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SB 1044 — INCOME TAX-ALS CHECKOFF
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0036
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2003. Enacted.
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Current position in the legislative process.
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18 sponsors
0 primary, 18 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Amends the Income Tax Act to create the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund checkoff. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall print on its standard individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund, he or she may do so by stating the amount of the contribution on the return and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the return. Amends the Department of Public Aid Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Public Aid shall make grants from the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund to the Les Turner ALS Foundation for research on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Amends the State Finance Act to create the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund. Effective immediately.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
13 added · 13 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendment to Bill SB 1044 changes the focus from the Department of Public Aid to the Department of Public Health. This shift is significant because it prioritizes health-related initiatives over aid programs, potentially altering how resources and attention are allocated within state services. Such changes could impact public health priorities and funding in Illinois.
SB1044 EngrossedEnrolled LRB093 10004 SJM 10254 b AN ACT in relation to taxation.
The Department of Public AidHealth Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2205-152310-358 as follows:
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If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating contributions to the fund shall be removed from the individual income tax return forms for the following and all SB1044 EngrossedEnrolled -3- LRB093 10004 SJM 10254 b subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0036
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Effective Date June 24, 2003
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Passed Both Houses
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Revenue; 008-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Revenue
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
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Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 16, 2003
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Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 009-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote; Revenue Sub-committee
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue Committee
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Churchill
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
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Fiscal Note Filed
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
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Assigned to Revenue Committee
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 050-001-006
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Schoenberg
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Recalled to Second Reading
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Revenue; 009-000-000
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
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Second Reading
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003
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Do Pass Revenue; 008-000-000
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Assigned to Revenue
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
Sponsors
- Sidney H. Mathias · Cosponsor
- Susana Mendoza · Cosponsor
- Jack D. Franks · Cosponsor
- Jr. Ed Sullivan · Cosponsor
- JoAnn D. Osmond · Cosponsor
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg · Cosponsor
- Patricia R. Bellock · Cosponsor
- John A. Fritchey · Cosponsor
- Kevin A. McCarthy · Cosponsor
- Kathleen A. Ryg · Cosponsor
- Patrick Verschoore · Cosponsor
- Karen May · Cosponsor
- Robert W. Churchill · Cosponsor
- Patricia Reid Lindner · Cosponsor
- Tom Cross · Cosponsor
- Karen A. Yarbrough · Cosponsor
- III Emil Jones · Cosponsor
- Chapa LaVia · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 18 co-sponsors · 165 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (18)
- Sidney H. Mathias
- Susana Mendoza
- Jack D. Franks
- Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- JoAnn D. Osmond
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- Patricia R. Bellock
- John A. Fritchey
- Kevin A. McCarthy
- Kathleen A. Ryg
- Patrick Verschoore
- Karen May
- Robert W. Churchill
- Patricia Reid Lindner
- Tom Cross
- Karen A. Yarbrough
- Emil Jones, III Democrat
- Chapa LaVia
Not signed on (165)
165 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 165 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Soden | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Obama | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Woolard | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Yea |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 117 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Not Voting |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| O'Brien | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Grunloh | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Novak | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Davis, Steve | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Wirsing | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Yea |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 43 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 50 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 85% | 2% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Not Voting |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Obama | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Woolard | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Nay |
| Lauzen | — | Not Voting |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Not Voting |
| Luechtefeld | — | Not Voting |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Philip | — | Not Voting |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Not Voting |
| Rauschenberger | — | Not Voting |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Yea |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Not Voting |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 1044 do?
- Amends the Income Tax Act to create the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund checkoff. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall print on its standard individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund, he or she may do so by stating the amount of the contribution on the return and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the return. Amends the Department of Public Aid Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Public Aid shall make grants from the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund to the Les Turner ALS Foundation for research on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Amends the State Finance Act to create the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund. Effective immediately.
- Who sponsors SB 1044?
- SB 1044 is sponsored by Sidney H. Mathias, Susana Mendoza, Jack D. Franks, Ed Sullivan, Jr., JoAnn D. Osmond, Jeffrey M. Schoenberg, Patricia R. Bellock, John A. Fritchey, Kevin A. McCarthy, Kathleen A. Ryg, Patrick Verschoore, Karen May, Robert W. Churchill, Patricia Reid Lindner, Tom Cross, Karen A. Yarbrough, Emil Jones, III (Democrat), and Chapa LaVia.
- What is the current status of SB 1044?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2003. Enacted.
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