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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5512
Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 205/205-455 new
30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program in the Department of Agriculture to provide crop insurance premium discounts for cover crops. Directs the Department to award grants in specified amounts to Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Creates the Cover Crop Insurance Premium Discount Fund. Provides for requirements for the Program. Directs the Department to adopt rules.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
6205-455 as follows:
7    (20 ILCS 205/205-455 new)
8    Sec. 205-455. Fall covers for spring savings.
9    (a) The General Assembly finds that:
10        (1) Soil is an essential natural resource and Illinois 
11    farmers and professionals play a critical role in managing 
12    Illinois soil and water resources.
13        (2) The Natural Resources Conservation Service of the 
14    United States Department of Agriculture defines soil 
15    health as the continued capacity of soil to function as a 
16    vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and 
17    humans.
18        (3) The protection of Illinois soils is essential to 
19    long-term prosperity and sustainability of the soil and 
20    water resources of our State.
21        (4) Soil health principles of cover crop coverage 
22    enhance the ability of farmers to meet the non-point 
23    source pollution goals for nitrate-nitrogen and phosphorus 
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1    reduction.
2        (5) Soil health principles reduce carbon dioxide in 
3    the atmosphere through sequestration of carbon within the 
4    upper soil profile. This process improves organic matter 
5    content, provides a stable biome for soil organisms, 
6    improves nutrient transfer from soil to root, and 
7    increases water infiltration and water-holding capacity.
8        (6) It is imperative that the State of Illinois 
9    actively raise awareness of the importance of soil health 
10    and promote its stewardship to safeguard this resource for 
11    future generations of Illinois citizens.
12    (b) There is created the Fall Covers for Spring Savings 
13Program within the Department of Agriculture. This program 
14shall be the successor program of any program currently in 
15place that offers crop insurance discounts for cover crop 
16incorporation. The program shall offer a crop insurance policy 
17premium discount of up to $5 per acre for every acre planted in 
18cover crop in a calendar year that is insured in the following 
19calendar year for crop production. For every $5 expenditure 
20that is made under this Program, the Department shall grant $1 
21to Soil and Water Conservation Districts in the State.
22    (c) There is created in the State treasury a special fund 
23to be known as the Cover Crop Insurance Premium Discount Fund 
24for the purpose of receiving and distributing money in 
25accordance with this Section. Disbursements from the Fund 
26shall be made in accordance with this Section, including for 
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1the Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program and the grants to 
2Soil and Water Conservation Districts under subsection (b), 
3for any other expenditure or distribution under this Section, 
4and for no other purpose. In addition to any other amounts 
5deposited into the Fund through action by the General 
6Assembly, there shall be deposited into the Fund any residual 
7federal funds that can be used for the purpose of the Program 
8and all moneys donated to the State by private individuals or 
9entities for the purposes for which the moneys in the Fund may 
10be used.
11    (d) The number of acres receiving the discount under the 
12Program under this Section shall be limited only by available 
13funding from State, federal, and private sources contained in 
14the Cover Crop Insurance Premium Discount Fund.
15    (e) The Department may use a portion of funding allocated 
16to the Cover Crop Insurance Premium Discount Fund for the 
17purpose of administering the provisions of this Section.
18    (f) The application period for receiving the crop 
19insurance premium discount shall commence the first week of 
20December and continue through the end of January of the 
21following calendar year or until available funds are depleted, 
22whichever comes first. The Department may change the 
23application period by rule.
24    (g) Premium discounts shall be awarded from available 
25funds on a first-come, first-served basis.
26    (h) Applicants to the program shall submit Farm Service 
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1Agency Form 578, Report on Acreage, or its successor document, 
2the crop insurance policy number, the field, farm, tract, 
3common land unit numbers, and field acres seeded in cover 
4crops the previous year. The Department may change applicant 
5submission requirements by rule.
6    (i) Applicants shall maintain documentation of cover crop 
7utilization, including, but not limited to, seeding dates, 
8appropriate seeding rates, and seed mix. The Department may 
9contact applicants to clarify information contained in any 
10application. The Department may change applicant documentation 
11requirements by rule.
12    (j) The Department may not consider the participation of 
13the applicant in any federal or private program concerning 
14conservation, nutrient loss, or carbon sequestration when 
15considering applicants and their applications for 
16participation in the program.
17    (k) The Department shall adopt rules implementing and 
18administering this Section.
19    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
20Section 5.1038 as follows:
21    (30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new)
22    Sec. 5.1038. The Cover Crop Insurance Premium Discount 
23Fund.