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HB4723 - GAMING SPECIAL AGENTS-FIREARMS
Kevin Schmidt
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that gaming special agents employed by the Illinois Gaming Board shall be deemed to be qualified law enforcement officers or, for retired gaming special agents formerly employed by the Illinois Gaming Board, shall be deemed qualified retired or separated law enforcement officers in Illinois for purposes of coverage under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and shall have all rights and privileges granted by that Act if the gaming special agent or retired gaming special agent is otherwise compliant with the applicable laws of this State governing the implementation and administration of the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 in the State of Illinois. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Exempts gaming special agents and retired gaming special agents from the unlawful use of weapons violations for carrying or possessing firearms in a vehicle or concealed on or about their person or carrying or possessing firearms on or about their person upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a municipality.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4370 - INC TX-RECYCLING CREDIT
Dave Severin, Kevin Schmidt
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for individual taxpayers in an amount equal to 100% of the eligible recycling costs incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year, not to exceed $1,000 per taxpayer. Provides that "eligible recycling costs" means costs associated with the collection, separation, conversion, or treatment of recyclable solid waste materials, including, but not limited to, paper, glass, and plastic.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4094 - HIGHER ED-US FLAG-FUNDING
Chris Miller, Charles E. Meier, Kevin Schmidt
Last updated over 1 year ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Protect the Flag Act. Provides that an institution of higher education that, pursuant to an official policy of the institution to prohibit the display of the flag of the United States by the institution, removes, censors, takes down, prohibits, or otherwise halts display of the flag of the United States is ineligible to receive State funds for the following fiscal year until the institution reports to the General Assembly and the Board of Higher Education the complete and proper reinstatement, by the institution in its official capacity, of the flag of the United States at any and all locations on campus property from which a previously displayed flag of the United States was removed, censored, taken down, prohibited, or otherwise halted from display pursuant to an official policy of the institution to prohibit the display of the flag of the United States by the institution.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1459 - ESTATE TAX-EXCLUSION AMOUNT
Tony M. McCombie, Amy Elik, Steven Reick
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2024, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code, including any deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (currently, the exclusion amount for Illinois estate tax purposes is $4,000,000). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0024 - NO TAXES ON RETIREMENT INCOME
Tony M. McCombie, John M. Cabello, Dan Ugaste
Last updated over 1 year ago
38 Co-Sponsors
States the belief that the Illinois Income Tax Act should not be amended to permit taxing retirement income.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3538 - PROP TX-VETERANS
Amy L. Grant, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Martin McLaughlin
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a veteran may submit an application for the homestead exemptions for veterans with disabilities to the chief county assessment officer with respect to a specific property before the veteran purchases the property. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3169 - INC TX-REBATES
Amy Elik, Randy E. Frese, Adam M. Niemerg
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall pay an annual rebate to each individual taxpayer who files an Illinois income tax return with the Department on or before the second Friday in October of the calendar year for which the rebate is made. Provides that surplus moneys in the Income Tax Refund Fund shall be transferred to the Illinois Individual Income Tax Rebate Fund (currently, the General Revenue Fund). Creates the Illinois Individual Income Tax Rebate Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used for the purpose of paying rebates. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5354 - CUSTOM EMPLOYMENT DISABILITY
Suzanne M. Ness, Lindsey LaPointe, LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated 2 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Customized Employment for Individuals with Disabilities Act. Changes the name of the Customized Employment Pilot Program to the Customized Employment Demonstration Program. Provides that the program shall consist of components consistent with specified standards published by the Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center and the Youth Technical Assistance Center under grants from the federal Department of Education. Provides that the Division of Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Human Services shall collect data concerning the successes and challenges of the program and shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on March 1st of each year beginning in 2026 until the program terminates. Defines "customized employment".
STATUS
Passed
HB4224 - LIBRARY-BOND PERCENTAGE
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated 5 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4600 - ESTATE TAX-SPECIAL USE
Sharon Chung, Kevin Schmidt, Jay C. Hoffman
Last updated 8 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Makes certain changes concerning estates that contain qualified farm property. Provides that, for the purposes of calculating the State Death Tax Credit, those estates are subject to an exemption of $6,000,000 (rather than an exclusion amount of $4,000,000), which shall be deducted from the net estate value after the net estate value is computed in accordance with the Act. Provides that the exemption shall be adjusted each year according to the increase in the Consumer Price Index. Makes changes concerning the calculation of the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for those estates. Provides for a special use valuation to provide that the value of the qualified farm property shall be calculated without regard to certain limitations under the Internal Revenue Code. Makes changes concerning the definition of "qualified heir" to provide that a decedent's brother, sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or first cousin is also included.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-114
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
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