SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Pritzker administration announced Thursday that it will reserve $482 million from the current state budget to address the impacts of President Donald Trump's policies. This comes months after Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order telling state agencies to find areas to trim funding.

Pritzker told reporters in June that he was worried about the fiscal outlook for every state as Congress prepared to vote on the Big Beautiful Bill.

"The Trump slump is affecting every state," Pritzker said. "The chaos and uncertainty of the Republicans' proposed cuts to healthcare, to education and jobs have made budgeting harder than ever before."

The Democrat told his state agencies to conduct immediate budget reviews to identify efficiencies and reductions in September to help combat potential economic disasters coming from the White House.

Over $360 million will be reserved from healthcare and human services, with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services noting that it doesn't need to transfer $200 million to the healthcare provider relief fund. The Illinois Department of Human Services is cutting $119 million from its budget due to reductions in operational expenses and grants.

House GOP leaders told WAND News they're glad to finally see cuts being made to state spending, but some are upset it took five months to get answers.

"It was an executive order that called for this in 30 days and we're just now finding out about it," said Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva). "I don't know if it's because the budget address is coming up or what the reasoning is for it, but it's a little odd with the timing of the whole thing."

The administration is reserving $50 million from state employee health insurance funding and $30 million will not be sent to public universities and community colleges. 

Ugaste said he was shocked to see $22 million reserved from the state's public safety agencies.

"Why didn't they first go after the pork projects the Democrats have on their side? There's a couple hundred million dollars there," Ugaste said. "Why didn't they go to the money being spent for illegals here, so our citizens make sure they have the services?"

The state's economic development, environment and culture agencies will reserve over $10 million due to reductions in operational expenses and grants. Multiple agencies have also cut down on overtime, travel expenses, programs and hiring.

"You're seeing red states and blue states across the country struggle this year, forced to grapple with the lagging national economic growth estimates due to high tariffs and bad policy choices in Washington," Pritzker said.

The Governor's Office of Management and Budget expects that most state agencies will not have their funding requests fulfilled in the next fiscal year. However, they said fiscal management over the coming months will help ensure agencies can face challenges expected over the next few years. 

"Prioritizing and limiting hiring and other operational expenditures will be key," said GOMB Director Alexis Sturm. "Governor Pritzker remains committed to responsible fiscal management. A balanced budget is and will continue to be the governor's top priority." 

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