Cole Longcor

Many Illinois measures will now head to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, including a bill that changes how damages accrue under Illinois’ first-in-the-nation biometric data privacy law.

The Illinois House also passed measures providing climate change-related professional development for teachers if funding is allocated; expanding pregnancy-related care, as well as adding transparency and reporting measures to prisoner medical release hearings.

The commission was formed by the Illinois General Assembly in 2021 to consider new funding formulas for its public universities.