IL SR0370

General Assembly and Governor have failed to enact a state budget for 20 months, causing the state to accumulate approximately $11 million in debt daily.

Bill backlog has reached $12.6 billion, state credit ratings are nearing junk status, and essential services including homeless shelters, youth violence prevention centers, and domestic abuse programs have been defunded or closed.

Education funding crisis has caused teacher strikes, school closings, and student departures, with over 16,000 students migrating to out-of-state universities due to lack of Monetary Assistance Program funding.

African American unemployment has reached historic highs, with the state having the highest unemployment rate among African Americans for 17 consecutive months at nearly 15%, and 44% of African American young men aged 20-24 are unemployed and out of school.

Senate commits to focusing exclusively on budget enactment, dedicating all resources to resolve the impasse and halting work on non-essential state business until a budget is enacted.