facilities needs of our State's mixed-delivery system of early care and education. Additionally states that the State should move expeditiously to award its remaining Early Childhood Construction Grant monies to qualified applicants, to assist providers of critical birth-to-five programs in meeting their growing building-and-repair demands. Finally states that the State should also move as quickly as feasible to replenish Early Childhood Construction Grant resources to help Illinois achieve the long-term vision of the bipartisan Funding Commission for making services "simpler, better, fairer" for young children, their families, and communities statewide.

Every action

12 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled with Secretary
  2. CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  3. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
  4. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
  5. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
  6. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
  7. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
  8. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
  9. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
  10. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
  11. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
  12. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 10 cosponsors: 7 Democrats, 3 Republicans.

All 10 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.