IL HB5639

Appropriates $28,505,060 total for the Illinois Department of Human Rights for fiscal year 2027, beginning July 1, 2026

Allocates $16,707,700 from General Funds, including $16,657,700 for operational expenses and $50,000 for the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes

Designates $5,000,000 from the Hate Crimes and Bias Incident Prevention and Response Fund for grants and administrative expenses to eradicate hate crimes and bias incidents

Continues $1,402,560 in funding for the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Midwest Region Office in Chicago to operate a mobile museum bus for tolerance

Includes $4,794,800 in federal funds from the Special Projects Division Fund for departmental operations