Proposed/Pending Regulations
Political Subdivision Emergency Services and Disaster Agencies, 29 Ill. Adm. Code 301
Proposed amendments were published on February 28, 2025, in the Illinois Register, Vol. 49, Issue 9 beginning page 2252. The Agency is proposing these amendment to Part 301 to align requirements for emergency operations plans (EOPs) and exercises with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Preparedness System and Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101. These amendments are intended to assist local emergency management agencies (ESDAs/EMAs) with emerging threats and hazards and increase communication between IEMA-OHS and local jurisdictions in order to become better prepared for disasters.
Interested parties may submit comments regarding the proposed amendments as indicated in the Illinois Register.
General Grantmaking of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, 44 Ill. Adm. Code 7030
Proposed amendments were published on March 21, 2025, in the Illinois Register, Vol. 49, Issue 12, beginning on page 3435. The Agency is proposing these amendments to clarify that the federal nonprofit security grant program has the exemption specified in Section 7030.50(d)(1); establish a rulemaking structure for agency State-funded grant programs and incorporate existing rules from State-funded grant programs; and clarify that the GATA rule, 44 Ill. Adm. Code 7000, applies to all State and federal pass-through grants of the Agency.