When a new year begins in Illinois, there typically are dozens if not hundreds of new laws going into effect.
Not this year. Like so many other things in 2020, the legislative spring session was stunted by COVID-19. Once the global pandemic reached Illinois in March, the General Assembly would meet for only four more days wrapping up the odd session during masked and socially distanced gatherings at the Capitol and Bank of Springfield Center. The fall veto session was scrapped altogether.
As a result, only three new laws will take effect on Jan. 1. Here’s a look at them, as well as the next increase in the minimum wage that will be applied Friday:
By Sarah Mansur & Capitol News Illinois
• Dec 30, 2020
Gov. JB Pritzker signs legislation that caps the out-of-pocket cost of prescription insulin for many people in Illinois during a ceremony Jan. 24, 2020, at the Central Counties Health Centers in Springfield. The law is one of only three that go into effect Jan. 1.
Credit Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock
When a new year begins in Illinois, there typically are dozens if not hundreds of new laws going into effect.
Not this year. Like so many other things in 2020, the legislative spring session was stunted by COVID-19. Once the global pandemic reached Illinois in March, the General Assembly would meet for only four more days wrapping up the odd session during masked and socially distanced gatherings at the Capitol and Bank of Springfield Center. The fall veto session was scrapped altogether.
Only 3 new laws in Illinois for 2021
Sarah Mansur Capitol News Illinois
Dec. 29, 2020
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SPRINGFIELD When a new year begins in Illinois, there typically are dozens if not hundreds of new laws going into effect.
Not this year. Like so many other things in 2020, the legislative spring session was stunted by COVID-19. Once the global pandemic reached Illinois in March, the General Assembly would meet for only four more days wrapping up the odd session during masked and socially distanced gatherings at the Capitol and Bank of Springfield Center. The fall veto session was scrapped altogether.
As a result, only three new laws will take effect on Jan. 1, 2021. Here’s a look at them, as well as the next increase in the minimum wage that will be applied Friday:
New year ushering in just three new laws, but here s how they could affect you
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A new law that begins Jan. 1 will cap the amount a person has to pay for a month s supply of insulin at $100. The impact of the Illinois law remains to be seen, because it will not affect federally controlled insurance like Medicaid or Medicare.Tempura
Jan. 1 will ring in several new laws in Illinois although, because of the pandemic, significantly fewer than years past in addition to increasing the minimum wage employers can give their workers.
More than 250 new laws went into effect at the beginning of 2020. This coming year, there will be three.