Illinois House Bill 34 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-19 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, provides that: (1) for taxable years prior to 2015, "surviving spouse" means the surviving spouse of a veteran who obtained the exemption prior to his or her death; (2) for taxable years 2015 through 2018, "surviving spouse" means (A) the surviving spouse of a veteran who obtained the exemption prior to his or her death and (B) the surviving spouse of a veteran who was killed in the line of duty in the current taxable year or any preceding taxable year; and (3) for taxable year 2019 and thereafter, "surviving spouse" means (A) the surviving spouse of a veteran who qualified for the exemption prior to his or her death, (B) the surviving spouse of a veteran who was killed in the line of duty in the current taxable year or any preceding taxable year, (C) the surviving spouse of a veteran who did not obtain the exemption before death, but who would have qualified for the exemption if he or she had survived, and (D) the surviving spouse of a veteran whose death was determined to be service-connected who is a current recipient of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation. Effective immediately.

PROP TX-SURVIVING SPOUSE

Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]	Rep. Sam Yingling [D]	Sen. Mary Edly-Allen [D]
Rep. Linda LaVia [D]	Rep. Mark Walker [D]	Rep. Mike Murphy [R]	Rep. Dan Caulkins [R]
Sen. Karina Villa [D]	Rep. Sue Scherer [D]	Rep. Deborah Conroy [D]	Rep. Stephanie Kifowit [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
2020-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
2020-01-10	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2020-01-10	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2019-11-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
2019-10-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
2019-04-01	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2019-04-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins
2019-02-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy
2019-02-07	House	To Property Tax Subcommittee
2019-02-05	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
2019-02-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
2019-02-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2019-02-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen
2019-01-29	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-09	House	First Reading
2018-11-30	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
35	200	15-169	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=34&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0034.htm