Illinois House Bill 144 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew F Skoog
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that each taxpayer who employs a long-term unemployed person during the taxable year is entitled to an income tax credit of: (1) $500 in the taxable year in which the long-term unemployed person is initially hired by the taxpayer; (2) $750 in the first taxable year after the long-term unemployed person is initially hired by the taxpayer; and (3) $1,250 in the second taxable year after the long-term unemployed person is initially hired by the taxpayer. Provides that the credit for individuals who are employed by the taxpayer for a partial year shall be calculated based on the number of weeks of employment. Provides that the credit may be carried forward. Provides that the term "long-term unemployed person" means a person who was unemployed for a period of at least 27 consecutive weeks ending on the Saturday immediately preceding the date he or she was hired by the taxpayer, was an Illinois resident on the date he or she was hired by the taxpayer, is employed by the taxpayer during the taxable year as a full-time employee, and was not enrolled as a full-time student at a public or private high school, community college, or university at any point during the 27-week period immediately preceding the date he or she was hired by the taxpayer. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately.

INC TX-EMPLOYEE CREDIT

Rep. Lawrence Walsh [D]	Rep. Martin Moylan [D]	Rep. Ed Sullivan [R]	Rep. Litesa Wallace [D]
Rep. Mike Smiddy [D]	Rep. Stephanie Kifowit [D]	Rep. Sue Scherer [D]	Rep. Natalie Manley [D]
Rep. Carol Ammons [D]	Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris [D]	Rep. Monique Davis [D]	Rep. Kenneth Dunkin [D]
Rep. Sam Yingling [D]	Rep. Al Riley [D]	Rep. Anthony DeLuca [D]	Rep. Patrick Verschoore [D]
Rep. Deborah Conroy [D]	Rep. Andrew Skoog [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew F Skoog
2015-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2015-03-25	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
2015-03-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
2015-03-12	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
2015-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
2015-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
2015-03-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
2015-03-03	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
2015-02-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris
2015-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2015-02-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
2015-02-20	House	To Income Tax Subcommittee
2015-02-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
2015-02-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
2015-02-17	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
2015-02-17	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
2015-02-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan
2015-02-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
2015-02-03	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
2015-01-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2015-01-14	House	First Reading
2015-01-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
35	5	224	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=144&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB0144.htm