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IL HB4853

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/3/2026

Primary Sponsor

Janet Yang Rohr

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Origin

House of Representatives

104th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Renames the Public Radio and Television Grant Act to the Public Media Grant Act
  • Expands grant eligibility to include public, educational, and government access channels (PEG) that provide community programming such as local news, high school sports, and city council meetings
  • Eliminates the previous 75%/25% funding split between television and radio stations, creating a single unified grant pool for all eligible public media outlets
  • Maintains existing grant structure: 30% of funds distributed equally among eligible outlets as basic grants, 70% distributed based on each outlet's share of total operating costs
  • Caps individual outlet grants at 50% of prior year operating costs and 60% of total grant pool funds

Legislative Description

PUBLIC MEDIA GRANT ACT

Last Action

Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee

3/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Revenue & Finance3/4/2026
Rules2/6/2026

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