Illinois Senate Bill 1240 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Checkout Bag Tax Act. Imposes a tax of $0.07 on each checkout bag used by a customer at a retail establishment in the State. Provides that the term "checkout bag" means a single use plastic, paper, or compostable bag provided by a retail establishment at the checkout, cash register, point of sale, or other point of departure to a customer for the purpose of transporting goods out of the retail establishment. Sets forth certain exceptions. Provides that the proceeds from the tax shall be distributed as follows: (1) the retailer shall retain $0.02 per bag; (2) the wholesaler shall retain $0.02 per bag; and (3) $0.03 per bag shall be deposited into the Checkout Bag Tax Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Checkout Bag Tax Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be remitted to counties and municipal joint action agencies. Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code to preempt certain actions by counties and municipalities concerning auxiliary containers or checkout bags.

REVENUE-PLASTIC BAGS

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-09-12	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2019-07-03	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2019-07-03	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2019-07-03	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2019-05-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-05-15	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2019
2019-05-15	Senate	Approved for Consideration Assignments
2019-05-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019
2019-05-02	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-05-01	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Revenue
2019-05-01	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
2019-05-01	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
2019-05-01	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 2, 2019
2019-05-01	Senate	Approved for Consideration Assignments
2019-04-30	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 2, 2019
2019-04-12	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-04-10	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Revenue; 006-003-000
2019-04-10	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Revenue; 006-003-000
2019-04-09	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2019
2019-04-09	Senate	Second Reading
2019-04-09	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Revenue
2019-04-09	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Revenue
2019-04-05	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
2019-04-05	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
2019-04-04	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2019-04-04	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
2019-03-06	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
2019-03-06	Senate	Do Pass Revenue; 007-000-000
2019-02-21	Senate	Postponed - Revenue
2019-02-13	Senate	Assigned to Revenue
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-06	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-06	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	105	5.891	New Code	See Bill Text
55	5	5-1184	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	11-42-17	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1240&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1240.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1240sam001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1240sam002.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1240sam003.htm