Gov. Bruce Rauner and lawmakers still haven't agreed on a state budget, but they did come together to approve more than 230 new laws that take effect with the new year, from charging a $5 police body camera fee to outlawing so-called gay conversion therapy for minors to designating an official state pie.

Other measures ban powdered alcohol and caffeine, allow terminally ill patients to try experimental treatments and permit nursing home residents to put up surveillance cameras in their rooms. Schools will be required to install carbon monoxide detectors, while pet owners could face misdemeanor charges if they're caught leaving animals outside during extreme heat or cold.

The laws represent a mishmash of interests as legislators tried to stay busy at the Capitol amid the political gamesmanship that spurred a record-breaking overtime session but did little to bring about a full spending agreement as some social services remain threatened and the state spends billions more than it's expected to collect.

"This was not a year for tremendous accomplishment and progress, even outside of the budget," said Sen. Daniel Biss, D-Evanston. "Sure, we got some things passed and they were big and good bills, but in the past there are usually a number of pretty significant issues that got taken on. … There wasn't really a lot of that this session, more of a lot of looking around and going, 'Whoa, is this really happening?'"

Indeed, colleges and universities struggle to carry on without state funding. Students who were promised scholarship grants from the state have yet to see the money, though that didn't stop lawmakers from establishing a new scholarship program for prisoners who are later found innocent and exonerated of their crimes — provided the state can find the cash to pay for them, of course.

Here's a look at some of the new rules for 2016:

Law enforcement and crime

A sweeping set of new regulations regarding police body cameras is aimed at addressing recent controversies over use of force and standardizing practices across the state.

Police departments would not be required to use the cameras, but now there will be statewide rules for those that do. Chiefly, officers will have to keep their cameras on when conducting law enforcement activities but could turn them off when talking to a confidential informant, or at the request of a victim or witness. Intentionally turning off cameras outside the exceptions could result in a charge of official misconduct.

Recordings generally will not be subject to the state's open records law, however, unless they contain potential evidence in a use-of-force incident, the discharge of a weapon or a death.

To help pay for the body cameras, the state will charge an extra $5 fee on criminal and traffic offenses that result in a guilty plea or conviction. The money also will bolster an expanded training program that includes topics like use of force. In addition, the law bans the use of choke holds, creates a database of officers who have been fired or resigned because of misconduct and requires an independent investigation of all officer-involved deaths. Also, a special prosecutor can be requested if there is an apparent conflict of interest.

Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune A new law will require Illinois high school students to take at least one semester of civics, but schools probably won’t incorporate the requirement until the 2016-17 school year begins in the fall. A new law will require Illinois high school students to take at least one semester of civics, but schools probably won’t incorporate the requirement until the 2016-17 school year begins in the fall. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

"This isn't going to have a magical overnight impact, though there will be some immediate effect because your behavior changes when you know that you are being watched and recorded," said sponsoring Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago. "So I think there will be greater sensitivity to that, and just how you interact with the public in general when being recorded that I think is valuable."

Additionally, the state agency responsible for developing standards for law enforcement will be tasked with creating a specialized training program to teach police how to interact with those with mental illness to avoid a situation from further escalating.

On another front, it will now be a Class A misdemeanor for pet owners found to have left animals outside in extremely hot or cold weather. Violators could be sentenced to up to a year in jail and fine of up to $2,500. Judges would have discretion to impose lesser sentences.

And man's best friend may begin to make more frequent appearances in courtrooms under a provision that would allow children and intellectually disabled adults who are victims of sexual abuse to be accompanied on the stand by a service dog for support.

Victims of sexual assault will have longer to pursue charges against their attackers under a measure that would delay the start of the 10-year statute of limitations until after a rape kit is tested. The change is aimed at preventing the accused from running out the clock because of a testing backlog as law enforcement agencies struggle to keep up with fewer resources.

Lawmakers also added powdered caffeine and powdered alcohol to the list of banned substances in Illinois, and they created a new "Silver Alert" system to help law enforcement locate missing adults who have dementia or other cognitive impairments.

Consumer and family laws

Prompted by thousands of complaints alleging neglect or abuse in nursing homes, a new law lets residents of such homes or long-term care facilities to put cameras in their rooms if they pay for them.

Nursing homes would be required to post a sign at main entrances warning that rooms may be under electronic monitoring, and everyone living in a room would have to consent to a camera being installed. If one resident of a shared room wants a camera and the other doesn't, the resident who wants the camera would be moved to another room.

A "Right to Try" law brought about by through bipartisan negotiations allows terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs and treatments that have gone through the first phase of clinical trials but are not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Supporters say the measure affords patients more control over treatment options and prevents them from having to travel to other countries to seek treatment. Drug companies have said the FDA's expanded access programs should be improved instead.

Meanwhile, another law attempts to modernize rules regarding parentage to reflect the legalization of gay marriage and the prevalence of unmarried parents.

The changes would remove gender-specific language to ensure that "a person" is presumed to be the legal parent of a child if that person and the mother are married, in a civil union or a "substantially similar relationship" unless a surrogacy contract is in place. If a child is born before the start of a relationship or soon after it ends, the couple are presumed to be legal parents.