Illinois, Chicago-area laws

Nearly 300 new Illinois laws go into effect this week. Here are some of the most notable.
There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year. Here are the 2025 laws that you should keep on your radar.
What new Illinois laws have taken effect in 2025?
In 2025, almost 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws have gone into effect, including pay transparency for jobs, easier gym membership cancellations and mobile ID driver’s licenses.
Nearly 300 new laws take effect in Illinois with the new year. Here are some highlights
CAPITOL: The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative session and others that will change how people get IDs,
New year brings hundreds of new laws to Illinois books: What to know
Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use Artificial Intelligence and more.
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New Illinois laws for 2025: A look at what's changing this New Year
Nearly 300 new laws will take effect in 2025, including bills pertaining to driver's licenses, health insurance and more.
New year brings hundreds of new laws to Illinois: What to know
Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use Artificial Intelligence and more.
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Digital licenses, shampoo bottles, $15 wage: Illinois’ new laws for 2025
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New laws going in Illinois could benefit workers, tenants
At least 293 new laws went into effect in Illinois at the start of 2025. Here are some that every state resident should know.
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The New Year brings new laws in Illinois including a minimum wage bump and measures aimed at artificial intelligence.