Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 2
CLE
Live Programs: 8
Discussions
Posts: 2
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 274
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2025–26 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
- Co-Sponsor Lunchtime FOIA Series: Overview and Compliance Tips (09/10/2025)
- Sponsor Convening an Electoral Board: What It’s All About and Why It Has To Happen This Week (09/19/2025)
- Co-Sponsor Putting the “Pro” in Pro Bono: How To Help Your Community Through the Pro-Bono Pilot Project (10/03/2025)
- Co-Sponsor Lunchtime FOIA Series: Freedom of Information Act Case Law and Public Access Counselor Opinions Update (10/08/2025)
- Co-Sponsor Lunchtime FOIA Series: Freedom of Information Act and Law Enforcement Records (10/22/2025)
- Co-Sponsor Lunchtime FOIA Series: Freedom of Information Act Best Practices: A Discussion with the Public Access Counselor (11/04/2025)
- Co-Sponsor Local Animal Ordinances: State Statutes and Creative Approaches (05/13/2026)
- Co-Sponsor Landlord – Tenant Issues: Inspections, Discrimination, Housing Court, and More (06/26/2026)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2025–26 bar year.
Local Government Law
- Community members: 563
- Total discussion posts: 2
Transactional
- Community members: 24,715
- Total discussion posts: 386
Litigation
- Community members: 24,710
- Total discussion posts: 706
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 274 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- Senate Bill 3111 amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning county law libraries, provides that county law libraries in counties with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants may close, even when the courthouse is open, based on operational necessity or as determined by the county board. Authorizes other appropriate county offices (rather than only the county treasurer) to retain fees and charges of the clerk in a County Law Library Fund and disburse those funds when ordered to do so. Effective date: January 1, 2027.
- House Bill 4361 amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code to establish new requirements for building inspectors. The bill aims to enhance the qualifications and oversight of building inspectors in Illinois.
- House Bill 4537 implements the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County by amending the Property Tax Code to authorize counties to acquire and dispose of tax-delinquent property under revised tax deed procedures, including nonjudicial issuance in specified circumstances, while establishing a surplus equity recovery framework for former owners and making related amendments to the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act and associated consumer-protection provisions.