Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Enacted 4 D cosponsors

SB 4 — INCOME TX-EARNED INCOME CREDIT

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0534

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 33 sponsors

    0 primary, 33 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Removes language that terminates the earned income tax credit with taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2002. Exempts the credit from the sunset requirements. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

22 added · 8 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill SB 4, a clause stipulating that a tax credit cannot lower a taxpayer's liability below zero was retained, ensuring that taxpayers cannot receive credits that would effectively create a negative tax obligation. Additionally, the section that previously outlined certain definitions or criteria has been removed, which may simplify the bill but could also reduce clarity on specific terms. These changes matter because they maintain the safeguards for tax liability while potentially streamlining the bill, though the removal of definitions may lead to confusion about its application.

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SB4 Engrossed LRB093 03463 SJM 03489 b AN ACT regarding taxes.
SB4 Enrolled LRB093 03463 SJM 03489 b AN ACT regarding taxes.
(b) In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero.
(b) __________________b_____________________a_____________ in no event shall a credit under this Section reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0534

  2. Effective Date August 18, 2003

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000

  7. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen

  8. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Rules

  9. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  10. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Barack Obama

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 31, 2003

  12. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01

  13. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000

  14. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  15. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote

  16. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000

  17. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  18. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  19. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  20. Second Reading - Short Debate

  21. Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003

  22. Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003

  23. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles G. Morrow, III

  24. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh

  25. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita

  26. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire

  27. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  28. Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 009-000-000

  29. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary K. O'Brien

  30. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers

  31. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore

  32. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Forby

  33. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Larry McKeon

  34. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

  35. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith

  36. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce

  37. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner

  38. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

  39. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro

  40. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza

  41. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

  42. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham

  43. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones

  44. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

  45. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May

  46. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy

  47. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz

  48. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang

  49. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch

  50. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan

  51. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin

  52. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carole Pankau

  53. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

  54. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  55. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

  56. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider

  57. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado

  58. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black

  59. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner

  60. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner

  61. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado

  62. Assigned to Revenue Committee

  63. Referred to Rules Committee

  64. First Reading

  65. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  66. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  67. Arrived in House

  68. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  69. Third Reading - Passed; 045-000-012

  70. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link

  71. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules

  72. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2003

  73. Second Reading

  74. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  75. Fiscal Note Filed

  76. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen

  77. Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Chris Lauzen

  78. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2003

  79. Do Pass Revenue; 010-000-000

  80. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed in Revenue

  81. Postponed - Revenue

  82. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett

  83. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Sullivan

  84. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue

  85. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  86. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama

  87. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan

  88. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson

  89. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks

  90. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

  91. Assigned to Revenue

  92. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz

  93. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter

  94. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

  95. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

  96. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

  97. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  98. Referred to Rules

  99. First Reading

  100. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon

  101. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  102. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  103. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch

  104. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama

Sponsors

  • Barack Obama · Cosponsor
  • Robert F. Flider · Cosponsor
  • Naomi D. Jakobsson · Cosponsor
  • Julie Hamos · Cosponsor
  • Sara Feigenholtz · Cosponsor
  • Carole Pankau · Cosponsor
  • Marlow H. Colvin · Cosponsor
  • Rosemary Mulligan · Cosponsor
  • David R. Leitch · Cosponsor
  • Lou Lang · Cosponsor
  • Elaine Nekritz · Cosponsor
  • Kevin A. McCarthy · Cosponsor
  • Karen May · Cosponsor
  • Sandra M. Pihos · Cosponsor
  • Deborah L. Graham · Cosponsor
  • Karen A. Yarbrough · Cosponsor
  • Susana Mendoza · Cosponsor
  • Robert S. Molaro · Cosponsor
  • Patrick J. Joyce · Cosponsor
  • III Emil Jones · Cosponsor
  • Kathleen A. Ryg · Cosponsor
  • John J. Millner · Cosponsor
  • Michael K. Smith · Cosponsor
  • Brandon W. Phelps · Cosponsor
  • Larry McKeon · Cosponsor
  • Gary Forby · Cosponsor
  • Patrick Verschoore · Cosponsor
  • Mary E. Flowers · Cosponsor
  • Mary K. O'Brien · Cosponsor
  • Jack McGuire · Cosponsor
  • Robert "Bob" Rita · Cosponsor
  • William J. Grunloh · Cosponsor
  • III Charles G. Morrow · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 33 co-sponsors · 150 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (33)

  • Barack Obama
  • Robert F. Flider
  • Naomi D. Jakobsson
  • Julie Hamos
  • Sara Feigenholtz Democrat
  • Carole Pankau
  • Marlow H. Colvin
  • Rosemary Mulligan
  • David R. Leitch
  • Lou Lang
  • Elaine Nekritz
  • Kevin A. McCarthy
  • Karen May
  • Sandra M. Pihos
  • Deborah L. Graham
  • Karen A. Yarbrough
  • Susana Mendoza
  • Robert S. Molaro
  • Patrick J. Joyce Democrat
  • Emil Jones, III Democrat
  • Kathleen A. Ryg
  • John J. Millner
  • Michael K. Smith
  • Brandon W. Phelps
  • Larry McKeon
  • Gary Forby
  • Patrick Verschoore
  • Mary E. Flowers
  • Mary K. O'Brien
  • Jack McGuire
  • Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat
  • William J. Grunloh
  • Charles G. Morrow, III

Not signed on (150)

150 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 50001
Democrat 7000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Soden — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Obama — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Watson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Woolard — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Not Voting
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 Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 116 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 104002
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 116002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Slone — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Winters — Yea
Younge — 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
McAuliffe — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Eddy — Not Voting
Nekritz — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Millner — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Parke — Yea
Poe — Yea
Scully — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Brady — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Grunloh — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Krause — Yea
Kurtz — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Lang — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Howard — Yea
Munson — Yea
Myers — Yea
Novak — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Pihos — Not Voting
Tenhouse — Yea
Turner — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Wirsing — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Phelps — 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

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Third Reading

Passed 45 Yea · 0 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 380013
Democrat 7000
Republican 0001
Total 450014
% of votes cast 76%0%0%24%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Althoff — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Not Voting
Cronin — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Obama — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Woolard — Yea
Watson — Not Voting
Sullivan, D. — Not Voting
Martinez — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Philip — Not Voting
Radogno — Not Voting
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Dillard — Not Voting
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Winkel — Not Voting
Wojcik — Not Voting
Peterson — Not Voting
Rauschenberger — Not Voting
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Not Voting
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Not Voting
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

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 4 do?
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Removes language that terminates the earned income tax credit with taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2002. Exempts the credit from the sunset requirements. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 4?
SB 4 is sponsored by Barack Obama, Robert F. Flider, Naomi D. Jakobsson, Julie Hamos, Sara Feigenholtz (Democrat), Carole Pankau, Marlow H. Colvin, Rosemary Mulligan, David R. Leitch, Lou Lang, Elaine Nekritz, Kevin A. McCarthy, Karen May, Sandra M. Pihos, Deborah L. Graham, Karen A. Yarbrough, Susana Mendoza, Robert S. Molaro, Patrick J. Joyce (Democrat), Emil Jones, III (Democrat), Kathleen A. Ryg, John J. Millner, Michael K. Smith, Brandon W. Phelps, Larry McKeon, Gary Forby, Patrick Verschoore, Mary E. Flowers, Mary K. O'Brien, Jack McGuire, Robert "Bob" Rita (Democrat), William J. Grunloh, and Charles G. Morrow, III.
What is the current status of SB 4?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2003. Enacted.
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