Illinois HB 5718: $FY27 STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER

Status: Referred to Rules Committee (as of 2026-02-26)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 5718

Sponsors: Robyn Gabel

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB5718

Introduced 2/26/2026, by Rep. Robyn Gabel 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

 Appropriates moneys from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the State Appellate Defender for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2026.

LRB104 20871 RLC 34528 b

HB5718LRB104 20871 RLC 34528 b

1 AN ACT concerning appropriations.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much of 

5those amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the 

6objects and purposes named, are appropriated from the General 

7Revenue Fund to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of 

8the Office of the State Appellate Defender:

9 For Personal Services...........................$31,270,000

10 For State Contributions to Social Security.......$2,392,000

11 For Contractual Services.........................$3,607,500

12 For Travel..........................................$60,000

13 For Commodities.....................................$36,000

14 For Printing........................................$15,000

15 For Equipment.......................................$83,500

16 For EDP..........................................$1,647,500

17 For Telecommunications..............................$43,000

18 Section 10. The amount of $271,000, or so much of that 

19amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 

20Revenue Fund to the Office of the State Appellate Defender for 

21the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Expungement 

22Program.

HB5718- 2 -LRB104 20871 RLC 34528 b

1 Section 15. The amount of $188,000, or so much of that 

2amount as may be necessary, is appropriated

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