After the December 2017 veto session and holiday break, the Illinois House and Senate will kick off their 2018 legislative sessions on January 30.  As this is the carry-over year of the two-year 100thGeneral Assembly, new bill filings should begin in earnest within the coming weeks.  Also, given that we are in an election year, it will be interesting to see how much legislative activity takes place before the March primaries.  If history is our guide, there will be some but not a lot of bill movement until after the primary election on March 20, 2018.