Dupage Policy Journal

John F. Curran introduced SB0892 in the Illinois Senate on Jan. 24, 2025, during the general assembly session 104, according to the Illinois General Assembly.

According to the Illinois General Assembly site, the legislature summarized the bill's official text as follows: "Amends the Benefit Corporation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."

The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.

In essence, this bill amends the Benefit Corporation Act by making a technical change to the section concerning the short title. The amendment does not alter the substance of the law but updates the language for clarity or administrative purposes. There are no changes to the definitions, requirements, or responsibilities outlined within the act as a result of this bill. The effective date of this amendment is not specified within the bill.

John F. Curran has proposed another 21 bills since the beginning of the 104th session.

Curran graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995 with a BS and again in 1998 from Northern Illinois University College of Law, with a JD.

John F. Curran is currently serving in the Illinois State Senate, representing the state's 41st Senate District. He replaced previous state senator Christine Radogno in 2017.

Bills in Illinois follow a multi-step legislative process, beginning with introduction in either the House or Senate, followed by committee review, floor debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching the governor for approval or veto. The General Assembly operates on a biennial schedule, and while typically thousands of bills are introduced each session, only a fraction successfully pass through the process to become law.

You can read more about bills and other measures here.

Bill Number	Date Introduced	Short Description
SB0892	01/24/2025	Amends the Benefit Corporation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0266	01/24/2025	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that violation of an order of protection is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction violation of a civil no contact order, violation of a stalking no contact order, or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as violation of a civil no contact order or violation of a stalking no contact order. Provides that violation of a civil no contact order is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction for violation of an order of protection, violation of a civil no contact order, or violation of a stalking no contact order, or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as a violation of an order of protection, violation of a civil no contact order, or violation of a stalking no contact order. Provides that violation of a stalking no contact order is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction under the Code for a violation of an order of protection, violation of a stalking no contact order, or violation of a civil no contact order, or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as a violation of an order of protection, violation of a civil no contact order, or violation of a stalking no contact order.
SB0267	01/24/2025	Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that "sex offense" includes a violation or attempted violation of: (1) involuntary servitude, provided the offense was for commercial sexual activity, a sexually explicit performance, or other sexual services; (2) involuntary sexual servitude of a minor; or (3) trafficking in persons, provided the offense was for commercial sexual activity, a sexually explicit performance, or other sexual services.
SB0873	01/24/2025	Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.
SB0874	01/24/2025	Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.
SB0875	01/24/2025	Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the General Assembly Retirement System for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.
SB0876	01/24/2025	Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Police for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.
SB0877	01/24/2025	Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Legislative Information System for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.
SB0878	01/24/2025	Amends the Agricultural Experiences Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0879	01/24/2025	Amends the Agricultural Experiences Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0880	01/24/2025	Amends the Farmer Equity Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0881	01/24/2025	Amends the Farmer Equity Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0882	01/24/2025	Amends the Farmland Preservation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0883	01/24/2025	Amends the Farmland Preservation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0884	01/24/2025	Amends the Garden Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0885	01/24/2025	Amends the Garden Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0886	01/24/2025	Amends the Industrial Hemp Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0887	01/24/2025	Amends the Industrial Hemp Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0888	01/24/2025	Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0889	01/24/2025	Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0890	01/24/2025	Amends the Franchise Tax and License Fee Amnesty Act of 2007. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0891	01/24/2025	Amends the Franchise Tax and License Fee Amnesty Act of 2007. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0893	01/24/2025	Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0894	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0895	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0896	01/24/2025	Amends the Professional Limited Liability Company Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0897	01/24/2025	Amends the Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0898	01/24/2025	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
SB0899	01/24/2025	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
SB0900	01/24/2025	Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0901	01/24/2025	Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0902	01/24/2025	Amends the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0903	01/24/2025	Amends the Lawful Health Care Activity Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0904	01/24/2025	Amends the Citizen Participation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0905	01/24/2025	Amends the Removal of Private Compromising Images Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0906	01/24/2025	Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0907	01/24/2025	Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0908	01/24/2025	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.
SB0909	01/24/2025	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.
SB0910	01/24/2025	Amends the Bath Salts Prohibition Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0911	01/24/2025	Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0912	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0913	01/24/2025	Amends the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0914	01/24/2025	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0915	01/24/2025	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0916	01/24/2025	Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0917	01/24/2025	Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0918	01/24/2025	Amends the Citizen Privacy Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0919	01/24/2025	Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0920	01/24/2025	Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0921	01/24/2025	Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0922	01/24/2025	Amends the Freedom From Location Surveillance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0923	01/24/2025	Amends the Violent Crime Witness Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0924	01/24/2025	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0925	01/24/2025	Amends the Probation Challenge Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0926	01/24/2025	Amends the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0927	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Prison Inspection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0928	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0929	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0930	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0931	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0932	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0933	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0934	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0935	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0936	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0937	01/24/2025	Creates the Economic Development Act. Contains only a short title provision.
SB0938	01/24/2025	Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0939	01/24/2025	Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0940	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0941	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0942	01/24/2025	Amends the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0943	01/24/2025	Amends the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0944	01/24/2025	Amends the Community Service Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0945	01/24/2025	Amends the Community Service Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0946	01/24/2025	Amends the Educational Opportunity for Military Children Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0947	01/24/2025	Amends the Educational Opportunity for Military Children Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0948	01/24/2025	Amends the Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0949	01/24/2025	Amends the Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0950	01/24/2025	Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0951	01/24/2025	Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0952	01/24/2025	Amends the Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0953	01/24/2025	Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0954	01/24/2025	Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0955	01/24/2025	Amends the Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0956	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
SB0957	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
SB0958	01/24/2025	Amends the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0959	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0960	01/24/2025	Amends the General Assembly Redistricting Act of 2011. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0961	01/24/2025	Amends the General Assembly Redistricting Act of 2021. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0962	01/24/2025	Amends the Cook County Board of Review Redistricting Act of 2011. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0963	01/24/2025	Amends the Cook County Board of Review Redistricting Act of 2021. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0964	01/24/2025	Amends the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0965	01/24/2025	Amends the Redistricting Transparency and Public Participation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0966	01/24/2025	Amends the Redistricting Transparency and Public Participation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0967	01/24/2025	Amends the Redistricting Transparency and Public Participation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0968	01/24/2025	Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0969	01/24/2025	Amends the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0970	01/24/2025	Amends the Employment of Strikebreakers Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.