Sign Up
HB 5280 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Summary
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Municipal Water Infrastructure Sustainability Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to provide dedicated, ongoing financial support to water and wastewater systems owned by municipalities to allow the water and wastewater systems to make capital repairs, upgrades, and improvements with the goal of preserving public ownership of the water and wastewater systems and preventing forced privatization due to unaffordable infrastructure costs.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesCreates dedicated fund under State Finance Act to allocate state budget resources for municipal water infrastructure repairs and prevent privatization, directly funding public services.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentBill creates fund to finance municipal water/wastewater infrastructure upgrades, preserving public ownership and preventing privatization - directly supporting environmental protection through water system maintenance and pollution prevention.92% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2026 Last action Mar 27, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Mar 27, 2026
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Nabeela Syed
Nabeela Syed
DDemocratic
IL
51