HB4285 Summary

• Amends the Commission to End Hunger Act to remove the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council from its ex-officio liaisons and clarify commission membership structure with co-chairs serving without state reimbursement for travel expenses.

• Modifies State Finance Act to require the Travel Regulation Council and Higher Education Travel Control Board to adopt amendments ensuring public institutions of higher education reimbursement rates match federal maximum rates for lodging, mileage, and meal allowances.

• Updates Illinois Procurement Code to expand small purchase thresholds for construction from $100,000 to $250,000, modify emergency contract extension procedures, and refine conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements for bids exceeding the small purchase threshold.

• Extends design-build and single prime procurement deadlines from 2024 to 2026 for the Capital Development Board and 2025 for public institutions of higher education, with enhanced transparency and public hearing requirements for higher education single prime projects.

• Increases Business Enterprise Program business size cap from $75,000,000 to $150,000,000 in annual gross sales, adds cure procedures for utilization plan deficiencies, and establishes property control thresholds and change order requirements for public contracts.