Just after 4:00 a.m. on the last night of session, Illinois Democrats pushed through a staggering $55.9 billion state budget, the largest in state history, propped up by more than $800 million in new tax hikes.
That is why Representative Ryan Spain voted NO on HB 111 and SB 3019, the Democrats’ bloated budget and tax hike package.
“I opposed this year’s largest-in-history state budget, which only provided pennies in relief while delivering undeserved pay raises for politicians worth thousands. This budget continues funding for misplaced priorities like healthcare for illegal immigrants and it punts fixing downstate road fund raids until summer,” said Deputy Republican Leader Ryan Spain, a House Republican Budgeteer.
At a time when Illinois families are struggling with rising costs, Democrats chose to hike taxes and make life more expensive. Rather than tackling the issues keeping families up at night, they delivered more spending, more taxes, and more government.
The FY 27 new state budget was signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker on June 16, 2026, enacting the largest spending plan in Illinois history.