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SB 338 — INC TX-EARNED INCOME CREDIT
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0333
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2007. Enacted.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
HighHow often bills like it became law.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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14 sponsors
0 primary, 14 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 2 recorded votes so far.
Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.
Summary
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Deletes the provision that refunds with respect to the earned income tax credit are subject to the availability of funds from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant and the State's ability to meet its required Maintenance of Effort. Effective immediately.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
2 added · 2 removedPlain-language change summary
The latest version of Bill SB 338 has made some minor changes by replacing the word "Engrossed" with "Enrolled." This update is significant as it reflects the final status of the bill, confirming that it has completed its legislative journey and is ready for final adoption. Essentially, the bill is now officially recognized in its final form, which is an important step in the legislative process.
SB0338 EngrossedEnrolled LRB095 06361 BDD 26457 b AN ACT concerning revenue.
SB0338 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB095 06361 BDD 26457 b The amount of a refund shall not be included in the taxpayer’s income or resources for the purposes of determining eligibility or benefit level in any means-tested benefit program administered by a governmental entity unless required by federal law.
Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0333
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Effective Date August 21, 2007
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
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Passed Both Houses
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
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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 / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 011-000-000
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
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Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue Committee; 003-000-000
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Assigned to Revenue Committee
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
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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; 059-000-000
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
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Second Reading
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
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Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
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Assigned to Revenue
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Sponsors
- David E. Miller · Cosponsor
- Milton Patterson · Cosponsor
- Esther Golar · Cosponsor
- Careen M Gordon · Cosponsor
- Wyvetter H. Younge · Cosponsor
- Elga L. Jefferies · Cosponsor
- Harry Osterman · Cosponsor
- Arthur L. Turner · Cosponsor
- Bob Biggins · Cosponsor
- Jim Watson · Cosponsor
- Dan Reitz · Cosponsor
- Aaron Schock · Cosponsor
- Edward J. Acevedo · Cosponsor
- Lakesia Collins · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 169 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (14)
- David E. Miller
- Milton Patterson
- Esther Golar
- Careen M Gordon
- Wyvetter H. Younge
- Elga L. Jefferies
- Harry Osterman
- Arthur L. Turner
- Bob Biggins
- Jim Watson
- Dan Reitz
- Aaron Schock
- Edward J. Acevedo
- Lakesia Collins Democrat
Not signed on (169)
169 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 169 →"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 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 115 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Jefferies | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Lyons | — | Yea |
| Dugan | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Durkin | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Bradley, John | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Tryon | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Harris | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Coladipietro | — | Yea |
| Cole | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Fortner | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Golar | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Not Voting |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Not Voting |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| D'Amico | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Not Voting |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Pritchard | — | Yea |
| Ramey | — | Yea |
| Reboletti | — | Yea |
| Reis | — | Yea |
| Riley | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Schock | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Arroyo | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Beiser | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | 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 | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Jil Tracy | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Noland | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Wilhelmi | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| Dahl | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Frerichs | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Kotowski | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Raoul | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | 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 | Yea |
| Linda Holmes | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 338 do?
- Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Deletes the provision that refunds with respect to the earned income tax credit are subject to the availability of funds from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant and the State's ability to meet its required Maintenance of Effort. Effective immediately.
- Who sponsors SB 338?
- SB 338 is sponsored by David E. Miller, Milton Patterson, Esther Golar, Careen M Gordon, Wyvetter H. Younge, Elga L. Jefferies, Harry Osterman, Arthur L. Turner, Bob Biggins, Jim Watson, Dan Reitz, Aaron Schock, Edward J. Acevedo, and Lakesia Collins (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB 338?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2007. Enacted.
- Where can I track SB 338?
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