HB5206 Amends IEMA Act, Creates Statewide Interoperability Coordinator
Summary
The Illinois House passed HB5206, amending the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. The bill updates definitions and terminology, expands the Agency's powers and responsibilities for emergency management and homeland security, and creates a new Statewide Interoperability Coordinator position within the Agency with specified duties. The legislation also makes related changes concerning planning, coordination, and mutual aid.
What changed
HB5206 amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act by updating definitions and terminology and expanding the Agency's powers and responsibilities for emergency management and homeland security. The legislation creates the Statewide Interoperability Coordinator position within the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and specifies the coordinator's duties. It also makes related changes concerning planning, coordination, and mutual aid.\n\nGovernment agencies and emergency management entities in Illinois should review the new requirements and prepare to coordinate with the newly created Statewide Interoperability Coordinator. Organizations relying on mutual aid agreements or interoperable communications systems should monitor implementation of the new coordinator's duties.
What to do next
- Review HB5206 provisions for changes to emergency management responsibilities
- Assess organizational implications for new interoperability coordinator duties
- Update emergency management protocols to align with expanded IEMA powers
Archived snapshot
Apr 10, 2026GovPing captured this document from the original source. If the source has since changed or been removed, this is the text as it existed at that time.
ChangeBridge / Illinois / HB5206 Passed HB5206 House Bill Passed 2026-04-09
IEMA-OHS-SWIC
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Updates definitions and terminology. Expands Agency powers and responsibilities for emergency management and homeland security. Creates the Statewide Interoperability Coordinator within the Agency and specifies duties. Makes related changes concerning planning, coordination, and mutual aid. Effective immediately.
Bill Details
State Illinois
Session 104th General Assembly
Chamber House
Official Source www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum...
LegiScan View on LegiScan
Sponsors
Rita Mayfield (Rep - D) John Cabello (Rep - R) Matt Hanson (Rep - D)
Action History
2026-04-09 H Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 2026-04-07 H Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson 2026-04-07 H Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 2026-04-07 H Second Reading - Short Debate 2026-03-30 H Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello 2026-03-27 H Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 2026-03-26 H Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000 2026-03-26 H House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote 2026-03-25 H House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee 2026-03-24 H House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee 2026-03-24 H House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield 2026-03-18 H Assigned to Executive Committee 2026-02-10 H Referred to Rules Committee 2026-02-10 H First Reading 2026-02-05 H Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield
Committee Referrals
2026-02-10 H Rules 2026-03-18 H Executive 2026-03-24 H Rules 2026-03-25 H Executive
Amendments
2026-03-24 House Amendment 001
Bill Text Versions
2026-02-05 Introduced 2026-04-07 Engrossed Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
Named provisions
Related changes
Get daily alerts for Illinois Legislative Events
Daily digest delivered to your inbox.
Free. Unsubscribe anytime.
About this page
Every important government, regulator, and court update from around the world. One place. Real-time. Free. Our mission
Source document text, dates, docket IDs, and authority are extracted directly from ILGA.
The summary, classification, recommended actions, deadlines, and penalty information are AI-generated from the original text and may contain errors. Always verify against the source document.
Classification
Who this affects
Taxonomy
Browse Categories
Get alerts for this source
We'll email you when Illinois Legislative Events publishes new changes.
Subscribed!
Optional. Filters your digest to exactly the updates that matter to you.