Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 1981 — INC TAX- COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-1006

  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 February 07, 2008. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 13 sponsors

    0 primary, 13 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act and the Illinois Income tax Act. Authorizes the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish systems and programs to encourage employers to match employee contributions to prepaid programs of college savings by making donations to the Commission for prepaid programs of college savings and its programs of grants and loans to make higher education affordable for all residents of the State and to receive, hold, and disburse all such funds made available through those programs for the purposes for which they are authorized by rule or by law. Creates an income tax credit for employers who, during the taxable year, make a matching donation to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission on behalf of an employee. Provides that the credit is 25% of the matching donation, but not to exceed $500 per employee. Provides that the credit may be carried forward for 3 taxable years. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

146 added · 141 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill SB 1981 updates the definitions related to what constitutes an "accredited production" under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act. This change clarifies the spending thresholds for productions based on their start date, ensuring consistent standards for qualifying productions. The previous provision related to tax credits for student-assistance contributions has been removed entirely, signifying a shift in focus away from that tax credit toward supporting film production in Illinois. This matters because it reflects the state's prioritization of encouraging local film industry growth over the former educational tax incentives.

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SB1981 Engrossed LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b AN ACT concerning State government.
SB1981 Enrolled LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b AN ACT concerning State government.
The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by adding Section 218 as follows:
The Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008 is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
(35 ILCS 5/218 new) Sec.
(35 ILCS 16/10) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2009) Sec.
218.
10.
Credit for student-assistance contributions.
Definitions.
(a) For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008 and on or before December 30, 2019, each taxpayer who, during the taxable year, makes a matching donation on behalf of an employee of the taxpayer for moneys that the employee contributes in the same taxable year (i) to a specified individual College Savings Pool Account under Section 16.5 of the State Treasurer Act or (ii) to the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal to 25% of that matching donation, but not to exceed $500 per contributing employee per taxable year.
As used in this Act:
(b) For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of federal and State income taxation, there is allowed a credit under this Section to be determined in accordance with the SB1981 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b determination of income and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
"Accredited production" means:
(c) The credit may not be carried back.
(i) for productions commencing before May 1, 2006, a film, video, or television production that has been certified by the Department in which the aggregate Illinois labor expenditures included in the cost of the production, in the period that ends 12 months after the time principal filming or taping of the production began, exceed $100,000 for productions of 30 minutes or longer, or $50,000 for productions of less than 30 minutes;
If the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 3 taxable years following the excess credit year.
and (ii) for productions commencing on or after May 1, 2006, a film, video, or television production that has been certified by the Department in which the Illinois production spending included in the cost of production in the period that ends 12 months after the time principal filming or taping of the production began exceeds $100,000 for productions of 30 minutes or longer or exceeds $50,000 for productions of less than 30 minutes.
The tax credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is a tax liability.
SB1981 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b "Accredited production" does not include a production that:
If there are credits for more than one year that are available to offset a liability, the earlier credit shall be applied first.
(1) is news, current events, or public programming, or a program that includes weather or market reports;
(d) A taxpayer claiming the credit under this Section must maintain and record any information that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the Office of the State Treasurer, or the Department may require regarding the matching donation for which the credit is claimed.
(2) is a talk show;
Section 10.
(3) is a production in respect of a game, questionnaire, or contest;
The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 20 as follows:
(4) is a sports event or activity;
(110 ILCS 947/5) Sec.
(5) is a gala presentation or awards show;
5.
(6) is a finished production that solicits funds;
Purpose.
(7) is a production produced by a film production company if records, as required by 18 U.S.C.
The General Assembly finds and declares that (1) the provision of a higher education for all residents of this State who desire a higher education and are properly qualified therefor is important to the welfare and security of this State and Nation and, consequently, is an important public SB1981 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b purpose, and (2) many qualified students are deterred by financial considerations from completing their education, with a consequent irreparable loss to the State and Nation of talents vital to welfare and security.
2257, are to be maintained by that film production company with respect to any performer portrayed in that single media or multimedia program;
The number of qualified persons who desire a higher education is increasing rapidly, and the physical facilities, faculties, and staffs of the institutions of higher learning operated by, within and for the residents of the State will have to be expanded greatly to accommodate those persons, with an attendant sharp increase in the cost of educating them.
or (8) is a production produced primarily for industrial, corporate, or institutional purposes.
A system of financial assistance of scholarships, grants, and loans for qualified residents of college age will enable them to attend qualified institutions of their choice in the State, public or private.
"Accredited production certificate" means a certificate issued by the Department certifying that the production is an accredited production that meets the guidelines of this Act.
The adoption of new federal student loan legislation necessitates that the State update and broaden its system of financial student assistance.
"Applicant" means a taxpayer that is a film production company that is operating or has operated an accredited production located within the State of Illinois and that (i) owns the copyright in the accredited production throughout the Illinois production period or (ii) has contracted directly with the owner of the copyright in the accredited production or a person acting on behalf of the owner to provide services for SB1981 Enrolled - 3 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b the production, where the owner of the copyright is not an eligible production corporation.
As market conditions permit, the Commission is specifically encouraged to offer reasonable and affordable supplemental or alternative educational loans to students who seek to obtain these loans.
"Credit" means:
As part of these alternative or supplemental direct lending initiatives, the Commission may give priority consideration to students assisted by the Commission’s need-based programs.
(1) for an accredited production approved by the Department on or before January 1, 2005 and commencing before May 1, 2006, the amount equal to 25% of the Illinois labor expenditure approved by the Department.
The system of financial assistance provided under this Act includes prepaid programs for college savings, and the Commission is specifically encouraged to enlist employers in SB1981 Engrossed - 4 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b providing voluntary matching donations to the amount that their employees save through these prepaid programs.
The applicant is deemed to have paid, on its balance due day for the year, an amount equal to 25% of its qualified Illinois labor expenditure for the tax year.
For Illinois labor expenditures generated by the employment of residents of geographic areas of high poverty or high unemployment, as determined by the Department, in an accredited production commencing before May 1, 2006 and approved by the Department after January 1, 2005, the applicant shall receive an enhanced credit of 10% in addition to the 25% credit;
and (2) for an accredited production commencing on or after May 1, 2006, the amount equal to:
(i) 20% of the Illinois production spending for the taxable year;
plus (ii) 15% of the Illinois labor expenditures generated by the employment of residents of geographic areas of high poverty or high unemployment, as determined by the Department ;
and .
(3) for an accredited production commencing on or after SB1981 Enrolled - 4 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b January 1, 2009, the amount equal to:
(i) 30% of the Illinois production spending for the taxable year;
plus (ii) 15% of the Illinois labor expenditures generated by the employment of residents of geographic areas of high poverty or high unemployment, as determined by the Department.
"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
"Director" means the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
"Illinois labor expenditure" means salary or wages paid to employees of the applicant for services on the accredited production;
To qualify as an Illinois labor expenditure, the expenditure must be:
(1) Reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) Included in the federal income tax basis of the property.
(3) Incurred by the applicant for services on or after January 1, 2004.
(4) Incurred for the production stages of the accredited production, from the final script stage to the end of the post-production stage.
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(5) Limited to the first $25,000 of wages paid or incurred to each employee of a production commencing before SB1981 Enrolled - 5 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b May 1, 2006 and the first $100,000 of wages paid or incurred to each employee of a production commencing on or after May 1, 2006.
(6) For a production commencing before May 1, 2006, exclusive of the salary or wages paid to or incurred for the 2 highest paid employees of the production.
(7) Directly attributable to the accredited production.
(8) Paid in the tax year for which the applicant is claiming the credit or no later than 60 days after the end of the tax year.
(9) Paid to persons resident in Illinois at the time the payments were made.
(10) Paid for services rendered in Illinois.
"Illinois production spending" means the expenses incurred by the applicant for an accredited production, including, without limitation, all of the following:
(1) expenses to purchase, from vendors within Illinois, tangible personal property that is used in the accredited production;
(2) expenses to acquire services, from vendors in Illinois, for film production, editing, or processing;
and (3) the compensation, not to exceed $100,000 for any one employee, for contractual or salaried employees who are Illinois residents performing services with respect to the accredited production.
SB1981 Enrolled - 6 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b "Qualified production facility" means stage facilities in the State in which television shows and films are or are intended to be regularly produced and that contain at least one sound stage of at least 15,000 square feet.
Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules;
any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
89-442, eff.
95-720, eff.
12-21-95.) (110 ILCS 947/20) Sec.
5-27-08.) (35 ILCS 16/95 rep.) Section 10.
20.
The Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008 is amended by repealing Section 95.
Functions of Commission.
Section 99.
(a) The Commission, in accordance with this Act, shall prepare and supervise the issuance of public information concerning its provisions;
prescribe the form and regulate the submission of applications for assistance;
provide for and conduct, or cause to be conducted, all eligibility determinations of applicants;
award the appropriate financial assistance;
and, upon request by a member of the General Assembly, nominate or evaluate and recommend for nomination applicants for General Assembly scholarships in accordance with criteria specified by the member under Section 30-9 of the School Code.
(b) The Commission is authorized to participate in any programs for monetary assistance to students and to receive, hold, and disburse all such funds made available by any agency or organization for the purpose or purposes for which they are made available.
The Commission is authorized to administer a program of grant assistance as authorized by the Baccalaureate Savings Act.
The Commission is authorized to participate in any programs established to improve student financial aid services or the proficiency of persons engaged in student financial aid SB1981 Engrossed - 5 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b services and to receive, hold, and disburse all funds made available by any agency or organization for the purpose or purposes for which they are made available subject to the appropriations of the General Assembly.
(c) The Commission is authorized to deny a scholarship or a grant to any person who has defaulted on a guaranteed student loan and who is not maintaining a satisfactory repayment record.
If a person has a defaulted guaranteed student loan but is otherwise eligible for assistance pursuant to Section 40, the Commission shall award one term of assistance during which a satisfactory repayment record must be established.
If such a repayment record is not established, additional assistance shall be denied until a satisfactory repayment record is established.
(d) The Commission is authorized to participate with federal, state, county, local, and university law enforcement agencies in cooperative efforts to detect and prosecute incidents of fraud in student assistance programs.
(e) The Administrative Review Law shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Commission.
(f) The Commission is authorized to make all necessary and proper rules, not inconsistent with this Act, for the efficient exercise of the foregoing functions.
(g) Unless otherwise provided by statute, the functions of the Commission shall be exercised without regard to any SB1981 Engrossed - 6 - LRB095 15781 BDD 41788 b applicant’s race, creed, sex, color, national origin, or ancestry.
(h) The Commission is authorized to establish systems and programs to encourage employers to match employee contributions to prepaid programs of college savings by making donations to the Commission for prepaid programs of college savings and its programs of grants and loans to make higher education affordable for all residents of the State and to receive, hold, and disburse all such funds made available through those programs for the purposes for which they are authorized by rule or by law.
(Source:
P.A.
87-997.) Section 99.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-1006

  2. Effective Date December 15, 2008

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 052-000-001

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 3/5 Vote Required

  8. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  9. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 009-000-000

  10. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive

  11. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  12. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Rickey R. Hendon

  13. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) November 20, 2008; 01

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

  15. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons

  16. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

  17. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  18. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner

  19. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi

  20. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire

  21. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

  22. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks

  23. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-002-000

  24. 3/5 Vote Required

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

  26. Second Reading - Short Debate

  27. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner

  28. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross

  29. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook

  30. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano

  31. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  32. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 009-000-000

  33. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue Committee; by Voice Vote

  34. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue Committee

  35. Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Rickey R. Hendon

  36. Assigned to Revenue Committee

  37. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) November 30, 2008

  38. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo

  39. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

  40. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang

  41. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl

  42. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson

  43. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito

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

  45. Referred to Rules Committee

  46. First Reading

  47. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller

  48. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino

  49. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  50. Arrived in House

  51. Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000

  52. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

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

  54. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski

  55. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke

  56. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones

  57. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy

  58. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2008

  59. Second Reading

  60. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

  61. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2008

  62. Do Pass as Amended Revenue; 008-000-000

  63. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

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

  65. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney

  66. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  67. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

  68. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes

  69. Postponed - Revenue

  70. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady

  71. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland

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

  73. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link

  74. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau

  75. Assigned to Revenue

  76. Referred to Rules

  77. First Reading

  78. Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

Sponsors

  • Lisa Hernandez · Cosponsor
  • Rickey R. Hendon · Cosponsor
  • Fred Crespo · Cosponsor
  • Tom Cross · Cosponsor
  • Arthur L. Turner · Cosponsor
  • Jack D. Franks · Cosponsor
  • Jack McGuire · Cosponsor
  • Suzanne Bassi · Cosponsor
  • Patricia Reid Lindner · Cosponsor
  • Julie Hamos · Cosponsor
  • Patricia R. Bellock · Cosponsor
  • Joseph M. Lyons · Cosponsor
  • Chapa LaVia · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 170 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (13)

  • Hernandez, Lisa
  • Rickey R. Hendon
  • Fred Crespo Democrat
  • Tom Cross
  • Arthur L. Turner
  • Jack D. Franks
  • Jack McGuire
  • Suzanne Bassi
  • Patricia Reid Lindner
  • Julie Hamos
  • Patricia R. Bellock
  • Joseph M. Lyons
  • Chapa LaVia

Not signed on (170)

170 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 52 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 43006
Democrat 8001
Republican 1000
Total 52007
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Hultgren — Not Voting
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Noland — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Jacobs — Not Voting
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Cronin — Not Voting
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Not Voting
Halvorson — Not Voting
Hendon — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Not Voting
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Not Voting
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 108 Yea · 2 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 96108
Republican 3100
Democrat 9000
Total 108208
% of votes cast 92%2%0%7%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jefferies — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Reitz — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Munson — Yea
Myers — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Scully — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Watson — Yea
Howard — Yea
McCarthy — Not Voting
Davis, Monique — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Not Voting
Mitchell, Bill — Not Voting
Phelps — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Schock — Not Voting
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Not Voting
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Granberg — Not Voting
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Not Voting
Patterson — Not Voting
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins 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 Nay
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 41008
Democrat 8001
Republican 1000
Total 50009
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Noland — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Brady — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Munoz — Not Voting
Watson — Not Voting
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Not Voting
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Not Voting
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Not Voting
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Not Voting
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Not Voting
Link — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Not Voting
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Not Voting
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1981 do?
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act and the Illinois Income tax Act. Authorizes the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish systems and programs to encourage employers to match employee contributions to prepaid programs of college savings by making donations to the Commission for prepaid programs of college savings and its programs of grants and loans to make higher education affordable for all residents of the State and to receive, hold, and disburse all such funds made available through those programs for the purposes for which they are authorized by rule or by law. Creates an income tax credit for employers who, during the taxable year, make a matching donation to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission on behalf of an employee. Provides that the credit is 25% of the matching donation, but not to exceed $500 per employee. Provides that the credit may be carried forward for 3 taxable years. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 1981?
SB 1981 is sponsored by Hernandez, Lisa, Rickey R. Hendon, Fred Crespo (Democrat), Tom Cross, Arthur L. Turner, Jack D. Franks, Jack McGuire, Suzanne Bassi, Patricia Reid Lindner, Julie Hamos, Patricia R. Bellock, Joseph M. Lyons, and Chapa LaVia.
What is the current status of SB 1981?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2008. Enacted.
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